Chapter 7: Heartbeat

The clouds were surging, and the bright moon in the sky was blocked for a moment, and it was dispelled by the moonlight. The stars and moon and silver glow stained the entire dense forest, but it could not penetrate one part of the forest.

It was almost cut off from the outside world, and in the permeating silence was a dark fog that could not be seen clearly. But in the dense fog that could not penetrate the moonlight, there was a glimmer of light.

The faint light was the stone vine, and the hooked snake opposite her at this moment drove its body into a black mist in anger, enveloping the stone vine in a moment.

The black mist is the poison emitted by the hooked snake, and the flowers and plants in its reach are gray and withered, devouring flesh and bones. Shi Manman glanced worriedly at Xiao Lei, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and saw that a faint white light emitted from his chest enveloped his whole body, isolating the poisonous gas. Shi Manman put his mind at ease and looked at the hooked snake coldly.

"You hurt my son, trespass on my territory, and kill yourself!" The hooked snake spat out the letter and showed a fierce light in his eyes.

"Not only did I abuse your son, you were next!" Shi Manman snorted coldly.

"Arrogance!" The Hooked Snake shouted angrily and attacked.

Seeing this, the stone vine immediately flew into the distance, and the hooked snake drove itself into the air and chased after it. As soon as the black mist left Xiao Lei's range, the stone vine stopped and met the flying hooked snake. In a moment, the two demons were entangled together, and the attack speed was extremely fast, and it was impossible to see the movements clearly, but it seemed that neither of them would be left behind.

Xiao Lei is asleep at the moment. In the dream, I finally returned to the home I thought about day and night, but after entering the door, no matter how Xiao Lei tore his throat and shouted, no one answered. Suddenly, I heard the rumbling drum outside the door, and saw my scholar holding a big drum, beating the huge drumstick one by one, with joy and good news to himself, and faintly heard the other party say in the deafening drum: "Congratulations to the son!" Win the solution. ”

In the joy, I also forgot the abnormality at home. But before he could experience the sudden joy, a faint female voice suddenly came from behind him: "Where is my grilled fish?" ”

Xiao Lei was startled and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, turned around and thought secretly: "Why did this little goblin follow." ”

"This is not a grilled fish, or you wait, I'll let someone prepare it." Xiao Lei perfunctory stone vines. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the other party had caught a few dead fish from there and said, "I have it, you can roast it." As he spoke, he actually threw the fish at Xiao Lei one by one.

Xiao Lei couldn't dodge, and turned around to look at the scholar. But the scholar just continued to beat the drum mechanically, and the sound of "dong dong dong" almost became earth-shattering, and it almost burst the eardrum in his ears. And the scholar didn't seem to see Xiao Lei's eyes asking for help, he still looked at Xiao Lei with a happy and sluggish face, and he didn't know what he was talking about.

Xiao Lei was helpless when he saw this, so he could only dodge by himself. But somehow, no matter how he dodges, the dead fish in Shi Manman's hand will be like an eye, and he can hit himself every time. And those dead fish were unusually hard, and it was very painful to hit them.

He could only watch the dead fish with big eyes slowly submerge themselves, Xiao Lei was shocked and danced, but in the end only his head was exposed. Xiao Lei shouted in his mouth to stop Shi Manman, but Shi Manman still threw the dead fish at him expressionlessly......

"Stop!" Xiao Lei finally woke up from the nightmare, and when he woke up, he found himself unable to move. When I looked down, I saw that my body was almost buried in the rocky soil. Looking up at the sky again, the morning light dyed the sky blue, Xiao Lei pulled his still intact right hand from the soil and stones, gently pinched the cheek that was still with the morning dew, and sighed: "I'm not dead yet." Thinking about it, he took away the stone that pressed on his body little by little, and sat up with pain.

After Xiao Lei got up, he saw scattered trees all around, some of them were still connected to rhizomes, and some of them seemed to have been cut off by sharp blades, like a mess after a hurricane, and he had long been unable to recognize his original appearance. Could it be that this is the handiwork left behind by the hooked snake after its rage? Xiao Lei thought about it, and couldn't help but worry about Shi Manman.

That little goblin is thin and small, and Wenwen's weak body will be the opponent of the giant snake. Just as he was thinking of this, there was a roar in the distance, followed by a gust of wind that almost buried Xiao Lei in the stone and soil.

Xiao Lei waved the chaotic dust and smelled the sound, and there was a huge black snake suspended in the sky, almost blocking most of the light, the snake body was surrounded by pitch-black black as ink, and the snake scales on its abdomen were wide open, like countless wings spliced together, majestic, except that the tail was tied with a knot to add a touch of funny. The stone vines were small compared to them, constantly shuttling around the giant snake.

Xiao Lei is just an ordinary mortal How have he seen such a battle, he lost his mind for a while, and didn't notice that a mound next to him gradually bulged, and a flat head the size of a palm came out of the soil, it was first stunned by the mess in front of him, and then found Xiao Lei standing aside and watching the distraction in the distance.

"He's definitely an accomplice of the goblins." The little hooked snake secretly stored strength, wanting to catch the other party off guard.

But he seemed to have forgotten that although he had recovered his form, his body had been twisted by the stone vines and had not yet been unraveled. just ran away, but instead fell into a fight.

Xiao Lei heard a muffled sound beside him, turned his head to see a small black snake that was tied into knots, falling to the ground and twisting its body awkwardly, trying to free himself from it.

