Chapter Thirty-Five: Tiger Mountain Snake Spirit

  I was shocked to see the Rolling Soul Stone and Bao Jian Wu Wen suspended in mid-air. In just half a second, I heard a loud crash as both of them fell to the ground. The Rolling Soul Stone seemed like a magnet, tightly absorbing the Treasure Sword Wu Wen. Meanwhile, the Treasure Sword Wu Wen struggled desperately, its body coiling and twisting like a snake, tightly wrapping itself around the Rolling Soul Stone.

  Suddenly, an idea flashed through my mind. The next moment, I flew out and grasped the hilt of the knife in my palm! As soon as the hilt entered my hand, my whole body shook violently. It felt like a chilling air was sweeping across my entire body. The next moment, a strong killing intent surged up in my chest, almost to the point where blood was about to fill my eyes!

  Just as I was about to unleash this murderous intent, I suddenly felt a pain in my back, and instantly I regained my composure! What a cold sweat on my face, what a fierce knife! With just the murderous intent in the knife, it can take away my heart and soul, truly unbelievable!

  No time to think, I picked up the entwined ball and rushed towards the entrance. Just a few meters out, I heard a shrill cry entering my ears! My whole body stiffened, and I suddenly raised my head to look around. Only to see above the entrance where I came from, there was actually a huge snake head, ferociously exposed!

  It's that man-eating ancestor! I let out a strange cry, turned my head and ran. A whoosh of wind swept over my head. The next moment, a snow-white giant snake was standing upright in front of me!

  Looking at it raising its over 20-meter-high body, with a face looking down at me, I really felt like I was having a conversation with a dragon! Just then, it suddenly let out a strange cry, the large scales around its neck became congested and turned red, standing upright one by one!

  This is his mother's snake spirit! My mind suddenly buzzed! In the past, when I was bored on the mountain, I often flipped through books in the old Taoist temple. I don't remember if it was "West Wind Guest Talk" or "Zi Bu Yu", anyway, it was one of these two Qing Dynasty books, which recorded a passage like this: It is said that under the vast sky, snakes are divided into nine categories. Among the gods and spirits, among the monsters and demons. From the beginning of the golden scales to the end of the great harmony, they are all different. Refining the small snake with spirit, absorbing the heavenly food and earthly essence, restraining oneself and seeking one's body, only then can it become a spirit. Advancing into rivers and lakes becomes a python, entering the East Sea becomes a dragon. Its nature is fierce and its scales are white, its body is huge but light, living in the belly of the mountain, so it is called Gan Long!

  I thought this was just an old man's nonsense, writing some stories to deceive later generations. Who would have thought that today I saw it, and it turned out to be true! Just as I was stunned, this big snake suddenly pounced on me!"Damn it!" I shouted loudly, hastily doing a swallow dive, and jumped out to the right side. As soon as I stood firm, I heard a loud rumbling sound from the side!

  Another look, good guy, the entrance I came in was actually smashed! I stared tightly at the monster in front of me, and saw that this big snake slowly turned its head, making a series of hissing sounds from its mouth!

  As I saw this, the cold sweat on my head was uncontrollable and flowed down! My body stiffened, not daring to make any movement. But just because I didn't move, it doesn't mean it won't move! Suddenly, it violently shook its massive head and charged at me again! I secretly thought "this is bad", and with a swift pounce, I leapt out of the way. Immediately after, another cloud of dust exploded behind me, truly a sandstorm that blinded my eyes! I waved my hands wildly, squinting my eyes, peering into the dusty air. Before my mind could even clear up, I saw an enormous grey shadow, covering the sky and earth, violently smashing towards me!

  I hastily rolled on the ground again, barely dodging this fatal attack! Turning back to take a look, it was really close! This guy's body is too big, one swing of its tail and it smashed a huge hole in the ground! If I had really been hit, even if I had eaten 17 or 18 years' worth of Dragon Tiger pills, I still wouldn't have been able to withstand it! Taking advantage of the sandstorm in the cave, I flipped over and crawled back up onto the ground. Not caring which direction I was going, Liao Huozi started running!

  As I heard the rustling sound behind me, I was running for my life. My heart was racing with urgency when suddenly the light flickered and I saw a small hole on my left side! It was a lifesaving little hole! With that thought, without another word, I immediately leaped into it!

  As soon as I entered, there was a loud rumble behind me! Next thing I knew, the entrance to the cave had also collapsed! I patted my chest and took a deep breath of stale air. This is really like escaping from the tiger's den only to fall into the dragon's pool! If it weren't for these few years of training on this mountain, I'd probably be gone by now!

  Look at the fist-sized hole, staring at the small hole beside it. The small hole is only about one meter high and can accommodate one person. Looking ahead at the pitch-black cave. Taking a deep breath, crawling forward, anyway, there's no way out from behind, better than feeding snakes!

  It had only crawled seven or eight meters away when it heard a loud noise behind it. It saw that the snake had actually knocked all the broken stones at the entrance of the cave flying. And at this moment, there was a pair of golden eyes as big as a car wheel staring into the cave!

  I was so scared that my whole body shook violently, and I hastened my pace. Suddenly, I felt a strong tug on my leg, and my body was pulled backward with great force! This was quite a shock, and I quickly turned around to look, and what I saw made me even more frightened!

  All he saw was that the thing chasing him was none other than a black, purple, long and thin tongue! Snake's tongue! In an instant, his whole body shuddered, and he hastily turned his body over, face upwards. He swung the hammer in his hand, just like a mallet, and fiercely smashed it down!

