I Was Once a Legend

The two checked the boat and confirmed that there were no major leaks, and the two oars were barely usable.

Cui Zuojing and Dong Zheng sat face to face in the small wooden boat, carrying the weight of two men. The draft of the boat was a bit severe, but fortunately, if there were no violent actions on it, it should not overturn.

Dong Zheng opened his bow left and right, first tried to paddle for a certain distance, the boat slowly drifted towards the depths of the swamp, and stepped into the wet and cold nest made of mangrove branches and leaves.

Cui Zuojing looked into the water, but couldn't see anything in the pitch black.There may be many animals in the water. They are hiding in the mud, looking up at the reed boat above their heads, thinking whether to launch a tentative attack.

Little Xiong poked his head out of Dong Zheng's skirt and looked curiously, sensing the bad atmosphere around him, he quickly shrank back.

The waterfowl perched among the plants in the swamp, and were disturbed by the water waves brought out by the paddling of the boat, they flew up one after another, and their figures quickly disappeared in the forest tops.

Holding the knife, Cui Zuojing felt a little cold. The humidity in the swamp was heavy, and the thick water vapor when breathing made people feel suffocating, and there was also a foul smell—the smell of rotting corpses.

The creatures on the island passed through this swamp, and when they realized that they were trapped in it and wanted to break free, it was too late. They could only sink a little bit into the mud, died in despair, and became a part of the mud.

The boat is not fast, and there are often wild plants growing in the waterway, so you need to be careful to go around.The two faced each other in silence, Cui Zuojing carefully observed the surroundings in case of any unexpected accident.

A thick shadow.

Not long after, the two arrived at the central part of the swamp. I don't know if it was because they were resting in the early morning, but they didn't encounter any animal attacks along the way.

Not right.

The more stable they are, the more uneasy they feel. This is a box, how could there be something safe and sound in the box?

Dong Zheng couldn't help speeding up the boat. The branches and leaves of the mangroves on both sides blocked almost all the moonlight, and only a faint light reflected from the water surface. He once again enhanced his vision and barely recognized the way ahead.

As the boat moved, they entered a fog, Cui Zuojing held his breath subconsciously, while Dong Zheng took a breath, and suddenly felt a slight tremor in the shielding field in the inner world.

Is this fog poisonous?

The instability of the shielding field was very slight. If Dong Zheng hadn't been paying attention all the time, he might not have noticed it. He looked terrified and wanted to tell Cui Zuojing about it.

But the boy stood up suddenly before he was about to speak, and pulled him aside fiercely, almost throwing him out with so much strength: "Get out of the way!"

boom--!

Dong Zheng was thrown to the nearest shore by Cui Zuojing, with both hands barely able to grasp the roots of the mangroves exposed on the water, the left foot that landed first had already sunk into the mud of the swamp.A huge snake-headed raptor usually jumps out from the position of the small boat and blows the whole boat away!

While throwing Dong Zheng away, Cui Zuojing jumped out of the boat and went to the tree in the middle of the waterway.

Another snake head emerged from the mud at the bottom of the swamp, followed Cui Zuojing's movements to wrap around the tree trunk, opened its huge mouth full of sharp and venomous fangs, and was about to swallow the boy!

It was also at this time that Dong Zheng finally saw clearly what was attacking them.

What a creature it was.

Its huge body emerged from the swamp, its back was covered with a thick layer of silt, but the sharp spines on it could not be concealed, and several ten-meter-long snake heads emerged from its thick neck, each one They were all like giant pythons in the world, roaring ferociously.

Dong Zheng was stunned, but there was not long time left for him to be surprised. A snake head stared at him, spit out a scarlet letter and rushed towards him!

Dong Zheng grabbed the mangrove's arms and hurriedly pulled out his left foot, and plunged into the branch among the mangroves!

The branch blocked the blow for him.

Dong Zheng shrank back desperately, trying to find some convenient weapon, but unfortunately, there was none.

Until now, he has not brought any weapons into the box, just like Cui Zuojing's Tang Dao barrier moon and Domingo's crossbow arrows, which can only be brought in from other boxes.Those of them who have not yet obtained their own weapons can only use the resources in the box.

The snake's head failed in one blow, twisted around a few trees, stared at Dong Zheng with scarlet eyes, and when he realized that he could not be caught temporarily, he chose to give up and changed his target to Cui Zuojing, who was more exposed.

A few meters away from Dong Zheng, Cui Zuojing was surrounded.

The snake's head surrounded him, and its thick and long neck was entangled, launching attacks one after another, which reminded people of the legend of the Gorgon Medusa.

It was too dark around, and the shadows of the trees and the reflection of the water seriously interfered with the line of sight. Cui Zuojing squinted his eyes and tried to identify it, but the fishy wind brought out by the monsters was actually something more useful than eyes——for many years His fighting instinct allows him to dodge every time.

He nimbly moved around on the tree, and at the moment when the snake's head was approaching from behind, he raised his hand, and the Tang Dao cut off the huge head, and the smelly blood splashed on half of his cheek.

All the other snakes screamed. Cui Zuojing jumped down from the tree. The small boat they were riding in had been turned into a pile of fragments, floating on the water. , fortunately did not sink.

Without looking back at the severed head, he jumped up and tried to get back to the shore.

However, Dong Zheng saw what happened behind Cui Zuojing's back. At the cut of the head cut off by the young man, with the gushing of blood, the flesh and blood squirmed quickly, giving birth to two granulation, which grew and swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye. Become two new heads in no time!

