Obscuris Labyrinth

At this very critical moment, suddenly, Zhao Yuxuan shouted at the top of his lungs, "Li Ruize, there is still an extremely remarkable treasure in my home. You must want it, right?" His voice was particularly abrupt in this tense atmosphere.

Hearing this, Li Yifei immediately let out a short gasp. In an instant, the one named "Xingda" seemed as if it had been cast with a body - freezing spell and stopped abruptly. At this time, it was just one step away from Zhao Yuxuan. The strong stench emanating from it rushed straight into Zhao Yuxuan's nose, making him almost vomit.

Li Ruize, who had been silent all this time, finally opened his mouth and said slowly, "Oh, Zhao Yuxuan, what kind of treasure is there in your home? Why don't you tell me about it?"

Zhao Yuxuan slowly stood up. His body trembled involuntarily, and his eyes were filled with deep fear of "Xingda". His heart seemed to be tightly gripped by an invisible hand, and he just wanted to get as far away from this extremely dangerous creature as possible. So, he carefully took several steps backward before saying tremblingly, "Li Ruize, have you ever heard of the Tianji Stone?"

Li Ruize's curiosity was indeed piqued, and he asked, "The Tianji Stone? I've never heard of it. What on earth is it?"

At this very moment, Zhao Yuxuan suddenly raised his hands upward and forcefully threw a handful of things hidden in his hands towards "Xingda"'s eyes while shouting loudly, "It's not a thing."

While shouting, his body reacted quickly without wasting this hard - won opportunity. He turned around and ran frantically towards the left.

In fact, at the moment when he was pushed down by "Xingda", countless thoughts flashed through Zhao Yuxuan's mind like a movie. He knew very well that compared with "Xingda", his strength was far inferior. In this half - minute when life and death were just a blink away, "Xingda" was fully capable of easily tearing him into several bloody pieces. "As long as the bright moon shines on the five lakes, there will always be a place to cast the golden hook." He murmured this sentence in his heart, as if to cheer himself up. Now that he knew who his enemy was, his life had become extremely precious. As long as Li Ruize and Li Yifei were still alive, he must not die. He secretly vowed to take revenge, to pay them back in their own coin and let them taste the cruel and bloody taste as well.

So, just now, while using words to temporarily hold off "Xingda"'s imminent attack, he quietly inserted a dagger into his waist and quietly grabbed a handful of dirt with both hands. Taking advantage of the break in conversation, he suddenly threw the dirt towards "Xingda"'s fierce - looking eyes with lightning speed. He desperately needed these few seconds because about ten - odd meters to the left, there was a pile of rubble. Among the rubble, there was a narrow stone crevice that could only allow him to pass sideways. "Xingda" was huge in size and couldn't get into this crevice. As long as he could successfully squeeze in, he could temporarily escape from "Xingda"'s relentless pursuit. As for how to get out after squeezing into the crevice, he didn't have time to think about it at the moment. Preserving his life right now was the top priority.

Although "Xingda" seemed rather intelligent, it was still a wild beast after all. Facing the dirt suddenly thrown by Zhao Yuxuan, it had no way to avoid it. The moment the dirt hit its eyes, it immediately covered its eyes with its hands and let out a strange cry. When it slowly opened its eyes again, Zhao Yuxuan was only a few meters away from that crevice.

"Xingda" was obviously completely enraged by Zhao Yuxuan's actions. It roared angrily, pushed hard with its legs against the ground, and pounced towards Zhao Yuxuan. With this jump, it covered a distance of three or four meters. It jumped like this three times in a row, and in the blink of an eye, it was behind Zhao Yuxuan, stretching out its arm to grab at his back. And at this critical moment, Zhao Yuxuan had already successfully squeezed into the crevice.

Seeing "Xingda"'s hairy big hand reaching in to grab him, Zhao Yuxuan hurriedly squeezed deeper into the crevice as hard as he could. He squeezed in about two meters and could no longer go any further. Fortunately, "Xingda"'s arm was not long enough to reach him.

