Chapter 215: Snake-shaped King of Land
It's no wonder that Du Ruo could recognize it at a glance. Although there are many kinds of other snakes here, you can always see their own kind no matter how rare they are. Du Ruo even saw several cobras, but he only found one bungarus.
At this time, on the grass in front, a fist-sized water bird was standing on the grass, happily eating grass seeds in the bushes.
Not far from the water bird, a rat snake was spitting out its tongue and staring at the water bird. As time went by, the rat snake hiding in the grass and the water bird were getting closer and closer.
But while the rapa snake was watching closely, the bungarus was also watching closely.
Both snakes were well hidden, and only the water birds were happily eating grass seeds.
The distance between the three was getting closer and closer. The water bird only saw the grass seeds, the rat snake only saw the water bird, and the bungarus only saw the rat snake.
Suddenly, the water bird seemed to sense the danger and looked around vigilantly.
And just as the water bird raised its head, the rat snake suddenly shot up, its head opened in the air, targeting the water bird.
In Du Ruo's sight, the rat snake's originally twisted body, at that moment, the back half of its body pushed forward, and the front half stretched straight, like a spring, and its body bounced out, and the speed was absolutely unparalleled.
The moment the raptor snake moved, its body touched the surrounding water plants, causing them to sway, causing the water birds to subconsciously flap their wings and fly half a meter higher.
It was this half-meter distance that saved the water bird's life. The rat snake was not big enough, and its open mouth was only a few centimeters away from the water bird, but it was this few centimeters of distance that allowed the water bird to escape.
The rat snake had lost all its strength and could no longer move forward. Seeing its attack fail, the rat snake fell from the air.
At this moment, the golden ring snake came out, jumped up in the same way, and opened its mouth towards the head of the rat snake.
The only difference is the timing. The water birds are at their most alert at that time, and when the rat snake launches an attack, the success rate is not high.
But the Bungarus multicinctus is different. It attacks when the Rape Snake has finished its attack and its body is in mid-air. At this time, the Rape Snake's old strength has just been exhausted and new strength has not yet been generated. Its body is in mid-air and it has almost no place to leverage.
Perhaps when the Bungarus krait attacked, the Rappongi saw it or reacted, but it was useless because the Rappongi had no conditions to escape or fight back.
The golden flower snake bit the rat snake's head, then injected a large amount of venom into it. Its body began to wrap around the rolling rat snake, and the two snakes twisted into a pretzel on the grass.
At this time, Du Ruo no longer cared about the fate or life or death of the two snakes. He kept replaying all the actions of the two snakes in his mind.
In the past, his understanding of the snake form was about the power. He had been studying every movement of the snake, and he thought he had grasped the essence of it.
Du Ruo believed that the snake's agility, speed and reaction speed were quite good. He even thought that his snake-shaped punch was quite good.
But for some reason, he has never been able to comprehend the true meaning of snake.
And just now the golden krait seemed to have taught him a lesson.
Xingyi Snake Form is definitely the most agile of all snake-form boxing styles. The body movements are flexible and changeable, and the yin and yang interact with each other. Du Ruo has comprehended these very well, but the snake form is not so extreme. Xingyi Snake Form also has the ability to push away grass.
What does it mean to pull the grass aside? It means to alert the snake and then strike back. You need to find peace in movement and move in peace. The grasp of opportunity is the most fundamental meaning of the snake shape.
Just like the two snakes just now, his level is like that of the rat snake, flexible and changeable, but the true meaning of snake is hidden in the Bungarus.
Only show your fangs when you see the enemy is weak, so that you can kill them with one blow and leave them no chance to resist.
As Du Ruo recalled these things, his mind was filled with the phantom of the snake, and the duels between those enemies who had fought with him, such as the blond man, the mantis boxing champion, the old lama in the snow district, and the Japanese swordsman, all appeared in his mind.
At this moment, Du Ruo felt that his previous moves against the enemy were a bit too deliberate. He disassembled all the movements he used to fight the enemy. If he switched to snake form, he would definitely be able to seize the enemy's weakness when attacking and kill him with one blow.
There is no need for overwhelming force and speed, nor is there a need for sophisticated moves. Even if his physical fitness or attack speed is not as good as the enemy's, Du Ruo is confident that he can counterattack and kill.
As Du Ruo rehearsed in his mind, his body began to curl up. He subconsciously lowered his head, bent his waist, and squatted.
In Xiang Yuanyuan's eyes, Du Ruo seemed to be retracting his hands, feet and body at this time, but the red mist was rising around him again.
Originally, I thought that a tiger's appearance would appear on Du Ruo's body, but I unexpectedly found that the red mist turned into scales, and a red snake-like shadow appeared around Du Ruo.
The snakes coiled together with their heads curled up, but at this moment, even though the snake was not looking at her, Xiang Yuanyuan felt that her hair was standing on end.
Because at this moment, Du Ruo was like a lurking poisonous snake, ready to attack at any time.
