Chapter 1081: Charge, charge, charge (2/2)
“What’s that?” Tang Li asked.
“The poison mosquito swarms. There are three types. One of them holds hypertoxic venom, so if you’re bitten by one, your injury will swell up within two hours and kill you in the next two without an antidote,” Han Yunxi replied.
“What a Jun Yixie!” Tang Li narrowed his eyes.
Gu Qishao knew enough about poison mosquito swarms, but Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue might have mistaken the clouds for poison fog if they hadn’t seen witnessed them in the past. As the swarms drew nearer, their buzzing grew louder. But to the viewers’ shock, the swarm of mosquitoes began to plunge themselves straight into the bonfires. From their vantage point in the trees, they only saw a massive wave of black surrounding the fires until their forms flooded out the flames and smoke.
“Sister-in-law, will the fires go out at this rate?” Tang Li murmured.
Han Yunxi didn’t reply, because as soon as Tang Li spoke, the large patch of black beneath them suddenly dispersed and turned into multiple black dots that landed around the flames.
“They’ve all been poisoned to death?” Tang Li wondered.
Gu Qishao wanted to know too. What kind of poison did Poison lass use? It attracted all the mosquitoes here and sent them flying to their deaths. He was about to get off the tree and investigate when he abruptly darted back up, shocked into a cold sweat. Countless poison vipers had crawled out of the underbush. They were of all colors and sizes, densely packed in a horrific swarm. Because they appeared so fast and suddenly, Gu Qishao had been disgusted by the sight. Rather than “crawl,” it was more accurate to describe these snakes as “flowing” out of the woods like a flood. Soon enough, they circled around all of the bonfires, their bodies writhing and twining together as their forked tongues searched for something.
Han Yunxi’s group not only saw the snakes coming out from underfoot, but crowding all of the mountain paths nearby. Their forms surged forward with momentum on a massive scale! If anyone with clasutrophobia saw the sight, they might go mad. It was better to call this mountain “Snake Peak” now.
“Sister-in-law, what kind of ‘good show’ is this? It’s absolutely disgusting!” Tang Li was about to throw up.
“Just wait and see,” Han Yunxi’s lips curved up into a cold smirk.
As more and more snakes came down the mountain, the vipers gathered at its base began to disperse and scatter. They were replaced with their counterparts until they scattered as well. Over and over again, the scene repeated before their eyes until all of the snakes were gone. By now, the fires were just about out, leaving nothing but the dark black masse of dead mosquito corpses around them.
Long Feiye did a mental calculation and estimated that there had to be eight to ten thousand snakes in the entire mountain,
“Poison lass, where’s the good show?” Gu Qishao was lost as well. Poison lass had poisoned the smoke, leading the mosquitoes and viprs here. While the former was dead, the latter had slithered away unharmed.
“Let’s go up the mountain!” Han Yunxi just grinned.
“Princess, there are still snake swarms in the forests,” Gu Beiyue had to remind her.
“Snakes aren’t comparable to mosquitoes. I’ll just have to ask everyone to be careful not to be bitten. Let’s go, the good show’s at the peak,” Han Yunxi’s smile grew even more mysterious.
Long Feiye picked her up without a word and flew off the tree. Tang Li and Gu Beiyue were quick to follow, leaving Gu Qishao chasing after them in haste. They didn’t land on the ground, but kept to the tree branches to fly up the peak. It was smooth sailing the entire trip. However, at the top of the mountain, they immediately saw Han Yunxi’s so-called “good show.” Countless bodies of archers littered the ground, all of them victim to snake bites. Tang Li and Gu Qishao carefully counted the bodies and came up with a total of 500 archers. Gu Qishao then checked their arrows and saw that the tips were coated in hypertoxic poison.
Before even entering Tiger’s Prison, there were 500 archers in ambush here! Just what was Jun Yixie planning?
Thank goodness Han Yunxi had poisoned the snakes and made them revolt, or else they would have risked falling into a trap upon climbing up.
“Sister-in-law, where are those poison vipers now?” Tang Li asked urgently.
“They’re still helping us clear the way!” Han Yunxi said seriously.
This was already the second mountain. Deep in its gully was the Tiger’s Prison. After reaching its peak, they could now look into its depths. It was a very steep descent covered in thick vegetation. It was impossible to spot a hint of the ground, much less Tiger’s Prison itself. The only thing worth seeing was an overhanging cliff on the northwest side, which should be Tiger Roar Cliff.
The large numbers of poison vipers had long started crawling down into the woods. Han Yunxi had poisoned them with a toxin designed to turn them bloodthirsty, forcing the snakes to crazily seek after prey. After the mountain was occupied by the poison vipers and mosquito swarms, all of the other animals either died or fled. Thus, the only victims left for the pickings were the humans lying in ambush in the woods. Han Yunxi was waiting to see just how many people Jun Yixie had hidden in these woods! She also wanted him to know what it meant to not survive after committing sins!
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When Han Yunxi had lured away the mosquito swarms with the fires, Jun Yixie knew they were here and planning to charge in. However, the vipers and mosquitoes only acted as his guards, so it didn’t pain him to sacrifice the beasts. His true traps were archers and gunpowder. Unperturbed, he waited for Han Yunxi’s group to descend into the gully. However, he only ended up waiting for the poison vipers to change sides.
“Your Highness Duke of Kang, all 500 archers were overwhelmed at the peak. Half of the second regiment is dead too. I don’t know what’s happened with those poison vipers, but it seems they’ve all gone mad! As soon as they see a human, they bite!”
At the scout’s report, Jun Yixie grew alarmed. “What did you say?!”