Just as they were talking, a black shadow flashed before their eyes. The only remaining big man's flashlight in his hand suddenly went out, and a mournful cry came. Wang Yue raised the flashlight up, and a huge python with flower patterns was holding that person in its mouth. A pair of bronze bell-sized eyes shone with yellow light, like a pair of night pearls.

  Even if the Tachibana sisters were accustomed to killing people like flies, they would still turn pale at the sight before them.

  That big fellow looked like he was still alive, but the front half of his body had already entered the snake's mouth, and his two legs were still kicking wildly in mid-air. The sight was as miserable as it could be. Zhuo Yuguang was so scared that he took a deep breath and hid his entire head underwater, fearing that he would be the next target.

  The rear half of the snake's body was tightly wrapped around a stalactite, while the front half hung out in mid-air, its head staring straight at the people below. Wang Yue picked up an MP5 from the boat and cocked it, ready to fire. Before he could pull the trigger, the snake's head suddenly raised up, and the man who was nearly 1.8 meters tall was swallowed into its huge mouth.

  "Ah! Ah!" Wang Yue was now driven mad, completely intimidated by the monster in front of her. She picked up the submachine gun and swept it across the stalactites with a burst of "Rat-a-tat-tat", sending rocks flying everywhere and shell casings scattering all over the place.

  Just then, a shell fell right on top of Old Zhuo's head. This old fellow now had half his brain in the water and felt a pain in his skull, wondering if the Water Snake King had arrived, without realizing he was in the water, desperately drilling into the bottom of the boat. With a "thud", his head hit the bottom of the boat.

  What a coincidence, Zhuo Lao Han was afraid of the snake and went into the river, to avoid the snake he bumped into a wooden boat, his head hurt, feeling like he hit something sharp, stretched out his hand to touch it, turned out it was a small protruding wooden stump that hit him.

  Old Zhuo was in so much pain that he vented his spleen on the small wooden log, and with a loud thud, the log actually let him pound it into submission. A "crack" sound echoed through the air, even the old man at the bottom of the boat heard it. The wooden boat's cabin suddenly cracked open, and the originally sealed wooden top automatically opened like a convertible car roof. It seemed that Old Zhuo had accidentally stumbled upon the right spot, after searching for half a day on top without finding the living hinge, but instead found it with his head at the bottom of the boat.

  He didn't know what had happened either, and he hid underneath until he couldn't hold his breath anymore, then he dared to sneak out and take a breath of fresh air.

  Wang Yueyi was firing wildly upstairs, and the snake king didn't know if it was full or injured, but there was no sign of it for half a day. Now the boat suddenly opened its hatch and stopped firing.

  Wang Yue saw the milky white 'Snow Sail' ship, and a shadow had already appeared in his heart. Just to see that this ship had made him lose all his elite troops, he opened it himself now. He ordered: "Qian Xue, you go take a look, what's inside?"

  Qian Xue didn't dare hesitate, and with a clenched fist said: "Yes!"

  Moonwatching, Peach Blossom Snow's frail figure slowly walked towards the wooden boat. The taste in her heart was like a five-flavor bottle turned upside down. How far had they come? More than half of their men and horses were lost. Was this place really a forbidden land as Grandfather said? No! Since she had already taken this step, even if the entire army perished, she would find the Fusang Sacred Tree!

  Before Qian Xue could even step onto the wooden boat, a golden figure suddenly leaped out of the water and landed on the boat with a loud "thud", giving Qian Xue quite a fright. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a gigantic frog, its body roughly the size of a water buffalo, occupying the entire surface of the boat. Seven bumps protruded from its back, and its wide mouth had a string of white, copper coin-like markings along the edges. What was even more astonishing was that this golden frog only had three legs!

  That toad seemed uninterested in Qian Xue, casting only a glance at the few people with its big round eyes, let out a "ribbit" and suddenly shot into the open cabin!

  Momo Nishimiya was shocked by the sudden appearance of this toad and was at a loss for what to do, especially in this ancient underground world where monsters roamed, which had already exceeded her understanding of this world, and she just stood there blankly.

  Wang Yue also saw the toad jump in, and was about to go over to take a closer look when he suddenly saw the snake reappear, coiled on top of the stalactite! He raised his MP5 submachine gun and pulled the trigger, "da-da" two shots, but only heard the empty click of the firing pin, out of ammo! Wang Yue angrily threw the gun to the ground, drew out the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi and held it in front of him, ready for a final showdown with the snake!

  The snake let out a strange cry of "hiss", its neck raised high, and it seemed to be preparing for the next wave of attack. Tōin Chitose shouted: "Chiyuki! Come back, that snake..." Before she could finish speaking, a sticky object fell onto Chiyuki's side on the ship 'Setsu no Beru'...

