The two corpses on the ground were wearing Taoist robes. They were none other than the Maoshan Taoists Tongjue and Tongwu!
Why did the two brothers travel thousands of miles to Death Valley? Shen Bing and I looked at each other, thinking this was very strange. Just as we were about to go over to see what caused their death, Shen Bing, who was running in front, suddenly stepped on empty air and fell down.
I was suddenly startled. Oh no, I might have fallen into a trap. There is an underground river below!
"Ah, bumpkin, quickly catch Xiao Chengcheng..." Shen Bing did not care about herself at the critical moment, but threw Wei Ziling over with force.
I quickly reached out to catch it, took off my things and put them on the ground, and put Wei Ziling on the pile of things. I took off my coat and threw it forward, just in time for the sleeve to swing in front of Shen Bing.
"Grab the clothes!" I yelled.
"Oh..." Shen Bing clutched her sleeves tightly with both hands. At this moment, her chest had sunk into the ground and was still sinking.
I exerted force with my hands and pulled half of her body out. I thought if I pushed again, the whole person would come out, but my feet were empty, and I sank in. There was a quagmire below, and the more I struggled, the deeper I sank. Even though I stopped all movements and dared not even breathe deeply, my body still sank slowly and soon reached my abdomen.
Because of her struggle, Shen Bing was almost completely trapped in the water, with only the area above her neck exposed, and the sleeves of her clothes in her hands raised high, she kept screaming.
"Don't move, wait for me to save you..." I also comforted her. Actually, I felt a little cold in my heart at this moment. How could I survive if I encountered such danger? I could hardly protect myself, so how could I save her
My heart was beating violently, my mind was in a mess, and I wanted to find a solution, but it was impossible. I gritted my teeth and tried my best to pull the clothes over here to stop Shen Bing from sinking. With this force, my body began to slide down sharply. Fortunately, there was more than one meter between us, and this area was quite hard, supporting the coat, which temporarily stopped our sinking momentum.
We panted and laughed at each other. Surviving a catastrophe is the happiest thing. However, none of us dared to climb up now, because we were afraid that the middle part would not be able to withstand the huge pulling force. If we lost this last life-saving straw, we would fall into the underground river.
As she was laughing, Shen Bing's face suddenly darkened. She looked behind me and said in a crying voice, "Country bumpkin, I have some unfortunate news for you."
I rolled my eyes: "Is there someone behind me?"
"It's not a human, it's a beast!"
Oh my god, why don't you just say it directly? Why are you still trying to beat around the bush with me? I was almost scared to death when I turned around. There was a leopard behind me, walking towards me like a cat, and it was probably less than three meters away from me. Cold sweat broke out on my head. Not to mention that I couldn't move now, even on flat ground, I couldn't outrun it!
"How about we all go down, so we can leave our bodies intact..." Shen Bing suggested.
"Stop talking nonsense, Xiao Chengcheng is here." I noticed that when Leopard came over, his eyes were fixed on Wei Ziling, which made my heart pound.
"Oh, by the way, how do we protect Xiao Chengcheng?" Shen Bing exclaimed.
Her scream immediately stimulated the leopard, and it rushed towards us. Three meters away, do you think it would have any problems with such a nimble body? I grabbed the clothes with my right hand, freed my left hand, and threw out the only copper coin left in my palm. It fell into the mud when I pulled the clothes just now.
I'm also taking a gamble. If I can hit it in the throat, everything will be fine. If not, I'll die bravely!
But what made me despair was that the copper coin didn't hit the leopard's throat, but hit its mouth. However, the copper coin was very powerful, and the leopard roared and fell to the ground, right in front of me, with blood oozing out of its mouth, as if a tooth had been knocked out.
When it smelled blood, its ferocious nature increased, and it opened its mouth and bit my neck. Looking at its bloody sharp teeth, I almost fainted on the spot. Shen Bing also screamed over there.
I raised my left hand like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and hit it hard on the left eye. The leopard was quite clever and dodged, but it also saved me from being bitten to death temporarily. I didn't care about the last life-saving land, so I called Shen Bing, and the two of us climbed up at the same time.
This must be done at the same time, otherwise if I come up, she will sink in. Shen Bing's reaction was quite quick, and she climbed out half of her body at the same time as me. The two of us were able to hold hands together, and when I held her delicate little hand in my palm, I was so excited that a warm current spread through my body.
At this time the leopard had jumped up again, but we had not yet escaped from the quagmire. Just when we thought we were going to die hand in hand under the leopard's kiss, suddenly there was a sharp sound of wind above our heads. The leopard immediately retracted its mouth, turned around and ran away, as if it had encountered some disaster.
We looked up and saw that it was a leopard eagle, which was stretching its huge wings and chasing the leopard close to the ground. We couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In this animal kingdom, no matter how ferocious a beast is, there are natural enemies that can restrain it. If it were in the jungle, an adult leopard might not encounter an enemy, but in this valley, the ferocious leopard eagle has become their nightmare.
Leopards are very fast. Although the eagle flew as fast as lightning, it could not catch up with it even after chasing it for a long distance. Finally, it made another turn and flew into the sky.
We stared at him for a while, then quickly climbed out of the swamp and walked slowly to the side as if walking on thin ice. Fortunately, this area was strong enough and did not fall again. We did not have time to catch our breath or check the cause of death of our fellow disciples Tongjue. We were afraid that the leopard would come back, and the eagles circling in the sky might not find prey and would attack us. I asked Shen Bing to hold Wei Ziling, and I carried everything on my back and hurried forward.
When it was dark, we walked to a small river with a rapid current, jumped in to wash off the dirt on our bodies, and then set up the tent by the river. We fell 17 or 18 times on the way, and our clothes were torn by thorns, which made us even more miserable than when we were in Maoshan. The sharp stones also made our feet hurt so much that Shen Bing sat at the entrance of the tent, took off his shoes, and kept rubbing his feet.
I lay by the river, waiting for the wind to dry my wet clothes. I looked up at the gradually darkening sky, and a sense of fear slowly rose in my heart.
Can we spend the night in Death Valley safely? This dark and depressing night sky seems to be telling me that there will be even more terrifying horrors waiting for us tonight!