Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter Sixty-Six: Level Two Fire Crocodile

The three were already low on mana, and Fa Yuan was injured. Suddenly encountering three disciples of the Demonic Sect, both sides became wary.

One of the three disciples recognized Wang Chen, since Wang Chen had been in charge of managing Xie Ruolan's business in the inner sect market after joining the inner sect.

After scrutinizing Wang Chen for a few moments, he asked, "Manager Wang, how did you end up with those Buddhist disciples? We're fellow disciples, why don't we just wipe out that monk!"

"Miao Jing, I think we should go our separate ways!" Wang Chen's magical power was greatly depleted; he didn't want to fight them, nor did he want to join forces with them.

Hearing their conversation, Fa Yuan smiled and said, "Wang Chen, are you on good terms with this person?"

"We've met twice!" Wang Chen replied.

"That's good!" Upon hearing this, Fa Yuan immediately flashed forward, directly attacking the three.

Seeing him attack, Lin Haoming immediately summoned his Five Elements Sword, while Wang Chen quickly set up a magic array.

Since encountering Wang Chen again, Lin Haoming had returned the magic array to him.

The three demonic disciples, seeing this, also immediately attacked.

Having expended too much magical power on the lava lake, Lin Haoming was finding it difficult to wield the Five Elements Sword effectively.

Wang Chen was in the same boat; only Fa Yuan, relying on his physical strength, remained quite imposing.

Lin Haoming and Wang Chen also realized the situation, so they each held off one person, allowing Fa Yuan to quickly deal with the other.

The three of them also saw through Lin Haoming and his companions' abilities. They quickly discovered that the monk was incredibly powerful; no one could defeat him. Defeating Lin Haoming or Wang Chen wouldn't be a quick task, and more importantly, the two of them had immediately consumed Rejuvenation Pills, rapidly replenishing their mana.

As a result, the three of them quickly realized their situation was becoming increasingly difficult.

At that moment, almost instantly, the person fighting Fa Yuan had his magical weapon snatched by Fa Yuan and was sent flying with a single punch.

He crashed into the rock wall, almost turning into a bloody pulp.

"Ah!" Seeing this, Miao Jing, who was fighting Wang Chen, turned deathly pale. Only then did he realize that his opponent was absolutely confident in capturing all three of them.

"Go!" Miao Jing immediately threw out a talisman. The talisman flashed with spiritual light, and hundreds of feathered arrows materialized, shooting towards Wang Chen and the others. He then left without even looking back.

Lin Haoming, however, had already anticipated this, so he immediately guarded the cave entrance, as did Fa Yuan.

Miao Jing and the other person also realized that escaping through the passage seemed impossible, so they didn't try to force their way in. Instead, they took out a talisman and slapped it onto themselves.

However, to their surprise, the high-grade escape talisman had no effect whatsoever, making their faces turn extremely grim.

However, the two reacted quickly. Finding the passage blocked and the escape talismans useless, they flew directly down towards the entrance leading to the underground lava lake.

"Trying to escape? You think you can?" Fa Yuan, ignoring the fact that they had only just arrived, gave chase again.

Lin Haoming and Wang Chen, seeing this, could only pack up their items and immediately follow.

Upon re-entering the cave, they saw the two fleeing rapidly in a certain direction, with Fa Yuan hot on their heels.

Seeing the pursuers getting further and further away from the cave entrance, Lin Haoming and Wang Chen grew worried. They feared their mana would be depleted too much down below, ultimately causing their own group to succumb.

So Lin Haoming immediately took out a Spirit Recovery Pill and swallowed it. Although consuming too many Spirit Recovery Pills was wasteful, and impurities would remain in the body and require time to be eliminated, they couldn't afford to worry about that now.

The two in the distance were running very fast, clearly risking their lives.

However, they obviously hadn't anticipated the intensity of the subterranean fire. After a while, Lin Haoming and Wang Chen saw one of them, unable to withstand the power of the fire, plunge into the lava lake.

They saw him fall in, let out a scream, and then...nothing.

Seeing his gruesome death, Lin Haoming and Wang Chen felt a surge of awe towards the Earth Fire, but the current situation didn't allow them time to dwell on it. They continued their pursuit with Fa Yuan.

Compared to those who fell into the lava lake, Miao Jing was clearly much luckier. Although the monk behind him was relentlessly pursuing him, preventing him from using his escape talisman, his basic cultivation technique was fire-attribute, and he also possessed a flying sword imbued with fire-attribute power. He could still maintain a rapid flight.

They pursued at high speed for a full quarter of an hour, when suddenly, in the distance, they saw the shore of the lava lake.

This discovery filled Lin Haoming with joy, because it meant they had a place to land below, much more convenient than flying back to the cave entrance.

But just as the three of them quickly flew to the shore, they suddenly heard a loud "boom."

The sound seemed to come from a great distance, but it was incredibly powerful. Lin Haoming instinctively thought that it was probably the sound of two talismanic treasures colliding.

Lin Haoming noticed this, and Miao Jing naturally noticed it too. Gritting their teeth, they increased their speed and headed towards the direction from which the sound came.

Reaching the shore, away from the lava lake, the threat of the subterranean fire diminished considerably.

Continuing their flight, they soon saw flashes of light in the distance, accompanied by occasional sounds.

Just as they approached, they suddenly heard another strange cry!

Lin Haoming had heard this cry not long ago; it was the cry of the fire crocodiles.

As they slowly drew closer, they saw at least seventy or eighty people, seemingly unconcerned about attacking a dozen or so fire crocodiles. Their arrival was nothing to them.

In fact, upon closer inspection, thirty or forty people had already died on the spot, and there were more than a dozen fire crocodile corpses. The remaining fire crocodiles, including the two largest, were heavily wounded, and the two largest were exceptionally powerful, emanating an aura only found in level two spirit beasts.

Fire crocodiles are generally only level one spirit beasts, but under favorable conditions, they can potentially advance to level two.

The two fire crocodiles, each over three zhang long, were such beasts. Although they appeared to be only early level two fire crocodiles, they were still difficult to eliminate easily against a group of Qi Refining stage cultivators.

Those attacking the fire crocodiles included cultivators from all three sects, each led by a figure.

From the Blood Refining Sect, it was naturally Qiao Chun; from the Vajra Temple, it was that seemingly simple-minded monk; and as for Heavenly Sword Mountain, Hu Xiangzhen was quite capable, managing to gather over thirty people.

However, for Lin Haoming, the person he valued most was Wu Hongfei, who mingled among the Blood Refining Sect cultivators.

In his view, this guy, who preferred to act alone, had actually joined the fray and attacked the fire crocodiles.

If his previous threat to kill him was merely a way to appease Xie Ruolan, then ever since that kid used him as a human shield, Lin Haoming had truly developed a murderous intent towards him. This incident also made Lin Haoming extremely cautious in everything he did afterward, always on guard when dealing with unfamiliar people. My novel, *The Scoundrel of the Demonic Sect*, will have more fresh content on its official WeChat platform, along with a 100% chance to win a prize! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right corner, click "Add Friends," search for the official account "qdread," and follow it. Hurry!