Immortal God of War

Chapter 625 - 606: Before One Wave Subsides, Another Rises_1

"What’s wrong?" Shen Mei asked.

"Sigh!" Qin Feiyang sighed deeply, shaking his head. "I should have thought of this sooner."

Shen Mei and the others exchanged glances.

Shen Long commented, "My dear brother, can you skip the dramatics and just tell us directly?"

Qin Feiyang glanced at them and said in a low voice, "I think that Crocodile Emperor might be on that island."

"What?" They all paled in shock.

"According to historical records, Dragon Crocodiles can live not only in marshes but also in water and on land. But compared to marshes and water, they much prefer to live on damp land. In this marsh, the other mounds and islets are too small for them. Only that island is suitable. If I’m not mistaken, that island must be their lair," Qin Feiyang explained.

Upon hearing this, they all looked toward the island, their faces turning pale.

Shen Mei asked, "What should we do now?"

After pondering for a moment, Dong Zhengyang shook his head. "Vicious crocodiles block our path from behind and from both sides. It’s unrealistic to bypass the island. Our only option is to go up."

Dongfang Wuheng frowned. "’Go up?’ We don’t know the Crocodile Emperor’s capabilities. If we just run up there recklessly, I’m afraid..."

At this point, Qin Feiyang’s eyes flickered. Collecting his thoughts and after careful consideration, he said, "Actually, I think going up could be a good thing for us."

The rest looked at him, puzzled. "’A good thing?’ The Crocodile Emperor is holed up on the island; how could that be a good thing?"

"Under normal circumstances, what I’m saying would indeed sound foolish. But things are different now. We have no solid footing, and we can’t fully unleash our abilities even if we want to fight them. But once we’re on the island, we can fight without restraint. Although we’ll face unknown risks, at least we won’t have to worry about falling into the marsh anymore," Qin Feiyang said.

Shen Mei gave him a strange look. "Listening to you, that island suddenly doesn’t seem like a dragon’s den or a tiger’s lair, but more like a paradise?"

Qin Feiyang smiled faintly. "For our current situation, it can indeed be considered a paradise."

Murong Xiong laughed scornfully. "’Paradise?’"

Qin Feiyang said indifferently, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don’t keep it bottled up."

"You asked me to speak, so don’t blame me later for being too blunt. This so-called ’paradise’ is nothing but a grandiose excuse you’ve concocted for your own mistake," Murong Xiong sneered.

Qin Feiyang chuckled. "’Mistake?’ I’ve never claimed to do everything perfectly, but I also haven’t made any decisions that were major missteps. If you think you can do better than me, I won’t object to you leading everyone."

"I oppose," Dong Zhengyang declared.

"I oppose too," Shen Mei stated.

Shen Long and Jian Wei echoed, "We also oppose."

You must be joking! Letting this insidious villain lead them would be a death sentence sooner or later.

Dongfang Wuheng looked at Dong Zhengyang and the others, then smiled faintly. "I also oppose. Let Junior Brother Qin continue to lead us!"

Murong Xiong frowned, displeased, and stared at Dongfang Wuheng. "’Huh?’"

Dongfang Wuheng communicated telepathically, "You may be good at fighting, but you’re indeed lacking in leadership skills. Don’t go seeking humiliation."

Even Dongfang Wuheng looks down on me like this. Murong Xiong was practically seething.

But no one paid him any attention.

Dongfang Wuheng laughed. "Junior Brother Qin, Murong Xiong is just letting off some steam. Don’t take it too seriously."

Qin Feiyang shook his head. "If I took it personally, I wouldn’t be standing here listening to him."

"Junior Brother Qin truly is magnanimous. Alright, let’s do as Junior Brother Qin said. We’ll head to the island, but we mustn’t let our guard down," Dongfang Wuheng said.

Qin Feiyang nodded and turned his gaze toward Shen Long.

Shen Long understood and slowly lowered the ancient log.

"Move quickly!" Once the other end of the log touched the island’s shore, Shen Long waved his hand, taking the lead to cross the ’bridge’ and dash toward the island.

Dong Zhengyang and the others followed swiftly. This time, Qin Feiyang didn’t give Dongfang Wuheng and Murong Xiong a hard time, allowing them to go up first while he stayed to cover the rear.

However, this precaution seemed unnecessary. The thirteen Alligator Kings didn’t rush forward to intercept them, waiting quietly for the group to reach the island.

RUMBLE!

But as soon as Qin Feiyang and the others set foot on the island, the Alligator Kings swarmed forward, instantly destroying their previous foothold. The ancient log also sank into the marsh.

No one paid it any mind; there were countless towering ancient trees on this island, so they no longer had to worry about that. Moreover, they weren’t in the mood to care about it right now.

While keeping an eye on the movements of the crocodile pack, they scanned the jungle behind them, everyone braced for battle.

However, the crocodile pack didn’t pursue them onto the shore. The Crocodile Emperor didn’t appear either. But those thirteen Alligator Kings, each leading a group of War Emperor realm Dragon Crocodiles, quickly spread out, rushing in different directions.

Everyone stared at the crocodile pack in bewildered shock. "What are they trying to do?"

But soon, an answer formed in their minds.

BOOM!

The crocodile pack, led by the thirteen Alligator Kings, furiously destroyed the islets surrounding the main island. They didn’t even spare mounds of earth that were tens of feet wide.

