C163 (2/2)
”I …” Just as Bu Jinghua wanted to explain, he didn't expect that Long Yan would actually groan in pain. His serious face tightly wrinkled as if he was enduring a great deal of pain and his straight body instantly collapsed.
”What's the matter with you?” Looking at the slightly pale face of Long Yan, Bu Jinghua was inexplicably alarmed.
”Long Yan, your back …” Long Yun, who was standing behind Long Yan, finally saw it. Unexpectedly, just as Long Yan was about to save Bu Jinghua, the Purple Rock Snake launched another venom attack. Coincidentally, Long Yan's back was hit by the venom.
Bu Jinghua had already pulled Long Yan's body over to take a look. Sure enough, he discovered that the terrifying hole made the skin and flesh around him look as if they were cooked. There was even a disgusting liquid flowing out.
”You … ”Why?” Looking at Long Yan like this, Bu Jinghua's heart throbbed in pain, but in the end, these words could only be spoken. She silently looked at Long Yan, who was enduring the pain alone, and her heart ached even more.
If he didn't help her block the attack, if he didn't rush down to save her, then right now … She didn't even dare imagine what kind of fate would befall her.
”Humph, what do you think?” Facing Bu Jinghua's doubts, Long Yan only forced himself to smile and ask. His words left an infinite space for Bu Jinghua to imagine. Perhaps, the confession he made to her was true!
”Be careful!” At this moment, the Purple Rock Snake began its attack again. Its snake head quickly flew towards the three of them, as if it knew that Long Yan was injured.
Long Yun shouted. He rushed to the front, brandished his sword to fight with the snake head, and shouted, ”You guys hurry over there. There is nowhere to run. Quick, I can't hold on much longer!” Knowing that he was far from being able to do anything, Long Yun could only try to stop him for now.
Propping up Long Yan who was in pain, Bu Jinghua did not dare to think any further and immediately brought Long Yan to the deeper part of the snake den. Seeing this, the Purple Rock Snake panicked and immediately gave up fighting with Long Yun, quickly climbing onto the snake's body, and rushed towards Bu Jinghua and the others. However, the closer it got, the more they went in, realizing that the Purple Rock Snake did not dare to get any closer, and even obviously retreated a little backwards, as if it did not want to force the two to the deepest part of the snake den.
”Watch my sword!” At this moment, Long Yun, who was behind the Purple Rock Snake, finally seized the opportunity. He held his sword tightly in both hands, and then stabbed fiercely at the snake's body. Instantly, the snake's body was punctured and blood started to flow out.
”Heh …” The injured Purple Rock Snake hissed in pain, then it turned its head to look at the proud dragon's death behind it, but it did not have the will to attack. Instead, it continued to turn its head, and its slightly contracted diamond-shaped eyes stared at the two of them.
”What happened to it?” Long Yun, who was about to brandish his sword to defend, was also confused. No one knew why the Purple Rock Snake had stopped. They looked at each other and were all in a passive position. They did not know when this snake would attack them again.
”Phew …” At this moment, an immature cry came from the deepest part of the snake den. This voice seemed to be that of a young beast, could it be …
”It's the baby snake, it's afraid that you'll run in and hurt the baby snake!” Even Long Yun had guessed the reason behind this snake's sudden ”obedience”. He reminded it excitedly that he seemed to have seen the first glimmer of hope.
Of course, Bu Jinghua also thought of this possibility. He turned his head and looked into the depths of the snake den with his watery eyes. ”As expected, the baby snake is inside there.” Bu Jinghua's heart began to stir.
”Quickly, as long as we catch the snake cub as a threat, we have hope of escaping!” Long Yun became even more excited, ”I will hold him, you guys go on in!” With that, Long Yun swung his sword again, aiming for the Purple Rock Snake's head.
Sensing the powerful attack, no matter how worried the Purple Rock Snake was, it could only defend itself. Its eyes narrowed and it swept its tail at Long Yun. Luckily, Long Yun reacted quickly and was able to avoid the attack.
However, the continuous sweeping made Long Yun struggle to dodge. In just a short while, he was out of breath, because every sweep of the Purple Rock Snake was unusually huge, and he was not just sweeping it, but sweeping it back and forth. When he saw that the dragon was almost dead, he spat out venom in front of Long Yun's face, and Long Yun's legs immediately jumped up, ”Not bad, not bad at all!” His body was not shot, but the shiny sword was hurt, and a large part of it was melted away.
”Let's go in!” While the Redbud Snake was still battling with Long Yun, Long Yan, who was enduring the pain, held onto Bu Jinghua's hand and quickly headed into the deepest part.
At this time, the Purple Rock Snake finally stopped fighting. Its huge body was fast crawling, and its speed was obviously faster than Bu Jinghua and Liu Suifeng's.
”If you stay here, I'll go myself!” Knowing that Long Yan was not injured enough, Bu Jinghua let go of Long Yan's hand and activated the Cloud Dashing Steps before quickly flying into the hole. And this speed had finally caught the Purple Rock Snake by surprise. It could only hiss fiercely, as if warning the snake cub that there was danger inside!
”Phew …” Shortly after, a nervous reply came from the snake cub. It was at this time that Bu Jinghua had already entered the deepest part of the Violet Cliff Snake.
