Chapter 267: Missing that, the strangler? ...
Is that a strangler?
The strangler is a strange snake, consisting of two snakes, one black and one white, tightly entwined and never separated.
But it has been a cycle of death and rebirth from the very beginning, and it will continue in this cycle forever.
When you kill the vibrant white snake, the black snake will miraculously revive; and if you kill the black snake again, the white snake will be reborn. It is almost immortal; even if its body is destroyed, it will reappear without cause.
It is a legendary snake that no one has ever seen, so naturally no one knows the reason for its immortality.
Xu Hui thought it was just a vague legend. After all, the records were vague, full of fantasy, and the content was extremely fragmented. They only mentioned the characteristics of immortality, but did not describe its appearance, attributes, and abilities.
However, Xu Hui never expected that this was actually true!
Her expression grew increasingly solemn. In the brief records, only the two-colored strangler was exceptionally difficult to deal with. Once it locked onto its prey, it would pursue it until the end, following its scent and chasing it to the ends of the earth.
They are extremely poisonous, and the smell they emit is highly toxic. Wherever they go, it becomes a poisonous area, but they are still impossible to kill.
And now, not only was she being targeted by a two-colored strangler, but by a whole group of them!
No, the reddish-brown color spread rapidly in the flood like a plague. Wherever the poison reached, the water surface was immediately dyed with a deep dark red, like a blood-red lake under the afterglow of the setting sun, which was both weird and frightening.
As the venom spread, the scope of the red spots continued to expand. They intertwined and overlapped with each other, eventually turning the entire flood area into a shocking dark red picture.
Above these red spots, snake grass grows at an almost crazy speed.
Their shapes were twisted and strange, like small snakes winding and circling, with faint light flickering on the grass leaves, and they quickly formed patches of dense grass, almost covering the entire area after the flood receded.
The floodwaters quickly receded, revealing the submerged land, but the land was no longer what it once was.
Snake grass sprang up like mushrooms after a rain, densely covering every corner, and quickly connected together to form a vast green ocean.
And all these snake-shaped grasses transformed into two-colored strangler snakes in a very short period of time.
The black and white colors, like a vast ocean, made Xu Hui feel a biting chill from her scalp to her spine.
Especially when those invisible snakes all stared at her with cold eyes, arched their backs, like sharp arrows ready to launch a fatal attack at any time.
The sense of danger that emerged from the bottom of her heart made her heart beat faster, and a strong palpitation came over her like a tide.
At the beginning of the incident, Xu Hui tried to stop it with fire.
However, those snake-shaped grasses seemed to be just illusions, and could not be harmed at all under the raging fire.
The black and white snake ignored the raging fire and was not afraid at all.
Afterwards, Xu Hui tried many methods and found that they were truly invisible. Whether it was spell attacks or physical attacks, they all fell on deaf ears and had no effect.
Only then did she deeply understand the meaning of the word "difficult" in that brief record.
Xu Hui made a prompt decision and sent the magic sword flying into the air, but those snakes could actually fly.
The moment she soared into the sky, the snakes also flew up and followed her densely. People who didn't know the situation would probably think that she was a bird leading a flock of birds in migration.
But only Xu Hui, who was being chased, knew how terrifying this feeling was!
There was a large group of invisible and formless poisonous snakes following behind her, and no matter how she concealed her breath or used the teleportation talisman, she could not escape the entanglement of the two-colored strangler. That feeling... was simply suffocating!
I can't get rid of it no matter how hard I try, and I can't attack it either.
Unfortunately, the poison gas of the strangler had a huge side effect on her. If she didn't have a lot of antidotes in her medicine, she would have died of poisoning long ago.
Wherever the snarl snakes passed, they left behind a lingering poisonous aura. Even after they had long since departed, the area was still filled with the aura of death.
No matter whether it was birds, beasts, insects, fish or plants that approached, they all died or withered in a short period of time, presenting a dead silence and desolate scene.
Death is coming, that's all!
Xu Hui was chased into a very miserable state. No matter where she hid, she was quickly found by the strangler. Only in the formation could she have a moment of respite.
But the time cannot be too long, because most defensive formations cannot isolate poison gas.
Moreover, these stranglers will destroy the structure of the formation. Under their attack, the formation will not last long.
Therefore, Xu Hui could only rest for a short while before he had to flee for his life without stopping, otherwise he would be surrounded by endless stranglers and eventually die from the poisonous gas.
She had no choice but to keep running, from the depths of the dense forest to dark caves, from the bottom of the cold pool to the precipitous cliffs. No matter how hidden she was, the strangler could always rely on some mysterious perception to follow her like a shadow, closing in on her step by step.
In this way, day after day, night after night, she was chased into a miserable state.
But Xu Hui was not completely without plans. There was nothing she could do except flee in a panic.
