Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Xing, we have been waiting here for a long time." Qiu suddenly stood up from under a tree, waving his spear and shouting: "Zhi, Dong, all warriors, come out, surround the Snake King and his army, and annihilate them all."

"Destroy the Snake King, destroy the snake army!" Suddenly, many hunters emerged from all directions, shouting slogans, and surrounded the Snake King and the snake army like an iron barrel.

Seeing this, the snake king and the snake demon panicked. The python demon trembled and asked the snake king: "My king, we are surrounded by humans, what should we do?"

The Snake King was still the Snake King after all, so he forced himself to remain calm, raised his head and encouraged the other snakes, saying, "My people, as long as humans don't use realgar, there's nothing to be afraid of. Everyone, come with me, wipe out all humans, and rescue Brother Dragon King."

"Yes, my king." Upon receiving the order, the python spirit and the other snake spirits hissed and spit out their cores, then attacked Xiao Xing, Chen and others in front of them.

"Chen, Yue, brothers, come with me, let's destroy the Snake King and his army, and avenge Xia Ge and Ri!" Xiao Xing shouted with his dance stick, and then rushed into the group of snakes.

Although many of the more than 10,000 snakes were killed by the people, there were still more than 8,000 left. Although everyone fought hard, they could not win for a while. Dong Sui took out realgar and threw it into the middle of the snakes, cursing: "You grandma's poisonous snakes, let you taste the taste of realgar again."

Xihezhong, Shugen Shuye and others saw this and threw realgar at the snakes. Soon, the snakes were fumigated by the realgar and had no intention of fighting, so they hid away.

"My lord, humans can't win the battle, and they're throwing realgar at us. What should we do?" asked the snake demon crossing the mountain.

"Humans are actually not trustworthy. Wait for me to question them." The snake king was extremely angry, and immediately shouted at Dong who was still throwing realgar: "Monkey-like human, you just promised not to use realgar, why are you going back on your word now and not keeping your word?"

"What credibility do we have when dealing with you damn poisonous snakes? If we don't use realgar, are we just waiting to be destroyed by you?" Dong answered harshly.

After hearing this, the snake king was furious and cursed: "You humans are so shameless and have no moral principles."

"Damn poisonous snakes, this is a trick of us humans. Just wait for death!" Dong Ke didn't care about that. He kept throwing realgar while calling on others: "West, North, Center, everyone, throw quickly and smoke them to death."

"My lord, with so much realgar thrown at me, I can't stand the smell. What should I do?" asked the black snake demon.

"Yes, my king, let's escape quickly!" said Guo Shanfeng.

"My lord, we are now surrounded by humans on all sides. There is nowhere to escape." The python spirit said helplessly.

"Don't worry, my people. I will go into battle, defeat the humans, and then take you away." The Snake King answered confidently.

After the snake king finished speaking, he twisted his huge body and rushed straight towards Xiaoxing in the west.

Xiaoxing and Chen were fighting a green snake spirit. When they saw the snake king rushing over, they quickly left the green snake spirit behind and swung their clubs at the snake king. Xiaoxing shouted, "Brothers, let's catch the king first. Let's go together and kill the snake king."

The snake king stood up its long body, which was more than ten feet tall. When it saw the stick coming, it shrank its head a few times and dodged it flexibly. Then it opened its huge mouth, which was two feet wide, and bit Xiaoxing.

If you get bitten by this bloody mouth, you will definitely be swallowed alive. Xiaoxing and Chen were so scared that they ran away in a hurry. The snake king did not chase them, but took advantage of this opportunity to escape.

"Xing, the snake king is trying to escape." Seeing this, Yue threw herself on the snake's tail without hesitation, holding the snake king tightly, not letting it go.

The snake king was big and naturally strong. With a flick of its tail, it threw Yue two feet away. Seeing this, Feng, Yun, Lei, and Dian rushed to the snake king and dragged it to stop it from escaping. Because of the heavy weight of the people, the snake king could not get rid of it, so it turned its head and devoured them. Feng could not dodge and was bitten by the snake king, who was about to swallow him alive.