Xiao Lei saw that the little snake looked very similar to the big hooked snake, although the size was not exaggerated, but the tail hook that shone in the sun made Xiao Lei slightly worried. Seeing that the other party had not yet regained his mobility, Xiao Lei subconsciously pulled his legs and ran.

While running, Xiao Lei found that his left hand seemed to be dead and fell beside him, but now he didn't have time to think about self-pity. Because the little hooked snake saw Xiao Lei running away, he didn't care how hard it was to untie a knot, twisted his waist and chased after Xiao Lei.

"Hiss~hiss~, accomplices of the Shameless Banshee! Stop me! I'm going to eat you! Seeing that Xiao Lei was running faster than himself, the little hooked snake was anxious and scolded.

Xiao Lei heard the little hook snake spitting out a human voice, still childlike and immature, and was surprised and almost fell to the ground without paying attention.

"Don't chase me, chase me again, I'll smash you." Xiao Lei stumbled on the ground and touched a piece of gravel, picked it up and was about to throw it. But where would the little hooked snake be afraid of the small stone in Xiao Lei's hand, and continued to approach without pause.

Xiao Lei saw that the threat was useless, so he had to use what little strength he had left to throw the stone out. The little hooked snake dodged the flying rocks, slowing down. Xiao Lei saw that this trick was effective, and while looking for stones to hinder the speed of the little hooked snake, he dragged his legs and ran. There were actually a few rocks that hit the head of the little hooked snake.

Since the little hooked snake was born, even the most ferocious mountain tiger in this territory did not dare to provoke him, not to mention that his body was knotted, and he was thrown a stone by a very useless-looking goblin.

The more I thought about it, the more humiliated I became, and I couldn't help crying, crying and chasing: "You dare to smash me!" I'm going to bite you to death! Strangle you! Poke you to death! Xiao Lei saw that he cried loudly and threatened like a human child. He could only reluctantly continue to throw stones, blocking the little hooked snake that was running with its teeth and grinning.

The hooked snake was powerless at this time, and it fought endlessly all night, and the mana was greatly consumed. If you don't stop, it may hurt your cultivation. It saw that Shi Manman was still entangled with itself lightly, and wondered whether to compromise. can think of his son who was seriously injured, but he couldn't swallow this breath.

Shi Manman's face looked very calm, but the thin sweat on her body soaked her clothes, and her physical strength was about to be exhausted.

When the two of them wanted to release all their strength at the same time, the cry of the little hooked snake came. The female hook snake was shocked, and she was anxious to find out. But it didn't dare to leave for fear of a sneak attack from behind the stone vines. Shi Manman didn't think too much about it, and when he heard the content of the little hooked snake's cry, his eyebrows frowned slightly.

Xiao Lei is a mortal who has no mana at all, if he is really poked by the small hooked snake, even if it breaks a little flesh. His body could not withstand the poison of the hooked snake either.

Thinking about it, he didn't care whether the female hooked snake would take the opportunity to sneak attack him, turned around and flew in the direction of Xiao Lei. Seeing this, the female hooked snake was afraid that the stone vine would attack the little hooked snake, so she chased after it.

But before he arrived, Shi Manman saw a funny scene.

The little hooked snake that didn't untie the knot on his body twisted his body, chasing Xiao Lei, who was hanging down with one hand not far away, and didn't forget to throw stones backwards when he ran uncoordinatedly. The hooked snake that came later also saw this scene, and it roared angrily at Xiao Lei: "Boy, dare! ”

Xiao Lei heard an angry and high-pitched roar, looked up, and the hand holding the stone trembled. The stone in his hand fell to the ground and hit his toes.

The little hooked snake heard the familiar cry and cried out, "Mother! Eat him! Eat them! They have deceived me too much. ”

When the hooked snake roared at Xiao Lei, Shi Manman immediately appeared in front of Xiao Lei and protected him behind him, and when he saw Xiao Lei's left hand falling beside him, he frowned faintly and said, "Are you okay?" ”

Xiao Lei saw Shi Manman's tired face, and the jade hand hidden behind his back trembled slightly, and his inner emotions were complicated, self-blame, shame, and pity. Hearing Shi Manman's inquiry, Xiao Lei reluctantly pulled out a smile and said, "Don't worry, I'm still alive." ”

Shi Manman took a deep look at Xiao Lei and said, "We'll leave later." ”。

After the female hooked snake untied the knot between the little hooked snake and her tail, she sneered when she heard Shi Manman's words: "Go? Trespass on my territory, wantonly destroy and humiliate our mother and son, and then leave if you want? ”

"What do you want?" Shi Manman secretly grabbed Xiao Lei's uninjured hand, preparing to take Xiao Lei away when the other party was distracted.

Xiao Lei felt the palm of his hand cold, and looked down to see that a cold and white little hand was holding his palm. Due to the lack of physical strength, Shi Manman's fingers trembled slightly. The fingertips touched the back of Xiao Lei's hand, and there was a burst of itching.

Xiao Lei, who grew up in a deep house, although he knows a thing or two about men and women, for various reasons, he has never touched the opposite sex in his current grade.

Now that he is held by Shi Manman, he seems to hold his heart, and his heart trembles, and his heart contracts with it, and the blood rushes in the blood vessels, flushing his cheeks and staining his ears.

Shi Manman's attention was all on the hooked snake, and she didn't notice Xiao Lei's heart, she grabbed Xiao Lei harder and harder, afraid that when she fled, she would let go due to physical exhaustion and throw Xiao Lei to death.