novelraw #650 - Can't go back
#650 - Can't go back
“Little Qi!”
The instant his Unrestrained Sword was knocked away by a tentacle, Hong Wei decisively swung the great saber inlaid with Void Disrupting Stones in his hand backward.
Anyone familiar with Newton knows that he did this to slow his descent using the reaction force and fly back to his Unrestrained Sword.
Using irregular saber winds to precisely propel himself onto the speeding Unrestrained Sword was something considered impossible by others.
But Hong Wei was different.
As someone whose only equipment besides his earpiece was a saber, using this flying technique was incredibly easy for him.
He only needed two seconds to return.
However, the Lymph Rattlesnake Chieftain's position swap happened to occur within those two seconds.
Seeing Qi Jing suddenly disappear in the sky, even Hong Wei's heart, which had experienced countless battles, couldn't help but clench.
From his perspective, the moment he was knocked away by that building-sized tentacle, Qi Jing transformed into a half-naked state covered in Return Charms and only wearing shorts, and then vanished.
Judging from this, Little Qi must have anticipated his disappearance and chose to protect the bait.
Oh, and the armor.
One more slash!
Using the saber wind to hover in the previous position, Hong Wei learned from the residual spatial fluctuations that Little Qi had been transferred to another place.
“Lao Cheng, quickly find out where Little Qi went!”
Logically speaking, he shouldn't be worried about Qi Jing, who was covered in life-saving equipment.
However, he still immediately told his vice-captain, Headhunter Cheng Tou, through the earpiece, trying to locate Qi Jing.
Because, the tentacle also disappeared with Qi Jing!
That was a tentacle with countless abilities. If Qi Jing was taken away by this tentacle, who knows if it had any ability to prevent the Return Charms from saving him!
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“Where is this?”
In the darkness of an unknown place, Qi Jing's confused mind was completely blank.
He thought he would encounter attacks from a large number of alien chieftains after being spatially transferred, and was prepared to bravely face death, but he didn't expect to arrive in a safe underground area.
Well, not that safe.
His Observation Haki and Secret Agent Diting told him that this tunnel, large enough for a three-by-three-by-three excavator to pass through, was full of danger, and there was also an equally confused giant snake next to him.
“Hiss~”
Where is this~
The Lymph Rattlesnake Chieftain, floating twenty centimeters above the ground, also had eyes the size of a person filled with confusion.
Wasn't it about to swap positions with that human in the air just now?
Why did it end up underground?
Moreover, why is its exchange target also here with it?
Never mind, attack!
The Lymph Rattlesnake Chieftain, with a body length of over twenty meters, suddenly contracted all its muscles, and then, like an arrow released from a bow, propelled its huge body, opening its bloody mouth with lightning speed, and pouncing straight towards Qi Jing!
The two incomparably sharp fangs in its giant mouth, like two giant swords, rapidly danced within this eight- or nine-meter-high cave, creating a fierce wind that seemed to tear the surrounding air apart.
At the same time, although this behemoth was in a relatively narrow cave, its huge size was not hindered too much.
On the contrary, it skillfully used the flexibility and strength of its body, and at the moment of throwing out its deadly fangs, it used the twisting force of its snake body like a cannonball to crash into Qi Jing!
What speed!
It's even faster than me!
What to do?
Turn around and fight this snake?
Sensing the shiny scales of the giant snake behind him, Qi Jing's little brain gave up on this idea.
It wasn't that he couldn't break its defense, but that he remembered Monkey King's classic move:
Drill into its belly.
Dealing with this kind of large alien beast, starting from the inside is much easier than from the outside!
Explosive Feet!
Because he was covered with more than a dozen Return Charms and not afraid of death at all, Qi Jing confidently leaped, accurately passed through the Lymph Rattlesnake Chieftain's two sharp fangs, and drilled into its belly.
Hiss~ Hiss?
This action stunned the entire Lymph Rattlesnake Chieftain.
It had seen people who were too scared to move, but never someone who drilled into its belly on their own.
Isn't this brainless?
Facts proved that Qi Jing would have been if he didn't have the Return Charms.
He felt something was wrong as soon as he came in.
It was so hot all over.
What's going on?
That's right, it's acid!
Although his defense was high and he had all-around resistance, the acid in this snake chieftain's belly was really acidic!
Great Sage, why didn't you promote your indestructible body more on TV!
He didn't even think of using this trick at the critical moment, which was conditional.
Never mind!
Add sodium!
Qi Jing sprinkled the poison given by his uncle Huanhuan, and after being corroded for two and a half seconds, most of the Return Charms on his body lit up with a faint golden glow at the same time.
Then, he turned into a golden stream of light, ignoring the Lymph Rattlesnake's belly and the surrounding cave, and flew at true light speed towards the "Return Bed" in Qingyun Mountain Hospital.
In Qi Jing's imagination, when he opened his eyes again, he should see the alien emergency rescue teacher in the emergency department, and after a healing spell healed him, Xiao Fifteen would send him out again to seduce Xing Long.
But when he opened his eyes, he was in a super-large cave emitting a faint white light.
The surrounding soil was no different from just now.
?
The Return Charms are not working?
Oh no!
He can't go back!
Qi Jing, who only had "one last life" left, decisively recovered his state and began to think nervously and cautiously.
First step in arriving in an unfamiliar environment:
Observe if there is any danger!
From himself, he didn't feel any pain. Thanks to the effect of the Return Charms, he didn't get any of the big snake's gastric acid on him.
Due to the "Abnormal Status Immunity" skill, there was no discomfort in his body either.
Then, observe the outside world.
The place where he was standing was very thick soil, which had become very hard due to the mixing of some minerals. There was no deformation at all when he stepped on it.
Behind him was a wall made of soil, about nine meters away from the top of his head, which was about the same as the tunnel just now.
The left and right sides were the same.
But the front was different.
That was a huge hollow, almost invisible to the edge at a glance. There was a faint light nearby, and the distance was pitch black, as if it could easily swallow people.
But it's not high.
It can also be said that his position was not high.
If this underground cave was compared to a giant wooden barrel, his position would be on the edge of a wooden board at the bottom of the barrel. He couldn't see the distance, but he could see the bottom layer.
There were several scattered white worms emitting a faint white light on the ground. Some were motionless, and some were shaking frantically like they were having convulsions.
Some were even firing milky yellow irregular energy beams randomly into the sky like madmen.
Fortunately, they didn't attack or move towards him.
Temporarily safe.
Second step in arriving in an unfamiliar environment:
Check yourself.
The Return Charms were interrupted, which should mean they were ineffective. Does that mean that other props are also ineffective?
Even, has his ability failed?