si-mexico Chapter 9 The Most Hated Look
Chapter 9 The Most Hated Look
The old man's loving gaze then fell on the boy, and he raised his hand with trembling hands to rub the boy's head.
The boy was far braver than the old man, his eyes brimming with tears: "Grandpa, I'm not afraid."
"Good, good, good..." The old man hugged the boy with satisfaction: "I promise you!"
Ding Xuehui and Wang Zhe exchanged a glance, both beaming with joy. Players were forbidden from disrespecting the Snake Fairy, but these villagers were not bound by the rules.
Instance time: 6:42.
[Evacuation point countdown: 3 hour 46 minutes 19 seconds.]
The old village chief and the boy went to gather the villagers, with the three of them following behind. There were only twenty or thirty villagers left in the village. The torment of the past two years had left everyone physically and mentally exhausted. At the old village chief's command, all the villagers took their weapons and headed to the Snake Fairy Temple.
These villagers had harbored resentment for a long time. More than 20 people rushed into the ancient temple like a swarm of bees. The elderly smashed the altar, while the young people used thick hemp ropes to tie up the snake spirit statue and worked together to pull it off the high platform.
The enormous human-headed, snake-bodied statue crashed to the ground in front of everyone, shattering into pieces with a thunderous bang.
The snake's head, hidden inside the stone statue, was once again exposed to the air, causing everyone to gasp in shock.
Because the snake's head still shows no signs of decay, and bright red blood can still be clearly seen slowly flowing out of the broken end.
Wang Zhe tried to rush forward to snatch the snake's head, but saw the old village chief pour a bucket of kerosene on it.
The villagers held torches high, and the atmosphere was lively.
Burn her!
Burn her!
Burn her!
As torches were thrown into the temple, which was soaked in oil, a raging fire rose like the sun.
"Damn it! It's a snakehead!" Wang Zhe shouted anxiously.
"Are you out of your mind?!" Jiang Lin dragged Wang Zhe out of the Snake Fairy Temple.
Wang Zhe stamped his foot anxiously: "How are we going to get out without a snakehead? Third brother, what do we do!"
A wave of scorching heat hit him, ruffling Jiang Lin's hair, but the young man showed no sign of panic: "It's not over yet."
The crowd suddenly erupted in screams, as if confirming the young man's judgment.
A gigantic serpentine shadow appeared within the ancient temple engulfed in flames. Accompanying it was a plume of black smoke that shot straight into the sky, obscuring the sun like a celestial dog swallowing it, and in an instant, all light vanished, as if night had fallen!
"snake!"
"There are snakes!"
Hearing the leader's silent call, a large number of black snakes descended the mountain path in dense numbers, arriving like a roaring tide in no time.
Strangely, they did not attack anyone, but instead, like moths, fearlessly plunged into the raging fire.
Everyone stared in shock at this unbelievable scene, and the air began to fill with the smell of burning meat.
Jiang Lin initially thought the black snakes were risking their lives to fight the fire, but as the flames grew stronger and the thick snake shadows became clearer in the fire, he suddenly realized what was going on.
They are offering sacrifices!
The snakes sacrificed their lives to give the white snake the power to be reborn!
The serpent demon rose from the flames, its silvery-white scales reflecting a scarlet light. The thick snake coiled itself upwards, its head perched atop the ruins, looking down upon the mortals who were like ants.
And her appearance was exactly the same as the cannibalistic old woman that Jiang Lin and the others had encountered before!
"He's...he's alive!"
"The snake demon is alive!"
Someone shouted, which completely ignited a riot in the crowd!
"Ahhh-"
She's alive!
"The snake demon is alive!"
Screams erupted one after another.
"Come back here, all of you!" the old village chief shouted as he saw the fleeing crowd.
Unfortunately, under the shadow of the ever-growing serpent, few were willing to confront the fear of death.
However, even those who were cowardly could not escape, and they all screamed in agony.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
"Help!"
Those who tried to escape grew snake scales frantically, and as they ran, their legs horribly transformed into long snake tails. In just a dozen breaths, they transformed into snake-men, writhing in agony on the ground!
"grandfather!"
The old village chief was about to check on the others when he heard his grandson scream beside him. Turning around, he saw that the boy's feet had also turned into snake tails. The old man frantically grabbed the boy's upper body: "Ah Jin! Ah Jin!"
"Grandpa, it hurts so much!" The boy cried, tears streaming down his face, clutching the old man's arm in panic. But the snake transformation was too fast; he could only watch helplessly as his hands turned into fleshy balls and fell away.
The boy, who had lost both his hands and feet, was unable to stand. The old village chief, his eyes bloodshot, grabbed the boy's snake-like body and roared angrily at the snake demon in the flames: "Beast, I'm going to kill you!"
"Beasts? Heh..." The white snake raised its head high and uttered a hoarse voice: "Back then, it was I who expended my magic power to draw upon the source of the earth's veins and bring down rain and dew! You repay kindness with enmity, taking advantage of my weakness to devour my flesh and drink my blood! How are you any different from beasts?"
Jiang Lin's expression shifted slightly; he hadn't expected that the truth he heard from the old village chief wasn't the real truth.
"I'm going to kill you!" The old village chief, enraged that his past had been exposed, swung his hoe at the snake demon.
With a flick of its tail, the white snake sent the old village chief flying back, causing him to howl in pain. The next second, he looked up to see the old woman's face right in front of him.
The old village chief crawled backward in fright, his face filled with panic but still filled with resentment, shouting, "Beast! You beast! I should have ground you to dust back then! If you have the guts, kill me!"
"Kill?" The white snake raised her head, her eyes filled with boundless hatred. "No, death is the shortest pain. I want you all to live! To become the very thing you despise most!"
The old village chief struggled to get up in anger, only to find that his legs were weak and he was so frail that he could not stand.
"My legs! My hands!" The old village chief was terrified and tried to call for help, but saw that the whole village was prostrate on the ground.
Just like the curse of the White Snake, all the surviving villagers in the entire village turned into monsters that were neither human nor demon!
The only ones who were safe and sound were Jiang Lin and two other outsiders!
Wang Zhe, with his burly frame, shamelessly shrank behind Ding Xuehui: "My God, the Anaconda scourge!"
Ding Xuehui was speechless. This was terrible. How could this guy still be in the mood to joke?
"You lied to me!" The old village chief realized with a start and roared at the young man, trying to pounce on him like a madman. Unfortunately, his body had already turned into a snake covered in black scales, leaving only his head. His frantic twisting made him look both terrifying and comical.
"You tricked me into breaking the seal!"
"You're all in cahoots!"
Faced with the other party's impotent rage, Jiang Lin chuckled and said, "Treating kindness with enmity, this is the only way to end up like this."