A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Guan Luoyang squatted down and touched the ditch, pinching a clump of mud onto his fingertip.

Judging from the feel of it, this gully didn't form last night, but it must have formed within the last two or three days.

To put it more boldly, he entered Snake Valley with the incense pills that could lure venomous snakes, but didn't see a single snake because all the snakes in the valley had already followed this path and left.

And what caused this long trench was someone holding some kind of tool?

still is……

Guan Luoyang carefully discerned the direction the snakes and insects were crawling, observed the trend of the soil being disturbed and collapsing, and began to walk forward along the gully.

After leaving the valley and crossing the high slope, Guan Luoyang found a scale as big as half a palm on the trunk of a fallen tree.

The scales are yellowish-black, and the base is whitish.

Guan Luoyang gradually increased the force in his hand, and after the scales bent to their limit, they snapped in two with a bang. Their toughness was probably no less than that of a piece of iron of the same thickness.

He twitched his eyebrows slightly and continued walking forward.

More and more of these scales were left among the fallen trees, some embedded in the trunks and some scattered on the ground.

A large rock, as tall as three people, was pried out from a gentle slope in the forest. The soil and moss on its surface were all churned up and scraped, leaving large patches of crisscrossing white marks.

The stone was surrounded by the most scattered scales and many traces of blood.

The moment he bypassed the rock, Guan Luoyang's pupils contracted, and he almost slashed out with his sword.

There was a giant, bloodstained python coiled up there. Even coiled up, it was nearly as tall as his lower abdomen, occupying a large area of ​​five or six meters around it, and possessing a terrifying size.

Upon closer inspection, the giant python was headless, with only a large opening, which turned out to be just its shed skin.

Guan Luoyang used his knife to hook one end of the snakeskin and walked out step by step until he straightened the heavy, damp snakeskin, which looked to be more than twenty meters long.

Judging from the width of the snakeskin, the snake's body must have been as thick as a bucket.

Guan Luoyang stared silently at the snakeskin, recalling the reminder in the Reincarnator mission.

The earth is turned upside down, and disasters and anomalies occur frequently, involving demons, corpses, and the human heart.

He had seen zombies, and he had seen sorcerers.

I've also dealt with ghosts that can be controlled by magic, like the strange monkey in the old house by the water and the incense-eating ghost of Daoist Zhiyuan.

But he has not yet seen a demon.

This giant python in front of us could probably be considered a monster.

If a monster of this size molts and grows even larger, it can easily smash into houses, demolish buildings, and devour wild animals and living people one bite at a time.

Not to mention that this monster is accompanied by thousands of snakes, and even if it just passes through a town, who knows how many casualties it will cause.

Guan Luoyang frowned in thought, walking around and slicing through the snakeskin one cut at a time to check if there were differences in the hardness of the snakeskin in different parts.

He stabbed from head to tail, and even calculated the location of the seven-inch mark. After stabbing around, he didn't get any results. Even at the seven-inch mark, the strength of the snake scales seemed to be the same.

Without time to think further, Guan Luoyang turned around, took a deep breath, identified the direction the trail was heading, and hurried away.

He covered more than ten meters in a single step, and wherever he went, green leaves danced and followed, like a gust of wind sweeping through the forest.

I wonder if the other wild animals and birds in these woods were scared away long ago, because they haven't come near this area.

In the vast forest, sunlight shone through the branches and leaves, casting large patches of light, and only his figure moved swiftly through the trees.

Until he came to a riverbank, where numerous snakes and insects slid diagonally down the riverbank.

"call……"

Guan Luoyang slowed his pace, his eyes gazing at the shimmering water. "These snakes, are they just entering the water?"

If it's just about entering the water, whether you live at the bottom of the river or go from the river to the sea, it's probably something to be thankful for.

However, after walking along the riverbank for a while, Guan Luoyang faintly smelled the stench of blood.

He rushed in that direction, and found that there were many soldiers stationed along the riverbank.

But the presence of these soldiers could not conceal the horrific battlefield.

A well-trained general in armor turned around first and shouted, "Who goes there?"

Guan Luoyang stepped forward: "I was originally a martial artist going to Snake Valley to collect herbs, but I noticed signs of snakes moving around. Fearing that the pythons might harm people, I tracked them down here."

"It is Daoist Qiuhong."

One of the soldiers called out, "Daoist Master, do you still remember me? I was there with the sergeant yesterday during that great magical battle, serving as a witness."

Guan Luoyang looked at him and seemed to recognize him.

"After the duel was over, I was ordered to ride a fast horse to report back to the Commander-in-Chief, but I encountered General Yu on the way."

The soldier whispered a few words to his general.

General Yu's expression softened, and he clasped his hands in greeting, saying, "So it's the Taoist priest from Zhenwu Temple. I just sent someone to Zhenwu Temple to ask the masters for help, but by chance, a Taoist priest arrived here first. He's a highly skilled person who has received the Jade Register Grand Master's talisman."

"Taoist Master, come quickly!"

General Yu made way.

Actually, he didn't need to deliberately move aside. This battlefield was too large, and it was impossible for these soldiers to completely block it off.

The riverbank was littered with pythons and human corpses, all intertwined and dead. The soldiers were dealing with the bodies.

Hundreds of people died, and the number of pythons and venomous snakes that died was probably incalculable. The traces of the struggle stretched from this place to four or five miles away.

But besides the corpses of people and snakes, there were also giant beasts lying on the ground.

It's an elephant.

The Jiaozhi people had a long tradition of using elephants in warfare. However, ordinary elephants are easily out of control when they encounter pre-dug pits, cannons, or even deliberate interference from sorcerers, and may trample and attack their own troops.

Therefore, cavalry and similar units were not actually used frequently.

However, the elephants in front of us all had vermilion-colored patterns that seemed to grow naturally inside their ears, and some of the cloth bundles wrapped around their bodies were already tattered, revealing small cannons and ammunition boxes strapped to their bodies.

This was a special type of soldier called the "Diwei Army" that was specially trained after the Ming Dynasty recovered Jiaozhi in the early years of the Jianwu era.

Each elephant used in this army is guarded by a sorcerer. From a young age, these elephants are carefully fed and cared for as they grow. They are given cinnabar pills to cultivate an unyielding temperament, allowing them to charge recklessly and fearlessly to their deaths.

However, as long as the cavalry are refined in the same way and possess the same cinnabar aura, they can get close to these elephants at will and control their advance and retreat, truly achieving a spiritual state of unity between man and elephant.

Guan Luoyang had read many books in the Zhenwu Temple and learned a lot about the legends of this army. It is said that when this army was mobilized, it was necessary to first notify all the prefectures and prepare the relevant feed. Therefore, every time it was mobilized, it was a grand spectacle, which was talked about by the common people.

But now it seems that this army, which should have been stationed in Jiaozhou Prefecture, has somehow managed to sneak into the wilderness and secluded woodlands and arrive near Chengyin Prefecture without anyone noticing.

All information was kept strictly confidential.

It's not hard to imagine that this army must be shouldering extremely difficult and important responsibilities.

But now, these elephants have all bled poisonous blood and lie dead here.

General Yu anxiously said from the side, "Grand Master, a noble person has gone missing in this area after encountering a swarm of snakes. Do you have any means to locate him?"