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Chapter 597: Chapter 603: Anger
Upon entering the volcano, Li Chengsheng immediately felt a scorching heat that was highly uncomfortable, but in order to conceal his aura and figure, he couldn’t move anymore, he could only bear with it.
It was not until he walked into the interior and avoided the investigations of Devil Beasts and Cultivators that Li Chengsheng dared to stick two Talismans on himself to lower his temperature.
Immediately after releasing the Chaoyang Crow, he asked with anticipation, "Chaoyang, can you sense the location of the Sun Spirit Object?"
However, the reply disappointed Li Chengsheng!
"I haven’t sensed the presence of the Sun Spirit Object."
This meant that either the Spiritual Object Li Chengsheng calculated to be here was not at this location and he was mistaken, or the treasure was concealing itself, blocking all perception.
As for which scenario it was, he had no way of knowing.
"However, there is a faint oppressive force deep within the volcano."
Upon hearing this, a thought instantly flashed through Li Chengsheng’s mind—could there be a fourth-rank Red Scale Wild Crocodile here?
Thinking of this, he immediately abandoned his plan to explore carefully and turned around to leave.
Although the volcano certainly contained many good things, even if a fourth-rank Red Scale Wild Crocodile were gravely injured, Li Chengsheng wouldn’t stand a chance against it, and moreover, a fight would definitely alert those outside.
"Don’t leave yet, I haven’t detected any danger, and this faint oppressive force feels somewhat like it was formed by the fall of a high-rank Demon Beast." Chaoyang quickly spoke up to stop him.
"Are you saying that there is a carcass of a high-rank Demon Beast deep within the volcano?" Upon hearing this, Li Chengsheng’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Why are there so many high-rank Demon Beasts in the wilderness that have grown from lower-class beasts? Most of them have their own serendipitous encounters.
For instance, they might have eaten some sort of heavenly material or earth treasure by chance, or devoured other high-grade Demon Beasts of the same kind and attributes, absorbing their bloodline essence to advance their own evolution.
Same kind refers to scale, fur, feather, and so on, all living creatures belong to one of these categories.
Similar attribute is self-explanatory: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, Yin, Yang, wind, thunder, ice, and so on, the Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, the Three Wonders.
Of course, nothing is absolute. There are also instances where they devour a different kind or attribute and succeed, but such cases are few and far between. After all, both bloodline conflict and elemental conflict are extremely dangerous, tests that can easily take one’s life.
And this Red Scale Wild Crocodile, who knows where it got the carcass of a high-rank Demon Beast and it likely served a purpose for its own bloodline.
"Let’s go, let’s take a look!"
If there was no danger, how could he leave a treasure mountain empty-handed?
Following the Chaoyang Crow’s guidance, Li Chengsheng quickly arrived at the deepest part of the volcano.
There were only two large caves here, one of which radiated vigorous vitality that he knew without looking—it was where the Red Scale Wild Crocodile hatched and nurtured its young.
He had no intention of stealing the beast eggs, since the Red Scale Wild Crocodile was only third-rank and didn’t catch his eye.
The other cave must belong to the fourth-rank Desolate Crocodile.
Approaching cautiously and after some probing, he found no traps; understandably so, as the Desolate Crocodile was extremely confident in its own strength, it wouldn’t have set up any tricks in its regular resting cave.
Li Chengsheng strode into the cave, and what appeared before him was the extremely large corpse of a Flood Dragon, lying in the center!
"Indeed!"
Seeing that it was a Flood Dragon’s corpse, even though Li Chengsheng had predicted it, he still couldn’t hide his disappointment.
The three Spirit Beasts he was contracted with belonged to the ’feather’ category within the five classes, which were commonly known as birds, while both the Flood Dragon and the Desolate Crocodile belonged to the scale kind.
Although both were of the fire attribute, avian and scaled demon beasts were the two kinds with the most severe bloodline conflict!
It is said that the origin was the great dragon-phoenix battle of the primeval age, and it has continued to this very day!
Their hatred for each other had long become the most basic part of their bloodlines, and it was unheard of for a creature with both feathered and scaled bloodlines to exist.
If Li Chengsheng dared to let the Chaoyang Crow consume the bloodline of a Fire Dragon, there would surely only be one outcome—death!
"At any rate, it’s the corpse of a fourth-grade Dragon Beast, and even if I can’t use it, it’s still good to take it back for the use of others in the clan." With a wave of his hand, he stored the corpse in the storage ring, which he had emptied of all other contents.
Besides that, there were all kinds of Spiritual Objects that the Desolate Crocodile had collected over the years—exclusively Spirit Materials, as there were no Spiritual Medicines or Spirit Fruits, for it had devoured those long ago.
Roar!
Just as Li Chengsheng finished securing the dragon corpse, the Desolate Crocodile, which was entangled with the two Nascent Souls, suddenly let out a skyward roar, bellowing, "Damn thief, how dare you steal my treasure!"
At this moment, it could no longer care about the two Nascent Souls; all it thought about was getting back to its cave and stopping that thief!
That dragon corpse was key to its further advancement, and it absolutely could not afford to lose it!
For that reason, it had left a mark on it, but just a moment ago, it lost the sensation of that mark.
Upon hearing this, the two Nascent Souls immediately used their Divine Sense to check on their disciples, only to find that all of them were accounted for behind them. Their faces darkened in an instant; they had been fighting fiercely here, only to have someone else reap the rewards!
Thus, they did not continue to entangle with the Desolate Crocodile and allowed it to go back and deal with the little thief.
At the same time, they followed behind, to see if they could pick up any leftovers or obtain other treasures.
"Not good!"
Li Chengsheng instantly felt an overwhelming and abyssal pressure rushing towards him. He immediately put the Chaoyang Crow back into the Spirit Beast Bag and tried to activate the Earth Escape Talisman to flee, but discovered a terrifying flame attacking him with incredible speed.
In this life-and-death crisis, he didn’t hesitate to activate the Soul Dividing Jade Slip given to him by Li Zhirui.
Li Zhirui, millions of miles away, immediately felt the connection, but regrettably, because of the vast distance, his consciousness couldn’t project there. 𝚗ovp𝚞b.𝚌om
"Father, your son has encountered great danger; please lend your aid and spare me a moment," Li Chengsheng spoke as quickly as he could after the manifestation of Li Zhirui’s Spirit Division. "Once the time comes, destroy the Jade Slip and do not let it fall into the hands of demon beasts!"
"Alright, I know."
In the next instant after he spoke, the Desolate Crocodile arrived in front of Li Chengsheng and disdainfully said, "A mere Spirit Division thinks to stop me?"
"Your boldness for a Golden Core is impressive indeed, daring to sneak into my lair to steal Spiritual Objects. Hand them over quickly, and I may grant you a swift death. Otherwise, I will place your Spiritual Soul in molten rock to have you burn alive into ash!"
"Hmph!" The Spirit Division coldly huffed and said, "Evil beast, you are far too dismissive of me!"
With that said, the Spirit Division summoned massive wooden beams to crash down on the Desolate Crocodile.
Li Chengsheng knew that the situation was urgent and allowed no room for delay, so he did not watch the struggle between the two, focusing solely on activating the Earth Escape Talisman.
A few breaths later, the Talisman activated!
"Father, be careful; your son is departing."
Before his words fell, a beam of yellow light enveloped Li Chengsheng and then plunged into the ground, disappearing from sight.
"Dammit!"
The Desolate Crocodile instantly flew into a rage. Its already fierce features became even more horrific, and eyes blazing with towering fury, it roared, "No matter where you flee, I will find you, have you drawn and quartered, your Spiritual Soul used as a lamp!"
