Chapter 12: The Snipe and the Clam Seek Collection and Recommendation

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  Lao Dao's heart was racing with fear before the black-striped giant centipede shot its venom, but now that he saw it couldn't penetrate his protective shield, his anxiety eased a bit. However, he still felt somewhat uneasy, so he spat another mouthful of vital energy onto the circular disc in his hand.

  This mouthful of blood spurted out, and the old Taoist's ruddy face was no longer a bit red, his complexion pale, his spirit weak, obviously he had hurt his vitality.

  The triangular eyes of the black-striped giant python flashed a hint of irritation, it opened its mouth and continuously spat out the third and fourth mouths of highly toxic snake venom.

  The two poisonous saliva corroded downwards, and the protective cover became much thinner, but there was no shaking phenomenon, it remained stable.

  The old man burst out laughing and said, "Even if it's a top-tier black-striped giant python, it can only spit four times at most. You've already used up those four times, I'd like to see how you break through my defensive barrier."

  Before the old Taoist's laughter had faded away, the black-striped giant python opened its mouth again. A snow-white cold light flashed in its mouth for a moment, and then shot out like an arrow off the string, landing on the already thinned protective shield.

  With a loud crash, like a stone hitting the glass, the protective cover shattered again, revealing a large hole. This time, the black-striped giant python did not give Lao Dao another chance, its body agilely crawling through the large hole in the protective cover and entering the drying field.

  "What's with the Ice Cone Technique?!" The old Daoist was so angry he could have slapped himself, "I should have thought of it earlier, how could a first-class demon beast only have this one move of spitting poison?"

  The black-striped giant python slithered into the sun-drenched valley, not even giving Lao Dao a glance. It stared intently at the Longchun silk hovering in the air above the sixth star. Although Li Wenjun had escaped from the Yuheng Star Palace earlier, greatly reducing the effectiveness of the Seven Stars Nine Palaces Formation, it couldn't be denied that the refined blood contained within the Longchun silk was still extremely valuable to both Lao Dao and the black-striped giant python.

  Li Wenjun hid far away when the black-striped giant python drilled into the sun-dried field. He actually wanted to seize the opportunity and drill out of the hole opened by the black-striped giant python, escaping quickly. However, he and the hole on the protective cover were in a diagonal position, and to get past it, he would have to go through the old path and the black-striped giant python. Neither the old path nor the black-striped giant python would give him this opportunity.

  The old Dao himself was not good at fighting, otherwise he would not have run to the military fortress town where ordinary people gathered to set up an array. Moreover, in order to buy the array disk and flags, as well as various materials needed for setting up the Seven Stars Nine Palaces Array, he even sold his life-saving artifact. If he had known beforehand that he would encounter the Black-striped Giant Python, he would not have sold his life-saving artifact even if it meant dragging on for another year or two.

  However, even if it was a non-lethal magical artifact in hand, the old Dao would not be captured easily. "You beast, don't think you can snatch Master Dao's Long Spring Silk."

  The old Taoist used his fingers as a sword, and with a murmur in his mouth, suddenly, a large fireball burst out from the tip of his finger. The old Taoist flicked his hand, and the fireball whizzed towards the black-striped giant python.

  The black-striped giant python dodged and the fireball didn't hit it.

  Lao Dao screened his breath and concentrated his spirit, using his magical powers to control the fireball, which turned a curve in mid-air and then charged towards the black-striped giant python.

  The black-striped giant python saw that it couldn't hide, opened its mouth, and a white awn flashed. An icy cone shot out of its mouth and flew towards the fireball.

  The fireball and ice cone collided, a loud crash, countless sparks and ice debris splashed out, spattering around.

  Those fires that fell on the boys and girls would immediately ignite them, turning them into human torches in an instant. No one could save them; they were doomed to be burned alive.

  Those ice shards are also deadly weapons, they are sharper and faster than the crossbow arrows shot out by the crossbow, if they splash onto the head, chest and other places, there is only a share of being killed on the spot.

  For a time, the drying ground was filled with wails and howls, as if it had fallen into hell.

  Li Wenjun dodged and weaved like a monkey, avoiding all the sparks and ice shards. Although he had narrowly escaped, he couldn't muster up any excitement. He was still in a desperate situation with a slim chance of survival that seemed almost impossible to see.

  The old Taoist saw that one fireball was ineffective, so he pinched his fingers and recited an incantation again. In an instant, three fireballs floated at his fingertips, which was already the limit of the old Taoist's abilities.

  The old man gritted his teeth, clenched his jaws tightly, afraid that if he let out a single breath, the three fireballs would disperse, and at that time, the technique would backfire, and he wouldn't be able to achieve anything good. Especially with the black-striped giant python still staring at him menacingly.

  The black-striped giant python opened its huge mouth and began to condense more ice cones.

  Almost at the same time, Lao Dao shot out a fireball, and Hei Wen's giant python shot out an ice cone. In the instant that the fireball flew out, Lao Dao opened his mouth again and spat out another mouthful of vital blood, which landed on the fireball. The fireball emitted a crackling sound, grew larger and brighter, and the temperature it emitted became even more scorching.

