Chapter 16: The Altar Ceremony (II)

"Hiss-hiss", hearing a strange noise, everyone immediately retreated out of the clearing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThe man in black quickly sprinkled a powder along the feet of the crowd. At this time, only the crazy people were still dancing around the fire, and they did not feel the slightest noise from the other side of the cave. Some of them even shouted and danced as they walked towards the cave. The corners of their fluttering clothes were lit as they passed the fire, but they didn't seem to care about the pain of being burned, and they hugged each other and danced, and in an instant they became a sea of fire.

With these dancing torches, Zheng Pei saw that the open space in front of the cave had become a sea of snakes! The colorful poisons, fearful of the flames of the insane, surged around them. The moment someone was burned to death by the fire and fell, it was instantly torn apart by the fangs that shone brightly in the darkness.

All Zheng Pei could hear was the groans of pain and exhaustion and the sound of scales grinding violently. He closed his eyes in pain, twisted his face away, and tried his best to erase the tragic images from his mind. But Granny Ye immediately grabbed his wrist!

"It's coming!"

A strong earthy smell slapped Zheng Pei's face along the wind. Along with a road that spread out in a panic in the sea of snakes, a black triangular snake head the size of a window poked out of the cave. The black snake slowly spat out the blood-red letter, and after scanning the entire clearing for a week, it slowly swam out of the hole with the thickness of the car tire like no one else. Most of the snakes in the sea of snakes were very afraid of this giant black snake, and immediately stopped biting the corpse and avoided the outer edge of the clearing. However, there are still some very brightly colored venomous snakes, relying on their strong venom, opening their mouths and baring their fangs to hiss and demonstrate to the black snake.

The Black Snake didn't like other people to challenge its low position, so it just turned its tail in front of it and swept it gently, and those demonstrations became blurred pieces of flesh and blood. It swam to the middle of the clearing, raised its snake head and observed the corpses on the ground that had been wrapped and eaten by the sea of snakes, and did not feast on it, as if it was carefully selecting.

"Ready!" Someone in the crowd said a word, and all the young people who came to attend the altar immediately became nervous. Zheng Pei was the same, he held the small bamboo tube given to him by Granny Ye, bowed his body slightly, stared at the giant black snake with his eyes tight, and clenched his fists!

Their target is the venom or scales of this giant black snake!

The black snake swam into the sea of snakes and swept away all kinds of small snakes entrenched on the corpse with its tail. If it is a man, he will ignore it, and if it is a woman, he will open his bloody mouth and swallow the corpse and the small snake into his stomach. This was repeated several times, and almost all the corpses of the women in the clearing were swallowed by it. At this time, all the little snakes seemed to realize that life was far more important than food, and they all went into the small holes and stone crevices next to the cave to escape. The black snake seemed to have eaten almost enough, and after finally scanning the clearing, he swam straight back to the cave.

"Quick! Be quick with your hands and feet! ā€

The man in black gave an order, and the six young men rushed to the open space like arrows from the string! Zheng Pei was stunned, he was already behind, but he still tried his best to catch up, but when he came to the clearing, the corpse stumps that might have left the venom had been occupied by others, and he could only try his luck to find the snake scales that might be left on the ground. But at this time, the light is very weak, and the aperture of a flashlight does not reach much ground at all. Finding a black snake scale in such a pitch black environment is even harder than reaching the sky.

"Ahh A scream rang out from the side! A young man was bitten by a poisonous snake hiding under the corpse, and he clutched his wrist and tried to flee back to the crowd for help, but the snake with mixed patterns quickly wrapped around his arm. The young man tried with all his might to shake the snake away, but before he could shake it a few times, he fell straight and fell headlong.

"Hurry up!" The man in black shouted from behind, but his voice was also full of worry.

The death of the young man bitten by a venomous snake on the wrist was a deep blow to others who were looking for snake venom, which could easily be ascertained from their trembling hands and panicked expressions. Another young man, searching the corpse to no avail, his eyes lit up, and he ran to another corpse that was very close to the entrance of the cave. Sure enough, he found the black venom thrown out by the black snake when it tore at the corpse's neck. The young man looked at the crowd behind him with joy as he hurriedly scraped the sticky viper into the bamboo tube. Then, just as he shook the bamboo tube as if showing off and ran towards the crowd, he only felt a sting in the back of his neck. He wiped it with his hand in confusion, and the palm was slightly red. The young man was so shocked that before he could open his mouth to call for help from the crowd, he threw himself forward with a stiff expression. He was still clutching the bamboo tube containing the black venom as he lay on the ground, but by this time his pupils had dilated, and a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.

Zheng Pei recognized him, this young man was the little man who had fought with him the night before. Although Zheng Pei still had a lot of dissatisfaction with him, watching him die like this, Zheng Pei's heart was still suddenly shocked.

"Kid! Come on! Granny Ye's voice was full of anxiety, but if it weren't for her shouting that made Zheng Pei suddenly wake up, I'm afraid he would still be immersed in grief.

After searching the near range, Zheng Pei still didn't get anything. He wanted to go further and try his luck. But the white snake that was standing and neighing in the beam forced Zheng Pei's steps. Zheng Pei wanted to slowly retreat, but suddenly he found a thin, black shiny thing under the white snake's belly, judging by the size alone, this thing should be the snake scales of the giant black snake.

The target is close at hand, but how can you avoid this aggressive threat? Zheng Pei's brain was running rapidly. If you want to see the potential of people, this is the time. Zheng Pei silently recited the mantra and used the black-blue protective film of the scaling technique to attach a barrier to himself. He wanted to fly up and kick the white snake away with a kick under the protection of the barrier. But unexpectedly, when the white snake saw Zheng Pei like this, he immediately restrained his screaming fierce appearance, as if he didn't see him, and quickly swam away from the other side.

