Chapter 49: Descending the Dragon's Palm and Descending the Giant Serpent (Part II)
The giant snake looks very huge, but because of its racial inferiority, its weight is not more than five tons in proportion, and it was hit by Chen Qi's palm force of more than ten tons, and its body was involuntarily knocked away, soared into the air, and landed on the surface of the river, stirring up huge waves.
"Roar!" the serpent let out a terrible roar, rolling in pain in the water, making waves and sprays, obviously not lightly injured.
Chen Qi unloaded the reaction force that could not be completely offset due to his own lack of internal force on the deck under his feet, leaving a pair of deep footprints on the hard deck, and the entire big ship was translated by one foot under the reaction force.
"It obviously can't be considered a snake!" Hearing the roar of the giant snake, Chen Qi thought to himself, because snakes do not have vocal cords and other vocal organs, the hissing sound we often hear is just the sound of the snake letter constantly shaking and hitting the air, the roar of this giant snake should have evolved the vocal cords, I don't know if it is because of the genetic mutation caused by external stimulation, or the monster in myths and legends?
"Archers prepare, shoot!"
The giant snake was injured and rolled over is a good target, Chen Qi naturally will not let go of such a good opportunity, everyone picked up the bow and arrow and shot arrows wildly, but the scales on the surface of the giant snake are very strong, and they are covered with a layer of mucus, most of the arrows are slid away, even if they are hit, they can only leave a white spot, and they cannot break the defense.
"Giant crossbow ready!" Seeing that the bow and arrow could not work, Chen Qi immediately made a decision and ordered someone to dismantle the four giant crossbows on both sides of the ship and move them to the bow. These giant crossbows were not carried by Chen Qi, but were originally on the big ship, in this era of great navigation, the sea is very chaotic, these giant crossbows are used by the big ship for defense.
Four spear-like huge and sharp crossbow arrows flew out under Chen Qi's gaze, but unfortunately two missed, and the other two hit the bull's-eye, easily breaking through the scale defense and shooting deep into the giant snake's water tank-thick body, it let out a terrible roar again.
However, these two crossbow arrows seemed to "wake up" the giant snake, and it no longer rolled, but endured the dizziness of its head, sank into the deep river, and disappeared.
"Bang!" Chen Qi slapped the side of the boat angrily, leaving a deep palm print, cutting the grass without removing the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows, this beast has suffered such a big loss, he will definitely be more cunning and cautious, next time there should not be such a good opportunity.
As the largest river in Lingnan, Lishui has boats coming and going on the river, and there is such a terrifying monster here, I don't know how many people will be killed in the future.
"Wan Sheng! mighty!"
Seeing the serpent fleeing, the people who escaped from death couldn't help but cheer.
"Hmph!" Chen Qi snorted coldly, very angry, "You guys have the cheekiness to cheer, especially you," he pointed to his personal guards, "I have also followed me to the battlefield, seen blood, killed people, and was scared by a beast and trembled, and some people were so frightened that they peed their pants, it's really embarrassing for me!"
Chen Qi was indeed very disappointed, he poured all his heart and soul into his personal guards, the strictest and most painful training, the most luxurious equipment, the best logistics supplies, he had been on the battlefield, he had seen blood, he originally thought that they were already the strongest army in the world, but tonight the original form was revealed.
The faces of the guards were flushed with shame, and they half-knelt on the ground: "Please punish the young master!"
"From today onwards, the pro-guard team will be renamed the sword drawing team, and you must have the courage to draw the sword, whether you are facing a giant snake or a dragon, you must have the courage to pull out the sharp blade on your waist and fight to the death!"
"Draw your sword!"
"Draw your sword!"
Looking at the morale-boosting sword drawing team, Wei Xu's eyes turned with a divine light, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
A day later, the big boat came to the intersection of Lishui and Beijiang, and everyone changed the original planned itinerary and went ashore from the mouth of the Beijiang River, which happened to be not far from the county seat of Beijiang.
At this time, people lacked entertainment activities, so this novel and terrifying news soon spread throughout the county town of Beijiang and spread along the banks of Lishui.
The group unloaded the carriages and horses from the boat, formed a huge team, and left the county town of Beijiang to go north, not daring to get too close to the Beijiang River, and walking at least ten miles away from the river bank.
