dragon hunter

Chapter 78 Naihe Bridge

Looking at the black shadows flying around, my scalp was numb, and I tried my best to suppress the rush to escape. I was stepping on the dragon and gossip steps, and my figure swayed slightly.

Of the five crossbow bolts that were shot, the other four scattered towards the three people around me, and only one flew towards me.

The position of this crossbow bolt is very ingenious, no matter if I jump or squat down, I can't dodge it, my nervous forehead is slightly sweating.

At the moment when the crossbow arrow approached me, I stepped back slightly, turned my body sideways, and narrowly avoided it, but my clothes were torn.

"It's dangerous!" I had lingering fears, panting heavily, and looked at the three people around me, concerned about their conditions.

The old boatman's skill is nothing to say, and he dodged the two crossbow arrows that were shot at him lightly.

The dwarf has an advantage in size, lying on the ground, narrowly dodging the flying crossbow arrows.

The old monkey was the most embarrassed, with a bloodstain on his arm, almost winning the bid, leaning against the wall with a pale face.

"Scared me to death, is there any more?" The dwarf stood up nervously, looking around nervously.

"It's over, you can call the fat man over." The old monkey replied panting.

I greeted him loudly, and Fatty Wang ran over panting, with a trace of fear on his face, he patted his chest and said, fortunately, he didn't come, or he would definitely die.

The passage behind is getting more and more dangerous. Even if there is an old monkey who is familiar with the mechanism leading the way, the group will still be in danger.

"Everyone stop, we need the help of the snake dwarf ahead." The old monkey made a gesture.

Turning a corner, there is a passage in front of it, which is very narrow, and the stone wall on the top will keep pressing down. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably get stuck in it, unable to advance or retreat.

Thanks to the foresight of the old monkey, the height of the dwarf came in handy. He ran all the way to the ground and closed the trap on the other side so that we could pass smoothly.

"Take a break first, the 'Naihe Bridge' is in front of it, this is a more dangerous mechanism arrangement than the 'Huangquan Road'." The old monkey stopped and pointed his flashlight at the sheepskin map.

Thinking of the weird experience of "Huangquan Road", I shuddered, and felt an inexplicable fear of the "Naihe Bridge" that I hadn't seen yet.

"It's too dangerous, can we avoid it?" Fatty Wang's face turned pale, and he leaned over to look at the map, and he really didn't want to take the "Naihe Bridge".

"If it can be bypassed, do I still need your reminder?" The old monkey's expression was not very good, and he looked forward with a hint of fear.

"I don't know the mechanism, but I heard the legend of the older generation that if you walk Huangquan Road or cross the Naihe Bridge, you can't turn back, let alone talk." The old boatman came over and patted the fat man and me on the shoulders.

We rested on the spot, drank water and ate something, and started to move on.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I feel that there seems to be something in the back that has been following us. Thinking of the blurry figure I saw behind the fat man, I feel a little chilly in my heart.

"Here we are, this is the 'Naihe Bridge', ranked fifth among the top ten most dangerous sites recognized by civil engineers." The old monkey pointed his flashlight ahead, and said in a deep voice.

"Did you hear any sound? I seem to have heard ghost cries." Fatty Wang shrank his neck and hid behind me.

I also heard the thin whining sound, which seemed to have a strange magic power, and it kept circling in my ears, high and low, deceiving people's mind.

"If you want to know the source of that ghost's cry, come and have a look." The old monkey's voice was indescribably heavy.

I walked over, and following the light of the other party's flashlight, I saw a fault in front of me, with two arm-thick bronze chains connecting the two sides of the fault.

Ugly corpses, with their arms raised high, were hung on bronze chains, their eye sockets were sunken, and their mouths were wide open. The ghostly cries came from the mouths of those corpses.

"Oh my god, this is too scary, who dares to walk over there." Fatty Wang's face was pale, and his whole body was trembling.

"This...is this the 'Naihe Bridge'?" The scene in front of me was quite different from what I had imagined. I didn't expect that the "Naihe Bridge" was just two bronze chains.

"The way of mechanism, the simpler it is, the more dangerous it is." The old monkey stared ahead, tiny beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Those mummies look weird, can you get them down first?" I looked at the row of mummies hanging from the chains, trembling with fear.

"There is only one way to cross the 'Naihe Bridge', and that is to walk over it dignifiedly. Any opportunistic tricks will lead to death." The old monkey gritted his teeth and walked towards the bronze chain first.

I looked at the dangling bronze chain, and was a little worried for the old monkey. Below the bronze chain was a deep pit full of sharp barbs.

"What's going on, where is the fog coming from?" Fatty Wang looked around in surprise.

A thin layer of mist floated from nowhere, making the scene in the passage a bit hazy.

"Don't stand still, follow me quickly, you will all die if the time is over." The old monkey's voice was a little anxious.

My expression changed, and I followed closely behind the old boatman, stepping on the strange bronze chain. The shaking chain made it difficult for me to keep my balance.

"Wait for me!" Fatty Wang shouted with a hint of crying.

