novelhk Chapter 70 There is a secret between you
Chapter 70 There is a secret between you
Bang bang bang, three bursts of fire blew the head off a humanoid monster.
Chen Wenjin calmly covered Huo Ling as she changed magazines, but the monsters had scattered too much, and they were starting to run out of steam.
"They're too fast for us to outrun. Let's hold on a little longer and wait for Cheng Feng to have some free time."
As she spoke, Huo Ling also began firing at the humanoid monster, the two women exchanging fire and covering each other as they slowly retreated.
Just then, one after another, huge monsters with snake bodies and human heads crawled out of the pool.
With a flick of its tail, it quickly caught up with a large number of humanoid monsters.
"No way, how could those pregnant women give birth to such huge snake monsters?"
Huo Ling cried out in panic when she saw the snake mother rushing towards them.
At the same time, he pointed his gun at the Snake Mother.
"No, this is Cheng Feng's doing. He's probably here to help us."
At the critical moment, Chen Wenjin raised his hand and lowered the muzzle of Huo Ling's gun, preventing a major incident.
Huo Ling looked at Chen Wenjin with her mouth slightly agape in surprise.
Chen Wenjin's words soon came true, as the snake mother's attack attracted the attention of a large number of humanoid monsters.
The two sides began a fierce battle.
The two women first killed the humanoid monster that was chasing them, and then carefully watched the snake mother fight the humanoid monster.
"According to Cheng Feng, this big guy is called the Snake Mother. It comes from the same place as those black snakes and is also under Cheng Feng's control."
Chen Wenjin whispered to Huo Ling about the Snake Mother's situation.
After hearing this, Huo Ling silently looked at Chen Wenjin, pursed her lips, and couldn't help but say:
"Sister Wenjin, is this a little secret between you and Cheng Feng?"
Chen Wenjin was stunned, and looked at Huo Ling with a strange expression, saying:
"What nonsense are you thinking? I only saw him summon the Snake Mother by chance, what secret is there to it!"
"You still want to hide it from me? I've known for a while that something was wrong with your relationship."
"You two slept in the same bed at the hotel before, and you even showered yesterday; you didn't try to hide anything from Cheng Feng!"
Huo Ling recounted the details of Cheng Feng and Chen Wenjin's interactions one by one.
Chen Wenjin felt utterly wronged.
"Wait a minute, yesterday when you were taking a shower, you said it was an emergency and that you were the one who started taking your clothes off."
Why am I being blamed in the end?!
While the question of which of the two women was having an affair with Cheng Feng was being investigated, the Snake Mother's side went into a frenzy of killing.
These miscellaneous soldiers created by the King using Gu magic are not even in the same league as the Snake Mother.
Each time the snake mother lashed out with her tail, one of the little monsters would be beaten into a soft, mushy mess.
Its sharp claws can easily tear apart the bones of small monsters.
The only way for ordinary monsters to break through the snake mother's defenses is by biting her.
But it could only barely break the snake mother's scales, and could not cause any serious damage at all.
As more and more Serpent Mothers arrived to provide support, these humanoid monsters were killed so many that they could no longer make it ashore.
With the help of nearly thirty snake mothers, Cheng Feng finally banished the Yulang worm along with a large amount of pool water into the imaginary space.
Once they reached a place without water, the insect's lethality decreased drastically, and it was no match for the snake mother.
Having dealt with the monster that had lived for who knows how many years, Cheng Feng stepped onto the shoulder of a snake mother and reached the shore.
"Wenjin, Xiaoling, are you alright?"
Hearing Cheng Feng's shout, the two women emerged from behind the rock.
When they came closer, Cheng Feng noticed that their expressions were a little off; they both seemed somewhat annoyed.
Cheng Feng lightly leaped from the Snake Mother's shoulder, which was more than four meters high, to the two women in front of him.
"What's wrong with you?"
"It's alright, what can we do?"
Huo Ling tilted her head and looked to the side, speaking in a somewhat stiff tone.
