From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

Before long, Li Yi's head slowly emerged from a patch of soft mud, opening a pair of brownish-yellow eyes and staring at the shadow not far away.

A menacing tree shadow, moving and swaying slightly as it takes root, appears especially eerie and terrifying amidst the hazy, yellow, poisonous haze.

Things have changed dramatically.

Li Yi also realized that the Monkey King had gone out at this moment, and thought that he had wiped out the last red-faced monkey troop in the area.

But the Monkey King brought him a huge surprise.

The spring, painstakingly cultivated for years, was exposed just like that, and in front of an extremely formidable mortal enemy at that.

Li Yi had no idea what kind of changes would occur to this demonic tree after it received a kind of spiritual water from heaven and earth.

The only good news so far is that at the last moment, it still managed to contaminate the spiritual water, making it less easily utilized and absorbed by the demon tree.

Moreover, the demon tree is unlikely to leave the area of ​​the spirit spring easily, which can be considered as stabilizing this troublesome problem.

"Croak..."

Just as Li Yi was deep in thought without moving, a toad on its head, which had been too frightened to move, finally couldn't help but croak.

But after a while, Li Yi became preoccupied and sank into the swamp, completely ignoring the inconspicuous toad.

After standing there dumbfounded for a while, the toad suddenly jumped away in terror and disappeared into the swamp without looking back.

A faint mark appeared on the dark, deep surface of the swamp.

Li Yi headed towards the long-unseen red-leaf banyan tree to verify his idea.

The red-leaf banyan tree has a bright red crown that is extremely eye-catching. From a distance, you can see that touch of crimson in the yellow poisonous haze, as if it is on fire.

An old baboon, missing an arm, sat grimly under a tree, draped in a monkey pelt, coughing up blood from time to time, watching his tribe who had just been attacked.

The baboons had lost their former swagger when they occupied the cedar trees; now they all stared in a certain direction with fear on their faces.

They finally found a sanctuary and sent out a group of baboons to find food, but the demon tree slaughtered them all.

Eight baboons went out, and two returned. One of them was so frightened that it was wildly waving two red-faced monkey thigh bones and letting out a series of inexplicable roars.

After suffering a devastating blow to their entire troop, the baboons were in very poor condition, and even those who were unharmed were left with a lingering sense of unease.

The elusive demonic tree completely ignited everything, causing many baboons to become inexplicably irritable and easily angered.

The old baboon hadn't expected there to be another demonic tree here; it was clearly not the same one that had been active near the cedar tree before.

They were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

Raising its only remaining arm, the old baboon closed its eyes and murmured something, as strands of orange-yellow light gradually spread across the fur of its entire arm.

But in the end, the old baboon suddenly opened its eyes, coughed up blood, and clenched its teeth in fury.

Its natural natal artifact has completely stopped moving, has changed hands, and all the marks on it have completely disappeared, leaving no trace.

It didn't even see what intercepted it on the way and stole its most prized possession.

Seeing that its tribe was reduced to only one-third of its original size, and most of the baboons with cultivation were dead, coupled with its own cultivation level being reduced to the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage, and still showing a downward trend, a feeling of fear and anger surged violently within it.

Not far away, Li Yi stared at the troop of baboons within the shelter of the red banyan tree, his gaze sweeping over the monkey skins used for decoration on several of the baboons.

Then, it looked towards a spot under the banyan tree.

There was a pile of monkey skulls there, their empty eye sockets silently watching the baboons coming and going around them.

The red-faced monkey troop is truly wiped out now.

After observing the group of baboons for a while, Li Yi realized that they had no intention of going out again, so he naturally gave up his hunting idea and quietly turned away.

This baboon troop is not like a monkey troop; their strength should not be underestimated, especially the older baboons, who are now almost driven into a corner.

Even a cornered beast will fight, and as a beast himself, Li Yi understood the meaning of this saying even more.

As Li Yi walked in one direction through the swamp, he pondered silently.

A gloomy feeling unknowingly settled over Li Yi's heart.

What if the demon tree absorbs the spiritual essence of the spiritual water and gains strength again...?

It is now at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and its combat power is far stronger than that of an ordinary ninth level Qi Refining cultivator. It is estimated that it is not far from the next realm.

If the worst happens, then I will have no choice but to leave this place with the white python and head to other areas of the swamp.

As he pondered, Li Yi slowly stopped and looked at the lush poisonous flowers and plants in front of him.

After some time away, it seems that different varieties have grown here, with a touch of gray appearing amidst the vibrant colors.

Li Yi stared at the grass inside, which was entirely gray with sapphire blue veins, without any particular thought in his mind.

Just by sensing its aura and perception, Li Yi knew that it was extremely deadly and posed a certain threat to him in his current state.

After collecting several brightly colored flowers and plants, covering them with mud, Li Yi wagged its tail and slowly left.

With increasing pressure from its environment, it must improve itself as much as possible and think about its future path.

Either leave this place and explore unknown territories, or hide in the big willow tree and wait for the day when you are strong enough to emerge.

A gentle breeze suddenly blew across the swamp, causing the brightly colored poisonous flowers and plants to sway softly.

A brightly colored toad poked its head out again, looking bewildered.

Compared to before, it has grown larger and its colors have become more vibrant, almost flowing and merging together.

Its two enormous eyes, one black and one white, spun around a few times before it let out a croak.

"What's going on? Why is there a hint of something ominous? Has my mortal enemy found this place?!"

After sniffing carefully for a while, the toad muttered to itself, "Damn it, damn it, I have to speed things up. If I still can't establish my foundation, I'm afraid I'll die here..."

The toad looked around, then quickly withdrew its head and remained still.

After surveying his territory, Li Yi turned to look thoughtfully in the direction of the cedar tree.

If I were truly forced to leave, the area near that cedar tree might be a good option.

Although the foxes inside are not to be trifled with, and are most likely eyeing me, there is also a citrine vein there that I desperately need.

As for the other option...