Crossing the Swamp

The Black Shadow was shrouded in mist, Yi Yun saw it clearly through the Energy Vision of the Purple Crystal.

In the Energy Vision, the Black Shadow was clearly a giant crocodile over ten meters long.

This crocodile had rock-black skin, a single horn on its head, thick eyelids covering most of its eyes, and its entire body was covered in highly poisonous, putrid black mud.

This is a Blackwater Ancient Crocodile.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile lives only in corrosive swamps. It possesses immense strength and incredibly tough skin that is impervious to blades and spears.

It has strange habits; it likes to eat dead bodies and decaying corpses.

Yi Yun is a living person, but that doesn't matter. It doesn't mind eating something fresh occasionally, or killing Yi Yun and dragging him into the mud as a food reserve.

Looking at the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile, Yi Yun's heart stirred, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile swam slowly toward Yi Yun, its massive body pushing aside clumps of mud.

Despite its enormous size, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile is incredibly agile. Once it locks onto its prey, it will slowly approach, and if the prey turns to flee, it will pounce and unleash a thunderous strike!

However, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was somewhat puzzled by Yi Yun, this seemingly weak prey that showed no intention of fleeing. Its amber pupils were fixed on Yi Yun's every move.

Yi Yun silently drew the Great Cang Bow, and under the tracking of the Energy Vision, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile had nowhere to hide.

Yi Yun's act of drawing his weapon immediately enraged the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile.

It roared and charged towards Yi Yun with astonishing speed!

Yi Yun's body flew backward, the bowstring snapped like thunder, and amidst the whistling of a cold light, an arrow struck the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile squarely in the abdomen!

Boom!

The vital energy contained within the arrowhead exploded, sending mud flying everywhere!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was in pain. Although its abdomen was covered with scales, blood still seeped out due to the violent explosion!

Whoosh whoosh!

Yi Yun fired a series of shots from his bow, Blackwater Ancient Crocodile curled up, using its even tougher carapace to withstand the attack.

The energy exploded continuously, and the Chasing Wind Arrows stirred up a torrential rain of mud in the swamp.

In the swamp, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile roared in fury.

It never imagined that the seemingly weak prey it had locked onto would leave it in such a sorry state.

It roared, and its massive body leaped out of the mud, its long tail crashing down like a collapsing stone pillar towards Yi Yun.

At this moment, Yi Yun unleashed his Movement Technique to its fullest extent, transforming into a series of afterimages, leaping more than ten zhang away in a single bound.

The fish missed its target and crashed onto the ground with a loud bang, sending a large amount of mud flying out!

Yi Yun used his Thousand Army Saber to shatter the splattering mud and turned to flee. The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile roared and relentlessly pursued Yi Yun, its massive body whipping up waves of mud.

It quickly followed Yi Yun out of the Blackwater Swamp and onto the wasteland.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile is fast, but it thrives in muddy conditions; once it leaves the mud, its speed noticeably decreases.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile gave chase in anger. After pursuing it for several miles, it sensed a sense of unease.

It felt a sense of danger as it strayed too far from the swamp.

It slowed down, intending to turn back to the Blackwater Swamp, but just then, Yi Yun stopped.

A playful smile appeared on Yi Yun's lips. Having gone to great lengths to lure this behemoth here, how could he let it escape?

Yi Yun took off the Great Cang Bow, took out an arrow from his Space Ring, and nocked the arrow.

Seeing that Yi Yun had stopped running and was about to attack it, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile roared again and pounced on Yi Yun.

A slightly wicked smile appeared on Yi Yun's lips. He loosened his grip, and an arrow shot out like a meteor!

Whoosh--

The arrow pierced the air with a sharp whistling sound!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile, confident in its strong defenses, was completely unafraid of Yi Yun's arrow and charged straight at it! But just as the arrow struck the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile—

Boom!

With a terrifying explosion, the array beads hidden within the arrowhead detonated! Waves of energy, resembling spider silk, spread out, carrying a strange, icy power.

Wherever the energy ripples swept, the exposed ground was instantly frozen into tiny white Ice Crystal.

For this trip to the Divine Wilderness, Yi Yun specially prepared many arrows with hollowed-out arrowheads, in which various array beads for different purposes were placed.

Yi Yun prepared five or six of these array beads imbued with icy power.

These array beads are not particularly powerful and cannot kill wild beasts, but they have a good binding and restricting effect on wild beasts, and can help martial artists capture wild beasts alive.

Click!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile, struck by the Chasing Wind Arrows, was completely covered by fine Ice Crystal. As a cold-blooded animal, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile had very low resistance to ice energy. Because of the Ice Pattern Array Bead, its massive body moved much more slowly.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile struggled frantically, shattering the Ice Crystal with its immense force. It seemed the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was about to break free, but that brief moment was enough for Yi Yun.