She still wanted to save herself, so she led the snakes in one direction, where, if she was not mistaken, there was a bird of prey.
The bird of prey is huge in size, and when it flaps its wings it creates wind, and each time it forms a fairly large tornado.
It was because Xu Hui sensed the presence of tornadoes from time to time that she guessed there was a bird of prey in that direction.
As a half-unicorn, her perception of nature has reached an extremely sensitive level. She can vaguely sense the changes in the wind over there from thousands of miles away, so she made a bold guess and ran towards that side desperately.
The bird of prey is a rare bird that loves to eat snakes. Maybe it can deal with the strangler?
Xu Hui thought uncertainly, but other than that, she had no better way, so she could only try her best.
And the god of fate seemed to favor her again.
When Xu Hui quickly rushed into the bird of prey's territory, the wind he brought instantly attracted the attention of the big bird.
It likes to flap its wings, and after sensing something unusual, it immediately flapped one of its wings.
Xu Hui decisively tore open a teleportation talisman and teleported herself to the cave behind the bird of prey!
This is simple, because the bird of prey is so big that the entrance to its cave is also extremely large, about the size of a football field.
Her sudden disappearance did not cause the bird of prey to stop its movements. Instead, it increased the frequency of flapping its wings because the swarm of stranglers behind it was already catching up.
When the bird of prey saw the scene in front of it, it suddenly became excited and flapped its wings, causing the surrounding air flow to spin wildly, forming a violent and dense tornado.
These tornadoes were like invisible whips, lashing the ground wantonly and blowing dust and gravel into the air.
Unexpectedly, those seemingly invisible stranglers were also caught up in it and flew into the sky in a spiral.
But obviously, although this tornado will affect the flight of the strigoi, it cannot cause any specific damage to them.
Xu Hui couldn't help but frown as she stood at the entrance of the cave. Could it be that even birds of prey couldn't deal with them?
So should we take advantage of this opportunity and escape quickly?
However, the tracking method of the strangler is unknown. Even if she escapes now, she will probably be caught up again soon, right?
Xu Hui was undecided and could only observe while quickly absorbing spiritual energy to recover and prepare for the next round of extreme escape.
In front of the cave entrance, the bird of prey raised its head high and let out a long and high-pitched cry, obviously very excited about this "game".
The frequency of flapping wings became faster and faster, and tornadoes became more and more numerous, wreaking havoc on the entire world.
Surprisingly, the tornadoes showed no signs of stopping. As the birds of prey flapped their wings, they rolled faster and faster and became more and more violent.
Wave after wave of stranglers were caught in it and unable to escape.
The bird of prey seemed tireless, and no matter how many strangler snakes came, they were all stopped by its flapping wings.
This made Xu Hui breathe a sigh of relief. She could finally take a breath and no longer have to rush to escape.
With the great "assistance" of the bird of prey, no strangler could break through its defense line and come to Xu Hui.
However, the poisonous gas emitted by the stranglers also wreaked havoc on the world along with the tornado, and as the number of stranglers increased, the poisonous gas became stronger and stronger.
Therefore, she couldn't stay there for too long and could only hope that the bird of prey could keep stopping them so that they wouldn't continue chasing her.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, those strangler snakes seemed to have no reason and continued to rush here.
Xu Hui only took a look and felt relieved. There were so many of them, probably hundreds of thousands of them?
How could she survive being pursued by so many stranglers?
She thanked Taoist Qingshizi for his 'god of nature and protection', thanked Qilin for his blessing, and thanked Heaven for its favor towards her. Otherwise, if she were an ordinary cultivator, she would have been entangled by the snakes and poisoned to death without leaving even a bone.
She fell to the ground in fear, and couldn't help but stroke her frightened heart. She took out a stone figurine from the system grid, held it tightly, and absorbed a trace of strength.
Seeing this little man, it was as if Wei Mubai was right next to her, giving her infinite courage.
Except for the one carved out of jade, which she hid in the Leixin Stone Mine and protected with layers of formations, she carried the rest with her.
She even set aside a special compartment just to store them.
These are carved from the fire stone in the stone wall above the magma, and have no effect other than slightly increasing the temperature.
But these can make her feel at ease, making her feel that Wei Mubai is always by her side. Even if he sacrifices himself, it seems as if Wei Mubai is with her, instead of her being alone.
This is her emotional comfort, spiritual sustenance, and...the unresolved longing and love.
So even though the system space grids were scarce, she still reserved a grid specifically for the stone sculptures.
Xu Hui stroked the delicate eyebrows and eyes of the stone figurine, as if she could feel Wei Mubai looking at her, with eyes that were filled with warmth and could melt spring water.
She couldn't help but relax her brows and whispered softly, "Mu Bai!"
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