Cheng Feng ignored the girl and instead looked at the usually composed Chen Wenjin.
"Why are you looking at me? Have you taken care of that big worm?"
Chen Wenjin's eyes darted around as he tried to change the subject.
Seeing the attitude of the two women, Cheng Feng knew that he wouldn't get any information out of them anytime soon.
"Fine, don't tell me then. You guys continue. I'll go and take all those precious treasures back."
These snake mothers are all elite monsters; they can't be thrown around carelessly like ordinary Pure Vision Agamas.
At his command, the Snake Mother began to slowly gather around Cheng Feng.
However, humanoid monsters continued to crawl from the pool onto the shore.
Cheng Feng had no choice but to deal with these treacherous snakes and could only arrange for four snake mothers to guard the shore.
After retrieving all the remaining snake mothers, Cheng Feng returned to the two women's side.
They seemed to have returned to normal by now. Cheng Feng pointed to the plank road leading upwards and said:
"Let's go that way. Both of these boardwalks should be the right ones, it's the same no matter which way we go."
Chen Wenjin looked around and nodded, saying, "Okay, let's go this way then."
The three of them then walked along the ancient plank road up the cliff face.
The snake mother diligently protected the three from the harassment of the humanoid monster.
This walkway was carved directly into the rock face.
After walking uphill for several hundred meters, a cave extending into the mountainside came into view.
Cheng Feng looked around and found that the cave had been artificially carved, so he led the two women inside.
They hadn't gone far when they saw light ahead.
"You two wait here for me. I'm going to retrieve the snake mother who was covering our retreat."
After the two women agreed, Cheng Feng headed back the way he came. The humanoid monster couldn't get into this cave.
That way, the snake mother wouldn't need to cover the rear anymore.
Shortly after Cheng Feng left, Chen Wenjin patted Huo Ling on the shoulder and asked in a low voice:
"Xiaoling, have you fallen for Cheng Feng?"
Huo Ling's expression showed a moment of panic, but she quickly became resolute.
"Yes, I like Cheng Feng, but I don't know if he likes me back..."
Just as Chen Wenjin was about to say something, he noticed that the noise from the snake mothers' fight had disappeared.
Knowing that Cheng Feng had exceptional hearing, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Then the two women acted as if nothing had happened and leaned against the wall, waiting quietly.
Soon Cheng Feng emerged from the darkness and stood before the two of them.
"All done, let's go!"
The two women silently followed behind Cheng Feng, and the three of them arrived at the end of the cave together.
This is a canyon, and the cave is located halfway up the canyon.
The three of them came to the cave and peered out to take a look.
At the bottom of the canyon was a bottomless pool of water, about ten meters above where they were standing.
There is a boardwalk on the opposite side leading upwards all the way to the top of the canyon.
"Look, everyone, there's a palace over there."
Huo Ling's gaze followed the plank road, and the last palace, half-hidden in the clouds, came into view.
Chen Wenjin and Cheng Feng looked in the direction Huo Ling pointed.
The palace was surrounded by clouds and mist, and the red glow of the sunset scattered around it.
It sits amidst the clouds, like a legendary celestial palace.
"Heavenly Palace on the Clouds?"
Chen Wenjin murmured somewhat blankly.
"It does look somewhat like it, but this is not Changbai Mountain."
After saying that, Cheng Feng grabbed a vine hanging at the entrance of the cave.
"The rest of the journey is through the water. Let's find a place to eat something before we set off again!"
These vines are very strong and can easily support the weight of an adult.
Soon the three of them followed the vines to the bottom of the canyon.
There is a flat open space next to a pond, enough for three people to rest.
They placed their backpacks on the open ground, took out water and dry food from them, and rested while replenishing their water and food supplies.
At this moment, Chen Wenjin swallowed the food in her mouth and said softly:
"Cheng Feng, come to think of it, you've known us very well from the very beginning."
"Since you're resting now, could you let us get to know you a little better?"