Whoosh--

Yi Yun moved like a cheetah, leaping onto the head of the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile, his bones cracking like popping beans!

He reached out and pulled out a brick-shaped weapon from his Space Ring.

This was specially prepared by Yi Yun before the Divine Wilderness Trial. The Thousand Army Saber is easy to draw blood once it is drawn, but many times, Yi Yun does not necessarily need to kill his opponent.

During the rookie ranking competition, Yi Yun was quite adept at using the brick, and he prepared one for this experience as well.

These bricks, without any engravings or formations, are simply heavy and hard!

Yi Yun's waist tensed like a dragon, and his Yuan Power surged into his arms. He aimed a brick at the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's nose and slammed it down!

According to the book "Shenhuang", the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile has extremely thick scales all over its body, making it impervious to swords and spears, especially its carapace. When its belly is close to the ground, it makes people lose all interest in attacking it.

However, it has only one weakness: the very center of its nose, where a large number of nerves are concentrated. If it is hit hard, it will cause the nerves of the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile become numb.

Generally speaking, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile is very careful to protect its weak points. It can avoid an attack that would normally hit its nose by simply shaking its head. However, this obviously does not include situations where someone is riding on its back and hitting its nose with a brick!

Clang!

Like a deafening clang of metal striking metal, Yi Yun's strike was incredibly powerful, possessing the force of a million pounds!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was completely stunned by Yi Yun's blow. With its not-so-sharp mind, it never expected that the human it was chasing would suddenly go berserk, grab its head and smash it down!

Enraged by the attack on its weak point, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile roared and was about to bite Yi Yun off when its second brick arrived!

Clang!

Another loud bang, and the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's roar, barely begun, fell silent.

The second brick made the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's head wobble, and its two large amber eyes were filled with flying stars.

With its last ounce of strength, it rolled over repeatedly, trying to knock Yi Yun to the ground.

But Yi Yun's legs were like iron hoops, firmly gripping the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's neck. No matter how much the crocodile struggled, it couldn't do anything to Yi Yun.

This is also why Yi Yun chose to lure the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile out of the Blackwater Swamp. Otherwise, if it rolled around in the Blackwater Swamp and immersed Yi Yun in the highly poisonous mud, it would be enough to cause him serious trouble.

"Still have the energy to do a death roll?"

Yi Yun chuckled and laid down the third brick!

Thump!

Yi Yun smashed the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's nose, causing it to bleed profusely, and the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's entire body convulsed!

Ever since its body was frozen by an arrow, instantly slowing its movements, Yi Yun seized upon its weakness and relentlessly attacked it.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The fourth brick, the fifth brick, the sixth brick— Yi Yun got hooked on smashing them.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile went from roaring and rolling at the beginning to finally lying on the ground howling, its massive body huddled together, trembling.

It had seen the trial participants of the Divine Wilderness before, and had even eaten their corpses, chasing several of them until they fled in disarray.

It had never seen such a ferocious human being beat it in this way.

Yes, this wasn't a fight, it was a beating.

It also realized that it was no match for this terrifying human.

Seeing that the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was wilted from the blow, Yi Yun stopped slightly, but his legs were still firmly locked around the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's neck, and the metal brick was hanging on the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's nose, which was a terrible threat to the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile.

"You!" Yi Yun exclaimed, "I don't know if you can understand me, but for now, you'll be my temporary mount, carrying me across the Blackwater Swamp. If you have any ulterior motives, like trying to dive into the swamp halfway across, I guarantee I'll make sure your nose bursts open instantly!"

Yi Yun held a brick in one hand and drew his Thousand Army Saber in the other, pressing the chilling blade against the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's nose.

"Falling into the Blackwater Swamp will deplete my energy, but it should last for an hour or two, enough time to kill you."

As Yi Yun spoke, the Thousand Army Saber made cuts along the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's nose. Although it failed to pierce the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's scales, the chilling aura emanating from its nose terrified the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile.

The wild beast was inherently intelligent, and now that its life was threatened and it had been thoroughly beaten by Yi Yun, it seemed to understand Yi Yun's intentions, albeit not quite.

At least if they don't resist and do as Yi Yun suggests, their lives won't be in danger.

"Go ahead!"

Yi Yun pointed his Thousand Army Saber, and the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was stunned for a moment before it could barely understand what Yi Yun meant. It then began to crawl in the direction Yi Yun pointed.

Gradually, it climbed faster and faster, rushing into the Blackwater Swamp.

With the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile as his mount, Yi Yun avoided sinking into the swamp and consuming a lot of vital energy. In this way, Yi Yun only needed to use his vital energy to dispel the miasma.

He can maintain peak physical condition and cross the Blackwater Swamp at top speed.

...(To be continued~^~)