The giant snake was very sensitive to the powder; it moved its head away before the powder even touched it.
The man standing on the wooden stake didn't linger in the fight; instead, he grabbed the rope and glided quickly toward the village.
Seeing its prey escape right under its nose, the giant snake swam quickly, trying to give chase.
But this reckless pursuit taught it a painful lesson. Before it could even react, the sharp scalpel sliced open the snakeskin under its belly.
The villagers standing in front, luring it in, could even hear tearing sounds.
The giant snake, in pain, rolled on the ground, but unexpectedly, countless scalpel blades pierced its flesh.
"It's at this moment," Hou Yunhai ordered the archers guarding the side to start firing continuously.
These arrows were all aimed at its wound, and many of them followed the blade to deliver a second arrow.
With so many scalpel blades embedded in the snake's body, the sedative applied to it gradually took effect, and the once fierce and domineering giant snake slowly slowed down.
At this moment, it also realized that something was wrong and swam its body, trying to escape as it had done last time. Just as its body swam backward, the villagers also began to move.
Taking advantage of its slowed movements, Hou Yunhai bypassed the dense area of blades and slowly approached with a small basin of medicine powder prepared by Liu Zhijian.
Sensing the approach of humans, the giant snake strained to raise its head, attempting to pounce on Hou Yunhai.
At that moment, Hou Yunhai lifted the lid and poured the entire basin of medicinal powder into its mouth.
Stimulated by the powder, the giant snake rolled around on the ground again, just like last time, as if it were enduring extraordinary pain.
The villagers who followed closely behind brandished their gleaming machetes and kept slashing at it whenever they could find an opening, especially targeting its vital spot, where every strike was merciless.
Captain Liu and his men, watching from a distance, were astonished by the scene. At the same time, they wondered if their own village would have a chance to fight such a giant snake, or would they simply be devoured by it?
"They're really something else. It looks like this snake is doomed today."
Captain Liu glanced at the person who spoke and asked, "Are you sympathizing with that snake?"
"No, no, no," the speaker quickly waved his hand in denial, "This scourge should be eliminated, but we should be glad that it didn't appear in our village, otherwise we might not be able to defeat it with our strength."
Old Zhao said, "Don't you see how much stuff they used this time? Look at that basin of medicine powder, it might be another of their new inventions. And those shiny blades on the ground, we can't afford them."
Just as they were still observing, Captain Niu suddenly shouted, "Watch out!"
But his warning came too late; Gu Mili felt her waist being instantly bound by something.
After several days of intensive training, he naturally raised his hands and nervously looked at the snake tail wrapped around his waist.
In an instant, the snake began to circle his body twice.
The villagers not far from him also noticed the situation. It turned out that the two pythons that had been intercepted had followed them and had given them an opening while they were focused on dealing with the giant snake.
"Xiao Gu, don't be afraid, we'll take care of it right away." Yun Zhixin reassured the child and then began attacking the snake's head, which was raising its head and showing off to them.
Gu Mili looked miserable. "What kind of luck is this? Move it away quickly, it's disgusting."
The pungent stench of snakes was especially irritating at such close range, and the weight on his waist made him tremble.
As if provoking the crowd, the snake began to curl up its body when it saw so many people gathering around.
Hou Yunhai, on the other side, also noticed the situation. He shouted for his brothers to speed up, as there were still two snakes to deal with.
Everyone was acting like they were on steroids, eager to deal with the giant snake as soon as possible to help Gu Mili.
Seeing that Gu Mili was about to repeat Yun Lecang's fate, Captain Liu and the others couldn't stand by and watch anymore. They grabbed their tools and wanted to run over to help.
What happened next made them stop immediately.
The snake seemed to be injured, and began rolling around on the ground, curling up grains of rice.
Grain wasn't paying attention and its head hit the ground, letting out a scream.
Yun Zhixin quickly dropped the machete in his hand and went straight forward to grab the snake's tail, trying to stop the snake from rolling around.
Seeing him like this, the other villagers disregarded their own fear and rushed to help him.
"Quickly pull the snake's tail away from the rice grain!" Someone shouted in a moment of urgency, and Lin Zhixin immediately followed the instructions.
But the snake kept rolling around there, which made things much more difficult for everyone.
Just as everyone was trying their best to free Gu Mili, the python that was coiled around Gu Mili had its head blown off by an external force.
Seeing the flattened tongue, everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that Si Cheng and the others had returned.
Before they could even catch their breath, Yun Qi and his men had already engaged another python behind them.
However, this unharmed python was not so easy to deal with. With its agile body and huge tail, neither side gained an advantage.
Hou Yunhai and the others also rushed over to help, having finished dealing with the giant snake.
However, without the help of the giant python, the remaining python was no match for so many people and was completely defeated in no time.
To prevent another snake from suddenly appearing and harming the villagers, everyone carefully checked the surrounding area again.
The snakes that had been attacked by wild boars at the bottom of the trench had long been gnawed to pieces. The wild boars were enjoying their only food for the past few days. The sight of the mangled flesh at the bottom of the trench made everyone cover their mouths and take a few steps back.
With the help of the villagers, Gu Mili finally managed to escape from the snake's coils, but the bloodstains all over him made everyone stand far away immediately.
He cried out in distress, "Why doesn't anyone care if I'm hurt? Can't they see how much blood there is?"
As the elder, Yun Zhixin could only take the lead and come to him, asking, "Where do you feel unwell? Did you bump your head just now?"
"Besides my head, there's also my soul. I think I'm going to have nightmares for a very, very long time," Gu Mili said, feeling wronged.
Seeing the bloodstains all over him and all the villagers just standing by watching, Wu Tianxi got angry. "Everyone, stop standing there and get him to the village right away. What if something happens with so much blood?"
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