TheConqueroroftheUniverse

Chapter 55 Longxian Herb

The dark python was horribly large.

Its head was larger than a car, as if it had been from the hell.

No one dared to gaze at its two eyes bigger than car wheels, even if it closed them.

Brave as Li Ping'an was, he was frightened when he stared at its eyes face to face with his hairs standing up and his blood chilled.

However, he knew that he had no choice but to face it now.

If he didn't watch its every move, he would be slain by it.

Compared with the huge dark python, Li Ping'an was too tiny to meet its need for food.

Forty steps... thirty steps... twenty steps...

As Li Ping'an walked closer to the dark python, he became fully alert.

He clutched a sharp dagger with one hand and clenched a large bottle of mysterious pool water with the other one. If the dark python made any threatening moves, he would cast the dagger toward it without mercy.

"Wow."

When Li Ping'an was ten steps away from it, his body suddenly became stiff. With his face twisting and his pupils dilating, he almost fell forward onto the ground.

However, the moment when he was about to hit the ground, he was again saved by his own willpower which was as strong as a rock.

He bit the tip of his tongue so hard that the sharp pain made his body recover from nearly total numbness.

Like an agile fish, he twisted around and tried his best to keep balance. At the same time, he ruthlessly swallowed down the b****y saliva.

"Sh*t! What's going on?"

"Why is it so chilly around the dark python?"

Li Ping'an stayed a dozen steps away from it carefully and tried to calm himself down.

Just now, when he stood within ten steps away from the dark python, the horrible coldness, which was hard to describe, seemed to nearly tear him apart.

Moreover, he vaguely felt that the horrible coldness seemed to rip both his body and his mind into pieces.

The pain frustrated him, but he could not resist it at all.

"Is it the threat beyond that of the Awakening Stage?"

Suddenly, Li Ping'an thought of something.

Instantly, he found it increasingly reasonable.

It was well known that snakes were the kind of cold-blooded animals. Even though the python was beyond the Awakening Stage, it was hard for it to get rid of its inborn shackles.

Now, it was no wonder that he felt horribly cold as he got so close to it.

But, what was the threat that seemed to tear his mind?

Li Ping'an was confused now.

"Sh*t. Forget it. Since I have arrived here, how could I give up? I don't believe that you brute will be more aggressive than me."

After a moment, without much thinking, he gingerly took out another bottle of mysterious pool water and gulped it down. Gritting his teeth, he summoned up his courage and made full preparations before restarting.

"Wow."

When he was just within ten steps away from the dark python, the familiar coldness overwhelmed him again.

The coldness was like a gust of strong wind that the fallen leaves could not prevent themselves from being blown away.

However, Li Ping'an made more preparations than last time. Faced with the horrible threat, he didn't panic but adapted to it. He turned around and tried many times to find its weakness.

After trying a few times and being nourished by the mysterious pool water, Li Ping'an got accustomed to the coldness, so he regained confidence.

However, the threat to his mind still seemed to tear him.

Li Ping'an gritted his teeth to resist the pain.

A few moments later, Li Ping'an was on the brink of unconsciousness, but he bore the threat and narrowly got used to it.

"F*ck you! How dare you threaten me? Besides picking up your odd melon, I must fetch the odd herb."

Li Ping'an shouted through his gritted teeth.

He grew up in a poor condition and his life was of no value at all, but he was reluctant to be bullied by anyone.

Tightly grabbing the sharp dagger with one hand and the large bottle of mysterious pool water with the other one, he stood right before the dark python.

Before he approached the odd black herb and the odd melon, the quiet dark python suddenly blinked its eyes larger than car wheels.

The frightening light unconsciously shot from its eyes, like the blood-red ray, nearly tore his mind into pieces.

"D*mn it!"

Li Ping'an was scared to death. Who could have thought that the python had wakened up?

At this critical moment, he didn't have time to dwell on this. He didn't step back but forward with his strong waist bending backward.

Like the then Spartacus warriors fighting for their honor even if they would die, he launched the suicidal attack on the dark python.

Before the dark python opened its blood-red eyes as large as light bulbs, Li Ping'an seized the large bottle of mysterious pool water.

Instinctively, when the dark python was about to open its huge mouth, Li Ping'an tried his best to squeeze into its mouth the large bottle of mysterious pool water with his hand.

Splatter.

The quietly flowing water around suddenly moved violently, but quickly it got tranquil again.

The horrible python seemed to be hypnotized with its mouth half-opened, but it still looked frightening. Now, it didn't move and seemed to fall asleep.

"Blimey. It really worked."

Li Ping'an was exhausted, as if his body had not been his. When the dark python kept still, he didn't have time to consider anything.

Supported by his strong instinct, he rushed to cut the odd black herb with a dagger, and quickly fetched both the odd herb and the odd melon.

