The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 468 - 439: Don’t Cry... Everyone Will Die!_1

Chapter 468: Chapter 439: Don’t Cry... Everyone Will Die!_1

Although it was dark and the path slippery, these people were accustomed to working outside at night.

They could not move as if it were daytime, but their speed was not slow.

Usually, it only took forty minutes to reach the Peach Orchard from here, but now it had taken them an hour and ten minutes.

In that time, He Tiantian had already made her way into the cave.

The barrier here had disappeared, and inside it was pitch black—He Tiantian couldn’t make out anything clearly.

Remembering there were torches and matches in the cave, she hurriedly found a dry spot and lit a torch.

In the past, He Tiantian had used wood when dealing with rabbits and wild chickens, so she quickly lit a fire, which brightened the cave considerably.

Indeed, after lighting the fire and the torch, the cave became illuminated.

Only then did He Tiantian see the Snake King lying in a pool on the ground, a mess of blood and flesh, with bones visible on its back and its tail charred.

"Snake King, you must hold on," He Tiantian said as she walked to the edge of the pool and petted the Snake King’s head.

She then took out a Swiss Army Knife from the spatial barrier, heated it over the fire for a bit as a way to sterilize it, and then cut into her ankle at that spot.

Every time the Snake King absorbed the Sacred Blood, it was from this location.

With the Snake King unconscious, He Tiantian could only pry open its huge mouth, a gaping maw, and bring her ankle close to the Snake King’s mouth.

A drop, two drops, three drops······

The Snake King showed no response.

He Tiantian became anxious, made another cut, and she didn’t know if she hit an artery or what, but the blood flowed more freely.

This was the first time He Tiantian provided the Snake King with Sacred Blood while fully conscious.

About a minute later, He Tiantian felt her ankle, placed at the Snake King’s mouth, as if it were being bitten.

He Tiantian looked closely and was overjoyed in her heart—the Snake King had opened its eyes.

"Snake King, drink quickly," He Tiantian said. "Drink more and you’ll recover your health."

The Snake King’s body couldn’t move, the only things that could were its eyes and tongue.

The Snake King was exhausted, and if it wasn’t for He Tiantian’s arrival, the energy absorbed into its body, without the harmony of the Sacred Blood, would soon cause it to burst and die.

Fortunately, she had come.

But now the Snake King needed a lot of Sacred Blood, and as He Tiantian’s complexion grew paler and paler, it wanted to stop, but it couldn’t control the energy in its body, and could only watch tearfully as He Tiantian’s life force gradually weakened.

The Snake King couldn’t speak or move.

It didn’t want He Tiantian to die!

If it was destined not to survive this calamity, then it should just die on its own—that was its fate, the calamity predetermined for it.

But the Snake King had tried everything and couldn’t sever its connection with He Tiantian.

Watching He Tiantian become increasingly weak, the Snake King could no longer hold back its tears and shed two lines of them.

"Don’t cry!" He Tiantian could feel the changes in her body. Her life had been given by the Snake King, and even if she were to die while her parents were still alive, that was good enough.

He Tiantian extended her hand, wanting to touch the Snake King’s head, but she had no strength left in her body and could only let her hand hang limply.

It was at this moment that the jade pendant around the Snake King’s neck emitted a dazzling light once again, forcibly severing the connection between the Snake King and He Tiantian.

At last, the Snake King let go of He Tiantian’s foot.

He Tiantian felt very exhausted and slipped into a deep slumber.

The Snake King could sense that He Tiantian’s life force was still present, which gave it a slight relief.

Its body already contained a lot of Sacred Blood, and it needed to cultivate immediately.

The robust body of the Snake King, nurtured by the Sacred Blood and spiritual power, recovered very quickly.

About an hour later, the Snake King’s body had completely recovered. Just when it wanted to continue cultivating, a few fearless people began to approach slowly from outside the cave.

"Boss, I can vaguely see some light inside, could there be people here?" Hu Sanchuan whispered, feeling a bit nervous.

Boss Lu stepped forward and noticed it too.

"Right, what about the people from that wooden house?" Boss Lu asked, thinking they were the ones who had discovered the place first.

"Boss, I just checked, and everyone in the wooden house has been stunned." Another person whispered from behind, "They shouldn’t be villagers."

Boss Lu grew even more excited.

"Let’s go, let’s take a look inside." Boss Lu chambered a round and readied his hunting rifle.

The others followed suit.

"Sanchuan, you keep watch outside. If someone comes, take them out," Boss Lu ordered before leading his men inside.

For people in their line of work, leaving a trusted person to keep watch was essential.

Because the Snake King was exhausted just now, the spatial barrier had disappeared, allowing these people to come in smoothly.

The entire body of the Snake King submerged in the water pool, gazing at the tiny, greedy humans, who seemed no more significant than jesters.

"Boss, look, there’s a woman lying over there?" a man exclaimed in surprise, "Could that... could that be a female snake demon?"

Boss Lu’s gaze landed on He Tiantian, who was by the side of the water pool. Her pale delicate face and exposed slender ankles hung in the air, undeniably beautiful.

If Hu Sanchuan were here, he would definitely recognize her as He Tiantian from Qijia Village.

However, since Hu Sanchuan hadn’t come down, no one knew who the girl was.

"Boss, don’t go over there. Snake demons can enchant people, drink human blood, eat human flesh!" Another underling, seeing Boss Lu move forward, grabbed him in fright.

Boss Lu chuckled, unconcerned, and said, "Even if it is a snake demon, it’s an injured one. She looks so good, even if she’s a snake demon, I won’t hold back. I’ll be an Immortal for once."

The Snake King in the water pool was infuriated upon hearing this.

If its mana had recovered, it would have killed them the moment it noticed their presence.

Now it could only wait for them to come closer before taking them all down together.

Seeing Boss Lu approach the woman without incident, the rest gained some courage and followed.

While their attention was on He Tiantian, a mist filled the cave.

"Boss, why is there fog?" several people exclaimed.

But it was too late; they had already inhaled the fog, their bodies becoming limp and collapsing to the ground.

Boss Lu was no exception; though he couldn’t move, his consciousness remained intact.

At that moment, the Snake King poked its huge head out of the water pool, with horns around five or six centimeters tall on its head.

"Dragon... Flood Dragon..." Boss Lu stuttered, then glanced toward He Tiantian, even more convinced it was a snake demon’s illusion.

"You all must die!" The Snake King finished speaking, closed its mouth, its throat quivered twice, and then it spat out some purplish-red liquid substance.