Chapter 57: A Familiar Giant Snake

  Kirkwood crashed directly onto Malacca's body, spitting out a mouthful of blood arrows. Malacca was busy catching him with both hands and had no time to dodge, instantly getting splattered all over his face.

  He saw him frowning, muttering to himself, carefully putting the Kok wood aside, and then running towards the unconscious Ma Jiajun, picking up a micro-charge gun, first sweeping the altar with a burst of fire, in his eyes, that unknown foreign wizard was more terrifying than the giant snake, and then retreated back into the barracks.

  He rested his gun on the shoulder of a stone statue, aiming at the eyes of the big snake in the field. As long as it made any unusual movement, he would shoot to kill. At this time, the big snake had already coiled into a circle, raised its front body, and was swinging its head left and right, observing Liu Yi without showing any signs of attacking.

  Malacca felt very strange and thought to himself, "Could it be that this big snake knows Liu Yi? No way, a thousand-year-old snake demon, how could he know a young man who's not even thirty years old?" He shook his head and threw the absurd idea to the back of his mind.

  Liu Yi stood beside the bonfire, standing right in the shadow cast by the hook snake, and was not much shorter than the giant python that lay coiled with its head raised. He looked up at the giant python with his eyes wide open, without any fear, yet appeared majestic and powerful.

  Suddenly, on the altar, amidst the five-colored mist, a soft shout was heard, and a half-moon black knife flew out, spinning and slashing towards Liu Yi's neck. As he tried to turn around to block it, he saw that Hook Snake had leapt up, shooting towards him with great force.

  In front of him was Hooked Snake, behind him was Black Knife, the situation was tense. Although Malacca Gun Law was accurate, he couldn't pinpoint Liu Yi's position as he dodged and weaved, fearing that he might accidentally hurt him, so he didn't dare to assist.

  Liu Yi's mind went blank, and he was stunned on the spot. The hook snake swooshed past his body, and all that could be heard was a crisp "ding" sound, as the half-moon black knife attacking him was blocked by the hook snake.

  Malacca, who was hiding aside, exclaimed in admiration: "Liu Yi is really amazing, how does he make every animal like him so much?"

  What surprised him was yet to come, the hook snake blocked a knife for Liu Yi, and with great satisfaction, it wrapped its tail around Liu Yi and tossed him aside. It was exactly like how the Red Pupil Snow Ape and the Reincarnation Fish had teased Liu Yi before.

  Liu Yi rolled in mid-air and landed right behind Ma Liu.

  Malacca looked at Liu Yi with a suspicious gaze: "You're not having an affair with this thousand-year-old snake demon, are you?"

  "What nonsense are you talking about? Look quickly!" Liu Yi pointed in the direction of the altar and shouted.

  Only to see the hook snake had already climbed onto the altar, at this time it was walking around the five-color fog, as if preparing to launch an attack on foreign witches.

  Just then, the flute sound started again, with a rapid and slow, high and low, alternating response, as if the soldiers were about to engage in a life-and-death battle. But when that hook-snake heard this flute sound, it raised its head and drilled into the five-colored mist. Then came the sounds of "hiss", "ding-dong", the wizard's loud shout, and the mixed voices of evil spirits.

  It's clear that they have already hit it off.

  A five-colored thick fog, bulging out to the left and right, seemingly dispersing yet gathering, but I don't know what kind of sorcery foreign witches use to control these medicinal powder-formed fogs, it's probably also a shocking and forbidden dark art.

  A thick fog was wandering above the altar when that mysterious woman somehow stood on top of the statue.

  She glanced at the altar, then looked at Liu Yi's hiding place, and then ran on the statue with a speed that was astonishingly fast, appearing in Liu Yi's line of sight in the blink of an eye.

  The mysterious woman is not tall, about 1.72 meters, all in black, with a veil covering her face, if standing with foreign witches, it would seem like sisters of the same school.

  As for her appearance, Liu Yi was not surprised. But Malacca had a tense face, raised the muzzle and shouted: "Don't move, if you move again, I'll kill you, do you know? I'm not that kind of person who sympathizes with beauties!"

  The mysterious woman glanced at Ma Liucao and ignored him, turning her head to ask Liu Yi: "Who are you?"

  Liu Yi replied faintly: "And who are you?"

  The mysterious woman was taken aback, clearly unaccustomed to such a way of responding. The guy in front of her not only didn't answer her question but even counter-questioned.

  "Hmph!" The mysterious woman snorted coldly and reached into her bosom.

  "Don't move......" Ma Liuji shouted loudly beside her, fearing that she would pull out some kind of hidden weapon.

  Liu Yi pressed down the muzzle of the Malacca gun with his hand and said: "The enemy of an enemy is a friend!"

  The mysterious woman smiled and took out an object from her bosom, tossing it to Liu Yi.

  Liu Yi took it and found it was a handkerchief. When he unfolded it, he surprisingly found it was a musical score. He couldn't help but be shocked: "What does this mean?"

  When she looked up, the woman had already floated away and was rushing towards the altar.

  "I say Liu Yi ah, this girl must have taken a liking to you, right? It's definitely a token of affection!" Ma Liujia exclaimed.

  Liu Yi stuffed the handkerchief into his bosom and squatted down, feeling Keke's chest, then ordered Ma Liujia: "Don't be nonsense, you go find Professor Zhou Tao first to treat Keke's wound! If it's any later, I'm afraid..."