Instantly, Li Ping'an placed the odd black herb and the odd melon into the bag hung around his waist and turned around to flee away without any hesitation.

Li Ping'an spent more than an hour diving into Gloomy Dragon Pool.

However, he escaped away from it only within five minutes.

Splatter.

Li Ping'an quickly jumped out of the pool and didn't care about other things.

Swoosh.

Having taken off diving equipment, wrist supports and elbow pads, he only wore underpants. After he made sure that the small bag had been hung on his waist, he started dashing toward the direction of Lin Jianjia, like a leopard.

Lin Jianjia had already packed up everything and stared in the direction of Gloomy Dragon Pool to wait for the news of Li Ping'an.

As she saw Li Ping'an rush out, she was delighted and hurried to ask, "Daniu, what's up?"

Li Ping'an had no time to explain to her.

With one hand around her waist, he quickly jumped many times, "Jianjia, I will explain it to you later. Now, something horrible is going to happen."

"Ah."

Lin Jianjia wanted to say something, but she turned around to see in the direction of Gloomy Dragon Pool.

Boom!

Rumble!

Now, Gloomy Dragon Pool, which had been tranquil, seemed to be overturned with the pool water splattered around.

Roar.

The next moment, accompanied by a roar of unspeakable horror, the pool water splashed in all directions. A huge figure, like a large dark dragon, fiercely jumped out of the pool and howled in the air.

"What."

Lin Jianjia had made preparations in mind, but she was still scared to death when she saw this scene, feeling that her blood was chilled.

When she wanted to say something, Li Ping'an who was stronger and agiler than a leopard took hold of her to quickly flee away and dashed to the deep mountain.

Roar.

The frightening roar sounded again in the air and the dark python's great tail, like a powerful whip, swept across the ground where Li Ping'an and Lin Jianjia had stood just now.

Suddenly, mountain stones and trees were shattered and the ground violently trembled. It was in ruins now.

But the dark python didn't stop its attack.

It angrily looked in the direction where Li Ping'an and Lin Jianjia had escaped with its blood-red eyes as bright as light bulbs and bigger than car wheels. And then it twisted around its large body to start chasing them.

Crack!

At this time, there was a flash of horrible lightning across the sky. The whole sky suddenly became bright.

The black scales of the dark python glittered in the terrifying lightning in a flash.

Its angry eyes abruptly contracted.

When the terrifying thunder rumbled, the python seemed to be frightened by something horrible, violently twisting its body and fleeing back to Gloomy Dragon Pool with its tail shaking around.

The ancient mountains covered with dense trees now were almost ruined.

Now, Li Ping'an and Lin Jianjia fled a dozen miles away from there.

However, Li Ping'an stayed alert and dared not have the slightest relaxation, dashing to the deep mountain in a more violent and decisive manner.

Lin Jianjia had many questions to ask Li Ping'an, but she could not speak out any words in this dangerous situation. With her hands tightly clutching the waist of Li Ping'an, she kept balance in case she would fall onto the ground in the course of fleeing.

Li Ping'an didn't know how long he had run, but he didn't stop escaping until he was exhausted. Now, they were hundreds of miles away from Gloomy Dragon Pool. He took a rest on a gentle big stone and heavily panted.

Lin Jianjia finally came to herself, and then she asked, "Daniu, are you crazy? What have you done? Why did you call the creature out of the pool?"

Li Ping'an was too tired to answer her. He carefully took out the odd black herb and the odd melon from his bag and gave them to her for a look.

"This..."

Lin Jianjia opened wide her eyes. She looked more terrified than the time when she had seen the dark python. She shouted in amazement, "Blimey, Daniu, this is Longxian Herb. How did you get it?"

"Is it Longxian Herb?"

Li Ping'an violently gasped. After gulping down mouthfuls of water, he felt better. Looking at Lin Jianjia, he asked, "Jianjia, what's Longxian Herb?"

"..."

Lin Jianjia disdained him.

He knew nothing about it, but he got such a treasure.

However, she knew Li Ping'an better than ever before, so she simply and quickly explained to him, "When the python evolves into a flood dragon, it combines natural energy with its own life power to create this treasure, Longxian Herb."

"Daniu, have you heard that it's hard and dangerous for a python to evolve into a flood dragon? That process is almost a narrow escape from death. So, in this course, some intelligential pythons will in advance prepare Longxian Herb, the crucial thing, for their evolvement."

"It's said that with the help of the ripe Longxian Herb, it's more likely for a python to successfully evolve into a flood dragon. However, it will spend decades, or even hundreds of years, growing one Longxian Herb."

"The Longxian Herb in your hand has borne a melon which is almost mature. So, this is the most valuable, but why do you know nothing about it?"

Lin Jianjia glared at Li Ping'an who was standing before her.

Ignorant as Li Daniu was, he was lucky enough.