Chapter 23: The Battle of Man and Snake

[The seventeenth day of the first month of the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, noon, Yingzhou, Baqi Island]

No matter how hard Xu Ke persuaded him, Daotian Ji still insisted on going to the island with everyone to kill monsters. According to the reason that Inada Hime said, she used as a bait to help everyone kill monsters, and it was also to avenge her three dead sisters and father, and she also saw the basilisk being cut into pieces.

In fact, in Daotian Ji's real heart, she still doesn't want to be separated from Xu Ke. A girl who is only seventeen years old, after just losing her last loved one in the world, is often the most fragile and afraid of loneliness in her heart. It's just that her soft heart, wrapped in a strong appearance, Xu Ke doesn't notice it at all.

Xu Ke had no choice but to carry Pada Ji on his back, crossed the sea with Zhu Wuneng and Yi Helong, and came to Baqi Island again. Yi Tsutaki chose an open place outside the cave and set up a magic circle, and Inada Ji happened to sit in the center of the magic circle.

At this time, the noon sun shone on the deserted beach of the island, although it was winter, the sea breeze was blowing strongly, but everyone was bathed in the warm sunshine, but they did not feel how cold they were.

The sea crashed against the rocks, and the sand and gravel on the seashore were blown up by the cold wind from time to time. The crowd waited for more than an hour, but the basilisk still did not appear.

Zhu Wuneng was anxious in his heart, and clamored to go into the ghost brake cave to have a look, but was stopped by Yi Helong. Listening to the words of the lord of Na Yihe Valley, he had sensed that the Yaqi Giant Snake was in the cave, and everyone only had to wait for a while, and the Giant Snake would inevitably be unable to hold back and rush out of the hole......

Seeing that the sun was going west, the time had passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of Shen, Zhu Wuneng touched his fat belly, and said to Xu Ke with a bitter face: "Big brother, my old Zhu is a little hungry again, why don't we take the wild boar that I didn't eat yesterday and roast it again?"

"Wild boar?" asked Yi Hellong, "did you shoot a wild boar on the island? Where is it?"

"What's the matter? you want to try it too?" Zhu Wuneng muttered.

"Quick, move that boar here!" said Yi He in a hurry.

Xu Ke went to the beach where the barbecue was held yesterday and dragged the damaged boar body over. The boar's torso had been pecked by seabirds, and its body was in tatters. Yi Hellong took out a short knife, cut many pieces from the pig's body, and laid them all the way along the cave. In the end, the remaining trunk of the wild boar was cut into several pieces, and the internal organs and large intestines in the boar's belly were arranged around the edge of the circle.

The winter was cold, and although the mountain boar had been separated by a day, it was still not rancid, but after Yi Helong's short knife, it was all bloody and minced meat nearby, and the smell of blood came, and Xu Ke couldn't help frowning.

"Lord Yihe Valley, what are you doing?" Xu Ke was puzzled.

Yi Helong smiled and said: "Friend Xu, you don't know, that Baqi big snake is brutal and sexual, in addition to liking to make peace with women, it is also very bloodthirsty and greedy. However, the serpent never hunted on his own island. We are now using Inada Ji to lure it, and we are using these wild boar meat to stimulate it, and besides, this is still a wild boar from Yagi Island, so we are not afraid that it will not come out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled roar came from inside the cave. Yi He made a gesture and reminded, "It's coming!" He drew his long knife and watched on guard. Xu Ke pulled out a double-strand sword and blocked in front of Inada Ji......

The big snake crawled fast, and in a blink of an eye it was out of the hole. At this time, the sun was in full bloom on the island, and Xu Ke could see it clearly. I saw that the big snake, more than ten feet long, had a dark body, and the thick snake scales shimmered white in the sun. All eight of its heads had been born, each the size of a small carriage. The pair of giant eyes in the snake's head were full of blood-red color, and the snake letter kept swallowing from its mouth, making a "silky" sound...... At this moment, the entire body of the Yaqi Great Snake seemed to be twice as large as it was on the night of the full moon!

The Yaki serpent crawled along the trail of boar's blood, but it didn't devour the broken boar. It seemed to be extremely angry in its heart, and eight pairs of snake eyes stared at Yi Helong, Xu Ke and the others. However, it climbed to the edge of the magic circle that Yi Helong had already laid out, but did not rush forward, but raised its eight snake heads, and the snake tail swayed from side to side, confronting Yi Helong at the front.