Obviously, they were trying to completely cut off Qin Feiyang’s group’s escape route, determined to trap them on the island.

Murong Xiong yelled, "Quick, to the other side! Maybe we can still make it!"

If the islets and mounds on the other side were also destroyed, they would truly be trapped here for life. No one objected to this proposal.

WHIZ!

Immediately, the seven of them moved at top speed, hurtling through the jungle toward the other side of the island.

The jungle was dense with vegetation. Some towering trees were so wide that several people holding hands couldn’t encircle them. Vines as thick as arms and thighs were everywhere, like Horned Dragons coiling around the large trees. The ground was covered with thick layers of dead branches and rotten leaves, and the air was filled with a damp, decaying smell. It was very humid.

As they sped along, they didn’t forget to carefully observe their surroundings.

"Stop!" About twenty-odd breaths later, Qin Feiyang suddenly shouted.

Instantly, the group skidded to a halt, all eyes turning to Qin Feiyang in surprise.

Qin Feiyang scanned the surrounding jungle and said in a low voice, "There’s a metallic tang in the air."

The group was startled. "Metallic tang?" They quickly looked around.

"Over there!" Suddenly, Shen Mei’s eyes flickered as she pointed to a large tree about thirty-odd meters away.

The tree was incredibly thick, with flourishing branches and dense leaves! Thick, powerful vines were wrapped around the tree’s trunk and boughs. But one of these ’vines’ was not a vine at all—it was a gigantic python!

The python was about ten meters long and as thick as a thigh. The color of its skin was so similar to the surrounding vines that it was difficult to distinguish at first glance. At this moment, it hung from a bough, its enormous eyes fixed intently on Qin Feiyang and the others.

Upon seeing the python, Qin Feiyang and the others felt their scalps tingle. If they hadn’t spotted it in advance, they would have passed right underneath it. The consequences would have been unthinkable!

Qin Feiyang said, "Don’t get entangled with it!"

The group turned, preparing to detour around the python.

HISS!!

But as soon as they turned, chilling hissing sounds echoed all around them. Simultaneously, many more ’vines’ in their surroundings began to writhe.

Qin Feiyang and the others looked and blanched in terror. It turned out most of the ’vines’ here were pythons in disguise!

Murong Xiong roared in frustration and anger, "We just escaped those vicious crocodiles, and now we’ve stumbled into a snake pit! Why are we so unlucky?"

Qin Feiyang shouted, "Shut up! Instead of complaining, focus on breaking out! Go!"

With that, he took the lead, charging forward. Dong Zhengyang and the others clustered together and quickly followed.

HISS!!!

The moment they moved, the surrounding pythons also began to sway their long bodies, moving in to encircle and kill them.

"You’re courting death!" Qin Feiyang’s eyes turned cold. He pointed his index finger, and an invisible force roared out, blasting into the horde of snakes before them. In an instant, a large number of them were obliterated.

Seeing this, Qin Feiyang’s eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Their strength isn’t high! Don’t get bogged down fighting them; just focus on breaking through the encirclement!"

"Understood!" Dong Zhengyang and the others nodded.

Instantly, a chaotic and bloody battle erupted.

Qin Feiyang led the charge, clearing the path. Murong Xiong and Dongfang Wuheng covered their rear. Shen Mei, Dong Zhengyang, Shen Long, and Jian Wei flanked them on either side. The seven of them moved as one, each employing their own skills as they pushed forward, leaving a trail of corpses and blood in their wake.

The pungent stench of blood quickly spread through the area.

Soon, they had advanced several hundred meters.

Suddenly, a shrill, ear-piercing sound tore through the air from ahead. Without a second thought, Dong Zhengyang raised his hand and unleashed a blast of Battle Intent.

BOOM!

But the result was, accompanied by a loud bang, Dong Zhengyang was forcefully knocked back, a trickle of blood escaping the corner of his mouth.

"What?!" This sudden turn of events shocked Qin Feiyang and the others beside him. They all looked ahead and saw, about ten-odd meters away on the ground, a patch of transparent liquid.

The liquid was rapidly consuming the dead branches and leaves on the ground, emitting black smoke as it did so. Its corrosive speed was extremely fast. Eventually, even the soil itself began to decay.

The group’s hearts trembled. "Venom!"

This liquid was clearly venom, and its toxicity was horrifying! The substance that had previously collided with Dong Zhengyang’s Battle Intent must have been this very venom. But it wasn’t the venom itself that frightened them. What truly terrified them was the python that had spat this venom!

Keep in mind, Dong Zhengyang was a one-star War Ancestor. Yet a single gout of venom had sent him flying. The strength of this python was terrifying to contemplate!

RUMBLE! CRACK!

Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently, as if a massive earthquake had struck. Simultaneously, ancient trees in front of them began to fall one after another, leaves scattering in the air, as if something immense was surging toward them.

And strangely, as soon as this commotion began, the pythons surrounding them quickly scattered, retreating more than ten meters to form a wider circle around them. The pythons blocking their path ahead even parted to the sides, clearing a wide passage.

Shen Mei asked in bewildered alarm, "What’s going on?"

Qin Feiyang said in a low voice, "I think a more powerful ferocious beast is approaching—perhaps the one that spat that venom."

Dong Zhengyang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a grim smile on his face. "Whatever it is, I’m going to tear it to shreds today!"