Chapter Ninety-One: The Redfire Glazed Tree

Behind the crocodile horde, Qin Feiyang and Ling Yunfei appeared once more out of thin air.

Hearing the furious curses rolling over from afar, Ling Yunfei grinned and gave Qin Feiyang a thumbs-up. “That move of yours is truly superb. I can’t help but admire it.”

Qin Feiyang bared his teeth in a smile. “Now it’s our turn to watch the show. Let’s go.”

The two set off, following after them.

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“This kind of escape won’t work.”

“Fine, let’s make a move and wipe them out!”

“Agreed. End it quickly!”

After fleeing for a moment, the people of the Jiang and Mu families made a ruthless decision and turned back to slaughter the crocodile horde.

A bitter, bloody clash erupted at once in the forest.

“Jiang Haotian, who do you think will win this fight?”

“It should be the Jiang and Mu families. After all, they’re all Martial Sect cultivators.”

“That makes sense. Those four king-level sawtooth crocodiles may be unimaginably strong, but the rest of the crocodiles are nothing more than cannon fodder before Martial Sects. They won’t be of much use.”

“Exactly. But one thing is certain: even if the Jiang and Mu families win, they’ll suffer heavy casualties.”

Several hundred li away.

Qin Feiyang and Ling Yunfei sat comfortably on a small hillside, watching the battlefield in the distance and commenting on it.

After watching for a while, Qin Feiyang turned to Ling Yunfei and asked, “Do you have any wine on you?”

“Yes.”

Ling Yunfei nodded, then said with suspicion, “Didn’t you not drink?”

Qin Feiyang grinned wickedly. “The occasion is different. When we’re handling business, of course we can’t drink. But now we’re just watching the show. It tastes better with wine.”

“Fair enough.”

Ling Yunfei nodded and took two palm-sized wine jars from his interspatial bag. He tossed one to Qin Feiyang and kept one for himself.

With a wave of his hand, Qin Feiyang opened the jar and shouted toward the people of the Jiang and Mu families, “Seniors, hurry up and finish them off. I’ll treat you to wine afterward!”

“Huh?”

Ling Yunfei was stunned. Wasn’t that just deliberately provoking them?

But it was rather amusing.

He too lifted his jar, drank a great gulp with his head raised, and roared, “Refreshing, truly refreshing! Elders, if you’re tired, come over and have a drink. Only when you’re full can you have the strength.”

The people of the Jiang and Mu families looked over at the two of them, and fury instantly surged in their chests.

They were fighting for their lives here, yet those two little brats were sitting there leisurely drinking wine?

Who exactly was the one who had enraged the crocodile horde?

This was unbearable!

Two black-clothed burly men, seething with sky-high rage, charged toward the pair.

But at that very moment, a king-level sawtooth crocodile nearby abruptly lifted its massive tail and slammed it down fiercely toward the two men.

Aaaah!

Along with a miserable scream, both men were crushed to death, pounded into a pool of bloody pulp.

Qin Feiyang and Ling Yunfei looked at each other, both filled with disbelief.

They had not expected this king-level sawtooth crocodile to be so adept at seizing the moment.

It was not only vicious, but cunning as well. This time, the Jiang and Mu families were certainly going to suffer a heavy loss.

Qin Feiyang’s lips curled as he sighed, “Seniors, I know you all like drinking, but there’s no need to be in such a hurry. Look at that—one careless moment and you’ve kicked the bucket. Was a sip of wine really worth it?”

Ling Yunfei shook his head and sighed, “Not worth it at all. Could you all stop rushing like this? We won’t drink it all. We’ll leave some for you.”

“Bastards!”

The two of them chimed in back and forth, nearly making the lungs of the Jiang and Mu families explode with rage.

“Sawtooth crocodiles, listen to this old man. We’re not with them!”

“If you want revenge, you should be going after them, not us!”

The Jiang family’s great elder and the Mu family’s great elder roared in exasperation.

After roaming the Black Bear City area for so many years, they had never suffered such humiliation as they were today.

The four king-level sawtooth crocodiles also roared incessantly, hammering madly at them. Clearly, they did not believe a word of it.

However, a small number of sawtooth crocodiles did turn around and charge Qin Feiyang and Ling Yunfei.

Yet so long as the king-level sawtooth crocodiles did not come for them, the two of them had more than enough strength to deal with the rest with ease.

The fierce battle continued.

A radius of several hundred meters was ruthlessly destroyed.

Blood gathered into little streams and trickled away.

The stench of blood was overwhelming.

Broken corpses and severed limbs lay strewn across the mountains and fields.

This place had become a true hell of slaughter.

After several hundred breaths had passed, the hundreds of sawtooth crocodiles were reduced to only several dozen, and the rest were all covered in wounds.

Even the four king-level sawtooth crocodiles were no exception.

The Jiang and Mu families had also already suffered more than half their casualties.

But overall, the Jiang and Mu families still held the overwhelming advantage.

Seeing this, Qin Feiyang turned to Ling Yunfei and said, “Let’s go!”

“Mm.”

Ling Yunfei nodded.

Roar!

Two sawtooth crocodiles lunged at them. The pair used the Heartlocking Killing Fist, quickly finishing them off, then prepared to leave.

But right then, the four king-level sawtooth crocodiles all raised their heads and released a thunderous roar that shook the mountains and earth.

Roar!

Immediately after, an especially mighty beast howl exploded from the direction of the lake, reverberating through the skies as if answering the four king-level sawtooth crocodiles.

“Hm?”

Hearing that roar, both Qin Feiyang and the people of the Jiang and Mu families were astonished.

Then the ground began to tremble with booming crashes.

“Could there be another sawtooth crocodile?”

