The snakes attacked quickly, but not very fast, and one by one they swam out of the stream in a zigzag pattern, opening their mouths and spitting a foul-smelling poisonous mist at the people by the stream.

When Yan Biao saw it, he immediately reminded loudly: "It's a withered blood snake, it will spray poisonous mist, everyone hold your breath!"

The withered blood snake is a kind of amphibious beast demon, attacking with a snake head, can spit poisonous mist, and the snake body can also be wound and squeezed like a python, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a python, but the beast demon is usually huge, and the size of the withered blood snake is placed in the beast demon world, which can only be regarded as a snake, and its main attack method still relies on the snake head bite and the poisonous mist in the body.

The name Bloodless Serpents come from two main reasons, one is that they look like dead branches when they are still and the other is because their poisonous mist can dry up the blood in other creatures, as if it has been vaporized.

The strength of the Withered Blood Snake is between the early stage of condensation and the middle stage of condensation, much stronger than the Fire-Eyed Monkey, even stronger than the Black Wind Wolf, and because of its poisonous mist is extremely threatening, most people regard the Withered Blood Snake as a mid-level beast demon.

Everyone is afraid of the poisonous mist, closes their mouths and noses, and only communicates with the outside world through the acupoints on the surface of the body, which is unlikely to cause suffocation, but this poisonous mist can also slowly penetrate into the human body through the acupoints, unless it is a monk who has reached the middle stage of condensation, and sacrifices to protect the body, it will not be eroded by the poisonous mist.

Diao Yan was the first to contact the snakes, and she inhaled some poisonous mist at the beginning, and her face at this time had become quite pale and bloodless, obviously poisoned by withered blood, fortunately, Wei Mou was by her side at that time, helping her resist the attack of the snake head, otherwise she would have died.

Yan Biao shouted: "In the early stage of condensation, all retreat, and the others sacrifice their body protection qi, hurry up and get rid of these withered blood snakes, don't let the poisonous mist spread." ”

At this time, Qi An had already rushed over, and together with Yan Biao, Qi Daoren, Wu Baonian and other three, they rushed to the snake group and killed them, while Wei Mou stayed behind to protect Diao Yan and others.

The Shao family brothers are body refining cultivators, although they are not afraid of snake head attacks, they are also afraid of snake venom, and they also dare not step forward, only Yan Suqing's flying knife can make a move, assisting in the attack from a distance, but with little effect.

Because the number of withered blood snakes is not very large, and the movement speed is slow, the Qidao people did not rashly launch a talisman attack, most of the time they are observing and guarding, and the main force to kill the withered blood snake has become Yan Biao, Wu Baonian, Qi An and other three, Qidao people only target those fish that have slipped through the net, and as a result, after a battle, he only used one talisman, and the rest of the dozen or so withered blood snakes were all slaughtered by Yan Biao and others.

From Yan Biao and others to the end of the battle, the process was very fast, less than ten breaths, and snake corpses were everywhere.

This time, Yan Biao killed the most, as long as he stabbed the vital point, it was a spear that fell off one in seconds, and even if the stab did not hit the vital point, the withered blood snake would be seriously injured.

And Wu Baonian relied on the sharp sword in his hand, and constantly sent out dazzling knife qi to slash at the snake body, slashing the withered blood snake into a bloody and scarred body, including three withered blood snakes that died under his knife.

And Qi An only killed two withered blood snakes, these snakes seem to have a way to unload their strength, they are not very afraid of fist attacks, it is difficult to kill in one blow, Qi An had to follow the previous method, grabbed the head and body of the snake with both hands, and directly tore off the neck of the snake with violence, so his killing method looked the most cruel and bloody.

And the Qidao people were more restrained and subtle this time, and only threw out a wind talisman and cut a withered blood snake that slipped through the net in two.

Yan Biao was not busy cleaning up the battlefield, and beckoned everyone to retreat into the grove by the stream first, waiting for the poisonous fog to dissipate.

Then, Yan Biao took out a pill from his body and put it in Diao Yan's mouth, and said to Wei Mou, who was anxious: "Brother Wei, don't worry, although this antidote pill can't completely detoxify the snake venom, it is enough to ensure the safety of Mrs. Zun's life, a small amount of dry blood poison will not make people die, but the body will be in a weak state in the short term and cannot do anything, and then it is up to Brother Wei to take care of her safety." ”

Wei Mou nodded with red eyes and thanked him again and again.

Diao Yan herself just felt that her body was hot and weak, and she thought that what Yan Biao said was true, not deliberately comforting.

It's just that in this way, the demon slaying team has lost a point of combat power, and it also needs Wei Mou to be distracted to take care of Diao Yan.

"Okay! The poisonous fog is almost time to dissipate, Su Qing and Bao Tong went to collect the snake corpse, Lao Wu and I were on guard, and the others hurried to rest and prepare to set off at any time. ”

After Yan Biao gave the order, he went to the stream with Wu Baonian to be on guard, and Qi An also followed him to scoop up the stream water and wash the stinky snake blood on his body.

After a while, a miserable scream sounded, and everyone hurriedly followed the reputation, and saw Bao Tong, who was collecting the snake corpse, fell to the ground, screaming miserably, one of the soles of his feet was neatly broken as if it had been cut by a knife and axe, and a large stream of blood splattered out of the fracture, which was very terrifying.

At this time, Qi An, who was standing in the stream, was closest to him, hurriedly stepped on it, flew over, and saw a strangely shaped beast demon drilling out of the mud at Bao Tong's feet, obviously it attacked Bao Tong.

