Chapter 870: Fiery Serpent God Crocodile Reappears

Chapter 872: The Divine Crocodiles of Firefly Reappear

"What did you find? Do you know its origin?" Pang Bo asked, looking at Ye Fan with surprise and uncertainty.

"My feeling should be correct. Do you remember? On our way here, we saw a flash of golden light that vanished incredibly quickly. At that time, I caught a trace of its aura, and it's the same kind as this egg," Ye Fan said.

People recalled seeing a golden creature before they discovered the Lightning Phoenix Nest, which then disappeared deep into the mountains. At the time, they all thought it was a lightning bird.

"Don't you find the aura of this egg familiar? I'll never forget it in my life!" Ye Fan's knuckles turned white as he clenched his hand.

"Familiar..." Pang Bo was startled and tried hard to recall.

"I've suspected for a long time that there might be other things in the ancient coffin that came to this world with us. Now it seems my suspicion has come true," Ye Fan murmured to himself.

"It's them!" Pang Bo's eyes widened. He said in a deep voice, "They followed us here too?" His expression was furious, and he clenched his fists, his eyebrows furrowing. He wanted to stomp down and crush the golden divine egg on the mountain peak.

The others were perplexed, showing surprise. They hadn't expected both of them to be so agitated and couldn't help but ask what the reason was.

"It's an unforgettable aura; it took the lives of many of my old friends back then," Ye Fan said, staring at the divine egg. He gritted his teeth and added, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be a divine crocodile egg!"

Distant memories resurfaced. On the ancient Firefly star, they had experienced separation by life and death for the first time in their lives: desperate weeping, helpless cries, terrified expressions, sorrowful pleas for help... all still echoed in their ears.

It was a blood-soaked night. A group of young people who could have lived well and followed their own paths faced death for the first time, grief-stricken and helpless, witnessing one companion after another fall in pools of blood.

Ye Fan and his group of thirty had crossed the void. Since arriving at the ancient Firefly star, people had continuously died, and eventually, fourteen people perished, nearly half of them leaving them forever.

All of this was due to the divine crocodiles beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple on the ancient Firefly star. They sucked blood and took lives, piercing the skulls of their classmates, leaving them drenched in blood.

Ye Fan still remembered the pale face of a female classmate. She was so helpless, unwilling to die, and desperately reached out to him, beautiful yet sorrowful. In the end, a golden light pierced her glabella, and a trickle of blood spilled...

He tried to rescue her, but it was too late. He watched helplessly as she fell backward into the dust, her eyes wide open, blood staining her pale cheeks. She never rose again.

All fourteen classmates, who originally had their own life paths and bright futures—even some who were quite ordinary and could have lived simple lives—had their lives ended in such a manner.

Pang Bo's eyes reddened. He said, "I'll never forget Xiao Lin's heart-rending scream, and the helpless look in his eyes as he gazed at me. And those wretched divine crocodiles—no, those vile bugs—drilling in and out of his head, while I was powerless!"

Everyone else was surprised. There were no divine crocodiles in this world anymore. It was said that many species had gone extinct a long time ago, perhaps only seen during that ancient period.

Divine crocodiles resembled snakes yet were not snakes; they were shaped like crocodiles but had no legs, with bare undersides. Their bodies were covered in dark, chilling scales, looking like evil creatures from the underworld.

On that day, the ones Ye Fan and his group saw were only ten centimeters long and as thick as a finger. Their bodies were as hard as diamond, capable of flying and burrowing through the ground, piercing human bones, and easily stabbing into flesh and blood.

"What else crossed the void with us?" Pang Bo muttered to himself. They unexpectedly encountered a malevolent ghost, and now divine crocodiles had appeared. Were there other mysterious creatures?

The four-colored buds of the Demonic God Flower were dazzlingly brilliant, with streaks of glowing mist cascading down. The golden egg was absorbing this light, becoming even more extraordinary, like a divine embryo being nurtured.