Qin Feiyang and Ling Yunfei exchanged a glance, both eyes filling with a trace of shock.

From the sound of it, if it really was a sawtooth crocodile, then it was likely even more terrifying than those four king-level ones.

“Go, let’s have a look!”

Qin Feiyang growled.

The two immediately broke into their full speed and dashed toward the lake.

“Running off to court death? What ignorant little brats.”

Seeing this, the Mu family’s great elder could not help sneering.

If it really were an existence even more terrifying than the four king-level sawtooth crocodiles, then running over there was simply suicide.

“Forget about them. Let’s retreat quickly!”

The Jiang family’s great elder shouted.

However!

The four king-level sawtooth crocodiles, together with the dozens of ordinary sawtooth crocodiles, had now gone mad as never before. They clung tightly to the two families, fighting with complete disregard for their own lives.

This abnormal change made the people of the Jiang and Mu families even more uneasy and increasingly frantic.

On the other side.

As Qin Feiyang and Ling Yunfei ran, a colossal shadow suddenly entered their sight.

It really was a sawtooth crocodile!

But its body was twice the size of the four king-level sawtooth crocodiles.

A small hill several tens of meters high was actually sent flying by a single headbutt from it.

Such terrifying strength was simply shocking beyond belief.

Without a doubt, this sawtooth crocodile was the true king of the horde.

Qin Feiyang did not dare hesitate for even a moment. He led Ling Yunfei into the ancient fortress.

The Crocodile King was incomparably formidable, like a peerless ferocious beast had been born into the world. No matter what stood before it, it would trample it flat.

After it left, Qin Feiyang and Ling Yunfei appeared once more. Gazing at that massive retreating back, they both could not help but feel their scalps go numb.

Ling Yunfei swallowed and asked, “Should we go take a look?”

“If you want to die, go by yourself. Don’t drag me with you.”

Qin Feiyang rolled his eyes. The Crocodile King was absolutely not someone to provoke.

Moreover, once it dealt with the people of the Jiang and Mu families, it would surely come looking for them next.

So the urgent matter was not to go watch the excitement, but to run.

But with the Crocodile King blocking the way ahead, they would certainly have to change course.

After a brief moment of thought, Qin Feiyang said, “Let’s go back the way we came and follow that river back to Black Bear City.”

“We can only do that.”

Ling Yunfei said helplessly.

A short while later, the two returned to the lakeside.

With the crocodiles having poured out in force, this place was now safer than anywhere else.

They stood atop a hill, hands on their knees, staring down at the lake below while gasping heavily for breath.

The lake itself had not changed much, but the shore had already been trampled beyond recognition by the crocodile horde.

There was also a new deep pit on the left bank, more than ten meters deep.

If they had not guessed wrong, that pit should have been where the Crocodile King had lain in hiding.

“Good thing we didn’t take this route at the beginning. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”

Ling Yunfei studied the pit and said with lingering fear.

Qin Feiyang exhaled long and hard, straightened up, and said, “Don’t linger here. Hurry up and go!”

Although there were no more crocodiles around, just thinking of everything they had experienced over the past few days made him want to leave this place at once.

“In truth, we shouldn’t have taken a detour at all.”

Ling Yunfei was somewhat annoyed.

He had thought this route would be perfectly safe, but in the end they had nearly lost their lives. What a terrible bargain.

“Stop complaining. Let’s go.”

Qin Feiyang urged him, then turned and left.

Ling Yunfei was just about to follow when suddenly he seemed to notice something and looked once more toward the deep pit.

Inside the pit there was some black material, though it was half-buried under the soil and hard to make out.

A trace of suspicion rose in Ling Yunfei’s eyes. “Jiang Haotian, take a look at what that is.”

“Hm?”

Qin Feiyang froze slightly, then turned back and walked beside Ling Yunfei. Looking down as well, he could not tell what it was either.

“Go over and have a look?”

Ling Yunfei asked.

“Mm.”

Qin Feiyang nodded.

The two leaped down and approached cautiously.

Though the surface seemed calm and peaceful, who knew whether some hidden danger lay in wait?

So it was better to be careful.

When they reached the pit and saw no danger, they jumped inside and examined the black object.

It looked somewhat like iron.

But instinct told them it was not iron.

Qin Feiyang reached out and struck it hard, and it actually gave off a series of metallic sounds.

Could it really be some kind of unknown divine metal?

If so, then they had struck treasure this time.

The two worked hard to dig away the soil, and before long they were both drenched in sweat.

But when the black object was finally fully revealed, both of them felt like crying without tears.

They even had the urge to curse to the heavens.

It was not some divine metal at all. It was merely the old shell shed by the Crocodile King.

“Damn it! You got my hopes up for nothing!”

Ling Yunfei flew into a rage, grabbed the old shell, and hurled it forcefully out of the pit. With a thud, it fell into the lake.

Though the shell was very hard, it was of no use whatsoever.

“There aren’t that many treasures in the world. Let’s go.”

Qin Feiyang shook his head with a bitter smile and glanced at the pit, preparing to leap out.

However.

That very glance sent a violent tremor through his entire being.

He hurriedly looked down again, and there in the soil he saw a small tree.

Oddly enough, the tree was only as tall as a finger, and its entire body blazed red. Its trunk had no branches at all, only three leaves no larger than fingernails, each resembling clusters of flame.

Though tiny, the tree was full of spiritual energy. One look was enough to tell it was no ordinary thing.

“Why does it look somewhat familiar?”

Ling Yunfei examined the little tree, suspicion all over his face.

“This is the Crimson Fire Glazed Tree!”

Qin Feiyang said each word distinctly, his pupils erupting with brilliant light.