Chapter 211 Tree Man
In the shipyard, Jiang Xuanzeng sent more than 200 trusted soldiers to work together, just to build more ships.
“Ding, ding, ding…”
Jiang Xuan personally swung the bronze hammer to hammer nails into the wooden boat. His hands were steady, and the pyramid-shaped bronze nails were nailed into the thick wooden board one by one.
The wooden boat was one of the escape routes Jiang Xuan prepared for the Teng tribe.
However, he built the wooden boat not for crossing the river, but to allow more tribesmen to ride the wooden boat downstream and go to farther places when necessary.
When dealing with other tribes, they might be able to rely on the natural barrier of the Flying Fish River, but when dealing with the Black Snake Tribe, this natural barrier will definitely be ineffective.
Since most snakes can swim, they will cross the river and continue the pursuit.
Therefore, when forced to do so, Jiang Xuan would let his tribesmen escape by boat. Even if the people of the Black Snake Tribe chased them, they would not chase them too far, because they were still on the way of migration and there were many ordinary tribesmen who needed protection.
"Chief, Fengcao wants to see you."
Just as Jiang Xuan was hammering the nails, a soldier hurried in to report to him.
The shipyard is a confidential place. No one is allowed to enter except the people working in the shipyard, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao.
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Jiang Xuan still hammered the last few nails slowly, then put down the bronze hammer and walked out of the shipyard.
Fengcao was waiting anxiously, and when he saw Jiang Xuan coming out, he immediately walked over.
"Chief, the Black Snake Tribe has arrived near the Great Swamp."
“So soon?”
Jiang Xuan frowned slightly and asked, "How is the Mountain Turtle Tribe?"
"The Mountain Turtle Tribe has entered the Great Swamp and taken everything with them, leaving only empty houses."
"That's good."
Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they entered the Great Swamp, the Mountain Turtle Tribe would be safe because they were very familiar with the Great Swamp.
"Chief, I rode a giant horned deer at full speed back here. According to the time, the Black Snake Tribe will arrive here in two days at most. We must prepare early."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "We really need to prepare early. You Thorn Vines need to work hard and continue to keep a close eye on the whereabouts of the Black Snake Tribe."
"yes!"
After Fengcao delivered the information, he left in a hurry.
Jiang Xuan returned to the tribe’s residential area and ordered the temporary closure of the trading area. No one was allowed to go out at will and had to prepare for war with all their strength.
All kinds of food and other supplies are packed into bags to ensure that they can be transported away in the shortest possible time in an emergency.
Shipyards and weapons workshops worked day and night to build more ships and weapons in preparation for wartime needs.
Time passed bit by bit, the time interval between the thorn vines sending back information became shorter and shorter, and the Black Snake Tribe was getting closer and closer.
Two days later, the Black Snake Tribe appeared outside the territory of the Vine Tribe!
Although the Mountain Turtle Tribe, the Sparrow Tribe, and the Unicorn Tribe had received intelligence from the Vine Tribe in advance and avoided the Black Snake Tribe.
But there are not only these few tribes near the Great Swamp. There are also many small tribes that have no idea that the Black Snake Tribe is coming.
Without exception, these small tribes became food supply points for the Black Snake Tribe, and their fate was very miserable.
However, the Black Snake Tribe's appetite does not stop there.
Through interrogation, they learned from the members of the small tribe that the most powerful tribe nearby was the Teng Tribe, so they went straight to kill the Teng Tribe.
“Hiss…”
Outside Thunder Mountain, a black snake as big as a bucket crawled out of the bushes. It looked at the living things moving around with its cold eyes, and its forked tongue kept moving in and out.
Soon after, more snakes appeared, large and small, in various colors, crawling on the ground or shuttling through the trees. The scene was really terrifying.
“Wuwuwu…”
“Rustle…”
Then, there came from the forest the howling of tribesmen hunting and the sound of dense footsteps.
Warriors from the Black Snake Tribe appeared!
They were holding all kinds of weapons, with totem patterns of black snakes painted on their faces, and some of them even had poisonous snakes wrapped around their bodies, which was extremely creepy.
“Go back quickly!”
In the forest not far away, the Teng tribe warrior who was on guard saw this scene, immediately climbed down from the tree, crawled into the hole in the ground, and ran back quickly.
When they ran out of the cave, they were already outside the vine wall.
They hurried to the gate again, then passed through the gate and returned to the Teng Tribe.
Near the gate, Jiang Xuan, Chi Shao and others were already holding weapons and waiting nervously.
A soldier ran up to Jiang Xuan and said breathlessly, "Chief... Chief, here we come."
Jiang Xuan clenched his bronze spear and shouted, "Check your weapons and prepare for battle!"
“Clatter…”
More than two thousand Vine Tribe warriors immediately began to check their weapons and wait for battle.
