Who put the yellow robe on me?

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a low sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from the sky.

"what is that?"

An uneasy murmur echoed through the group, and everyone's eyes shot upwards.

A huge basket fell from a high altitude, hitting the ground with a heavy feeling of oppression and making a dull sound.

"boom!"

The basket broke into pieces in front of everyone, wood chips flew everywhere, and a faint fishy smell spread.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, as if time had stopped at that moment, with only the rustling sound of wind blowing through the leaves echoing in my ears.

In this eerie silence, Jiang Chen's heart sank suddenly, and his eyes were fixed on the pile of broken wooden boards.

Suddenly, the broken wood in the basket began to move, as if something was struggling inside.

"Something came out!" Xu Ningce shouted nervously, his eyes fixed on the broken basket.

In an instant, slippery and cold figures emerged from the broken pieces of the basket and crawled around in dense groups.

With the second, the third, and more figures coming one after another, like a tide surging, the ground was full of wriggling snake bodies.

"Snakes! It's snakes!" Jiang Chen was shocked and his pupils shrank suddenly. The colorful patterns on the snakes' bodies flashed with strange light in the sunlight, as if hinting at their venom.

"Ah? There's a snake! Run!"

The screams of fear instantly resounded through the forest, like a thunder exploding in everyone's ears.

The soldiers on the front line were thrown into chaos in an instant and turned around to escape.

Some people were so frightened that their faces turned pale, their legs went weak, and they seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move.

"This snake is colorful! It's poisonous!"

"I want to go home! Ah! Ah! Ah!"

"Oh my god! Someone please save me!"

These soldiers have seen a lot of swords and sabers in their daily lives. Facing the enemy's sharp swords, they can be fearless and even die without regrets.

However, at this moment, facing these poisonous snakes, their hearts were devoured by deep fear.

The figures of the snakes seemed to be infinitely magnified in their eyes, and each slippery figure looked like a demon from hell.

"Hold on! Everyone, hold on!" Zhong Xiaodan shouted, trying to suppress everyone's fear with his voice, but his voice seemed insignificant amid the screams of the soldiers.

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He knew that if he allowed this panic to spread, the entire team would likely collapse completely under the threat of the snakes.

And what's worse is that if the enemy attacks now, they will be like lambs to be slaughtered.

"Deng Yunde, find some cloth strips! Xu Ningce, light the torches! Everyone use the torches to drive away these snakes!" Jiang Chen quickly gave the order, with a strong sense of oppression in his voice. He knew that he had to take action as soon as possible, otherwise the situation would only get worse.

"Quick! Get torches! Drive away the snakes!" Xu Ningce and Deng Yunde acted quickly. The soldiers came back to their senses from the chaos and began to look for branches and cloth strips that could be burned.

Suddenly, from where the sky was filled with flying arrows, a melodious flute sound suddenly came, and the flute sound echoed in the forest like flowing water. The flute sound was soft but with a strange feeling that made people shudder.

The sound of the flute seemed more like a command. The wriggling poisonous snakes seemed to be given new life. They instantly crawled towards Jiang Chen and others from all directions, faster and more ferociously than before.

Zhong Xiaodan and others immediately drew their swords and slashed at the poisonous snakes with all their might.

The sword light cut through the air, carrying with it a sharp cold light, accompanied by the dull sound of the sword blade chopping the snake's body. Several poisonous snakes were cut in two, but more poisonous snakes pounced on the soldiers like evil spirits.

A king cobra quietly slid out from the grass, its thick body coiled on the ground, and its scales flashed coldly in the dim light.

Its cold eyes stared at Jiang Chen, as if locking onto its prey. It raised its head, its tongue retracting and inhaling, making a hissing sound.

Jiang Chen felt cold sweat on his back and took several steps back, but suddenly he stepped on a stone and his body leaned back involuntarily, leaning against a tree, with no way to retreat.

His hand tightened around the dagger, his heart beating like a drum. The cobra king became more ferocious, its head swaying slightly, as if searching for the best angle to strike.

Suddenly, the cobra king leaped up, and its body rushed towards Jiang Chen like a black shadow, with deadly fangs, aiming directly at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen breathed rapidly and instinctively swung his dagger, slashing and stabbing wildly, but he didn't hit the cobra at all.

Just as the venomous fangs were about to bite Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen's mind went blank and fear filled his heart.

"It's over, it's time to get my lunch!" Jiang Chen felt unwilling.

At this moment, there was a "whoosh" sound, and a cold light split the air like lightning.

The cobra king's head shook violently, and the next moment, its ferocious body was split in half in the air. The two halves of the snake's body rolled and fell to the ground, splashing a blood mist.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Zhong Xiaodan quickly put away his sword, his eyes cold, but his voice full of concern.

Jiang Chen shook his head, still in shock.

Deng Yunde walked over, holding a small bag filled with yellow powder in his hand, and then gently applied the yellow powder on Jiang Chen's arms and thighs.

Jiang Chen only felt a coolness passing through his skin. The powder had a unique spicy smell that seemed to penetrate his sense of smell instantly.

"What is this?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask.

Deng Yunde quickly sprinkled the remaining powder toward the area where the venomous snakes were gathered, saying, "Your Highness the Sixteenth, this is realgar."

As the powder sprinkled on the ground, the poisonous snakes that had been surrounding them began to stir.

The poisonous snakes twisted their bodies as if they smelled some deadly smell, and began to retreat. Some even twisted their bodies madly and quickly fled into the distance.

Xu Ningce also lit a torch at the same time. As the flames flickered and the torches approached, the poisonous snakes seemed to lose all their aggressiveness and scattered madly in all directions.

Zhong Xiaodan saw that the poisonous snake was temporarily controlled, and then he seized the opportunity, his eyes turned cold, and he quickly drew his bow and arrow.

His movements were as smooth and efficient as flowing water. As the bowstring vibrated, the Shadow Arrow cut through the air and headed straight for the direction where the flute sound came from.

"Swoosh--" the arrow flew out, and after a moment, the sound of the flute stopped abruptly, as if it had never existed.

The moment the flute sound disappeared, the poisonous snakes that were originally fleeing in all directions suddenly seemed to have lost some kind of control and began to wander around unconsciously. Some even collapsed directly to the ground, and the ferocious aura just now completely disappeared.

Jiang Chen watched this scene, and the tension and fear in his heart finally slowly eased, as if the stone hanging in his heart had finally fallen to the ground.

He thought he could face the flash of swords and the shadow of sabers, but he didn't expect that facing these cold-blooded venomous snakes, the fear in his heart would be so deep.

He felt his feet go soft, and he sat down at the roots of an ancient tree nearby. The rough texture of the bark shone through his clothes, giving him a sense of reality.

"Holy shit! I scared my dad to death!"

Jiang Chen was breathing heavily, his heart still pounding.

Xu Ningce held the torch and looked at Deng Yunde, his heart full of doubts: "Brother Deng, where did this yellow powder come from?"