novelhk Chapter 401 The Imprisoned Serpent
Chapter 401 The Imprisoned Serpent
Cheng Feng's eye between his eyebrows has extremely high resistance to mental interference.
At least the Venus umbrella and the contents of the coffin above it cannot affect him.
As Cheng Feng got closer to the bronze coffin above, the Venus umbrella in the crack began to converge towards the coffin.
At that moment, a burst of gunfire rang out from below, and a large number of bullets broke through the illusion, striking the bronze coffin.
The impact of the bullets caused the bronze coffin to shake violently, and the chains connecting it rattled loudly.
All the Venus umbrellas stopped moving and then rushed downwards like madmen.
The things inside those coffins are their lifeblood; they cannot allow them to be attacked by others.
"We need to address the root cause as soon as possible; with so many blind Venus umbrella users, they might not be able to hold out for long!"
Thinking about this, Cheng Feng quickened his pace.
It would take a normal person seven or eight hours to reach the top of this cliff.
And that's assuming you don't take a break in between; otherwise, it's normal for it to take more than ten hours.
In fact, the cliff face isn't very far when viewed on a flat surface; it's barely a kilometer away.
It could be replaced with a 90-degree right-angle cliff face, which would be daunting even for professional rock climbers.
Cheng Feng relied entirely on his extraordinary skills and lightning-fast reaction ability to judge the landing point.
It only took about twenty minutes to reach the location of the bronze hanging coffin.
Meanwhile, on the ground, the disciples of the Unloading Ridge Sect and Wu Sansheng and others were mixed together, with Hei Xiazi in the center directing the attack from the Venus Umbrella.
"Damn it, I actually saw my eighty-year-old mother striding towards me!"
I'll fucking kill that bastard!
Pan Zi was so angry that he cursed loudly, and the rifle in his hand kept spitting out bullets.
"Everyone, don't hold back! What we're seeing with this thing is all fake."
While shooting down the monster cosplaying as Wu Xie, Wu Sansheng reminded everyone.
In Hei Xiazi's eyes, these things looked like a bunch of dried rice dumplings with long, drawn-out faces.
"Listen up, if the monster tries to leave, fire a few shots at it."
Black Bear used his pistol to repel a stray fish and then gave a brief explanation to the group.
However, his mind was wandering.
What if the boss gets shot? What if he dies? Will his wives make us die with him?
Oh dear, how scary...
To him, these were all trivial matters. Even if everyone disappeared the next second, leaving only Hei Xiazi on the scene,
He was confident he could escape from the monsters' encirclement.
After the crowd below attracted most of the monsters, Cheng Feng's path to the bronze coffin was exceptionally smooth.
Stepping on chains as thick as calves, they made their way steadily to the bronze coffin.
The bronze coffin bears an inscription that roughly translates to: "A snake demon once haunted this place."
In a short period of time, tens of thousands of people were harmed by it.
Later, it was suppressed under Mount Kunlun. The emperor heard that this demon was a horned snake.
They believed it to be a divine creature belonging to the dragon family, so they designated it as a mountain god.
Cheng Feng did not rush to open the coffin, but instead looked up.
Not far from him was a hole through which one could see the starry sky.
Having been deprived of sunlight for so long, even Cheng Feng felt an unimaginable longing for the sky outside.
After only a moment, Cheng Feng reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
Now is not the time to be dazed; Chen Wenjin and the others below are still fighting hard.
Cheng Feng raised his hand and placed it on the bronze coffin, forcefully pushing it open a crack.
One of the female corpses was seen floating up and down in the black liquid.
Many years have passed, and the body is remarkably well-preserved, though the silk clothing has deteriorated rapidly upon contact with air.
Her skin, which had many rotten spots, was exposed.
The female corpse wore a magnificent purple-gold crown, which was also inlaid with various gemstones.
Her face was the most severely decomposed, making it difficult to discern her exact features, but judging from her bone structure, she must have been a beauty in life.
In addition, her hands are somewhat unusual; her index and middle fingers are longer than normal by a segment.
“The Zhang family, who clearly came from a family of immortals, died so young.”
With a sigh, Cheng Feng waved his hand, and a gust of wind blew, knocking off the tattered, weathered silk from the woman's body.
Then Cheng Feng's eyes fell on the mutilated skin on the female corpse.
Beneath the decaying skin, crisscrossing gold threads were exposed.
Moreover, the woman's collarbone was secured by two thick bronze chains, which appeared to be connected to the coffin.
"It seems the Zhang family couldn't kill this thing, and in the end, they had no choice but to use the bodies of their own clansmen as a trap."
This thing was imprisoned.
The crisscrossing gold threads inside the woman's corpse formed a trap resembling a fishbowl.
Fish can swim in without any hindrance, but it's difficult for them to get out.
After the source of this Venus umbrella was introduced into the body of a woman in the Zhang family, it became trapped in a snare woven from gold threads.
Furthermore, the fact that it was sealed away at the foot of Kunlun Mountain prevented the Venus Umbrella from affecting the people around it; otherwise, modern physical exorcisms would have had to contend with this thing.
"Let me see what this thing is capable of that has left the Zhang family helpless."
Thinking this, Cheng Feng made a grasping motion in the air, and the Fish Intestine Sword appeared in his hand.
Just as Cheng Feng was about to break open the woman's chest to see what was inside, the woman suddenly moved.
Her chest heaved, as if something was struggling inside.
As the female corpse moved, her entire body began to writhe in the black water. This wasn't a case of the corpse coming back to life.
The thing inside the woman's corpse was too big, and the force of her struggles caused the corpse to sway constantly with its movements.
"Still so lively after being locked down for so many years."
As he spoke, Cheng Feng's Fish Intestine Sword instantly pierced a gap in the female corpse's chest.
With a flick of the blade to both sides, the soft, flabby skin was opened up like a door.
Sure enough, there were no bones inside. Apart from the human skin on the outside, the whole place was replaced by a trap woven from golden threads.
Inside the golden cage, a white snake, as thick as an arm and with a single horn, was coiled up.
This white snake has no eyes on its head, and its tongue, which is almost transparent, flicks out from its mouth. Its body is covered with a layer of mucus instead of scales.
At this moment, the white snake seemed to feel threatened, and it struggled desperately inside the golden cage.
It would occasionally open its mouth towards Cheng Feng, but there were no teeth inside. If you only looked at its appearance, this thing was not a threat at all.
But it was Cheng Feng; anyone else would probably have been driven to suicide by the white consciousness while gazing off the cliff.
On the ground, the group that had been engaged in close combat with Venus Umbrella suddenly felt a sharp drop in pressure.
Hei Xiazi looked up and saw that the rice dumplings that were originally climbing down were now climbing up rapidly again.
"The boss is making his move. Don't fire upwards! It would be terrible if we accidentally hit him."
They've dragged this out for so long, they've given Cheng Feng plenty of time.