201: Chapter 201 The Tremors of the Qinling Mountains
Snake Mother opened her abyssal snake mouth and swallowed the thirty-meter-long Black Giant Snake in a few breaths.
The scene was somewhat exaggerated, but considering that snakes as creatures can swallow prey much larger than themselves, it was understandable.
Snake Mother's body was over a hundred meters long, and her snake mouth seemed capable of swallowing a house in one gulp.
Flicking her long, crimson snake tongue, the Snake Mother exuded a faint, cold aura, her massive, upright snake pupils still filled with anger.
"The opportunity for my evolution level breakthrough is still not enough... Even if I swallow all these kin now, it won't be enough to break through the evolution level..."
Her upright, ghostly snake pupils narrowed into slits. "It seems I will have to wait for these kin to continue growing for a while..."
The snake swarm composed of Black Giant Snakes watched the Snake Mother's massive body depart, all lowering their upright snake heads, their eyes still lingering with fear.
Although they were terrified of the Snake Mother, not a single Black Giant Snake left the area.
Because the air in this region was rich in spiritual energy, and under the protection of the Snake Mother, they could grow rapidly and improve their evolution levels here.
They were well aware that many powerful creatures existed nearby...
Most importantly, with thousands of Black Giant Snakes in the swarm, no one believed they would be unlucky enough to be the one swallowed by the Snake Mother.
Returning to the deepest part of the canyon, where the rock walls were covered in enchanting red flowers, the Snake Mother brooded.
While feeling annoyed in her heart, there was also a faint, imperceptible tremor...
Flicking her long crimson snake tongue, she twitched her massive tail.
Then, her upright pupils scanned the enchanting flowers on the rock wall. "Could it be that a lord creature nearby has also set its sights on the soon-to-mature spiritual plant?"
Perspective shift.
In a secluded cave in Qinling, several figures were resting; everyone looked exhausted, and many bore injuries of varying severity.
They were an elite squad sent by Jianghai City to explore Qinling.
After Daxia adopted the spiritual energy cultivation system, the army's elite squads were naturally defined as those who had achieved a certain level of success in spiritual energy cultivation, possessed physical fitness surpassing ordinary people, and were equipped with unconventional high-tech weapons.
"Captain... I didn't expect the situation in Qinling to become so complex and dangerous... Several of our comrades have left no remains..."
A soldier from the elite squad could not hide his grief, his face pained. The surrounding soldiers were the same, their eyes even reddening with tears welling up.
The order they received from the Jianghai City military was to explore Qinling, naturally with the premise of ensuring the lives of the squad members.
However... they had not expected that just after entering Qinling from the southern outskirts of Jianghai City—the direction of the Divine Phoenix Mountain where Ye Yang was located—they would encounter attacks from wild beasts after penetrating less than a few dozen kilometers.
Although they had made all necessary preparations for survival and combat in the mountains and forests, they were still terrified by the insane attacks of the beasts.
They knew this was because they had accidentally wandered into the territory of a powerful beast.
"Sigh... The scent-masking spray we used was completely useless; those beasts' noses are dozens of times sharper than a dog's..."
"Captain, what should we do now?"
The elite squad captain pondered for a moment and spoke his inner thoughts.
"The leaders sent us to Qinling to explore information about changes in the depths of Qinling on one hand, and to collect rare spiritual plants and spirit fruits on the other..."
"Now you have all seen it; our elite squad has only walked a few dozen miles into Qinling, and we have been attacked by beasts one after another. Every one of those beasts is extremely powerful and man-eating..."
"Although they do not possess the lightning power of the Ancient Divine Phoenix that exceeds human cognition and imagination, they are still very powerful. Their evolution levels must be very high. More importantly, there are too many powerful beasts in Qinling..."
"At present, we should choose to retreat along the original path."
Hearing the captain's words, one member was indignant. "Captain, we have only advanced a few dozen miles into Qinling on this reconnaissance mission. How about we go deeper into Qinling and scout some more intelligence..."
"Heaven knows what is in the depths of Qinling, but I know that if we go any further, we will definitely encounter even more powerful creatures, maybe even those 'C-' level monsters that can speak human language!" the captain said sternly!
Following several attacks, he noticed that the richer the spiritual energy in each territory, the stronger the creature occupying that area.
And as they continued to advance in this direction, the concentration of spiritual energy would only get higher, and the beasts they encountered would surely be even more powerful.
Although their weapon firepower was capable of eliminating 'C-' level creatures, the facts from just a short while ago had already proven it.
The fearlessness of the beasts when they went berserk was enough to make them pay with their lives...
"Sigh... It seems that is the only way..."
The few members who were eager to achieve merit felt low.
Boom!
Suddenly, the cave began to shake violently!
The entire ground trembled fiercely, as if there were an earthquake, and from the distance came bursts of frantic beast roars...
"What is happening?! Could it be that those beasts are coming to attack us?!"
"Impossible! In front of those beasts, we are just like monkeys... This must be a major event!"
The elite squad members immediately rushed to the cave entrance. When they saw the scene outside, their eyes widened, as if they had seen something truly shocking!
At this moment, outside the cave, the originally relatively quiet primitive mountain forest and the entire ground were shaking because an endless number of creatures in the forest were fleeing into the distance.
The sight of the beast herd running for their lives was very familiar to the elite members, as this was the same state they had been in while frantically fleeing from beasts over the past few days.
"Could it be... a powerful creature is coming out of the depths of Qinling? Otherwise, I really cannot imagine what could make all the beasts flee so crazily..."
"No! The direction the beast herd is fleeing is towards the depths of Qinling. Even if a powerful creature is approaching, it can only be a powerful creature from outside Qinling—"
"Wait! It is very likely—"
The elite squad soldier had not yet finished saying the answer that was on the tip of his tongue when he felt a terrifying pressure descend from the sky...
PS: Unknowingly, this book has reached two hundred chapters. Let me write a few words of appreciation.
First of all, thank you all for your support and encouragement along the way... I definitely could not have written this long without everyone reading.
The original length of one or two million words for this book remains unchanged, please rest assured about this...
As a new author writing a book for the first time, there must be some things written poorly, so please bear with me. I will definitely work hard on the next book!
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