As one of the Douluo Continent's three great death zones, the Star Dou Great Forest's core was ordinarily a place no human could reach.
That, however, did not include a certain person who had already come and gone twice and was now making his third visit.
Under cover of night, Qian Chongling and Bibi Dong followed the familiar route without obstruction and arrived before the Lake of Life in the core.
What Qian Chongling did not know was that, just as they reached the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest, down in the Subspace beneath it...
A pair of silver, slit-pupiled eyes had already opened. Their owner was a Silver Giant Dragon over three hundred meters long, with two silver horns atop her head. Fine, hexagonal silver scales covered her entire body, and her long silver tail stretched dozens of meters. A pair of enormous dragon wings unfurled behind her.
"Di Tian, that person has arrived! Invite them in!" An elegant, ethereal voice echoed through the Subspace.
"Yes, My Lord!"
Looking at the calm lake, Qian Chongling shrugged. "Looks like that Bull-Headed Snake has already left. We came all this way for nothing."
Bibi Dong gave him a speechless glare. Had her spiritual power not detected the enormous creature in the lake, she might actually have believed him.
"Bull-Headed Snake, come out. Stop hiding," Bibi Dong said.
Ripples spread across the lake, then the surface burst apart. An enormous bull's head, over four meters across, suddenly rose from the water, streams cascading down it.
Most of the rest of its body was faintly visible beneath the surface, stretching several hundred meters.
"Human, my name is Sky Azure Bull Python, not Bull-Headed Snake!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python stared fixedly at Bibi Dong with eyes as large as