From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

The wind howled around, blowing the branches of the large willow tree and scattering them in the air. At this moment, the sky and the earth were extremely quiet, like the calm before a storm.

The stagnant atmosphere and the omnipresent heat made all living beings in this area feel as if they were trapped in purgatory.

The white python stared at Li Yi, then rolled up the entire insect nest and sent it into the hollow of the big willow tree. Some of the spirit insects inside had already died due to the high temperature, and their rustling corpses fell out from inside.

Li Yi suppressed the murderous intent eroding the core of the Demon Ancient Tree in his mouth, and finally spat out a poison bullet that enveloped the entire insect nest.

In the end, all that remains of us is to look to the elusive will of Heaven.

boom!

Suddenly, beneath the large willow tree flying in mid-air, a large hole exploded in the parched earth, from which a poisonous scorpion emerged.

This giant scorpion was also just one step away from reaching the Foundation Establishment stage; its internal energy was chaotic, and only half of its body had broken free.

It weakly waved its two huge claws, but soon lost its vitality and died, stuck in the cracked mud.

Mu'e looked down at the scene with indifference, then quickly looked away.

If she had succeeded in establishing her foundation any later, she would probably have been corrupted by the phosphorescent fire underground and died like that scorpion.

Despite its ability to struggle out from underground, it has actually been killed by phosphorescent fire and is left only with a final flicker of light.

Apart from it, the land was devoid of any life; looking down from above, it was a gray expanse that seemed to stretch on forever.

At one moment, the surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet. The toad, who had been sitting under the tree with its head down, suddenly stood up, its eyes wide open, and its magical power erupted.

"It's here! I don't want to die!!!"

The next moment, Mu'e turned his head and saw a pale white line of fire suddenly appear on the horizon behind him, stretching endlessly to the left and right.

In just a few breaths, the fire line transformed into a pale white wave of flames, continuously igniting the omnipresent poisonous barrier and spreading towards this place at an incredible speed.

The world was a deathly white, devoid of sunlight and moonlight. A surge of heat arrived first, causing the leaves of the large willow tree to wilt instantly.

"rise!!!"

The toad roared, and poisonous mist burst forth from the multicolored spots on its back. The various poisonous mists swirled and enveloped the entire area outside Green Wind.

This time, it fought desperately. It had finally reached the Foundation Establishment stage after countless hardships, and it couldn't just sit and wait to die.

The poisonous fog and the green wind worked together to form a spherical shield that completely enveloped the large willow tree.

Mu'e's magical power surged and exploded to its limit, causing his long hair to be blown high and his face to bear a sharp expression.

boom!

A wave of pale white fire swept across the area in an instant, igniting the entire protective shield, and then, in the blink of an eye, it spread to the far end of the field of vision.

In an instant, the world was filled with phosphorescent fire, everywhere. They burned the poisonous barrier, becoming more concentrated at higher altitudes, while the ground was scorched, and all living things were burned to ashes.

The intense heat struck, and Mu'e's face turned pale. In just a few breaths, her magical power was greatly depleted.

The white python felt uncomfortable under the intense heat, but it was in the best condition among those in the Qi Refining stage because it cultivated fire.

It swam around, wrapping its body around Mu'e's long right leg and slender waist, and was protected by Mu'e.

The toad sat on the back of the yellow crocodile, unaffected by the surging waves of fire all around.

Only Li Yi lay quietly on the gradually burning and cracking earth, closing his eyes to feel everything.

Its senses extended outwards, coming into contact with the pale white phosphorescent fire outside. At this critical moment of life and death, Li Yi had no way out and directly entered a state of enlightenment.

The intense heat was left behind, and Li Yi calmed down, once again sensing that chaotic swampy energy deep in his consciousness.

It was there, slowly surging, enveloped by a layer of mist formed from the swampy soil, its interior chaotic and indistinct.

Li Yi's current task is to comprehend the fire element, a matter of life and death; failure means death.

Therefore, it doesn't need any protection; it needs to directly contact this destructive phosphorescent fire and forge an unimaginable path.

laugh!

The protective shield constructed by Mu'e and the toad was suddenly burned open, creating a gap the size of a plate, and a pale white light surged into it like a swarm of fireflies.

Mu'e exerted all his strength, his eyes sweeping across the area, ready to strike at any moment.

But the next moment, the phosphorescent flame suddenly changed direction and was attracted to Li Yi's side.

So she immediately turned around and used her magic to forcibly repair the gap, maintaining a brief period of peace.

The vitality of the big willow tree began to rapidly diminish, and the soil around its roots was scorched and cracked continuously. Enveloped in white flames, it fell from mid-air like a meteorite into the omnipresent sea of ​​fire.

Its roots burned at lightning speed, turning charred black, followed by the canopy, and thousands of willow branches turned to ashes in an instant.

"ah!!!"

The toad roared, but it couldn't change anything. The shield was being eroded at an extremely fast speed, draining the magic power from the toad and Mu'e's body, and burning holes into it at an even faster pace.

From the outside, the entire shield looked like a shooting star burning with white flames, now falling obliquely towards the ground.

The white python concentrated intently and offered up the purple fragment that had been corrupted by the black light. The purple flame was bright, but it was suppressed by the surrounding phosphorescent fire and reduced to a small flame.

But the small flame remained strong, absorbing most of the phosphorescent fire that surged into the tattered protective shield.

At the same time, it looked sadly at Li Yi.

All the remaining phosphorescent flames gathered around Li Yi and ignited it in an instant, burning more than a dozen holes in the back that was covered with hard black scales.

Li Yi's chances of survival plummeted to almost nothing in an instant, and he was about to die completely.

His consciousness trembled violently as Li Yi sensed his physical body rapidly fading away, but he still stared intently at the chaotic mass of swampy energy.

Only by getting up close can one know how terrifying phosphorescent fire is. It seems to specifically burn the flesh, and once you are touched, it will cause soul-consuming and bone-corroding effects, and nothing can stop it.

boom!

Li Yi's entire massive body was completely engulfed in flames, becoming a burning torch, with almost no sign of life.

The white python unleashed purple fragments covered in black cracks, shooting them into Li Yi's body and taking away most of the phosphorescent fire, giving Li Yi's dying soul a final bit of power.

The next moment, the purple fragment shot out from a gap in the shield with a whoosh, exploding completely and turning into a bright purple flame.

The white python swayed, desperately manipulating the purple flames to devour the surrounding phosphorescent fire, allowing Mu'e and the toad to catch their breath.

But this had little effect; the purple fragments were completely dissolved and incinerated in the phosphorescent flames, turning to ashes in just a few breaths.