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Chapter 191: North Mountain Hunting
Chapter 191: North Mountain Hunting
Chapter 191: Chapter 191: North Mountain Hunting
After saying goodbye to several people, Su Jin and her group continued to drive forward.
The road to North Mountain became increasingly difficult, but thanks to their high-performance armored vehicle, after having run over countless zombies, they finally arrived at the foothills of North Mountain in the afternoon.
Before the apocalypse, North Mountain had always been a local nature reserve. A high iron fence surrounded its base, and the shocking blood stains on it, along with some dried human corpses on the ground nearby, indicated that there might have been incidents of zombies or mutant animals injuring people here.
Local Tyrant Gold climbed onto Lu Hao’s shoulder as soon as he got out of the car, wearing the bright red and deep blue outfit made by Mrs. Su, which made it look quite conspicuous.
“There’s no one around,” Mao Qiqi said.
Su Jin nodded, stored the armored vehicle in her space, and they faced the mountain path ahead. The road was densely forested, making it impossible for the armored vehicle to enter. Moreover, they were uncertain about their exact exit from the mountain, so storing the armored vehicle in her space was the most appropriate choice.
The dark mountains stood silently before everyone. Nie Qing walked right at the front, having lived in the mountains for most of his life, he felt a sense of familiarity here.
Seeing this, Su Jin and the others followed suit.
The sunlight at three o’clock in the afternoon was still plentiful, but once they entered the forest, they noticed the light suddenly dimmed a lot, and there was always a mist, seeming almost imperceptible, floating before their eyes.
“Qiqi, can you sense how many mutant beasts are on this mountain?” Lin Xiuyuan asked curiously. If Qiqi could sense them, their mission would be much simpler— they could head straight to the lair of the mutant beasts.
“Since we came in, I haven’t been able to feel anything. It’s like… something is blocking me?” Mao Qiqi said with a frown. She had been able to sense nearby zombies at the foot of the mountain, but since coming up here, nothing showed on her mini-map. Once they entered here, she could not even see the zombies near the foot of the mountain anymore.
“That’s normal, don’t worry. Mountains like Spirit Mountain will have their inherent miasma, which doesn’t affect the animals and plants in the mountain, but it’s not so friendly to outsiders who enter,” Nie Qing explained. He could sense the seemingly nonexistent fog before them, but there was nothing he could do about it. Unless they stayed here for a decade or eight years, the miasma wouldn’t go away.
Mao Qiqi nodded. Though she was still not used to lacking the mini-map’s functionality, she felt that it added to the excitement of the adventure.
“Be careful!”
Su Jin was walking when suddenly Lu Hao pulled her into his embrace. She looked up only to see that she was about to step on a green snake as thick as a wrist!
“Gross!”
Lin Xiuyuan also stepped back a few steps. The green snake’s scales were still shimmering with a viscous glow as it moved slowly, which was quite disgusting.
Huang Yunxiang and Su Jin were also grossed out. It seemed like women were innately afraid of such creatures.
Lu Hao immediately used his fire ability to burn the snake to a crisp. The green snake didn’t resist much, which everyone found quite strange, until Su Jin noticed some broken egg shells on the ground.
Was this snake just a baby that had crawled out of an eggshell?
No wonder its scales still had some mucus on them, but were snake babies this big? Could it be that the mutation had occurred inside the eggshell?
Not until the green snake was reduced to ashes and they found a quail egg-sized beast core on the ground did they dare to confirm, this newly hatched snake baby had already mutated!
“Master, it seems you’ve done something unthinkable…” Nie Qing remarked, looking at the broken eggshells on the ground.
“Hmm?” Lu Hao was puzzled.
Just then, Local Tyrant Gold on Lu Hao’s shoulder suddenly started chirping loudly, then shrank into Lu Hao’s embrace as if its fur had exploded.
“Be ready, even if we run, we can’t outrun it,” Nie Qing seemed to have sensed something.
“You you you, don’t say it so frighteningly, what’s coming this way?” Lu Guanhai huddled closer to Su Xiangzhe in fright.
“If I’m not mistaken, the mother of this snake is about to arrive soon,” answered Nie Qing.
