Petrifaction?

The hemostatic effect of seagrass is excellent. When the mermaid snake brings its captured prey to the reef, it deliberately tilts the head of the prey to one side. This avoids putting pressure on the wound on the back of the prey's head and allows for easy observation of the wound healing. The beauty snake rubbed the seaweed and covered the wound, and soon after, the wound stopped bleeding. The prey's expression also became calmer.

However, despite the fact that the prey was badly damaged by the injury, the face looked slightly hideous and terrifying from any angle.

Referring to the face of the prey, the beauty snake curiously touched the claw marks on the prey's face. The marks look like they've been there for a while, but they still look hideous and terrifying. One can imagine how severe the initial damage was. The beauty snake gently sliced through the air with her sharp nails, speculating that the prey assailant's claws should be a decade or two larger than her own. However, the identity of that ferocious creature is still unknown. In the underwater environment, there are few other creatures with long claws other than the beauty snake itself.

The serpent got bored, so she gently tugged at the prey's ear. Although these fins are fan-shaped compared to their own ears, the ears of prey are much smaller, only the size of a human ear. , and the texture is hard. It seems that these ears are not self-retracting like the serpent's own ears. The mermaid snake touched the gills behind its ears, and the gills also existed, but whenever the mermaid snake left the water, the gills would automatically close, and it was completely invisible when it was underwater.

Looking at the prey's limbs again, it had no fins or sharp claws. Although the nails are slightly sharpened, they are clearly not enough to be used as an attack tool. However, the harpoon from before seemed to be a good weapon, and the mermaid snake took it with it when it took its prey. In addition, the limbs of the prey do not have structures similar to those of long webs, lack these auxiliary organs, and do not have a tail like that of the beauty snake. , so you can understand why it can't swim quickly.

Carefully examining all directions of its prey, the Mermaid Snake believed that the strange creature should be some kind of mutated human. The beauty snake understands that the catastrophe that occurred decades ago led to the mutation of life under the sea, so humans may also be affected and mutate. However, he wasn't sure if this was the only mutated individual or if there were more similar ones.

However, despite his curiosity, the prey is now in a coma and unable to answer his questions. So, the most important thing right now is to wait for the prey to wake up. As for the next step after satisfying his curiosity, whether to taste the prey or give it to other sea creatures to enjoy, this is not something he is currently considering.

For the Siren, staying secretive is essential to survival, and this sense of self-preservation is ingrained in him.

After observing again for a while, confirming that the newly caught prey would not wake up soon, the beauty snake flipped its body in the water, splashed high, found its most comfortable position, and floated on the surface of the water ready to relax. Still, he remembered to hook his prey with his tail so that it would not be carried away by the currents.

His gaze was on the sky, dotted with stars, bright and brilliant. The beauty snake will look up at such a starry sky for a moment every night, and never get bored, but feel that no matter when you appreciate it, it is so beautiful.

The sea was quiet on this night, with the breeze leaving only the faint sound of waves crashing against the reef. With this familiar sound, the beauty snake quickly fell into a deep sleep.

When he opened his eyes for the second time, he found that the sky had become clear. The morning sun rises from the sea level in the east, illuminating the sea brightly. The serpent came to its senses and turned to its prey on the reef, only to find that it had woken up and was watching him at the moment.

The two sides looked at each other, and they were stunned for a moment. However, the situation is different. The beauty snake did not expect that the prey had woken up, and when it woke up, it did not try to escape, but sat quietly and waited for him - although even if it wanted to, it would not be able to escape. The serpent believes that if his prey moves slightly, he will be able to detect it immediately.

The reason why Zhao Muhan was stunned was completely because it was related to the beauty snake. Don't get me wrong, it's not because he's bewitched by beauty, although at first he was really attracted, but now he's sober.

Therefore, Zhao Muhan's stunned was not due to his own reasons, but was completely caused by the beauty snake.

It is worth knowing that this beauty snake is a descendant of Mei Hitolen Xin. Although he is not as powerful as his mother, he retains some characteristics, one of which is that his eyes also have the ability to petrify.

That's right, Zhao Muhan was completely petrified by the eyes of the beauty snake. Normally, the mermaid snake can control this ability, but at this point he has just woken up and doesn't notice the situation, so something happens.

The beauty snake looked at the immobile prey and immediately realized what was happening. He glanced at the water, and his slightly reddish eyes were reflected, apparently out of control.

He closed his eyes, and when they opened them again, they had turned a jewel-like blue.

Although he wasn't as powerful as his mother, perhaps because the power of the curse waned after the gods left the stage of history, the creatures that stared into his eyes didn't turn into stone forever. At most, it will only stiffen for a while. However, relative weakening also has its advantages. At least this petrification ability has no effect on him, and he doesn't have to worry about accidentally injuring himself, he can control this ability. His mother, on the other hand, was at risk of being permanently petrified even when she looked in the mirror.

As for the time of stiffness, it depends on the control of the beauty snake itself.

In this regard, the beauty snake has accumulated a lot of experience. Sometimes, he is too lazy to hunt for food himself, so he will use his petrification ability to save effort. As a result, he is able to tell when it will recover based on how stiff its prey is.

Approaching his prey, the snake touched the other man slightly, causing his muscles to stiffen slightly, but fortunately, not completely turned to stone. This lasted only a few minutes before it began to recover.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhao Muhan, who was originally fixed, seemed to have pressed the play button, suddenly blinked, and regained his ability to act.

Zhao Muhan didn't wake up much later than the beauty snake, he was exhausted from being chased by a group of sharks, and he was wounded, and he rested on a rugged reef all night. When he woke up, he felt that there was not a single place in his body that did not hurt.

Despite being an experienced explorer, his alertness has always been high. As soon as he opened his eyes, he sensed that something was wrong, especially with a thick snake tail wrapped around his leg. The snake's tail wrapped around his thigh several times, making it impossible for him to escape.

Due to the angle problem, when the beauty snake fell asleep, her head had already drifted to the back of the reef, leaving only a long snake tail stretched out on the reef, and then went around the reef and extended to Zhao Muhan's back. At first, he was not aware of the existence of the beauty snake, only the snake's tail. But he soon realizes that it is the tail of the sea serpent, as he has been in charge of underwater expeditions for many years and is no stranger to these.

Although the snake's tail was thicker than a bucket, he had seen a larger sea serpent before, so at first he thought it might be a big snake that was going to take a seat on him for breakfast. He was ready to resist desperately, however, he noticed that the snake's tail had not moved, so he did not dare to act rashly. As he turned his head, he looked up at the snake's tail until he found the beauty snake sleeping on the sea behind him.

The discovery stunned him. Although he had seen many mermaids, it was the first time he had seen a human snake, and it was a beautiful male human snake, and by seeing the body without a chest, he knew that it was a male. You know, all merfolk are female.

He even forgot the harpoon in his hand in a daze, and did not attack the beauty snake, but fortunately. Because when he was stunned, the beauty snake also woke up, and when their eyes met, Zhao Muhan realized that he couldn't move.

It was very uncomfortable to be frozen. He was conscious, but his body was completely immobile. He couldn't help but think of the sense of danger he felt before he was unconscious, and now he felt as if he was caught in it again. After careful consideration, he realized that the previous group of sharks was likely to be scared away by this beauty snake.

He really escaped from the shark's mouth, but was trapped by a human snake.