Chapter 16: The snake lives for ten years

The life span of snakes is generally ten years. Even for a snake demon in the spiritual stage, it is at most twenty years.

After more than ten years, he is almost dead of old age. Xu Hei cannot fail to feel it.

His body functions are obviously improving day by day, without any signs of aging.

"What nonsense is this woman talking about? You are old!"

Xu Hei cursed in his heart.

But soon, Xu Hei was startled. Old Snake King, Old Snake King, this nickname itself has the word "old", which is clearly a symbol of living for a long time.

Xu Hei was used to being called Old Snake King, and he didn't analyze why he was called Old Snake King at all.

"Am I old? Why do you call me that?"

Xu Hei frowned, and suddenly felt that the matter was not simple.

Xu Hei swept his spiritual sense and found that there were thousands of snakes in the Ten Thousand Snake Valley, and there were many species similar to him, or even exactly the same snakes.

For example, the white snake was of the same species as him, but the color had changed.

As a snake demon, Xu Hei was short-sighted, but not stupid at all.

After careful analysis, Xu Hei suddenly thought of a possibility. His pupils dilated and his breathing became a little rapid.

"No way?"

Xu Hei's eyes widened, he dived into the water, and quietly followed behind.

Seeing the two getting closer and closer to the snake fruit tree.

Their time was very accurate. The snake fruit tree matured today.

And at this moment.

The earth suddenly began to shake, and the water in the puddle rippled, as if a major earthquake had occurred.

Xu Hei stopped and observed secretly.

The two people who were moving forward also stopped. Zhao Wenzhuo showed a nervous look and pinched the storage bag, while Song Shiyu looked disdainful.

"Sure enough, it's here."

Song Shiyu smiled coldly and retreated quickly.

The next moment she retreated, the soil below suddenly exploded, stirring up a lot of mud and sand, and a huge black figure emerged from the soil.

After the figure appeared, it opened its bloody mouth and bit towards Song Shiyu. The pair of fangs flashed with a cold and cold light.

"The old snake king has appeared!"

Zhao Wenzhuo was shocked and exclaimed.

Song Shiyu was well prepared. With a wave of her jade hand, a golden talisman was cast, forming a soft shield. The black fangs hit the golden shield and sank into it, like being stuck in a quagmire.

"This is..." Xu Hei immediately focused and looked at it.

The black figure was a big snake. This snake was huge, with an oval head, pale golden pupils, and triangular scales.

In appearance, it looked exactly like Xu Hei, obviously the same species.

However, it was much bigger, eight meters long, as thick as a bucket, with a hideous face and huge fangs. From a distance, it looked like a larger Xu Hei.

Seeing this snake and looking at the expressions of the two, Xu Hei was shocked.

"This is the real old snake king, I'm a fake one!"

Xu Hei finally understood the truth.

In his mind, he immediately analyzed the cause and effect of the matter.

For more than ten years, this old snake king has been making trouble, being overbearing, eating countless people, and making a great reputation.

It's just that after getting older, the frequency of going out to eat people has decreased. Three years ago, he almost never appeared.

And it just so happened that three years ago, Xu Hei suddenly appeared and ate people continuously.

So, he was mistaken for the old snake king.

If you don't look at the size of the two snakes, they are almost exactly the same in appearance, and it is difficult to tell the difference.

Except for the black and gold scales at the tip of the tail, which are unique to Xu Hei.

Xu Hei suspected that this was one of his relatives, but snakes have no concept of relatives. They are all cold-blooded animals. At most, they will attract each other in the breeding season.

In the non-breeding season, they will kill each other when they meet, competing for territory and food, no matter what relatives you are.

Even in the Ten Thousand Snake Valley, there are many male snakes fighting for mates.

"No wonder I attract snake catchers every time I show up. It turns out that you took the blame."

After finding out the truth, Xu Hei felt complicated.

This was the first time he saw a snake demon other than himself.

