webnovel Chapter 239 - 144: Flame Demon’s Family of Three_2
Chapter 239 - 144: Flame Demon’s Family of Three_2
They surrounded an unrecognizable carcass of a beast, fiercely fighting over it, undeterred from violently hurting each other.
While clinging upside down from the cave ceilings were countless ’Ying Bats’.
These innate cold beasts seemed half asleep, while the other half was engaging in an indescribable courtship ritual.
Ye Hanjun floated gently by, his feet never touching the ground, avoiding any excrements.
Soon, three diverging paths appeared ahead.
His perception naturally extended, deducing that the far right was a dead end, but both left passages were passable.
Ye Hanjun casually chose the middle passage, delving deeper to explore.
"Hiss hiss..."
A coiled up python, its head like a bloomed sunflower, radiating astonishing light amidst the darkness.
In front of it, a Strong Acid Spider nearly the same size, was shockingly bound.
Burn marks littered its body, and its twisted disfigured posture showed that it had long perished.
"Roar——"
The python opened its enormous mouth, slowly devouring the dead spider.
It was like a gentleman having a meal, its movements gentle, even somewhat elegant.
Ye Hanjun halted, took a distant glance, then retraced his steps.
He returned to the fork in the paths, choosing the farthest left passage to explore.
The Sunflower Glasses Snake, at the Rainbow Light Perfection level, was not something he could provoke casually.
This snake existed in dark places, but it possessed contradictory light elements, which was quite rare.
Moreover, its fiery venom, once it bit into a dark creature, could inflict double the burning effect; it was simply deadly.
A Strong Acid Spider of the same level, one on one, could never defeat it.
One could say that the Sunflower Glasses Snake was one of the natural predators of the Strong Acid Spider.
If only its reproductive ability could reach one-tenth that of the Strong Acid Spider, then there wouldn’t be a chance for the Demon Spider Clan to run rampant in Chaos Burial Mountain. The Sunflower Glasses Snake would be the reigning king.
However, there’s never any ’if’.
Sulfur Frogs, Glue Caterpillars, Brown Red Ants, Mane Rats, Rotten Snakes...
The winding tunnel widened gradually from five meters to ten meters.
Walking along, a sudden realization struck — an even larger sinking pit appeared.
"Ping ping pong pong! Ping ping pong pong!"
Two groups of pack-living Fond Spirits were fighting.
On one side, were the all-too-familiar ’Strong Acid Spiders’.
On the other side, a group of hopping ’Fierce Poisonous Frogs’.
The leaders of both sides were at the Rainbow Light Great Completion level, engaged in a desperate battle, the outcome was hard to predict in a short time.
The spiders and the frogs underneath were similarly matched, making for a lively scene at first glance.
Fierce Poisonous Frog — skilled at piercing with its tongue, and jumping up to squash its opponents.
Strong Acid Spider — although they had relatively frail bodies, they held the advantage in numbers. Trading two or three of their lives for one enemy was a worthwhile deal.
Ye Hanjun moved cautiously along the edge of the pit.
After ten minutes, without disturbing the battling monsters, he entered another branch tunnel and quickened his floating speed.
"Ah?"
Immersed in his role as an adventurer, Ye Hanjun suddenly stopped.
He found a pile of dung!
The dung was dark red in color and gave off a burnt hair’s odor from ten meters away.
A hint of a smile appeared on Ye Hanjun’s face; anticipation grew even stronger.
Undoubtedly, this was fecal matter from a fire attribute Fond Spirit.
Although it seemed to have cooled long ago and had left the body for more than 24 hours,
This very likely... belonged to a Flame Demon!
Had a Flame Demon passed by here 24 hours ago?
In a day and night, even if it continually moved without rest, frantically escaping, it couldn’t have gone so far, right?
Ye Hanjun, who was extremely excited, put up with some discomfort, bent down and examined the traces on the ground.
After a considerable length of time, through the remnants of footprints, traces on the cave walls, fallen hairs... he analyzed the direction the prey had taken, then Ye Hanjun started tracking.
Ye Hanjun continued chasing for two hours.
His overall Yin cold, unknowingly, faded away.
In the process, Ye Hanjun discovered ruby-like crystal stones appearing on the rock walls.
This was a natural energy crystal stone that contained a hint of fire element. Places where these stones clustered were indeed suitable for fire attribute Fond Spirits to inhabit.
"Roar!"
"Roar! Roar!"
The sound of intense fighting echoed from a distance.
An unusual color appeared in Ye Hanjun’s eyes, and without thinking, he slowed his pace, gradually approaching.
By the time he crawled behind a rock and halted, four creatures were perceived.
One of them had a thick waist, appearing bear-like.
They possessed solid arms, capable of lifting heavy objects with ease.
Their backs arched, making the entire back muscle bulge.
Their thighs seemed forged out of iron, treading on the ground, solid and powerful.
Of course, these were only silhouettes.
On their heads, two curved horns, like red-hot iron pokers.
Their skulls were like human faces with their chins shaved, no flesh was filled in, but blazing flames.
The neck, short and robust, connected to chunks of muscles.
The torso and exposed limbs were all covered in a layer of crimson mane, hard as needles.
The tail bone, long and thick like a python, swung back and forth, seemingly possessing astonishing explosive power.
Their feet, splited into five toes, resembled magnified eagle claws, atop which flames burned, leaving noticeable charred marks on the ground they stepped on.
...
—— They really are Flame Demons!
And not just one, but three!
The two with the most profound auras and sizable bodies were both at the Rainbow Light Small Achievement level, possibly the parents.