Before we left, the village chief had told us many times that we couldn't spend the night in the Cross Forest.
Regarding the village chief's warning, Nam kept it in mind. He picked up the luggage from the ground with one hand and pulled me with the other as we hurried forward.
After walking for close to an hour, Nam's anxious mood gradually calmed down. He looked around and awkwardly scratched his head before asking me, "There's no sunlight here, so it feels like it's already evening. But in reality, we didn't waste too much time, right, Duo Ji?"
I roughly estimated that from the time Nam ate the Elixir Fruit to the time I helped him sort out his meridians, it had only been less than an hour. Including the time I slept, it was only around two hours, so it wasn't evening yet.
However, I wanted to scare Nam, so I said, "That's hard to say. From what I can see, it's not even evening yet. We should hurry up and continue on our journey. Who knows, there might already be some beasts eyeing us."
I was just casually saying that, but I didn't expect that the moment I said that, there would suddenly be a rustling sound coming from behind us.
The sound came from afar, and it was obvious that it was coming towards us.
The surroundings were extremely quiet, and the sound was very sudden. It scared Nam so much that he quickly grabbed the beast bone hammer in his hand.
At that moment, I had already spread out my spiritual sense and quickly found a long snake that was quickly slithering towards us. It was similar to the Green Arrow Snake that we met in the forest outside of Green Water Village, but its body was much larger than the previous one.
In less than a few seconds, the scaled insect raised its head and stood not far behind us.
Previously, I had only sensed it with my spiritual sense, so I didn't feel that it was that terrifying. However, after seeing its true body, even I couldn't help but be shocked.
This snake's cultivation was only at the intermediate stage of the Monster Spirit realm, but it was extremely large. When it stood up, it was at least six meters tall.
Its body was covered in fiery red scales, and its pupils were green. It looked exceptionally peculiar.
After seeing its appearance, Nam couldn't help but exclaim, "It's actually a Undead Spirit Snake!"
It was obvious that Nam recognized this snake. Just from its name, it was obvious that it wasn't a good creature.
I turned to look at Nam. He was currently staring at the giant snake that was sticking out its tongue. He continued to explain to me, "This type of Undead Snake is very strong and it can spit out poisonous gas. Once you are hit by its poisonous gas, you will instantly be paralyzed. You will be unable to do anything but watch helplessly as you are swallowed."
After listening to Nam's explanation, I furrowed my brows. The Undead Serpent's enormous body already took a lot of effort to deal with. I didn't expect it to be an even greater threat.
I didn't dare to be careless and whispered to Nam not to panic. As long as we split up, he would only care about his head and not his tail, and we would be able to kill him.
These words seemed to have given Nam a lot of confidence. He immediately let out a low roar and moved behind the undead snake with the beast bone in hand.
Seeing Nam start to move, I didn't dare to delay and quickly moved my feet.
The Departed Spirit Snake's head was several meters tall, so it wasn't easy to attack it. After thinking for a while, I decided to attack its abdomen.
When I arrived in front of it, Nam had already hit the back of the Departed Spirit Snake with his club.
Nam had previously said that the Primer's leg bone was extremely hard and had been soaked in medicinal liquid for a long time. One hit from the club would be able to break the skull of a ferocious beast.
That was indeed the case. After Nam succeeded, I could hear the sound of bones breaking even though I was a few meters away.
However, Nam's strike wasn't fatal. The Departed Spirit Snake felt pain and immediately lowered its head. At the same time, it used its strong tail to sweep towards Nam.
Dog-Headed people were nimble to begin with, and this was even more evident in the face of such a huge beast.
Before the snake's tail could be raised, Nam had already moved to the other side.
Seeing this, I didn't dare to be negligent. My hands were filled with monster energy and I instantly turned my palms into fists and punched the Departed Spirit Snake's abdomen.
After receiving another heavy blow, it momentarily lost its sense of propriety and didn't know where to attack first.
However, the Departed Spirit Snake had thick skin and flesh. Even after receiving multiple blows, it didn't panic. Its cold eyes were filled with brutality. Occasionally, it would look at Nam beside me and occasionally at me, as though it was trying to find a way to break through.
I beckoned Nam to attack together with me in order to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Nam understood and in the next second, Primer's leg bone landed on the Departed Spirit Snake's back. At the same time, my heavy fist landed on its abdomen.
