Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 213 "Get Out"

"Could it be the mask of the Demon Mother of the Demon Kingdom? Can those people show themselves in masks? Could the building inside this colossus be the residence of the Demon Mother?"

Yang Xueli picked up the ancient jade mask and spoke thoughtfully.

The core of the Demon Kingdom's religion is the Ghost Cave, the Snake God within the Ghost Cave, and the Ghost Mother who connects these two with the real world.

The rest of the people were almost all there to serve this purpose, so it's no wonder that Shirley Yang would have such a guess.

"No, each generation of the Demon Mother is the leader of the Demon Kingdom, a dual leader in politics and religion."

"Does this place look like a prison?"

Hu Ming said softly, "According to ancient records, the birth of each generation of the Ghost Mother is extremely cruel."

"They were selected from hundreds of girls, and those who were eliminated were the 'defective products'..."

"Defective products like Ah Xiang are, to the Demon Kingdom, blasphemy against the Ghost Cave and against the gods. Their only fate is..."

"Locked up here, subjected to extreme torture, or rather, reduced to food for religious mythical beasts..."

As he spoke, Hu Ming turned to look outside!
Although the interior of this black stone statue is structured like a prison, there are still some skylights around it, which seem to be used for air circulation.

Everyone was stunned, and followed Hu Ming's gaze.

The skylight next to them faces the canyon outside.

"Sigh~"

Upon seeing the situation outside, everyone felt their scalp tingle and their hearts pound with fear.

Unbeknownst to them, the area beneath the black stone statue had been completely surrounded by an endless array of monstrous black snakes.

That is the religious mythical beast of the Demon Kingdom, a retinue of the Serpent God, and a member of the Pure Vision Agama!
These Pure Vision Agamas range in size from at least half a meter long to as much as five or six meters long.

At the very front of the snake swarm, there was one that was clearly the snake king.

A rough estimate suggests it's at least twenty meters long and as thick as a bucket!
This creature is much larger than the world's largest python!
Surely, even those snakes in ancient Chinese legends that cultivated themselves to the point of transforming into dragons were no more than this?
Even more terrifying was that the venomous saliva of the snake king was constantly dripping from its mouth onto the ground.

snort~
A sound like sulfuric acid corroding came from afar, and in the blink of an eye, a large pit was corroded into the gray-black ground.

Immediately afterwards, bright red poisonous fungi covered the ground, only to wither and die in the blink of an eye, appearing and disappearing in an instant.

The toxicity of this snake saliva is terrifying.

"Gudong!"

Hu Bayi and his companions immediately swallowed hard.

"Where are the flashbangs? Akiko, did we bring any flashbangs with us this time?"

"Without flashbangs, we guys would all be turned into snake dung tonight!"

They had already witnessed the terror of this snake in the ancient city of Jingjue.

Having even witnessed the more bizarre phenomenon of human-snake symbiosis, he wasn't frightened by the Pure Vision Agama.

But this number…

Hu Bayi and Fatty both said they couldn't hold back their anger today.

At first glance, there are at least tens of thousands of them! Can you believe it!?
"Flashbang my foot! Do you think something like a flashbang would be effective against this snake king?"

Hu Ming raised an eyebrow and pointed at the snake king, which was staring menacingly at them.

"Probably...it won't work?" "But even if it can't deal with the snake king, the flashbang should at least take out its snake minions, right?"

The fat man stammered.

Such a big snake, and a mere flashbang?
If that thing were actually taken down by a flashbang, the fat guy would question his existence.

"That settles it then. It's just tens of thousands of Pure Vision Agamas and a snake king, right? Wait, I'll show you a magic trick!"

Hu Ming said casually, while his dragon eyes contracted and expanded repeatedly, and the tattoos on his body slowly appeared!
A mysterious pressure emanated from their two pupils.

It was like a large rock being thrown into a calm body of water.

Before long, a sudden commotion broke out among the snakes.

Countless black and red Pure Vision Agamas suddenly became agitated and restless.

Scaly creatures have extremely keen intuition; they could sense that a terrifying aura, as if it were the creator, was rapidly approaching.

Most importantly, this aura was filled with pure hostility, enough to instantly pulverize them.

But their instincts told them that in the face of this aura, they could not retreat even an inch, not even at the cost of death!
Among them, the snake king reacted the most violently, its huge body twisting and turning, its enormous tongue flicking out repeatedly.

Its body was so enormous that just by rolling over, dozens of its snake offspring were crushed.

"roll!"

Suddenly, Hu Ming's pupils contracted sharply, a golden light flashed, and he roared.

In an instant, the concentration of that peculiar aura in the air reached its peak.

bang~
In the blink of an eye, countless Pure Vision Agamas exploded, turning into a cloud of black mist that drifted uncertainly in the air.

Most of these Pure Vision Agamas that suddenly appeared were the smallest in size.

Those with larger body types in the Pure Vision Agamas were able to barely maintain their physical form.

However, this scene has awakened the existence of "gods" from more than two thousand years ago in their deepest memories.

The same pupils, the same mysterious power, the same terrifying ability to decide life and death.

"ssssssssssssssssssssssssssss~~"

The countless remaining Pure Vision Agamas didn't even care about the snake king's roars, frantically turning their heads and swimming their bodies.

Within minutes, the dense swarm of snakes had vanished.

Even the snake king at the head of the pack, in a human-like manner, shifted its "gaze" from Ah Xiang behind Yang Xueli and gave Hu Ming a deep look.

Then, it lowered its head, and its massive body suddenly began to dissipate, turning into a wisp of black smoke that drifted in the direction the snake swarm had left.

Their mission is to execute and devour any unfit demon mothers.

However, this mission was bestowed upon it by the Demon Mother, and facing the Demon Mother's eyes, it had no room for resistance whatsoever.

In the Demon Kingdom, the Ghost Mother who can communicate with the Ghost Cave and the Serpent God is the supreme being.

Even the divine beast Pure Vision Agama is only fit to be dominated by the Demon Mother.

The snake god, the ghost cave, the ghost mother, and then comes the Pure Vision Agama.

This is the unshakeable hierarchical system of the Demon Kingdom...

(End of this chapter)