The beast demon is relatively small, resembling a centipede, with many hands and legs, about two feet long, and a pair of disproportionate giant pincers growing at the very front near the head, like a combination of a crab and a centipede.

Qi An once heard Yan Biao mention this kind of beast demon, named crab hand centipede, good at drilling soil, eating everything, even soil can become its rations, most like to lurk underground, with hard and sharp giant pincers to attack the target located above, weak defense monks can often cut off their leg bones with a pincer, the most insidious, think that Bao Tong, who is bent on collecting snake corpses, did not notice his feet, was attacked by the crab hand centipede, and cut off the soles of his feet with a pincer.

As soon as the crab hand centipede succeeded, it came out of the ground and wanted to continue to attack Bao Tong, but Qi An's body was extremely fast, and he had already arrived, and the crab hand centipede's giant pincers had just opened, and Qi An stepped down violently, and with a bang, a big pit was trampled on the ground, and the crab hand centipede with a soft body was trampled by Qi An on the spot, leaving only a pair of tongs and Neidan unharmed.

The pair of pincers of the crab hand centipede can be sold for a good price, which is much more precious than its inner pill, and is a good material for refining.

This kind of beast demon is only good at sneak attacks, but not in frontal combat, except for the pair of hard and sharp giant pincers on the whole body, the rest of the defense is weak, and it is easy to solve it by being stamped by Qi An.

Yan Biao rushed over after Qi An, and hurriedly bandaged Bao Tong, although Bao Tong was not in danger of life, only excessive blood loss, but the sole of one foot was cut off, and from now on he could only be a lame, and his strength must have plummeted.

The old members of this group of demon slaying team all have ugly faces, Bao Tong is not only Yan Biao's disciple, but also a very important part of their demon slaying team, because Bao Tong's nose is very sensitive, and many times he can smell the smell of beast demons in advance, but he didn't expect to become crippled today, and his future is worrying.

Speaking of which, Bao Tong was also unlucky, the withered blood snake was hidden in the stream, he didn't smell it, the crab hand centipede was buried in the ground, he didn't smell it, the demon slaying team that had been mixed for several years has never had a major incident, but he didn't expect it to be planted here today.

If Bao Tong had a broken arm like Wu Baonian, it would be good to say, at least his legs and feet were fine, and he could move freely, but now he was cut off by a crab hand centipede, and it was difficult to even stand, and his movement was extremely inconvenient, which would affect his actions later.

It is no longer convenient to bring a poisoned Diao Yan, and now there is another Bao Tong with a broken foot, Yan Biao's brows can't help but furrow deeply, and he carefully considers the next plan.

Qi Dao people spoke first, he glanced at Bao Tong, who was gritting his teeth and frowning, sweating profusely, and said to Yan Biao with an expressionless face: "Captain Yan, let these weak ones withdraw first, you yourself said that the deeper this Broken Soul Slope is, the more dangerous it is, and now it is less than half of it, and two people have fallen, Poor Dao thinks that only the three of us are enough to kill the ape-headed ironback bear, and the others are all drags, it is better to withdraw early, so as not to increase casualties." ”

Although the "three people" in Qidao's mouth were not specified, it was obvious that they were Yan Biao, Wu Baonian and himself, two late stage of condensation plus one peak of condensation, Qi An and Wei Mou were not taken into account by him in the middle stage of condensation, and were regarded as a drag.

But Yan Biao shook his head and refused on the spot, explaining: "When dealing with the ape-headed iron-backed bear, it is likely that there will be other beasts and demons, and someone must be on guard and warn in advance, so as to be able to respond to emergencies in time, but if there are three of us, the number of people is too small, and once there is a change, it will be caught off guard, which is quite dangerous." ”

Qidao people sighed, no longer reluctant, nostrils to the sky, waiting for Yan Biao to make a decision.

Yan Biao looked sideways at Wu Baonian: "Old Wu, what do you think?"

Wu Baonian thought for a while, and expressed his opinion: "What Brother Qi Dao said also has some truth, I think it is better to neutralize it, let the early stage of condensation take the wounded along the original road, and the three of us plus Brother Wei and Brother Qi, continue to move forward, and go to kill the ape-headed iron-backed bear together." ”

Yan Biao thought about and analyzed it carefully, and felt that Wu Baonian's suggestion was indeed the best choice at present, so he asked for the opinions of others.

Leaving aside the two injured people, the Shaw brothers only looked at Yan Puma and had no objections, but Yan Suqing did not agree with the decision to let her withdraw, and was very stubborn to follow Yan Biao and them to move forward, while Wei Tong was the opposite of Yan Suqing, he could not rest assured of his wife, and planned to personally escort the poisoned wife and Bao Tong, who had a broken foot, to evacuate.

So, a new decision came out, Yan Biao, Yan Suqing, Wu Baonian, Qi Daoren, and Qi An, these five people continued to follow the original plan, to find the ape-headed iron-backed bear, while Wei Mou and the Shao family brothers escorted Diao Yan and Bao Tong to retreat, waiting for their good news in Zhishui City.

Subsequently, Yan Biao, Wu Baonian, Yan Suqing and the other three handed over the beast demon corpses in their storage bags to the people who were about to evacuate, and ordered them to take them back to the city first, and then distribute them according to their respective merits and contributions after Yan Biao and the others returned.

In order to prevent ambushes by crab hands and centipedes nearby, everyone hurriedly explained and divided into two teams, one south and one north.