Chapter 56: Corpse Worm & Golden Eyed Python

  The first guy ran the fastest, almost colliding with Du Wei. The other two guys had just entered the dragon's den when the four snow dogs behind Du Wei pounced!

  "Hey, hey!! Friends, watch out for your dog!" The fleeing people were startled, one of whom was injured and not very agile, almost being knocked down by the dog. The other two quickly dodged away. The four Samoyeds missed their target, and Du Wei hastily shouted to stop the dogs' attack, these dogs recognizing Du Wei, did not continue attacking the newcomers.

  At this time, the last blood-soaked man had already run over. This person was still quite enthusiastic and, seeing Du Wei, couldn't see his face or age in the darkness, but still kindly shouted loudly: "Friend! Run quickly! There's a 'rotten corpse monster' coming from behind! Run quickly!"

  After he finished speaking, his body swayed and stumbled twice before his legs went soft and he sat down on the ground. His words had left a good impression on Du Weisheng, who went to help him up, but was immediately hit with the strong smell of blood on his body. What made Du Weisheng even more disgusted was that this guy's body also had some bloody and fleshy chunks stuck to it! It was clearly from one of his unfortunate companions.

  Of the three people running ahead, the first one ran away without looking back. The two behind heard that the last guy fell to the ground, hesitated for a moment, stopped in their tracks, and still ran back to pull up their companion.

  This man covered in blood, although fallen to the ground, still tightly grasped his bow. Shaking his head, he repeatedly and urgently shouted: "You all quickly leave! If you're chased, not one of you will escape! Every single one who can leave is a bonus! Hurry!!"

  Two companions tried to support him as he walked, but the man's leg injury was too severe. He had just sprinted desperately for a while and now could no longer hold on.

  Those two companions were quite righteous and refused to escape on their own, trying to carry him up.

  "You guys, actually don't need to run." Du Wei sighed and began. That guy's one reminder had already made Du Wei feel a few points of goodwill towards him, and this person was not willing to drag his companions down in the face of danger, preferring to fall behind himself so that his companions could run first. This made Du Wei's goodwill increase by several more points. And these two companions were also unwilling to leave, speaking up for justice, which further solidified Du Wei's determination to help them out.

  "You just stay here, don't worry, nothing will happen."

  At this moment, with the moonlight, the three of them had already seen Du Wei's appearance. Seeing that Du Wei looked like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, they thought he was just crazy. The two men had already lifted their companion and were about to run when they suddenly heard a strong smell of blood coming from behind, followed by a shrill roar...

  "We're done for! We can't escape now......" The three of them turned pale at the same time. The person holding the bow and arrow was quite resolute, immediately shouting: "Let me go! I'll fight that monster!"

  Two companions were also stunned, one tightly grasping the broken curved knife in his hand, and the other had no weapon, only picking up a thick branch from the snowy ground at random.

  In the woods, a crunching sound came from the snowy ground... and something brushed against the trees, causing the snow on the branches to fall off with a rustling sound...

  Under the moonlight, Du Wei saw clearly that in the woods, about thirty steps away from their group, a strange creature emerged from behind the trees!

  Du Wei took one look and almost threw up all of last night's dinner!

  These guys call this monster "Rotting Corpse"...... This name is really fitting!

  This monster has three legs! But they are of different thickness, one is a horse leg, one is a deer leg, and the other is fluffy, but it's unknown what kind of wild beast's leg it is... The roots of these three legs are all bloody, and stuck to the body... As if they were taken from somewhere and temporarily assembled onto the body.

  As for its body, it's even stranger! Above its waist, there are actually two upper bodies! One half-body is similar to a bear, and the other half-body... is actually a human torso!

  This thing is like a combination of several biological bodies, with blurry flesh and blood at the joints, covered in black and white long hair!

  "What the hell is this!" Du Weiqiang endured his nausea.

  "Corpse beast." The person sitting on the ground gritted their teeth: "A type of demon... This thing can assemble the body of its killed prey onto its own body... Damn it! It merged the captain's body into its own!"

  His tone was filled with sadness and indignation, and his two companions beside him also looked dismal.

