The giant snake opened its huge mouth, took a deep breath, and then suddenly exhaled. With a "whoosh" sound, an incredibly scorching crimson flame spewed out from its mouth, shooting towards Zhenjun.
Zhenjun quickly flew through the air, dodging the crimson flames. The giant snake opened its mouth again and spewed a foul, murky, light yellow liquid towards Zhenjun.
Zhenjun once again flew to dodge, but some of the liquid still splashed onto him. The skin and clothes where the liquid touched immediately emitted white smoke and visibly began to decay rapidly. It seemed that the liquid had extremely strong corrosive abilities, able to quickly corrode anything it touched.
"Damn it," Zhenjun cursed, quickly wiping off the corrosive liquid from his body with his clothes. He flew around the giant snake, continuously wielding his trident spear to attack the snake.
The trident spear kept striking the giant snake, leaving shallow wounds on its body. The giant snake was extremely large and had a strong defense, so the spear didn't cause much damage. Even if it did, the snake's powerful regenerative abilities allowed it to heal quickly.
"This is getting troublesome," Zhenjun frowned. His third eye emitted a flash of golden light, shooting out a dazzling beam of gold and red light straight towards the snake's head, hitting the snake's right eye.
The snake's right eye immediately emitted black smoke, and the area hit by the golden-red light beam melted away. It seemed that the beam had caused significant damage to the snake. The snake made a hissing sound and quickly dove its head down towards the water below.
With a splash, the water splashed as the giant snake's massive body disappeared beneath the river's surface, leaving no trace.
Seeing the snake flee, Zhenjun returned to the ice floe.
"Wow, Zhenjun, you're amazing. You even defeated such a big snake," Lin Shiqi cheered happily, and the others breathed a sigh of relief seeing the snake run away.
The sound of rushing water continued around them, and the river's surface began to ripple again, this time with even larger waves. The strong, foul smell wafted from the nearby water once more.
"What's going on? Does that big snake want to come back?" Qin Yan said, sensing the changes around them.
With a loud splash, the giant blue-green snake once again emerged from the water near the ice floe, standing upright on the water's surface.
"This thing dares to come out again?!" Zhenjun's face darkened, preparing to attack the snake. However, at that moment, more giant snake heads kept emerging from the water near the ice floe. In total, nine massive snake heads appeared, standing on the water's surface, facing the people on the ice floe and seemingly ready to attack them at any moment.
"This is... a Hydra?!" Zhenjun's expression turned grim.
"A Hydra?!" Qin Yan asked.
Zhenjun explained, "Yes, despite the number of these snakes, it is actually a monster with nine heads. The Hydra is extremely large, with nine heads capable of launching simultaneous attacks on its target. It is a very fierce and dangerous monster. This is trouble."
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"What should we do?"
"We must leave the river immediately, or it will be dangerous," said Zhenjun. As they spoke, the nine heads of the Hydra began to converge, surrounding the floating ice from different directions.
"Then let's go quickly, or it will be too late!" Qin Yan pulled out a black sword from the floating ice, lifted Dream Butterfly onto his back, changed the direction of the sword and his own gravity, and flew towards the sky with Dream Butterfly.
"Girl, hold onto my hand!" Zhenjun grabbed Lin Shiqi's hand, while Lin Shiqi used her magic to summon a strong wind. The two flew upwards together. Yitian Chou used both his physical and magical abilities, changing his own gravity and summoning a strong wind. He grabbed Feather Princess's hand and took her away from the floating ice, flying straight up into the sky.
The Hydra quickly closed in on the group, its nine heads continuously spewing flames and venom towards the six people in the sky. Lin Shiqi and Yitian Chou summoned a strong wind to block the Hydra's attacks. When the six reached a hundred meters above the ground, the Hydra's attacks could no longer reach them.
"That was close. Luckily we ran away in time, or we would have been swallowed by this Hydra and eaten," Lin Shiqi said, looking at the Hydra thrashing in the river below. She felt a chill run down her spine. Each body segment of the Hydra visible on the water's surface was about forty to fifty meters long, making it hard to imagine how large its body was beneath the water.
Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded from far away in the sky. Everyone turned to look and saw a giant eagle with two bull-like horns on its head flapping its wings, flying towards them at high speed.
"What kind of monster is this?!" Lin Shiqi exclaimed. The giant eagle was massive, with wings over ten meters wide when spread open. The sharp horns on its head looked extremely sharp, and its talons were thick and strong. If one were to be pierced by the horns or talons, they would definitely be severely injured, if not killed.
The giant horned eagle flew swiftly towards the six people in the sky, aiming its horn towards Yitian Chou, who was closest to it. Yitian Chou tried to dodge, but with Feather Princess in tow, his movements were hindered, and the eagle's speed made it difficult to evade.
With a sharp sound, the eagle's horn grazed Yitian Chou's left rib, leaving a long wound as it sent him flying, the powerful impact causing Yitian Chou and Feather Princess to separate. Feather Princess couldn't fly and began to fall straight down. The river below was inhabited by the fierce Hydra, and if Feather Princess fell into the water, she would surely be devoured by the Hydra.
"I'll go save her!" Zhenjun let go of Lin Shiqi's hand and swiftly flew towards Feather Princess, grabbing her hand just in time to prevent her from falling into the river and being consumed by the Hydra.
"You guys go first, I'll deal with this damn monster eagle!" Yitian Chou stared fiercely at the horned eagle, holding a red spear and flying towards it, seeking revenge for the injuries caused by the eagle earlier.
"We need to land on the ground quickly. It would be disastrous to be attacked again in the air," Qin Yan said loudly, flying with Dream Butterfly towards the ground on the opposite side of the river. Zhenjun carried Feather Princess, Lin Shiqi rode the wind towards the opposite shore, and soon, the five of them safely landed on the ground on the other side of the river.
After landing, they looked up at the sky and saw Yitian Chou fighting the horned eagle in the air. Feather Princess expressed some concern, saying, "I wonder if Brother Tian can defeat this monster."
Zhenjun replied, "We don't have time to worry about him now. Look over there..."
Following his gaze, they saw the Hydra in the river swiftly swimming towards them. It seemed that it wouldn't be long before the massive Hydra reached the shore and attacked them again.
Then, they heard the heavy footsteps of a giant wild boar with long tusks and a size as large as a truck, charging towards Qin Yan and the others from a distance.
"How did so many monsters come here? What should we do?!" Lin Shiqi exclaimed in panic. With the horned eagle in the sky, the Hydra in the river, and a wild boar larger than an elephant on land, each of these monsters seemed extremely difficult to deal with. If they couldn't find a way to handle these monsters, they might not make it out alive today.