In the water plants, the Bungarus multicinctus had already bitten a rat snake to death and was now biting the snake's head in an attempt to swallow the entire snake into its stomach.
But suddenly its body stiffened, as if it was stared at by a great terror. The snake head looked in the direction of Du Ruo. Even though its line of sight was completely unable to see the shadow of Du Ruo in the distance, it regurgitated the rat snake out of its body as if in shock. It ignored the food that was already in its mouth and quickly went into the bushes and left.
"Huh~ No wonder some people say Xingyi Snake Form is the king of land attacks, it's really powerful."
Du Ruo waited for the golden ring snake to leave, and then he relaxed his body. The snake-like shadows around him faded away, and the red mist returned to his body. Originally, Du Ruo thought that his understanding of Xingyiquan had reached perfection, but now it seems that he still lacks a lot. The golden ring snake just taught him a good lesson.
"Hubby, you got it. You were so powerful just now. You scared me without even moving."
Xiang Yuanyuan didn't understand what Du Ruo meant, she just expressed her most instinctive feelings.
"Well, I understand it and have gained a lot. Thank you for your hard work."
Du Ruo did not explain that although he seemed not to move at that moment just now, he was already in his strongest offensive state. It was useless to explain this to Xiang Yuanyuan. He just walked to Xiang Yuanyuan, touched her face, and spoke with a little doting.
"Shall we go back then?"
Xiang Yuanyuan didn't think much about it and asked casually, then rubbed her face against Du Ruo's palm. She was enjoying this moment very much.
"No, it's a rare occasion for us to go out and have fun, there's no need to leave in a hurry. Look, the weather is nice today, let's just look at the stars in the sky tonight."
Du Ruo always felt that he had not given enough for Xiang Yuanyuan. Whenever he went out to travel, whether to see the Yangtze alligators or to the beach, he always went there with a strong utilitarian purpose, just to practice martial arts, as if accompanying Xiang Yuanyuan was just a coincidence.
We had a good harvest today, so there was no need to leave in a hurry. It would be nice for the two of us to stay in the wild, look at the stars in the sky, and enjoy this rare time together.
"okay."
Xiang Yuanyuan was naturally happy. She was willing to give everything for Du Ruo. As she got to know Du Ruo better, she kept thinking about what she could do for Du Ruo.
She drank less and went hiking less often, thinking only of what she could do for Du Ruo. Seeing Du Ruo becoming more and more powerful, and the emergence of all kinds of incredible martial arts, she felt for a time that she was getting further and further away from Du Ruo.
She began to practice martial arts and meditate, and began to work hard to learn various martial arts knowledge. She silently planned to find a suitable place for Du Ruo to practice martial arts. All of this was done to prevent herself from becoming a burden.
Of course Du Ruo could see her efforts and felt distressed, but he would not give up his martial arts, so all he could do was to accompany her more.
In fact, Xiang Yuanyuan is not getting farther and farther away from Du Ruo as she thought, but is getting closer and closer. The more Du Ruo depends on her, the more concrete the anchor in his heart becomes. Gradually, Xiang Yuanyuan will become an indispensable part of Du Ruo, fixing Du Ruo's heart firmly in Xiang Yuanyuan's world.
The two of them had a simple meal and did not light the bonfire. Each of them held a bottle of medicinal wine and they just snuggled together, looking at the stars in the sky and clinking glasses occasionally.
The beauty, the wine, the view, both of them were intoxicated by it all and were reluctant to go to sleep.
Time passed slowly. Looking at the stars in the sky, they guessed which one was Altair and which one was Vega.
"Ok?"
At this time, Du Ruo caught a ray of light on the opposite mountain.
"Honey, is that a firefly?"
Xiang Yuanyuan also noticed the flash of light, but she didn't have as sharp eyesight as Du Ruo, so she didn't think much about it and even thought it was just a firefly.
"No, that's someone on the opposite hillside flashing a flashlight, the light shining through the leaves."
Du Ruo had excellent vision and was not affected by the darkness at all. He could clearly see a glimmer of light on the opposite hilltop across a lake.
"Is there anyone still on the mountain at this time?"
Xiang Yuanyuan changed her wrist. She saw a ladies' watch on it. She looked at the time and it was already half past ten in the evening.
She really couldn't imagine that there would be people in such a mountain full of poisonous snakes. She didn't think that everyone was like Du Ruo, who could suppress everything with overwhelming force.
"Yuanyuan, do you remember what Xiaoliang said this place is called?"
Du Ruo narrowed his eyes, as if he had figured out who was on the other side, but he was a little unsure. After all, such people were rare these days.
"General Ridge."
Xiang Yuanyuan answered without even thinking.
"Well, Jiangjun Ridge, the mountain is generally called this, not to say that a general was born here, but to say that a general was buried here. And we have found some stone statues by the lake at the foot of the mountain over there."
Du Ruo expressed his guess, mainly because apart from this, he really couldn't find any other reason that would make people risk their lives to go up the mountain.
"You mean? They are..."
(End of this chapter)
