Above the Galaxy
Chapter 388 - 249: Tang Fei, you really are an ugly thing!_2

Chapter 388: Chapter 249: Tang Fei, you really are an ugly thing!_2

These corpses, exposed in the air for many years, have become so fragile that even the hardest skulls crumbled at the slightest touch.

The two moved closer to the central area, while the thick fog ahead grew denser still.

Cultivators possessed vision beyond that of ordinary humans, capable of seeing in the night.

But within this black fog, even they felt a struggle to see.

In front of them, countless black mounds appeared, resembling solitary graves.

It was at this moment that Tang Fei’s body suddenly tensed, and he felt his hair stand on end.

As an excellent hunter, he sensed danger.

It was the feeling of being stalked and coveted by an animal.

Shen Xinglan, standing beside him, also perceived the crisis, his right hand already gripping the hilt of the long sword at his waist.

Crack!

A black serpentine entity lunged at Tang Fei, who knew that the "Dragon Elephant Demon Suppressing Skill" had a natural restraining effect on such evil creatures. He threw a punch, and two dragons and two elephants surged forth.

The black serpent was surprisingly agile; it drilled downward into the earth, disappearing without a trace.

Tang Fei’s attack missed its mark.

"What the hell is this thing?" Tang Fei swore angrily.

Shen Xinglan didn’t answer, drew his sword from its sheath, and cut a black serpent that had lunged at his face in two.

Crack!

The blood that spurted from the severed snake was black.

Hiss hiss hiss...

Suddenly, the chilling sound echoed all around.

One after another, the black mounds were breached from within as more black serpents crawled out.

Their bodies were pitch black, their eyes glowing red.

They varied in length; the short ones were two to three meters, while the longer ones could be more than ten meters.

Numerous beyond count, they surrounded Tang Fei and Shen Xinglan from all directions.

And believe it or not, these beasts even understood tactics!

They encircled their prey before attacking it.

These black creatures were colder and more disgusting than the earlier encountered Bone-eating Maggots, and they seemed more terrifying with their aggressive stance.

Shen Xinglan looked at Tang Fei, who, as a top-tier hunter and an expert in wilderness survival, should have the say in breaking through the encirclement.

Tang Fei observed their surroundings, judged the situation, and said, "Too many, annihilation is unrealistic. Let’s find a way to break free."

Then, the flying boots beneath his feet shone with a black light, and he soared into the sky, breaking free from the encirclement of the black serpents.

No matter how numerous they were, they couldn’t fly, right?

These flying boots were treasures he took from the Lu Family’s secret vault, and he had deliberately put them on before leaving.

On the surface, they were just a pair of black hiking boots, which matched perfectly with his black outfit for voyaging. They were quite stylish to wear.

And crucially, they could save his life at the key moment.

"..." Shen Xinglan.

Your rules of wilderness survival are to fight when you can win and run when you can’t?

Shen Xinglan’s toes tapped lightly on the ground, and he shot up into the air, following the direction in which Tang Fei had fled.

Riding on the Qi to fly.

When one’s Yin Yang Qi was sufficiently profound, one could use it to propel oneself into the air.

Of course, this greatly consumed the Yin Yang Qi within one’s body and could affect combat readiness.

So, many cultivators of New Star preferred to be equipped with various flying devices.

After all, wasn’t it better to use the limited Yin Yang Qi in real combat?

Shen Xinglan’s action was a case of having the Qi and the willfulness to use it.

Roar～

A tremendous roar sounded.

It shook the heavens and earth, deafening the ears of those who heard it.

Moreover, within that sound was a peculiar magnetic field that caused dizziness and a momentary loss of consciousness.

At the same time, two red moons appeared in the dark sky.

No, not moons—those were a pair of eyes.

A pair of gigantic, blood-red eyes.

A colossal head the size of a hill manifested in the air, its abyssal maw opening wide to snap at Tang Fei and Shen Xinglan up in the sky.

Out with the small, in with the big one.

Yin Jiao, the true overlord of the Burial Land.

When Tang Fei saw those smaller black serpents, he had suspected the existence of something larger.

Because those black snakes couldn’t cause an advanced cultivator to die instantly, nor leave them utterly defenseless.

Whether this new arrival was the perpetrator was uncertain.

But this behemoth was indeed too vast.

Its body was like a long river, its head like a great mountain.

Covered in hard scales, each black scale glinted with a dark light.

So black it began to turn purple.

What astounded Tang Fei even more was that a two-meter-long horn had grown on its head.

With the birth of the horn, the serpent transformed into a Jiao.

If another horn were to grow, it could evolve into a dragon.

The dragon is a divine beast, a legendary being.

In the air, Tang Fei swiftly retreated while throwing a punch at the monster’s face.

Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Fist!

Two dragons and two elephants had only just emerged, charging at Yin Jiao’s face.

Puff～

Yin Jiao opened its maw wide and swallowed the two dragons and two elephants whole.

Its abdomen writhed, and then the dragons and elephants vanished into nothing.

"What kind of move is this?"

Tang Fei was shocked to his core.

"Since you like eating, I’ll feed you some more," he thought as his fists kept hammering away at Yin Jiao’s face.

Punch after punch.

With each strike, two dragons and two elephants poured forth....

But, without exception, each time they were swallowed up by Yin Jiao.

It was like playing a game of Snake, except the Dragon Elephant’s Tang Fei sent out became the food, and the real protagonist was the gluttonous snake, Yin Jiao.