Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Humph! Tigers are nothing. I have never taken them seriously." The snake king boasted, "This time we have wiped out the human race. When we return, Emperor Nian will definitely look at us differently."

"Of course." The rooster flapped its wings and said, "Once humans are defeated, Emperor Nian will be number one in the world, and you will be number two. When Emperor Nian dies, your snake brother will take the throne."

"Brother Chicken, what you said is very good. I will become the Snake King! Hiss, hiss..." The Snake King laughed wildly and then gave an order: "My people, listen up. As soon as this fire is extinguished, all of you rush to your death and try to wipe out mankind in one fell swoop!"

Before the snake army could respond, the gate of the cave suddenly opened, and humans rushed out of the cave, then pried a big hole in the fire belt, and started to attack the snakes with long knives and short sticks in their hands.

"Brother Snake, humans are attacking us, hurry up and poison them to death. I'm leaving first!" The rooster flapped its wings in fear and immediately disappeared.

"Brother Ji, why are you so cowardly that you fly away when you see humans?" The snake king shook his head and turned to the snake spirits and soldiers and said, "My people: The humans have gone crazy after being trapped and are now looking for death. All snakes, come on, we must kill two of them today."

The snakes received the order, raised their bodies, spit out their snake cores, hissed, and rushed towards people like a tide.

Everyone waved their swords and clubs to fight against the snakes. Dong shouted, "Hey! Snake King, damn it! Today your grandpa will fight with you. Quickly give me the snake head so that I can chop it twice."

After shouting, he swung the stone axe in his hand and chopped a mountain snake swimming in front into two pieces. As soon as the snake died, the snakes behind it jumped up again. Dong was not afraid at all. He chopped and chopped one by one with his axe. The snakes swarmed up. After all, Dong only had two hands. No matter how fast he was, he could not beat the snakes. Soon, a bamboo leaf green snake bit his thigh.

Dong grabbed the tail of the bamboo snake with his left hand, and swung the stone axe in his right hand, chopping it into two pieces. The bloody snake head was still hanging on his leg, but he ignored it and went on to kill other snakes.

Xi, Bei, Zhong, Feng, Yun, Lei and others were all shocked to see Dong being so brave and stepped forward to join the battle.

Although the snakes attacked fiercely and everyone was bitten by the snakes, they were all safe and sound due to the effect of the snake medicine. The snake spirit behind was surprised and looked incredulous when he saw this.

"Hey, what's wrong with humans today? Being bitten by us is just like being bitten by ants. Nothing happened?" A snake demon crossing the mountain asked the snake demon next to it with wide eyes.

"This is really an unheard of strange thing. Could it be that our poison has failed to work?" a red-chained snake asked suspiciously.

"Hmph, that's because your poison is too weak." said a five-step snake with a web-like pattern.

"Brother Wubu, you are powerful, so you go and give it a try." said the snake demon over the mountain.

"Let's try. I don't believe humans can resist our five-step snake venom." The five-step snake spirit said, and summoned hundreds of five-step snakes, saying, "My children, come on, poison those humans to death."

As the name suggests, if you are bitten by the five-step snake, you will be poisoned and die if you can only take five steps. It is one of the most poisonous snakes.

Upon receiving the order, the group of five-step snakes immediately rushed to the front of the formation and attacked the humans.

Facing the five-step snake, the crowd was still not afraid at all, and they killed several of them in a row like a sharp knife cutting through the Gordian knot. However, soon, Yun and Lei's brothers were bitten. The five-step snake spirit saw it, stared at Yun and Lei, and counted: "One, two, three, four, five, hey, why haven't you fallen yet?"

"Tsk." Seeing this, the mountain snake demon taunted: "Brother Wubu, you are such a self-righteous guy, isn't your poison useless to humans?"

The five-step snake raised its head and said unconvincedly: "Guo Shanfeng, although I can't poison humans, I am still more powerful than you."

“Brother Wu Bu, can you poison me more?” Upon hearing this, Guo Shanfeng jumped up and said, “No matter how fierce a tiger or lion is, it will definitely die if it is bitten by me.”

"You can poison tigers and lions, but I can also poison camels and elephants!"

