Buzz—
The air trembled. The Teleportation Array's dim blue light suddenly flared, then went out. The piercing hum of energy gradually faded as Hua Qiang led the group onto unfamiliar ground.
The moment they found their footing, a thick, fishy stench rushed straight into their nostrils, mixed with the damp scent of rotting leaves and turning their stomachs upside down.
"This is..."
Hua Xiaoyao frowned slightly and looked toward the valley in the distance. His pupils abruptly contracted.
A thousand meters ahead, a winding valley stretched across the land. Its entrance was as wide as the blood-filled maw of some colossal beast, with no end visible at a glance.
Most terrifying of all, the entire valley was almost completely occupied by snakes.
Giant Pythons as thick as water barrels coiled around ancient trees growing from the cliff walls, their scales reflecting an eerie, cold gleam beneath the sunlight.
Slender venomous snakes like vines darted across the ground, their densely packed bodies intertwining into a writhing black ocean.
There were also brilliantly colored, highly venomous snakes, raising their triangular heads high as they flicked their forked tongues and let out hissing sounds.
The sounds gathered together like countless steel needles scraping against their eardrums.
The moment Kim Ji-soo saw the scene before her clearly, her face turned as pale as paper, and her body began trembling uncontrollably.
She instinctively wrapped her arms tightly around Hua Qiang's waist, burrowing into his embrace like a koala. Her cheek pressed against his chest as she squeezed her eyes shut, not daring to look again.
Her voice trembled with tears. "Husband, I'm scared... There are so many snakes. I'm so scared!"
Hua Jing was not doing much better. Her lips were pressed tight until they turned white, and both hands clutched one of Hua Qiang's