King of Creation
Chapter 152 - 150: Group of Black Gold Pythons

Chapter 152: Chapter 150: Group of Black Gold Pythons

Boom!

Following the dark current of the whirlpool and drifting down, when the surroundings brightened, Ye Zhen forcefully leaped out of the dark current and an underground river appeared before him.

On both sides of the river, dense and shimmering black blades of grass were present.

"Black Gold Grass?"

"My heavens, so much Black Gold Grass? If all of this were taken back, just with this alone, one would make a fortune. Ten stalks of Black Gold Grass can be exchanged for two thousand Sect contribution points—there must be tens of thousands of them here, right?"

Ye Zhen was the first one down, and closely following him were Han Shi and Ren Xihua, who were stunned by the black grass blades on either side of the dark river.

Overjoyed, Han Shi quickly stepped forward, intending to pick the Black Gold Grass.

"Senior Brother Han, come back!"

Han Shi, who was pulled back by Ye Zhen, was a bit anxious, "Ye Zhen, what are you doing? This is Black Gold Grass, you know. Just with these, this trip is already worth it."

"Senior Brother Han, look..."

With a wry smile, Ye Zhen casually flicked a small pebble. The pebble flew nearly a kilometer and landed beside a stalk of Black Gold Grass.

In an instant, the soil next to the Black Gold Grass churned, and a huge black snake head rose from the ground. The round golden light on its head was especially terrifying. After hissing a few times, it shrank back in!

"A Black Gold Python? Just a Human-Level Peak Demon Beast, what’s there to fear..."

Having said half of it, Han Shi’s voice trembled immediately and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "Junior Brother Ye, are you saying that under each stalk of Black Gold Grass, there’s a Black Gold Python?"

"If that’s the case, aren’t there two or three tens of thousands of Black Gold Pythons here?" Ren Xihua’s face turned pale instantly.

Two or three tens of thousands of Human-Level Peak Demon Beasts—let alone them—even a Spirit Transformation Realm expert wouldn’t be able to withstand that!

"Hehe, it looks like you guys aren’t so foolish after all. I thought you had already started a slaughter with the Black Gold Pythons!" The voice of Balang, who had burst out of the whirlpool’s dark current, rang out.

"Brother Luv, this is such critical information, why didn’t you say so earlier? If I had carelessly approached..."

Han Shi, who had just walked through the Ghost Gate, was furious.

Luv Congfei, who had just arrived, gave an awkward smile, "We all came down together. Who would have thought that Balang was attacked by a Demon Beast upon entering the water and got delayed."

"Oh, really? What a coincidence?" Ye Zhen sneered coldly.

"If we had been a bit greedy earlier, we might have already been under attack by tens of thousands of Black Gold Pythons. With us drawing their fire, wouldn’t you have been able to pass through smoothly?"

As soon as Ye Zhen said this, both Han Shi and Ren Xihua’s faces changed dramatically. Indeed, upon closer thought, that was exactly the situation.

"Hehe, Brother Ye is joking. It was just an accident, an accident!"

Luv Congfei naturally wouldn’t admit it, pointing at the tens of thousands of Black Gold Grass stalks and saying, "Now, the challenge that lies before us is how to get through here. In our four attempts, we could only kill dozens of Black Gold Pythons at most before we would draw the assault of tens of thousands and have to flee in disarray."

Hearing this from Luv Congfei, the chill in Ye Zhen’s eyes grew even colder.

Sure enough, from the very beginning, Luv Congfei had no good intentions and was using them as cannon fodder to pave the way for themselves.

However, they couldn’t afford to fall out now.

After all, with one at the Peak of Spirit Summoning Realm and two at the Late Stage of Spirit Summoning Realm, they possessed overwhelming strength.

Moreover, starting a fight here and alerting the tens of thousands of Black Gold Pythons would be seeking death.

"What about crossing over the river channel by Water Manipulation?"