Before Zheng Pei even had time to wonder, he was knocked to the ground by a figure! When he got up to look, the girl who had fought last night had already picked up the black snake scales, and easily pulled out the bamboo tube in the hand of the dead little boy, and ran away.

Zheng Pei's anger and disappointment were no longer helpful. When Zheng Pei got up from the ground, in his indifferent gaze, the young people who ran back to the crowd with the loot were already cheering and celebrating. Others didn't care if Zheng Pei, who had an unfamiliar face, had made a gain and was out of danger. They were even already talking and laughing together, completely oblivious to what might be happening on this side of the clearing.

Only Granny Ye! Zheng Pei's sour heart struggled with a warmth, just like the tears that welled up in his eyes that had lost their brilliance, he could still see the anxiety and worry on Granny Ye's face. She was hunched on her thin body, her hands clenched into fists because of nervousness, and she stretched her neck to pay attention to Zheng Pei's situation.

Mother said, don't steam steamed buns to fight for breath!

Zheng Pei perked up and planned to find something. As soon as he bent down to pick up the flashlight that had fallen to the ground, he heard the cheers of the crowd and was instantly drowned out by a sigh of horror. They stared at Zheng Pei blankly, their expressions either helpless, frightened, or gloating.

And Granny Ye is already an old tear.

Something must have happened, and something bad for sure.

Zheng Pei felt a chill in his back. He slowly turned around, and found that the giant black snake had swam out of the cave at some point, and was already quietly watching him with its head held high.

Zheng Pei's mind went blank......

Black Snake seemed to be very dissatisfied with Zheng Pei's appearance. It held its head high, and the flat folds formed by the expansion of its neck trembled violently and let out a fierce hiss. Its dark eyes stared straight at Zheng Pei, as if it was looking at him. The blood-red letter like a tree branch kept spitting out, bringing out a sour breath.

Bang! Suddenly, there was a thunderclap!

Whether it was the crowd, Zheng Pei, or the black snake, they were all vibrated by this thunder. And the black snake seemed to have a different kind of resentment towards this thunder, and picked up the thick snake tail and slapped a crack in the stone slab on the ground! But it seemed to be under some kind of pressure, although it was not willing, but it still gave up Zheng Pei in front of it with a vicious gaze, and slowly swam back to the cave.

Zheng Pei watched the black snake's huge body swim away, and the breath held in his chest slowly eased out.

But the black snake was still unwilling to give up the food in his mouth, and at the moment when he was about to enter the cave, he turned around violently and sprayed Zheng Pei's venom! It looked at Zheng Pei's embarrassed appearance, opened its mouth, let out a fierce hiss, and gradually disappeared into the darkness of the cave.

Fortunately, the sticky and fishy venom was all sprayed on Zheng Pei's clothes, otherwise his eyes would be stunned by the fishy venom even if they were not blinded.

Zheng Pei knew that he had escaped death, and let out a long breath. He looked at the sky gratefully, it must be his father and mother who blessed him, so that he could escape. At this time, the blood in Zheng Pei's body began to circulate normally, and his crazy beating heart gradually calmed down. Zheng Pei squatted down weakly, but inadvertently saw many black snake scales scattered next to the cracks in the stone slab.

"Kid! You're coming back! Granny Ye shouted anxiously.

Zheng Pei suddenly woke up after hearing this. Some of the small snakes had begun to slowly swim out of the cracks in the rocks, regrouping on the bodies of the giant black snakes that were of no interest. Zheng Pei grabbed a few handfuls of snake scales on the ground, and although a few fell into the cracks in the stone in a hurry, he didn't have time to pay attention to them, turned around and ran back to the crowd in embarrassment.

Zheng Pei knelt down in front of Granny Ye in the surprised eyes of everyone, crying like a child who had finally found his mother.

"Good, good! Ok, good, good! The sect leader looked at the young people who had captured the loot with satisfaction, and nodded happily in approval. With a smile on his face, he sat in a bamboo sedan chair and took the lead on the return journey under the escort of the goatee and the man in black.

Perhaps such a life-and-death test of luck was enough to make every survivor proud, but Zheng Pei rarely saw the other young people who came back smile. Everyone stared at him with great envy at his clothes stained with snake venom and the bamboo tube with giant black snake scales in his hands, but when they met Zheng Pei's eyes, their faces turned into disgust and resentment. But even so, Zheng Pei, who had gained a lot, still won the awe of others with his rich booty, and everyone unconsciously let him and Granny Ye walk to the middle of the team. Zheng Pei didn't like his embarrassing situation in this group, but he did enjoy this condescending feeling at this time. His eyes sharpened to find the girl walking alone at the back of the group, and cast him a cold, aggressive gaze. Although the girl also gained a rich harvest, she did not dare to look at Zheng Pei. On the contrary, she kept changing the position of her walk to avoid Zheng Pei's hatred, as if the hateful gaze was very hot, and after just a few glances, the girl was almost about to cry out in fear.

Zheng Pei suddenly felt that he was very bored doing this. The girl was doing something wrong, and he hated her. But since there were no serious consequences, Zheng Pei just thought about it. It's just that the girl's character is not good, maybe it would be better to be on guard in the future. Zheng Pei looked at Granny Ye's happy and smug expression, and then looked back at the family members who were crying bitterly, and felt a sigh of emotion in his heart.