This was clearly different from the previous divine crocodiles; it would undoubtedly be far more powerful, comparable to the Phoenix Egg in Ji Ziyue's hand, capable of growing to the Demonic Saint realm.

"The peerless Alligator Ancestor, suppressed by the Buddha beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple, didn't come down with its true body, but it left behind many contingencies."

Ye Fan and Pang Bo could not tolerate this egg hatching. Too much sorrow and hatred were tied to it, and they wanted to destroy it immediately.

The Monkey was very alert. He said, "Be careful. If this egg can be placed at the root of the Demonic God Flower, there's likely a terrifying ancient demon nearby."

"Hmph, trying to forge its Dao foundation with the Demonic God Flower, which is rarely seen in a hundred generations? Don't even think about it. It's impossible for you to be naturally close to the Dao. Disappear!" Pang Bo took a step and stomped down, descending towards the rocky mountain.

Suddenly, a terrifying killing intent, like a heavenly sword, shot out from an ancient cave on the rocky mountain. A grey, murky aura filled the entire world, reeking with a pungent stench.

And in the next instant, the killing intent became even more terrifying, as if a hundred thousand divine swords were clanging together, piercing the sky, shattering everything, intending to destroy Pang Bo.

Demonic Emperor's Nine Slashes!

Pang Bo let out a loud shout. Unable to slash his enemy, he instead slashed the void, transforming himself into a streak of light and vanishing from his spot, returning to the sky, thus avoiding the surging grey mist.

Li Heishui, Li Tian, and the others were startled and worried for him. Seeing him return safely, they breathed a sigh of relief. The aura below was too terrifying; it was definitely not an ordinary entity.

"What powerful demonic energy! This being has severed the Dao; a king is guarding the divine crocodile egg," the Black Emperor said.

"Boom!"

Two tentacles, as thick as water vats, extended from the grey mist, dancing like demonic hands. The sight was terrifying. Below, a massive creature slowly crawled out of the rocky mountain.

Endless killing intent and terrifying poisonous mist surged forth, inundating the area. Many plants withered instantly, turning into ash. "What is that?!" Ye Fan and the others retreated far away, avoiding the poisonous miasma.

"Rumble..."

Rocks rolled, and the ground trembled. The rocky mountain seemed on the verge of collapsing, yet the Demonic God Flower remained radiant and crystalline, unharmed by the mist, swaying with four-colored immortal light.

Mist surged like clouds into the sky, and a colossal creature ascended, passing through the poisonous miasma. It finally revealed its true form: its entire body gleamed with dark light, it had a hundred legs, and its physique was horrifying.

"Oh my god, it's a centipede! How can it be so huge, hundreds of feet long? Is this still a poisonous insect? How is it bigger than a giant snake?" Several people felt their scalps tingle.

The hundreds-of-feet-long centipede moved all its hundred legs simultaneously, producing a rustling sound that sent shivers down their spines, like a demonic melody. It spat out mist and fog, having already severed the Dao. This mist could poison even a Sect Master to death.

"Did we guess wrong? Was that a centipede egg earlier? Otherwise, why would such a terrifying being be guarding it?" Li Tian swallowed with difficulty.

The massive centipede's scales had a dark, eerie gleam, shining with a cold luster like black iron. It opened its mouth and spat out a stream of venom, which transformed into chains of divine order, piercing towards the group.

The Monkey let out a soft yell and spat out a golden light. He too was at the Immortal Three Severing Dao stage, with bravery unsurpassed among kings, so he naturally felt no fear. He swung a large iron rod and charged forward, raising his staff to strike.

However, he immediately swayed and retreated, reminding everyone, "Be careful. This old centipede has profound cultivation, having practiced for thousands of years. Its chains of divine order combined with poison can corrode protective astral energy."

"Clang!"

Finally, the Monkey and the centipede clashed head-on. Two terrifying tentacles, along with large swathes of foul-smelling, pungent poisonous rain, fell from the sky. The centipede demon was injured.

