From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

Ding Ding Ding!

A series of sharp sounds pierced through Li Yi's black scales and bones, and were clearly perceived by him.

Several blade-like dark green leaves shot from afar, striking Li Yi's back scales, with one even hitting the top of his head.

However, these leaves were no longer able to shake Li Yi's scales; they simply bounced off with a metallic clang.

At the same time, Li Yi felt something soft wrap around his thick neck covered in scales, and then suddenly it pulled him in one direction.

A tremendous force suddenly came, and the flexible and supple vine-like branch straightened instantly, with the other end connected to a hideous and enormous black shadow.

Li Yi instinctively adjusted his state and struggled against it, his limbs sinking into the mud. At this moment, the swamp beneath him was flowing in the opposite direction, providing Li Yi with assistance.

The demonic tree, its claws outstretched, rapidly approached, revealing an instinctive thirst for blood and flesh. Another whooshing sound rang out.

While feeling the pressure on his neck, Li Yi was pulled less than ten feet away by this force. It swayed its head from side to side, preventing the volley of blades from hitting its only weak point on the front: its eyes.

This movement caused Li Yi, who was already standing on the soft swamp, to lose his balance and momentarily create an opening, with the tendency to be completely pulled over!

The situation changed drastically in an instant.

Several more branches emerged from beneath the mud, entangled Li Yi's torso and one leg, further deteriorating the situation.

boom!

Just then, Li Yi seized the opportunity and continuously shot out colorful black poison bullets from his mouth, which pierced through the yellow curtain and exploded on the shadows.

A hissing sound rang out, and wisps of white smoke appeared.

The demon tree writhed in agony, its leaves corroded with countless holes and fell off in large swaths. Its branches turned black and withered rapidly, crumbling into powder as if carbonized.

Now, Li Yi has ingested a lot of highly poisonous flowers and herbs, and the black poison bullets in his body are no longer what they used to be. Now they can make the demon tree feel even more intense pain!

In that brief moment, even though Li Yi was entangled by three branches, he still managed to roll around a few times and regain his balance.

With a deft and swift turn of its head, it put the branch wrapped around its neck into its mouth, its large mouth snapping shut, the muscles of its upper and lower jaws twisting like a snake, stretching open the fine scales around it.

With a snapping sound, a branch was bitten off by Li Yi, and a little brown sap splattered out.

Li Yi then spat out three or five more poison bullets, which collided with the incoming leaves in mid-air, exploding and scattering a black rain in the air. Some of these raindrops fell on the demon tree, causing it even more pain.

Taking advantage of this moment, Li Yi twisted his head and bit the branch that was wrapped around his leg again, breaking it off fiercely.

Its body has been nourished by the sap of the great willow tree, growing stronger day by day, and is no longer in its previous state.

Li Yi is now able to fight against the purple fragments radiating scorching flames within his body with his strong flesh and blood and enormous vitality!

After removing the two obstacles, Li Yi regained his stance, exerting all his strength to retreat little by little towards the big willow tree.

The demon tree danced even more violently at this moment. The resistance of its prey brought it great pain and also aroused its ferocity.

In an instant, the poisonous barrier ahead was torn apart, and several thin, blurry black shadows shot out again.

At that moment, Li Yi had already bitten the last branch that was wrapped around his body. His abdomen suddenly bulged, and a dense cloud of yellow poison burst out from the gap in his mouth.

Whoosh whoosh!

Several branches pierced through the yellow mist, only to find that Li Yi had already bitten through the last bit of restraint. He suddenly turned around, his long tail sweeping across, about to dive into the mud and return to the protection of the big willow tree.

At that very moment, Li Yi's movements faltered as a swift branch entangled his thick, long tail, followed by several more branches binding him.

Trouble!

Li Yi's pupils shrank sharply. This demonic tree was really troublesome. It had withstood his poison bullets without losing its fighting power, and now it had found his weakness.

The immense force surged forth once more, pulling Li Yi rapidly toward the demon tree.

The force was so great that Li Yi didn't even have the ability to turn around; he could only watch helplessly as the large willow tree rapidly shrank in his field of vision.

In a short while, another unexpected event occurred.

A beam of orange light suddenly shot out from the hollow of the big willow tree, with orange flames along its edges. It spun in mid-air and hissed past Li Yi's eyes.

In an instant, the light left a faint, peculiar trail of flame, neatly severing several branches of the demon tree and causing the cut surfaces to ignite.

The branches swayed wildly, as if the flames were causing the demon tree immense pain!

Li Yi suddenly broke free of its restraints, and a burst of yellow mist erupted from its large mouth, completely obscuring its entire body.

Chi Chi Chi!

The continuous whooshing sound rose again, and countless new branches left afterimages in mid-air as they shot towards the yellow mist.

The yellow mist was immediately shattered, but what was revealed was a patch of black silt riddled with holes that quickly healed.

Not long after, Li Yi emerged from the mud and returned to the big willow tree.

As for the yellow light, it had already turned around and flown back into the tree hole, transforming back into a small yellow sword that hovered beside the white python.

Li Yi glanced back at the demonic tree in horror, then turned and crawled into the tree hole.

If it were still in a human body, it would probably be covered in cold sweat right now, but it is a black-scaled crocodile.

Crocodiles don't sweat.

After crawling into the tree hole, Li Yi slowly returned to the yellow wax stone and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Safe.

Although he wasn't injured in what just happened, it was a near-death experience. As long as he was entangled by the demon tree, his weaknesses would gradually be exposed, and sooner or later he would be devoured, leaving only a skeleton.

Fortunately, at the last moment, the white python noticed the commotion outside and came to the rescue; otherwise, it would have been dead.

After experiencing this, Li Yi now only wants to stay quietly in the hollow of the big willow tree and calm himself down.

Undeterred, the demonic tree circled the large willow tree a few more times before its massive form gradually retreated into the yellow poisonous barrier and disappeared.

That night, Li Yi and the white python both hid inside the tree hole and didn't come out.

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Li Yi poked his head out of the tree hole again, seemingly preparing to leave the big willow tree to check out the situation outside.

Leaving at this critical juncture is not safe, but the same applies at other times.

Li Yi's idea was simple: he needed to know the current situation in the vicinity and couldn't wait for the enemy to come to his door and completely trap him.

Moreover, after figuring out a general path of cultivation, Li Yi mastered new abilities, which gave him some confidence.