Chapter 30 Flying Snake, Don’t Move!
"What's going on!"
Several people quickly drew their swords, ran to Xiao Yan's side, stood in a circle, and became alert facing all directions.
Unexpectedly, after looking around for a long time, everyone saw nothing except big, sturdy trees and densely woven vines.
"Xiao Yan, are you kidding? Are you still in the mood to joke at this time?" One of the disciples said angrily, putting down the hand holding the sword.
The tip of the sword fell to the ground, making a strange crisp sound.
He looked down and found that he was standing on a black, hard, long object with the same winding arc. When the tip of the sword fell on it, he could tell that it was hollow inside.
With the fragmented sunlight in the rainforest, one can still seem to see the shiny luster on the black object and the vague shape of the scales on it.
"This is..." The disciple's anger subsided a lot and he looked at his feet hesitantly.
Xiao Yan froze in the middle, not daring to move: "Look, this, this, this thing is..."
Everyone lowered their heads and realized that the long object almost occupied the entire small open space where they were, winding and twisting, and stacked up in two or three layers.
"Snake slough."
Zhan Yao calmly said the last two words for him.
"It looks like it's more than ten feet long. It must be the snake king." Xu Lian was not that scared, but when she saw such a huge snake skin, her expression became serious and she couldn't help but frown.
"The snake skin is here. The snake king is not here, but it should not be too far away." Zhan Yao glanced at Mu Fuyun and said to everyone, "Everyone, be careful."
This time, no one said it was alarmist, and the pace of progress became much more cautious.
However, no one complained about bad luck and being slowed down.
Before leaving, Mu Fuyun looked back at the severed snake head.
The blood that had just been spilled all around had disappeared without a trace, as if it had completely seeped into the moist vines and soil.
The disciples in the trial field were a little surprised.
"Could it be that the snake just now was really a whistle snake?" "This is the first time I've heard of an emerald green whistle snake."
In comparison, the senior brothers and sisters at higher levels were more knowledgeable and experienced, and did not make a fuss about this little thing.
"It's just a little rare, but it's not non-existent."
"I heard that in the mountains in the south, some people have seen many colorful whistle snakes."
Several elders listened to what everyone said, but did not express their opinions, nor did they explain anything further. They just stared at the picture on the stone tablet with serious eyes.
In the picture, the Class B team encountered a difficult swamp, and their progress was suddenly slowed down a lot.
After walking through a relatively flat and wide road, Class A's team gradually entered a road covered with thorns.
A thin layer of mist gradually appeared in the humid air, and rustling sounds could be heard from time to time among the hidden branches and leaves of grass and trees, which made people imagine the scenes of various snakes, insects, rats and ants crawling past.
Xiao Yan was already as stiff as he could be. He no longer had the momentum he had when he first came in to rush to the front. He huddled in the middle of the team, looking listless.
Hongying, who was walking beside him, laughed at him: "Look at you, if you really meet the Snake King later, will you faint directly?"
Xiao Yan blushed, and for some reason, he remembered Mu Fuyun who had fainted in public on the trial stage. He muttered, "Don't talk nonsense, I wouldn't be so embarrassed. I just think things like snakes are too disgusting!"
The trees grew denser and denser, and the road ahead seemed to be getting narrower and narrower. It went from being able to accommodate several people walking side by side to only being able to accommodate two people walking side by side. In the end, it was blocked by two giant trees covered with thick and thin vines.
Now, the formation has changed several times, and the one walking in the front is Xu Huaiyan. He looked carefully at the hanging vines, and did not choose to cut them directly. Instead, he used the scabbard to pry them apart, revealing a hole that was large enough for one person to pass through.
"Everyone be careful."
He first passed the opening and looked forward. He saw that although there were countless vines hanging from the trees in front of him, they were not as thick as those here to block the way forward. Then he turned around and motioned everyone to come in.
The remaining eight people passed through one by one. One of the disciples who was temporarily in charge of covering their retreat was particularly tall. When he passed through the vines, the sandalwood hairpin on the top of his head was hooked, pulling several strands of hair and making him unable to move.
In a hurry, he swung his sword and cut off the vines hanging above his head.
Several vines were broken off and dangling in the air, their wooden core swaying up and down under their dark brown outer layer.
One of the fallen vines happened to roll to Mu Fuyun's feet. She looked down and couldn't help frowning.
Xiao Yan was so shocked by this scene that he recalled the green snake that Zhan Yao had just killed. Looking up again, he felt that the vines in the forest looked like snakes hanging in the air, and the roots on the edges of the vines were like snake tongues, baring their teeth at him.
"Ahhh, so disgusting!"
He shuddered all over and couldn't help but stretch his head and start slashing at the vines hanging above his head.
"Don't move!"
"Don't move!"
Two exclamations sounded at the same time, attracting several people to look over.
Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao looked at each other and saw vigilance in each other's eyes.
Xiao Yan subconsciously stopped moving after being drunk, turned around in a daze, and his eyes swirled between the two of them: "What, what happened?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the countless hanging vines began to sway as if blown by the wind.
However, the air was humid and there was no wind at all.
