From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

The bodies of the remaining zombie-like red foxes split open irregularly, and many messy limbs and soft tentacles burst out, replacing the legs, pushing open the burning husk, and rushing over in a twisted manner.

Seeing this scene, Li Yi felt a chill; the twisted thing reminded him of ancient strange insects.

What is happening now makes it feel absurd and unbelievable from the bottom of its heart.

Two groups of red foxes were rapidly approaching each other. The group of outsiders retreated while breathing foxfire, their eyes filled with terror.

A red-haired fox at the seventh level of Qi Refining stood at the back, watching its brethren constantly rolling and crawling, while chanting incantations and hand seals.

Within moments, three purple fire snakes burst forth from in front of it, writhing and swimming in mid-air with great intelligence, directly entangling the three nearest foxes.

Chi Chi Chi!

The fire serpent quickly coiled around a large, shapeless mass inside its body, burning everything from the inside out, finally causing the three dead foxes to fall to the ground, roll around a few times, and then struggle frantically.

The next moment, a fox let out a mournful scream, entangled by its dead companion.

The thing inside the dead companion rapidly shrank in size, forcing its mouth open and crawling inside, with whiplashes and tentacles waving around its mouth.

A broken, burning shell was discarded. The fox stood stiffly upright in place, then convulsed rapidly, gushing yellowish-green pus from all its holes. Instead of shrinking, its body twisted strangely.

Just then, Li Yi suddenly felt a chill and turned around to see a figure appear in the canopy of the red-leaf banyan tree.

The old baboon crashed to the ground with a thud, head down, and exploded into a writhing mass of limbs, then pounced upside down, its body splitting apart.

That is the true essence!

Upon seeing the fluid inside its body and the dozens of eyeballs within, Li Yi was suddenly startled. With a thought, the poisonous barrier around him rapidly intensified.

The yellow mist spread, quickly enveloping the area around the red-leafed banyan tree, turning it into a large maze.

At the same time, Li Yi spat out a series of poison bullets, which, under the cover of the poison barrier, silently shot towards the old baboon.

Unexpectedly, the old baboon suddenly turned around, its entire body being propped open by several slender, spider-like bones, allowing the poison bullet to fly out through the gap.

Several eyes turned in this direction, it paused, and headed towards Li Yi.

Li Yi spat out a series of poison bullets again, finally hitting it, and then quickly dived into the mud, his whole body enveloped in a layer of fine black water.

The old baboon's skin was quickly corroded, leaving it riddled with holes and showing signs of erosion inside, yet it remained standing.

It leaped here, looked around, and then plunged its seven slender, brown limbs, as thin as fingers, into the swamp, trying to find Li Yi's whereabouts.

After a while, it stood there bewildered, the poisonous barrier around it so dense that it flowed around like smoke, gradually making it unable to sense its offspring.

Li Yi concealed his aura in the mud, using the soil and water of the swamp to finally hide himself and trap the ancient monster's true form.

It moved silently through the mud, dodging a segmented limb that was churning in front of it, and another scene appeared in its field of vision.

Within the poisonous barrier, there was a gap where several red-haired foxes were relentlessly eliminating their companions and burning their grotesque offspring, maintaining a stalemate with absolute ruthlessness.

Li Yi attacked from the side, silently firing poison bullets that struck several targets, causing them to be rapidly corroded, emitting a sizzling sound, and their entire bodies collapsed.

The poison bullets, which have little effect on the ancient monster itself, have a significant effect on its offspring.

This move completely reversed the situation; several red foxes launched a desperate attack, burning everything in flames.

Then, a crack appeared in the poison barrier. Still in shock, they looked left and right in horror, and finally stepped into the crack to escape.

Li Yi didn't have time to deal with them, and he didn't want the ancient strange insects to control them and become an asset, so he had no choice but to release them.

Within the deep, flowing poisonous barrier, Li Yi quietly revealed himself. In an instant, more than a dozen eyes turned to him, followed by a sharp roar.

The strange insect rushed over, but missed its target, its body enveloped in a dense cloud of poison.

It looked around; its field of vision was wide enough to see in all directions, with no blind spots, yet it still found nothing.

A moment later, Li Yi's shadowy figure reappeared somewhere.

Whoosh!

With a whooshing sound, the strange insect rolled several times before launching itself. A large number of disorganized limbs exerted force in different ways, yet surprisingly uniformly, instantly sending it ten zhang away.

But this time they came up empty-handed again.

When Li Yi's figure appeared in a certain direction for the third time, the ancient strange insect suddenly stopped chasing and turned away, successfully finding the red-leaf banyan tree and returning to its base.

It seemed to realize that Li Yi was trying to lure it away, so it simply stayed there.

Now it was Li Yi's turn to feel troubled.

This strange, twisted thing actually possesses intelligence; it doesn't rely solely on instinct, like a demonic ancient tree that frantically hunts and devours flesh and blood.

What should we do?

Li Yi dared not engage it in close combat, fearing he would suffer the same fate as those red-haired foxes. This resulted in most of its strength being sealed, leaving it only able to use poison bullets and poison barriers, which were not very effective.

Whoosh!

Another poison bullet shot out from the yellow mist, and the strange insect from the distant land suddenly rolled over, gathering up the old baboon's tattered fur and exposing its various colorful internal organs.

boom!

The poison bomb exploded, and black venom spread everywhere, but it was absorbed by these organs. Many unknown organs fell to the ground and were corroded clean.

The remaining majority had black veins on their surface, winding their way forward.

The yellow mist quickly dissipated, and the area around the red-leafed banyan tree returned to quiet. Li Yi's figure had long since disappeared.

Glug, glug~

Inside the ancient, strange insect's body, many liquids flowed, changing between various colors, and its entire body twisted horribly.

After a long time, the ancient insect that had been staying under the tree changed its posture, twisted and came to the trunk of the red-leaf banyan tree, and stretched out a semi-transparent tentacle with some kind of black liquid flowing inside, and slowly moved towards the trunk.

Noisy!

The bark of the banyan tree cracked open immediately upon contact with the black liquid, revealing a patch of green inside.

The ancient, strange insects continued to corrode it, seemingly trying to... burrow into the spirit tree.

Amidst the mud, Li Yi walked anxiously toward the large willow tree.

After witnessing the various reactions of the ancient strange insect, it was completely at a loss and began to think about leaving.

But unfortunately, the mother crocodile is building her foundation at this time, and it's unknown how long it will take for her to wake up.