Chapter 24: The Five-Colored Giant Python (1)
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In the forest, there is a quiet and stillness, only when the wind blows through the leaves, it produces a rustling sound.
After traveling south for over ten miles, the four of them finally entered the territory of the Five-colored Python. Looking at the holes emitting five-colored glows, Chang Sheng knew that they were the pythons below, producing a protective shield when releasing their five deadly poisons.
Leading the three of them cautiously, they skirted one cave after another, not daring to make a single sound. After all, according to the records in the "Spirit Beast Spectrum", the Five-Petal Python was a mid-tier spirit beast that was extremely difficult to deal with. Its body contained five deadly poisons, and any ordinary person who came into contact with it would die instantly. Even for cultivators, if they were injured by these five deadly poisons, their chances of survival were slim!
Changsheng and the others, for fear of waking up the sleeping Five Flower Snake, set out on their journey with light footsteps. Even Pang Hai, who was quite heavy, tried his best to make no sound as he walked. However, this resulted in a slower pace. After six hours, they had only traveled about 30 miles. At this rate, it would take at least another hour to leave the Five Flower Snake's activity range.
A journey of twenty miles, Changsheng and others have walked through nearly four hundred caves, five-sixths of the way. Looking at the scattered caves in front of him, Changsheng knew that as long as he persisted a little longer, he could successfully walk out of this place.
It seemed that heaven did not want Chang Sheng and the others to pass through this checkpoint so easily. When they reached the last land cave, Chang Sheng, Nie Chen, and Duan Yun all passed through very smoothly, but Pang Hai, due to his weight, kicked a stone block into the land cave when he stepped on it.
Judging from the normal phenomenon, a small stone cannot wake up the hibernating python. Pang Hai didn't take it to heart and quickly caught up with the three people in front of him after landing on both feet.
When the Five-Colored Python hibernates, its five-colored protective cover will not seal its mouth because when it absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to provide daily sustenance, it needs to use its mouth as a medium. When the local python in the cave absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the stones that fall into the cave are suddenly sucked into the python's mouth and get stuck in its throat, making it unable to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth freely again!
The five-flowered python, which had been sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up and found the stone in its throat. It carelessly spat it out and was about to fall back asleep when it caught a whiff of something unusual. Its dazed expression instantly became alert, and its over one-meter-long body began to swallow and spit repeatedly. Its two eyes, which were as big as an adult's head, sparkled brightly, emitting a greedy glint that only appeared when savoring delicious food.
The python's body undulated, its spiritual awareness spreading outwards, just in time to sense the alien rapidly leaving its clan's territory. The python's body shook, and its head emerged from the burrow, looking towards the direction where Pang Hai was leaving.
What entered the eyes were four small humans, slowly moving towards the back of their tribal territory. The colorful python that originally wanted to issue a warning suddenly closed its mouth and scanned the four weak humans with greedy eyes, silently drilling out of the hole and swimming in an "S" shape towards the four aliens.
After leaving the territory of Wuhua Mang, Chang Sheng and others let out a sigh of relief. Looking up at the sky, it was about to get dark, so they found a giant tree and decided to eat something and rest there for the night.
