From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

A terrifying atmosphere instantly enveloped Li Yi. The gazes of these terrifying creatures converged, carrying a substantial sense of oppression that was enough to freeze most of them in place.

But Li Yi was already used to it. His brownish-yellow pupils stared at them, motionless, as if in provocation.

It has come here more than once, testing the waters with sufficient caution, and has already reached a conclusion.

As long as it's within a safe distance, the ancient tree, whose true form is a strange insect, will not attack it. The only creatures that can attack it are those that have undergone this transformation by consuming its leaves.

"squeak!!!"

A creature resembling a wolverine opened its mouth wide, emitting a sharp, insect-like cry from its throat. Its back was pierced by nine spider legs, and it crawled rapidly toward this place.

As soon as it moved, hordes of strange creatures followed suit, surging in like a bizarre wave.

Li Yi opened his mouth and fired a barrage of poison bullets. The black poison bullets exploded among them, scattering a large number of mangled limbs. The ear-piercing corrosive sounds and screams of agony continued.

When they rushed within ten feet of Li Yi, Li Yi opened his mouth again and exhaled a green wind that spread out from him, sweeping in all directions and blowing them away.

Several enormous creatures stopped unsteadily and continued charging towards Li Yi.

Li Yi spat out a series of poison bullets, which exploded on their bodies, corroding their skin, flesh, and bones, causing them to sway precariously and revealing their distorted and disordered internal structures.

The next moment, Li Yi's massive body emerged completely from the mud, charged forward, then stopped with both feet, turned around, and his long tail, covered in scales, swept across like a whip, leaving a blurry afterimage.

Snapped!

A transparent ripple spread out, and several enormous creatures were whipped to pieces, their heads still howling, and various colors of slime everywhere.

They weren't completely dead yet, but Li Yi ignored them, because even more strange creatures were surging towards them like waves.

After a fierce battle, mutilated corpses littered the area. Sixty to seventy percent of these strange creatures were destroyed. A green gust of wind rose beneath Li Yi, and he immediately turned and left.

The remaining creatures chased after it for a while, eventually coming to a crooked stop on an invisible boundary, glaring fiercely at the fleeing yellow mist.

Li Yi looked back and sensed something, his heart turning cold.

That invisible boundary has expanded somewhat since my last awakening.

This happened just two months ago.

This is sufficient proof that the tree-shaped ancient monster is undergoing some kind of change, some unknown but extremely dangerous change.

Li Yi regularly comes here to kill a large number of strange creatures in order to limit its growth.

It believes that these creatures are definitely not random transformations of ancient monsters; their existence must have some purpose, but it is not yet known.

What the ancient strange insect wants to do is exactly what Li Yi wants to sabotage; that's always the right thing to do.

Feeling the massive depletion of his magical power, Li Yi slowed down, revealing his back as he waded through the mud towards the cedar tree.

About an hour later, Li Yi passed by the tall, straight fir trees again, but his attention was drawn to a fierce battle.

One side in the battle was a red-haired fox perched on a cedar tree, and the other side was a large group of blue-eyed golden toads.

The two sides attacked each other with foxfire and poison water. Every now and then, red foxes would fall from the cedar trees and crash to the ground with a thud.

The pale golden poisonous water and the purple foxfire corroded each other, bursting apart to form bursts of highly toxic water mist that permeated the area around the cedar trees.

This further surrounded the red foxes. The toxins on these blue-eyed toads were extremely dangerous, and they were now rising as mist, slowly enveloping the cedar tree.

call!

A ball of foxfire exploded not far away, burning away a large cloud of mist around it. However, the mist continued to flow, indicating that the powerful Blue-Eyed Golden Toad had come this time far surpassed the group of red-haired foxes, giving it a huge advantage.

"Caw! Flamebreath Fox Clan, you're already in internal strife, so don't blame us for kicking you while you're down. Since you're unwilling to give up this territory, then you can all die!"

A majestic blue-eyed toad displayed its ninth-level Qi Refining aura, becoming an extremely dazzling part of the battlefield.

After it uttered those words, more than a dozen foxfires shot out from the cedar tree and fell towards it.

But the next moment, several blue-eyed golden toads around it, all of them late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, opened their mouths and cried out in unison, their sound waves mixed with spiritual energy, forming an invisible protective shield.

Bang! A large ball of foxfire exploded on top, and the surging fire waves briefly swept around, instantly burning many blue-eyed golden toads to death.

A moment later, the flames dissipated, and the blue-eyed golden toads at the late stage of Qi Refining still looked very proud, their huge eyes staring at the cedar wood with a cruel expression.

"None of you...are getting away!"

Seeing this, the red foxes looked on in despair.

Since the old fox died, the fragments of the magical artifact were lost, and many foxes perished in battle, their strength has been greatly weakened. Now, they have encountered a group of blue-eyed golden toads that are determined to wipe them out, and it seems that there is no hope left.

"Quack?"

A blue-eyed toad looked around in confusion, and suddenly noticed that a thick cloud of poison was rapidly gathering around them, completely obscuring the surroundings.

For a moment, the fierce battle paused as a large group of blue-eyed toads looked around, but their senses couldn't penetrate the thick fog.

Whoosh!

A short, sharp whooshing sound rang out as several black poison bullets burst through the mist, exploding inside a large group of low-level blue-eyed golden toads, giving them no chance to react.

Bang bang bang!

Large amounts of black venom splattered out, poisoning all the blue-eyed toads. Their eyes rolled wildly, and then they collapsed to the ground, motionless.

"How is this possible?"

The blue-eyed golden toad at the ninth level of Qi Refining stared in horror at this scene, never expecting that the venom of a creature at the Qi Refining stage could harm its kind.

It should be noted that the blue-eyed toad clan is covered in poison, and what they fear least is poison itself.

"Which fellow cultivator is secretly helping these damned foxes? Come out and show yourself!"

It said loudly.

However, the poisonous barrier continued to approach, engulfing everything inward, and a chilling silence gradually swallowed the surroundings, with no response whatsoever.

laugh!

A barrage of pale golden water arrows shot haphazardly through the poisonous barrier, but failed to hit anything and vanished in the blink of an eye.

The poisonous barrier surrounded them from all directions, its speed increasing dramatically, accompanied by a chilling wind.

This group of blue-eyed toads was originally going to gather together, but they got lost in the middle of it all, spinning around in circles like blind and deaf people.

"this……"

A red fox with eight levels of Qi cultivation stood on a cedar tree, watching this scene with a look of surprise and uncertainty.