Chapter 754
Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/PazjBDkTmW
Soon, around Ye Wushuang and Chu Qingcheng, the withered leaves on the ground began to stir and move.
They were dead leaf pythons!
These pythons, with their forked tongues flickering in and out, were gradually closing in.
“Hmm?”
Ye Wushuang furrowed his brows.
He had thought there was only one dead leaf python, but who would have expected an entire group?
From all directions—north, south, east, and west—dead leaf pythons of varying lengths, three zhang, six zhang, and even nine zhang long, were climbing up trees or slithering along the ground, inching closer to the two of them.
Their bodies resembled withered leaves, and their eyes were like those of dead trees, exuding an extremely sinister and terrifying aura.
“How could there be so many…” Ye Wushuang’s brows furrowed even more.
Chu Qingcheng spoke up, “Aren’t dead leaf pythons solitary creatures?”
“Hmm…” Ye Wushuang tightened his grip on the Tianya Sword and looked at Li Wenbo, who was being coiled up, and said, “Stop messing around. There’s more than one…”
Upon hearing this, Li Wenbo realized something was amiss and immediately unleashed his Tian Gang energy, a terrifying aura bursting forth.
Boom…
The dead leaf python that had wrapped itself around him felt the immense power and, unable to withstand the pain, quickly loosened its grip and retreated from Li Wenbo.
At this moment, the three of them gathered together. The ground and tree trunks around them were surrounded by dead leaf pythons.
Seeing this, Chu Qingcheng’s face turned pale.
These dead leaf pythons were no joke; the weakest among them were at the first level of the Tian Gang realm, while the strongest had reached the third level. Chu Qingcheng, being at the fourth level of the Yuanfu realm, would not only be of no help but would actually be a burden.
“This is really strange…” Li Wenbo said urgently, “Dead leaf pythons always act alone. There must be at least fifty or sixty of them here…”
“It is indeed strange,” Ye Wushuang frowned and said, “Generally speaking, dead leaf pythons don’t gather in groups, unless…”
“Dragon’s Tongue Orchid!”
“Dragon’s Tongue Orchid!”
Almost simultaneously, Ye Wushuang and Li Wenbo spoke in unison.
Dragon’s Tongue Orchid?
What is that?
Chu Qingcheng looked at the two of them, puzzled.
Li Wenbo quickly explained, “Dragon’s Tongue Orchid is a very peculiar spirit plant. It can help warriors condense Tian Gang energy and transition from the Yuanfu realm to the Tian Gang realm. With this plant, the success rate is almost guaranteed. Even for those who have reached the Tian Gang realm, this plant can purify and strengthen their Tian Gang energy.”
“But this plant is very rare. The main reason is that it usually doesn’t live long before being eaten by many spirit beasts as if it were a Hundred Leaf Orchid!”
“Dead leaf pythons, being third-level spirit beasts, find it very difficult to advance in level through their own cultivation. However, with the Dragon’s Tongue Orchid, their success rate increases significantly. Only fully mature Dragon’s Tongue Orchids can attract these dead leaf pythons so strongly!”
After finishing his explanation, Li Wenbo looked at Ye Wushuang and chuckled, “Brother Ye, you really have a wide range of knowledge. If I weren’t a disciple of Spirit Sword Mountain and hadn’t seen it in the secret records of Spirit Sword Mountain, I wouldn’t have known about the Dragon’s Tongue Orchid at all.”
Ye Wushuang smiled and said, “It seems that these dead leaf pythons are most likely here for the Dragon’s Tongue Orchid. If I get it, I should be able to advance to the Tian Gang realm.”
“But for now, we need to deal with these dead leaf pythons first!”
Li Wenbo chuckled again and said, “Miss Chu, use the Tianlu Umbrella to protect yourself.”
Looking at Ye Wushuang, Li Wenbo continued, “Let’s have a little competition, shall we?”
He was now at the second level of the Tian Gang realm and believed his strength was on par with Ye Wushuang. Dealing with these dead leaf pythons was quite dangerous, but… he was not afraid!
Ye Wushuang smiled and said, “Sure, let’s have a competition!”
Whoosh, whoosh…
In an instant, the two of them, one on the left and one on the right, charged forward with their swords.
Ye Wushuang, now at the ninth level of the Yuanfu realm, had nine Yuanfu chambers filled with spiritual energy that was no less potent than the Tian Gang energy of a Tian Gang realm warrior.
With a single sword strike, even a three-zhang-long dead leaf python could not withstand the blow.
The Liu Yuan Gui Yi Sword Technique was already perfected in Ye Wushuang’s hands, operating at its peak efficiency.
“One!”
Soon, Li Wenbo struck out with his sword and severed the head of a dead leaf python, blood splattering everywhere.
“Two!”
Li Wenbo grew more and more excited, his killing intent fierce.
Reaching the second level of the Tian Gang realm was a completely different experience from the first level.
The Tian Gang energy was much stronger, and the powerful gusts were more intense.
With each successive sword strike, the number of dead leaf python corpses around the two of them increased.
Chu Qingcheng summoned the Tianlu Umbrella to protect herself and watched the two of them with astonishment, her mouth agape.
Both of them had extremely high swordsmanship skills and incredibly fast reflexes.
On several occasions, Chu Qingcheng saw Ye Wushuang and Li Wenbo surrounded by several dead leaf pythons, seemingly cornered, but they always managed to find an opportunity. After killing one python, they would tear open a gap in the encirclement and break free.