  As expected, the human body on top of this monster was clearly mangled and bloody, but it still wore a tattered yellow leather jacket. The head above the neck was only half a human skull, as if it had been bitten off by some wild beast! The brain matter had all spilled out, and on the half-skull, the turned-up flesh and white bones were starkly visible! What's even more disgusting is that the eyeball of the left eye was hanging outside...

  The monster's running speed was also very fast, but when it ran to the outside of the dragon's circle, it suddenly stopped in its tracks. Its two heads, one a half-human head and the other a sharp-mouthed bear-like shape, seemed to sniff hard, letting out a strange roar. It retreated several steps, walked around the dragon's circle for a few steps...

  Its roar carried a puzzled tone, clearly recognizing the dragon's feces, and it didn't dare to move forward. However, its prey was within sight, and the bloody smell stimulated it even more...

  The guy swayed a few times and still hesitantly leaned over.

  Apart from Du Wei, the three guys had turned pale, and the one holding the bow quickly drew out the last three arrows from the quiver on his back and shot them out in quick succession!

  Du Wei's eyes lit up! This person's archery skills are indeed not bad, although under heavy injury, three consecutive arrows were shot out at once, and the hand holding the bow was very stable!

  Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Three arrows shot out, each one hitting a different target: two of the monster's heads and one of its legs.

  Thud, thud, thud! The monster was hit by three arrows, but it merely shook its body and suddenly turned around. From behind its back, two fluffy paws stretched out, forcefully pulling out the arrows from its body. Then, it split open its bear-like head and let out a few cries...

  The wound's bleeding, this monster doesn't care at all, the fresh blood drips onto the snowy ground, and it seems to have brought out a hint of green eyes!

  "This monster's blood is toxic, if it touches you, you're done." The archer finished his arrows and shook his head: "But there's nothing to be careful about, we're all done for... We're no match for it." He looked at Du Wei, sighed and said: "What kind of person are you? You're just a young boy, how did you end up alone in the Ice Forest... Sorry, it's our fault that we dragged you into this, this monster followed us here."

  A furious roar, the guy holding the branch went all out, he hugged the thick branch with both hands and swept it fiercely towards the monster's waist! With a loud crash, the branch hit the monster's body, but the monster didn't even flinch, instead it stretched out its fluffy paw and grasped the branch, then shook it...

  With a loud shout, the guy with the tree branch flew out and heavily crashed into a tree. After falling to the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood. The guy holding the curved knife had a pale face, his curved knife was originally a close combat weapon, but now only half of it remained, and he was at a disadvantage. This monster was incredibly powerful, its entire body was toxic liquid, approaching it would undoubtedly lead to death. However, seeing that two of his companions were shot with an arrow and thrown out, he still let out a shout, raised the curved knife, and suddenly a faint silver glow emerged from his body!

  Du Wei narrowed his eyes... Aura?

  The curved sword warrior let out a loud shout, and instantly slashed two knives in place! Two faint wind blades immediately shot through the air, patted twice, and accurately cut onto the monster's body. A deep wound that could see the bone was left on the monster's left leg...

  That warrior has charged forward, his curved sword heading straight for the monster's head!

  The speed and power of this sword were quite good, but unfortunately the monster suddenly retreated a step, and from its body, a bloody long thorn suddenly protruded! The warrior was in mid-air, dodging too late, and his shoulder was immediately pierced by the reverse thorn! He was hanging on the monster's reverse thorn like a sugar gourd.

  That thorn was covered with curved bone hooks, and the curved knife warrior immediately let out a heart-wrenching scream! The curved knife in his hand had recklessly shot towards the monster's head, and with a "pu" sound, the curved knife chopped into the monster's bear head, and it was embedded in the monster's skull, but the monster seemed to feel nothing...

  The archer sighed, and since none of his three companions were a match for the monster's one-hit kill, he simply closed his eyes and waited for death.

  At this moment, Du Wei looked at the curved sword warrior on the monster's back and suddenly a glint of light flashed in his eyes. He immediately took out a bottle from his bosom and threw it forcefully at the monster!

  Bang! The bottle shattered after hitting the monster, and most of the yellow powder inside stained the monster's body. Then Du Wei took a deep breath and quickly chanted an incantation from his mouth!

  His chanting speed was extremely fast, and in an instant a wind-type Wind Blade shot out!

