Chapter Seventy: Reunion with Old Eunuch

  "Did the old eunuch die here?" I was shocked, never expecting to see a dead body in this place. How did he end up in this snake pit?

  Hiss......hiss......

  The silver-crowned python spat out its venom, emitting a hoarse low growl.

  "Done!" Tian Wenliang took out a hand grenade from his backpack, which was specially made with a sealed lining to prevent the firearms and ammunition from getting wet.

  I furrowed my brow, and in this narrow underground place, setting off a hand grenade would absolutely be a rhythm of you die, I die, everyone dies.

  Tian Wenliang took a step forward with an arrow, and the two giant pythons quickly opened their mouths to try to swallow him in one bite.

  "Damn beast, looking for death!" Tian Wenliang stepped on the wall of the cave, a neat and agile roll, the grenade slipped out of his hand and fell steadily into the snake's mouth. Then, using the reaction force, he flew back: "Quickly get down!"

  I and Balzac hastily covered our heads and fell to the ground, just at this critical moment, the silver crown python that swallowed the grenade suddenly shook its head with force and spat out the grenade.

  Rumble!

  A deafening boom shook the air as an explosion ripped through the space between us and the giant python.

  A bright light flashed by, and the mud and rocks on our heads rolled down. The three of us were almost buried alive.

  "It hurts to death!" I could feel the severe injuries on my hands and feet without even touching them, blood mixed with mud polluted all over my body. I hurriedly shook off the accumulated dirt from my body, and my breathing became slightly smoother.

  As soon as it poked its head out, a huge snake head covered in blood suddenly appeared before my eyes. I could clearly feel the cool air emanating from the snake's nostrils. The python looked terrible, with many of its original silver metallic scales blown off, revealing smooth skin underneath.

  I calmed down instead, and in a flash, I pulled out the military dagger from my boot and took advantage of the giant python's slow reaction due to its injury, stabbing it fiercely into its eyeball.

  Hiss…… Blood spurted out of those emerald-like snake eyes! The Silver Crown Python went mad, its massive body twisting with all its might. I followed suit, going all out to take its life, my hands tightly gripping the dagger as I stabbed deep, using my incredible wrist strength to flip and toss it around until yellowish-white goo flowed out of its eyeballs.

  The silver-crowned python was in agony, letting out a deafening screech. Its massive body, as thick as a man's embrace, flailed about with great force, striking the walls of the cave. The already loose mud began to fall like raindrops. It wasn't until then that I realized we were lucky to be in this narrow underground space - the silver-crowned python couldn't use its incredibly powerful body to wrap us up and crush us to death. If we had been on the surface, forget about resisting, a single coil from it would have shattered our skeletons into dust.

  "Tian Wenliang, Balza, come and help me quickly, I can't hold it back anymore!" I shouted urgently.

  Suddenly, the giant python's voice was hoarse and crashed into the cave wall. I felt a sweetness in my chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.

  At this moment, Balza suddenly jumped out of the soil layer, aiming his submachine gun at the python whose skin was blown open by a hand grenade, and firing wildly. Several bullets whizzed past my skin.

  At the same time, Tian Wenliang somehow sneaked to the left side of the giant python, and with a swift slash of his knife, the dagger simultaneously pierced the other eye of the giant python.

  Repeated heavy blows, the Silver Crowned Anaconda finally struggled weaker and weaker. We didn't mean to reduce our attacks, instead we took out spare daggers and continuously stabbed at any weak spots of the anaconda.

  The relentless attack lasted for over ten minutes, and the silver crown python was left gasping for breath. The storm raged on for another five or six minutes, leaving us exhausted and panting, until finally, with a low, mournful hiss, the python let out its last breath.

  I fell to the ground, panting non-stop, so exhausted that I was on the verge of collapse. The three of us were covered in blood and water, looking like fierce and terrifying blood-soaked demons. This blood included our own as well as that of the giant python which had splattered onto our bodies.

  "What happened to the other little one?" Tian Wenliang suddenly asked, and our joy of surviving the robbery was immediately dampened by 90%.

  At the moment of the hand grenade explosion, the big python disappeared. It ran away and we don't know if it will come back or not. In our current state, we don't know if we can still deal with another one.

  "In any case, we're safe for now. Let's think of a way to get out." Tian Wenliang said, we don't want to stay in this snake den for another moment.

  "Dig up a bit more, it should be less than ten meters from the ground," Balza said, glancing at the white snake eggs that were half buried in mud. His eyes turned cold: "We can't let these giant pythons continue to breed, we must eradicate them!"

  As he spoke, he pulled out the bloody dagger stuck in the python's body and walked towards the snake eggs.

  I didn't stop him, but instead ran to the corner and quickly turned over the soil, revealing the old eunuch's appearance.

  Only to see that the soap jacket worn by Dehai was like being corroded by acid, with holes everywhere, and his usual sunglasses had long since flown away. He looked extremely disheveled, and his body was stiff and abnormal, with a knock on the skin and bones almost like wood.

  "Old eunuch, you've served the Qing dynasty masters for so many years, and lived longer than the three of us combined. You should be content. Hmm, I wonder if you have any precious treasures on you that were bought back with a high price, to keep you company in your grave, so that in your next life, you can be reborn as a whole man." I muttered to myself, still having some feelings for this old eunuch, even though he wasn't a good person. Since death is a big deal, let's find a quiet place on the ground to bury him later.

  Just as I was sighing, the old eunuch's eyes suddenly opened, and his white eyeballs without pupils made me feel a chill.

  "Fake corpse!" I quickly let go of the old eunuch's hand and retreated hastily. Tian Wenliang and Balza also saw the commotion on this side, their faces all changed, and Balza even pulled out a gun, ready to shoot this resurrected old eunuch at any moment.