"Evil snake, let go, let my brother go." Xiao Xing was so anxious that he rushed to the snake king and swung the wooden stick in his hand, hitting the snake king's head hard. Although the snake king was strong, he was also beaten to a pulp, so he spit out the wind and turned around like a madman to attack Xiao Xing again.

Xiaoxing swung his stick to fight back, but the snake king dodged again and bit Xiaoxing again. Xiaoxing dodged hastily, but a python wrapped his feet under his feet, so he couldn't run away. At the critical moment, Chen rushed over and hit the snake king's huge mouth with a stick. The snake king then abandoned Xiaoxing and attacked Chen again, and everyone and the snake king started a fierce battle.

Qiu in the east heard that the Snake King was trying to escape. Xiao Xing, Chen, Feng and others fought fiercely with the Snake King to stop him from escaping. He hurriedly called Dong in the south and Zhi in the north and said to them, "Dong, Zhi, the Snake King is trying to escape. You should bring your people with me to Xing's side to help."

"Understood, Cave Master." Upon hearing this, Dong Hezhi took a few people and quickly headed west.

Qiu Ye led Pinghe, Yang, Liu, Tong and others to rush to reinforce.

The snake king was besieged by everyone, and the snake spirits and ordinary snakes came to help. Xiaoxing, Chen, Yue, Feng and others were attacked by the snake army and lost their balance. They watched the snake king turn around and pick up Yun in one bite, then dragged Lei and Dian and ran away. At this time, Dong Hezhi had already arrived.

"Damn Snake King, where do you want to escape to?" Dong roared, leaped onto the Snake King, and hugged him tightly to prevent him from leaving. Then, Xi, Bei, Zhong, Heizi and others also climbed onto the Snake King and suppressed him together.

Seeing the snakes desperately protecting the snake king, Zhi said to Tong, Sang, Sheng and others who were following behind: "Tong, let's throw realgar and disperse the snake army."

"Got it, Zhi." Tong, Sang and others took out realgar and threw it at the snakes. The snakes were hit by the realgar and all of them shrank back and crouched, losing their will to fight and running around. Soon, except for the snake king, all the ordinary snakes and snake spirits fled away.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the snake king quickly spat out the cloud in his mouth, turned his head and bit Dong again. Dong was worthy of being the first warrior. He threw away the stone axe in his hand, climbed up the snake's body quickly, climbed up the snake's neck, and finally sat on the snake's head.

"You damn thing still wants to bite me? Go to hell!" Dong shouted loudly and punched the snake king on the head.

The snake king was hit several times and shook his head in pain, but he couldn't shake off the East. West, North and Central followed and climbed onto the snake's neck. The snake king was pressed down by hundreds of kilograms of weight, and his head was no longer able to hold up. He fell down like a big tree, and after landing, he immediately rolled over again, making his last dying struggle.

Qiu also rushed over at this time. Seeing this, he hurriedly ordered everyone to say, "Ping, Zhi, Xing, everyone, come together and stop the snake king."

"Yes, cave master." Pinghezhi, Tong, Sang, Xing, Chen and others received the order and rushed towards the snake king. More than ten people pinned it down so that it could not move.

Dong continued to hit the snake king on the head. The snake king had no way to escape or dodge, so he could only spit out his core and hiss.

Qiu came to the snake king, raised the stick, and said coldly: "Evil snake, under the absolute control, any resistance is futile. I advise you to surrender obediently and prepare to die."

Although the snake king was mad, he also understood his current situation - his life was in danger, so he begged for mercy from Qiu: "Powerful human, you have won. I hope you will show mercy and spare my life. I am willing to rebel against Emperor Nian, lead all the snake troops to surrender to you humans, and obey your orders forever."

Xiao Xing heard it from behind and immediately jumped off the snake king. He rushed to the front of the snake king and said sternly: "You evil snake, if you can't win the fight, just surrender. Bah, I want to avenge Xia Ge and Xiao Ri and the others, you die soon!" After saying that, he raised his stick and started to hit him in hatred.

The snake king pleaded pitifully again: "Powerful humans, I came to conquer you without any intention. I was forced by Emperor Nian and had no choice but to do so. I only ask you to let me go this time and promise not to harm humans again in the future."

