A burst of Bamboo Flute music suddenly drifted out of the forest.
The tune sounded monotonous, without any rhythm to it.
Yet the three Giant Pythons seemed to dance to the flute, looking as seductive as they were eerie.
Hearing the flute, I suddenly realized something. It had to be controlling those three Giant Pythons. No, perhaps there were more than just three.
Sure enough, waves of rustling sounds reached our ears.
Zhang Jing moved closer to me and actually grabbed my arm. "Could it be a swarm of snakes?"
I said nothing, but my heart sank.
That was right. The same possibility had suddenly occurred to me.
Those rustling sounds were very much like the sound of a snake swarm approaching.
Our guess was quickly confirmed. We had guessed right. Countless snakes truly darted out of the forest—large and small, in all sorts of colors. Almost every kind of snake one could name was there. These snakes did not seem like mechanical beasts. I could not even sense the slightest energy fluctuation from them.
These were real snakes!
And most of them were highly venomous.
Zhang Jing was trembling.
As a woman, it was perfectly normal for her to react that way upon seeing so many snakes.
Forget her—even my scalp was tingling.
"What do we do? Jiang Xiaobai, I-I'm afraid of snakes."
She had remained calm when there had only been three Giant Pythons, but now, faced with a densely packed swarm of snakes, she was completely flustered. Terror was written all over her face.
I said softly, "Don't be afraid. Let me think of something."
Fortunately, the snakes merely surrounded us without attacking. They seemed to be awaiting someone's command. I guessed that as soon as the flute changed its tune, they would pounce on us.
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