Bab 85: Chapter 85: Finally Arrived
Below.
Hiss~
Sensing that Wei Yang and the others intended to retreat, the king cobra seemed to become even more arrogant. It raised its head, flicking its tongue, emitting a series of hisses filled with provocation.
It was as if saying, "Don't go, stay and fight me."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Its massive tail slammed against the sand repeatedly, producing a series of dull thuds.
The king cobra's vertical pupils were filled with excitement and arrogance. As it swayed its body, it continuously emitted provocative hisses.
Being a peak Tier 5 magical beast, its intelligence was already quite high.
A Tier 6 magical beast can speak human language, and its intelligence is very high.
Some fortunate magical beasts can even speak at Tier 5.
This mutated peak Tier 5 king cobra seemed to have some fortune as well. Although it couldn't speak yet, its intelligence seemed quite high.
It had lived alone in this vast forbidden zone for a long time.
Now, suddenly seeing two humans, Wei Yang and Xian'er, it was naturally very excited.
Besides Wei Yang and the others trespassing into its territory, it may not have had any intention to attack.
...
"Damned creature!"
The king cobra's arrogant provocation made Wei Yang grit his teeth secretly.
What an arrogant beast.
If Xian'er weren't tightly holding him back, he would've liked to go down and teach it a lesson.
It wasn't as if it had won.
In the earlier battle, he and Xian'er didn't seem to have suffered any loss.
Instead, the beast was injured, though it was only a superficial wound.
But their roles seemed completely reversed at the moment.
The injured one was arrogantly rampant, while the uninjured one could only watch helplessly.
So it was just relying on its thick skin, able to withstand hits?
Wei Yang thought bitterly.
He somewhat saw through it; this beast was clearly doing it on purpose.
It couldn't fly, so it was luring Wei Yang to come down willingly.
A lonely snake could have no evil intentions, right?
It merely wanted someone to fight with.
Wei Yang exhaled lightly, giving it a deep look.
Fine, very well, I remember you!
Just wait for me.
"We're leaving!"
Wei Yang snorted softly, turned around, flapped his battle wings, and left directly.
Behind him, Xian'er followed.
Hiss~
Below, the king cobra let out a series of anxious and angry hisses.
But Wei Yang ignored it entirely, pretending not to hear.
...
Taking Qing Lin with them, Wei Yang and his companions left somewhat dejectedly.
Behind them, the king cobra pursued relentlessly.
It kept letting out provocative hisses.
Wei Yang and the others paid no mind, speeding up their flight instead.
The king cobra had no choice but to continue its pursuit, but it wasn't as fast as them and soon lost their trail.
Hiss~
It could only stop where it was, agitatedly writhing its body, letting out one angry, unwilling hiss after another.
It spewed out raging flames.
A tornado of wind and fire, as if connected between heaven and earth, stirred up yellow sand, wreaking havoc everywhere, as if venting its anger.
...
Flying in the air.
Feeling a powerful wave coming faintly from behind.
"That damned beast!" Wei Yang said a bit irritably.
It wasn't that they couldn't win, but there was simply no need to fight to the death with it.
Fighting to the end would lead to mutual destruction.
After all, they had other purposes for coming here this time.
And with Qing Lin, a little girl with only Dou Qi stage cultivation, Wei Yang had no choice but to be more cautious.
Qing Lin, noticing Wei Yang's somewhat displeased mood, didn't dare to speak to him and instead looked towards Xian'er.
Xian'er glanced at Wei Yang amusingly and explained, "That snake magical beast is very powerful. Though just a peak Tier 5, its strength rivals a low-tier Dou Huang, and its defense is strong... We can't deal with it for now."
"Oh." Qing Lin nodded.
Wei Yang, not wanting to lose face in front of them, said defiantly, "This was a strategic retreat, not because we couldn't beat it but because there was no need to risk it, and it was the one at a disadvantage just now."
"Currently, I'm just a one-star Dou Wang. After a few days, when I reach the peak of one-star, I'll take the Dou Ling Dan to rise to a three-star Dou Wang... When I reach mid-tier Dou Wang, I'll have the confidence to take it on alone without losing out."
"By then, teaming up with you, Xian'er, we can easily overpower it!"
"Yes, yes." Xian'er, already a three-star Dou Wang, nodded with a smile.
"Young master is the best." Qing Lin chimed in promptly.
"Hmph hmph."
...
Three days later.
In the leeward side of a weathered rocky mountain range.
Xian'er carefully harvested a yellow jade-colored ginseng-like spirit herb as thick as a baby's arm and stored it in a jade box.
"A seven-grade thousand-year Earth Spirit Ginseng! I didn't expect to find it here; our luck is really good!" Xian'er put away the jade box, her little face full of excitement, smiling brightly.
A seven-grade spirit herb!
Its value goes without saying.
For Xian'er, finding such a herb was more satisfying than picking up a million gold coins.
Wei Yang also nodded with a smile.
The seven-grade Earth Spirit Ginseng is an extremely precious herb, and it can substitute for several main ingredients in refining high-level or peak seven-grade pills.
Its effects include cleansing the meridians, enhancing physical vitality, and improving cultivation aptitude, especially excellent for earth element practitioners.
Its effects are far superior to that of the Earth Heart Marrow Milk.
With such a herb, one could easily trade it for a low-grade earth class fighting skill, and still have change left.
...
Standing atop a weathered rocky mountain, Wei Yang held a map, his gaze fixed on the distance.
Here was a vast stretch spanning thousands of miles, formed by a large area of weathered rocks—a hilly terrain.
And here was also the map's endpoint.
A small red circle marked it, indicating a specific area within this weathered rocky hilly region.
The three of them had been in this area for a day.
Wei Yang felt that he was getting closer and closer to the real destination.
Here, still no living creatures were in sight.
It was a completely desolate forbidden zone.
Had they not stumbled upon the seven-grade Earth Spirit Ginseng during their search, they might not have stopped temporarily.
...
After resting for a while, they continued their journey.
Finally, at noon the next day.
They reached their true destination!
Looking far ahead, there was a circular dark small basin about one mile in circumference.
Yes, dark.
The word 'dark' may seem strange or unsuitable in the blazing desert at daytime, yet it was indeed so.
It was like a small black spot adorning the desert openly.
Particularly during the day, it was very conspicuous, easily spotted from afar—a black dot amid endless ochre.
Like a shadow, or a drop of ink, spreading in the endless desert.
This scene was quite bizarre.
Under the blazing sun, when sunlight entered that circular black dot, it seemed to be swallowed whole.
It couldn't illuminate that area at all.
Standing atop a hill, Wei Yang and his companions were mesmerized by this strange spectacle.
That small basin seemed like a giant beast's open mouth, devouring all the sunlight that shone down.
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