"What's wrong?"
Seeing that after only two seconds, Duan Chen immediately closed his eyes, tears flowed from his eyes, and he directly raised his hand to cover them. Jun Ci spoke with some uncertainty.
Duan Chen shook his head, looking a little flustered.
He squatted down, lowering his center of gravity, and pulled out a patch of grass. He didn't feel any connection to his actions, and his sense of danger told him that if he only did this today, nothing bad would happen.
After pulling out the patch of grass and exposing the soil underneath, he stretched out his hand and sketched a pattern on it.
"What is this, an S-shaped curve?"
Jun Ci looked at the pattern Duan Chen drew, completely bewildered.
Duan Chen was speechless.
Jun Ci's comprehension ability truly exceeded his expectations.
Duan Chen stopped drawing patterns and instead broke off a flower stem, using it to sketch on the ground and write.
"If I didn't see incorrectly in those two seconds just now, we might be in big trouble."
"The place we are in is not flat land at all, but the back of a giant tortoise. In the center of where we are going, there is a snake. Although the snake is asleep, the spiritual energy within its breaths is exceptionally thick."
After writing such a long passage, Duan Chen's hand felt sore. He casually threw away the object he was holding and stood up.
He looked at the two people who were shocked by his writing and helplessly opened his mouth slightly, shaking his head and pointing to his mouth.
Jun Ci was shocked.
"A combination of a tortoise and a snake, it sounds so familiar?"
Duan Chen shook his head and helplessly wrote on the ground again.
"It's unlikely to be the mythical beast you're thinking of. Otherwise, how could it have ended up in a secret realm, and be stepped on so casually by us now?"
"Moreover, my sense of danger tells me that if I try my best, we have at least an 80% chance of winning."
"Of course, it's not a legendary divine beast."
That made sense.
Jun Ci relaxed slightly and realized that he had overlooked something earlier.
However, although he agreed with Duan Chen's words, he also became slightly anxious because of the two creatures Duan Chen had just seen.
"What should we do?"
Duan Chen hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand to write.
"I have a feeling that if we confront it head-on, we're very likely to get hurt. For some reason, my heart keeps telling me that perhaps we can try to reason with it."
At this moment, regardless of what others were thinking, Jun Ci felt deeply speechless.
He felt that the number of times he had been speechless today, combined, was more than in his entire year.
Even if it wasn't a divine beast, it was certainly not something that humans could communicate with.
This was too fantastical.
Duan Chen ignored Jun Ci's thoughts. His own heart was gradually strengthening the idea that had just popped into his mind.
After stating his idea, he even wrote down a passage.
"Let's wait here for now. Don't get any closer. I'll go up alone to take a look. If there's any danger, I'll immediately use the Shadow Clone Technique to return to your side."
Before Jun Ci could refuse, Duan Chen flickered and stepped into the territory that made him feel a chill down his spine.
As Duan Chen stepped onto the ground, he felt a slight vibration beneath his feet. Initially, this feeling was not very strong, but as he got closer to the center, it became more pronounced.
Unseen by them, a coiled snake slowly opened its eyes.
The snake's body was golden, exceptionally dazzling and eye-catching. Its eyes were also golden, and they flickered with the light of intelligence, not the coldness of a cold-blooded creature.
Its gaze turned towards the direction Duan Chen was approaching, revealing a hint of confusion, but more so, displeasure at being disturbed.
As Duan Chen got closer, the oppressive feeling intensified.
However, he gritted his teeth and persisted.
But.
When Duan Chen finally reached the location of the snake he had seen with his divine eye, he opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly remembered a rather perverse problem.
He couldn't speak!
"Damn it!"
Duan Chen's expression instantly turned extremely grim, especially when he felt the increasingly heavy pressure on his shoulders, even though he was standing still.
Just then, inspiration struck him.
"I have no ill intentions!"
He roared out these words.
By the time Duan Chen uttered the third word, something was already coming out of his throat. By the time he finished the fifth word, black hair had already blocked his mouth.
He could only helplessly and speechlessly lower his head and vomit to expel all the hair from his mouth.
After Duan Chen finally gagged and expelled all the hair, he looked up and immediately met a pair of large golden eyes.
Those golden eyes were like golden lanterns, staring at him unblinkingly.
Cold sweat broke out on Duan Chen's body.
He had never imagined that he would be so close to danger.
And it wasn't over yet.
The owner of the golden eyes flicked its tongue.
"Little thing, what were you doing just now?"
It spoke!
As expected.
Duan Chen's heart sank.
His sixth sense had not deceived him. If he wanted to fight, he might be able to win, but it would definitely require his entire being and the power of the white chess pieces he had integrated. Perhaps only then could he.
But his sixth sense had not deceived him.
This snake was indeed capable of communication.
However...
Before Duan Chen could say anything, the owner of the golden eyes spoke with a hint of disdain.
"What strange thing have you brought to my territory?"
As the words fell, a golden tail whipped out and struck Duan Chen fiercely.
Duan Chen was sent flying directly, falling into a milky white lake with a splash.
In the center of this lake of milky white liquid, a white lotus grew, its petals already pure milky white.
Duan Chen was directly smashed into it and began to fall.