After receiving another blow, the brutality in the Departed Spirit Snake's eyes finally dissipated a little and was replaced with fear. It turned its body and turned its huge head in between Nam and me, preparing to escape.
Seeing that it wanted to escape, I stopped my attack.
After all, we were only in a hurry. As long as it didn't obstruct us, there was no need for me to take its life. However, Nam didn't seem to want to let it go. Following the Departed Spirit Snake's movements, Nam's legs suddenly stomped and he instantly appeared in front of the Departed Spirit Snake.
As the saying goes, 'Don't chase a cornered enemy'. At this moment, the Departed Spirit Snake was obviously extremely brutal. Seeing that Nam was blocking its way, it instantly spat out a dark purple smoke.
The smoke contained a dense monster aura. It was probably the Departed Spirit Snake's unique poisonous gas.
Nam obviously didn't expect that to happen. He didn't even have time to react before the poisonous gas covered his entire body.
In an instant, Primer's leg bone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, giving off a crisp sound.
At the same time, Nam's strong body swayed a few times before collapsing.
Seeing Nam collapse, the rage in my heart rose. The monster aura in my body surged as I hastily rushed over.
However, before I arrived, the Departed Spirit Snake lowered its head and bit Nam. It twisted its body and escaped again.
When I arrived, there was only the snake's tail left in front of me.
I reacted quickly and grabbed it. I wanted to keep it here, but snakes and insects had smooth, oily skin. Moreover, the Undead Spirit Snake was very strong. It didn't wait for me to grab it. It wriggled a few times, and its tail escaped from my hand, fleeing far away.
The Departed Spirit Snake's speed was extremely fast. When I was slightly stunned, it was already more than ten meters away. By the time I took a few steps forward, the Departed Spirit Snake had already disappeared without a trace.
I frowned and started to ponder.
The Departed Spirit Snake's cultivation was only at the intermediate stage of the Monster Spirit Realm. Even if it could increase its speed for a short period of time, it wouldn't be able to maintain it for a long period of time. Moreover, it had been severely injured by Nam and me, so it definitely wouldn't be able to escape far.
After analyzing it, the anxiety in my heart eased.
Previously, when we entered the Cross Forest, I had left an imprint on Nam's body. Very quickly, I felt the imprint's location. After taking a deep breath, I immediately chased after it.
The ancient aura in the Cross Forest was extremely dense and could isolate the monster aura. However, because of that, the imprint was extremely clear. I didn't need to carefully sense it as it was like a huge lighthouse that guided me in the right direction.
After a few minutes, the movement of the imprint slowed down. After fifteen minutes, it completely stopped. It was most likely that the Departed Spirit Snake had already returned to its nest.
I didn't dare to give it time to devour Nam, so I immediately sped up and quickly chased after it. I arrived at a tree that was wide enough for ten people to surround it.
The imprint stopped in the huge tree. I raised my head and saw that there was a hole that was a few meters wide that was less than two meters above the tree trunk.
Without a doubt, this should be the Departed Spirit Snake's nest.
I climbed up the tree hole in a few steps and peeked inside. It was pitch black inside and I couldn't see anything clearly.
After pondering for a while, I took out a Fierce Sun Talisman from my Xiang Liu bag and activated it with my remaining Spirit Qi before throwing it into the tree hole.
With the help of the Fierce Sun Talisman's light, I could finally see the scene inside the tree hole.
The space inside the tree hole was extremely spacious. I didn't see the Departed Spirit Snake on the ground, but I saw a male and a female half-beast man lying on the ground.
The male had a robust body and a Spirit Qi imprint on his body. It was Nam.
As for the female, she had long ears and looked like a rabbit. She was probably the food that the Departed Spirit Snake had brought here.
The light from the Fierce Sun Talisman was limited. Although I hadn't found the Departed Spirit Snake yet, I didn't know if Nam was dead or alive. I didn't dare to delay and immediately jumped down from the hole to the snake's nest.
As soon as I steadied myself, I heard a hissing sound in front of me. I threw out another Burning Sun Talisman to illuminate another direction. Only then did I see the Spirit Snake coiled around a dozen meters in front of me. It was glaring at me with a sinister expression.
There was another man lying beside it. This man's body was coiled with many young snakes of different sizes.
These young snakes looked similar to the Departed Spirit Snake, so they were most likely its offspring.