The python was hit by more than a dozen iron nails. Although its body was covered with coarse scales, Ling Yun's hands were strong and he had used all his strength in a moment of desperation. Most of the iron nails that flew out had pierced through the python's body. Only a few were left in its body.
Even though the python's body was bleeding profusely, the steel nails couldn't do much damage to it. The intense pain only made the python more ferocious. It coiled its thick body on the rock and stood upright. It was even taller than Ling Yun.
The eyes of the python glowed with a faint green light in the absolute darkness. It opened its mouth and stuck out its long tongue. It lowered its triangular head and stared at Ling Yun, who was rushing over. The snake's neck constantly twisted and adjusted its direction, maintaining an attacking posture. It seemed that as long as Ling Yun rushed over, it would entangle Ling Yun and directly strangle him to death.
The protruding rock was about three meters in diameter. It was wet and slippery from the constant dripping of water from the cliff. Ling Yun didn't want to fight with this python at an altitude of fifty meters. He wanted to end the battle quickly, so he didn't hold back at all.
In the blink of an eye, Ling Yun appeared in front of the python. The python didn't expect Ling Yun to charge at it. It was startled, and its body flew up a meter higher than Ling Yun. At the same time, it twisted its neck and dodged Ling Yun's right hand that was holding the Emperor Brush. It stuck its head behind Ling Yun and bit at the back of Ling Yun's head.
"You're courting death!" Ling Yun didn't move an inch. He didn't even turn his head. He listened to the wind and waited for the python's head to close in on him. Then, he raised the Emperor Brush in his right hand above his head and stabbed it behind him. Then, with a twist of his wrist, he sliced it lightly!
The Emperor Brush in Ling Yun's hand accurately pierced into the python's vital point. With a twist of his wrist, the python's neck was sliced in half. Stinky snake blood spurted out, almost staining the surface of the rock red!
The python was severely injured and let out a shrill cry. Even though its head was not separated from its body, it was already drooping as if it knew that it was going to die. The python's thick and long body coiled around Ling Yun.
Of course, Ling Yun didn't want to be sprayed by the stinky blood of the snake. Therefore, when he made his move, his body was already in the air, nimbly dodging the wound of the python. However, before he could land, the thick body of the python had already wrapped around him tightly.
"Such great strength!" Ling Yun snorted and attacked mercilessly. He used the Emperor Brush in his right hand to slice the python's wound lightly. The huge python's head was chopped off and fell onto the hard rock. However, the python's body didn't die. Instead, it coiled around Ling Yun even tighter.
Ling Yun landed steadily on the ground with a Thousand Kilograms Fall. At the same time, he reached out with his left hand and grabbed the headless python's body. With a light tug, he pulled the python's body off his body. It was as easy as removing a hemp rope from his body.
"Bam!" Ling Yun threw the struggling body of the snake against the cliff. He smiled coldly at the body of the snake and said, "I have killed a giant python that was a hundred times longer than you. Do you think you can eat me?"
This valley was more than two hundred meters above the surface of Qingshui Lake. Ling Yun had now arrived at a depth of three hundred and fifty meters. In fact, his current position was already more than a hundred meters below the surface. The temperature here was about ten degrees higher than the surface, so it wouldn't be surprising if he encountered any monsters. He was already mentally prepared.
However, coming to this place alone gave Ling Yun the same feeling he had when he was in the Cultivation World. It was a feeling he was most familiar with.
Fifty meters above Ling Yun, the extremely steep cliff was like a huge pot lid covering his head. It blocked all the light that shone down from the crater. It was absolute darkness. Coupled with the thick fog, Ling Yun's visibility was less than ten meters.
He was so focused on observing the bottom of the crater that he didn't notice that there was a deep hole with a diameter of half a meter on the cliff. Obviously, the python had crawled out from this deep hole.
Snakes were the natural enemies of toads. Since there were so many toads at the bottom of the crater, Ling Yun didn't find it strange that a python would appear here.
Ling Yun came to the front of the deep hole and observed it for a while. He realized that it was just an ordinary natural cave. The deeper he went, the smaller it got. It was impossible for a human to pass through. He lost interest in exploring it.