It shot up into the sky like a dragon, shaking its head and tail, circling above the clouds. Immensely huge, it stirred up the winds and clouds across the sky, then coiled its body, its head held high, behaving exactly like a true dragon.

The dark centipede glowed all over, transforming into a massive Dao diagram, with itself at the center as the "Dao eye." It was fighting desperately, attempting to kill the Monkey using its thousands of years of cultivation.

"No need to bother with it, just suppress it directly!" Pang Bo said. He and Li Tian activated the Divine Maiden Furnace together, immediately releasing the coercive might of a human saint.

The weapon refined by Emperor Hengyu for the Human Desire Dao Ancestor far surpassed ordinary Saint Weapons; its power dominated heaven and earth, causing the entire Immortal Ascension Valley to tremble and the high sky to instantly collapse.

A blazing flame shot out, pinning down the great centipede that had severed the Dao. The divine fire within the heirloom furnace was no joke; it immediately caused the centipede to writhe and its constructed Dao diagram to collapse.

The Centipede King tried to escape, flying up to pierce through the sky. At this moment, the Monkey intervened, placing a large hand on the Divine Maiden Furnace and activating an even more terrifying flame.

Various fluids splattered. The hundreds-of-feet-long Centipede King was broken into dozens of pieces, especially its head, where its primordial spirit was housed, which was completely pulverized. It died violently, its corpse falling beside the rocky mountain.

After a long time, the grey poisonous mist finally dispersed. They descended onto the rocky mountain, and Ye Fan personally moved to destroy the golden egg.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a dazzling golden light shot out from the enormous centipede corpse, transforming into a streak of light that charged towards Ye Fan. It was incredibly fast, causing everyone to exclaim; it was simply too quick.

Ye Fan's eyes flashed with cold light. He was instantly alert, using the "Movement Character Technique" to evade. Turning to look back, he immediately clenched his fists.

This was a divine crocodile, different from the small black ones they had seen before. It was eight meters long, its entire body appearing cast from gold, exuding a daunting aura as it lunged forward.

"Now, it's not like back then. You cold-blooded bugs, I will kill every single one of you to avenge my old friends!"

Black hair obscured half of Ye Fan's face. His entire body glowed with divine flames. With his right hand, he unleashed the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, while his left hand formed a golden Taiji circle, striking immediately in close combat.

"Clang!"

Various sounds erupted, like a giant swinging a massive hammer to forge metal. The area was completely submerged in golden vital energy. By the time the Monkey rushed over, Ye Fan had almost pulverized the divine crocodile.

Golden fragments of its corpse flew, and blood splattered. Ye Fan's golden fists shattered the divine crocodile into hundreds of pieces. If he hadn't wanted to preserve its divine sense for searching, it would have already turned to ash.

The Monkey joined him, reaching for its primordial spirit, wary of it self-destructing. However, they ultimately couldn't stop it. The primordial spirit emitted a cold, ancient snort and instantly shattered.

"Could it be... a wisp of the Alligator Ancestor's avatar, suppressed by the Buddha beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple?" Pang Bo's expression turned grim.

"No matter who it is, I will hunt them down and eliminate every single one of them!" Ye Fan said coldly.

Seeing Pang Bo genuinely about to stomp on the divine crocodile egg with his large foot, the Big Black Dog quickly stopped him. "Don't! Don't waste such a treasure! This is a Demonic Saint divine egg! Let this Emperor think about how to eat it—whether as a poached egg, a boiled egg, or fried rice with egg."

The moment it spoke, not only did the divine crocodile egg tremble, but the Phoenix Crow divine egg in Ji Ziyue's palm also shook, both clearly startled.

Ji Ziyue quietly comforted it; only then did the Demonic Saint-level Phoenix Crow divine egg settle down, emitting ripples of golden light, resonating with the Demonic God Flower, and drawing close to the Great Dao.

"The black malevolent ghost in the bronze coffin, or the divine crocodiles, or old acquaintances?" Ye Fan asked himself. He wanted to know who the mastermind was. Looking into the distance, he said, "To the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land! We must get to the bottom of everything!"