Xu Ke was holding a long sword, Zhu Wuneng was holding a three-toothed nail rake, and the two of them stood on both sides of the rice field Ji on the left and right, and stood in a formation with Yi Helong at the front. That Yi He Long was waiting for the basilisk to drill into the magic circle before making a move, but at this time, he saw that the big snake did not rush forward, but swam around the magic circle, as if looking for an opportunity, and when he relaxed a little, he immediately rushed forward.

At that moment, Yi Helong did not hesitate any longer, he saw that the head of the big snake was getting closer and closer to him, and hurriedly pulled out three short knives in a row, threw them into the air, and the long knife in his hand was sticky and sent, and he shouted in a low voice: "Fuyun Cut!" The three short knives continued to spin and fly towards the three snake heads of the basilisk with the sound of whirring wind. This move is swift and dazzling, and it is exactly one of the stunts in Yi Helong's most conceited knife technique "Yi He Eight Knife Style" in his life.

Originally, the most powerful killing move of this move "Floating Cloud Cut" should be the back move. The long knife in Yi Helong's hand should have stabbed out as fast as lightning when the three short knives swirled in the air, leaving the opponent without time to look around. However, at this moment, Yi Helong saw that the giant snake was vicious, and he couldn't help but feel cowardice in his heart, so he didn't dare to go too far, and only relied on the short knife in his hand to fly up and down, and wrestle with the big snake.

The big snake didn't seem to pay attention to the short knife that swirled and flew in the air, and it only used its snake tail lightly

At the touch of it, the three short knives were all knocked away. The big snake's several pairs of giant eyes were still staring at Yi Helong's back, and he didn't know whether he was guarding the sword in Xu Ke's hand, or coveting the rice field Ji sitting in the center.

After the three short knives were knocked away by the big snake, they swirled in the air and slashed at the huge torso of the big snake. The three sharp blades made of fine iron pierced the body of the great serpent, and they could not even cut a single snake scale. However, the big snake poked through this, which obviously aroused the anger in its heart, and the snake body suddenly took a few steps forward, and the two snake heads opened their mouths widely, and they pounced towards Yi Helong......

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yi Helong hurriedly fell to the ground and rolled on his side, and fled to the right. The other three snake heads of the big snake opened a pair of blood-red snake eyes, and rushed towards Yi Helong head-on. Suddenly, the wind in front of him came in bursts, and Xu Ke shouted: "Break the gold and cut off the water!" A fierce sword aura has already been killed.

Seeing that Xu Ke's sword aura was fierce, the snake's body swung slightly, avoiding the sword edge, and one of the snake's heads opened its mouth wide, spewing a raging fire towards Xu Ke. Its other three snake heads gave up Yi Helong and rushed towards Xu Ke. Zhu Wuneng saw that the eldest brother was in a dangerous situation, so he hurriedly rounded the three-toothed nail rake, and slashed it at one of the snake's heads and heads.

Yi Helong took advantage of this gap and hurriedly jumped out of the battle circle. The long knife in his hand kept looking for the short knife flying in the air, and when the short knife flew to him, he stepped forward and held the long knife in his hand, and the three short knives danced again, and flew straight towards the great snake. He knew that the scale armor of the Yaqi Great Snake was extremely hard, and ordinary swords could not hurt it at all, so a few short knives greeted the big snake's pair of snake eyes. However, Rao is conceited martial arts champion in the world, and he never dared to be too far forward at this time, but blindly fought around the snake body, waiting for an opportunity to destroy its pair of snake eyes.

"Breaking the gold momentum!" Break the water and open the wood!" "Swing the fire and tear the earth!" Xu Ke followed the five elements of the method of mutual growth taught to him by the old man Shuiyue before, and the five potential sword techniques attacked in a cycle, endlessly. At this moment, a double-strand sword in his hand, the sword qi was full of energy, and the true yuan in his body was agitated, like a big river, flowing continuously. It's just this move, "One Breath Mixed Yuan Sword", Xu Ke used it again and again, the sword qi was swaying, and it was incomparable, and it was really invincible!

The big snake was cut by the sword qi, and several scales were cut off, and blood was faintly flowing from the wounds on the snake's body. The big snake was in pain, so it gradually retreated dozens of steps, and the eight snake heads were separated in a fan shape, as if they had taken a defensive position against Xu Ke.

Xu Ke saw the basilisk cowering and retreating, his heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly shouted to Zhu Wuneng: "Second brother, go on! True qi is like a secluded spring at the bottom of the valley, bubbling out, sword qi flying, and the wind blows in the face, heading straight towards the big snake!

"Big brother, be careful!" Zhu Wuneng raised the nail rake and hurriedly followed behind Xu Ke. He said in his heart that the great snake's power is still to come! I have suffered two losses from it before, and you say that it can be beaten down so easily?!

