North of Taihang Marketplace lay a stretch of rolling green mountains.
Within an uninhabited hill, an Azure-Scaled Python clad in spiked armor swiftly twisted across the grass.
Behind the Azure-Scaled Python, earth spikes sprang up one after another in an instant, stabbing toward it!
Some of these earth spikes formed dense, continuous rows, like a low Earth Spike Array, while others towered high like five-foot stone swords!
Though the Azure-Scaled Python was agile, it still failed to escape the dense Earth Spike Array.
And whenever the Earth Spike Array struck, the enormous towering earth spikes immediately followed.
They crashed against the Azure-Scaled Python's spiked armor and scales.
The Azure-Scaled Python opened its jaws and wailed, its body beginning to writhe across the grass.
At last, the earth spikes stopped. A young man stepped out in quick succession, and when he saw several cracks in the Azure-Scaled Python's spiked armor, there was no distress in his eyes—only delight.
"Jingcheng, your training method really works!" Ye Jingli said as he turned around.
Ye Jingcheng emerged from nearby as well, accompanied by the imposing Golden-Scaled Beast. The light radiating from its body was now even brighter, every scale gleaming a brilliant gold.
Under the sunlight, it was almost impossible to look directly at it.
Its eyes brimmed with confidence. Now, it felt that even against that old red fox acquaintance, it could put up a fight.
"You've indeed improved quite a bit!" Ye Jingcheng nodded as well, stroking the scales on the Golden-Scaled Beast's forehead.
The Golden-Scaled Beast excitedly stomped the ground twice, then let out a low roar, as if responding to Ye Jingcheng's praise.
After enduring all that pain, it had now mastered the Earth Spike Array and Earth Spike Triple Shot.
The Earth Spike Array filled a small area with