Their eyes moved around, and as soon as they saw Li Qinglin, they suddenly fixed their gazes, somewhat surprised and doubtful.

They didn't know if it was an illusion, but after not seeing him for half the night, they vaguely felt that Li Qinglin had changed a lot. He was more energetic, and his already strong and muscular body seemed to have grown bigger, giving them the feeling of a human-shaped beast.

Li Qinglin left alone last night. Everyone noticed it, but they all treated it as a young man who had just learned martial arts skills. They couldn't contain their excitement and practiced hard all night.

No one would have thought that it was Li Qinglin who went out and got promoted.

"Senior Sister Wen Tiexin, should we continue forward and see if there is still a chance to slay the demon, or should we retreat back to the palace camp first?"

Deng Dong walked up to Wen Tiexin and asked.

Wen Tiexin hesitated when he heard this.

In this team of six, Jiang Xuecai deserted the battlefield and was killed, and the injuries of himself and Deng Dong have not fully recovered, although Li Qinglin broke through and became a martial artist, and even seems to be quite powerful.

But to face the wrath of the monster again with such a team is really overestimating their capabilities.

Although he has the talisman sword, he has no chance to kill the demon.

Thinking of this, Wen Tiexin hated Jiang Xuecai who was buried in the wilderness even more.

Chang Yuren originally wanted to subconsciously suggest that he should focus on long-range archery, combined with the talisman sword, and adopt the kite-flying tactic, which might be a hope of slaying the monster.

But he suddenly thought of Li Qinglin's archery skill yesterday, when he shot a fatal shot from dozens of feet away, across numerous obstacles.

There was a sudden silence.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a faint rustling sound from the grass not far away, and the hissing sound of a long snake spitting out its tongue.

When everyone heard this, they drew their weapons, climbed up the trees and hid as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

After a few breaths, poisonous snakes suddenly crawled out from the grass, as black as a tide, rolling and flapping, but they did not stay where they were, as if they were fleeing.

"Snake tide? Could it be..."

There was suddenly a gleam of light in Wen Tiexin's eyes.

The few of them looked at each other and exchanged ideas. Then they followed the direction of the snake tide, jumping and sneaking on the treetops, gradually going deeper into Zhuoguang Mountain.

Half an hour later, the snake flow gradually became sparse. A hundred feet away was the nest of the silver-striped python, and a strong smell of blood could be heard coming from there.

Li Qinglin seemed to have poor physical skills and could not keep up with the movements of the three people in front of him, so he was left behind.

Wen Tiexin didn't care much and was very alert.

After jumping down from the tree, he slowly approached the nest step by step.

There was sparse skylight and a dark nest. Through the backlit cave entrance, Wen Tiexin and his companions opened their eyes wide and vaguely saw something seemed to be wriggling in the nest.

Puff...whoosh!

The flint lit the torch, and Wen Tiexin and his companions stopped several feet away from the nest. The torches in their hands only illuminated an area the size of a palm.

"What is that thing? A silver-striped python? Is it dead or alive? Why is there no movement?"

Wen Tiexin looked doubtful.

Chang Yuren thought for a moment, glanced at Li Qinglin, and when he saw that he had no reaction, he took out a pheasant-tail arrow with a fire starter from his arms.

The pheasant-tail arrow was shot out, and the fire illuminated the darkness along the way, and flew quietly into the snake's lair.

By the light of the fire, everyone saw the cold rock wall, snake corpses all over the ground, dull and faded blood, and a...

A huge python corpse with silvery-white patterns all over it but without a head.

Most of the flesh and blood of the corpse had been eaten by someone unknown, and at this moment, the skin was wrinkled and the scales were falling off.

"The Silver-striped Python is dead?!"

"How is it possible? Who did it?"

"Could it be that other martial artists took advantage of this?"

When they saw this, their faces changed drastically. They couldn't believe that the silver-striped python that was so ferocious yesterday had become so miserable today.

Although Fu Bo, the marrow-refining martial artist, turned the tide and the arrows and crossbows he shot at the end were extremely lethal, given the Silver-Striped Python's defensive capabilities, it was probably far from being lethal.