"Hiss—" the mountain-crossing snake said, "I am the most poisonous."

"Hiss—" the five-step snake said, "I am the most poisonous."

The two snakes were fighting, neither willing to give in. The python spirit next to them stopped them and said, "Stop fighting, the king should judge who is stronger."

Upon hearing this, the Mountain Snake Demon and the Five-Step Snake Demon both thought it made sense, so they turned around and went to look for the Snake King.

When the python saw them leaving, it raised its head and hissed, "Brothers, your venom has lost its effect. Now it's up to us pythons."

After saying that, the python spirit led many little pythons and swam towards the humans.

Dong was killing vigorously when he suddenly saw a giant python as thick as a bucket opening its mouth and coming towards him. He was so scared that he took a few steps back and shouted, "Brothers, the python is coming, come and help us."

"Brother Dong, we are here to help you." The two brothers, the lake on the left and the sea on the right, responded.

The python spirit raised its body high and attacked towards the east. At the same time, Hu and Hai raised their stone knives and pounced on the python spirit.

Unexpectedly, the python saw the two people slashing at it with knives, and it quickly retracted its neck. Hu and Hai, because they used too much force, could not stop their momentum and fell to the ground.

The ground was full of poisonous snakes, and the two were immediately surrounded by the snakes, which wrapped around them and bit them madly. The two tried their best to drive them away while screaming in pain.

"Cave Master, brothers, someone has fallen down, hurry up and save him!" Dong shouted loudly while raising his axe to confront the python monster.

Lei and the others rushed over to help when they heard the news. Seeing the miserable state of Hu and Hai, they were horrified and had goose bumps all over their skin. They killed the poisonous snakes on Hu and Hai with knives, axes, sticks and clubs, and then helped them up.

The two were bitten in many places. Although they took the antidote, the poison was too strong for them to resist. They began to foam at the mouth and felt weak all over.

"Hurry, send them back to the cave." Qiu hurriedly ordered Feng Heyun and others.

"Cave Master, it seems that both the lake and the sea are poisoned." Feng said to Qiu.

"Yes, Cave Master, they all took medicine, so how could they still be poisoned?" Yun asked in confusion.

"Feng, Yun, I think it's because they were poisoned too deeply and the medicine was not strong enough." Qiu replied with a frown.

"Cave Master, my legs are numb and I have no feeling." Feng suddenly shouted while touching his right leg.

"Cave Master, my arm is also useless and I can't move." Yun Da shouted while pulling one arm.

Then many people started shouting and said they had similar symptoms.

"Dong, Zhi, fellow warriors, since there are too many snakes and the medicine is limited in effectiveness, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, I declare: Everyone, stop fighting and retreat to the cave immediately." Seeing that the situation was not good, Qiu waved his hand and gave orders to everyone.

"Yes, Cave Master." After receiving the order, everyone turned around and retreated towards the cave.

Dong stared at the python and slowly retreated. As an experienced hunter, he knew that if he turned around and ran away, the python would definitely launch a surprise attack and he would be killed.

Dong retreated step by step, and the python spirit hissed and approached step by step. When it was about six feet away from the fire, the python spirit could no longer bear it, opened its mouth wide, and attacked Dong.

"Fuck you, you poisonous snake." Dong cursed, and threw the stone axe in his hand into the python's mouth. With a "snap", several of the python's fangs were broken. It shrank its neck and shook its head in pain, almost crying.

Dong took the opportunity to turn around and quickly escaped from the fire zone. Sang and Tong, who were waiting at the edge of the fire zone, quickly sealed the gap with firewood, then returned to the cave and closed the door tightly.

As soon as everyone retreated safely, the snake king chased to the front of the cave. It turned out that the five-step snake spirit and the mountain-crossing snake spirit had just arrived behind the formation and shouted to the snake king from a distance: "My king, come here quickly, my king, come here quickly!"

"Five-step spirit, Guoshanfeng, you look so anxious. Is it possible that someone has been poisoned to death? Would you like me to eat him?" the Snake King asked excitedly.

"My king, come and judge between the two of us to see who is more poisonous?" the five-step snake demon asked hastily.

