Chapter Twenty-Three: The Battle of the Trapped Beasts
The witch said this, I can't help but think that these Miao people can really raise a nest of poisonous snakes as tomb weapons, and also deify this cold-blooded animal, and the most creepy thing is that she said that this snake needs to be sacrificed by a living person!
As for the word "sacrifice", just listening to it can make people's scalp tingle. I think that in ancient times, when chaos was unknown and there was little understanding www.biquge.info of the unknown, most people thought that dedicating their lives to God would be rewarded, such as rights, stability, and protection. But it is often this kind of thinking that keeps the killing going, and most of those sacrifices are poor people or war slaves. They were brutally skinned, their hearts gouged out, and died in agony without any resistance.
One of the most brutal of all, I've also heard of it, is said to be a kind of "blood eagle" ritual of the Vikings. The ritual is strange and absurd, saying that the sacrifice will carve an eagle pattern on the back of the sacrificer, then cut open the flesh to expose his spine, and then lift the ribs one by one, and finally pull out the lungs to achieve the shape of an eagle. It's disgusting and horrible just to think about, let alone those who have been brutalized for it.
Now that I heard the witch say that this snake needs to be sacrificed by a living person, I can't help but think of my current situation, and then think back to the two unrecognizable people I saw under the snake pile just now.
I shuddered at this thought, and then looked at the "Red Flame Alchemy" that was called the "Spirit Snake" by the Miao people and went into the water, and I felt chills, thinking that this male snake had no antidote, and if it was contaminated with a little poison, it was estimated that it would have to die. Just when there was no way to deal with it, the witch said to us coldly: "You can't deal with these poisonous snakes, go to the altar!"
Looking at her solemn expression, I suddenly realized that this girl was trying to save us, but for what purpose, it is difficult to say, after all, we were hostile at first. However, now there is no way out, she is alone and poisoned, and there is no threat to us, after thinking about it, I took the lead in swimming, and Baocai also responded to the call. And the old ancestor confronted the snake, and at the same time moved closer to the altar, thinking that this snake should be very difficult to deal with in his heart.
We swam up to the altar and looked into the water, there were not many male snakes, but they were very stout, and their swimming posture in the water was very similar to that of a dragon boat, and their whole head stood there, with a cold murderous aura.
The blue waterhole was covered with white waves, and the blood-red vipers were hairy, and we were like people trapped in a boat by a group of sharks, as if as soon as we approached the water, fear would pull us to the mouths of these demons.
While we were discussing countermeasures, my ancestor held the copper scimitar in the water, and looked like he was ready to kill. The scabbard is made of leather and the pattern is carved onto it,1 and it has become a family heirloom in our family in the 21st century.
According to my grandfather, this scimitar is very powerful in melee combat, and it is a treasure knife to ward off evil spirits, and when the ancestors used it to deal with poisonous snakes, they cut one at a time. The sword is always worthy of the hero...... It's just that, even though we have all kinds of famous knives in our hands now, we can't guarantee that we will be safe in close combat. I thought to myself if I could have a machine gun now!
At that time, a male snake was less than two meters away from us. When we are not in the water, we can exert our strength and level relatively high, but these snakes are very smart, they have the lead, and there are also those who are approaching us in a circle, I think this altar has become the hunting ground of these snakes, and we are the trapped beasts inside. I didn't understand what the shrine maiden had us do, but I thought to myself that she had just saved me, so she wouldn't sacrifice us to feed the snake now.
As we anxiously watched the underwater movement, the shrine maiden pulled a tiny piccolo out of her sleeve. The sound of this flute is crisp and pleasant, and it has a special charm of ethnic minorities. But I think it's strange to play the flute at this time, isn't it that she wants to play with the snake like those snake dancers in India? But it's impossible to think about it, could it be that she wants to send us off with a piece of music before we die?
I didn't have time to analyze more, I retracted my gaze, the old ancestor saw that the snake had already arrived at the altar, and shouted urgently: "Little Heavenly Master, Baocai, Xiaoliuzi, you three come to cover, and the rest of the people follow me to do it, let's fight quickly and destroy this gang of people who are in the way!" As soon as his words fell, the snake that took the lead showed an aggressive and fierce light, and the yin eyes, just looking at it can make me afraid, I swallowed my saliva, and in a blink of an eye, the snake opened its bloody mouth, revealing its slender fangs, and jumped up at the arm of the old ancestor.
It came up quickly, like a red lightning, the average person's skill can never be avoided, fortunately, my ancestor reacted quickly, when the snake was about to bite him, he quickly stretched out his left hand, pinched the snake's seven inches, the snake did not expect that he would be restrained, twisted his body, and quickly wrapped around the ancestor's arm, I can watch its body continue to shrink, contract, and my ancestor's arm was strangled very tightly, has gradually covered a layer of light purple, see that the blood is quickly coagulated in one place.
