Chapter 45
When Linglong came back, she took us to look for the resurrection grass. I was so chatty during the whole trip. I hadn't spoken a word all day and I was almost dying of suffocation. Now I finally had someone to chat with.
It was not until I really entered the center of Zhayang Mountain that I realized how ancient this mountain was. If I hadn't met Linglong, Liu Danchen and I would never have found it.
"Sister, are we almost there?"
I looked at the scenery in front of me, which was very different from the outside. The towering ancient trees had disappeared, replaced by all kinds of exotic flowers and plants. If I hadn't been in the heart of Zhaiyang Mountain, I would have thought I had arrived in a garden.
"That's right, we will be there in another half an hour. You must be prepared in advance, it is not easy to deal with." Linglong said.
"What exactly is that thing?" I asked curiously.
"A giant snake."
When I heard it was a snake, my hair stood on end. The thing I fear most in my life is snakes. The more you fear something, the more likely it will come.
It was not until we arrived at our destination that I realized how big the giant snake she was talking about was.
From a distance, its tail was hidden in the flowers, its head drinking from a stream fifty meters away. Its sturdy body, covered in scales, bent over the ground. It sensed our approach and quickly retracted.
Seeing such a long snake, I felt a little unsteady on my feet. The three of us together were not enough to fill its teeth.
Its eyes were filled with evil, and its scarlet tongue was flying in the air, staring at the three of us.
"Where is the resurrection grass?" I asked in a trembling voice.
"At its tail." Linglong said.
I looked at the giant snake's tail, and there was indeed a conspicuous grass there, which also glowed during the day. Around the fluorescence were bright red fruits. If my guess was correct, it was the accompanying soul-returning fruit.
Liu Danchen and I looked at each other. It was such a big snake, and it was looking at us warily. We had no choice but to go ahead and fight it.
Liu Danchen took the lead, took out his sword and chopped at him.
"Be careful!" Linglong shouted loudly.
When the giant snake saw Liu Danchen raising his sword to chop at it, it opened its bloody mouth and spit out a red mist. Liu Danchen hurriedly protected his head and was sprayed back.
Seeing Liu Danchen being repelled, Linglong stepped forward to protect us behind her. She instantly turned into a white fox. This time, the fox she turned into was different from the first time we met. At that time, the white fox she turned into was no different from an ordinary fox, but now she turned into a spirit fox as big as an elephant. The most eye-catching thing was her tail. The three tails were swinging in the air!
This was the first time I intuitively felt the power of the monster. It was not obvious when I met the monster king in Broken Soul Mountain, but now the snake and the fox were so powerful that they were intimidating.
Linglong leaped into the giant snake's attack range, and the two engaged in a fierce battle. The snake frequently spewed out red mist, and Linglong narrowly avoided it each time. The mist fell on the flowers and plants, causing them to emit wisps of white gas, corroded by the red mist. Linglong must have fought this giant snake many times before, and both were familiar with each other's abilities. The battle lasted for a long time.
Seeing Linglong losing ground, Liu Danchen and I joined the fray. Liu Danchen chanted a spell, and his sword instantly glowed yellow. The giant snake was entangled by Linglong, and Liu Danchen's entry into the fray immediately distracted it. Taking advantage of its unpreparedness, I summoned the Fire Bell, sending a stream of crimson lotus fire piercing the snake's body. It was now overwhelmed, and I barely managed to dodge our three attacks. I could even smell a burning smell; it had been struck by my true fire.
Seeing the giant snake injured, Linglong excitedly said, "The three of us are more agile than it. As long as we work together well, we have a great chance of getting the spiritual herb today!"
It turns out the snake had already attained spirituality, though it hadn't yet transformed. Its size limited its movements, preventing it from being as agile as we were, giving us a glimmer of opportunity. However, the True Fire I had just struck it also inflamed its ferocity, and its tail lashed out fiercely. Liu Danchen and I were only mortals, after all. We couldn't fly like Linglong, and our jumps weren't high enough to completely dodge the giant snake's attacks.
In the blink of an eye, Linglong sucked Liu Danchen and me onto her back with her mouth, then she jumped into the air and rushed straight towards the giant snake's head.
Unexpectedly, the giant snake had already seen through Linglong's attack, and its tail, which had swept out, quickly retracted from the back and hit Linglong hard.
Despite Linglong's massive size, she couldn't withstand the whip-like force of the 50-meter-long snake's tail. She fell heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Liu Danchen and I also fell, and I felt like every bone in my body was shattered.
The giant snake bent its body and crawled towards us, its tongue constantly moving in and out. It opened its huge mouth and a fishy stench hit my face, choking me so much that I couldn't breathe.
Linglong was also aroused by it, and her face turned fierce and she bit the giant snake.
Seeing the giant snake in front of me in pain, I shook Linglong hard, and the fire bell in my hand shot out real fire, hitting the giant snake's body. But facing giant snakes, because I was born with a fear of this kind of creature, I could only exert half of my strength, otherwise this blow would have seriously damaged it.
The giant snake, struck by my true fire again, bit Linglong's neck. A bite this time would surely severely damage Linglong's vitality. Linglong's neck dodged the bite, but the snake's body was bitten. But Linglong didn't let go, and both the fox and the snake held on tightly.
Seeing this, Liu Danchen shone brightly with the sword in his hand and chopped directly at the giant snake's head. I also stood in the distance and kept hitting the giant snake with the Red Lotus True Fire.
The giant snake opened its mouth and blew another puff of red mist towards Liu Danchen. Liu Danchen had to step back, and my true fire was also avoided by it.
The giant snake quickly wrapped its entire body around Linglong's body, and it was going to strangle her!
No matter how Linglong struggled, it was useless. The giant snake wrapped itself tighter and tighter, and Linglong gradually couldn't hold on any longer.
Liu Danchen's hair stood on end with rage. He bit his middle finger, smeared the blood from his fingertip on the blade, and then pointed the sword toward the sky. He gripped the hilt with both hands, his clothes fluttering without a breeze. The sword in his hand grew larger and larger, finally emitting a faint red glow. This scene deeply shocked me, because the huge sword was already twice as tall as him.
He raised the huge sword, leaped up, and slashed at the giant snake fiercely.
The giant snake also felt Liu Danchen's fierce momentum, and the snake that was strangling Linglong's body quickly loosened its grip and lashed its tail towards Liu Danchen.
Liu Danchen's giant sword collided with the snake's tail, sending out huge sparks. The snake's tail was obviously broken, but inertia still caused it to hit Liu Danchen, sending him flying backwards, blood spurting from his mouth.
Linglong had already transformed back into her original form, a small white fox lying on the ground, gasping for breath. Liu Danchen's condition was not optimistic either, he struggled on the ground, clutching his chest.
The golden light from the fire bell in my hand shone brightly, and a powerful flame shot towards the giant snake. Taking this opportunity, I ran forward, picked up Linglong, and retreated to Liu Danchen's side.
The giant snake's tail was now broken, but it did not retreat. It resisted my true fire and crawled towards us with its tongue spitting out.
A panic rose in my heart and I didn't dare to look into its eyes. I could only use the fire bell to continuously spray fire at it.
But the snake didn't dodge even though its body was burnt. It looked like it wanted to eat the three of us.
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