As Zhu Wuneng expected, Xu Ke's sword qi was not halfway through, and a raging fire had already rushed to his face. He hurriedly flipped back in the air, and before his body hit the ground, he suddenly felt a pungent smell coming, and two puffs of black smoke arrived silently from the left and right. It was too late for him to hold his breath, so he inhaled two sips in a hurry.

The big snake spewed fire with one snake head, and the two snake heads next to it outflanked from the left and right, spewing out a puff of black smoke towards Xu Ke. The black smoke was full of the poison of the basilisk, although everyone was outside the cave at this time, but the black smoke was thick, Xu Ke was running the true yuan by himself, and he landed unsteadily, so he inhaled the poisonous gas before he could avoid it.

Xu Ke coughed violently a few times, the poisonous smoke entered his brain, he only felt dizzy for a while, and he had no time to think at the moment, so he immediately flew away and fled. A huge snake head in the air was already rushing towards him......

"Big brother dodge!" Zhu Wuneng in the back raised the nail rake, and with a move of "pulling out the mountain" into the air, he only heard a "ding" sound, and the three-toothed nail rake collided with the snake's head. Zhu Wuneng only felt that the tiger's mouth was numb, and the nail rake in his hand almost escaped. He hurriedly used all his strength, swept the nail rake, and hit forward again. After all, the nail rake in his hand was also made of cold iron, and it was extremely heavy, and he almost knocked the basilisk out when he hit the snake's head just now. The big snake had fought with Zhu Wuneng twice before, and he knew that the nail rake in his hand was also extraordinary. It was originally a trick to lure the enemy to Xu Ke, but when he saw that he missed a blow, he immediately fought and retreated, using a snake head to lure Zhu Wuneng to follow, and on the other hand, he used four snake heads to outflank him from both sides.

Xu Ke had snake venom in his body at this time, and he only felt that his true qi was stagnant, so he had to withdraw from the battle circle, sit cross-legged, and use his skills to force the poison. On the field, it became a situation where Zhu was incompetent and fought the Baqi Snake alone. And the Yihe Valley Lord, still hiding dozens of steps away, took the time to fly out a few short knives, and struck the snake body painlessly.

Zhu Wuneng rounded his arm and raked the three-toothed nail that weighed more than 1,600 catties to make it impermeable, and he fought on a par with the big snake. However, a discerning person can see that Zhu Wucan's weapons are heavy, if he fights for a long time, he will inevitably lose his strength, but the giant snake is so timeless, only two or three snake heads take turns to fight him, and in the long run, Zhu Wucan's ability will inevitably be defeated again......

Xu Ke remembered Hu Yiyi's method of detoxification for him that day, and immediately ran the true yuan, and a cold meaning arose from the sea of dantian qi, and gradually rose to the three acupoints of "head dimension", "original god" and "hanging skull" on the top of his head, slowly breaking away the stagnation, communicating with the veins, and dissolving the snake venom bit by bit......

It turned out that Xu Ke gave it away on the same day

The "Five Poison Beads" given to Hu Yiyi are actually holy relics in the poison world. Anyone who has experienced the detoxification of the Five Poison Beads already has an anti-poison physique in their bodies. In addition, although the snake venom of the Baqi snake is thick, it is only a snake venom after all, although the poison is violent, it is far less than the strange poison in the world, "Seven Days of Soul Devouring". At this time, Xu Ke's true yuan was abundant, he exercised for a while, and wherever his true qi went, the poison was gone, and the meridians were unimpeded again.

Xu Ke saw that the second brother was fighting the big snake, he raised his sword, and shouted "Break the gold potential!" in his mouth, and then joined the battle group. The big snake saw Xu Ke raise his sword again, and he was not afraid at all, and the two snake heads on the left, one breathing fire and the other spitting smoke, immediately rushed towards Xu Ke.

Xu Ke suffered from the poisonous smoke, so he didn't dare to get too close, but only circled the snake body from a distance, urging the sword qi from time to time, and fighting fiercely with the big snake. After Xu Ke joined, the big snake wanted to distract himself from fighting the two of them, and Zhu Wuneng, who was on the right, immediately felt that his eyes were relieved, and he no longer had the same coercion as before. He hurriedly asked:

"Big brother, the snake venom in you has been cured?"

Xu Ke's sword was raised, and after making a move: "Open the wood and swing the fire", he replied: "Second brother, the poison has been cured! Fortunately, Sister Hu's five poison beads!"

"Five Poison Beads, that's a treasure!" Zhu Wuneng said after the rake swept like the wind.

