From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

The piercing, ferocious roars and the chirping of insects echoed continuously across this blood-stained land, as countless swamp creatures clashed in a brutal and gruesome battle, creating a terrifying and bloody spectacle.

Blood of various colors splattered continuously, seeping into the swamp. Spiritual energy shimmered, and a palm-sized, dark green beetle with a flashing green light on its horn pierced through flesh and carapace like an out-of-control drill in the blink of an eye, before flying out of control towards the edge of the battlefield.

Before a wall formed by a cloud of yellow mist, the mother crocodile opened her mouth wide and caught the beetle in one swift motion. She gently closed her jaws and crushed its shell.

A burst of fresh, vibrant juice explodes in your mouth.

"When do we make our move?"

The mother crocodile asked impatiently, her eerie green eyes scanning the battlefield.

At this moment, the battlefield is littered with many corpses and fragments, illustrating the principle that strength reigns supreme. Those weaklings who were merely attracted by the spiritual energy emanating from the fruit and went mad are not qualified to enjoy such a treasure.

They all became bloody backdrops, stepping stones for other powerful figures.

Li Yi lay hidden within the gradually closing poison barrier, his brownish-yellow eyes fixed on the ancient tree behind the vines as the yellow mist advanced step by step into the area.

The Devil Tree is the key; to obtain this treasure, one must pass through it.

Click!

The large gray scorpion's right pincers suddenly emitted two streaks of gray-black light, closing like scissors and slicing its last opponent, a ferocious purple tapir, in two.

Despite the purple tapir letting out a sharp roar and its fur shining with a robe-like light, it was still cleaved in two by this attack.

The two pieces of the corpse were thrown up and down. The giant scorpion opened its mandibles and swallowed the upper half of the body, while simultaneously moving towards the vines.

At this moment, it had already reached the center of the battlefield, less than three zhang away from the vines, a distance that would pass in an instant.

The scorpion's small eyes gleamed, and it stretched out its pincers to cut off the fruit on the vine and take it away, but was suddenly pulled back by a tremendous force.

The ancient devil tree finally revealed its true nature, its entire canopy swaying, its branches softening like vines, instantly entangling the large gray scorpion.

At the same time, the entire canopy trembled, and the dense, blade-like leaves swept across the entire battlefield like a sudden downpour.

The sounds of wailing, flesh being torn apart, and shells shattering echoed throughout the area.

The scene fell silent for a moment. Countless lives were caught off guard and were taken by the torrential rain, their mangled limbs twisted and contorted.

Li Yi and the mother crocodile closed their eyes, remaining motionless as they faced the torrential rain formed by the green leaves with their heavy scales.

The clanging sounds were mostly silenced by the poisonous barrier. Li Yi opened his eyes, his black scales completely unharmed; this level of attack was no longer effective against him.

The mother crocodile moved her body and used her fine green scales to squeeze out some leaves that had cut into her flesh. This injury was nothing to her and would heal quickly.

The ancient demon tree came to life, baring its fangs and claws, with hundreds of branches piercing through everything, lifting up corpses and devouring their flesh and blood.

The stench of blood here had driven it to a frenzy, and now it had finally erupted.

As flesh and blood were devoured, streams of life force flowed into its body, and the ancient demon tree swayed comfortably, its charred marks showing faint signs of healing.

It became increasingly active and frenzied.

The scorpion had one of its hind legs torn off, and its venomous stinger pierced a branch, causing it to quickly turn black and break. However, this branch was endless, and soon it was almost completely bound.

Many branches are searching for gaps in its shell, about to pierce through them.

Whoosh!

From within the thick yellow fog, several black poison bullets were silently fired, their sound of piercing the air delayed as they exploded on the giant scorpion.

In an instant, many branches were corroded and softened. The giant scorpion seized the opportunity to struggle and barely managed to break free, falling to the ground.

Then it went into a rage and madness, its tail hook piercing the tree trunk and injecting a large amount of venom. Almost instantly, the bark at the pierced spot began to peel off, turning gray and revealing the rapidly rotting interior.

The Devil Tree could only bind the giant scorpion with more branches, while simultaneously retaliating with a torrential downpour of leaves in the direction from which the poison bullets were fired.

Unbeknownst to them, an extremely dense poisonous aura had already enveloped the surroundings, binding even their senses within this small space, and submerging most of the battlefield silently.

Li Yi felt the vibrations of the leaves striking his scales. With a thought, the poisonous barrier around him surged in rapidly, completely turning the area into a realm of bewilderment.

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Two streaks of gray-black light briefly crossed paths, slicing through the poisonous barrier and cutting a deep wound in the trunk of the Demon Tree, from which flowed a viscous liquid resembling blood.

The giant scorpion was completely enraged and launched an attack on the demon tree, determined to fight it to the bitter end.

The Devil Tree, naturally, could not be killed by a prey. It stretched out more branches, shooting out layer upon layer, and the two fought each other in the thick poisonous barrier.

The mother crocodile's figure flashed through the poisonous barrier, passing by the demonic ancient tree and the gray scorpion locked in battle. She bit off most of a vine and the two fruits on it, then swayed her long tail and disappeared into the poisonous barrier once more.

Within Li Yi's poisonous barrier, it couldn't determine the exact direction. It could only follow Li Yi's final guidance to steal the fruit and then find a place to hide.

A tearing sound rang out from within the poisonous barrier.

In Li Yi's view, the poisonous barrier was almost non-existent. He clearly saw the ancient devil tree once again entangle the giant scorpion, tearing off its right pincer, which shimmered with gray-black light, and then suspending the giant scorpion in mid-air.

It seems the outcome is already decided.

The giant scorpion was still struggling. It had already caused considerable damage to the ancient devil tree, with crisscrossing shear marks on the trunk and a rapidly expanding gray area.

Silently, several poison bombs exploded again on the Devil Tree.

A violent corrosive sound rang out, and the ancient devil tree was in great pain, with large patches of bark peeling off and its branches flaking wildly.

But it couldn't find Li Yi's location. In this poisonous barrier, it was no different from a blind person, unable to perceive anything.

Several more poison bullets hit it, this time from a different direction. It could only passively take the hits, but it had already found a gap in the giant scorpion's carapace and ended the giant scorpion's life.

After some time, the dense poisonous barrier finally dissipated, leaving only a pile of broken corpses and a withered, lifeless ancient devil tree.

Although it hunted a lot of prey, its injuries were far more serious than what it gained. Overall, it suffered a huge loss this time.