From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

A heavy silence enveloped Li Yi. As the strange insect's dozens of eyeballs began to shoot out that light again, Li Yi's soul struggled furiously.

Perhaps it was the special nature of his soul, but at the very last moment, Li Yi regained control of his body, and his long, thick tail suddenly swayed.

Propelled by a tremendous force, Li Yi, who was in the mud, suddenly lurched forward a distance, avoiding the attack.

After regaining control of his body, Li Yi had no intention of lingering and immediately set off to escape.

At that moment, the strange insect's many unusual limbs began to writhe chaotically, chasing after Li Yi.

At the same time, a soft tentacle with a harpoon-like spike at the end shot out from one side of the ancient monster's body, piercing through the toad's body and dragging it away.

The strange insect was incredibly fast, darting into the mud in an instant. It was even faster than Li Yi as it moved through the mud.

Seeing that he was about to be caught up, Li Yi quickly emerged from the mud, exhaling a cloud of yellow mist that he had just recovered from, which exploded silently and enveloped the surroundings.

Unexpectedly, the strange insect from the distant past was completely unaffected. Its dozens of eyes remained firmly locked on Li Yi, moving and chasing him through the yellow mist.

boom!

A black poison bullet struck it head-on and exploded on its body.

Countless drops of viscous black venom landed on the ancient monster, but it remained unchanged, continuing to writhe and charge forward as if unaffected.

"Ancient strange insect, die!"

A colorful cloud suddenly descended from the sky, instantly enveloping the ancient strange insect, causing its body to hiss and its movements to slow down.

A foul odor wafted out, and Li Yi looked up at the sky as he backed away.

Another toad appeared in mid-air, stepping on a cloud. However, this toad was multicolored, not gold, and its eyes were black and white, which was quite strange.

At this moment, the toad was staring with a look of fear at the strange, ancient insect writhing in the poisonous fog.

A terrifying surge of magical power emanated from its body, and a pressure enveloped Li Yi's head.

Foundation building!

These two words flashed through Li Yi's mind instantly, and he froze.

When beasts reach the Foundation Establishment stage, they undergo many incredible changes: they can take human form, speak human language, use all sorts of mysterious spells, and even experience a return to their ancestral bloodline...

It wasn't confident it could escape from its opponent, and there was a familiar aura about the other party.

The strange insect struggled in the poisonous fog. Suddenly, one of its pure white eyeballs burst open with a loud bang, and a lot of green mucus gushed out, polluting the fluorescent green liquid.

A limb resembling a spider's leg suddenly stretched straight out, and the next moment it shot out with a whoosh, its joints breaking apart.

"Die!"

The toad's eyes widened, and it spat out a mouthful of multicolored blood, which splattered onto the strange insect from the distant land.

Then, the toad's aura suddenly dropped significantly, and some of the mist beneath its feet dissipated.

sizzle...

A violent corrosive sound rang out, and the ancient monster's nightmarish body, its carapace finally showed signs of being largely destroyed, revealing the slippery, undulating flesh inside.

It squeezed itself into a menacing ball, its body emitting loud and soft cracking sounds, some shell fragments peeling off, and its aura rapidly diminishing.

After rolling around in the poisonous fog a few times, it finally stopped moving, and its tense and twisted limbs slowly relaxed.

"Dead?"

The toad breathed a sigh of relief and landed weakly, right above the mud where Li Yi was hiding.

"Little Crocodile, come out. You took so many poisonous flowers and herbs from me, so we have some kind of fate together."

A moment later, a huge black head emerged in front of the toad, its pair of brownish-yellow eyes staring at it suspiciously.

The toad closed its white eyes, while its black ones continued to turn. It suddenly leaped onto the scales on Li Yi's back. "What? Aren't you going to invite me to your house?"

Li Yi pondered for a moment, glanced at the toad's colorful skin with some apprehension, and then prepared to return to the big willow tree.

The other party has not shown any hostility so far. If they really wanted to deal with me, a Foundation Establishment cultivator would not need to hide anything from a Qi Refining cultivator.

Since that's the case, it's best not to offend them rashly.

Just as Li Yi was wagging its tail, preparing to leave, a series of explosions suddenly came from behind.

The ancient, dead, tangled mass of insects suddenly twitched, and all its remaining eyeballs burst open, spewing out a multitude of colorful tentacles.

The next moment, its body split open along the narrow area around its eyes, flipping over completely. A large number of tentacles bursting out from its eyeballs were twisting and congealing into a new, unknown body.

As for the golden toad, it had long been swallowed up by the cracks that appeared on its body, and no one knows what state it was transformed into.

"Can't be killed...?"

The toad trembled slightly, as if it had known this outcome all along.

With a thought, Li Yi quickly sank the ancient strange insect into the mud, making sure it reached the very bottom before leaving.

……

The large willow tree was close at hand. It was still night, but dawn was approaching, and faint rays of chaotic light shone on the marshland.

The toad sitting on Li Yi's back remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.

Li Yi suddenly shuddered as he saw the green crocodile with its head severed under the big willow tree.

The green crocodile's massive body was now completely still, its huge head staring unblinkingly into the hollow of the large willow tree, devoid of any life.

The white python sensed the movement and quickly poked its head out of the tree hole, where it saw Li Yi and the toad on Li Yi's back.

It paused for a moment, sensing the oppressive aura emanating from the toad. Its vertical pupils trembled, and it became wary as it slowly swam out.

"Hmm? What a strange bloodline, a transformation between water and fire? It's highly likely that half of it will have to be discarded."

The toad carefully examined the white python with one of its black eyes and uttered these words.

"Greetings, senior."

A delicate yet deep female voice also came from the white python's mouth, which startled Li Yi.

Li Yi had never known that the white python could speak human language.

"Hmm...that's polite."

The toad nodded in a憨态可掬 manner, hopped and sat down under the tree, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

Li Yi and the white python exchanged a glance, then quickly pressed themselves together, preparing to have the white python ask some questions on their behalf through mental communication.

Having finally encountered a friendly being, and a powerful beast at the Foundation Establishment stage at that, one naturally cannot miss this opportunity.

As Li Yi grew stronger, this swamp brought him more and more confusion and bewilderment.

Where did the demon tree come from?

What about that ancient strange insect?

The threat from the Flame Breath Fox Clan is still a thorn in our side, and now the Blue-Eyed Golden Toad Clan has joined the fray.