"Yes, the second brother also knows that treasure!" Xu Ke made another move, "Tear the earth and break the gold!", after that, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly reminded Zhu Wuneng and said, "Second brother, don't you also have a treasure on you?" Hurry up and take out the Jingxing pot and take this monster away!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I almost forgot, old Zhu, the eldest brother also gave me a Jingxing pot!" When Zhu Wuneng spoke, he hurriedly took out a small green pot from his body, threw it into the air, and recited a few incantations in his mouth, vaguely: "Taishang Xuanyuan, anxious as an order! Heaven and earth demons, all for me to receive, receive!" After listening to the mantra, the Jingxing pot turned upside down in the air, but the volley became several times larger, and the body of the pot still exuded a green and faint light. Its spout was wide open, aiming at the Yaqi Giant Snake, and it was about to suck all the evil snakes into the pot......

The three people on the field, including Yi Helong, who kept firing the short knife in a circle, all widened their eyes, waiting to see a good show of a snake entering the mouth of the pot. Even the giant snake, when he saw this glowing demon refining pot suddenly appearing in the air, the snake's body trembled, and the eight pairs of snake eyes showed a look of fear for a while.

Unexpectedly, the Jingxing pot sucked for a long time, and even a piece of snake scales could not be sucked in. Later, it trembled, the light went out, and the body of the pot returned to its original size, but in vain, it fell straight into the dust.

Zhu Wuneng picked up the small pot and scolded: "What a broken pot are you! What use do I want you!" However, after saying that, after finishing speaking, Zhu Wuneng still hurriedly put the Jingxing pot back into his arms.

"I remember that the old fairy of Yulu once said that the Jingxing pot can only be below the spirit, and if you suck it and refine it, it must be because the cultivation of this big snake is not low!" Xu Ke said, and immediately slashed at the big snake with a sword.

Zhu Wuneng let out a "hmm", picked up the nail rake and joined the battle group. Seeing that the demon refining pot in the sky was useless to him, the Yaqi Great Snake was also relieved in his heart. At that moment, the one who made the sword made the sword, the one who made the nail rake made the nail rake, the one who breathed fire and the one who spewed poisonous smoke and the one who hid in the dark and made the knife still hid in the dark and made the knife together, and the three of them and the great snake fought together again.

Zhu Wucan's nail rake is heavy and violent. Xu Ke's sword aura was fierce, and his sword momentum was swift. The big snake was obviously very jealous of the kung fu of these two people, so he didn't dare to press too hard. In addition to the water, fire, ice, and wind that spewed out from the mouth from time to time, the most terrible thing was that it would spew out a puff of black smoke if it was cold. The black smoke was extremely poisonous, and Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng didn't dare to get too close. In this way, both of them are quite jealous, and they are also inseparable from each other.

And the Yihe Valley Lord who was famous in the Sang Country outside the field, at this time, became a decoration. Later, even the serpent "didn't bother to pay attention to him." The Lord of the Yihe Valley was also fortunate to be far away, he had already covered his mouth and nose with a black cloth, and he had already taken anti-snake venom in his body, so although there were bursts of black smoke on the field, which came to his nose from time to time, he was not poisoned.

Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng fought fiercely against the big snake, and they fought from afternoon to dusk, and they had been fighting for nearly two hours, and they still didn't know whether they won or lost. Xu Ke followed the method of the five elements to generate each other, urging the five potential sword moves, repeating the cycle, intertwining and exerting each other, and the true qi in the body was still inexhaustible. However, Zhu Wucan't fight for a long time, and his true qi gradually couldn't continue, and later, he was already sweating profusely and panting......

Zhu Wuneng has not eaten since noon, and he has not eaten in his mouth. At this time, his abdomen was already sounding like a drum, and as soon as the word "hungry" came, he suddenly felt weak in his hands and feet, and he was about to get up with a three-toothed nail rake, and he no longer had the same flying and whirring sound as before.

Xu Ke saw that his second brother was gradually unable to support it, and he suddenly became anxious. Seeing that the sun had sunk into the sea from the west, and the sky was getting darker and darker, he said in his heart, I heard that the Yaqi Snake will be stronger and stronger at night, and now my second brother's true qi has declined, how should this be?!

There is a way of blessing and misfortune. Unexpectedly, Zhu was incapable of fighting, and he had already reached the point of exhaustion, but Yi Helong, who was behind him, hugged Daotian Ji and asked urgently: "Daotian Ji, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Ke looked back, and his heart was even more anxious, at this time, Daotian Ji fainted for some reason......