"Fatty, hurry up, follow up quickly, don't fall behind." I couldn't turn my head, so I yelled loudly.

The fog is getting thicker and thicker, the light of the flashlight can only shine on the chains under the feet, and the figure in front of him can no longer be seen clearly.

The disturbing ghost cries kept circling in my ears, and in this weird environment, people's psychological pressure continued to deepen.

There was a "creaking" sound under the feet, and the bronze chain shook violently, as if something had climbed up.

"Fatty, are you okay?" I couldn't see what was going on behind me, so I asked loudly.

Except for the cries of ghosts, there is no other sound around, and the companions around me seem to have all disappeared.

An icy chill ran up my spine, surrounded by thick fog, and the bronze chains were constantly shaking under my feet. I felt a sense of fear as if I was facing an abyss.

There was a bone sound of "click, click" from behind, as if something was blowing on my neck.

I couldn't turn my head back, so I could only move forward fearfully, while silently chanting the mantra of purifying my heart, I felt that the crying of ghosts in my ears had weakened a lot.

With the Qianlong tattoo on my back, I felt a slightly hot feeling, and my heartbeat suddenly accelerated, because I knew that there must be something behind me, and the Qianlong tattoo was warning me.

A pair of dry hands resting on my shoulders startled me and almost made me fall from the bronze chain.

"Steady, don't be chaotic, and you must not be chaotic in your heart." I controlled my balance and cheered myself up in a low voice.

I didn't know what was on my back, I took out two yellow talisman papers and stuck them on my shoulders.

Those two withered hands let go of my shoulders, and before I could catch my breath, those withered hands grabbed my neck.

"Your sister, you're sure to eat me?" A wave of anger rose from my heart, and the fear in my heart was dispelled a lot.

Relying on my feeling, I took out a piece of yellow talisman paper and stuck it to the outstretched withered hand, that hand retracted like an electric shock.

I took the opportunity to get rid of the entanglement of things behind me, quicken my pace, and staggered forward.

Suddenly, a hand below grabbed my trouser leg and pulled it down hard. My foot slipped and my body lost my balance.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough. At the moment of falling, I hugged the bronze chain tightly with my arms, and I cried out inwardly.

A dry and distorted face, close at hand, with its mouth open, stared at me motionless.

I was so frightened that I freed an arm, took out a piece of yellow talisman paper, and pasted it on the face of the mummy. The talisman paper ignited spontaneously without fire.

The mummy loosened its arms and fell off the bronze chain. There was a strange noise behind me. Before I had time to think about it, I hurriedly got up from the chain.

Just when I stood up, my back sank, and something lay on my back, and my neck was tightly strangled by two dry arms.

I smelled a disgusting rancid smell in my nose, and was about to take out the talisman paper and pat the thing behind me, when I tightened my arms, I was embraced by another pair of dry arms.

Thanks to Zhen Qingyi's acupuncture and moxibustion secret technique before entering the underground palace, which stimulated my potential and greatly improved my physical fitness.

Otherwise, two consecutive raids would be enough to make me lose my balance and fall from the bronze chain.

I couldn't move my arm, and I lost my biggest support. My forehead was sweating profusely, and my mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about countermeasures.

The dangerous situation stimulates the potential, and at a critical moment, I remembered a secret technique called "Kuidoubu" recorded in the Broken Xiangjing.

"A mortal has yang fire on his shoulders, and ghosts can't invade him with yang fire." This is a popular saying among the people. Old people often say that you can't turn your head when you walk at night, because the yang fire on your shoulders is easy to extinguish when you turn around.

And the secret technique of "Kui Dou Step" can use a strange asynchronous method to stimulate the Yang fire on a person's shoulders to resist evil spirits.

Fortunately, the weight of the mummy is very light, not enough to trap me in place. Even though I know that it is very difficult to use the "Queen Fighting Step" on the bronze chain, but I have no other choice at present, I can only fight!
I gritted my back molars tightly, followed the footwork recorded in Xiangjing, staggered forward on the bronze chain with difficulty.

My arms were bound, which made it difficult for me to maintain my balance. I almost fell off the bronze chain several times, but luckily I gritted my teeth and survived.

"There is one last step left." I was panting like a cow, and the sweat on my forehead fell like raindrops. It was pitch black, and I could only see the vague shadow of the bronze chain.

"It's done!" I took the last step and felt a burning sensation from my shoulders. It seemed that there were two flames burning on my shoulders. My whole body was warm and very comfortable.

The two mummified corpses that bound me, at the moment when the sun fire rose, let go of their arms without a sound, and fell under the bronze chains.

Taking advantage of my good condition, my shoulders were full of fire, and I walked quickly to the other end of the chain.

The fog in front of me gradually thinned, and I faintly saw a few figures and the light of the flashlight. I was overjoyed, and my steps were a little brisk.

"It's so dangerous, I finally came here." The voice of the old monkey came from the front.

With the light of the flashlight in front of me, I saw the end of the bronze chain, which was just five meters away, and I felt a sense of relief in my heart.

(End of this chapter)