From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

Hissing and burning sounds emanated from the ancient monster's body as purple flames scorched the inside of its translucent carapace, interspersed with cracking sounds from time to time.

The ancient worm struggled in agony, its external limbs suddenly breaking off in several places, revealing several unhealed holes.

puff!

An unidentified organ burning with purple flames was ejected, tumbling and burning before quickly turning to ashes.

Li Yi watched as the struggle of the ancient, monstrous insect, which posed a great threat, gradually weakened, and he felt a slight sense of relief.

The old fox was using a fragment of the Foundation Establishment artifact, the Flame Breath Pearl. The entire formation was only meant to cover up the fragment's aura with the baboons' blood.

The fragments that spew purple flames are the real killing move, and as it stands, this ancient monster has no way to defend against them.

This was a good thing for him, and Li Yi had no intention of sabotaging it.

The fox clan, the ancient strange insects, and the baboon were all enemies of his. Now that two of them were gone, his territory was much safer.

only……

Li Yi's gaze quickly swept over the old baboon's hiding place, and he noticed that the old baboon's figure was rising and falling, almost disappearing.

Slowly swaying his thick tail covered in spiked scales, Li Yi crept over, intending to eliminate this last troublemaker.

sizzle...

After a while, the ancient insect stopped struggling, and a layer of oily liquid floated to the surface of its translucent shell, making a sizzling sound.

A rustling sound came from the banyan tree, and a few red leaves drifted down.

The old fox silently approached the tree, using the trunk to conceal his body, revealing half his face and one eye as he looked at the scene ahead, continuing to manipulate the purple fragments.

Only after the purple fragments had burned all the combustible parts inside the ancient monster's body to ashes, and no trace of its remaining presence could be sensed, did the old fox slowly emerge.

It stared intently at the remains of the strange insect in the distance, took a few steps forward, and reached out a hand.

The purple light flowed hazily within the carapace, suddenly accelerating as it tried to leave, but was instantly entangled by something.

In that instant, the old fox's fur bristled as it watched something twist and turn burst from the semi-transparent, strange shell of the distant insect, extending a tentacle-like phantom that entangled the purple fragment!

It immediately continued chanting, and the fragments exploded again with a dazzling purple light, but it was still to no avail.

boom!

The shell exploded open, and a creature made entirely of tentacles, with a tetrahedral eye, glanced at the old fox with a cluster of dense black dot-like pupils before hopping away.

The old fox was terrified by the stare and froze on the spot. By the time it realized what was happening, it was too late.

The creature was incredibly fast and had already disappeared into the poisonous barrier.

The old fox suddenly let out a sharp, unexpected screech, and then chased after it with fear in its eyes.

Whoosh!

A series of black poison bombs spun out, exploding with bangs in the swamp and low bushes, and a one-armed figure suddenly leaped into the air.

In the face of life and death, the old baboon squeezed out all its potential, spitting out a beam of orange light that struck Li Yi's back scales.

Some broken black scales flew out, and Li Yi once again dived into the mud, following at a leisurely pace.

The opponent's minor spells couldn't penetrate his scales, so Li Yi wasn't in a hurry at all. He just hung there behind him, waiting for the opponent's red leaves to run out.

The old baboon was at the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage, higher than Li Yi, but it was still seriously injured and Li Yi was somewhat wary of its counterattack power, so he did not push it too hard.

Watching the old baboon leap around, Li Yi silently followed, occasionally surfacing from the mud to fire poison bullets to harass it.

After a long chase, Li Yi stopped in front of a clump of low bushes, having lost track of his target.

The place was covered in the old baboon's blood, and the strong smell of blood masked everything, making it impossible to tell which direction the old baboon had fled.

The old baboon escaped too quickly, and Li Yi's trail was too obvious. He didn't have time to manipulate the yellow mist to surround Li Yi, and thus lost the initiative.

The other party was far too vigilant and quickly discovered him.

However, the old baboon was wandering alone in the swamp, already poisoned by Li Yi, and it was highly unlikely that it would dare to return to the direction of the red-leaf banyan tree.

It has been wandering in the swamp for a long time. Even though it has cultivation, it is a creature that needs protection by nature. Unless it reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, it will gradually die.

It must find a place to shelter itself.

The Demon Tree is rooted in the Spirit Spring, but it has lost all its mystique and function. Now, the only thing that needs to be defended against is the Great Willow Tree.

As long as he returns to the big willow tree and keeps a close watch on this place, the old baboon will have no choice but to travel far away and leave this territory.

At that point, there's almost a 90% chance it will die somewhere in the swamp, and only then will the problem be solved.

After several thoughts flashed through his mind, Li Yi turned and headed towards the big willow tree.

Midway through, seeing that they were not far from the big willow tree, Li Yi suddenly stopped, his brown eyes filled with confusion.

Just ahead, a cluster of bright purple flames was engulfing a low bush.

The branches of the bush were scorched and twisted, crackling in the flames like a burning bonfire, releasing bright, pale purple flames.

Li Yi immediately spotted the purple fragment inside and became alert.

If it's not mistaken, shouldn't this be a fragment of the magical artifact that the old fox used to deal with the ancient monsters? How did it end up here?

After a brief hesitation, Li Yi spat out several poison bullets, extinguishing the ownerless and spontaneously ignited purple flames, and stained the purple fragments with black venom.

After the flames died down, Li Yi cautiously approached, his senses spreading out precisely, and he made only one discovery.

Beneath the bushes, in the hardened, burnt mud, there was a fist-sized, twisted passage, dug out by something unknown, covered with strange and bizarre limb marks.

It kept going in another direction, not towards the big willow tree, and was soon submerged in soft silt.

After confirming that there were no lurking dangers around, Li Yi gathered black poison in his throat, swallowed the purple fragment, held it in his mouth, and left.

Ancient insects may still be alive!

This thought involuntarily popped into Li Yi's mind, and it was undoubtedly an outcome he didn't want to see.

Because of the pursuit of the old baboon, Li Yi did not see the final outcome of the ancient monster, but he guessed that being burned in the body by a purple fragment manipulated by an old fox was a sure way to die, so how could it possibly still be alive?

But that seems to be the case.

The traces there say it all; the old fox couldn't have left the purple fragment there for no reason.

Just as Li Yi was pondering, the purple fragment in his mouth trembled slightly, and a burning pain came from his back.