txolops Chapter 5 Allusions: A Snake in a Cup of Wine
Chapter 5 Allusions: A Snake in a Cup of Wine
Splash!
A very faint sound of water.
Lin Xuan's head slowly emerged from the water.
At this moment, on the Qiantang River, three huge multi-story ships are connected by iron chains, forming a floating fortress.
The boat was brightly lit, and the aroma of wine and barbecue mixed with the smell of sweat wafted in on the river breeze.
This is the main fleet of the "Malaysian Caravan".
For ordinary people, these three ships are like the gates of hell.
But in Lin Xuan's vertical pupils, which gleamed with an eerie light, these were clearly three gift packs filled with experience points.
"Such rich and abundant blood and energy..."
Lin Xuan greedily took a sniff of the air.
There were at least a hundred pirates on board, each a ruthless thug with blood on his hands. Their vitality was far greater than that of ordinary people, and the big guy sitting in the center of the main ship was like a burning furnace.
[Target: One-Eyed Dragon (Head of the Malaysian Gang)]
[Level: Lv20 (Peak Acquired Martial Master)]
[Status: Slightly tipsy]
Threat Level: High (At this point, the chance of winning a head-on confrontation is less than 30%)
"A level 20 martial artist..."
Lin Xuan lay prone in the shadow of the ship's waterline, calmly analyzing the situation.
Although he is a demon, in the setting of "Myth", human warriors have extremely high explosive power in the early stages.
Beside the one-eyed dragon was a nine-ringed broadsword with a ghost head. If that thing were to strike its vital spot, even the scales of a dragon would shatter.
"We can't fight head-on."
"You need to use your brain."
Lin Xuan extended his sharp claws and silently pierced the wooden planks of the ship's hull.
Although the newly grown limbs are clumsy when paddling, they have a unique advantage when climbing.
Like a giant black gecko, he clung to the ship's side, avoiding the sight of the patrolling pirates, and climbed upwards.
After a while.
He was hanging upside down outside the skylight of the main ship's assembly hall.
Through the gaps in the window paper, the view inside the hall was completely visible.
In the center of the hall, a tiger-skin carpet was laid out, and dozens of shirtless bandits were playing drinking games.
The one-eyed dragon sat at the head of the table, with only one eye and a face full of fat.
"Brother! We've robbed a Yangzhou salt merchant's ship this time, enough to keep us brothers happy for half a year!" one of the underlings said obsequiously, offering a toast.
"Hahaha!"
The one-eyed man laughed loudly, shaking the dust off the roof beams: "Of course! In this small piece of land, unless it's the government's main naval force, who dares to disrespect me, the one-eyed man?"
"Come on! Finish this bowl!"
One-Eyed Dragon raised the large bowl in front of him, which was about the size of a washbasin and filled with amber-colored aged Shaoxing wine.
On the roof beam, a glint flashed in Lin Xuan's eyes.
"Now."
He adjusted his posture and instead of breaking through the window, he stretched out his long neck and used the gap in the roof tiles and the angle of the moonlight to make an extremely precise adjustment of light and shadow.
The moonlight, as silvery as silver, pierced through the gap and shone upon Lin Xuan's ferocious dragon head and horns.
A slender, twisted black shadow, following the light, was precisely projected into the wine bowl that the one-eyed man had just raised and was gently swaying!
Under the refraction of light and shadow, the reflection seemed to come alive, swimming in the wine, like a miniature venomous dragon flicking its tongue.
[Skill Activation: Allusion Judgment - Mistaking a Snake for a Bow!]
[Judgment condition: Light and shadow refraction creates an "illusion". (Completed)]
Although One-Eyed Dragon is a martial arts master, he has killed countless people and is most afraid of vengeful spirits seeking revenge.
Such people often have weaker mental defenses than ordinary people.
Inside the Hall of Gathering Righteousness.
One-Eyed Dragon brought the wine bowl to his lips, about to drink it down in one gulp.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a dark shadow at the bottom of the bowl.
That's... a snake?
There's a snake in the wine?!
Normally, he would definitely stop to check.
But he was in high spirits at the moment, and the movements had become muscle memory. In addition, his brain was numbed by alcohol, so the 'snake' shadow only flashed by for a moment before he swallowed it down with a big gulp of strong liquor!
"Awesome...uh?!"
Before he could finish saying the word "爽" (shuang, meaning "awesome"), the one-eyed man's expression changed instantly.
He could clearly feel that the thing that slid down his throat was not dead!
It's alive!
It's cold!
It was churning wildly inside its stomach, baring its fangs and tearing at its own internal organs!
"Cough cough cough—!!!"
The large bowl in the one-eyed man's hand shattered with a crash.
He suddenly sprang up from the tiger-skin chair, gripping his neck tightly with both hands, his eyes bulging, and the veins on his forehead throbbing wildly like earthworms.
"Master?!"
The bandits were startled by this sudden turn of events and quickly surrounded the area.
"Boss, what's wrong with you?!"
"Snake...there's a snake..."
The one-eyed man let out a roar like a broken bellows, desperately digging his fingers into his throat until it bled profusely.
"I swallowed a snake...it's biting my heart! Ouch—it hurts so much!!"
In everyone's eyes, the leader had only taken a sip of wine before going mad.
However, according to the system's assessment, the one-eyed dragon's health bar is undergoing a terrifying avalanche.
-250! (Psychotoxic substance)
-300!
-400!
This injury disregarded his formidable Iron Shirt Kung Fu, because it was an instruction from his brain.
The brain interprets the heart as being crushed, so the heart must stop beating!
"Snake...there's a snake..."
One-Eyed Dragon knelt on the ground with a thud, his body convulsing and foaming at the mouth.
In just ten seconds.
This once-powerful figure who dominated the Qiantang River for over a decade, rolled on the ground, kicked his legs, and fell completely silent.
His face still bore the mark of extreme terror, as if he had truly seen a vengeful demon from hell.
[Defeat 'One-Eyed Dragon' (Lv20) without shedding a drop of blood!]
[Gained a huge amount of experience points: 800!]
[Your level has increased: Lv11 → Lv12!]
The entire assembly hall was deathly silent.
All the bandits stared in horror at the corpse on the ground, then at the overturned jar of wine.
"Poison...someone poisoned me!"
"The boss is dead!!"
Panic is spreading.
And this is the perfect accompaniment for the hunt.
Lin Xuan smiled coldly from the roof beam.
"This is definitely the most efficient way to clear dungeons."
next moment.
Boom!
The fragile roof of the Hall of Righteousness exploded instantly, and tiles and wood chips fell like a torrential rain.
A seven-meter-long black-scaled venomous dragon, radiating chilling aura and murderous intent, descended from the sky and slammed heavily onto the tiger-skin chair.
The smoke and dust cleared.
Lin Xuan raised his ferocious head, his vertical pupils coldly staring at the terrified bandits around him, his mouth splitting open to reveal two rows of gleaming white fangs.
"Since the banquet hasn't ended yet..."
"Then I'll have... an extra dish too."