At this moment, the old snake king also showed his extremely fierce strength. Although he was old, his fighting power was not weak at all. He was extremely powerful and his fangs were sharp. He broke Song Shiyu's golden shield with one encounter.

Song Shiyu took out a bronze bell, quickly enlarged it in his palm, and held it horizontally in front of him.

"Dang!!!"

The old snake king hit it, the bronze bell hummed, and the sound waves visible to the naked eye swept out, shaking the old snake king dizzy and entering a short dizziness.

Song Shiyu took out a dart, threw it out, and hit the scales, but it made a crisp "ding" sound, but only sank a little.

"Such a hard scale. If this snake scale is peeled off, it can be made into a precious armor!"

Song Shiyu's eyes were fiery, and she retreated quickly. While retreating, she shot darts, all of which hit the target.

Although the stab was not deep, it completely angered the old snake king, and he rushed forward angrily.

"Retreat!" Song Shiyu shouted.

Zhao Wenzhuo retreated quickly.

The old snake king was furious and chased after the two. Song Shiyu kept shooting darts, and Zhao Wenzhuo also took out the talisman and shot a series of wind blades, scraping at the old snake king, leaving shallow scars on the scales.

The two fought and retreated, using all kinds of talismans, darts, and hidden weapons, completely spending money!

Whenever the old snake king rushed forward, he would be blocked by the bronze bell. He would feel dizzy after hitting it, and fall into a short stagnation, feeling annoyed.

"Is this the magic weapon of humans?"

Xu Hei followed behind with a fiery look in his eyes. It was the first time he saw a battle between humans and monsters.

The fighting styles of the two sides were also very different.

One side used magic weapons and talismans to consume from a distance, fighting and retreating, not letting the monster get close.

The other side kept approaching, mainly fighting in close combat.

The monster's body was strong, and human cultivators would die if they got close, just like Ding Hai, who was seriously injured by a slap from the bear monster.

So far, Xu Hei has only fought with monsters, and has never fought with human cultivators.

Xu Hei simulated in his mind, if he encountered this kind of situation, fighting and retreating, chasing and not catching up, what should he do?

The two men had a wind talisman on their feet, which made them extremely fast and could stay in the air for a short time. Xu Hei silently estimated that it was half of his full speed.

However, from the beginning to the end, it was Song Shiyu who used the magic weapon, and Zhao Wenzhuo was still hiding his weakness.

The two looked confident and at ease, and they definitely had a trump card.

"What should I do? Go up to help? Or eat the snake fruit and run away?"

Xu Hei hesitated in his heart. The snake fruit was not yet ripe, and the energy was mixed. It might not be useful to eat it.

But if he was really pressed, he would rather destroy it than give it to humans.

At this time, the two people and the snake had chased outside the Ten Thousand Snake Valley, and they were still fighting. The sound of vibration came from afar.

"Forget it, after all, we are both snake demons, so help it secretly."

Xu Hei followed quietly.

After Xu Hei swam out for a distance.

At this time, there was a strange movement behind the snake fruit tree.

"Who?"

Xu Hei glared, and immediately turned back and flashed away.

I saw a young man in gray clothes, carrying a bamboo basket and a hoe, coming to the side of the snake fruit tree.

The young man's bamboo basket was full of medicinal herbs. He was dressed like a herbalist in the mountains, and his body was covered with realgar to repel insects and snakes.

He came to the snake fruit tree, raised his hoe, and dug out the snake fruit tree with one hoe. His movements were swift and decisive, as if he had been prepared and did not give him any time to react.

Xu Hei was too far away, and it was too late to stop him.

The snake fruit tree was not big, only about the height of a person. It was heavy on the shoulders of the herbalist.

He took a breath, turned around and ran to the other side of the mountain, intending to go back from the other side.

"The mission is completed, it should be able to sell for a lot of money."

The herbalist had a simple and honest look on his face, as if he had just picked an ordinary spiritual medicine.

"Asshole!!"

Xu Hei's eyes were cold, and he suddenly accelerated, rushed up and swallowed the man in one gulp.