I was anxious for a moment, and shouted, "Ancestor!" This call, his body shook slightly, and something flashed in his eyes, as if he knew that I was his descendant. But I never said anything about who we were, and I don't know why I had this ridiculous delusion.
I smiled bitterly, after coming out of the strange feeling, the old ancestor and the poisonous snake had not yet ended, the snake's strength was extremely strong, when the two were fighting, I saw that the old ancestor clenched his teeth, full of strength, he pressed down on the snake's seven inches with extremely slender fingers, if he won at this critical point, then this bitter fight would end immediately.
But to my surprise, the poisonous snake was pinched seven inches, and after breaking the flesh, it did not die, and the most shocking thing was that its head began to bite the flesh of the ancestor frantically, which was very terrifying.
I was secretly frightened, thinking that this thing was too vicious, it had been pierced with a hole, and it was still so fierce, but soon I realized that the snake was longer than the average snake, and in the hurry, maybe the ancestor did not grasp the exact position of its seven inches, so it could not be killed immediately. Another possibility is that these snakes are sacrificed by living people, so they swallow much larger food than themselves, and in order to keep their hearts from being squeezed, they subtly change the position of their hearts, like a kind of evolution.
The old ancestor dodged the bite of the crazy snake, raised the copper scimitar in his right hand, the knife flashed, and was about to cut down, the snake's chest began to agitate together, like a drunken vomiting man.
I watched this sudden change and had a premonition that something was wrong, and the shrine maiden beside me widened her eyes and shouted, "Loosen up!
Fortunately, the snake was not entangled tightly because of the injury, she screamed, and the ancestor hurriedly threw out the hot potato in his hand, and at the moment when the poisonous snake was thrown on the sacrifice table, its body was like an angry puffer fish, and the triangular scales on its body were blown up, which was very terrifying.
"Damn!" Chen Yu looked at this scene incredulously, the snake was dripping blood, and a foul fishy smell emanated from its body. But what we have to admire is that it hisses, and the fighting spirit is still very high. The scales it raised secreted a chaotic white liquid, a toxin that had been expelled after a rage. If this snake is in modern times, it is estimated that many snake keepers are willing to raise it to make money, because its venom is too rich.
After the head snake was injured, the rest of the snakes that surrounded us also hissed, as if in response, as if communicating. We didn't dare to slack off, and we all watched vigilantly the movement of the snake in the water. If they come up in batches, we are sure that we will fall into chaos and be poisoned, but as long as we don't die violently, according to the blood nature of the man, we will fight and lose.
The shrine maiden didn't stop playing, her flute sound was melodious, it was very suitable for this beautiful scenery, but I don't know why she still played the flute in this situation, and when I was about to ask, Lao Yu scolded a sentence, and took a step ahead of me, and asked, "Do you play the flute to control these poisonous snakes?"
The witch glanced at Lao Yu, stopped playing, and said sharply, "If yes, I'll let them bite you to death first!"
When he said this, Lao Yu held his breath for a while, and the word "you" was stuffed in his mouth for a long time, and he never took advantage of a quarrel with a woman. But this time I believe in the shrine maiden, otherwise she wouldn't have had to remind the ancestor just now.
There was no time for her willfulness, for we still had to watch the vipers besieging us, but strangely enough, they were in the water, as if watching, and did not strike immediately. This state of immobility is confusing and unsettling.
But soon, the worst thing happened, on the originally calm water in front of us, there were faint black spots, just as Baocai squatted down to take a closer look, several bright red soft bodies suddenly flew out, and several of us did not react. By the time it became clear that it was the poisonous snakes that were coming, the scene was completely out of control.
"Special mother!" I scolded, feeling that these poisonous snakes are all conspirators, and they also play secretly into a warehouse, first put on a posture to confuse us, and then the rest of the poisonous snakes are hidden underwater to catch us off guard.
The little Taoist priest and I were bitten by a flying snake and fell to the ground in shock. The treasure was the most unlucky, the snake rushed directly into his arms, and he cried out in suppression, without a trace of blood on his face. I watched his legs shake involuntarily, his eyes full of horror, and I tried to calm him down and not move. He glanced at the viper with its head upright, and his face was contorted with fright.
Soon, the serpent moved, and Bao Cai looked at me with begging eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "Help...... Help me......" The voice was low, almost coming out of his throat.
I got up slowly, approached the treasure carefully, and when I looked back at the little Taoist, he nodded at me, leaned down, and used a wooden cone that he had sharpened for him on the eighth day of the first month to prepare to deal with the two poisonous snakes that were going to attack us.
Worm 1: The ancient strange beast in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", which looks like a pig and has horns on its head, is said to have no nightmares after eating its meat.