Chapter 171: Light
Yikes!
The serpent opened its jaws, its two sharp fangs popping out, and with a roar of rage, a rain-like curtain of black-purple venom erupted from the tips of its teeth, enveloping both Mary Anjeka and Trea Kukukl. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
“?!”
Seeing this scene, Xia's heart tightened, and she wanted to remind her, but a flash of thought in her mind made her change her mind and immediately shut up.
Fortunately, Marie Anjica and Trea Kukukel also sensed the danger and responded to the threat of Venom Rain.
Mary Anjeka's left hand was raised, and the one-handed shield on her forearm suddenly burst into a brighter silver-white light than before, and the deputy leader of the mercenary group seemed to have used some special shield skills, only to see that her one-handed small shield, which was not enough to completely cover her figure, flew up and down like a butterfly dance, and countless remnants of shields appeared, and at the moment when the venom rain curtain hit, it turned into a wall of shields like an iron wall, and her entire body was hidden behind her, blocking all the venom from the outside.
And Trea Kukukl, who had no shield in his hand, this veteran mercenary who was completely exposed to the attack of Venom, at this critical moment, his rich adventures and experience saved him, he threw away the short sword in his hand, pulled the cloak on his body with a slash, and pulled it out with a brush, unfolding the cloak into the wind, like wielding a windmill, he waved the cloak with his hand, blocking in front of him, and hurriedly retreated away, and finally succeeded in hiding behind a large tree not far away.
"Whew... Whew......"
Trea Kukukl, who had escaped death, gasped and looked down, the cloak in his hand was sizzling, and it was actually corroded by the venom that came to him with countless holes, if the venom fell on him, it was estimated that the tragic condition of this cloak would be his own fate.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but be so frightened that he hurriedly threw his cloak far away, for fear that his hands would also be stained with a trace of venom.
For all this, Xia Nature, who was standing on a branch, could see it even more clearly, and she found that the place where the venom fell, whether it was dirt or grass and trees, actually emitted real lilac smoke, sizzling, obviously suffering from serious corrosion.
The venom of this giant snake is so fierce that if it were a living creature, I am afraid that if it touches it, I am afraid that it will die!
Xia's eyes became awe-inspiring, but seeing that the two of them were okay in the end, her mood also relaxed.
"This serpent ......"
Under the loose sleeve of her cape, her right hand gently stroked the revolver, feeling the barrel that had cooled down from the piping hot, and she couldn't help but recall the moment she pulled the trigger.
Infrared vision... Temperature Sensing ......
At that moment, the giant snake suddenly dodged her first shot, and then turned its head to stare at her for a few seconds...... That feeling, that kind of chilling look in its eyes, now that I think about it... It's like discovering something that shouldn't exist in the first place!
Could it be that I was a ...... for this giant snake at that time? Is it invisible?
Then, what revealed his existence was the first shot he fired, and the two revolvers in his hands that suddenly rose in temperature due to the shooting?
Hmm, the difference between yourself and others...... Probably this doll-like body, right?
Temperature, smell, foot vibration......
All these processes and details were carefully filtered through her mind until they finally became extremely clear.
Standing on the branch, Natsu's eyes stared coldly at the tyrannical giant snake, without saying a word, and then, instead of advancing and retreating, she jumped a few times and disappeared into the dense forest behind her.
This move of hers happened to be noticed by Mary Anjka, who was hiding behind the shield wall in the distance, and in the sight of the deputy leader of the mercenary group, she saw Xia Chao make a simple gesture to herself, as if pointing in a certain direction, and after a little thought, the deputy head of the regiment nodded, comprehending the intention that Xia conveyed to her.
"Hah!"
After the venom rain had passed, Mary Anjka let out a loud breath, turned around, and threw her one-handed sword at the serpent.
Puff......
The blade of the sword, glowing with silver-white light, pierced the skin of the serpent's abdomen and drove deep into it.
Hiss!
Suddenly, the giant snake roared in pain, it was enraged, its eyes became red, and its whole body shrank and flicked, and it rushed towards Marie Anjka.