"Am I a little too nervous?" Ling Yun couldn't help but mock himself when he thought about his reaction just now. He carefully studied the current environment again.
Ling Yun's keen senses noticed that even though there were water droplets dripping down from the nearby cliff, the rocks that formed the cliff weren't formed by the collapse of the crater. Instead, they had a very natural roughness to them, giving off a very ancient vibe.
Ling Yun raised his head to look at the black pot lid. He instantly understood one of the reasons for the crater's appearance.
"Before the crater appeared, this huge crater had already existed at least fifty meters above here!" Ling Yun instantly made a judgment. At the same time, he became even more careful.
Ling Yun definitely didn't believe that the crater's appearance was caused by the unprecedented rainstorm in Qingshui City that day. The rainstorm could at most be considered an extremely small external force.
How could a collapse of rocks with a radius of more than three hundred meters and a thickness of at least a hundred meters be caused by such a small amount of rainwater?
However, if this crater had existed since ancient times, then Ling Yun had to be extra careful. This was because in such an enclosed, humid, and stuffy space, it had already formed its own independent ecosystem after a long time.
He hadn't even reached the bottom of the crater when he encountered such a huge python. Who knew what other man-eating beasts were hiding in the rocks and caves below.
It wasn't a good idea to hang in the air like this. It was better to get to the bottom of the crater as soon as possible. Ling Yun glanced at the two halves of the python's corpse on the rock before leaping lightly and landing lightly on a smaller rock.
With every step Ling Yun took, he had to observe his surroundings carefully. That was because the underground river at the bottom of the crater, which was a hundred meters wide, was surging violently. The sound of the water was like thousands of galloping horses, echoing in the empty crater and covering all other sounds. If an animal were to launch a sneak attack on Ling Yun, he might not be able to dodge it.
The sound of the surging river drowned out all other sounds. Ling Yun didn't dare to be careless. He could only hold the Emperor Brush in his right hand and a handful of nails in his left hand as he approached the bottom of the crater bit by bit.
Just like that, he advanced another twenty meters without any mishaps. When he was less than twenty meters away from the bottom of the crater, Ling Yun found two more pythons. These two pythons were entwined on a huge rock. They were much larger than the one Ling Yun had just killed.
Ling Yun's goal was to enter the Yin Yang Dragon Lock Spell as soon as possible. He had no intention of provoking these two pythons. His eyes landed on a huge rock on the other side. Stretching out his body, he lightly jumped onto it.
Even though he was still about twenty meters away from the bottom of the crater, Ling Yun felt that he had already reached the bottom of the crater. If he wanted to go down, he only needed to leap lightly.
The area at the bottom of the crater was much larger than it looked from the mouth of the crater. It was about a radius of five hundred meters. The underground river that was a hundred meters wide flowed in the middle of the crater. The water flowed rapidly from west to east. Ling Yun didn't know where all the water came from or where it flowed to.
Ling Yun's movements were very cautious. He carefully observed a rock five meters below him. When he realized that there weren't any pythons entwined on it, he leaped onto it without making any sound.
Actually, even if there was sound, it would be completely covered by the sound of the raging river. He couldn't hear other sounds, and naturally, other animals wouldn't be able to hear him either.
The place where Ling Yun was at hadn't been destroyed by the collapse of the mountain. Everything was still in its original state. After Ling Yun came down, he identified his direction and headed towards the center of the crater.
Due to the influence of the darkness, Ling Yun didn't dare to use his movement technique to its fullest. He used the Thousand Miles Godly Steps to cover a distance of three to four meters with each step. He only chose protruding rocks that he could see clearly to avoid alerting any living creatures.
After traveling more than thirty meters towards the center of the crater, Ling Yun finally reached the bottom of the crater. He looked around and realized that there were indeed many toads. Most of them were about the size of a soccer ball. They lay quietly on the rocks in the dark, motionless.
Those pythons didn't seem to live at the bottom of the crater. They seemed to have finished a collective foraging session. The closer Ling Yun got to the center of the crater, the more toads he saw. In the end, there was no place for him to land at the bottom of the crater.
