Tomb Raiders

Even though he covered his mouth and nose, Shen Liaobai still smelled a strong smell of realgar, which was also mixed with a peculiar fragrance, and the combination of the two smells was particularly pungent.

Shen Liaobai was slightly frowned by the smell, and the snake's reaction was even more violent, almost at the moment when the powder was spilled, the tongue of the snake that was soft and cold suddenly sped up, and it raised its head sharply , the folds on both sides of the snake's head are fully opened, and the pattern on the top forms a face full of frightened expressions, which looks very frightening.

Wen Hao didn't hesitate much, and quickly took out another three or four packs. The snake stared at his movement, seeing that he was about to open the paper pack, its thin pupils shrank suddenly, and immediately bit his wrist. Seeing that Wen Hao couldn't dodge in time, Shen Liaobai almost subconsciously raised his hand and grasped the icy snake's body.

As soon as Fu came into contact with the snake, Shen Liaobai noticed that the snake's body stiffened for a moment, as if avoiding something on him, but at this moment Wen Hao had already sprinkled the powder in his hand on the snake, The extremely strong and pungent smell spread immediately, and after the folds on both sides of the snake's head stretched violently several times, it fell limply to the ground.

Wen Hao breathed a sigh of relief, pushed the motionless snake aside, and said softly: "It's the first time I've seen this kind of snake, and I don't know if there's anything wrong with its appearance, Master, show me your hand." look."

Shen Liaobai stretched out his hand just out of reflex, but now he relaxed, his whole body was a little weak, he shook his head and said, "I should be fine." But he still passed his hand to Wen Hao.

Wen Hao checked carefully, and took his pulse again to make sure there was no problem, then he said: "This valley is too quiet, it is winter now, and there are no living things around, I guess this is a place where snakes spend the winter, And there is more than one transformed snake, although these snakes are not as terrifying as the legends say, they are also very difficult to deal with."

Shen Liaobai kicked the gray-black snake lying at his feet with the toe of his shoe and said: "This one is not the one that attacked us at the beginning. The first snake was at least three or four times bigger than this one. If there are a few more, I am afraid that all of us will become the dishes of the snake."

Wen Hao folded those yellow papers and put them away again, and said worriedly: "I hope Hanzhang can find the way."

Shen Liaobai remained silent. Although he stretched out his hand to grab the snake, it was an act of urgency, but the reaction of the snake when he held the snake's body should not be his hallucination. He touched his shoulder subconsciously, since Zhang Jiao's tomb , the tattoo on the shoulder gradually shrinks, and finally stays in the area from the shoulder blade to the shoulder. Three or four slender leaves like a rapier surround a half-opened and half-closed Tang red flower. The bright and eye-catching color is like blood under the skin It flows slowly, making people dazzled when looking at it.

Is it possible that this transformed snake is also afraid of tattoos? Shen Liaobai thought, after all, calamus is used to ward off evil spirits, and during the Dragon Boat Festival, calamus wine is often used to drive away snakes, insects, rats and ants. He raised his head and looked at Chu Qian Looking over from Yang's side, the sky was gradually clearing up, and the pale winter sunlight leaked through the dense branches, so that he could barely see the scene over there.

The snake that fought with Chu Yuyang and the others was indeed as large as Shen Liaobai had guessed. At this time, its folds were fully opened, and a huge angry human face flashed between the branches from time to time. Yang's blade could only scrape a few white marks on it, but it couldn't even cut through the outermost layer of skin. Qin Zhaonan was even more embarrassed, his fan could only attack at close range, and at this time he could only dodge around. No matter which part of the snake is rubbed, it will not be good.

Chu Yuyang's situation is not so good either, his blade and silk thread are useless against the snake, they can only draw the snake's sight and relieve some pressure on Qin Zhaonan.

Obviously, even if Hanzhang found a safe path, they couldn't get rid of the giant snake and leave safely. Shen Liaobai narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the giant snake in a daze, while Wen Hao wanted to take him farther away. In order not to be affected by the fight over there, when he was about to speak, he saw Shen Liaobai's expression under the gloomy sky. His usually gentle and beautiful face was expressionless, but there was a strange coldness, reminiscent of smooth lines. The gorgeous jade sword, asked Hao for a moment, then swallowed what he wanted to say, and instead asked in a low voice: "What's the master's plan?"

Shen Liaobai was silent for a moment, then turned his head and smiled at him, saying: "You can wait here first, I will come as soon as I go, by the way, do you still have the snake repelling powder?"

Wen Hao searched in his waist pocket, took out two more packs, and said: "This is a mixture of snake miemen, mugwort, calamus and realgar. If it is an ordinary snake, I am afraid that a small amount is enough to kill the snake. You can't avoid it, but such a big snake..."

Shen Liaobai took the medicine bag and said calmly, "It's okay."

After saying that, he walked over to Chu Jianyang.