Zhao Yuxuan looked at "Xingda"'s unwilling appearance. Although it was dim inside the crevice and he couldn't see the specific situation outside clearly, he could hear "Xingda" still growling strangely and reaching out its hand to randomly grab outside the crevice. He clenched his teeth tightly and thought to himself: He must not be frightened by it like this. So, instead, he summoned up his courage and took two steps forward, pulled out the dagger tucked in his waist, and stabbed with all his strength at "Xingda"'s outstretched arm. This stab hit right on the upper side of its wrist.

The dagger in his hand was bought from the Miao people in Yunding Village. Most of the Miao people live in the mountains. To guard against the wild beasts in the mountains, the knives they make have always been extremely sharp. Moreover, Zhao Yuxuan stabbed with all his might. Even though "Xingda"'s skin was thick and hairy, it couldn't withstand this sudden blow. Only to hear it roar again, and its arm retracted as if it had been electrocuted.

It was pitch - dark inside the crevice, and the moonlight couldn't shine in at all. Zhao Yuxuan couldn't see whether there was blood on the tip of the dagger. He hesitated for a moment, then reached out his hand to touch it, and immediately felt a wet patch. He immediately understood in his heart that "Xingda" must have been injured. For a moment, a feeling of relief welled up in his heart.

Just at this time, Zhao Yuxuan saw several figures swaying outside the crevice. It turned out that Li Yifei and Li Ruize were slowly walking towards this side. Only to hear Li Yifei sneer and say, "Zhao Yuxuan, I really didn't expect you to be so cunning. You actually used such a delaying tactic to escape here and even injured my 'Xingda'. But don't think you can get away like this."

While talking, she had already taken out a short flute from her bosom, then put the flute to her lips and began to play. Immediately, a shrill melody came out.

Zhao Yuxuan knew very well that she would not play this flute for no reason. An inexplicable fear arose in his heart. But his mouth was not to be outdone, and he cursed loudly, "You evil - hearted old witch. I don't know how many bad things you've done following your husband. One day, you will get your comeuppance. You will die a hundred or a thousand times more miserably than my parents."

Li Yifei seemed not to have heard his curses and continued to play the flute on her own. Before long, a thing was seen slowly slithering over on the ground outside the crevice. By the little moonlight shining in from outside the crevice, Zhao Yuxuan took a closer look. It was a black snake about one meter long. Its head was triangular, and its two eyes were as bright and round as mirrors, with a flat lower jaw. It was actually a cobra that could usually only be seen in the zoo.

Seeing this snake, Zhao Yuxuan broke out in a cold sweat. Before his parents had an accident, although his courage was not particularly great, he was not a coward who was afraid of everything either. However, he had a deep - seated fear of snakes. Snakes always lived in damp places, were soft all over, and the way they wriggled on the ground made him feel nauseous and uncomfortable whenever he saw them. In the past, when visiting the zoo, every time he saw a snake, he would just take a quick glance and then hurry away. He never expected that the vicious woman outside the crevice would use a snake to deal with him. Watching the cobra slowly swim into the crevice, he felt his hands become weak, his feet start to go soft, and his chest felt as if it was pressed by a big stone, and he was panting heavily.

After entering the crevice, the cobra, like a long, constantly twisting black shadow, moved closer to Zhao Yuxuan bit by bit. Zhao Yuxuan knew very well that if he was bitten by this highly venomous cobra, he would die within ten minutes and fall to the ground. If that happened, the Li couple would be able to do whatever they liked more freely.

Zhao Yuxuan was still sweating profusely, but his mind began to slowly calm down. No, he told himself, he must not sit around and wait for death at this time. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he must not give up. He knew very well that the more afraid he was, the more he had to summon up his courage to overcome this fear and defeat the danger in front of him.

The cobra had already reached Zhao Yuxuan's feet. At this critical moment, he suddenly stretched out his foot and stomped as hard as he could on the snake's head with all his strength.

In the darkness, Zhao Yuxuan only felt that the snake's body immediately tightly wrapped around his right calf. He knew very well that as long as he loosened his foot, the cobra would not hesitate to bite him hard and inject venom into his body. So, he quickly raised his left foot, put all his weight on his right foot, and kept grinding and pressing down. You know, the ground in this crevice was full of hard stones, and the cobra had no scales at its seven - inch part under the lower jaw, which was the weakest and most vulnerable part of its body.