  A surge of foul-smelling blood and water sprayed all over my body and face. At this point, I couldn't care about these things anymore, I took a look and struck with one blow, then hurriedly continued to crawl forward with hands and feet. As I crawled, I suddenly felt something drop behind me. Immediately after that, there was a beast, ferociously tearing at my backpack!

  My heart thudded, I went crazy, and suddenly arched my body. Without looking, I fiercely rammed into the top of the cave. Then I heard a loud "crack", and a basketball-sized object fell to the ground. I quickly turned my head back, and instantly sucked in a cold breath! It was actually a human head! A skinned human head!

  Looking at the bloody and blurry human head in front of me, I was slightly stunned, because to be precise, it was just a flesh tumor that resembled a human head! Just as I thought this, I saw it suddenly jump up from the ground, with a mouth full of sharp teeth, coming straight towards me!

  I was so tense that I hastily fell back, turned over and dodged. A loud shout, the hand didn't ask and smashed it down. Just heard a "pa" sound, this skinless head, was actually smashed by me with a burst of brain!

  Looking at the collapsed head on the ground, I was panting heavily. Just as I relaxed, I saw its mouth twitch violently, and it was still alive! This time I was really anxious, and without hesitation, I started pounding wildly, not caring whether it was dead or not, until I had smashed it into a pulp, only then did I feel at ease.

  Wiped the blood from his face, cursed loudly. Turned back and continued to crawl into the hole. Just then, a whiff of stench was heard behind him, and that long snake slithered out again! I thought to myself, this is going to be the death of me, not even letting me catch my breath, damn it, I'll fight you to the end!

  I half-sat up, and with a series of swift swings, I fiercely smashed the thing in front of me. This time, it was much more agile and flexible. Every time I was about to hit it, it would change direction and dodge. I continued to smash while slowly retreating backwards, and after an unknown amount of time, my arms felt numb from holding the wheel chocks. Just then, I bumped into something with a thud behind me.

  I suddenly turned my head and looked, and at that moment, my eyes widened in shock! All I saw was a sunken and withered ghost face just 10 centimeters in front of my nose! Oh my god! My instinctive reaction was to punch it, and all I felt was a "crack" as I punched a hole through its skull! I felt relieved, only to realize it was just a dried-up corpse!

  It seems that this is also a poor soul, must be one of the sacrificial objects. In order to survive, he crawled into this small stone cave and was trapped alive inside. Before I could think carefully, the tongue behind had already caught up. My eyes turned around and I got an idea. Hurriedly, I used my mouth to grip the knife handle. Four limbs opened, crawling along the wall of the cave to the top. As soon as I came up, I saw that below was a black purple snake that had passed through. In one go, it wrapped itself around the dried-up corpse's body and with a fierce tug, pulled it out.

  A narrow escape, but before I could even react, my left leg suddenly tightened again! Looking down along the pant leg, I saw a withered and bony hand grasping my ankle tightly!

  "This thing is alive! It's a ghost! I let out a muffled grunt and fell to the ground, and then someone was dragged out. I hastily shouted: "Let go of me, I don't want to die with you!" As soon as my voice dropped, I heard a child's voice, faintly transmitted: "Waaah...I'm scared...Waaah...Big brother...I'm so scared...Waaah..."

  I... really can't help but roll my eyes, this has all turned into a ghost, what are you still afraid of? I gritted my teeth and said to myself: Brother, I'm sorry! After thinking about it, the hand that didn't ask questions slammed down. Just then, there was a loud "crack" sound, and when I looked at that dry corpse, I saw that its arm had been smashed off and was being dragged straight out of the hole!

  Looking at the severed hand on my ankle, I felt a bit uncomfortable. I pulled it off and put it in my backpack, saying silently: "Brother, don't blame me for being heartless, you're barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. But I'm not okay, I still have a lot of sunny years to enjoy, can't go with you. Now leaving you some remains, after I get out, I'll give you a proper burial, also as a thank you for saving my life."

  After finishing, he didn't look back. With a single-minded effort, he crawled in fiercely. Later on, he simply turned his backpack to the front and used his gecko-like skills to climb walls, relying on the strength of his back and feet, like a snake, quickly sliding across the ground.

  This kung fu is very tiring for the waist and legs, but the current situation doesn't allow me to conserve my energy anymore. With a single-minded focus on moving forward, I just want to hurry up and escape from this place! Just as I was exerting all my strength and sliding forward, I suddenly felt a void beneath my brain, and I hastily stopped my body! Only then did I see that behind me, there was a sudden appearance of a chasm a zhang wide!

  Goodness, my mischievous little heart is racing! Looking at the bottomless crack below, I suddenly felt a chill. If I had been playing carelessly just now, wouldn't I have fallen down and become a pancake?

  I clung to the cliff wall, looking down below, it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything. At this moment, a gust of mountain wind blew by. My whole body shuddered uncontrollably, and I realized that my entire body was already soaked through. Just as I was thinking in my heart, with no way to go, what should I do? Suddenly, I felt a tremor in my hand. Hurriedly turning my face to look, I saw that the treasured sword was shaking violently, rattling and trembling!

  Is this a sign of trying to break free? My heart says: Don't be like that, brother, you were obedient just now, why are you acting up again? At this time, I am in a desperate situation, with no way out. You little scamp is causing trouble for me, can I still live or not?

  But as soon as the words were spoken, the knife in his hand flashed and buzzed, and after a humming sound, it actually turned back into a knife shape! I cursed loudly in my heart and quickly looked at the soul stone, only to find that it was no longer dark black, but had turned white and yellow. Suddenly, there were several crisp cracking sounds, and when I looked at this stone, it had split into several pieces!