Chapter 21: The Bet

  At this time, Xiao Tianpan was on my left hand, and he said excitedly: "The feeling is getting stronger and stronger, it's coming from the hole in front." My brother and I looked at each other, then my brother said: "Rose, you and your sister stay outside and help us block the wind."

  They knew the brothers were afraid they would encounter danger, so Rose said, "It's okay, we're going in too, maybe we can help." Xiaomei also echoed, "Yes, I'm going in too. I heard that the entire space isn't very dangerous, and this cave shouldn't be an exception either." The brothers could only thank them and then start preparing to enter the cave.

  Finally, we decided that each of us would hold a glow stick, my brother leading the way and me bringing up the rear. To be honest, everyone's heart was racing, but this had nothing to do with bravery - it was just a natural reaction to the unfamiliar and eerie environment. About 50 meters in, the path started to widen, and forks and bends appeared, by which point it had become as wide as a house. "Stop!" my brother suddenly shouted loudly. "Why?" Rose asked. "Listen carefully, it sounds like something is coming this way."

  Everyone dared not think much, concentrated and quieted down, after a while I also heard the rustling sound. So I said: "It should be a group of snakes." Then Rose sister also heard the rustling sound, at this time the snake was already within ten meters, five seconds later, various colorful snakes swam towards us.

  My brother and Mei drew out their divine weapons, and in the midst of the sword shadows, the snakes that were close by were all annihilated under the swords. I took one look and didn't need to take action myself, and Xiao Mei also didn't make a move.

  It's better this way, since my eyesight is poor. Although I still have the intention to use it now, I'm not very familiar with it. By habit, I still have a hint of fear towards darkness. My brother's eyesight isn't good either, but for him, there's no big difference between darkness and daytime. I really can't adapt to this pitch-black place and don't dare to relax my vigilance at all. Even if I try hard to expand my perception with intention, it only reaches about 25 meters in diameter. This is still due to the strength of my divine soul, plus the auxiliary effect of meditation. This is also why Rose heard the sound just now after me.

  These were ordinary snakes, naturally not enough for the hundreds of people in two pps to kill, and soon only a few fish escaped the net. We didn't pay much attention to it either, and continued moving forward.

  Because there were forks in the road ahead, we made a mark whenever we encountered one. My brother was leading the way, so he was responsible for this task. He quickly drew a sword character at each fork in the road.

  Suddenly I felt there was another sound approaching us, this time from underground. Others apparently didn't notice it, but as soon as I did, I warned: "Now twenty meters away from the ground, there are twenty to thirty earth snakes coming towards us, everyone be careful."

  The rose sisters first looked at me in surprise, I felt it was not suitable to expose too much for the time being, so I pretended to be communicating with Xiao Tian, they then had a sudden realization, and all of them were concentrating their minds to sense with their intentions. As expected, there was a discovery, my brother once again released his intention, and could sense within a distance of fifty meters, relying on his senses he said: "It's about seventeen or eighteen meters away, they're all first-level magic beasts, so fast!"

  After a while, Rose said: "It's a mutated earth-headed snake. Originally it was a wild beast. Brother Yue, you take Xiaomei back a bit. There are too many earth-headed snakes and they're in the ground. It seems we have to use martial arts." My brother also deeply agreed, so I pulled Xiaomei back. Now is not the time to show off heroism, safety comes first.

  Only Rose's mouth was murmuring, finally a voice: "Cut off space, fall!" A piece of land three meters in front of her, thirty centimeters deep, five meters wide and three meters long, was cut into hundreds of pieces. Blood flowers burst out, five or six fast-moving ones were cut into several segments, struggling desperately on the ground, it was a centipede, dead but not stiff.

  However, no one bothered with them anymore because they were just making their last struggles and were already dead. But seeing my brother's martial arts skills had also reached completion, he leaped up and flew forward for over ten meters, his flying sword flashing out, one turning into ten, ten turning into a hundred, it was the group martial art "Hundred Swords Firing Together". After this move, the ground within a radius of ten meters was cut into a beehive. The remaining twenty or so earth snakes were solved in one go, and Rose sisters exclaimed in surprise: "You're so cool! Handsome to death!"

  "My brother doesn't know how to be humble at all: 'Oh no, it's nothing, just a small dish. Hehe, Rose, you're not bad either.'"

  Rose heard this and was no longer happy, looking at his complacent expression, originally planning to praise him again, but in an instant her eyes narrowed into a dangerous arc, saying: "These are all trivial matters, what do you mean? Why don't we go out and hone our skills together? To make common progress."

  My brother isn't that stupid, if he were to spar with her, wouldn't that be asking for trouble? Her suitors come every day to challenge him, and if they're not beaten to death, they'll be exhausted to death, or annoyed to death. He hastily said: "No, no, I didn't mean it, my intention..." Rose had made up her mind to deal with him, the account from daytime was still unsettled, so she didn't give him a chance to continue explaining and said: "You don't need to explain, I already know, you think you're very powerful and can challenge me, your senior sister? Fine, I'll fulfill your wish."

  He understood that Rose was seeking revenge, so he weighed his heart and said boldly: "A simple spar is not interesting, how about we make a bet?"

  Everyone was shocked, and Rose was stunned. What's wrong with this kid? Didn't he used to never dare accept a girl's challenge? Not to mention taking the initiative to challenge a girl! Then, with a sly smile, "What do you want to bet? I'll accompany you anytime, you little brat never call me 'sister' or 'older sister'. Alright, if you lose, from now on, whenever you see me, you have to call me 'sister' obediently." He actually set the conditions first, as if afraid that my brother would back down.

  My brother listened to the condition without any difficulty, and readily agreed. Then he put forward his own condition: "Okay, if I lose, I'll call you sister, but if I win by a narrow margin, you have to change your mouth and call me brother, haha."

  Rose saw that her brother was unusually pleased and said, "Alright, it's settled then! You mustn't go back on your word, you know our younger siblings are watching from over there."

  I exchanged a glance with Xiaomei, finding it somewhat amusing, then forced back our smiles and pretended to be serious, saying "We can testify." The synchronized voices were like they had been rehearsed, which surprised the two of them.

  Next, of course, we're not just watching them chop, but also looking for something that attracts Little Tian. According to Little Tian's feeling, we went deeper into the hundred meters, and here is a large hall as wide as this, with water bucket-sized footprints on the ground, and various skeletons, with eerie winds blowing, it's really terrifying. The tranquility of this road makes us dare not be careless, because the thing that makes strange calls has not appeared yet.

  "My brother said, 'This is probably a snake den. Judging from the marks on the ground, it should be a big one.' Everyone thought that was great, and just then, three pythons came from three different directions, which were actually ordinary pythons mutated into second-order second-level pythons."

  It's extremely rare for ordinary beasts to transform into magical beasts, as it involves a fundamental transformation. The two brothers couldn't help but feel excited about this treasure hunt.