"Careful!"
The two sides were about ten meters apart. The black snake, with its gaping maw, made no move to advance. Captain Qing suddenly sensed something was amiss and quickly warned his remaining two subordinates.
Fortunately, his warning came in time. The second he finished speaking, a green light shot out from the black snake's mouth.
This was no mere green light; it was a stream of venom capable of corroding the very air into wisps of smoke!
Moreover, its velocity was incredibly fast, reaching the three of them in an instant.
Thanks to the warning, after Captain Qing, sensing danger, dodged, his two followers also scrambled to evade.
*Splash.*
The green venom hit the ground, instantly corroding a deep hollow. After wisps of black smoke cleared, a bottomless pit appeared in the earth.
The gravel in the underground world was comparable to granite on the surface. For such hard rock to be corroded into this state in an instant, it was difficult to imagine what would happen if a human body were hit by this green liquid.
Would it vaporize on the spot?
Li Chonglou, watching from a distance, clicked his tongue. He estimated that even someone at the seventh realm might be reduced to mere bones if they stood there to face this venom!
Captain Qing broke out in a cold sweat. If his experience hadn't told him that something was wrong and he hadn't reacted quickly, he might have already vanished from this world!
But Li Chonglou was faster than him.
"Counterattack!"
Just as Captain Qing finished speaking after dodging the fatal blow, a scream came from the subordinate farthest away. His expression changed, and he turned to look, only to see another arrow piercing his heart.
"Bastards!"
This time, Captain Qing was truly enraged. They were already under immense pressure facing the black snake with three men, as they hadn't been able to kill it with four earlier. Now, another one was dead?
Most importantly, he finally understood Li Chonglou's intention: this was clearly an attempt to take their lives amidst the chaos!
Captain Qing's eyes blazed with fury, an unprecedented loss of composure for him. However, his anger did not cloud his judgment. An enemy capable of killing a fifth-realm expert with a single blow from tens of meters away, how could their strength be weak?
"Retreat!"
His naturally cautious and steady nature led him to make the correct decision at this moment. Li Chonglou was stunned.
What? They could tolerate this?
Before Li Chonglou could react, Captain Qing had already turned and fled. The remaining subordinate, seeing their leader run, realized this was the time to escape and also took off.
However, Captain Qing cursed him, "Don't run together, rendezvous at the base!"
Only then did the subordinate change direction.
Li Chonglou was unwilling to let the duck that was about to be cooked fly away. He quickly shouted at the black snake, which was still stunned, "What are you waiting for? Strike while the iron is hot!"
"Strike while the iron is hot?" What did that mean?
A hint of confusion flickered in the black snake's green eyes. However, it soon understood the general meaning, as Li Chonglou had already started chasing in the direction the subordinate had fled.
"I get it, you want to kill them!"
The black snake, which had been focused on stalling for time and escaping, finally realized that only two of its enemies remained, making it the perfect time to counterattack!
Its previously somewhat naive and confused gaze instantly turned to fierce hatred.
It had been eating peacefully, only to be surrounded and beaten. Who could tolerate that?
But just as the black snake moved, it heard Li Chonglou's voice again, "Kill this one first, the other one can't escape!"
The black snake hesitated. After all, this was a person who looked exactly like the ones who had been beating it. The choice between believing and not believing exceeded its processing speed.
This did not mean it lacked intelligence; even the most brilliant genius needed learning and training to survive in society.
Fortunately, the black snake's hesitation did not last long. After only a few seconds, it caught up with Li Chonglou.
With the subordinate running ahead, Li Chonglou chasing behind, and the black snake bringing up the rear, a peculiar scene unfolded.
The black snake's strength was already at the peak of the sixth realm, so catching up to a fifth-realm individual was naturally easy. Li Chonglou leaped onto the black snake. The latter instinctively tried to resist, but then heard Li Chonglou's voice.
"Quick, catch up, the person is getting away!"
At the same time, Li Chonglou concealed all his aura. The black snake could no longer feel any threat from him, thus choosing to ignore it for the moment.
Thus, after a few more seconds, when the black snake caught up to the subordinate and severely wounded him, Li Chonglou leaped down and quickly finished him off.
*Pfft!*
A column of blood spurted from the subordinate's neck towards the sky. Li Chonglou smiled and retracted his sword, along with the residual soul.
"Let's go, there's one more!"
Li Chonglou nonchalantly jumped onto the black snake's back. To his surprise, the black snake lay motionless.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Li Chonglou asked curiously. He had observed the black snake's wounds. Although there were many, most had already stopped bleeding, with only a few still oozing green blood. However, for its entire body,
It was not a serious injury.
It shouldn't be so badly injured that it couldn't even move!
Just then, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
"You, who, want..."
Only three short words, the gender of the voice indistinguishable, and it sounded very raw. Li Chonglou only understood after reacting.
He then looked at the black snake at his feet. This creature was indeed of the same kind as Little White.
Little White could not speak, but if it were taught to write for a couple of days, it could probably even write novels!
"Who I am is not important. I am helping you. The last one remaining is the leader of these people. If we don't chase now, it will be too late."
The stronger the strength, the more residual soul energy. Li Chonglou was genuinely worried about that Captain Qing escaping.
However, to his dismay, the black snake remained motionless.
There was no response, it just lay there quietly.
Li Chonglou scratched his head in confusion, "What's going on? Give me some response whether to chase or not."
The next moment, a voice actually appeared.
"Run, no, back..."
It was still a voice echoing directly in his mind, also three words. But compared to the first three words, Li Chonglou was a bit bewildered this time.
"Old An, what is it saying?"
Old An remained silent for a while before saying, "Could it be saying it can't run, and its family has returned?"
Li Chonglou's expression suddenly changed. The previous conversation between Captain Qing and the others had not been kept quiet; he had heard all of it. The behemoth before him was not even an adult.
It already possessed the strength of the peak sixth realm. How strong would its true adult form be?
Peak seventh realm? Eighth realm? Or perhaps, ninth realm?