  "The old man isn't dead yet, you bunch of turtles." The old eunuch murmured this sentence and suddenly straightened up his upper body, and for some reason, his muscles seemed to be slightly fuller.

  I couldn't believe my eyes, and stupidly said: "You... you didn't die..." As I spoke, I trembled and stretched out my finger to press the old eunuch's pulse, and was shocked to find that it had clearly not moved before, but now suddenly jumped up strongly.

  "Hong Xingdong, huh? Sherlock is also here. And there's another aura I've never seen before, it's very heavy and rough, a big fool." The corpse elder said with his eyes closed, speaking to the three of us in turn.

  I confirmed that this person was indeed the old eunuch, and quickly helped him lean against the wall of the cave to rest. He wanted water to drink, so I hastily took out drinking water from my backpack and also gave him some compressed biscuits to eat.

  The old eunuch wolfed down his food, eating for a long time before patting his belly contentedly and saying, "Ah, I haven't eaten all day, I'm starving to death."

  "How did you end up here? You were clearly dead just now, your body was stiff." I couldn't help but ask curiously.

  The old eunuch let out a dry laugh: "Hehe, why would I be here? It's because I deliberately had the giant python swallow me. It couldn't digest me, and when it returned to its nest, it spat me out, this hard-boned old man." Under our disbelieving gazes, the old eunuch continued to explain: "Haha, for decades I've been a vegetarian, following the methods of the ascetic monks in the deep mountains who cultivate their bodies into Buddha-like flesh. My body has become like withered bones, and ordinary snakes' stomach acid can't digest me. Plus, my turtle breathing allowed me to enter a short-term state of suspended animation, so these pythons naturally thought I was dead and abandoned me here. It's just that the big explosion happened, and I was shaken awake prematurely."

  "Dongzi, who is he? What a mysterious person." Barza poked me gently and asked in a low voice. Before I could open my mouth, the old man's ears perked up and heard him clearly, and introduced himself: "I am not talented, with the nickname 'Dì Wáng Yé' (Earth King) in Jianghu."

  Balza's eyes lit up as soon as he heard, and with a thud, he knelt down: "The young master has eyes but no pearls, it turns out to be Lord Di Wang, I have indeed committed many sins. Balza followed Master Wang Yaqiao for several years, and had often heard stories about you, admired your great name for a long time, and didn't expect to meet you here."

  My chin almost fell off, what on earth did the old eunuch do to make such a big name for himself? I've never heard of it before. It reminds me that Nie Kun and Xu Lai were also trembling with fear when they heard the name of Di Wang Ye. No way, I must find out more about this when I have time.

  "Heh heh, blind man, long time no see." Tian Wenliang's eyes narrowed as he greeted the old eunuch with a sinister tone.

  The latter's mouth curved up, his expression calm as if he had expected the change in "Sherlock"'s voice, nodded: "I suspected your voice was off from the start, who speaks with a suppressed tone that changes three pitches and becomes so fake. Heh, there's only one reason, you're just pretending, you have crap on you!

  A cold glint flashed in Tian Wen's eyes, and he immediately said, "Then why didn't you expose me?"

  "I'd like to see what your goal is. Later, I found out that you're not a threat to me, so why would I provoke a strong enemy for no reason? Hehe, the longer one lives, the more they fear unnecessary trouble." The corpse said calmly, treating me and Balza as if we were old friends, saying whatever came to mind.

  I listened and couldn't help but admire the old man's ability, praising him: "Old but not dead is a monster, you are a monster who crawled out of the grave, can't be measured by common sense."

  The old man's conditioned reflex made him touch his glasses frame, only to find that the sunglasses were gone. He smiled awkwardly and said: "You know what happened to that young man who last scolded me as a monster? I saw him die thirty years before me."

  I'm too lazy to bicker with this old pervert, although we've never exchanged dirty words. At this time, Balza took out a brand new pair of black sunglasses from his pocket and handed them over to Corpse Old Man with great respect: "Respectfully yours." Corpse Old Man chuckled and accepted them naturally.

  Tian Wenliang asked the corpse an old but most crucial question: "Why did you allow yourself to be swallowed by the Silver Crowned Python? With your abilities, it shouldn't have been possible."

  I interrupted: "By the way, you disappeared from Jin Hua's wheel, and I couldn't find you with the surname Sheng anywhere. Where did you go?"

  "Corpse Old didn't beat around the bush and directly said: 'I was captured by Cai Lingyu's Submerged Dragon Troop on the Golden Flower Wheel. Don't ask me how I got caught, they also have their own experts. Later, they brought me here, to avoid them, I intentionally let the giant python swallow me, creating a fake death appearance, a golden cicada sheds its shell tactic.'"

  I leapt up in surprise and exclaimed: "The Subdragon Squad! The camp outside is actually theirs, they've also arrived here!"

  The old corpse nodded: "Not bad, this time it's still Cai Lingyu who led the team, Sakai Ryota as his deputy. There are probably thirty people, but now I estimate that there are less than ten survivors. You'd better be careful if you encounter them, they've brought a formidable character this time."

  I exchanged a glance with Tian Wenliang, our faces looking extremely unsightly. I had previously reported to him the mysterious Japanese remnants' secretly established mysterious organization, and Tian Wenliang showed high vigilance. Of course, I didn't believe he hadn't heard about the inside story of the Submerged Dragon Squad, as for other things, perhaps my level wasn't enough, and he wouldn't tell me either.

  "This time, it's not going to be easy." After a long while, Tian Wenliang finally uttered these words with profound meaning.

  "Corpse old man, do you know what their purpose is this time they came?" I asked calmly after stabilizing my fluctuating emotions.

  The old corpse shook his head: "They are very vigilant, only a few core ones know the true purpose of this trip. However... I heard them call this place a graveyard."