From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

In the darkness, the black swamp mud slid, but a tiny purple light flickered, like a purple firefly.

The white python paused for a moment, then quickly went to meet it.

Inside the cave of a big willow tree.

Li Yi's mouth was half open, but no sound came out. Crocodiles do not roar like other creatures; they are silent hunters.

At that moment, a white tail tip gently touched the dimly lit wound on Li Yi's back, and then suddenly withdrew.

The white python felt a scorching heat, a burst of fiery spiritual energy that seemed intent on burning everything, extremely fierce.

Then, the white python's blue vertical pupils flashed, and a wisp of clear water, slightly bluish, swirled around the tip of its tail as it slowly approached again.

laugh!

Suddenly, a loud evaporating sound came, and Li Yi felt a cool sensation flowing into the wound on his back that was constantly burning with pain, bringing him a brief moment of comfort.

Noticing Li Yi's relaxed body, the white python breathed a sigh of relief and continued to cleanse with its spiritual energy.

After a long while, wisps of thin mist rose from the hollow of the large willow tree. The white python had consumed a lot of its spiritual energy and was now thinking of other methods.

Using the magical water to cleanse Li Yi could only temporarily alleviate some of the pain he was experiencing; it couldn't solve the root cause.

Li Yi was naturally aware of this as well. It clearly felt something pierce its body, lodged in the constantly burning and growing flesh.

That's a real form of torture.

But Li Yi had to resist at all times, otherwise the foreign object would continue to burn flesh, melt bones, and pierce internal organs, causing truly fatal injuries.

Its ability to hold on until now is largely due to Lan Yingying's spiritual water, and the white python has also done its best to treat it, gradually using the spiritual water to consume some of the terrifying scorching flames.

Finally, and most importantly, is Li Yi's body itself.

It inhaled and exhaled the moonlight and refined the swamp's energy. The clear and turbid chaos within its body gradually showed a tendency to divide into two, just like two large millstones suppressing that purple flame.

Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Li Yi wouldn't have survived until now; even with the spiritual water, he would have died irreversibly.

The white python used its long tail to collect a drop of sap from a large willow tree and carefully dripped it onto Li Yi's wound.

In an instant, Li Yi's half-open mouth closed a little.

A surge of vital energy, carrying a hint of coolness, flowed into the body through the wound, instantly suppressing the burning power emanating from the foreign object inside the wound even more intensely.

Most of the drop of willow sap evaporated instantly, clashing with the purple flames and dissipating. The remaining small portion brought a gentle, spring-like warmth to the wound, causing the charred flesh to fall off and new flesh to grow, continuously making that part of the body stronger.

After a while, Li Yi's mouth slowly closed. Its injuries had been suppressed considerably and were no longer so unbearable.

But the excruciating pain still flares up from time to time, and the effect is only temporary.

It requires a continuous supply of willow sap and treatment using the methods of the white python.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the white python's head approached Li Yi's dark wound, its fiery red vertical pupil staring straight at him.

Within the dark, blood-red hole at the edge, a faintly visible purple cross-section, flickering like a breath, could be seen; it appeared to be a fragment of some kind of crystal.

It also had a pale gold crack line on it, and it looked... completely unrecognizable.

Having finally gotten a chance to catch his breath, Li Yi climbed onto the yellow wax stone and closed his eyes to rest.

This matter is far from over.

What's inside my body is probably some kind of treasure from the Flamebreath Fox Clan, which could represent a huge problem and has caused me injuries that are difficult to heal.

It seems we really need to capture one or two of these so-called Flame Breath Foxes alive and interrogate them thoroughly.

White pythons are very suitable for communicating with.

As he pondered this, Li Yi's weary body and mind quickly drifted into a deep sleep.

hiss……

Li Yi, who was in a blissful slumber, was suddenly shattered from his dream. A burning pain intensified, as if a red-hot steel needle had pierced his body, violently pulling his consciousness back to reality.

Li Yi suddenly opened his brownish-yellow eyes, a hint of violence flashing in them.

Suddenly, a cool sensation seeped into the wound, relieving some of the pain.

The white python had already awakened and was standing guard by his side, occasionally washing him with water to suppress the troublesome injury.

After waiting for a while and feeling that he could move again, Li Yi looked at the pile of crystal fragments and a yellow crystal the size of a human head, and slowly left the tree hole with heavy steps.

The citrine is almost used up, and the accompanying brown quartz containing the energy of the swamp has long been exhausted.

Li Yi left the tree hole. It was noon outside, but the swamp was not hot. The poisonous barrier absorbed some of the intense sunlight, giving the swamp a gloomy and damp atmosphere at all times.

Both it and the white python need new crystals for cultivation, especially Li Yi himself. As things stand, it seems unlikely that he can pull out that troublesome thing.

The only option now is to suppress the injury while strengthening oneself to fight it, and wait for the day when one is fully healed.

With many thoughts flashing through his mind, Li Yi hid in the mud and quickly left the big willow tree.

Even though he was tormented by pain all the time, Li Yi remained cautious and always on guard against the demon tree.

Before long, Li Yi silently traversed a large area and quietly approached the slope where the spiritual spring was located once again.

It looked extremely quiet here, no different from other places, except for a pair of toads chasing each other on the slope, as if they were courting.

The two toads chased each other, leaping from one side of the slope to the other, occasionally letting out loud croaks, and then suddenly leaping down the slope.

boom!

In the blink of an eye, the mud beneath them swelled and bulged again, a dark shadow flashed by, and then silence returned.

Li Yi swallowed the two noisy toads, and feeling the quiet around him, the ferocity in his pupils subsided slightly.

This pain has already worn down its patience to some extent.

Cautiously approaching the hidden cave entrance, Li Yi quietly emerged, sensing any possible scents around him, especially the scent of foxes.

After a while, Li Yi didn't find anything, but he was prepared to be ambushed and plunged in.

Before them was only the gurgling spring, its crystal-clear blue water emitting a faint glow that illuminated the entire cavity.

There was a pile of debris in the corner, now blended in with the surrounding mud and indistinguishable from the rest.

There were no other traces.

Li Yi felt a sense of relief. It seemed that the fox he had killed was the last one to know about this place. As for the others, even if they did, they had probably been killed by the demon tree.

After drinking some spiritual water, Li Yi turned and left.