Immortal God of War

Chapter 641 - 620

"The Flame of Life is mine."

"As for your life, I can spare you for now, but I will be observing your behavior."

"If your behavior satisfies me, I won’t kill you. But if you dare to feign compliance while acting in opposition, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

"You have no conditions to choose from; this is the only way."

"Disagree, and you die now!"

Qin Feiyang’s tone was decisive, leaving no room for negotiation.

"Then wouldn’t I get no benefit at all, and have to stake the rest of my life?"

"Don’t you think you’re being unreasonable?" the Black Dragon Snake hissed angrily.

"Am I being unreasonable?"

"When you wanted the Flame of Life, didn’t I give it to you without hesitation?"

"But how did you treat me in return?"

"If I didn’t see some value in you, I would have killed you long ago. Why would I waste so much breath talking to you?"

"You brought this upon yourself; it has nothing to do with anyone else."

"So, you disagree?"

A cold light flashed in Qin Feiyang’s eyes. He looked at the Wolf King and said, "Kill it!"

The Black Dragon Snake pleaded hastily, "No, no, no, I agree."

"Wouldn’t it have been better if you’d just done that from the start?"

Qin Feiyang sneered, then stretched out his hand. "Hand it over!"

The Black Dragon Snake looked at the Flame of Life, its eyes filled with unwillingness and reluctance, but in the end, it obediently delivered it to Qin Feiyang.

Qin Feiyang snatched it and stored it in an exquisite jade box.

"If you hadn’t gone back on your word, wouldn’t we be getting along much better now? You’re just courting death, you know that?" the Wolf King sneered.

"Yes, yes."

The Black Dragon Snake nodded repeatedly, its heart filled with indescribable bitterness.

Qin Feiyang took two medicinal pills from his Qiankun Bag and tossed them to the Black Dragon Snake, simultaneously putting the jade box containing the Flame of Life into the Qiankun Bag.

The Black Dragon Snake asked suspiciously, "What medicinal pills are these?"

Qin Feiyang replied, "A Barrier Breaking Pill and a Transformation Pill. They will allow you to speak and to change the size of your body."

The Black Dragon Snake’s eyes lit up, and it swallowed the two pills without hesitation.

Qin Feiyang was taken aback and said teasingly, "Aren’t you afraid they’re poison?"

"Afraid of what?"

"With your strength, killing me now would be easy. Would you even need to use poison?" the Black Dragon Snake muttered.

"You’re quite perceptive about that, at least."

Qin Feiyang smiled faintly, then his expression turned serious. "There’s an urgent situation, and we need your help."

"What kind of situation?" the Black Dragon Snake asked in surprise.

Qin Feiyang pointed to the west of the island. "Do you hear the sounds coming from over there?"

The Black Dragon Snake nodded. "Isn’t one of your companions fighting the Crocodile Emperor?"

"No." Qin Feiyang shook his head and said gravely, "It’s the crocodile pack destroying the island."

"What?" The Black Dragon Snake’s pupils contracted. "What about the Old Fox?" it asked in shock.

Qin Feiyang said, "The Crocodile Emperor has already been slain by us."

tumultuous storm raged in the Black Dragon Snake’s heart. Having lived on the island for several hundred years, it knew the Crocodile Emperor’s strength better than anyone; he could absolutely be called an overlord of this area. Yet, he had died at the hands of this group of humans. It seems these humans are far stronger than I previously realized!

The Black Dragon Snake steadied its nerves and asked, "Are you asking me to stop them?"

Qin Feiyang asked, "Can you?"

The Black Dragon Snake shook its head. "I don’t have that ability. Those fierce crocodiles only listen to the Crocodile Emperor’s commands."

Qin Feiyang frowned. "Then do you have a way to leave this place?"

"No."