“That doesn’t sound right. As far as I know, snakes are cold-blooded, and young snakes can grow up on their own after birth. I’ve never heard of a mother snake protecting her young,” Lin Xiuyuan recalled the little he knew about snakes.
“Did I say it was protecting its young? What if it just wants to eat us?”
As soon as Nie Qing finished speaking, everyone felt the fallen leaves on the ground rustle accompanied by the sound of trembling.
“It’s coming, be careful,” Lu Hao warned.
Su Jin noticed that although Lu Hao had a poor sense of direction, his intuition for danger was quite accurate, just like the snake that had fallen earlier. She hadn’t felt anything, but Lu Hao had pulled her back in time.
But now was not the time to think about these things because, following the direction of the strongest tremors, they saw a dark green giant python with its huge mouth wide open, swiftly flying towards them!
Indeed, it was flying over, whether it was because of its special ability or just its extremely fast movement. Seeing this python, which was even thicker than the surrounding adult trees, everyone momentarily forgot to use their special abilities and instinctively dodged to the side.
“Ew, even nastier. It’s like a piece of poop, the kind that hasn’t digested well,” Lin Xiuyuan covered his nose, not pretending, because there really was a very pungent smell assaulting their noses.
“Can you not talk about that,” Huang Yunxiang’s expression was indescribable, after all, the snake really did look like a big lump of dark green poop.
“Aim for the snake’s weakest point, focus the attack there,” Lu Hao had already entered combat mode.
The giant python opened its massive mouth and hissed again, its mouth revealing a crimson forked tongue. Seeing these people surrounding it, it began to thrash its tail to sweep at them!
Nie Qing leaped into the air, striking it at its vital spot with a Wind Blade.
After Ye Qianli finished what she had to do, she felt like she came back to life and sighed. Her voice was like a lazy cat that had just eaten its fill, containing an indescribable charm and mellowness.
She sat up and was about to put on her clothes, but when she got a clear view of the man whom she had ‘finished off’, her movements froze for a moment because of that pair of eyes on him.
Silver eyes.
A pair of eyes as bright as the moon shone in his silver eyes. However, it did not seem strange or sinister. Instead, it gave off an elegant and distant charm.
Apart from this pair of striking silver eyes, his facial features were also extremely outstanding, like they were exquisitely carved from fine jade of the highest quality. Just looking at him made one feel cool and comfortable.
His inky black eyebrows were like dyed paintings, his nose bridge was high and straight, and his lips were plump and sexy. Especially after being nibbled on by her, they seemed even more beautiful and alluring, simply making one’s heart pound by looking.
Just based on looks alone, he was undoubtedly a handsome man!
Look at his figure, too.
Oh my, how embarrassing!
Broad shoulders, narrow waist, lean and sexy…
However, just as Ye Qianli’s eyes were about to strip him naked and give him another visual ‘assault’, this man—who had always been at her mercy—moved!
He moved!
Although his movements were weak, he still managed to move!
He raised his hand and gathered the clothes that had been pulled off of him, covering up everything lovely in sight. His eyes were also clear and bright, exuding a dark killing intent!
The darkness in his brightly-lit silver eyes became more and more terrifying. He was like an awakening god—one ruling over everything—and was planning to kill this woman who had blasphemed against his elegance and honor with one slap.
Danger!
Super dangerous!
Ye Qianli narrowed her eyes lightly and quickly deduced that she had not only sinned against a peerlessly beautiful man… but also a super terrifying man.
Furthermore…!
Ye Qianli could clearly feel that a terrifying power was rising in this man’s body. This completely changed the image of him being weak and easy to ravage.
Without a doubt, she would definitely die if she waited until he fully recovered.
Whoosh!
As soon as Ye Qianli realized the danger, her speed increased. It was as if her potential had been stimulated once again. She wrapped up her tattered clothes and disappeared in an instant like a little leopard.
After a while, Ye Qianli—who was running away—could clearly feel a terrifying and violent killing intent erupting from far behind.
Even without thinking, she could tell that it was definitely released from that man.
Hiss. Ye Qianli’s entire body shivered as she secretly praised herself for running fast. Otherwise, she would probably have been chopped into pieces by now.
However, thinking about the brutish act that she had done to a certain handsome man, she could understand his anger, too.