"You think we’re all fools, that we wouldn’t walk such a simple path?" Listening to Han Shi’s suggestion, Balang sneered and casually threw some beast meat from his storage bracelet into the dark river.

In a flash, more than a dozen Iron Teeth Demon Fish with sharp teeth sprang from the water. Before the beast meat even landed, it was devoured completely.

"The grade of these Iron Teeth Fish isn’t high, but the problem is their sheer number. I estimate there are even more than the Black Gold Pythons on the riverbanks!" said Luv Congfei.

With that, the six of them fell into silence.

Tens of thousands of Black Gold Pythons—let alone the six of them—even if six more Spirit Summoning Realm Martial Artists came, they wouldn’t be able to deal with them.

Obviously, Luv Congfei’s trio truly intended to use Ye Zhen and his companions as scapegoats to get through this stretch of riverbank.

Now, no one had a solution.

But retreating, no one was willing!

Especially at the end of the riverbank, where there seemed to stand a tall stele-like object, which clawed at everyone’s heart like a cat’s paw.

"Why don’t we retreat for now and come back with more people?" Ren Xihua said after wrestling with the dilemma.

"Retreat?"

"Impossible! Today, we must blaze a trail of blood through here!" Balang’s chilly voice rang out, "Come on, you guys go first; we’ll cover for you!"

"What do you mean?" Han Shi, sensing something was amiss, shouted angrily.

Ye Zhen had realized by now that if they couldn’t get past this riverbank today, Luv Congfei and his two companions would likely have to engage in a fierce battle with them first.

After all, if they allowed the three of them to retreat, this Secret Realm they had discovered would no longer be a secret.

"It means nothing. Today, if we don’t get through this riverbank, no one will think of leaving..."

....

"Enough bickering! I have a way!" Just as Han Shi and Balang were quarrelling, Ye Zhen’s words suddenly drew everyone’s attention.

"What way?" Luv Congfei’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Ye Zhen raised his arm and pointed towards the rugged top of the underground river channel.

Seeing this, a look of disappointment rose again on Luv Congfei’s cheeks.

However, Balang began to mock again, "Do you really take us for fools? Flying over from the top, do you think we haven’t tried that? The space here is too small, a slight fluctuation of spiritual power will alarm the Black Gold Pythons below."

"Did I say we should fly over from the top?"

Ye Zhen looked at Balang with contempt, "I mean, we should crawl over like geckos on a wall, slowly climbing over from the top of the cave wall, relying purely on physical strength. Although it would take more time, the possibility of successfully getting through is still very great!"

In the end, Ye Zhen added to Balang, "Next time, you’d better listen to me before mocking, otherwise, I really will think you’re a fool!"

"You..."

Being scolded to his face, Balang became furious, about to burst out in anger when he was stopped by Luv Congfei.

"Hey, that’s right, how did we not think of such a simple method!" Jiulie’s expression was full of surprise.

Ye Zhen smiled and said no more.

Under normal circumstances, hardly any martial artist would think of using such a primitive method relying purely on physical strength to get past obstacles. It was only by recalling Luluo’s suggestion back in the Yin Mountain Blood Gorge that Ye Zhen thought of this.

"Let’s do it this way. My cultivation is the highest, so I’ll lead the way! Remember, unless absolutely necessary, do not use spiritual power and alarm the Black Gold Pythons!

Whoever alarms the Black Gold Pythons will have to deal with it themselves. The rest of us certainly don’t want to be buried with you!"

With a shift in his tone, Luv Congfei sternly warned everyone. To Ye Zhen, it almost seemed like he was particularly cautioning their trio.

Behind Luv Congfei, upon hearing the warning, a fierce light flashed in Balang’s eyes.

With a light leap, Luv Congfei climbed the three-meter high cave wall, his spiritual power receding, and he carefully began to move across the wall like a spider.

