Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 352: Black Miasma Ancient Road

The vague roads in the forest were still bumpy, but it was much easier than walking through the impenetrable forest a day or two ago.

The air was filled with the rotting smell of dead trees and leaves, and it became stronger as we walked forward. This smell was very common in the forest, and we were used to it when we passed through Xiaotu Mountain, so we didn't pay much attention to it.

The dry food they brought with them was running low, so getting food became the top priority. After losing a sharpshooter like Su Mishun, it was not easy to get prey.

Chu Xiaomu's archery accuracy was second only to Su Mishun, so naturally he had to take on the task of shooting birds and rabbits. However, although the forest was large, prey was rare. Chu Xiaomu had to shoot three or four arrows before he could hit one. He walked from morning to afternoon and only shot two pheasants and a tree mouse, which was barely enough to feed eight people.

Zhou Weide shouted "I'll do it", snatched the bow and arrow from Zhou Weiyi's hand, took the arrows from the quiver on his back, and shot three arrows at a long-tailed pheasant perched on the treetop. The long-tailed pheasant was startled and flew high. Zhou Weide shot three more arrows in a row, but still didn't shoot down a single feather. When he touched the quiver again, he had used up all the feather arrows. Zhou Weide was furious, put the horn bow on the ground and broke it with two snaps, cursing: "What a broken bow and broken arrow, it's useless!" No one paid any attention to him.

There were many mushrooms and wild fruits in the mountains, but most of them were unfamiliar, and people were afraid of poisoning so they didn't dare to eat them. But the wood spirit fruit that Zhou Weide had been talking about all the way was never seen.

At noon that day, everyone was tired and hungry, so they lay down under a big tree to rest for a while.

As soon as Chu Xiaomu closed his eyes, he suddenly heard a slight rustling sound above his head. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "Could it be that those red bugs appear again?!" He jumped up involuntarily and looked up. It was a gray-black snake as thick as an arm, spitting out a black tongue and hanging above Zhou Weide's head under the tree.

Zhou Wei De closed his eyes and smacked his lips, as if he was dreaming of a beef feast.

Chu Xiaomu picked up a small branch and threw it at him. Zhou Weide woke up immediately, stared at Chu Xiaomu and asked, "What are you doing?"

Chu Xiaomu hushed, raised his index finger and pointed upwards, signaling him to look above his head.

Zhou Weide looked up and saw the snake opening its mouth wide to bite him. Zhou Weide jumped up instantly, grabbed the snake's vital point, and pulled him down from the tree.

The big snake arched its body and wrapped itself around him twice in the blink of an eye.

Everyone shouted and rushed forward to help. Chu Xiaomu also drew the black iron sword in his hand, ready to kill the big snake at any time.

Zhou Weide yelled, "Don't help me, I'll kill it by myself! How dare it bite me!"

Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Zhou Weide to not want their help, so they stopped. Zhang Hou laughed and said, "Let's see our brother Deer show his power today!"

Zhou Weiyi was worried about his brother's safety, so he went to help him with his spear in hand. However, Zhou Weide scolded him, "Little Yi'er, get out of the way? I told you to kill it alone!"

Although the snake was large and no one knew if it was poisonous, Zhou Weide had grabbed it by the seven-inch mark and could do nothing to it. Therefore, everyone was not worried and just watched him and the snake rolling around on the ground. They would be able to help in time if danger arose.

The snake was very strong, and it circled around Zhou Weide twice, gradually tightening. It was so strong that Zhou Weide couldn't break free at all, and gradually he felt a little breathless, but he still didn't forget to stop everyone from going up to help.

After rolling a few more times, Zhou Weide became anxious and bit the snake just below the seven inches. His mouth was big to begin with, so he bit it with great force, leaving the snake bleeding profusely.

He had been extremely hungry for a long time. At this moment, the warm snake blood flowed into his throat and then into his stomach. He immediately gained a lot of strength and simply drank the snake blood in big gulps.

After a while, the snake gradually lost its strength and loosened its grip. Zhou Weide took the spear from Zhou Weiyi and nailed the tip of the spear into the snake's head. The snake twisted a few times and finally died and did not move.

Zhou Weide climbed up from the ground panting and said, "How dare they bite me!"

Everyone cheered loudly, praising Zhou Weide for his superb martial arts and invincibility. Zhang Hou said, "Brother Deer, you are so powerful, maybe you have activated the Force?" Zhou Weide smiled.

The sudden appearance of the big snake not only added some fun to the meal, but also relieved the eight people's hunger. They immediately skinned and cleaned the snake, roasted it over the fire, and ate it with relish.

It was 3 p.m., and it was still early for the sun to set. The forest was gradually getting darker, and Qisheng started to jog for some reason.

After everyone had rested enough, they mounted their horses and chased after them.

Chu Xiaomu called out to Qisheng several times to slow down, but Qisheng seemed to ignore him and continued to trot forward. Chu Xiaomu sped up his horse and chased after him, leaning sideways to grab its neck to slow it down. However, Qisheng shook him off and ran even faster.

Chu Xiaomu was puzzled. When he turned around to tell everyone, he saw a layer of blue-black mist rising in the woods half a mile behind him, slowly surging after them.

Seeing Chu Xiaomu's surprised expression, everyone looked back. Suddenly, an idea flashed in Lin Zhen's mind, and he shouted, "This is miasma! Everyone, run!" After saying that, he threw the reins and rode away.

Others have also heard of the term "miasma". It can often be seen in ordinary mountains and is not a very scary thing.

Zhang Hou said, "It's just miasma, we have it in Xihai City too, what are you afraid of?"

Lin Zhen shouted, "This is different. Didn't you see that it's black? 'White miasma causes disease, black miasma kills', haven't you heard of it? And this is the Beast Mountain!"

Everyone listened to his serious words, and after learning that the dark blue smoke-like thing was indeed terrifying, they all reacted and urged their horses to run.

At this point, everyone finally understood why this road was called the Black Miasma Ancient Road - the strange boulder bridge, the sharp stones, the steep and slippery slopes, the mosquitoes everywhere and the horrible red worms that eat everything... these were nothing. The truly terrifying thing about this road was the surging blue-black miasma!

The mountain roads were rugged and difficult for the horses to run, so they did not run very fast. After running for a while, the eight horses were already panting heavily from exhaustion. Looking back, they saw that the dark blue miasma was still flowing towards them at an unhurried pace. It did not fade, but became even thicker. The dark blue gradually turned into black...

At this critical moment, life was at stake. If the black miasma caught up with them, not only would the eight of them be killed, but the eight horses would also be in danger. Therefore, they didn't care if the horses were tired, and kept urging them to run faster.