As Ling Yun walked out of the Pot Lid Cliff, he could already see a glimmer of light from the mouth of the crater. His vision also became clearer.
After about a hundred meters, Ling Yun completely walked out of the Pot Lid Cliff. His vision instantly returned to normal, and his movements became smooth and smooth. There were no longer any obstacles.
Ling Yun finally let out a breath of turbid air and started to climb higher.
Just like what he had sensed with his divine sense, huge slanted rocks and toppled trees were piled up in a rough and messy manner.
Only the weeds in the original valley were still flourishing after falling to the bottom of the crater. To these tiny weeds, they only fell four hundred meters straight. As long as they weren't smashed by the falling rocks, it was equivalent to them not being affected at all.
Ling Yun came to a slightly higher boulder and carefully observed his surroundings. He then raised his head to look at the mouth of the crater before flying towards the side of Dragon Mountain.
Ling Yun searched around the rocks but still couldn't find the corpses of Xuan Jiu and Deepa. He thought that even if they weren't eaten by those toads, they should have been swallowed by those giant pythons.
Suddenly, Ling Yun found a lot of messy footprints on the ground on this side of Dragon Mountain. He couldn't help but frown.
"There really are people at the bottom of the crater, and from the looks of it, there are quite a lot of them!"
At this moment, Ling Yun suddenly saw a white shadow leaping quickly from the east side of the crater. It was fighting with a tall black shadow.
"It's Little White!"
Seeing that Little White was in danger, Ling Yun raised his eyebrows and used the Thousand Miles Godly Steps to rush towards Little White.
When he came closer to take a look, he realized that it was a giant python that was as thick as a water bucket. That giant python was at least 20 meters long and the scales on its body were the size of a palm. Its head was as big as a wheel and its two eyes were like two light bulbs in the dark night.
Such a giant python could be said to be Little White's natural enemy. It had lived in this crater for a long time. Of course, when it saw a spiritual creature like Little White, it would definitely eat it.
Now that Little White had two tails, it had the strength of a Physique Tempering Stage Six. However, when it faced this giant python, it could only dodge and escape. It was extremely thrilling.
Fortunately, it was as fast as lightning and nimbly weaved between the snake's body. Otherwise, the python would have already swallowed it in one bite!
When the giant python saw Ling Yun, it was stunned for a moment. Then, it flew into a rage. It abandoned Little White and swept its huge body towards Ling Yun!
"Courting death!"
Seeing that the giant python was actually rushing towards him, Ling Yun took out a handful of Fire Talismans without hesitation and smashed them at the giant python's head. He shouted, "Appear!"
Then, with a light leap, he jumped onto a boulder and dodged the python's sweeping body.
The giant python's scales were harder than armor. Even a gun couldn't penetrate them. Naturally, it didn't take Ling Yun's Fire Talismans seriously and allowed them to hit its head.
However, when Ling Yun said the word "Appear", the giant python's huge head immediately started burning. The terrifying heat caused its skin to sizzle. It was in so much pain that it couldn't care less about Ling Yun. Its huge head swayed wildly and smashed in all directions as if it wanted to escape from this terrifying flame. However, that was a flame formed by the Fire Talismans. How could it escape from it?
Ling Yun hugged Little White, who had flown over, and dodged the huge rocks that the giant python had thrown at them. He said lovingly, "Are you scared? I'll give you the snake's heart and gallbladder later. "
Even though Little White was a nine-tailed celestial fox, she was still a little scared when she saw such a huge giant python and how she was almost swallowed by it.
"You can't use your magic to fight now. You'll be fine after you grow your third tail and transform!" Ling Yun said to Little White with a smile.
Half a minute later, the effect of the Fire Talismans wore off. The giant python's head was burnt to a crisp. Its bulb-sized eyes were almost blind, but it didn't die.
Under the intense pain, the giant python raised its horrifying head and twisted five meters in the air. Then, it suddenly lowered its head and stared fiercely at Ling Yun and Little White.
"Your skin and flesh are really tough. Let me send you on your way!" Ling Yun smiled indifferently. He already had four iron nails in his hands. He raised one hand and the iron nails shot towards the giant python's eyes at lightning speed! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for me at Qidian (). Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued.)
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