Jiang Xuan said to Chi Shao again: "Please ask the Teng God to close the gate!"
Chishao nodded, closed his eyes and communicated with Tengshen for a moment.
The sacred vine on the stone mountain burst into green light, and the vine walls on all four sides of the vine tribe also began to move.
“Ka-ka-ka…”
I saw the vines growing rapidly and intertwining with each other, blocking the gates on all four sides.
"Get to the sentry post!"
Jiang Xuan walked to the vine wall and climbed up the towering sentry post, with Chishao following closely behind him.
The sentry post is a high platform built against the vine wall by the Vine Tribe in order to monitor the enemy situation around it.
In order to see the surrounding situation more clearly, Jiang Xuan even ordered the trees around the gate to be cut down and cleared a piece of open space.
After climbing up the sentry post, Jiang Xuan indeed saw an extremely huge black snake moving towards him in the forest ahead.
This black snake did not crawl close to the ground, but floated above the treetops. From a distance, it looked like a black snake crawling above a green curtain, which was very conspicuous.
"This must be the totem god of the Black Snake Tribe. So powerful!"
Jiang Xuan looked at the huge black snake and felt a huge pressure. After all, it was the totem god of the big tribe! "The vine god will protect us."
Chishao also looked a little nervous, but she trusted the divine vine more than Jiang Xuan, and believed that the divine vine could protect the safety of the Teng tribe as before.
“Rustle…”
In the primeval forest, countless snakes were still moving towards the Teng tribe.
But at a certain moment, the big snake crawling in the front suddenly stopped, its scarlet tongue moved in and out a few times, its body stiffened, and it smelled an extremely disgusting smell.
That was the smell of the snake repellent herbs! The snake stopped moving forward. It crawled twice in the same place, staring ahead, but refused to move forward.
The same went for the other snakes. When they noticed a large amount of snake repellent herbs ahead, they all stopped and swam around in the same place, refusing to move forward.
The Black Snake Tribe warriors who were in the front also stopped one after another. The abnormal behavior of those snakes made them dare not move forward easily.
"What's going on?"
When the leader of the Snake Tribe saw that the charging team had stopped, he rode a big snake to the front of the team and asked the warriors.
A warrior replied: "Chief, there may be danger ahead, all the snakes dare not move forward."
The leader of the snake tribe looked at the snakes spinning in place for a few times, sniffed the unpleasant smell in the air, and said with a grim expression: "It's snake repellent herbs, a lot of snake repellent herbs."
The leader of the Snake Tribe was very depressed because this was the first time they had encountered such a situation. Previously, their attacks on other small tribes had been very smooth.
The soldier next to him asked, "Chief, what should we do now?"
The leader of the snake tribe said, "Wait for the snake god and witch to come."
"yes!"
The snake tribe warriors could only stay where they were and wait for the snake god and witch to come from behind.
Not long after, the huge snake god swam to the front. When it smelled the snake-repellent herbs, it suddenly stopped and no longer crawled forward.
“Buzz!”
On top of the stone mountain, the divine vine burst out with a terrifying divine light, and more than a hundred giant dragonflies flew up and circled around the stone mountain with a huge momentum.
The vast green divine light enveloped the entire Teng Tribe and covered the snake-repellent herbs around the Tribe.
A miraculous scene appeared.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…”
I saw the snake repellent herbs growing wildly, and many of them even grew as tall as trees.
Not only that, when these snake repellent herbs grew taller, they actually formed buds together and then bloomed into a variety of flowers.
When all the snake-repellent plants bloomed together, the smell they emitted, which disgusted snakes, suddenly became dozens or hundreds of times stronger, and even the warriors in the Teng tribe found it pungent.
“Hiss…”
The big snakes flicked their tongues a few times, then their faces turned green and they all fled backwards.
The warriors of the Black Snake Tribe couldn't hold on and kept retreating.
Even the huge black snake felt uncomfortable as if it had eaten a sulfur stone. It turned around and ran back for a distance, then turned back and stared at the divine vine on the stone mountain.
“They actually planted so many snake repellents. It’s disgusting!”
On the ground, the witch from the Black Snake Tribe was so angry that she almost burst into cursing.
The current situation is as uncomfortable as seeing a delicious dish on a table not far away, but the dish is covered with flies.
"Wu, what should we do now?"
The leader of the Black Snake Tribe also felt disgusted, but he was unwilling to let the tribe go.
The Black Snake Wizard looked up at the huge snake body twisting in the air and said, "Don't worry, the Snake God has great magical powers and will definitely find a way."
The leader of the Black Snake Tribe nodded. There was no doubt that the Snake God was powerful. Just because they couldn't solve a problem didn't mean the Snake God couldn't solve it either.
Above the forest, the big black snake kept swimming back and forth, its eyes fixed on the direction of the stone mountain, while trying its best to hold its breath and avoid smelling the disgusting smell.