Shen Liaobai's movements were very light, he tried his best to avoid places with lush vegetation, in order not to attract the snake's attention, he even took off his coat.

His actions were not very secretive, especially from Chu Yuyang's point of view, he jumped down from the tree where he was hiding, and walked towards Shen Liaobai regardless of Qin Zhaonan's shouts.

"What are you doing here?!" Chu Yuyang's face was stern, his light-colored pupils were like solidified amber, without the usual softness.

Shen Liaobai frowned, and said softly: "Can you deal with it?"

Chu Yuyang squinted his eyes, and said: "Whether it's okay or not, this is not the place for you, go back quickly!" After saying that, he went to hold Shen Liaobai's wrist.

Shen Liaobai avoided his movements, and spoke very quickly: "I have a way, I'll use it as bait first, you use silk thread to trap it within a certain range, and then I use powder to restrict its movements."

Chu Yuyang stared into his eyes and was silent for a while. Behind him was Qin Zhaonan who was kicked out by the snake and screamed repeatedly: "Chu Yuyang, at this time, you can't lose sight of your friends!"

Chu Yuyang didn't turn his head back, and with a movement of his wrist, two slender and shiny silk threads shot out quickly, and the blade in front of him knocked the snake's body slightly away, allowing Qin Zhaonan to catch his breath.

Pulling the silk thread back, Chu Yuyang approached Shen Liaobai and whispered: "There will be no next time."

Shen Liaobai smiled slightly when he heard the words, the smile was very shallow, but extremely gentle, he nodded and said: "You also have to be careful."

Chu Yuyang shook his cold hand, turned around without hesitation, and went back to help Qin Zhaonan.

Shen Liaobai found a hidden corner for himself and carefully observed the giant snake's movements.

Although this snake is huge in size, it is unavoidably inconvenient to move in the dense forest. Therefore, Qin Zhaonan and the others can fight with it for a long time. When the snake turns around, it will bump into the surrounding trees from time to time, and many dead branches are crushed. It broke and piled up there.He squatted down and touched the broken leaves and dead branches under his feet. It felt dry and tingly to the touch. The drizzle of the previous day had already been absorbed by the soil. Compared with spring and summer, winter was much drier, which provided him with convenience.

Shen Liaobai looked at it for a while, and Chu Yuyang had already started to release all the silk threads in the mechanism in the sleeve according to what he said, and wrapped them around the trees near the giant snake to form a fence, trapping the giant snake. in it.

Qin Zhaonan withdrew from the giant snake's attack range and jumped onto the branch where Chu Yuyang was. The weight of the two grown men made the branch skewed heavily. circle, distractedly frowned and said: "Go down."

Qin Zhaonan's forehead was covered with fine sweat, and he heard the words and sighed: "Do you despise me that much?"

Putting one hand on the branch, Chu Yuyang turned his head to Qin Zhaonan with a sneer and said, "Don't blame me later."

"What?" Before Qin Zhaonan could react, the big tree they were in shook violently. He was on the outside of the branches and almost didn't fall.Chu Yuyang had been prepared for a long time, and he still knelt and sat steadily.

It turned out that the snake was running left and right in the silk thread. Although the thread would not break, the huge force coming from above made Chu Yuyang extremely embarrassed. The creaking sound of the machine bracket.

Qin Zhaonan grabbed the branches, put away his usual frivolous expression, and said in a low voice: "This is not a solution, you can only be trapped for a while, and if you continue like this, I'm afraid your mechanism will be torn apart."

Chu Yuyang kept silent, just focused on a certain direction under the tree, Qin Zhaonan followed his gaze, and saw Shen Liaobai clumsily walking in the messy bushes that had just been ravaged by the snakes underneath. Go to the snake trapped by the thin thread.

"What is he going to do?" Qin Zhaonan murmured incredulously, then tapped Chu Yuyang's shoulder beside him with his fan, and said, "Are you just letting it go?"

Chu Yuyang didn't answer him, but just stared at Shen Liaobai motionlessly, with a concentrated expression, as if there was only one person who could be reflected in his eyes at this moment.

Seeing him like this, Qin Zhaonan rubbed his hair a little anxiously, and was about to call out to Shen Liaobai who was looking down, but saw Shen Liaobai looking up at them as if he had noticed something.

There was no blood on his face, because he took off his coat, even his lips were pale with cold, but his expression was as gentle as ever. He smiled, gestured for silence to Qin Zhaonan, and then continued to approach the snake.

Qin Zhaonan was startled, and slowly calmed down. After a while, he suddenly said: "Chu Yuyang, I'm a little envious of you."

Chu Yuyang said coldly: "I will tell Qing Qi what you said when I go back."

Qin Zhaonan suddenly wailed, "Chu Yuyang, aren't you so narrow-minded?!"

"Shut up." Chu Yuyang tensed his back, at this time Shen Liaobai had already stepped into the silk thread.

The author has something to say: Great, it's finally completed!