  The black-striped giant python instinctively sensed the danger, opened its mouth and let out a hissing sound. The three ice cones it emitted suddenly changed direction in mid-air, originally one ice cone was heading towards a fireball, but now three ice cones were simultaneously heading towards two fireballs.

  Soon, three ice cones and two fireballs perished together, but the third fireball remained unabated, still smashing towards the black-striped giant python.

  The black-striped giant python twisted its body, trying to dodge, but its body was just a bit too huge, barely dodging the vital point, and its body couldn't completely avoid it.

  A fireball landed on its body, instantly burning a palm-sized piece of its torso. Such a large burn was nothing to the three or four zhang long black-striped giant python, but it still made it roll around in pain.

  The old man burst out laughing and pointed at the black-striped giant python: "Beasts are beasts, they will never be able to defeat humans."

  Under the rolling of the black-striped giant python, more children were crushed to death, and several were thrown out by the python's swinging tail.

  The black-striped giant python's rolling time was not long, and its longing for Changchun silk made it quickly suppress the pain on its body. The black-striped giant python may have realized that Lao Dao is not easy to mess with, and it didn't want to wait any longer. Its tail suddenly exerted force, and its body of over a thousand kilograms suddenly rose into the air. Its bloody mouth opened wide, biting towards Changchun silk, who had already absorbed the essence of the sixth star's eight male and female children.

  "You dare, you beast?" The old Taoist's eyes were wide with rage, his veins bulging. He too rushed towards the Long Spring Silk, while pinching a seal, preparing to cast the Fireball Technique again, forcing back the Black-striped Giant Python.

  Lao Dao had just discovered that his speed in casting the fireball spell was slightly faster than Hei Wen's ice cone spell, and this slight difference in time was enough for him to gain the upper hand.

  However, the old Taoist was so anxious that he forgot one thing: the black-striped giant python was not just a first-class demon beast, but also a snake, a giant python, a python with enormous physical strength.

  As Lao Dao rushed over, the black-striped giant centipede didn't waste any time gathering ice cones. It swung its tail and swept it towards Lao Dao.

  The old man only felt a blackness in front of his eyes, as if he had been hit on the head with a heavy hammer, and suddenly flew out, thudding to the ground, motionless.

  Like swatting a fly, the old Dao was sent flying away, and the black-striped giant python slowly opened its bloody mouth, swallowing the Longchun silk in one gulp. The black-striped giant python spat out its forked tongue, just like people licking their lips after eating delicious food, feeling comfortable and satisfied.

  The black-striped giant python lowered its head, tilted its skull, and gazed at Li Wenjun with an icy stare. The black-striped giant python usually didn't eat humans, as ordinary people had no spiritual energy, making them useless to consume. However, for some reason, the python always felt that there was something on Li Wenjun's body that attracted it. From a distance, it wasn't noticeable, but now that it was close to Li Wenjun and had swallowed Longchunzi again, this attraction suddenly became apparent.

  Li Wenjun gripped the half dagger in his hand tightly again, staring dead at the black-striped giant python that was giving him an evil look. He didn't know if he could escape this calamity, but as long as there was a possibility, he wouldn't mind stabbing the half dagger into the python's body with all his might.

  Suddenly, the black-striped giant centipede looked up at the sky, and a hint of fear flashed in its emotionless eyes. It quickly passed through the broken hole in the still flickering protective shield and drilled into the green awning by the side of the drying field. The corn stalks shook violently, and from their trajectory, it seemed that the black-striped giant centipede had gone in the direction of Junbao Town.

  Li Wenjun suddenly fell to the ground, and his narrow escape gave him a sense of unreality as if he were in a dream. He panted heavily for a long time before regaining his composure.

  This is not a good place, Li Wenjun did not dare to stay for long, he crawled up from the ground and prepared to leave Shahechang, far away from Junbao Town.

  Just as he was about to crawl out of the hole made by the black-striped giant python, his heart moved and he put down the foot that had been lifted. He looked back at the motionless body of Lao Dao, then looked at the package that even he couldn't help but admire, and Li Wenjun's heart felt a surge of heat - this was a treasure from the immortal family, if he could get his hands on it, not to mention anything else, selling it for 180 taels of silver shouldn't be a problem.

  Thinking of this, Li Wenjun hastily walked towards the bundle, bent down and grabbed it with his hands, his hand reached inside and suddenly grasped a hard object. He pulled out the object, surprisingly, it was a silver ingot.

  Looking at this 10-tael silver ingot, Li Wenjun remembered that he had already paid the old Daoist 300 taels of silver to take action, but it seemed that all 300 taels were in the bundle.

  Three hundred taels of silver was an absolutely huge sum for Li Wenjun. He hastily put the silver ingot back into his bundle and tied it to his body.

  Then, his eyes scanned the drying field again and saw the silver cord that he had cut off. He thought for a moment and felt that this might also be a treasure, so he decided to pick it up and sell it later.

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