Xiao Xing gritted his teeth and was still determined to fight. Qiu stopped him and said, "Xing, since the Snake King is willing to surrender, then just like the other beast kings, accept its surrender and spare its life!"

"Cave Master, the Snake King's attack this time caused the deaths and injuries of many brothers. His sins are serious. How can he be forgiven like other beast kings?" Xiaoxing asked stubbornly.

"Xing, the Snake King is right. After all, the reason they came to conquer us is because they were sent by the Nian Beast. Therefore, if we trace the root cause, it is still the Nian Beast that is causing all the trouble." Qiu defended the Snake King.

"Cave Master, in this case, let's go to Tianshan to conquer the Nian beast, avenge Xia Ge, Xiao Ri and others, and eliminate future troubles." Xiao Xing raised his arms and shouted.

"Yes! We must avenge our brother! Destroy the Nian beast! Eliminate future troubles!" Chen, Lei, Dian and others shouted.

Qiu stroked his white beard and said slowly: "Xing, Chen, go to Tianshan to conquer the Nian beast. This is a very important matter, so we should make long-term plans." He turned to Dong and said: "Dong, the snake king has surrendered. Tie him up with a rope first, and then lock him up with the other beast kings."

"Yes, cave master." Dong took the order, fetched a rope, tied the snake king firmly at the seven-inch point with the rope, then asked those who were pressing on it to get down, and finally led the snake king back to Tianju Cave.

Seeing that the snake spirits and the snake army were still fighting desperately, Qiu ordered the snake king: "Snake king, since you have surrendered, quickly order the snake army to stop fighting and surrender together."

"As you command, great human." The snake king was spared, so he naturally agreed. He immediately ordered the snake spirits, "Listen, my people: I have been defeated by humans, and now I surrender to them. All my people should stop fighting immediately and follow me to surrender to humans."

All the snake spirits and snake soldiers were shocked when they heard this. They stopped fighting and swam towards the snake king. The python spirit was relieved as if he had been liberated and said, "My king, I knew long ago that I couldn't beat humans, so I advised you to go back. Now you are captured by humans and surrender."

"My fellow people, although I have been captured, humans have promised to spare my life. I now order all snakes to recognize humans as their emperors and not to invade them again."

"Yes, my king." The snake spirits and snake soldiers nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the snake army had all surrendered, Qiu ordered all the warriors, "All warriors, listen up: since the snake army has surrendered, let them go back."

"Yes, cave master." Upon receiving the order, the warriors lifted the encirclement and allowed the snake spirits and snake soldiers to retreat on their own.

The roots and leaves murmured reluctantly, "Alas, another half-year-old food has been lost."

After the snake king was captured and the snake army dispersed, Qiu ordered everyone to treat the wounded and clean up the battlefield. Although Yue was thrown away by the snake king, fortunately, she only had some bruises. Although Feng and Yun were both held in the mouth of the snake king, they were not in danger of death because they took "Bai Du Xiao". So everyone sang the victory song, escorted the snake king, carried the dead snake, and returned in triumph.

In this war, mankind won a great victory. After dinner, as usual, a celebration meeting was held. The venue was already crowded with people, and torches lit up the surroundings as bright as day on the stage and off.

Qiu invited Xiaoxing, Chen, Yue, Feng, Yun, Lei, Dian, Dong, Xi, Bei, Zhong, Heizi, Shugen, Ye Shu, Zhi, Ping, Sang, Yang, Liu, Tong, etc. to the stage. Qiu stroked his white beard, cleared his throat and said to the people below the stage: "Dear warriors, dear people, this time the snake group invaded and caused many casualties. Today we finally defeated the snake army and captured the snake king alive, which is really gratifying."

When Qiu said this, everyone on and off the stage was delighted and applauded. Qiu waved his hand to everyone and continued, "The biggest contributors to this victory are Zhi Hedong, Xing and others. They took the trouble to get the realgar to drive away snakes. When we used the realgar to fight the snake army, the snake king fled to the mountain. It was Xing who presented the ten-sided ambush and led the snake king into the encirclement. Finally, with the efforts of all the warriors, the snake king was successfully subdued and captured. Everyone applauded the heroes on the stage."

"Wow——" When the audience heard this, they burst into warm applause again.