It stared at the sacred vine for a long time, and then decided to test it.
"puff!"
The giant black snake spewed out a black poisonous mist in the direction of the Teng tribe. Wherever the poisonous mist passed, all the grass and trees withered instantly.
“Buzz…”
On the stone mountain, the divine vine became more and more brilliant. Under the cover of the divine light, every leaf and flower of the snake repellent herbs shone brightly, and the poisonous fog could not hurt them at all! In fact, many snake repellent herbs can not only repel snakes, but also detoxify snake venom. With the protection of the vine god, they can survive under the poisonous fog of the snake god.
Seeing that the poison mist was ineffective, the black snake twisted its body, raised its long tail, and then smashed towards the direction of the Teng tribe.
"boom!"
The huge snake's tail smashed down to the ground, breaking off large trees in the forest. The sound was extremely terrifying.
However, just as the snake's tail was about to hit the snake-repellent herbs, countless vines suddenly intertwined into a large net, blocking the snake-repellent herbs.
The hard snake's tail collided with the soft vine net, but failed to break the tough vine net, so the snake's tail could only be retracted.
After two failed attempts, the black snake became angry. Just when it was about to lose its temper, suddenly, the divine vine on the stone mountain gradually floated up and emitted an extremely terrifying aura.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds and thunder rumbled.
The black snake looked at the sky, then looked at the divine vine on the stone mountain. Its pupils shrank sharply and it dared not attack again.
Because that sacred vine seemed to be going through a tribulation! On the ground, even Jiang Xuan was stunned with shock.
The divine vine is now a medium-sized tribal totem god. Once it passes the tribulation, won't it become a great god? But why did it pass the tribulation at this time? Jiang Xuan was very puzzled.
Inside the Teng Tribe, the old witch stood at the door, looked up at the divine vine above the stone mountain, then looked at the increasingly thick dark clouds, feeling extremely shocked.
"What is the origin of this sacred vine? In just a few years, it has grown from a small tribal totem god to a medium-sized tribal totem god, and now it is going to become a large tribal totem god. How did it do that?"
The old witch couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, and he had never heard of such a thing.
At this moment, something even more shocking happened.
When the dark clouds gathered to a certain extent, the divine vine suddenly restrained its terrifying aura, and the divine light became dim, floating quietly in the air.
“Boom…”
The thunder in the sky continued to make muffled sounds, but it seemed to have lost its sight and finally dissipated quickly.
"This...giving up the breakthrough?"
The old witch rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen it wrong.
Is there such an operation?
The totem god of the snake tribe on the opposite side was also puzzled. What on earth did this sacred vine want to do? However, the fact that the sacred vine did not break through was good news for it.
“Hiss…”
The snake god flicked its tail and swam quickly towards the divine vine. Although it was disgusted by the smell of the snake-repellent herbs, it was not as reluctant to approach as ordinary snakes.
“Boom!”
When the snake god was about to approach the vine tribe, the divine vine released a terrifying aura again, and the whole plant burst out with thousands of divine lights. Dark clouds gathered in the sky again, and silver snakes danced wildly.
The snake god was frightened. Once he was pulled into the heavenly calamity, even if he was a great god, he would be struck to the point of smoking.
“Whoosh!”
The snake god turned and ran, away from the range of the heavenly calamity.
However, after it ran away, the divine vine quickly restrained its breath, the divine power stopped surging, and the dark clouds dissipated again.
"The divine vine is using the thunder to repel the enemy!"
In the Vine Tribe, the old witch finally understood what was going on. He could only sigh at the great abilities of the divine vine, because if it moved just a little slower, the thunder would strike down, and at that time he would have to endure the tribulation even if he didn't want to.
This is similar to dancing on the edge of a knife, and requires extremely strong control over one's own divine power.
After several attempts, the snake god apparently understood the strategy of the divine vine. It kept wandering around the vine tribe, but ultimately did not dare to force its way in. In case the divine vine dragged it through the tribulation, it would be seriously injured if not killed.
“Hiss…”
Finally, the Serpent God ordered the warriors of the Black Snake Tribe to attack.
Although the snakes could not get in, the soldiers were limited by the snake repellent medicine and could still kill their way in.
“Kill…”
More than 6,000 warriors of the Black Snake Tribe all charged towards the Teng Tribe with great momentum.
However, when they approached the woods surrounding the Vine Tribe, the divine vine once again burst into divine light, and countless vines extended towards the forest to the south.
“Tick…”
A vine floated on the top of a big tree, sprinkling a few drops of green divine liquid, which were absorbed by the big tree.
Not long after, a pair of eyes suddenly grew out of the thick tree trunk and suddenly opened!
Under the guidance of the sacred vine, this big tree actually turned into a tree man! (End of this chapter)
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