"Hua la la..." The sound of flowing streams came from the distance. Although the sound was not loud, it was very obvious in the quiet forest.
"Haha! Water! The water is here!" The eyes of Pei Hushou and Hou Hou shone brightly, they picked up the nectar and hurried in the direction happily.
When Hei Li saw this, he didn't do much to stop him, and hurriedly took the third prince to follow.
But several people walked around following the sound, but they didn't find any trace of water, even though the sound of water kept lingering in their ears.
"It's really strange! The sound of water is obviously here, but why does it disappear again as soon as we get here?" Pei Hu gasped and complained, "Shouhou! Did you notice anything?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a strong figure falling from the tree and shook his head helplessly.
"Crash..." Just as Shou Hou landed, there was another sound of running water not far away.
"Damn it! Who is it? Pretending to be a ghost!" Pei Hu raised his eyebrows, cursed, rolled up his sleeves, and rushed over.
But Heili grabbed Pei Hu, made a silent gesture, and slowly backed away in the direction of the sound of water. The strange thing is that every time they take a step back, the sound of water gets closer. Compared with the inaudible sound before, the current of the water is somewhat urgent.
It didn't take long for them to pass through a slightly more spacious patch of short grass and retreat into the woods on the other side, and the stream gradually followed them as if it was alive.
"Shua..." The grass not far away shook for a while. Hei Li sneered when he saw this. The two stones he picked up at some point in his hand shot towards the direction of the sound with two whooshing sounds. After a muffled sound, over there There was a howl.
Amid the wailing, a fat and white child rubbed his red eyes and stood up sobbing.
"Eh? How come there are children here?" Jin Zhuer saw that Heili succeeded in the sneak attack and was about to help, but was stunned when she saw such a scene.
"Whose baby are you? What are you doing here at night? Go home quickly!" Pei Hu shouted loudly.
This child, however, was unheard of and still cried and wiped away his tears. His red face turned into a cat after crying, which was very pitiful.
"I think this kid is frightened. Heili, go ask him where he lives and send him back first."
"Yes." He simply agreed to the third prince's words, and Heili walked closer to the crying child step by step, but with every step he took, he felt a little more inexplicable nervousness in his heart.
The sound of water just came, so why did a child appear in front of him? His upper body was naked and he didn't look like he was carrying something. Heili was very excited. As soon as he loosened his grip, he was actually broken free by the hare. .
The hare found a way out of danger and couldn't wait to flutter about before it hit the ground. After finally landing in the grass, it rolled on the spot, jumped left and right, and fled in the direction of the child.
Just as Heili was about to catch up, he saw a bloody mouth opening under the child's feet. A gust of fishy wind blew into his nose, and he swallowed the hare directly into his mouth. He smacked his lips with a look of dissatisfaction, and then bit Heili!
Heili reacted very quickly. He knelt on the ground and leaned back, kicked off his feet, flew back, picked up a few people and fled through the forest.
Although the big snake was chasing after him, fortunately the dense forest meant that it couldn't get close for a while. It escaped and chased, and it didn't take long before it returned to the place where the Third Prince and the others had passed before.
At this time, the condition of the land under the feet of the few people was similar to Shouhou's hairstyle. The trees were dense everywhere, and there was only a piece of tender grass in the middle. They quietly hid in front of the forest on one side of the open space, staring at it without daring to breathe. On the other side is the forest.
"Crash...boom..." Accompanied by the sound of trees breaking, the ferocious-looking snake chased after him, hissing and hissing, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
Just as the big snake turned around and left in disappointment, Heili suddenly stomped his feet and stood up.
"Heili? What are you going to do!" Jin Zhuer looked shocked.
"Hiss..." The big snake felt the vibration on the ground, turned around and looked back, then curled up and attacked from mid-air.
The black raccoon calculated the time, swung the short stick in his hand, and shot into the tender grass. There was just a crisp sound, and a grass net was tightened on the surrounding trees, trapping the big snake in mid-air. As soon as the big snake landed on the ground, before it could struggle, it was poked into a sieve by the wooden thorns hidden in the tender grass. , and gurgling blood flowed out.
From the appearance of the big snake to being subdued, everything happened in the blink of an eye, and even the third prince could not recover.
"Heili, you...have you made arrangements a long time ago?" the third prince asked doubtfully.
"Yes, Third Prince." Heili said calmly.
"But haven't we always been together? When did you set the trap?"
"Just when I went to catch hares..."
It turned out that when Black Beaver was about to catch the hare, he suddenly discovered that the ground under him was very slippery, and the grass was pressing down on both sides, which was obviously the mark left by a huge snake. Everyone is extremely hungry and thirsty right now. If they catch this big snake, they can get a full meal from the snake's blood.
