Between mountains and seas

Chapter 24

The water in the pool is very cold, completely different from the warm water of Ningbi Lake that is warmed by the sun.What's more, there was no knowing what was in the water, the color of the water was slightly black, and the light was very dim in places a little deeper, Shao Jingxing couldn't see the surroundings clearly even with his eyes wide open.

Only the two snake tails wrapped around his calf and dragging him all the way to the bottom of the water reminded him of where this was and what might be around him.

This was what Huo Qing meant—the pool was too deep, so instead of trying to dive by themselves, they might as well rely on the power of the hooked snake.

Of course, this method saves effort, but it will put a lot of pressure on people psychologically, especially Shao Jingxing.He hugged Huo Qing's waist tightly - this is not taking advantage, but only this person can relieve his double fear of snakes and drowning - Huo Qing said that with his current physical fitness, he can hold his breath for at least It can reach twice as much as an ordinary person, and if he really can't hold it back, he will give him relief, so don't be afraid, they will definitely be able to get out of the water safely.

It must be safe to get out of the water, and it must be safe to get out of the water.Shao Jingxing kept chanting in his heart, but he couldn't help but open his eyes wide and look around. He wanted to see what was in the dark water around him, but he was afraid that he would collapse if he saw hooked snakes all around.

But the current situation was indeed different from what he had imagined—there was only one hooked snake entangled them, instead of the group of snakes dancing around and vying for a feast as he had imagined.But the more he sank, the more he could feel the turbulence of the water around him, shaking him to this side.

It seemed that, as Huo Qing said, the crack was about to open, and the hooked snakes were scrambling to get out, ignoring their two pieces of flesh.Shao Jingxing hugged Huo Qing's waist and thought wildly, and by the way, he gave himself courage - Huo Qing was right again, so he must be right when he analyzed that hooked snakes are afraid of light and fire, as long as he starts the fire...

Suddenly three consecutive shots were taken on the arm, which was the secret signal agreed by the two of them.Shao Jingxing quickly calmed down and focused all his attention on his fingers - suddenly there was a flash of light, and a group of golden-red flames quietly ignited under the dark water.

The moment the fire was lit up, Shao Jingxing almost couldn't hold his breath!The fire light illuminated the surrounding water, just three to five meters away, where he couldn't see clearly just now, four or five snake heads had appeared at some point, and those pairs of extraordinarily large eyeballs were all staring straight at the place. with them!

I go!Fortunately, he thought that these things were busy digging tunnels, so there are so many waiting for dinner!

The hooked snake's head is relatively small compared to its body.According to Huo Qing's analysis, this thing should be used to sticking its head in the crevices of the rocks at the bottom of the pool as a point of strength, and then sticking its tail out of the water to hunt - since it wants to stick its head into the crevices of the rocks, its head should not be too big.

However, this thing can grow up to 20 meters. Even if it is slender, its body must be as thick as a bucket, and its head, no matter how small, is about the same as a bucket. Even if he heard it, he would have to tremble with fear, let alone Shao Jingxing.

However, before Shao Jingxing could react, these heads shrank back in unison. Their speed and strength directly caused an undercurrent in the water, pulling the water in Shao Jingxing's hands. The flames flickered.

And the hooked snake entangled them had already stretched its head up to prepare for a meal, but now it also plunged its head down like crazy.But it probably forgot that Shao Jingxing was wrapped around its tail, so it naturally sank, so the head of this unlucky hooked snake was always within the range of the firelight.

It turns out that I am really afraid of light!Shao Jingxing was ecstatic.The more he sank to the bottom of the pool, the more hooked snakes he could see, and dozens of them could be seen at a glance.But as long as it was illuminated by the fire, the hooked snakes would violently shake their heads and dodge to the side, not daring to face the flame in his hand.Some of them couldn't bear the light, they coiled around each other, and put their heads under each other's bodies in an attempt to block the light.

