It could be said that in Sunset Forest, which had no Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, these two Spirit Beasts nearly represented the forest's pinnacle.
Joy immediately appeared in Wang Chuan's eyes. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was most likely nearby this time.
After all, only Spirit Beasts of this caliber were qualified to occupy a treasure land like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
However, Wang Chuan did not act rashly.
Instead, through Life Return, he synchronized his body temperature with the surrounding environment, ensuring that he would be as difficult as possible for the Evil Poison Cobra King's thermal senses to detect.
As for why Wang Chuan was being so cautious rather than entering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to take the immortal herbs while the two beasts fought—
Naturally, it was because he could not find it for the moment.
The two colossal beasts before him were continuously assaulting each other, every strike brimming with savage ferocity.
The result was that everything within several kilometers had been reduced to a complete mess. The aura in the area was wildly chaotic, interfering with Wang Chuan's Observation Haki while also ruining every trace at the scene.
Thus, Wang Chuan had no way of finding which mountain contained the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
But Wang Chuan was in no hurry at all. The enemy was in the open while he was hidden, and he had all the time in the world to search slowly.
Before long, the battle between the two colossal beasts reached its most intense stage.
Suddenly, the Evil Poison Cobra King flexed its agile body and, taking advantage of the Golden-Eyed Toad King's leap to evade, directly wrapped it tightly in midair.
The two crashed to the ground together, making the earth tremble violently.
Faced with the Evil Poison Cobra King's crushing strength, the Golden-Eyed Toad King let out a pained croak.
At the same time, a pungent stench began spreading in all directions, and Wang Chuan quickly held his breath and focused.
The Evil Poison Cobra King also released a pained hiss.
That was because the Golden-Eyed Toad King trapped in its coils was rapidly secreting large amounts of corrosive black venom from its skin, eroding the cobra's hard scales and reaching the flesh beneath.
This completely aroused the Evil Poison Cobra King's ferocity.
With a hiss, the Evil Poison Cobra King bit into the Golden-Eyed Toad King's body, injecting its precious venom into it.
In an instant, the Golden-Eyed Toad King's already bulging eyes swelled further and filled with bloodshot veins. Its fiercely struggling body then gradually weakened before finally falling completely still.
Yet the Evil Poison Cobra King did not immediately release its opponent. Even as the deadly venom corroded it, it did not dare lower its guard.
After all, when Spirit Beasts killed one another, no Spirit Ring marked death would appear. It had to confirm the other's death completely before letting go.
After a while, the Evil Poison Cobra King finally released the Golden-Eyed Toad King, yet it did not leave at once.
Wang Chuan watched this in surprise.
Could this Evil Poison Cobra King be planning to eat the Toad King?
Even if snakes can open their mouths wide, that mountain of flesh is nearly twenty meters across in every direction. How could it possibly fit?!
Then, under Wang Chuan's stunned gaze—
Through exquisite control of its Soul Power, the Evil Poison Cobra King first peeled off the Golden-Eyed Toad King's venom-secreting skin, then dismembered it into pieces before gradually swallowing it all.
Wang Chuan watched from beginning to end with a grave expression, concealing himself even more deeply.
This act by the Evil Poison Cobra King fully demonstrated that its intelligence was no less than that of an ordinary human. If it discovered him and they came into conflict, it would be extremely troublesome.
After eating and drinking its fill, the Evil Poison Cobra King first gave a satisfied hiss. Then, seemingly aggravating its injuries, its voice turned somewhat pained.
Yet even so, the Evil Poison Cobra King did not immediately find a place to heal. Instead, it looked around for a while before slowly opening its enormous bloody maw.
In an instant, thick green venomous mist slowly poured from its mouth, forming a toxic barrier that completely shrouded the area.
With his sharp eyes, Wang Chuan noticed that the poisonous mist released by the Evil Poison Cobra King connected to a patch of green in the distance.
This meant that this place should have originally been the Evil Poison Cobra King's territory, and the Golden-Eyed Toad King's arrival had disrupted its arrangements.
Such an arrangement resembled how tigers and bears marked their territories, only far deadlier. Ordinary Spirit Beasts could neither approach nor dare approach this place.
However, Wang Chuan was not among them.
He could completely cover his body in Haki to block the poison gas, then use Life Return to maintain internal breathing for extended periods. This large-scale poisonous miasma, which lacked intense corrosiveness, could not harm him.
Only then did the Evil Poison Cobra King begin its return journey.
Wang Chuan still did not rush to follow. With only a single snake moving about, its path was easy to track.
If he got too close, on the other hand, the creature might notice him.
In the end, from a great distance away, Wang Chuan finally saw the Evil Poison Cobra King slither into an enormous mountain.
Wang Chuan cautiously moved closer and brought it within the range of his Observation Haki.
And at the very instant he sensed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—
Wang Chuan's expression changed drastically. As though he had rashly touched a kettle filled with boiling water, he hurriedly retreated.
After shutting off his Observation Haki, Wang Chuan stared uncertainly at the mountain entrance.
"Two such terrifying auras!
They should clearly be dead, and I did nothing excessive.
Yet merely sensing those two auras felt as though it had triggered a fear engraved in my bones.
Is this the might of God King-level true dragons? It really is frightening."
Wang Chuan muttered softly, no longer daring to activate his Observation Haki anywhere near this place.
Then Wang Chuan activated his Super Intelligence.
How could he lure this Evil Poison Cobra King out again?
Otherwise, it would truly be difficult to take the immortal herbs right under its nose. And if it went mad within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, that would be a terrible waste.
Soon, Wang Chuan chuckled. Wasn't the answer already right before him?
Three days later, a scorpion with a pitted body and a hideous enormous maw filled with fangs broke through the poisonous barrier arranged by the Evil Poison Cobra King.
An eighty-thousand-year Spirit Beast—the Earth King.
Although the Earth King that appeared in the original story had been brutally beaten by Liu Erlong, making it seem like some insignificant Spirit Beast—
How could a Spirit Beast crowned with the title of King at only the thousand-year level possibly be ordinary?
It was likewise a top-tier existence among Spirit Beasts, though somewhat weaker than the Evil Poison Cobra King.
But Wang Chuan did not care. As long as it could alarm the Evil Poison Cobra King and hold it back for a while, that would be enough.
The moment it broke through the poisonous barrier, however, the Earth King seemed to remember something and hurriedly stopped pursuing Wang Chuan.
Seeing this, Wang Chuan frowned.
"Damn it, is this guy's intelligence that high too? It actually noticed something strange about this place even while furiously chasing me."
Just as Wang Chuan wondered whether this plan would fail and whether he would have to lure another Spirit Beast over—
A hiss from the Evil Poison Cobra King came from afar.
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