Chapter 517 – An Acquaintance? (1/2)

“Has something happened ahead?” asked Mo Qingyue in a low voice.

Yang Ye shook his head and said, “It’s nothing. Let’s go!”

Mo Qingyue glanced at Yang Ye, and then she nodded and said, “Alright!”

Lu Jianyao was clearly very interested in what was going on. However, Yang Ye paid no attention to her, and it simply infuriated her.

The three of them had travelled for around two hours when Mo Qingyue and Lu Jianyao’s expressions had become serious. Because they’d seen huge amounts of crocodile corpses all along the way, and it was to the point that the swamp had turned scarlet red. Moreover, they even saw an adult Killer Crocodile amongst the corpses.

“They killed all of these Killer Crocodiles yet didn’t take the skin which is the most valuable part of these crocodiles. Moreover, they didn’t take their inner cores as well. They definitely seek something else,” said Mo Qingyue in a low voice.

“Is there some sort of treasure hidden in this swamp?” Lu Jianyao’s eyes glowed.

Mo Qingyue shook her head and said, “I don’t know. However, it’s best to be cautious. The three of us are only at the Spirit Realm, and we’re ants in the eyes of Exalt Realm experts. Even the slightest ill intent from them would cause misfortune to fall upon us. Brother Ye, why don’t we take a different path?”

Yang Ye said, “There’s no other path. Even though this path branches off to the sides, all of them are dead ends. Don’t worry, we’re just pa.s.sing by and not seeking anything else. So, they probably won’t look for trouble with us, otherwise, they would have come looking for us by now!”

Mo Qingyue exclaimed with surprise. “They’ve noticed us?”

Yang Ye nodded. “Last night.”

“Then they probably have no ill intent towards us!” Mo Qingyue said softly, “Otherwise, they should have attacked last night.”

Yang Ye said, “Just ignore all of that. Whatever comes will come. Let’s speed up.”

Suddenly, the three of them stopped moving because the swamp around them had started to ripple. After that, numerous crocodiles appeared within their fields of vision. Their expressions changed because the crocodiles filled their fields of vision. However, they weren’t the targets of these crocodiles, and all the crocodiles were rus.h.i.+ng forward madly!

A dense expanse of Killer Crocodiles were changing through the swamp, and it was an extremely astonis.h.i.+ng sight.

“Has something happened?” asked Mo Qingyue.

Yang Ye gazed towards the distance and said, “They’ve offended a golden Killer Crocodile, and all of these crocodiles were summoned by it. I’ve taken a look, and the entire Swamplands is seething with activity. It’s filled with crocodiles. Besides that, the path ahead has been blocked so we can’t get through.”

“A golden Killer Crocodile?” Mo Qingyue exclaimed. “The Crocodile King? They actually dared to offend the Crocodile King!”

“The Crocodile King?” Lu Jianyao asked. “Is it very formidable?”

“It’s comparable to a human profounder at the ninth rank of the Exalt Realm!” Mo Qingyue spoke with a solemn expression. “It’s the overlord of this swamp. Moreover, even a high-grade Heaven Rank treasure might not be able to pierce through its golden skin. Brother Ye, who exactly are they? They actually dared to offend the Crocodile King!”

Yang Ye fell silent for a moment before he said, “They don’t seem to be human!”

“They aren’t human?” The women were stunned, and then Mo Qingyue said, “You’re saying that they are demon beasts?”

“That’s what they feel like to me!” said Yang Ye.

“In that way, it makes sense why the skin and inner cores of these crocodiles haven’t been taken. Because demon beasts rarely consume each other’s inner cores!” said Mo Qingyue.

“What should we do now? Should we leave or not?” said Lu Jianyao.

Mo Qingyue gazed at Yang Ye.

Yang Ye glanced at them, and then he sighed lightly. If it wasn’t for the two of them, he could have left this place at any time. But now that the two of them were following him, he had many more things to consider. However, he was truly unable to abandon them here.

Yang Ye fell silent for a moment before he said, “This place isn’t too far from the end of the swamp. Let’s fly over. Tell me in advance if the two of you are lacking profound energy.”

The two of them nodded.

The two of them started flying just like that, and they could see everything that was occurring down below. The swamp was still filled with countless Killer Crocodiles that were rus.h.i.+ng forward incessantly, and they formed a shocking and dense ma.s.s.

The three of them had flown for around 4 hours when Yang Ye’s expression suddenly changed, and a few rays of white light shot violently towards them. Yang Ye stretched out his hand and grabbed the two of them before his figure flashed and descended to the ground. He said, “Stay here and don’t go anywhere. I’m going over to have a look.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he didn’t even wait for their reply before his figure flashed and vanished on the spot.

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“Eh? Those 3 humans actually dodged it?” A man looked over with a slightly curious gaze towards the directions that Yang Ye’s group was at just now.

“Po Kong, it’s you who was too weak!” A robust saber-wielding man standing at the man’s side laughed with ridicule and said, “You can’t even deal with 3 Spirit Realm profounders. You’re truly a disappointment!”

“That man is slightly strange. Eh? He’s rus.h.i.+ng over towards us! Interesting!” The man called Po Kong smiled.

The robust man glanced at the veiled woman who was negotiating with the Crocodile King in the distance and said, “Quickly eliminate those humans. The Princess is almost done with the negotiations. In my opinion, there’s no need to negotiate at all. If they aren’t willing to submit, then we should just annihilate them. In any case, they can only stay within the swamps, and they’re utterly useless to us!”