Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Slaying the Venomous Crocodile and Obtaining the Clear Profound Spirit Fruit
"Roar!"
Upon a sudden attack, the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile immediately let out an enraged roar.
Its pair of amber eyes, resembling snake pupils, suddenly lit up with a chilling glow.
Whoosh!
Without any forewarning, six or seven giant tail phantoms abruptly appeared in mid-air.
The surrounding air seemed compressed, emitting a suffocating thud.
A loud bang was heard.
The mud that had been splattering around was suddenly pulverized into fine dust in mid-air.
Not far away, witnessing this scene, Liu Hongyu and Feng Wanqing’s pretty faces slightly changed.
With such power, they believed that if it were them facing that attack, it might not be so simple to block it.
Clatter——
Yet at that moment, a spiritual artifact shaped like an umbrella, enveloped with yellow light screens, suddenly rose in mid-air.
It was Ji Haoyuan’s Defensive Spiritual Artifact, the second-tier Kunluo Spirit Umbrella.
Boom!
The merging six or seven giant tail phantoms violently slammed into the yellow light screen.
A sound like flowing water was heard.
Upon the yellow light screen, ripples like waves rapidly flowed.
Not only did it block the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile’s terrifying attack, but also dissipated the shock waves it caused.
"Interesting."
Ji Haoyuan suddenly chuckled softly.
The next moment, the Crimson Flame Patterned Spear transformed into a ten-zhang-long Fire Snake, opening its fiery mouth, fiercely biting towards the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile.
Flame Serpent Dragon Spear!
"Roar!"
The Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile also opened its massive mouth.
Sharpened fangs like reverse hooks.
Simultaneously accompanied by thick greyish-brown poisonous mist, directly colliding with the Fire Snake formed by the Crimson Flame Patterned Spear!
In that instant, it felt as if heaven and earth fell silent.
Then, it seemed to rain blood from the sky.
Dark red blood, carrying the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile’s viscera, poured down like a waterfall.
While entangled with the remaining three second-tier lower-grade Giant-tailed Poison Crocodiles, Liu Hongyu and Feng Wanqing saw half of a Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile’s body, smoldering with tendrils of black smoke, quickly plummeting towards the Poisonous Swamp.
This... solved just like that?
Even though it wasn’t the first time seeing Ji Haoyuan in action.
But today, Ji Haoyuan’s might continued to deeply shock the two women.
Swish——
Suddenly, a glint of coldness expanded in their pupils.
Before they could react.
A sound of a blade piercing flesh reached their ears.
Turning their heads.
They saw one of the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodiles, which had previously been not far from them, now had a blood hole piercing through its massive head.
And it was already less than ten zhang away from the two women.
At such a distance, for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and a second-tier Demon Beast, it’s just a blink away.
Unbidden, a trace of fear arose in the two women’s hearts.
If not for Ji Haoyuan’s intervention just now, they would have suffered greatly.
"Fellow Daoists, the battle isn’t over yet, please exercise caution."
Ji Haoyuan’s somewhat gentle voice reached their ears.
Liu Hongyu and Feng Wanqing felt slightly embarrassed.
Indeed, they had been somewhat distracted just now.
Clang——
At that moment, from another battlefield, a loud sword cry erupted.
Where Qiu Zeyuan stood, a silver treasured sword suddenly burst forth with a dazzling sword light.
The surrounding light seemed drawn by his silver sword, creating a darkened area within several zhang.
Concentrated Sword Qi continually trembled within the silver sword.
Qiu Zeyuan’s body appeared to emit a faint blood mist.
This was the backlash from his Sword Qi.
"Slash!"
At that moment, Qiu Zeyuan yelled sharply.
The next instant, the silver sword shot forth like a dragon exiting the sea. At an astonishing speed, it slashed downwards toward the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile before him!
"Roar!"
That Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile seemed to realize the terror of this strike, and let out a roar while spewing grayish-brown poisonous mist from its enormous mouth, seemingly trying to corrode the sword light.
Simultaneously, six or seven giant tail phantoms surged like waves and struck towards the sword light together.
Rip——
Yet it all seemed futile.
The dense poisonous mist was stirred by the Sword Qi emanating from the silver sword, dissipating into wisps of blue smoke.
Subsequently, under the consummate sword light, the superimposed giant tail phantoms were effortlessly pierced by the sword’s tip, erupting into a sky full of light.
Finally, the silver sword, carrying an extremely sharp sword glow, struck the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile’s body.
Crash——
Without any suspense.
The massive body of the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodile was directly sliced in half by the silver sword.
In the sky, it rained blood carrying viscera once again.
But after this strike, Qiu Zeyuan’s Magical Power was noticeably depleted.
His aura plummeted, a tinge of pallor appeared on his face.
Fatigue was evident in his eyes.
He hurriedly took a pill from his possession to replenish his Magical Power, and after consuming it, his pale appearance slightly improved.
By now, the Poisonous Swamp held no further danger.
Under Ji Haoyuan’s hand, all the Giant-tailed Poison Crocodiles here were swiftly dealt with.
Hmm...?
At that moment, Ji Haoyuan’s Divine Sense seemed to detect something.
He approached the center of the Poisonous Swamp.
Raising his hand to grasp downward.
Clatter——
A Magic Power Hand with clear patterns suddenly coalesced in mid-air, reaching deep into the Poisonous Swamp.
After a short while.
When the Magic Power Hand re-emerged, it held three fruits, resembling Glazed, emitting an unusual fragrance.
"What are these? Clear Profound Spirit Fruits!"
Feng Wanqing exclaimed in surprise.
Seeing that including Ji Haoyuan, everyone was looking her way.
Feng Wanqing immediately explained: "These spirit fruits are among the best detoxifying spiritual objects in second-tier spirit fruits."
"But their growth environment is mostly in miasma-infested areas."
"Moreover, these fruits can be used with other second-tier spiritual objects to refine a detoxification pill known as the Qinghe Pill."
"And the detoxifying effect of this pill surpasses the Clear Profound Spirit Fruits themselves."
"Rumor has it that even against a third-tier poison, the Qinghe Pill has a certain degree of detoxifying effect."
So powerful?
Ji Haoyuan and the others were slightly astonished.
In this light, the value of these Clear Profound Spirit Fruits is not less than the corpses of the second-tier Giant-tailed Poison Crocodiles, perhaps even more so.
After Ji Haoyuan stored away the three Clear Profound Spirit Fruits, and after he and the others cleaned up the battlefield, they were ready to return to Yuan Guang City, their Spiritual Senses suddenly responded in unison.
Almost instinctively, their gazes turned to a certain area in the northern sky.