At a glance, the deepest cave wall actually had an extremely large Amethyst Rock, emitting a particularly soft and bright purple light. And in this huge space, Bu Jinghua was momentarily unable to find where the snake cub was.
At the last moment, Bu Jinghua used his psychokinesis to quickly scan every nook and cranny of the place. Finally, behind an inconspicuous rock, he found the silhouette of a snake cub, a small amethyst snake the size of a child's arm, its body was only 20 centimeters long, and its tongue was as round and flat as his mother's. Because of its small size, it made people feel that it was very adorable, especially its pair of large eyes. Variant! This word flashed through Bu Jinghua's mind.
As for the pair of small eyes, they were currently looking at Bu Jinghua with a face of fear. Sometimes they would retract their heads and sometimes they would reach out to check around. It was even cuter that way.
Just when Bu Jinghua was looking for the snake cub, the Purple Rock Snake wanted to take advantage of Bu Jinghua's inattention and quickly block Bu Jinghua's path to protect its cub, but Bu Jinghua soon discovered it. He quickly went over and grabbed the snake cub behind the rock.
The little snake cub originally wanted to escape, but his movements were slower and he was easily caught by Bu Jinghua. The little guy was currently staring at Bu Jinghua with a pitiful look. It looked as if he was wronged and scared, and was even begging for mercy.
”Little guy, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you!” Bu Jinghua could not help but console her. Only God knew that she was going to catch it and send it back to train for her teacher! That way, the snake cub would end up in a worse state.
At this moment, the Purple Rock Snake finally stopped all its movements. A pair of four eyes continuously flashed, and Bu Jinghua was able to tell that it was extremely fearful of Bu Jinghua.
”Don't come near me. If you come over again, I'll kill it. Get out of the way!” Bu Jinghua was holding the snake cub high in his hand, threatening him. He did not expect the snake to actually understand his words. It unwillingly gave out a groan and actually moved away, giving Bu Jinghua a way out.
As for Bu Jinghua, he raised the snake cub in front of the Purple Rock Snake to prevent it from attacking him. Only then did he slowly retreat back to where Long Yan's group was.
”Found it!” Long Yun walked up to him and looked at the baby snake in Bu Jinghua's hand. ”That snake is indeed very strong. It's actually still protecting this baby snake. I wonder if this baby snake can help us escape?” Long Yun made a bold suggestion.
”Let's give it a try!” Bu Jinghua picked up the whistle from the ground and placed it in his arms. This time, with the snake cub in their hands, they would no longer need to use the Silver Mask. Thus, she did not plan to let Silver Mask know about this matter.
”Bu Jinghua carried the baby snake and walked to the front of the wall. He did not expect those snakes to actually retreat obediently and even made a clean path for him. They all hung their heads down to guard the sides of the wall.
”Heh, this snake cub is too magical, even these snakes are afraid of it!” Long Yun said in amusement.
”Right, where is the amethyst stone? Have you got it! ” Since his life was temporarily taken care of, Long Yun also remembered his purpose in coming here.
”It's still inside!” She even forgot about the Amethyst Lion. She only remembered the baby snake, the cute little fellow, in her hand.
”Oh, then what are we waiting for? Let's go back and move! ”Half for you and half for me!” Long Yun licked his lips in excitement, his love for the Amethyst Rock was extremely great, ”Good, my sword is destroyed too!”
”Didn't you come here for the amethyst stone?” Long Yan finally understood something. He looked at Bu Jinghua and Long Yun in disbelief. He couldn't believe that the two of them would take such a risk for the sake of this external object. Amethyst Rock... Aren't there a lot of palaces? At that time, Long Yan had even said that he would give him a toy, but when he felt it was too dazzling, he didn't ask for it.
”You really know how to think!” Long Yan's sarcastic ”praise” made Long Yun's face twitch unnaturally. Indeed, if he had known that he would be so desperate, he would not have come over.
”You guys wait for me, I'll go get it, don't give it up for nothing!” Therefore, Long Yun walked in. The Purple Rock Snake still wanted to attack, but didn't expect to see Bu Jinghua raise the snake cub in his hand again. Then, it could only dispiritedly retreat as it laid on the ground.
Very soon, Long Yun came out, ”There's too much, I can't take it out, but it should be enough!” The joy on Long Yun's face grew, and then the three of them walked out of the snake den with the snake cub behind them. The Purple Rock Snake stared at its cub with its pitiful eyes, looking quite pitiful.
If it was possible, Bu Jinghua really wanted to return the little snake cub to her. However, this little snake cub was something that she would definitely obtain today.
”Howl!” The little snake cub resentfully looked at Bu Jinghua, then he reluctantly glanced at his mother. He knew that Bu Jinghua would not let him go, so he opened his little mouth and bit onto Bu Jinghua's hand. Luckily, this little guy still didn't have any teeth, otherwise, Bu Jinghua's hand would probably be in trouble.
”Little fellow, don't move recklessly. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!” Bu Jinghua used an exceptionally gentle tone to threaten her. Sure enough, he saw that snake cub mewling obediently, and it seemed like he understood what Bu Jinghua was saying. When Long Yan saw Bu Jinghua's gentle side, he was stunned for a moment before lightly smiling. He knew that there was a very gentle woman in her.