  "No need to look anymore, I'm here!" came Professor Zhou Tao's voice from behind.

  "Ah Ba!" Kexi also rushed out.

  Professor Zhou Tao walked forward, squatted down to feel Keke Mu's pulse, and touched his chest: "It's very serious, I estimate...". He shook his head and said: "If he is sent to a large hospital for treatment in time, there is still a glimmer of hope."

  Liu Yi's face changed suddenly, thinking to himself that he had come all this way to rescue Keke Mu with great difficulty, but unexpectedly it was going to be a futile effort. Then why did his father come to this sacrificial place and what was he looking for? It seemed there were no answers.

  Suddenly, her nose started bleeding again.

  "Damn it!" Liu Yi cursed, thinking to himself, what's going on? This is the third time he's had a nosebleed, and when he gets back, he'll have to go to the hospital for a check-up.

  At this time, Koxinga was crying on his father's body and had become a tearful person.

  "Klein..." A faint voice sounded, and Kirkwood opened his eyes: "Don't... don't cry..."

  Liu Yi was overjoyed and immediately squatted down to help Keke Wood up, holding his hand and asking: "How are you? How much longer can you hold on?"

  Kerwood looked at the unfamiliar faces in front of him, his gaze finally settling on Liu Yi's face. His mouth moved slightly as if he wanted to say something, but ultimately didn't. Then, one hand reached into his pocket...

  Suddenly, his hand stopped, his head tilted to one side, and he actually died.

  Liu Yi's face fell in distress at the sight.

  Malacca thought to himself: "Don't people on TV always finish their last words before dying? You died a bit too quickly, old brother!"

  "Father......" Kuo's mournful cry rose up and actually drowned out the sounds of fighting on the altar.

  "Alas!" Professor Zhou sighed and turned his head to one side, unable to bear the sight of this miserable farewell scene.

  "Dad, wake up... didn't you promise to teach me everything you know? Didn't you promise to protect me until I grow up? Dad..."

  As Koxing let out a long "ah", he unexpectedly fainted from the pain and excitement.

  Malacca's condition worsened, and Korksi was taken to one side by Liu Wei, who reached into Korksi's wooden chest under his dying instructions. Inside, he found a coiled long whip, but nothing else. Liu Wei immediately felt suspicious - surely the great Korksi wouldn't leave behind just a long whip? At least there should be some books of recorded magic spells or something, so that Korksi's future would have some hope!

  He thought of this, and carefully searched up and down, but to no avail. Suddenly, a burst of inspiration struck him, and he tore open his clothes, revealing the strange, dense text etched into the wooden chest, resembling the talismans drawn by Taoist priests.

  Professor Zhou Tao was curious and walked up, completely unaware of this strange font. So he said: "It seems that we have to carry the Kork wood out of this death valley!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, a loud "bang" sound erupted, startling everyone. They turned around to look at the altar and saw that the hook snake had apparently gone mad. Its huge head was appearing and disappearing in the five-colored smoke, looking like a dragon dancing in the colorful clouds. Its incredibly hard tail was frantically striking the stone pillar on top of the altar.

  The stone pillar seemed unable to withstand the impact and was shaking violently, on the verge of collapsing.

  Liu Yi watched in shock, thinking that if he had clashed with the hook snake, he would have been dead by now. But what was strange was that the hook snake didn't attack him, it was really weird to the extreme, could it be that he really had "animal affinity"?

  No time for him to think, the five-colored smoke and fog had thinned out at this moment, and the two men and one beast could be vaguely seen fighting in the smoke and fog. In Liu Yi's eyes, it was like watching a TV series where gods were fighting with magic.

  The five-colored mist suddenly floated forward quickly and disappeared in a blink of an eye, drifting out over a hundred meters.

  The smoke disperses, and the figure appears.

  Only a mysterious woman was seen holding a white double-rowed short flute, panting and covering her chest on the altar, it seemed that the white flute in her hand should be the Qiang flute.

  The big snake stood beside her, its tail slapping against the stone pillar, spitting out sparks as it watched the smoke fleeing into the distance.

  Only then did a mysterious woman fly onto the snake's body and shouted: "Go!"

  The big snake seemed to understand, its tail swept once, the snake's head probed once, and its entire body shot out. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the darkening stone forest. Liu Yi ran forward two steps, looking at the quiet stone forest, and reluctantly gave up.

  Unexpectedly, this trip to the forbidden land not only failed to clarify why Ma's army was hired by foreign witches to come to this ancient Qiang sacrificial site, but also encountered a mysterious woman with an unclear situation.

  It's really a headache. He shook his head and let out a sigh.

  At this moment, a loud crash, the stone pillars of the altar suddenly collapsed, and the force of the hook snake's strike made the pillars unable to stand upright. After the pillars collapsed, the black water inside flowed out instantly.

  Liu Yi and his companions felt the ground begin to shake, as if the entire stone forest was about to collapse.

  Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly they were shocked. Liu Yi thought to himself, could it be that this stone pillar is the key to this stone forest? If we destroy it, will the entire stone array be destroyed as well?

  "Run!" Liu Yi shouted loudly, leading the way to the empty space in the middle. If they turned around and ran into the stone forest, those tall and large sheep-headed human-bodied carvings that fell from above would surely crush everyone to death.

  Professor Zhou Tao hugged Keke Xi, and Ma Liu Jia picked up the wooden keel on the ground and followed closely.