Seeing this, Mary Anjka's expression became extremely serious, and she also moved, but she immediately turned and ran away, rushing into the depths of the jungle in a certain direction.
"This ......"
Trea Kukukl, who didn't see Xia make a gesture due to the angle, was stunned by this change for a moment, he didn't know why his head suddenly went crazy and gave the giant snake this ruthless blow, but then, the mercenary also gritted his teeth, raised the long sword in his hand and followed closely.
Click......
One man and one snake are running for their lives in the forest, while the other is desperately chasing after them, trying to draw the serpent's attention back to himself and relieve someone of the pressure.
However, the giant snake seemed to recognize a little guy who dared to hurt itself again and again, and its huge body rumbled through the dense forest, chasing the slippery and fleeing little loach in front of it, and countless big trees in front of it were damaged one after another, broken by its rampage, the branches swayed, and even on the ground was a large deep ditch that it crawled over, winding and twisting.
Click!
Eventually, a large tree was knocked down, and with a loud click, it crashed in front of Mary Anjeka, just in time to stop her escape.
Hiss......
Before he had time to change direction, the huge and terrifying size of the giant serpent was already coiled around, like a living city wall wriggling and pressing, composed of countless palm-sized scales stacked on top of each other, completely blocking all sides of Mary Anjeka, and the black pressure was in a circle, making people desperate.
If it is allowed to shrink and surround it, I am afraid that Mary Anjeka in it will be crushed and crushed by it as soon as possible!
"Hah!"
Trea Kukukl, who was also chasing here, was in a hurry, and in a fit of rage, he glared at his eyes, the long sword in his hand lit up with unprecedented light, and with a roar of rage, he slashed at the body of the scaly giant serpent, trying to save his own leader.
Bang!
A huge black shadow flashed, but it was the tail of the giant serpent that swept across, and sent the unsteady Trea Kukukel flying out at once, slamming into the trunk of a large tree, spitting blood.
Hiss!
The serpent bowed its head, spat out the snake letter, and roared at Mary Angelica, who had no way to escape, staring at her with a pair of cold vertical pupils, as if to laugh shamefully at the end of this little reptile that dared to offend itself.
In this regard, Mary Anjeka was very calm, her expression was solemn, she held the shield in one hand, and held a dagger drawn from her calf in the other, and her eyes stared at the giant snake vigilantly, without saying a word, obviously ready to resist to the end.
Hiss!
As if to see the 'unrepentance' of this little reptile, the giant snake roared angrily, and the person in front of it stood up, ready to shrink and coil his body, ready to crush her and hang her alive.
However, at this moment, a black shadow fell from the top of the big tree above, and with a click, stood on the back of the giant snake.
Hiss?!
As if sensing something, the serpent's voice became a little alarmed, and it tried to turn its head to see what had landed on its body.
Bang!
Two gunshots rang out in unison, and the alchemy bullets rushed out of the chamber of the spear, turning into two silver shuttles, piercing through the body of the giant serpent and piercing out from under its heart, bringing splatters of blood and staining a large area of the land red.
Click...... Bang bang!
The sound of footsteps sounded, and the black shadow still did not dare to feel at ease, and with a movement of his feet, he jumped onto the head of the giant serpent, and fired two more shots at its head.
Hiss......
The giant snake's huge body suddenly stiffened, twitched slightly, and then fell down violently, like pushing a mountain of gold to a jade pillar, setting off a burst of mess.
......
"Anjeka, are you alright?"
After confirming that the giant snake was completely dead, the black shadow jumped down from its body, and asked the deputy leader of a mercenary group, and if you looked closely, she was also secretly following all the way, looking for an opportunity to strike a fatal blow at the giant snake.
"Well, I'm fine. ”
Seeing this, Mary Anjeka also lowered her left arm with a one-handed shield, trembling slightly, but nodding her head in a slightly relaxed tone, she was already a little exhausted on this desperate run, and there were still many places on her body that were scratched by branches or spikes, which were not considered intact.
"What about you, Trea?"
Xia nodded at the deputy leader, then turned his head to look at a mercenary man in the distance, and asked in a concerned tone.