Following him, Jiulie and Balang also jumped onto the cave wall and began to choose their own routes to climb. Ye Zhen, Ren Xihua, and Han Shi also hurriedly followed suit and climbed up the wall.

Upon reaching the wall, Ye Zhen immediately activated the Sect’s taught Breath Concealment Technique, concealing the fluctuations of his qi and spiritual power to the utmost.

It must be said that just three meters below them, there was a dense mass of Black Gold Pythons hidden in the soil, camouflaged with the mud. The sheer number made even Ye Zhen’s scalp tingle with apprehension.

Fortunately, the cub at this time didn’t need Ye Zhen’s guidance. It crawled and leapt above on the cave wall, even more effortlessly than Ye Zhen himself.

If it hadn’t been adhering to Ye Zhen’s instructions, it would probably have taken the cub just a few breaths to cross the mile-long riverbank.

The sound of heavy panting gradually rose.

This purely physical exertion, after continuing for half an hour, even put a strain on the breath of those present, all of whom were martial artists from the late-stage Spirit Summoning Realm.

However, daylight was in sight!

Luv Congfei in the lead was less than a mile away from passing through this riverbank, and the characters on the distant stele were becoming clearer and clearer.

There were no fixed routes on the cave wall; the climbing paths were all personally chosen by each individual.

No one noticed that Balang, who had been climbing ahead to the side of Ye Zhen, had gradually slowed down and, eventually, fell behind to Ye Zhen’s side.

After climbing for another half a quarter-hour, the characters on the stele became clearer, and Ye Zhen could already make out the first two large characters ’Black Water’!

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Balang, who was behind Ye Zhen, cried out in alarm as the stone pillar he just grabbed abruptly snapped, causing his figure to plummet!

"Balang!"

Luv Congfei and Jiulie called out in alarm simultaneously.

But Ye Zhen’s eyebrows furrowed; the stone pillar he had just used was very sturdy, so how could it break?

Almost simultaneously, as Balang’s figure fell sharply, he exerted force and lunged towards where Ye Zhen was, shouting as he threw himself over, "Move, move quickly!"

Ye Zhen was shocked, he darted forward with a burst of power, ready to make way for Balang who was in danger.

But in that moment, a fierce light erupted in Balang’s eyes, and the hand reaching out towards Ye Zhen suddenly grasped his right leg. With force, he swung Ye Zhen down towards the swarm of Black Gold Pythons below.

"Bastard, Balang, you dare betray me?"

While angrily shouting, Ye Zhen found his body involuntarily plummeting towards the ground due to Balang’s swing.

But at this critical moment of life and death, Ye Zhen did not panic at all; his mind became even more calm!

With a thought, the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub, connected to his will, suddenly leaped out. The little tiger opened its mouth wide, and in one bite, viciously clamped onto Balang’s right hand that was clutching the cave wall to support his hanging body!

Once the Cloud Winged Tiger bit down, it exerted tremendous force.

Crack!

Ah!

As Balang let out a shrill scream of agony, his right hand immediately broke. Almost at the same instant, his body began to fall uncontrollably towards the ground.

But the Cloud Winged Tiger’s actions were not yet finished.

The cub leaped fiercely, and its close to a thousand-pound body slammed hard onto Balang’s falling figure, instantly doubling his descent speed, surpassing Ye Zhen in a flash.

At the same moment, Ye Zhen, well prepared, violently slapped Balang who was plummeting beside him, and with the rebounding force from the slap, his body rose instead of falling!

In that instant of depletion, Ye Zhen’s hands finally clutched onto a protruding stone pillar, securing his body firmly against the cave wall while the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub guarded vigilantly beside him.

Thump!

Having already been falling and then heavily slapped by Ye Zhen, Balang barely had the chance to react before he harshly smashed into the ground.

With the thunderous noise, hundreds of Black Gold Pythons lifted their sharp heads from the soil, rushing towards the fallen Balang! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)