However…
“I was clearly the one at a disadvantage while he was the one who took advantage of a young maiden like me, okay? Who is he trying to scare with such a heavy murderous aura?” Ye Qianli muttered unhurriedly, but her speed of escape did not decrease at all. Moreover, her target destination was quite clear.
Through her body’s memories, Ye Qianli clearly remembered that she originally lived in the Southern Palace of the Clear Wind Palace. However, she was brought to the Northern Palace by her younger female cousin.
That younger female cousin said that she wanted to see an exotic flower. In the end, they had not seen the exotic flower, but Ye Qianli herself became a poisoned flower and was almost defiled by a fat pig.
Previously, she did not have the time to think about these things. After all, survival was the main issue at that time. However, now that she thought about it carefully, how had she been poisoned? Why was there no one who could save her wherever she went?
This was very thought-provoking…
“Younger Cousin?” Ye Qianli’s gaze turned cold. She had a rough idea of what had happened within her heart.
She was certain that, before her dear cousin and she left the Southern Palace of the Clear Wind Palace, the tea that her cousin had given her contained a high concentration of aphrodisiac!
“The smell is indeed very faint. If I hadn’t recalled my memories thoroughly, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to detect it.” Ye Qianli smiled in her heart. As she had been in contact with ‘drugs’ for many years, she had an extremely terrifying ability to identify all kinds of medicinal smells.
Actually, even if she did not have this ability of identification, upon careful consideration, the original Ye Qianli would be able to sense that all the oddities in this matter were closely related to this ‘female cousin’.
Perhaps it was because the person involved in the matter was confused, or perhaps it was because she was unwilling to believe it. So even till her death, the original Ye Qianli was still hoping that her dear younger cousin would return and save her.
While she was thinking, Ye Qianli had already returned to the Southern Palace.
At this moment, the Southern Palace was in an uproar.
“Aunt! Aunt, there is trouble! Elder Sister is missing. Elder Sister is missing.”
Amidst the chaos, there was an extremely sweet and delicate female voice. It was spreading news of Ye Qianli’s ‘disappearance’ in a low but clear manner so that everyone knew about it.
Because of her yelling, the strong fighters in charge of patrolling the Southern Palace quickly surrounded the entire area.
Everyone in the Southern Palace was forbidden from walking freely. This made it difficult for Ye Qianli, who had returned quietly, to sneak back into the lady’s chamber of the Clear Wind Palace.
After creating such a huge commotion, even if ‘Ye Qianli’ was found, it would be impossible to hide the news of her losing her virginity. This was probably the ultimate motive of the ‘female cousin’ who had made her move.
Ruining Ye Qianli’s innocence, destroying her reputation… turning her from the most respected young lady in the dynasty to the most despised piece of trash in the dust. Her intentions were truly sinister.
Hiding in the darkness, Ye Qianli’s cold gaze swept across the girl in a pink dress, who was running and screaming ‘in a panic’, as though she was flustered from losing her pillar of support.
She was Ye Qianli’s younger cousin, Su Lianhua.
Su Lianhua and Ye Qianli were both 16 years old.
The difference was that Ye Qianli was born with the goddess body and was already able to condense profound energy and become a mystic cultivator. Moreover, because of this, she was going to be betrothed to the crown prince of the Vermilion Bird Dynasty.
Su Jin noticed that despite the giant python’s huge size, it was very agile, not at all on the same level as the Golden Python they had encountered at Yin Chengtian’s place. Just as Lu Hao dodged the first attack, the second attack followed immediately!
“Dad, try using Thunder and Lightning to paralyze its movements!” Su Jin yelled to Su Xiangzhe.
“Here it comes!” Su Xiangzhe bent down and placed his hands on the ground. A glittering Thunder Snake extended towards the giant python!
The Thunder and Lightning Ability successfully shocked the giant python, which let out a long scream towards the sky, as if trying to pierce everyone’s eardrums, and Su Jin and the others quickly covered their ears.
Seeing the effective thunder attack, Huang Yunxiang also conjured a huge Water Column, smashing it towards the giant python!
Understanding the situation, Su Xiangzhe launched a second Thunder Snake attack!