  Chiyuki looked down and saw a person kneeling at her feet, their skin already partially digested and looking even paler, with green digestive fluid covering their entire body. The person seemed to still be alive, struggling to stretch out one hand to grab Chiyuki's shoe. Chiyuki, after all, was just a young girl, and the series of extremely terrifying scenes had scared her out of her wits. She let out a loud scream, "Ah!", and the Taikogane was unsheathed with a "whoosh" sound, its cold light flashing as the person's head fell to the ground! The head rolled around on the ship like a ball for several rounds before finally stopping, but the eyes were still staring fixedly at Chiyuki, who was gripping the Taikogane.

  Senyuki didn't want to stay for even half a moment, turned around and jumped, already escaping back to the kayak, pouncing into her sister Chitose's arms, trembling uncontrollably, her body telling her that she had never been as terrified of killing people as she was today.

  As the corpse in black clothes fell to the ground, even Mutsuki Kazuki, who was known for his ruthless and merciless nature, couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. This man was the very same warrior who had just been swallowed by the Ukifune King, yet he had now been spat out!

  Three people squeezed onto the inflatable boat, preparing to silently accept the final blow from the python. It seemed that today was inescapable. Wang Yue had even made preparations to die for the emperor, and the scar on his face was no longer red but had turned a ghastly pale.

  The snake's attack arrived as scheduled, its huge body shooting down like a giant dragon, Wang Yue closed his eyes and felt the "whooshing" sound brought by the snake with his ears. With a loud crash, when he opened his eyes again, the golden toad was jumping into the water with a stick in its mouth, while the snake rushed straight towards the cabin, but it was one step late, the three-legged toad had already jumped out first. It turned out that the snake's target was not Wang Yue, but the toad!

  The toad's large tongue rolled up the stick-like thing, and it entered the wide mouth. With a kick of its three legs, it jumped into the water. The snake struck with a thud, very annoyed, and stretched out its large triangular head from the cabin, its forked tongue probing the air, then its body sprang up and also plunged into the water with a "thud". This scared old man Zhuo in the water so much that he didn't dare to breathe.

  The python raised its head and stared at the person in front of it, with Zhao Yuanguo only a few dozen centimeters away from the snake's head. The smell of fishy air from the snake's mouth was clearly perceptible. If it moved even slightly, his life would be gone in an instant. Wang Yue looked at the python, which was as big as a giant dragon in the water, and had completely lost her will to fight. Her hands went limp, and the dagger fell onto the inflatable boat with a "clang".

  Three-legged frog was swimming towards the outside, not far away, a "gulu" sound came. The python suddenly received some stimulation, turned its snake head, twisted its body, and swept its tail to the top of the "Snow White" boat, almost capsizing it, and chased out like an arrow off the string, splashing water flowers all over Wang Yue's body, presumably going after that frog.

  This toad wandered east and west, and later entered the left passage that Zhang Wenbin and others took. The snake naturally followed... What happened later on that side was mentioned earlier.

  It had been a long time since they last saw them come back, and Old Zuo finally climbed onto the inflatable boat with a shake. The icy river water and the previous fear had already scared away two and a half of this old man's three souls, and he was so trembling that he couldn't even speak.

  Mong Yue looked at the old Chinese man and the corpses around him, unable to hold back his rage any longer. He picked up Tongzi's sword and was about to behead him: "It's all because of you, you cunning fellow! It's all because you wanted to take the right path! This is what you call 'left yin and right yang'!"

  "Mr. Wangyue, this is not my fault," said the old man hastily. "I told you not to touch that wooden boat, it's a ghost ship, don't provoke it..."

  Mong Yue could not help but let out a loud cry: "Ah!!!!", With a "ding" sound, the flames flashed, and Tongzi Qie and Heng Ci Wan, two divine swords, collided with each other. It turned out that Chiyoda had made his move.

  "You want to defy me and help this old man?" Mochizuki glared at Chitose who was kneeling down.

  "Seniors dare not, just the host family, we have now lost almost everything, nearly all troops annihilated. Mr. Zhuo previously had instructed us not to board that wooden boat. Just now, I went to check and found that on top of the wooden boat, the smashed ceramic pieces contained a kind of blood, extremely stinky. Presumably, the snake was also attracted by it. So, I think for this unfamiliar place, we may still need his reminders and help. Therefore, I venture to ask the host family to temporarily spare him."

  Wang Yue looked at Zhuo Yugu and Qian Dai, who were trembling and kneeling respectively. He took a deep breath and swung his sword, "Let him go, you can, first go to the cabin and see what's inside."

  Zhuo Yuguang heard that he had to get on the ship again, although he was unwilling, but at this time he had no choice, so he struggled to stand up and walked towards the "Snowflake" ship again...

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