Xiao Yan froze and his eyes widened in horror.
Countless hanging vines twisted and turned like snakes that had just awakened from a deep sleep.
Zhan Yao looked at him expressionlessly and said coldly, "What you just chopped off were all snakes."
After saying that, the bottom of the vines turned into snake heads, with eyes that were extremely wide apart, pitch black, like countless black holes flashing with cold light, staring closely at the nine people in Class A.
"Damn it..."
Hongying stared blankly at the snakes hanging on the branches and couldn't help but murmur.
The others also stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
These snakes seemed to have just woken up from a deep sleep. After twisting their bodies and stretching, they felt their stomachs were empty and it was time for a good meal.
The snake's long tongue was sticking out, and the hissing sound came one after another, which made people's skin crawl. That was the signal that it was about to start looking for food.
Without being reminded, Zhan Yao leaped up, drew his sword, and killed the snake hanging above his head with an expressionless face.
For a moment, blood was splattered everywhere.
Mu Fuyun watched as more and more snakes appeared, and she also drew her sword to kill them. Her sword wasn't as strong and sharp as Zhan Yao's, and her moves weren't as murderous as Zhan Yao's, but her quick reaction and smooth movements were no less impressive than Zhan Yao's.
The people present had no intention of observing their moves.
Xu Huaiyan shouted, "What are you still standing there for?", and everyone drew their swords and began to kill the countless snakes above their heads.
At first, they just thought that there were too many snakes and it would take a lot of effort to kill them all.
However, they soon discovered that things were not that simple.
"What the hell is this snake? It can actually fly! It's so disgusting, so disgusting!"
Xiao Yanqiang cheered up and started hacking away, unable to help but shouting in disgust.
The snake, which was just hanging on the tree like a vine, suddenly began to turn green rapidly from the base of its tail until its head was also dyed green, and a thin layer of transparent wings grew on its back.
The snake's tail wrapped around the branch suddenly loosened, and the whole body fell from mid-air. At the same time, the thin wings spread out, inflated by the wind, and carried the snake flying in the air.
The snake, which was originally swaying, now moved even more erratically, greatly increasing the force of the chopping.
Not only that, the vines wrapped around the tree trunks were also breaking into lengths at an incredible speed. As each length fell, it began to turn green and turned into an emerald green snake flying in the air.
For a moment, the dense forest, which was already divided into cramped spaces by tree trunks and branches, became even more confusing with the addition of countless snakes.
Before entering the secret realm, the disciples of Class A had privately discussed the formation they would use to cooperate with each other in case of crisis. However, in the current situation, they were already in disarray and had no time to care about the formation.
The elders sitting in the trial field watching these favored ones among the outer disciples couldn't help but sigh.
On the other hand, Class B, which is trapped in the swamp, has slightly better trust and cooperation with each other than Class A.
"Although they are all good seedlings, they are still a little tender."
"Yeah, he doesn't understand tacit understanding and cooperation, and his character is a little lacking."
"It's understandable that we're a little arrogant in Class A."
"When we collect it in the future, there will be more to grind."
The disciples watching the game were more concerned about what was going on with the snakes in the secret realm.
Most of the inner disciples were knowledgeable and did not make a fuss, but the outer disciples below were extremely curious and could not help but pull the instructors aside to ask questions.
Instructor Han, who was the most knowledgeable, was currently guarding outside the aperture of the secret realm with Instructor Wu, and was unable to answer their questions, so the other instructors had no choice but to look towards Song Xinghe who was not far from them.
Although Song Xinghe behaves like a child, he is the direct disciple of the master after all, and his status is far higher than other inner disciples. He has also taught one or two classes to the outer disciples, so he is not a stranger to the disciples. Facing the pairs of eyes eager to learn, he patiently explains.
"This is a Jade Vine Winged Snake, commonly found in the southern rainforest. It's a fusion of a winged snake and a green vine. When dormant, it looks like an ordinary vine. Once awakened, it transforms from a vine into a winged snake."
As he spoke, his gaze shifted back to the image on the stone tablet.
It's useless to just kill this Jade Vine Winged Snake aimlessly.
In the secret realm, the disciples in Class A also discovered clues.
"We can't go on like this!" Hongying swung his sword and cut off five snakes at once, but found that after the five snakes fell to the ground, the broken vines grew new sections at a speed visible to the naked eye and continued to transform into snakes.
"Oh help, I'm going to throw up!"
A snake landed on Xiao Yan's shoulder, scaring him so much that he spat it out. While spitting, he continued to swing his sword, cutting off more flying snakes in a row.
The scene was a bit tense.
Xu Lian was very close to a towering ancient tree that several people had hugged. While the flying snakes around it had just been chopped down, he quickly chopped a simple hole in the tree and crawled in.
Seeing this, Zhan Yao grabbed Xiao Yan's collar and threw him in.
Xiao Yan and Xu Lian worked hard to dig in the tree hole and finally expanded the space inside.
“Come in quickly!”
Xu Lian shouted.
The remaining five people retreated towards the tree hole while waving their swords. After everyone came in, Xiao Yan quickly blocked the entrance.
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