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Everyone couldn't help but feel close to panic, as every tree around them had a snake hanging from it, occasionally stretching down and hissing at everyone, its all-black eyes indicating its nature—it sucked blood.
Lightning and Flame, the two mercenary groups, illuminated the surroundings with flashlights while firing their guns, shooting wooden bullets and arrows indiscriminately since no one knew where the hearts of the snakes were.
At first, the blood-sucking snakes ignored the bullets. They coiled their tails around the trees, stretching down to bite a person, and then forcefully carried them away.
The sounds of wailing grew louder as everyone fought and moved, trying to get as far away from the trees as possible, but ancient tall trees were everywhere—where could they escape to?