From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

The white python looked at the dead wild boar demon with a puzzled expression, then stretched its long, thin tail into the fence and poked the triangular head that was hiding there.

Pyramid Head didn't react at all; it just stared at it.

"Oh? Another one who came looking for trouble. How did he end up dead here?"

Shi Yan looked at the dead wild boar demon with curiosity, and after a while, she showed a look of disgust.

"It died a terrible death. Its internal organs have all dissolved, and it's completely inedible." She casually found a place and threw the wild boar demon away.

Before long, a large swarm of all kinds of poisonous insects gathered here. Some of them ate the wild boar meat, and their bodies convulsed and they died.

Some benefited greatly, with the colors on their carapaces becoming more vibrant.

"A rare and precious treasure has been born... It belongs to the fire element!"

Inside the Jade Palace, Li Yi, who was casually feeding the spirit insects, suddenly sensed something. There was feedback in the clear and turbid world, which immediately invigorated him.

The next moment, he arrived outside the White Jade Palace and shot straight into the sky, whereupon the poisonous barrier gathered around him.

The faint trace emanated from the pervasive poisonous barrier of the swamp, and Li Yi quickly ascertained its direction and distance.

Within this swamp, those with the strongest perception are undoubtedly those who cultivate the swamp soil element. They can obtain a great deal of information through this ubiquitous, flowing poisonous barrier.

Especially newly born rare and precious materials, their spiritual energy and aura will travel to extremely far places along the poisonous barrier.

Of course, Shi Yan didn't realize that her cultivation level wasn't strong enough, and she wasn't sensitive to fire elemental attacks.

Without hesitation, Li Yi transformed into a hazy mist and shot off in that direction.

After the terrain below changed several times, Li Yi arrived at an unfamiliar swampy area, hovering in mid-air.

According to Li Da, this place should belong to a group of pythons, but he didn't really care about that.

Even if he encountered a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, Li Yi felt that with the help of the Pure and Turbid Immortal Foundation, he could escape and would not be easily defeated.

His gaze fell straight down, and he immediately saw a gradually increasing red light shining from somewhere in the swamp.

Gradually, the flowing silt around them was dried out, revealing a small but fertile piece of land.

The red light gradually intensified, eventually revealing a strange red lotus flower with fiery patterns on its petals, flickering intermittently.

This is a rare and precious material belonging to the fire element; this can now be fully confirmed.

Its quality is not weak, and it has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, which may be the key to the white python's enlightenment.

But we still need to find a water-related treasure to combine the two.

Li Yi did not act rashly. His body was enveloped in a thick poison barrier as he looked down at the scene below.

The lotus blossomed rapidly, and the flames surrounded the area, dispelling all the poisonous barrier. This caused many poisonous insects lurking in the swamp to emerge uncomfortably and flee the area.

After waiting for a long time, Li Yi discovered that no creatures from the swamp had come to seize this treasure.

It seems that there are not many people cultivating flames in this swamp; they should all be cultivating swamp energy or radiant light.

The next moment, Li Yi was enveloped in a thick fog and fell down, enveloping the lotus flower. He then immediately picked it and prepared to leave.

"Hehe, where did this fellow cultivator come from? This is our territory, sisters~"

A soft yet chilling voice rang out.

Suddenly, a huge, long snake tail appeared in front of Li Yi, crackling like a whip, swirling around a mass of chaotic swampy energy, and lashing out.

boom!

The snake's tail, which carried immense force, was instantly grabbed by Li Yi with one hand. The surrounding mist expanded and was almost dispersed, but it quickly closed up again, preventing Li Yi from being exposed.

Li Yi flicked his wrist and flung the snake's tail out.

It was a huge python, its scales displaying a pattern of black, yellow, and green interwoven.

It danced in mid-air, and in an instant transformed into a tall woman, landing steadily in one place, her vertical pupils fixed on the thick fog in front of her.

The woman's transformation was incomplete; traces of snake scales remained on her cheeks and long legs, her tongue was blue and forked, and her eyes were eerie.

"Hehe, how rude of you! I bet you're also in the early Foundation Establishment stage."

Before he finished speaking, five more women with similar appearances appeared alluringly around him, making a total of six. They smiled and surrounded Li Yi.

"Fellow Daoist, this is our territory. I don't think you are one of us. This is troublesome."

"Yes, fellow Daoist, you might have to die here."

Looking at the six early-stage Foundation Establishment python demons around him, Li Yi wasn't particularly nervous; instead, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

In that territory, there are said to be five wild boar demons in the early stages of Foundation Establishment who are brothers, and here, six python sisters have appeared.

The foundation-building in this area is rather strange; why are they all male or female?

"Hehe, fellow Daoist, aren't you afraid? You didn't even let me sense a trace of fear."

One of the women spoke. Almost all of her snake scales had disappeared, revealing smooth, white skin with strange, tattoo-like python patterns, making her look quite eerie.

She approached slowly, as did the other five women, all eager to investigate Li Yi's background.

This newly emerged Foundation Establishment stage demon beast has yet to reveal its face, and it's also interested in fire-elemental treasures, making it quite mysterious.

At this moment, a booming, powerful sound suddenly emanated from within the dense poisonous barrier.

"Gentlemen, there's no need for this. You have no use for this treasure anyway, so why be so aggressive?"

The six women did not answer; the smiles on their faces gradually froze, turning into the distorted expressions of someone about to go on a hunt.

The next moment, all six of them stretched out their hands and each threw out a long rope, which was filled with a rich swampy aura.

This rope was actually formed from their continuous molting, one after another, and it was probably crafted a long time ago, making it equivalent to a natal magic weapon.

Six ropes, like living snakes, darted into the poisonous thicket with a whoosh, binding Li Yi's entire body.

"Hehe, caught him." A woman's smile returned, and with a forceful shake of her hand, the poison barrier enveloping Li Yi finally shattered.

"Oh? He's actually a rather handsome young man. Is he a crocodile? That's similar to us."

"Yes, perhaps before we devour him, we sisters can enjoy ourselves to the fullest. Maybe we can even leave your seed behind. Then, you'll have died a worthy death, hehe~"

Li Yi remained silent, looking at the group of somewhat strange and crazy snake women, yet he felt that this was the true form of the swamp monsters.

Beings like the white python are indeed extremely rare.