"You two snakes are both my capable men, and your venom is equally strong. How can you compare?" the Snake King asked curiously.

The snake spirit over the mountain peak replied, "Your Majesty, you don't know. For some reason, those humans today are immune to snake venom. When my children attacked them, they felt no pain or itching, and showed no signs of being poisoned. Brother Wubu laughed at my venom because it was not as strong as his. We asked him to lead the children to attack, but it still failed to poison the humans. Therefore, I also laughed at his incompetence. But Brother Wubu refused to accept this and insisted on arguing with me about who is stronger and who is weaker. I have come to ask Your Majesty for your opinion."

"Ah, monkey-like humans are so powerful?" The Snake King was shocked when he heard that humans could resist snake venom. He said, "Except for Emperor Nian, I have never heard of other animals that are not afraid of snake venom. It seems that I have to take the lead. One drop of my venom can kill at least a hundred or eighty of them."

"Of course, of course." The five-step snake spirit flattered: "As long as the king opens his mouth, I guarantee that all humans will die."

So the snake king dragged his huge body to the front of the battle. The snake spirit over the mountain peak shouted: "My king, you haven't judged who is stronger between me and Brother Wubu?"

"Who of you two is stronger? We'll know if you bite each other," the snake king said and left quickly.

The Mountain Peak Snake Demon and the Five-Step Snake Demon also thought it made sense, so they started fighting each other. The two snakes tore each other and bit each other, but in just a quarter of an hour, both died of the poison.

The snake king came to the front of the battle, but saw that the humans had fled into the cave again. Because of the fire belt blocking them, they could not attack. The snake king was furious and cursed: "You monkey-like humans, don't you want to duel with me? If you have the ability, don't run away. You are really a bunch of cowards and losers."

The other snake spirits also started cursing, but they were helpless and could only remain entrenched in front of the cave.

As soon as everyone retreated into the cave, Qiu hurriedly sent someone to get medicine: "Lao Zhu, Lao Song, quickly get the 'Hundred Poison Elimination' grass and feed it to Hu, Hai and the injured warriors."

Soon, someone brought the mashed medicine juice and fed it to the injured people. Except for the brothers Hu and Hai who were seriously injured and unconscious, Feng and Yun and others were fine because they took the medicine in time.

Although hundreds of poisonous snakes were killed in this battle, the snake king was not eliminated. Therefore, it can only be considered a failure.

Several people were seriously injured and unconscious before, and now there are two more seriously injured and unconscious. Qiu frowned and sighed.

"Cave Master, although the 'Hundred Poison Eliminating' grass can resist snake venom, the effect is only for a very short time. I don't think a head-on fight will work." Ping said to Qiu after seeing the losing situation.

"Yes." Qiu stroked his white beard and nodded, "Fortunately, we are close to the cave this time. If we chased too far, the consequences would be disastrous."

"Cave Master, what should we do now? Are we just going to sit and wait for death?" Dong asked.

"Everyone, just take care of your injuries for now, and I'll come up with a solution later." Qiu glanced at everyone and announced.

Everyone followed his advice and guarded the cave gate carefully and did not go out to fight again.

By evening, Yu, Damao, Xiaomao, Xiaohao, Feng who was injured today and more than twenty other people drank the snake detoxification medicine and after a day of recuperation, they all woke up and almost recovered. Only Xiaoxing and Xia, Ri, Miao, Ya and Dunzi were still unconscious.

Hong'er and Lan'er took care of Xiaoxing and Xia. During this period, they fed Xiaoxing many times of water and gave him medicine several times, but it was all in vain. Lan'er was busy all day and fell asleep beside him. Hong'er was not tired at all. Under the flickering firelight, she looked at Xiaoxing, who was dying, and felt very sad. Although she was jealous of Lan'er when the cave was flooded last time, she still loved Xiaoxing. Seeing him like this at this moment, how could she not be sad and cry?

While she was crying silently, Chen ignored the rest and dragged his tired body to visit them.

"Hong'er, how are Xing and Xia Ge?"

“Brother Chen,” Hong’er couldn’t help crying again when she saw Chen: “Brother Xing and Brother Xia fed them a lot of water and medicine, but they are still the same. They must be dead! Wuuwu——”