  This gust of wind blade did not directly chop at the monster, but accurately cut onto that root thorn on the monster!

  With a loud "ka cha", the inverted blade was cut off, and the curved knife warrior rolled to the ground. Du Wei immediately shouted loudly: "Roll away quickly! Quick!!"

  That curved knife warrior was in so much pain that he could hardly cry out, but when he heard the sound, he instinctively rolled desperately to the side!

  Du Wei's robes puffed out, his fingers swiftly pinched the fingerprint, and then loudly chanted in the midst of several fireballs that smashed past like red suns in the dark night!

  Du Wei's spiritual power and sensory power were extremely strong, ordinary fireball technique, he could shoot out three in one breath! The three fireballs hit the monster's body, immediately igniting a fierce flame...

  With a loud crash, flames shot out in all directions, and the monster's body was half enveloped in fire. As sparks flew everywhere, the monster let out a miserable cry, but this only further ignited its ferocity!

  Du Wei didn't hesitate, immediately casting a speed spell on himself. Then, as if magic was free, he rushed forward at incredible speed, running around the monster's body, his fingers moving non-stop, firing off dozens of dizzying spells at the monster!

  A pale blue light ball smashed into the monster one after another, and the monster's huge body let out a miserable cry in the flames, trying to catch Du Wei. But Du Wei accelerated himself on the one hand, and on the other hand, he cast seven or eight dizzy spells in a row. The monster's footsteps became slower and slower, and finally, it suddenly let out a reluctant roar and fell to the ground with a loud crash...

  Du Wei didn't hesitate, and he took out the last two bottles of fire medicine from his body, smashing them forcefully towards the monster's body...

  As soon as the fire touched the monster, it immediately exploded, and the monster was instantly blown to pieces with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The air still carried a hint of charred meat smell...

  As he saw the monster lying on the ground, Du Wei let out a sigh of relief. He pushed it back and leaned his body against a large tree...

  Damn it, why hasn't that old guy come out yet... isn't he going to save us?!

  Du Wei turned his head back and found that the tent was empty! The old man was gone!

  He was just about to shout loudly, when he suddenly felt something being stuffed into his hand, and heard the old magician's voice in his ear: "I hate trouble, don't want to see people, I'll leave first and come back later to find you."

  This old guy's stealth technique is really formidable. Du Wei couldn't feel any movement from the old guy, and he had already completely disappeared.

  Look again at what's in hand, it's a bundle, pinched and pinched, but it's just a bunch of bottles and jars.

  As the monster was knocked down by Du Wei's continuous magical attacks, the three of them stared at Du Wei with wide eyes, and after a while, they finally let out a cheer!

  A magician! This kid is actually a magician!!

  Three of them were injured, Du Wei carried them back one by one... The curved sword warrior who was pierced through the shoulder by a reverse thorn was the most miserable. The monster's body had toxic liquid, and the flesh around his wound emitted a rotting smell...

  Du Wei quickly rummaged through the package, and inside were bottles of medicinal powder. Fortunately, Du Wei had carefully studied magical pharmacology and found two bottles specifically for treating wounds.

  It's just the rotten flesh on that curved sword warrior...

  In the midst of Du Wei's sighs, that curved knife warrior was quite hard-boiled. He gritted his teeth and bit onto a branch, then pulled out a dagger from his boot, his facial muscles twisted in pain as he personally cut off the rotting flesh from his wound!

  "It can only temporarily delay the poison..." The curved sword warrior was sweating profusely, his voice trembling: "I couldn't possibly cut off my entire shoulder... This monster's venom can only be cured after returning and finding a temple, asking the people in the temple to use light-based magic to expel it..."

  That guy who was thrown and spat blood after hitting the monster with a tree branch burst out laughing: "Haha, we didn't die, that's already a huge stroke of luck! You're just suffering for a few days, it's nothing."

  The archer looked at Du Wei with a deep gaze, his eyes filled with gratitude and respect: "Respected magician sir... please forgive our previous offense... I didn't know you were a magician. Thank you for your help, thank you for saving our lives! If possible, could you tell us your name, we will remember it forever!"

