Chapter 623: The Sneak Attack of the Sixth-Order Snake Yao

Xiao Fan walked in the lead, while Wei Zhongshan followed cautiously behind, maintaining a distance of about five steps between them.

As they ventured deeper, Xiao Fan smelled a pungent, strange odor.

This odor was the scent of Yao Beast excrement; it was extremely foul and radiated a cold aura.

"Is it a Yin-attribute Yao Beast?" Xiao Fan murmured, feeling that they were now very close to the Yao Beast inside.

At this moment, Xiao Fan felt that the Yao Beast inside should be more than just a fifth-order Yao Beast.

Because the droppings of a fifth-order Yao Beast would not be accompanied by such dense Yin Qi.

At this position, Xiao Fan found that the aura of the Yao Beast inside the stone cave was erratic, fluctuating between high and low.

"Could it be injured?" Xiao Fan said to himself. If the Yao Beast inside the stone cave really was injured, then heaven was truly helping him.

"It's been a long time since I've eaten Yao Beast meat." Xiao Fan exhaled. He truly hadn't eaten fifth-order Yao Beast meat before.

Hearing Xiao Fan's words, Wei Zhongshan thought to himself: Big Brother is truly Big Brother, he's just so fierce!

A quarter of an hour later…

The tunnel reached its end, and Xiao Fan cautiously passed through the stone cave tunnel. The interior was vast, resembling a small peach blossom garden.

In the very center stood a towering tree, tens of thousands of feet high, rising from the ground as if supporting the stone cave within.

And this great tree constantly emitted a faint golden light, illuminating the entire space.

Xiao Fan only glanced at the giant tree before withdrawing his gaze. He cautiously scanned the surroundings to prevent the Yao Beast within from suddenly appearing.

This great tree appeared to be quite old, but it hadn't borne any fruit, and he couldn't sense any Spiritual Power from it either.

Several thousand feet ahead of Xiao Fan, there was a stone wall. This stone wall looked as if it had been carved by Tiangong, perfectly natural. Drops of Spiritual Spring Liquid were slowly falling from the wall, dripping into a small basin below.

"Is this the Spiritual Spring Liquid?" Although the distance was great, Xiao Fan could still sense a majestic Spiritual Power from the liquid.

Behind him, Wei Zhongshan's eyes widened, revealing a look of longing.

Although the Spiritual Spring Liquid fell drop by drop and the speed was slow…

…it couldn't withstand the long passage of time. Now, the basin below was filled into a small pool.

Xiao Fan didn't approach; instead, his brow furrowed even tighter. After entering the stone cave, he could only sense the Yao Beast's aura but didn't know where it was hiding!

"Be careful," Xiao Fan warned Wei Zhongshan beside him.

"U-understood." Wei Zhongshan also sensed that something was wrong.

What was wrong was that it was too quiet inside the stone cave—so quiet it was terrifying.

Xiao Fan approached the stone wall ahead step by step. He walked very slowly, at a pace similar to an ordinary person, to avoid triggering any traps or mechanisms.

At this moment, every muscle in his body was tense, surging with Spiritual Power to deal with any danger that might come from any direction.

Because he felt that he was currently being locked onto by a powerful Yao Beast he couldn't see.

And this Yao Beast was also very cunning. It seemed to sense that Xiao Fan was also dangerous, so it wasn't in a hurry to show itself, intending to hide in the shadows and deliver a fatal blow!

Wei Zhongshan no longer dared to stay too far from Xiao Fan, maintaining a distance of just one step, following closely. He felt a sense of oppression in this stone cave!

This oppression was very heavy, making it hard for him, a ninth-level Yuanhun Realm Genius, to breathe!

A Yao Beast that could emit such an oppressive aura couldn't possibly be a fifth-order Yao Beast!!

Xiao Fan approached the stone wall step by step. When he was halfway there…

"Bang!"

"Hiss…"

Suddenly, the ground beneath Xiao Fan's feet crumbled, and a Yao Beast roared. A massive, bloody maw suddenly emerged from the ground, intending to swallow Xiao Fan and Wei Zhongshan in one bite.

Xiao Fan was startled. He grabbed Wei Zhongshan's arm and instantly used Shadow Shifting to relocate!

This Yao Beast was extremely cunning, having been buried underground for who knows how long, and its speed was incredibly fast!

If not for Shadow Shifting, Xiao Fan would likely have been swallowed by it just now!

"Whoosh!"

In the next instant, Xiao Fan appeared thousands of feet away with Wei Zhongshan, causing the Yao Beast's attack to miss.

Wei Zhongshan's face was full of terror; he was almost scared to the point of wetting himself. The Yao Beast had been hiding before, so he hadn't sensed its terrifying nature.

Now that he saw it directly and had almost been swallowed in one bite, he was so frightened he was nearly peeing.

Xiao Fan also felt a wave of lingering fear. If not for Shadow Shifting, things would have been troublesome just now!

And the Yao Beast before him also shocked him; it was actually a sixth-order Elementary Yao Beast.

It was a Snake Yao about three hundred zhang long. Its body was pitch black with red and white patterns. It was currently flicking its massive tongue, staring at Xiao Fan and Wei Zhongshan with angry eyes.

"Human, you dared to intrude into my Immortal Cave. You deserve to die!" The Snake Yao spoke in human tongue, its voice cold.

Xiao Fan gripped the tianzhu sword tightly. A sixth-order Yao Beast was equivalent to a human in the Pi Hai Realm!

Fortunately, this Snake Yao was only at the sixth-order Early Stage. If it were at the sixth-order Middle Stage, Xiao Fan's only thought at this moment would be how to take Wei Zhongshan and run.

"This stone cave is yours? Based on what do you say that?" Xiao Fan said coldly, "I see you've also only just occupied this stone cave yourself."

"Hiss, hiss, hiss…"

The dozens-of-feet-long snake tongue flicked in and out repeatedly, and the Snake Yao's sharp fangs were also visible.

"Humans are treacherous. Any human I see must be killed!"

The Snake Yao was in no mood to argue with Xiao Fan; killing him would suffice.