Chapter 22: The Great Battle of Life and Death (Second Update)

  A sudden and mournful horn shattered the tranquility of Qili Gou, before which the villagers had been preparing for battle with bated breath. The urgent warning horn sounded in front, all the villagers were on high alert, their spirits lifted to the highest state.

  Families who had made preparations beforehand hastily hid their women and children in the dugouts they had prepared.

  Inside and outside the village, people's shadows were faintly visible. A group of warriors rushed to their positions in an orderly manner according to the arrangement. At this moment of life and death, all young people, except for the warriors, were determined to defend their homes. Of course, those with strong martial arts skills, like the warriors, naturally took the lead and guarded the outer periphery. Ordinary people like Lin Heng could only stay in the village to maintain order and prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to steal things.

  Qili Gou is located at the edge of Manghu Mountain. If that evil thing appears, Qili Gou will be the first to suffer. When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer. If Qili Gou can't hold on, the next village to suffer will obviously be others. So the warriors from several nearby villages also rushed to come and help.

  After several days of preparation, within twenty miles of the edge of Manghu Mountain, all key points were being closely monitored by personnel. The evil creature would surely not be able to evade detection.

  The alarm horn suddenly sounded, indicating that the evil thing had really appeared and was not far from itself.

  Lin Heng held the hunting spear of the Na Zha tribe, gazing at the large group of warriors rushing to support from the mountain pass, and his heart was also very anxious.

  After inquiring for several days, he finally learned that the so-called evil object was a hundreds-of-years-old demon beast: the Crowned Scaled Python, which was said to have reached above four ranks. His father, Lin Yao, had been out of contact, and judging from his expected return date, something should have happened. If it weren't for his mother's obstruction and the village's checkpoints that prevented him from entering, he would have definitely gone deep into the Mang Tiger Mountain by now. The only thing he could do now was to hope that his father would be blessed with good fortune and not encounter the Crowned Scaled Python.

  Near the outer edge of Mount Hupeng, a mountain ridge undulated, "Rumble!", A thick snake tail like a whip enlarged hundreds of times swept across, the lush forest suddenly flew horizontally with branches and trunks, and the ground was devastated.

  Several people standing on the treetops, quickly dispersed and jumped away, without caring about their dusty faces, held the ancient patterned ring in their hands and once again attacked the huge snake head from different directions.

  The ancient ring shook, and it was as if an illusion was born. The number of rings increased, their size grew larger, and they formed a series of shadows the size of basins. The seven people's rings suddenly produced seven layers of ring shadows, transforming and changing, as if turning into bright moons. Each one followed the ancient ring's body, pressing down on various parts of the demon crown python. The most robust and sturdy ring was held by the leader of the Seven Li Gou tribe, Huo Tianzhao, who attacked from the front.

  The demon crown scales python's body slipped away, its curved body swinging at a large angle, opening its bloody basin-like mouth, not hesitating to swallow those cold mysterious rings of energy.

  "Hula" those densely packed and powerful virtual shadows that were about to devour it whole, but the Hanyu Tongtian Ring, a fourth-grade weapon, was not to be underestimated. Its main body gave birth to a new life, and its virtual body suddenly expanded with a loud "hula" sound, rapidly inflating the snake's head like a mountain at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  Han Xuan's Tian Tian Huan was extremely powerful, but if it were in the past, the demon king would have swallowed it with one bite. However, after a fierce battle with two human masters and swallowing Qing Lei Gou Xian, he suffered severe injuries, his strength not even a fifth of what it normally was.

  It opened its mouth wide, first slowly, then suddenly a nearly hundred-meter-long body formed several curved swings, coiling and sweeping towards several people. The huge ring shadow that was swallowed into the mouth immediately resonated with the ancient ring pattern. Huo Tian took advantage of the fleeting opportunity, risking his life to spit out a mouthful of vital blood, burning all his energy without hesitation, and with a single thought, "Boom" exploded the giant python's tongue, splashing blood and flesh everywhere.

  The scaled python was in unbearable pain, its ferocity bursting forth, and without regard for the extreme danger, it suddenly swallowed all of the overlapping shadows into its belly. Its waist, as thick as a water bucket, rolled up and swept across the sky, and the six second-grade officials, along with Cow Big Uncle, could not withstand it, spewing out arrows of fresh blood as they were struck flying.

  The formation of the seven people is exactly the secret book "Seven Days Tongxuan Formation", which is the original formation method of Hanshengtong Tianhuan, and can maximize the power of Hanshengtong Tianhuan.

  They had previously seen the Crowned Scaled Python severely injured, thinking that with the mystery of the formation and the power of the Cold Xuan Heavenly Ring, they might be able to eradicate this great evil. However, they did not expect that after hundreds of years of cultivation, the Crowned Scaled Python's abilities far exceeded their previous expectations.

  Eyes saw a blow being defeated, Huo Tianzhao immediately gritted his teeth: "Ice and Fire Seven Mysterious Body!"

  His voice had just faded away, when he spat out a mouthful of blood, and the ancient ring in his hand suddenly rang out with a loud clang, as if there was a huge wild beast inside that had suddenly awakened, trembling non-stop. He exhausted all his strength to urge it on, the ancient ring spinning round and round, suddenly like fireworks, bouncing high into the air.

  Binghuo Qixuan Body is the final move of the Seven Days Mystic Array, and also the most powerful one. However, once this move is executed, the seven people's inner energy will be completely depleted. If they can't kill the Crowned Scale Python, they can only wait for death!

  This is a high-stakes gamble, betting with the lives of seven second-grade warriors!

  Others knew that life and death were at stake, and they didn't hold back either. Similarly, the remaining potential in their bodies burned fiercely, and in an instant, different colored ancient rings met in the sky. As if attracted by a magnet, seven rings flashed and merged together, forming a transparent entity about 10 meters high, like an iron cage.

  As the "iron cage" gradually expanded, the seven-colored rings merged into a strange dark brown color.

  Seven people stared unblinkingly at the ancient ring's transformation, holding their breath and accelerating their inner energy. This was their final attempt; whether they would win or lose depended on whether they could successfully launch an attack.

  The giant serpent's crown was threatened by the "iron cage", it raised its massive snake head, vigilantly staring at Dongdong who was slowly swelling up. After two consecutive battles with humans, its crown was now a bloody mess, more than half of it was gone, and its body scales were also falling off in large numbers, wounds all over its body were gushing out blood, its jaw and fangs were blown to one side.

  This king who made monsters and demons tremble with fear in the tens of thousands of miles around Mount Bao, had not a hint of nobility left under human challenge.

  This is also the reason for its anger, it has been closed for 50 years and thought that it could dominate all regions. But as soon as it came out, it was ambushed by two human masters. It lost more than half of its martial power, and now it's being intercepted and ambushed by these insignificant low-ranking warriors, how can it not be furious?

  I must devour you all! I will definitely turn these insignificant humans into something within my belly!

  Its eyes flashed with angry light, its body tens of meters long suddenly rose like a broom in the sky, curved into a ring shape, and its tail swept horizontally. The "boom" contained tens of thousands of pounds of fierce power, impacting on that "iron cage", causing a violent tremor.

  It only felt that the invincible tail strike of the past was like hitting a hard stone wall, and it suddenly felt a scorching pain, but it couldn't shake the "iron cage" at all. Just then, "whoosh", its long tail actually caught fire, smelling of burnt smell.