Huo Qing was right again.Huo Qing is always right.While Shao Jingxing was sighing, Huo Qing had already bent over, cut off the tail of the snake wrapped around Shao Jingxing's leg with a short knife in his hand, and pulled him to swim sideways.

Only then did Shao Jingxing realize that they had already reached the bottom of the pond.

This place is simply a snake's den!There were at least a hundred long snakes over 20 meters in one place. Shao Jingxing couldn't see what their heads were doing. He could only see those slender tails writhing in the water like crazy, like Medusa's hair. .

Huo Qing's face was stern, and he suddenly gestured to Shao Jingxing, then let him go, kicked his legs, and rushed into the group of snakes.

Shao Jingxing didn't understand what this gesture meant at all, he was completely dumbfounded.As soon as Huo Qing let him go, he panicked immediately, but it was Huo Qing who made him panic even more—what did he do by rushing into the snake's nest?Didn't you just come down and have a look, where to put the town water column?

As soon as Huo Qing rushed in, the whole snake nest seemed to be blown up. Hundreds of snake tails danced wildly, and the water was turbulent, making people dizzy and unable to stand at all.

Shao Jingxing held on to a stone next to him, his eyes ached from the icy cold water.He can really feel the change in himself now - if in the past, how could he keep his eyes open in the water?

But Rao has awakened the power, and he can't bear it now.There is probably not much air in his lungs, and he has already started to feel dizzy.

No, not dizzy!Shao Jingxing suddenly realized that it wasn't that his eyes were dazzled, but that the scenery in front of him was indeed overlapping and floating, but because there was water all around, he didn't notice it for a while—the barrier here was probably quite unstable.

Clusters of dark red blood bloomed in the black water, Huo Qing rushed out of the snake pile again, grabbed Shao Jingxing and swam to the side.Behind him, a dozen huge snake heads frantically chased after him.

The action of the hooked snake in the water is not very flexible, probably because it is used to sticking its head to the ground and does not practice swimming very much.But even so, relying on the length of their bodies, they can jump seven or eight meters away with a twist, and catch up behind the two of them in a few strokes.

Huo Qing suddenly pulled Shao Jingxing to the left, so that the flame in his palm was facing the hooked snake, and then a sharp long knife came out from under his elbow without a sound, and the hooked snake that was chasing at the front opened it. He opened his mouth, only to pause for a moment because of the sudden light, his palate was pierced, and he struggled frantically in the water.

The snake's vitality is very tenacious, even so, it won't die for a while, but its long body is tumbling around, and a stream of blood gushes out, and the same kind that catch up behind are immediately attracted, and they surround it and devour it.

Taking this opportunity, Huo Qing dragged Shao Jingxing to swim to one side.It was only then that Shao Jingxing realized that the ragged shirt on his body had been torn into strips of cloth, hanging on his body in pieces, and the exposed skin was covered with scars, which looked like they had been whipped by a barbed whip Same thing.There was even an inch-long gash on the left arm, the wound was quite deep, and blood kept oozing out.

If it wasn't for being in the water, Shao Jingxing would have cried out a long time ago.But now he can only ask him if it's okay, and can only use one hand to compare - this wound must have been cut by the snake's teeth, and I don't know if the hooked snake is poisonous or not!

It's a pity that Huo Qing didn't appreciate his concern at all. Instead, he grabbed him and pressed his lips directly.

I don't want to inhale oxygen... Shao Jingxing yelled in his heart.But only now did he realize that he was really suffocated.Do the math, it has been at least 3 minutes since he entered the water, and he can still hold back!

But—forget it, let’s get some oxygen first...

Shao Jingxing thought that the next thing was to go up.However, he was wrong. After inhaling oxygen, Huo Qing directly pulled him and continued to swim to the bottom of the pool.It was very similar to the rocky beach, there were large and small stones everywhere, and there were some white things scattered among the stones. When they got closer, Shao Jingxing realized that they were bones one by one, some from animals and some from people... …

Huo Qing stretched out his hand, and Shao Jingxing watched helplessly as he pressed his hand on the ground, and a dark metal column grew from under his hand.

