Chapter 089
I was so frightened that I couldn't move at all. This situation was somewhat similar to the one I encountered in the rental house before with the blowing ghosts, but it was much worse than that time, because then I just had no strength in my body, but now I was completely frozen. I could only maintain the posture when I fell down, without even the ability to blink.
I wanted to call Ding Ding and the others, but suddenly I realized that I couldn't make any sound at all. I could only watch the head in the bamboo forest in front of me fall to the ground and suddenly rise up.
Only now can I see clearly that it still has a body, but it was previously blocked by the bamboo branches and could not be seen.
There was no neck under its head. Behind its chin, where it connected to the head, was a snake body as thick as a wrist. There were no patterns on it and it looked the same color as the bamboo forest. It was estimated to be three meters long and coiled under the bamboo, with its head standing up like a cobra.
I saw a cold smile on its human face, with its eyes curved, which was particularly weird. Its mouth opened and closed, and its tongue stuck out from time to time, shaking up and down like a snake's tongue.
Ding Ding and Xiao Gui had already run out, but when they saw my situation, they stopped immediately.
I heard the little ghost shouting urgently, saying, "Oh no, Tan Xi has been poisoned!"
I was extremely surprised. Damn, I was poisoned just by its shouting? This damn thing is too outrageous! But even though I thought this in my heart, I couldn't even utter a faint exclamation.
I heard Ding Ding curse, saying, Tan Xi, you pig, I told you not to agree to it!
I was so anxious that I almost cried. I felt so miserable but couldn't express it. I clearly wanted to agree to the little ghost.
But it’s no use thinking about these things now. I have no idea what to do. I was panicking when I heard the little ghost shouting at the hanged ghost, saying to tie up Tan Xi and drag him away!
I remembered the experience of being dragged and thrown down the stairs by a hanged ghost opposite the rental house. That kind of pain is not something that ordinary people can endure, but I couldn't refuse. I felt like my body was being lassoed like a horse, and the hanged ghost exerted force and dragged me backwards.
But the beautiful snake was not a pushover. When it saw that we were trying to escape, its face darkened and its long snake body jumped up from the ground like an arrow. It twisted its body and rushed towards us at a speed that was a little scary .
I originally thought that the situation might be better if I didn't move, because I've always heard people say that when you encounter a snake, the last thing to do is to slow down your movement speed. Snakes have defects in their eyes, so maybe this will make them less dangerous.
But it was too late now. The hanged ghost dragged me all the way into the depths of the bamboo forest. Fortunately, there were a lot of weeds on the ground in the mountains, so it wasn't as painful as on the concrete floor.
The little devil and the hanged ghost were running in front, I was being dragged in the middle, and Ding Ding, holding an arrow in his hand, slowly retreated and covered the rear.
I saw him shoot an arrow, hitting the beautiful snake's head, and it was bleeding. But the guy just twisted his body wildly in pain, lowered his head to grind the arrow off the ground, and raised his head to chase us again. Ding Ding's move was just like Lu Yao in front of us, it had no effect at all, at most it delayed time.
I didn't expect this ghost thing to be so powerful. Although I have heard the legend of the beauty snake before, and have also seen similar artificial beauty snakes at some vendors' deceptive exhibitions, they were nothing more than a layer of snake skin under a woman's head. If it were real, I guess those vendors would not be its match.
We were running around in the bamboo forest, and we couldn't tell east from west, south from north. At first, I felt that I was being dragged smoothly, but later the road became more and more difficult to walk on, and the bamboo forest became denser and denser. I don't know how many bamboos I hit when I was thrown around, and my body was in great pain. But the beautiful snake still chased us relentlessly. The bamboo forest had no effect on her movements at all, and she was approaching faster and faster!
I hit a bamboo branch hard again, and my body suddenly stopped and did not continue to run forward. I could not look back and could not see what was happening. But then, I heard the little ghost shouting, saying that this was not a good way to go on, it didn't get tired when it ran, we couldn't do that, Ding Ding, you nail it to the bamboo branch.
Ding Ding in front of us said "Oh" and shot an arrow, but the beautiful snake seemed to understand what we said. She barely dodged Ding Ding's attack by turning sideways. At the same time, she even swung her tail, sweeping up the fallen leaves and stones on the ground and smashing them towards us. I was hit right on the forehead, and immediately I saw stars.
Tintin did not expect it to be so ferocious. His eyes were blinded by the dust and he hurriedly rubbed them with his hands. But in such a short period of time, the beautiful snake was already in front of Tintin. It stood up straight, with its head raised as high as Tintin, and the snake tongue in its mouth was swallowing and spitting out. On its bloody face, that weird smile appeared again, as if to say that it was determined to take our lives.
I was so anxious that I wanted to shout to warn Ding Ding, but my face turned red and I couldn't speak. It was the little ghost who saw the situation from behind and hurriedly shouted, "Be careful!"