"If I had a way, I would have left long ago. I wouldn’t have lingered here, barely surviving for hundreds of years," the Black Dragon Snake sighed, a hint of mockery in its eyes. It was partly self-mockery and partly mocking Qin Feiyang. His life is almost over, yet he’s still snatching the Flame of Life. What’s the point?

Qin Feiyang ignored it, his head lowered and brows tightly furrowed.

The Black Dragon Snake said, "Stop thinking about it. Unless you can fly or subdue an Alligator King, you’re dead for sure."

Fly? Subdue an Alligator King? Qin Feiyang paused; these two paths were worth trying.

He looked at the Wolf King. "Give me the rib."

"What for?" the Wolf King asked, puzzled.

Qin Feiyang said, "No more nonsense. Give it to me quickly."

The Wolf King eyed him dubiously, then casually tossed the rib to Qin Feiyang.

Qin Feiyang caught the rib and looked up at the sky. The gravity above the iron-chain bridge leading to the Land of Ruins was countless times more terrifying than the gravity here, but this rib could disperse that gravity. That being the case, dispersing the gravity here should certainly not be a problem.

WHOOSH!

After thorough preparation, Qin Feiyang leaped up forcefully.

Just as he soared into the sky, gravity surged toward him.

Simultaneously, the rib in his hand began to emit a soft, hazy glow.

Qin Feiyang immediately felt his body lighten. He floated in the void, the gravity completely gone.

"It actually works?" Qin Feiyang was overjoyed.

Watching this scene, the Wolf King was also ecstatic.

What kind of bone is that? the Black Dragon Snake wondered, completely bewildered. It can actually break the rules here? Flying! For the creatures living in the Netherworld, it’s something they wouldn’t even dare to dream of. How could the Black Dragon Snake not be astonished when it was happening right before its eyes?

The Wolf King shouted, "Xiao Qinzi, fly a circle for your bro to see!"

Qin Feiyang smiled and nodded, but just then, a sudden change occurred.

A gravitational force even stronger than before descended from the sky, slamming violently onto Qin Feiyang.

BAM!

Instantly, Qin Feiyang plummeted into the earth below like a meteorite, blood spewing continuously from his mouth, his entire body feeling as if it were about to fall apart.

"What happened?" The Wolf King’s eyes widened as it hurriedly ran to Qin Feiyang’s side. "Are you still alive?" it asked with concern.

"You wish I were dead, don’t you? Is that any way to show concern?" Qin Feiyang snapped, looking up and glaring at it. He then looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with bewilderment. What just happened felt as if someone was secretly manipulating the gravity, and it seemed like a warning not to break the rules here. But isn’t that too absurd?

The Wolf King goaded, "Why don’t you try again?"

Qin Feiyang pondered for a moment, then got up, grabbed the rib, and once again leaped into the sky. Gravity immediately enveloped him.

But this time, something even stranger than before happened.

The rib in his hand showed no reaction at all!

Undoubtedly, he was slammed down by gravity again, creating a large crater.

"What’s going on?" The Wolf King stared at the sky, completely baffled.

Qin Feiyang clambered up, disheveled. "There’s only one explanation," he said gravely. "The rib is afraid and doesn’t dare to awaken."

"What?" The Wolf King was dumbfounded.

Qin Feiyang said, "It seems the Netherworld is far more formidable than the Land of Ruins. We cannot continue to break the rules here."

The Wolf King asked, "Then who do you think established the rules here?"

One had to know, the owner of this rib was Mu Tianyang. Mu Tianyang was the emperor of the former Tianyang Empire and a formidable rival to the first emperor of the Great Qin Empire; one could only imagine how powerful he was. Now, even his rib was afraid. Wouldn’t the person who laid down these rules be even more terrifying than Mu Tianyang?

「Suddenly.」

The Wolf King, as if struck by a thought, looked at Qin Feiyang in shock and asked, "Could it be him?"

Qin Feiyang’s gaze trembled. After a brief ponder, he nodded. "It might be him."

