93: Dead ghost face to face

Soon, Li Daoxuan stabilized his body. With his powerful Physical Body, Li Daoxuan stood firm on the ground.

The power of Earth Qi erupted, and his feet seemed rooted to the ground. No matter how the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python whipped its tail, it was futile.

Hiss~ Roar~~

Li Daoxuan exerted strength in both arms, and the python and man engaged in a fierce struggle.

The Devouring Sky Python was still young, and the transformation consumed a lot of its Qi. After a while, it became a bit listless.

Its hundred-zhang python body rapidly shrank, once again transforming back into a cute, foot-long snake.

“Hahaha… Little one, you can’t escape.”

“Hiss hiss~” Although the little one was captured, its Aura was not weak. It still bared its fangs and hissed at Li Daoxuan.

“Let’s begin!”

Li Daoxuan formed a hand seal, and complex runes appeared out of thin air. Soon, an ancient, mysterious, and strange contract formed.

The little one’s eyes showed a look of terror, and its small body struggled desperately.

“Little one, don’t be afraid. It will only hurt a little.”

The contract was directly imprinted on the little one’s forehead. The little one kept emitting urgent hissing sounds, which Li Daoxuan guessed were distress signals.

The three trapped Fifth-grade Devouring Sky Pythons became utterly frantic. Their eyes turned bloodshot, and their heads rapidly swelled as they crashed desperately against the light barrier.

All the other Devouring Sky Pythons gave up attacking the Heavenly Dao Sect Disciples and instead rushed towards Li Daoxuan’s position.

“Oh my!”

Li Daoxuan felt his scalp tingle.

“Not yet? Can’t it be a bit faster?”

The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python was much more troublesome than the Phantom Nether Leopard; it was still resisting.

During the contract signing, Li Daoxuan also couldn't move; he had to concentrate fully on activating his Primordial Spirit power.

“If I had known it would be this troublesome, I might as well have captured it inside the Tongtian Pagoda.”

The Tongtian Pagoda had always been Li Daoxuan’s trump card, used for self-preservation, so he dared not use it lightly in the Dark Forest.

At this moment, a Fifth-grade Devouring Sky Python broke through the restraint, its head bleeding, and half of its single horn broken. But it didn't hesitate at all, directly soaring towards Li Daoxuan.

“Holy crap! No way, these Senior Brothers are too useless.”

The Fifth-grade Devouring Sky Python saw Li Daoxuan holding their future king in his hand and then saw the little one’s miserable appearance.

The Fifth-grade Devouring Sky Python opened its gaping maw and swallowed Li Daoxuan in one bite.

Just at this critical moment, the gaping maw suddenly stopped. Li Daoxuan’s head was completely inside the snake’s mouth. Li Daoxuan even smelled the stench and saw the meat fibers between the chilling fangs.

“That was close!”

Li Daoxuan released the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python; the contract was finally completed. The little one went to appease the python group.

“Xiao Qi, tell them to retreat.”

“Hiss hiss hiss~”

The python group retreated like a tide. The Heavenly Dao Sect Disciples were a bit confused. They were fighting so fiercely, why did they all run away?

As for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, it directly burrowed into Li Daoxuan’s sleeve and disappeared.

Pythons are cold-blooded animals. Once they conceal their Aura, it’s difficult to detect the little one on Li Daoxuan’s body unless one specifically probes for it.

Although the Heavenly Dao Sect Disciples were a bit confused, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The crisis was resolved; it was time to leave.

Ye Bufan and Night Qianyu’s Daoist robes were tattered and they were very disheveled. What pained them most was that many of their life-saving treasures had been used up.

“Sigh! This time, we lost big.”

The other Disciples weren’t much better off.

Ye Bufan said, “All Junior Brothers, count the personnel. We will evacuate this place immediately.”

“Yes!”

After counting, everyone who was still breathing was here.

“Let’s go, we’re leaving immediately.”

Suddenly, a Disciple weakly said, “Senior Brother Ye… Senior Brother Ye, it seems one person is missing.”

“Who?”

Night Qianyu slapped his forehead and said, “Why is Senior Brother Li gone?”

“Could he have been directly swallowed?”

Night Qianyu’s face turned green. He said angrily, “Even if all of us were swallowed, Senior Brother Li wouldn’t be.”

“That guy is very afraid of death. He hides behind when there’s danger, and he also has a very strange…”

“Cough cough! Night Senior Brother, I’m here. Are you looking for me?”

Night Qianyu: “……”

Li Daoxuan was seen clean and neat, without a speck of dust. Everyone was a bit speechless.

“Woof… woof… woof…”

Suddenly, a small puppy jumped out and barked wildly at Li Daoxuan.

Slap~

“Whose puppy is this? It’s so cute. How about we have dog meat hotpot?”

“Woof… woof… woof…”

The puppy immediately stopped barking and started whining instead.

“Senior Brother, please be merciful.” Snow Thousand Search was startled. Why was his dog so… No! Snow Thousand Search suddenly looked at Li Daoxuan with a strange gaze.

This made Li Daoxuan feel inexplicable.

What kind of look is that? Why does it look like you’ve found a kindred spirit?

“Senior Brother, this dog is mine. Please be merciful and let it go.”

Li Daoxuan was just joking. He casually handed the puppy to Snow Thousand Search, who smiled and said:

“Thank you, Senior Brother. When we have time, let’s communicate more privately, hehehe…”

“Go!”

Everyone left the great canyon and walked aimlessly.

At night, everyone chose a flat terrain as their camp. After setting up a defensive Formation around it, they began to rest.

Li Daoxuan found a large rock and had just sat down when Snow Thousand Search came over.

“Senior Brother, what should I call you?”

“Inner Sect Disciple, Li Changsheng.”

“Li Changsheng? Why does that sound so unfamiliar? Why haven’t I seen him before?”

“Cough cough! I only recently joined the Inner Sect, so Senior Brother might not have seen me.”

“That’s true, but that’s not important. What’s important is that we are all of the same Dao. We must have a good exchange.”

Li Daoxuan: “???”

Inexplicable!

Snow Thousand Search didn’t notice Li Daoxuan’s puzzled expression and said to himself, “Junior Brother, do you also secretly like the Sect Master?”

“And do you often miss her by looking at objects?”

“Cough cough cough! Adoration, just a little adoration.”

“That’s true. But Junior Brother, tell me secretly, what item do you have?”

“What item? What does Senior Brother mean? I don’t quite understand.”

Snow Thousand Search rolled his eyes and shook his head, saying, “Junior Brother, that’s not right. Are you still hiding it?”

“Senior Brother actually knows everything.”

Li Daoxuan: “???”

Li Daoxuan became even more curious. What did this guy mean?

“Junior Brother, you really want me to spell it out, don’t you? Then Senior Brother won’t be polite.” Night Qianyu said confidently, “This dog I raised, no, it’s a canine, it’s…”

“Just now it barked at you, which means you must have an item on you that the Sect Master has touched.”

“And it should be a very personal one… Isn’t that right?”

Good heavens! Li Daoxuan exclaimed good heavens. Was he almost exposed?

However, these people obviously didn’t believe he could have any connection with the Sect Master, and they certainly wouldn’t think that the dead man they were looking for was himself.

Li Daoxuan said with a melancholic expression, “Senior Brother is indeed…”