  Du Wei hesitated for a moment, and the archer seemed to understand immediately, laughing: "I know that in this place, it's inconvenient for mages to reveal their names... But I swear on my life, we won't leak your name! You saved us, if we don't even know the name of our savior, that would be too ungrateful!"

  As he spoke, he struggled to his feet: "I, Dathanil, am the deputy leader of this adventure party... Our leader is already dead. The guy with the curved knife is called Fran, and as for that other guy, just call him Black Mountain. We are all personal bodyguards of the Marquise of Lister, and we came to the Ice Forest in search of a magical beast..."

  Dadanier hesitated for a moment and continued:

  "We are searching for a magical beast called the 'Golden Eyed Snake', our respected Marquise is suffering from a serious illness, and it's said that using the Golden Eyed Snake's eyes can cure her illness, which is why we came to the Ice Forest... I myself hold the honorary title of Guardian Knight granted by the Marquise, and I swear on my knightly honor that I will not reveal your name to outsiders. However, you saved a member of House Lister, it is necessary for us to remember the name of our benefactor! The Lister family repays kindness!"

  He bowed deeply and then looked at Du Wei with expectation.

  "My name..." Dumbledore hesitated for a second, he didn't say his real name, sighed and said slowly: "Alright... I'm a wizard... As for my name... I am Harry Potter."

  "Harry Potter..." Dardaniel repeated the name several times, then said solemnly: "I will definitely remember this name! Mr. Magician, if you have the opportunity to visit the territory of the Lister family in the future, please mention my name, and you will receive the treatment of a noble guest!"

  Du Wei smiled.

  With just his identity as a magician, he would receive preferential treatment wherever he went. However, Dada's tone was very sincere, and it was clear that he was truly grateful.

  Du Wei was somewhat embarrassed about reporting a false name, but he didn't want too many people to know that he would be a magician. So, he simply changed the subject:

  "Oh, right, what's this Golden Eye Python you're talking about? Is it a kind of python?"

  Dadanier's face looked a bit strange... Logically speaking, magicians should be very familiar with magical beasts. How could this young magician not even know about the Golden-eyed Python?!

  However, the respect on his face did not diminish in the slightest, and he immediately replied: "Golden-eyed python... is indeed a species of python, but it's also very dangerous. Its eyes can emit petrifying magic, and any living thing that gazes into its eyes will be petrified! In the Icebound Forest, the golden-eyed python is also considered one of the most dangerous magical beasts."

  Although Dathanil tried to cover it up, the strangeness in his eyes still revealed his thoughts to Duwei. Duwei smiled and poured some medicine on Dathanil's leg, saying: "I'm still very young, I haven't been studying magic for long, so I don't know much about magical creatures... That's why I came to the Ice Forest this time to take a closer look."

  He paused for a moment, and Du Wei couldn't help but ask: "Excuse my impertinence... since this golden-eyed python is so dangerous, do you guys have the confidence to catch one?"

  Du Wei's implication was clear: these few guys, can't even deal with a single Corpse Worm... That Golden Eyed Python, is actually recognized as one of the most dangerous magical beasts in the Icebound Forest, so it must be even more formidable than the Corpse Worm! How are they going to catch it?

  Dadanier didn't mind, and smiled: "Our lives belong to the Marquise's wife, for the lady's sake, we don't need to consider danger... However, we also came prepared... Before we set out, we spent a lot of effort buying a treasure that can make us immune to petrification magic! As long as there is no petrification magic, the Golden-eyed Python will just be an ordinary python, and it won't be difficult to deal with."

  As he spoke, Dandanil suddenly showed a hint of embarrassment on his face and said in a low voice: "Magic Master, please forgive my impertinence. I know it's unreasonable to make such a request... But we've been circling this forest for three days since we set out, and several of our companions have already died. The remaining three are all injured... I'm afraid that relying on ourselves, it's really impossible to find the Golden Eyed Python in the Icebound Forest... You're an extremely powerful magician, so I was wondering if...

  Du Wei hesitated for a moment: "You want me to help you?"

  Dadanil straightened up immediately: "The matter concerns the life and death of the Marquise, I know this request is unreasonable. But if you are willing to lend a hand, after the success of the matter, you will be the greatest benefactor of the List family! Every member of the List family is willing to repay with their lives the benefactor who saved the Marquise's life!!"

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