Chapter 13: Giant Python Appears

Just as they were in a standoff, someone discovered the situation at the altar ahead.

"Junior Sister, there is…" a young man about twenty years old stepped forward, came to Weng Mingshu's side, and in a low voice described the situation at the altar ahead.

Weng Mingshu heard that, glared at Cang Li, then immediately led the main force past the two of them and quickly arrived at the altar.

When the people of the Qingyun Sect and the Chixiao Sect saw them appear, their expressions changed, and they all warily retreated.

Weng Mingshu glanced over them indifferently and said, "We want both the top-grade spirit stone and the ten-thousand-year black iron."

The meaning behind her words was to let them leave.

Upon hearing this, the faces of the Qingyun Sect and Chixiao Sect people turned extremely grim. They never expected that after fighting so long, the result would be letting these people reap the benefits.

Weng Mingshu raised her brows and said, "What? Don't want to leave? Or do you want us to 'ask' you to go?"

The people of the Qingyun Sect and the Chixiao Sect looked at each other and decided to leave.

But just then, with a 'clang', a smoke bomb fell right in the middle of them.

"Not good!"

Boom—

The entire altar instantly filled with thick smoke, not only obscuring vision but also being extremely irritating to the nose.

"Who is it?!" someone exclaimed in shock.

"Quick, protect the top-grade spirit stone and the ten-thousand-year black iron!"

Weng Mingshu coughed violently a few times, then immediately gripped her long sword and headed for the altar on the steps, but before she could get close, her foot tripped on something.

Her whole body uncontrollably fell downward!

Weng Mingshu grimaced in pain and shouted angrily, "Who is messing around behind my back!!!"

Meanwhile, the two people who were tampering behind the scenes had already, in perfect sync, moved the entire altar along with the top-grade spirit stone into their storage space.

Just as they were about to slip away, the ground suddenly cracked open.

"I'll go!" Yuan Yao and Cang Li exchanged a glance and almost in unison said.

In an instant, everyone in the altar area fell downward.

Many cried out in alarm.

A cold, damp wind blew around; Yuan Yao felt a strong sense of weightlessness and dizziness, and in the darkness a hand grabbed the back of her collar.

"It's me." Cang Li's voice came, and she instantly felt relieved.

From below came a noisy sound; as it grew nearer, it became faintly audible.

"Hiss~"

"Hiss……"

Yuan Yao's heart stirred; she lowered her head and saw, her expression changing, that in the dim environment dozens of huge pythons were coiled on the ground below.

These giant pythons had massive bodies, each tens of zhang long, their scales flashing with a cold light in the weak illumination, making one's blood run cold.

The giant pythons seemed to sense the cultivators above, all raising their heads; their cold snake eyes stared upward, flashing with a sinister glow.

Waves of terrifying pressure poured out, making all the cultivators feel icy cold, as if they had fallen into hell.

"It's a Blood Flame Python!"

Third-grade Blood Flame Python!

Equivalent to a Golden Core Realm cultivator!

Everyone turned pale with fright; they panicked and tried to fly their swords upward, but no matter how hard they tried, they were suppressed by an invisible force and could not take off at all!

Cang Li's expression grew solemn; he clutched Yuan Yao's collar, already having made a decision.

"Yao Yao."

"Third Senior Brother, don't…" Yuan Yao's heart tightened, a bad premonition welling up.

At that moment, Cang Li suddenly produced a long spear in his hand, thrust it backward into the hard wall, stepped on it with one foot, then struck Yuan Yao's back with his palm; a powerful surge of spiritual energy instantly enveloped her.

Boom!

This surge of spiritual energy was like a giant hand, lifting Yuan Yao like an arrow released from a bow and shooting straight upward.

"Wait for me up there. If you can't wait, then don't wait…" Cang Li laughed carefree.

Yuan Yao's pupils contracted; she shouted anxiously.

"Third Senior Brother——"

Cang Li raised his head and gave her a light smile.

At this moment, Yuan Yao couldn't hold back her tears; all the pent-up emotions burst forth completely. Since learning from the 250 System what had happened in her past life, she had begun to feel anxious, fearful, worried, and uneasy……

Just thinking about how her past-life Third Senior Brother was bullied by ten thousand people made her heart feel as if it were being cut by a knife.

"Third Senior Brother, you're the stupidest!"

Yuan Yao gritted her teeth and shouted, her voice trembling; after she was sent upward, the remaining ground area kept collapsing, and the original passage was now blocked by the mechanism door.

This amounted to sealing them in here.

The ground collapsed at breakneck speed, forcing Yuan Yao to continually retreat backward.

At the same time, the high-level cultivators followed Cang Li's method, embedding their weapons into the walls to avoid falling.

Cang Li frequently looked up to ensure the junior martial sister's safety.

Seeing Yuan Yao still above, he couldn't help but say, "Quickly leave this place!"

"The passage is completely blocked!" Yuan Yao's voice came.

Cang Li froze for a moment, but quickly thought of something and shouted, "Blow it open!"

Yuan Yao didn't wait for his reminder; she had already thrown a high-grade talisman at the mechanism door.

In an instant, a loud explosion sounded.

Boom!

Soon, Yuan Yao's anxious voice came from above, "Third Senior Brother, the mechanism gate won't blow open!"

Upon hearing this, the faces of those cultivators who still held hope changed; there was no way above, so the only option was to open a path from below!

But—

How could they possibly contend with these dozens of third-rank giant pythons?

Moreover, most of them had only Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation, with only one person reaching the Initial Golden Core Realm—that person was the Heavenly Cloud Sect's Eldest Senior Brother, Yan Haonan.

That is, the young man who follows beside Weng Mingshu.

"Stay up there!" Cang Li's expression turned grave, and he added uneasily, "No matter what you see, do not come down!"

Having said that, Cang Li looked at the cultivators similarly 'hanging' on the surrounding walls and said, "Everyone, you should all be clear about the current situation; we have no choice but to slay these giant pythons, find the exit, and leave this place! Everyone, will you fight alongside me?"

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances with varied expressions.

"Hah..." the square-faced man from the Red Dawn Sect sneered, "I think you're trying to make us cannon fodder! You tell your junior sister not to come down, yet you send us to deal with these third-rank giant pythons—what a fine plan!"

"Exactly! We're not going!"

"With our strength, we can also climb up!"

"If you have the guts, let your junior sister come down, and we'll believe you!"

Cang Li said with a cold expression, "My junior sister's cultivation is only at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer; if she comes down, she'll only be a burden to me. She might even drag us down, so I let her stay above to constantly watch whether the passage above will suddenly open, and then relay the information to us."

Many people who heard this felt it also made sense.

However, that square-faced man, Lin Jingtao, continued to sneer, "If that's the case, we can just climb up above and wait for the passage gate to open—why bother dealing with those third-rank giant pythons?"