"Who?" the Black Dragon Snake asked curiously.

The Wolf King immediately scowled, its eyes fierce. "None of your business! Don’t ask so many questions!" it barked.

The Black Dragon Snake shrank back, its eyes filled with fear.

The person Qin Feiyang and the Wolf King were talking about was, naturally, the first emperor. In this world, only that legendary Ultimate Being possessed such capabilities. And only the founding emperor of the Great Qin Empire possessed the strength to make Mu Tianyang fearful.

However, this was just speculation. The truth of the matter still needed to be verified.

Regardless, flying was definitely impossible.

Now, only one option remained: subdue an Alligator King.

Qin Feiyang brushed the dirt off his clothes, put away the rib, and then led the Wolf King and the Black Dragon Snake to rendezvous with Fatty.

「Several hundred breaths later.」

Qin Feiyang arrived at the other end of the island. He saw Fatty and the others standing on the edge of a cliff, gazing down at the swamp ahead, their faces grim.

Not a single Dragon Crocodile could be seen in the swamp.

Qin Feiyang frowned. "What’s the situation?"

Fatty said angrily, "These beasts are extremely cunning. The moment they saw us coming, they all hid down below."

"The crucial thing is, they’ve destroyed all the footing points further out."

"Right now, the closest footing point is six to seven hundred meters away. There’s no way we can cross that distance," Dong Zhengyang said solemnly, his face etched with worry.

The Black Dragon Snake said disdainfully, "If you don’t eliminate the savage crocodiles first, even if there were footing points, would you dare to cross?"

Because of the Crocodile Emperor’s death, the crocodile pack was now in a frenzy. They certainly wouldn’t just drive them away as before. As the Black Dragon Snake said, once they set foot on other small islands or earthen mounds, the crocodile pack would undoubtedly pursue and attack them relentlessly.

Furthermore, it would be countless times more dangerous than on this island. The other small islands and earthen mounds were too small, too fragile; they simply couldn’t withstand the onslaught of the crocodile pack.

However, if they didn’t find a solution soon, once the crocodile pack destroyed the foundation of this island, they would sink into the swamp along with it. It would still be a dead end.

"Boss, Master Fatty doesn’t want to die young! You have to think of a way!" Fatty pleaded, looking at Qin Feiyang helplessly.

Qin Feiyang’s gaze flickered as he looked at the swamp. After a moment, he said, "You all watch here. I’ll go to the old castle and ask Ren Wushuang and the others. Black Dragon Snake, from now on, you follow Fatty. Whatever he says, you must obey unconditionally."

With that, he flickered and went to the old castle.

"You want this Emperor to follow this damned fat pig?" Upon hearing Qin Feiyang’s words, the Black Dragon Snake immediately turned to look at Fatty, its expression filled with utter disdain.

"What?" Fatty raised an eyebrow. "Do you feel you’re losing out by following Master Fatty?"

The Black Dragon Snake said contemptuously, "With that shifty look of yours, why don’t you go look in a mirror? Are you worthy of this Emperor?"

"You’re not so great yourself," Fatty snorted coldly.

The Black Dragon Snake retorted, "As long as I’m better than you."

Fatty rolled up his sleeves. "With that temper of Master Fatty’s, are you itching for a beating?" he roared.

"You’re the one itching for a beating! If you have the guts, wait until this Emperor’s outrage has mended, and let’s have a duel. Whoever loses becomes the little follower!" the Black Dragon Snake provoked, full of confidence.

"Oh, not so timid now, are we? You dare to provoke Master Fatty?" Fatty exclaimed, looking at the Black Dragon Snake as if it were an idiot. "Alright, Master Fatty will wait! If I don’t beat you until you’re crying for your mommy and daddy by then, Fatty’s name will be written backward!"

Watching the man and beast still in the mood to bicker, Dong Zhengyang and the others looked on with helpless expressions, truly not knowing what to say.