It happened that at this time, the beautiful snake called out Ding Ding's name. Ding Ding had just wiped his eyes and probably wanted to answer the little ghost, so he subconsciously said "um". I saw him stunned for a moment. Although he was facing away from me, I could still imagine Ding Ding's surprised expression.
He faced the beautiful snake like that, time seemed to stop for a second, and then he fell to the ground with a bang.
I am really shocked and angry now. This little ghost is totally making things worse! He and the beautiful snake cooperated perfectly. Ding Ding and I finally fell into his hands!
The little ghost probably didn't expect that the beauty snake could grasp the timing so well. I couldn't hear his voice for a while, and Ding Ding can't move now. Except for the little ghost and the hanged ghost, the rest of us are fine, but it seems that sooner or later we will fall into the hands of the beauty snake.
The beautiful snake slowly twisted its body, its head sometimes raised and sometimes sank, its tail pressed on Ding Ding little by little, and its nose kept sniffing, just like a real python, as if it wanted to roll up Ding Ding's body.
I saw Ding Ding turned over by it, just like a doll without the ability to move , and was dragged up from the ground and entangled with most of his body.
I could see that this thing was tightening, and Ding Ding's face flushed and soon turned purple. Although he still had the same surprised expression as before, deep in his eyes, I could see that he was in great pain.
The beautiful snake opened her mouth wide, and I discovered that she had two fangs similar to those of a poisonous snake in her mouth. They were previously retracted in her mouth, but suddenly they stood up and wanted to bite Ding Ding.
At this moment, suddenly a stone flew past from behind me and hit the beautiful snake's head with a "bang", as if knocking her unconscious. Her head suddenly retreated backwards, and when she raised it up again, there was a large dent on her face.
Then I heard footsteps behind me. I looked sideways and found that the little ghost was rushing up with a bunch of stones. He grabbed one and started throwing it at the beautiful snake. But the problem was that the little ghost was not always accurate. Ding Ding stood in front of the beautiful snake like a living target and was attacked by many of the little ghosts. His face was bruised and swollen from being hit by the stones!
I have never seen Tintin in such an embarrassed state. There was a hint of resentment in the eyes of him and the beautiful snake when they looked at the little ghost. Although I felt bad, at least he was slightly injured by the little ghost, which was better than losing his life by the beautiful snake.
But no matter how many stones the kid had in his hands, they would eventually run out. He smashed them for a while, but before he could react, he reached into his arms and found that all the stones were gone.
This was really bad for him, and he quickly lay on the ground to pick it up again. But the beautiful snake didn't give him this chance. She swung her long tail and hit the kid's stomach, throwing him aside, making him scream.
The next second, the beautiful snake opened its mouth again, two fangs protruded outward, and bit Ding Ding!
A trickle of bright red blood immediately flowed out from Ding Ding's wound. The only thought in my mind at that time was, it's over, Ding Ding is dead this time!
But what I didn't expect was that after the beautiful snake bit Ding Ding, after a second or two, her head suddenly shook violently, and the snake tail that was wrapped around Ding Ding suddenly broke apart and fell limply to the ground!
I saw that its face looked a little painful, its body curled up and spread out, and it kept rolling on the ground, making a huffing sound from its mouth, but not long after, it turned its belly over and lay on the ground motionless.
I was fascinated by this scene until Ding Ding fell to his knees. Then I realized that I could move. My hands and feet were numb, and I ran towards Ding Ding. His face was now bruised and swollen in many places.
I hurriedly reached out to hold him and asked, "How are you? Are you okay?"
Ding Ding looked at me, his voice suddenly choked up, and said, Tan Xi, it hurts!
He raised his hand to touch his face, but as soon as he touched it, he cried out, "Ouch!" and quickly pulled his hand back, crying out, "My face is swollen!"
Seeing his reaction, I thought he was fine, but I was still worried, so I tore open his clothes and took a look at the bite site. Although it was a little bloody, after wiping off the blood, there were only two small teeth marks, and the skin around it was ulcerated. I was relieved.
The little ghost crawled over, holding his belly, and looked at Ding Ding and the beautiful snake. He asked, "What happened? Did this guy just die like that? Is your blood poisonous?"
Ding Ding rolled his eyes at him, obviously remembering the grudge just now, and snorted and ignored him. The little ghost looked at me helplessly, and finally shrugged and went to look at the body of the beautiful snake.
He didn't dare get too close, so he just poked it with a bamboo stick from a distance. Seeing that there was no response, he walked closer to take a look.
I followed her and saw something terrible. The face of the beautiful snake was black, its mouth was full of blood and it was rotting, and its tail was gradually deflated. It was obvious that its insides were also corroded.
The little ghost and I looked at each other, and then turned to look at Ding Ding. You can imagine how horrified we were...