Looking at the traces on the ground, they should have been left not long ago. The big snake must have been very cautious. If he told the third prince what had happened and Marquis Pei Hushou heard about it, he might just be trying to catch a hare. Taking the opportunity, he secretly laid a trap, preparing to use a hare as bait and wait for the snake to take the bait.
Just as he was about to place the hare into the trap, he suddenly heard a faint sound approaching the third prince, so he had no choice but to carry the hare back first.
"I see..." the third prince said thoughtfully, "No wonder there are no wild beasts in this forest. Now it seems that they have become a delicious meal for this big snake."
"What on earth is this big snake?" Shouhou held the short knife with a gloomy face. He looked at the half-length white and fat little man on top of the big snake's head and was a little reluctant to put his hand on it.
"This big snake was originally a monster that lived in the sand. People called it the red-crowned rattlesnake. Its tail is a hollow bone structure. Whenever it shakes its tail, it will make a sound like a flowing stream, attracting people. The prey is walking into the desert." Hei Li pointed at the big snake's hard tail.
"The red crown is talking about the sarcoma on its head. This kind of monster is extremely spiritual and can transform the sarcoma into a human form. Usually they hide their bodies in the sand, leaving only one tail exposed to reduce their own water loss. When prey When it comes following the sound of water, it will use the sarcoma on its head to transform half of its body, pretending to be a victim trapped in the quicksand. Once you help, it will eat people unawares!"
"But this monster is different from ordinary snakes. It likes to stay in hot and dry environments. But in this forest, it is cold and humid, and its strength is greatly reduced. Otherwise, it would not be able to be solved so easily."
"Heili, how come you know everything?" Pei Hu gave him a thumbs up with great admiration.
"This is what sir told me."
"That's not right! You obviously came later, why haven't we heard your husband talk about these things?"
"My husband said that even if you knew, you wouldn't be able to handle it, so he didn't bother to talk to you."
"..." Although several people wanted to refute, but it was indeed the case, they could only sigh depressedly, ready to vent their anger on this monster.
The red-crowned rattlesnake was already extremely weak and suffered severe injuries. At this time, it finally died. The fat white child on its head also turned into a sarcoma, hanging aside like a cockscomb.
Seeing such a scene, Shouhou no longer felt burdened. He took a few steps to stand in front of the big snake, drew out his short knife and was about to bleed it.
The moment the short knife penetrated the big snake's skin, the lifeless snake's head suddenly bit into Shou Hou's head, and then there was a crisp sound!
"Shouhou!" When several people in the distance saw the sudden abnormality, they felt their heads buzzing and hurried to Shouhou's side.
I saw the red-crowned rattlesnake's steel teeth stuck Shouhou's head in the middle, and Shouhou didn't move at all.
"Shouhou! You...you died so unjustly!" Pei Hu's eyes were about to burst as he dragged Shouhou's body and wailed in pain.
"You...don't pull me first..." Shouhou's muffled voice came from the snake head.
"Shou Hou? Are you not dead?"
Pei Hu was stunned for a moment and looked inside the snake head carefully. The imagined scene of brain bursting did not appear. In the huge bloody mouth, a short stick was firmly stuck inside.
After Pei Hu carefully opened the big snake's mouth, Shouhou took out the head. At this time, he was so frightened that he couldn't bear it. He ran to the side and retched, muttering to himself whether he was... I offended something and got stuck in my head twice in two days. The few hairs that were originally there seemed even more nervous after being messed with like this.
"Isn't this... this monster dead? How can it still bite people?"
There was a shadow in Shouhou's heart. At this time, he stood far away and watched the black raccoon handling the big snake in front of him, but he never dared to get closer, for fear that it would bite him again.
"After the death of this kind of monster, although its vitality dissipates, it still retains a counterattack characteristic. Once it senses someone approaching, it will carry out unconscious attacks."
"Sir, what did you say?"
"Sir said so."
"Then why didn't you remind me..." Shouhou looked sad.
"Sir said that when the time is right, he will let you feel the sense of crisis." Heili said seriously.
Although the snake blood was somewhat salty and greasy and thick, several people were already so thirsty that they couldn't care less about anything else at this time and just drank it down.
The snake's blood not only relieved hunger and thirst, but also made several people's faces glow. They could no longer feel the coolness of the night, and even felt a bit of heat gushing out. Even the third prince felt that his energy and blood were full, and his strength was also strong. A bit longer.
"Shua la la..." Just as they finished drinking blood and eating meat, there was another rustling sound slowly approaching from the direction of the trap.
"There's a sense of crisis! I understand!" Pei Hu saw Hei Li was about to speak, and laughed and patted his shoulder to show his understanding, "Anyway, you have already laid the trap, right?"
"This..." Hei Li stood up with an ugly expression and looked into the distance.
"Heili, please take a rest first. Now that you've had enough wine and food, you've regained your strength. Now let's leave it to us!" Shouhou straightened his hair and reached out to pull out his short sword.