The team was too large, and the carriage dragged it down, so the speed naturally couldn't be fast, and it barely reached the foot of Nanling after half a month.
From a distance, Nanling is a huge mountain range composed of large mountains, stretching from west to east, stretching to the end of the sky, like a vast dragon crawling on the earth.
"Little young master, you see how much this Nanling looks like a long giant snake!" Chen Zhen also followed the little young master to see the scenery, and couldn't help but say.
"Poof," the crowd laughed.
"Xiao Yi, your vision is different from others, why do I look at Nanling like a dragon, and why does it become a giant snake in your mouth?"
"Haha, this big stupid bear was obviously scared by the big snake last time," Wei Xu laughed, "People say that he is afraid of the well rope after being bitten by a snake for three years, and he is looking at something long now, it looks like a giant snake, it turns out that your stupid bear is also scared!"
"I... I'm not afraid ......." Chen Zhen's face turned red.
"Don't be afraid, that's good, next time you meet that big snake, you go first!"
"It's... I'll go to ...... first."
At this time, the front Tanmalai newspaper is only half a day's journey from Heyuan County, and it is not early, whether to continue to rush into the county seat overnight or camp on the spot?
Chen Qi looked up at the sunset, this was already at the foot of Nanling, the hills were dense, the road was undulating, and it was dangerous to rush at night, so he decided to camp on the spot and set off tomorrow.
After receiving Chen Qi's order, the long procession stopped, and people unloaded their tents from the wagons and began to set up, some people went to the vicinity to collect wood to prepare for a fire, and some people went to fetch water, and there happened to be a small river nearby, which was very convenient.
Chen Qi didn't like to stay too stuffy in the carriage, so he kept riding a horse, wearing thick armor, and rode for a day, although he was not tired, he also had a stinky sweat, and he was very uncomfortable, so he came to the hidden place of the river and prepared to take off his clothes and take a bath.
"Boom!"
The small river next to him suddenly burst into a shocking splash, and a terrifying giant snake suddenly appeared, opened its shocking mouth, and devoured it without him reacting. The serpent struck a blow, reflexively fell into the creek, and fled downstream.
The loud noise alarmed the people who were encamping, but it did not cause any commotion.
At this time, the real Chen Qi got out of the hidden carriage and ordered: "Send someone to chase along the river bank and drag the body of the big snake back." ”
It turned out that after the big snake was injured by Chen Qi and others, he was very vindictive, and with his inhuman recovery ability, after recovering from his injuries, he had been following them behind, looking for an opportunity to take revenge. Because their group was far away from the river bank, the big snake could only go ashore, but its body was too huge and heavy, and the traces of walking were inadvertently discovered, so the news about the big snake going ashore to eat people quickly spread.
When Chen Qi heard the news, he understood that this big snake obviously had a certain amount of wisdom and knew how to hold grudges, so a plan came to mind, and it was still the old way: lure the snake out of the hole!
The person that the big snake hates the most is obviously Chen Qi, the snake's eyesight is almost none, and it relies on the snake letter to distinguish the smell and temperature to track the prey, so Chen Qi often wears clothes with his own strong smell for the substitute, and he changes into new clothes, and covers the body odor with a strong perfume.
So in the eyes of the big snake, the stand-in obviously became Chen Qi, the body of the stand-in was tied with a sword with the blade outward, covered with a layer of paper armor, and at the same time there were many cowhide pockets tied to the body, and the pockets were filled with highly toxic drugs that sealed the throat with blood.
As for this stand-in, it was a death row prisoner intercepted by Chen Qi from the road. Since Chen Shou became the Lingnan Taishou and returned the power of the counties to carry out the death penalty to the Taishou Mansion, at this time of the year, the counties and counties will escort the condemned prisoners to Guangzhou, wait for the Taishou Mansion to review, and then carry out the execution. On the way, he happened to meet a prisoner truck transporting death row prisoners in the northern county, Chen Qi identified himself and grabbed one.
Chen Qi told the condemned prisoner everything and promised that he would take care of his family after the mission was completed, and the man who had killed and injured more than a dozen people in anger agreed.
Since then, Chen Qi's team has gradually approached the edge of the Beijiang River, sending stand-ins every day, intentionally or unintentionally approaching the riverside, and the small river in front of him is one of the sources of the Beijiang River, but after a few days, he still hasn't seen the big snake fooled.