The monster's roar was deafening, it stood up, and on the back of its huge body, the wings that had been tucked up in the wing membrane suddenly spread out, and the bony spurs on it shone coldly, bringing down a piece of mangrove in an instant.

When he saw two more of the severed head, Dong Zheng recognized the monster—the giant water snake Hydra in Greek mythology.

It is rumored to be the son of Typhon, the father of the most powerful monsters in Greek mythology, and Ecterna, the female-headed snake. It has nine heads. If one of them is cut off, two more will be born immediately. , and the immortal head in the middle can never be killed.

Even if Dong Zheng's understanding of myths and legends is limited, unlike Domingo who seems to know everything, he still successfully recognized the monster - the story of Hydera is too famous. When Hercules fought against Hydera, every time he cut When one of its heads was removed, the wound was burned with fire, so that a new head could not grow, and finally the immortal head was pressed under the boulder, killing Hydera.

"That's Hydera, be careful!"

The moment he heard Dong Zheng's roar, Cui Zuojing had already climbed up the tree beside the waterway. He turned his head to look, but before he could recognize the scene on his retina, he was forced back by the snake's head brushing against his face.

"Come to the left!"

Cui Zuojing moved to the left, his figure was so flexible that people were amazed, but Hydera had already set his sights on him, all eleven snake heads with long necks, chasing the boy away!

Dong Zheng tried his best to open his vision to the maximum. He hid in the gap between two trees, and was stuck there to be precise. He stared at Hydera and Cui Zuojing's every move and told Cui Zuojing loudly Every crisis hidden in the darkness.

With Dong Zheng's command, Cui Zuojing didn't think it was too strenuous for a while. The strenuous exercise made him short of breath and inhaled a lot of turbid mist.

Cui Zuojing suddenly felt a little dizzy. He shook his head, let go of his hands and jumped down, and stepped into the water with both feet. The moment he stepped on the mud, he stabbed a knife into the trunk of the nearest mangrove tree, and forcibly pulled himself away. stand up!

Problems with fog?Just as he was thinking, he heard Dong Zheng's voice from afar: "The mist is poisonous, be careful!"

"How careful should I be!" the boy shouted, the snake's head had already rushed in front of him, he couldn't dodge it in time, so he swung his knife to chop it off.Now the number of snake heads fighting him became twelve.

If it doesn't work like this, Cui Zuojing will be dragged down.Dong Zheng forced himself to calm down, he tried his best to squeeze out from the gap between the two trees, he did not hesitate to rub off a piece of skin on his arm, and finally succeeded.

There is no fire here, and they cannot deal with Hydera the way Hercules did, they must think of another way.

What should I do?

"Don't run far! Come to me!" Dong Zheng shouted and sank into the core. As soon as he stepped on the information highway, he grabbed a string of tails of passing data streams and said silently: Take me to "there".

The data flow obediently changed its direction temporarily, and according to Dong Zheng's wishes, it flowed towards the center of the inner core world.

Maybe it was just a blink of an eye, and he came to the center of the inner world again, a place he named "Central".

In this pure white space, the green grass is still growing quietly. Compared with the last time I saw it, it seems to have grown a little taller, and the clusters of small white flower buds on the delicate green stems are even bigger. , seems to be blooming soon.

Dong Zheng ran to the Arabidopsis tree and half knelt down. He stretched out his hand and touched the flower buds on the top of the grass with his fingertips——

A string of data whipped through him like an electric current, and passed along his fingers to Arabidopsis.

Outside the core, Dong Zheng opened his eyes.

Cui Zuojing only felt a mysterious feeling suddenly emerge from the bottom of his heart, and swept his whole body in an instant. It was as if he had been enchanted by magic before his originally dim eyes, and everything became extremely clear—no, it was his eyesight that was blocked. improved.

Just like the nocturnal cats, they have a keen vision that can accurately see things in the dark.

No need to dodge in the dark and rely on instinct, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced Cui Zuojing's mobility. The young man avoided the attack of the three snake heads at a very tricky angle, obeyed Dong Zheng's words, and headed in his direction.

At the same time, he also felt the thoughts of another person in his mind.

— to get on its back!

Cui Zuojing yelled, and threw out several sheets of white paper from his pocket. The crumpled paper, which was soaked in water, was like a blade under the addition of the killer's power. On the long snake that attacked him!

The snake head subconsciously dodges in pain. Cui Zuojing took advantage of this critical opportunity to cut off the one closest to him. At the moment when the stinky blood spurted out, he stepped on the neck of another snake next to him, and ran along it all the way to Hyde. Pull on the back!

The monster's back was full of mud and it was very slippery. Cui Zuojing couldn't stand up, so he directly stabbed the monster's back with a knife, stabilizing his figure.

The blood burst out, Hydera suffered from pain, and began to struggle crazily. Two huge fleshy wings flapped indiscriminately, directly turning the swamp and mangroves upside down!

The inhalation of the poison had already made Cui Zuojing's hands and feet weak. He wanted to hold his breath, but he couldn't do it under the oxygen consumption of strenuous exercise, so he could only hope that the battle would be resolved quickly.

But how to deal with this monster?Every time a head is cut off, two will be born, and with the scale of Tang Dao, it is impossible to pierce its body and hurt its heart. For a while, he didn't know Hydera's weakness-the "immortal head" "Which one is it?"

Then try your luck!

Cui Zuojing held the sharp backstab on Hydera's back with one hand to stabilize himself, and held the Tang knife in the other hand, and before the thirteen snake heads turned to attack him, he chopped off the middle one!