"Ahem... Cough...... I'm fine, um, I can't die yet......"
Treya Kukukel wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth, resisted the pain in her chest and waist, and forced herself to pretend that she was fine.
Seeing this scene, Xia and Mary Anjka glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but laugh and shake their heads.
Well, a fool who wants to die to save face and suffer sin!
......
After fighting up the only remaining alchemy bullets in his hand, paying the price of one serious injury and one minor injury, the combination of Xia and his party finally reluctantly killed this huge terrifying giant snake together, I don't know why, after this, the creatures of the forest clan before actually completely lost their traces, and did not continue to come over to take revenge at all.
Maybe he was scared out, right?
Xia couldn't help but guess in his heart, after all, this giant snake seemed to be the totemic creature of this group of forest clans, representing the supreme power, and the enemy actually even killed their totem god easily, so how dare they get close to the huge corpse placed there?
Therefore, in the following time, when Captain Rip and the crew continued to carry the supplies together, everyone was not harassed and attacked by these forest clans, which made Xia and the two mercenaries in charge of guarding matters feel much more relaxed.
Although I don't know why they didn't appear, but for the sake of insurance, Xia and his party decided to completely transfer to a certain ruin, you know, the people on the ship have been transferred there, if you want to come back again, it will take a lot of effort, and the place where the magic sky boat fell has also become extremely messy due to the attack of the giant snake, and the entire wreckage of the ship has rolled to the side several times, and it is already a mess inside, which is not suitable for continuing to be used as a shelter.
For the next few days, everyone spent the rest of the ruins, with all kinds of worries about their future fate and worries about the strange and dangerous environment around them, struggling to survive on the materials brought down from the magic skyboat.
In order to make it easier for searchers to find this place, they also climbed to the tops of the large trees near the ruins, and hung many pieces of debris torn from the airbags of the magic airship on them, hoping that they would be discovered sooner.
As time passed, and gradually, a certain date promised by Captain Rip finally arrived, but then, nothing happened, and the day, as it had been, passed as before.
For the first day, the surviving people were a little uneasy and in an uproar, but with the efforts and persuasion of Captain Rip, they finally managed to settle down.
The next day, the surviving people were even more uneasy and worried, and they asked a certain captain for confirmation, over and over again, and a certain captain repeated it over and over again, patiently, and firmly in everyone's faith in the future.
By the third day since a certain date, the entire Vault camp was in a gloomy fog, and everyone's faces were full of depression and disappointment for the future, but no one continued to ask Captain Rip about those words, and perhaps they had already guessed it in their hearts: no one knew what had happened to them, and there were no rescue teams searching for them, and they could only pray silently that someone would find them......
By the fourth day, the Vault camp was silent and oppressive, and there were not many supplies left from the magic skyship, and a certain Captain Rip had already begun to ration the food, and even led the crew out to the forest in search of fresh food in the hope of holding out longer, but there was little to gain. Perhaps, the only thing that reassures the captain is that the Xia and his party, who originally agreed with him to stay for only three days, and if no one comes to the rescue, they will leave immediately, did not leave behind the people in the shelter camp, but continued to stay, guarding everyone.
By the fifth day, the lack of food had left the people in the shelter camp barely fed, and there was not enough to eat, and there was not much to store for clean drinking water......
On the sixth day, some of the people who had been seriously injured before could not hold on, and several died, and the shelter camp was enveloped in an air of despair......
On the seventh day, some people don't even have the strength to open their eyes......
Day 8......
On the ninth day, above the nameless ruins, the only small sky that was not covered by tree branches, a swift black shadow flew by.
Natsu raised his head, carefully recognizing the fleeting shadow, and finally remembered it: it was a creature called the white-striped eagle vulture, which had been domesticated since childhood and used as a transportation mount for flying.
Soon, the shadow seemed to have noticed something and began to hover over the forest.
The distinctive loud cry of the white-veined eagle gradually woke up the people below who had become numb to everything.
A ray of hope finally fell through the layers of dense forests and fell on this desperate shelter camp...... (To be continued.) )