The cylinder was only as thick as Shao Jingxing's wrist, and looked inconspicuous, but under the light of the fire, Shao Jingxing saw that the top was uneven, as if it had been carved - no, it was a spell!A spell that grows directly on a metal pillar!

Shao Jingxing looked around subconsciously.I don't know if it was his illusion, but after the metal pillar grew out, the water flow around here seemed to be less vibrated.

This, is this called Zhenshui?Shao Jingxing felt that this completely overturned his understanding of the world.Although the world of mountains and seas has subverted common sense, at least he can understand mutations and the like, but this spell is too mysterious.

But the current situation does not allow Shao Jingxing to think wildly.Huo Qing's fight in the snake pile before played a big role.Clouds of blood floated in the dark water, and several severed corpses floated up, attracting many hooked snakes to pounce on them and devour them, making them into a mess.Taking advantage of the chaos, the two quickly moved at the bottom of the pool, and set down several pillars of town water one after another.

However, there were too many hooked snakes at the bottom of the pool, and some smaller ones couldn't squeeze in to devour the corpses of the same kind, so they could only swim around the edge, so they would naturally notice Shao Jingxing and Huo Qing, two moving delicacies.

Shao Jingxing was dragged by Huo Qing to turn around, the flame in his hand drew a half circle in front of him, and he saw two or three shadows receding in the black water around him.Like all snakes, hooked snakes have no eyelids. The transparent nictitating membrane can protect the eyes from being invaded by pool water, but it cannot block the light.

However, the flames were already very weak.

Eight of the town's water jets had already been struck, and Shao Jingxing also felt that the oxygen in his lungs was about to be drained.He really wanted to drag Huo Qing to inhale more oxygen, but he could tell that Huo Qing was at the end of his battle now.

Shao Jingxing didn't know where the eight pillars of water that Huo Qing laid down got the metal materials, whether they were in his own body, or absorbed from stones and the ground, but he knew that it was very laborious anyway.From the speed of movement and Huo Qing's strength to pull him, he could clearly feel that Huo Qing's physical strength was rapidly draining, and he was almost at the limit.

So Shao Jingxing didn't dare to disturb him at this time.He can't help much, but he can't make Huo Qing any more trouble.

After the eight water jets hit the town, even a layman like Shao Jingxing could feel that something was different in the pool.At least the previous phenomenon of floating and ghosting scenes has disappeared, which proves that the enchantment has stabilized again, and at least the hooked snakes can't tear out a crack now.

Although it is a beast, and it seems that its brain capacity is not large, the hooked snake still has the keen instinct of a beast.They may not know what Huo Qing did, but they know that the change was brought about by Huo Qing. There are a few of the biggest hooked snakes that have probably eaten the corpses of the same kind and are full, and they have teamed up to chase Huo Qing. blue.

They also don't like fire, but they probably lived longer and were smarter. They didn't rush forward to attack, but stuck their heads into the cracks in the rocks, and only stretched out their tails to lash around.

The twenty-meter-long body was as thick as a bucket at its thickest point, and as thick as a child's arm at the end. If he was swung, Shao Jingxing felt that he would have to break a bone.What's worse is that this set off a greater impact of the water flow, which hindered Huo Qing's movements on the one hand, and on the other hand - his flame was about to be unable to hold on!

It felt like my body was being hollowed out... If Shao Jingxing could speak, he would have to shout like that.However, with his current state, even if he is asked to shout, he probably has no strength left.

The feeling of suffocation makes the head dizzy, but the chest is painful.Shao Jingxing blinked his eyes that were aching from being stimulated by the pool water, and watched Huo Qing laboriously cast the last water-retaining column, and felt that it grew slower than a ginkgo tree!