Wen Tiexin and the others were filled with disbelief and at the same time, they became extremely wary and stood guard on the spot.

There seemed to be something moving around and wriggling inside the corpse.

Tear...

Then, in the horrified gazes of several people, a toad that was nearly human-tall, seven feet wide, jade-colored all over, and exuding a blazing evil aura, and looked hideous and terrifying, crawled out.

"Yes, is it the Jade Yuan Toad?"

“In the end, it was it that picked the peaches?”

"It was originally food for the silver python, but in the end, it actually ate the silver python?"

The Jade Yuanchan's cold gaze swept over the few people, and the figure that gradually walked out of the snake cave gradually lengthened and twisted, covering everyone.

Whoosh! In the blink of an eye, the evil spirit rose like clouds and mist, and there were green water snakes swimming in it. The sound of a river crashing against the shore was faintly heard. When the evil spirit dissipated, where was the Jade Yuanchan? It was not until the Jade Yuanchan left that Wen Tiexin and others suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, gasping for breath, and their backs were wet without realizing it.

"It seems... to have become stronger?"

Several people felt heavy-hearted. Just now, when they faced the toad, they didn't even have the thought of fighting.

There is a big monster in Zhuoguang Mountain.

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This Jade Yuan Chan was originally a rising star, an alien monster, but now it is stepping on the corpse of its "predecessor" to rise to the top.

Wen Tiexin and the others didn't know whether this mission to slay the demon would be considered a success or a failure.

After a cup of tea, everyone calmed down, put on their face towels, sprayed some insect repellent medicine, and walked into the snake cave step by step.

The fishy and pungent smell in the snake den cannot be completely blocked even with a face towel.

But at this moment, everyone seemed to be unaware of it and quickly came to the body of the Silver-striped Python.

The silver python's most precious internal organs, the snake gall, were gone, and even most of its blood and flesh had disappeared, all of which had been eaten by the Jade Yuan Toad.

But the silver-striped python was so huge that even the remaining snake meat weighed hundreds of pounds, not to mention the snake skin, scales and bones.

In the outside world, these are rare treasures!

Everyone was filled with joy. Deng Dong took out a skinning knife, completely peeled off the snake's skin, and worked with Wen Tiexin to dismember the body and cut the snake meat.

Lan Yu was picking some accompanying herbs in the snake cave.

Chang Yuren and Li Qinglin were on guard outside the cave.

After a while, everyone began to divide the spoils according to their needs.

Li Qinglin had secretly gained the greatest benefit, so he naturally chose to be humble and stayed until the end, asking for only more than 50 kilograms of snake meat and a snake bone.

"Let's go back to Wang's camp first. The bloody smell of snake meat is too strong and might attract other monsters. Let's go back to the camp first to process it. Whether we sell it to the Wang family or take the armored mud dragon back to the city, it will be very convenient."

Wen Tiexin spoke.

Naturally, no one objected to this.

After leaving the snake cave, the group did not delay and crossed mountains and rivers. Chang Yuren walked in the front and drove away any wild beasts he encountered with pheasant tail arrows.

As we move away from Zhuoguang Mountain, the scenery on both sides becomes gradually desolate, and man-made mountain roads can be seen in the distance.

Half a day later, the Wang residence’s camp became visible in the distance.

But as they approached the camp, archers hid on the lookout tower and drew their bows, ready to shoot.

Everyone stopped.

Behind the roadblock, a martial artist spoke up.

"Who is coming?"

Wen Tiexin held up his identity token and shouted, "We were ordered by the palace to kill the demon in Zhuoguang Mountain. Now that the matter is settled, we would like to use the camp to rest."

Upon hearing this, the martial artist came over with a knife in hand, verified the identity tokens of the people, looked at the bloody snake corpses, and then waved his hand and said, "Go in. The camp has been unstable recently. You rest for a night and leave tomorrow morning."

Deng Dong was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked, "It's not safe, what happened?"

The martial artist recognized Deng Dong. He had greeted him several times in the past, so he did not hide it at this moment and said,

"Last night, three people died in the camp. Their faces were unrecognizable, and their internal organs were missing."

"Some people say that there are monsters in the mountains that are haunting us and are here to take our lives."

(End of this chapter)