Even after looking at eight pillars, he generally knew that although the carvings on each pillar were different, they all had nine circles.Now the pillar under Huo Qing's hands, the carving has only grown four circles, and it is already exhausted.

Huo Qing's face was pale even in the black water.He lowered his head, his fingers trembling as he pressed the pillar.The tail of a hooked snake swept across, and he just raised his right arm to block it.Shao Jingxing saw sharply that he was no longer holding a long knife, but a short dagger, only about 20 centimeters long, it could be called a fruit knife.

With a snap, the hooked snake's tail was shaken away by the dagger, but the tip of the tail landed on Huo Qing's forearm, and a long mark was drawn immediately, blood beads oozed out, and immediately drifted into the black pool water.

But this had already sent a signal of weakness, and immediately several tails drew over. Huo Qing leaned back, his left hand was still pressing the slowly growing water-retaining column, and his right hand gestured to Shao Jingxing.

Shao Jingxing understood this gesture, it was to let him float up.

There was still a little flame in his hand, the hooked snake would avoid it, and it shouldn't be too difficult to get to the surface.But there were only six circles of carvings on the town water column. If he ran away at this time, Huo Qing would be immediately besieged by a group of hooked snakes!

The flame flickered in the water, and it was as weak as a candle in the wind, and it seemed that it would be extinguished at any moment.The hooked snakes who had been exposed to the light for a long time seemed to have adapted to the light a little bit. Now that the fire light had dimmed, two of the largest hooked snakes rushed over immediately.One of them stretched its body and only used its tail to come over, while the other hid its head behind the tail of its companion, and under the cover of its companion, rushed towards it.

Huo Qing felt cold.This attack was so powerful that the 20 cm long dagger in his hand couldn't stop it at all.But if you retreat backwards, you can only give up the town water column that has not yet fully grown, and your previous efforts will be in vain!Moreover, Shao Jingxing was right behind him, once he retreated, Shao Jingxing would be exposed in front of the hooked snake...

Huo Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, bowed his body tightly - as long as he can survive this, the water column can be set up, and the hooked snakes in this deep pool will be subdued; as long as he can survive this, even if he is broken several times A rib, as long as the broken bone does not injure the internal organs, it can persist until returning to the Special Affairs Department...

A ball of fire suddenly exploded behind him.Even though he was in the cold water, Huo Qing could still feel the heat of sparks brushing against his cheeks.With the sudden bright light, even he couldn't help closing his eyes, not to mention the hooked snake with no eyelids at all.

The companion's huge body couldn't stop the flames, and the hooked snake that had already rushed to Huo Qing couldn't even close its eyes. It was pierced by the light, and suddenly writhed and struggled frantically.At this moment, it didn't matter that it was the same kind that stood in front of my eyes, I opened my mouth and bit it.The two snakes were entangled together, and the water rolled up and down, even the bones at the bottom of the pool were rolled up, flying around like shells.

Shao Jingxing's chest was hit by a hammer from a skull, and he spit out the breath he was barely holding back, and then took a gulp of water.

For things like drinking water, once you start, you can't stop.While Shao Jingxing drank water, he struggled to reach out to Huo Qing.The fireball that erupted in his palm had disappeared, leaving only a small flame like a candle flame, after shaking it twice, it finally extinguished.

The moment the flames were extinguished, a pale golden light suddenly lit up in Shao Jingxing's blurred vision.

The light came from the water column under Huo Qing's men.The nine rings of runes are like dominoes, lighting up one after another, emitting soft pale golden light in all directions.

As if in response to this, in the dark pool water, a golden halo lit up from far and near at the same time, one gold thread after another intersected with each other, and a large net was woven in an instant.

The two hooked snakes that had been wrestling and wrestling just now slowed down, as if they wanted to escape from the golden light, but struggled as if they lost their strength.

Is this the town water?Shao Jingxing thought in a daze, and then the feeling of suffocation surged up, submerging him like a tide...