Shi Huangzi and others stood by the quagmire that they had wreaked havoc on, looking at the bloody corpse of the swamp monster crocodile, looking at each other in shock.
Shi Huangzi only knew the news of the massacre at the Forging Hall when Shi Ba returned to Lihuo City, and then he gathered his troops and went deep into the Xuanhu Swamp.
Although the speed was already very fast, half a month had already passed. In addition, Shi Ba was seriously injured and escaped, so this time would be several days longer.
There were no clues left in the valley, and the only clue leading to this quagmire was the most obvious and clear one. However, due to the inability to contain it, no one could be left alive, and the clue seemed to have come to an end.
Just as everyone looked like they had given up hope, Shi Huangzi quietly asked Shi Xin.
"Brother Xing, the swamp crocodile is a social monster, right?"
"Well, swamp poisonous bees, swamp monster crocodiles and swamp black wolves are the most common social monsters in the Black Tiger Swamp, and they are also one of the most difficult monsters to deal with. Nearly half of our 200 brothers who died before
He died from the three hazards of this swamp."
Shi Xin didn't understand what Shi Huangzi meant by asking, but he still told Shi Huangzi what he knew.
"We encountered a swarm of poisonous bees before. There was a queen bee and a mother bee. This group of swamp monster crocodiles should also have a crocodile king, and the swamp black wolves should also have a black wolf king. Am I right?"
"Yes...it's true. This is the temperament of social monsters. Without a king or emperor, each monster will be dissatisfied with the other, causing internal chaos."
Shi Xin's original expression of confusion changed to his "original" expression. Several people who had already felt hopeless before felt a glimmer of hope again. Although it was slim, it was hope after all.
“An army has soldiers, soldiers have generals, and generals have leaders.
The monsters that live in groups are like legions, but I believe that those monster crocodiles, whose strength is no higher than the second-grade emperor level, are the leaders of this group of monster crocodiles. Search carefully."
Although Shi Huangzi's words are not an enlightenment, they still hit the key point.
A leader, especially a leader of monsters, has infinite animal nature in his body, and it is impossible for him to watch his subordinates being slaughtered without making a sound.
It is not a human being, but a monster. The existence of animal nature is like the hot blood of a soldier. People who join the army are full of iron bones and hot blood. They can endure it but also explode.
However, due to the existence of animal nature, the Crocodile King cannot be as tolerant as humans. You must know that humans have the saying of "taking the lead". How can you overpower the others if you don't set an example with yourself?
The five elders continued to hide around Shi Huangzi like shadows. To them, the vastness of the sky and the earth were not as great as the Heavenly Lord. But the other few people, including Xiaonan, had full soul power and spiritual consciousness, every inch of them.
He searched the surrounding area to confirm where the Crocodile King was hiding.
"Within a mile, there is no life except us."
The first to return were Jin Ge and Li Fei'er, who were responsible for searching the ground, and they brought bad news to Shi Huangzi.
"My spiritual consciousness was lowered five feet, and there were dark grass and quagmire underground, but nothing was found."
Jin Ge's words followed, and his originally happy face turned into ashes.
"Little boy?"
Shi Huangzi placed his last hope on the young man with soul power. He hoped that the young man could discover something.
"This quagmire should be a hundred feet deep. We just rushed out of the ground at twenty feet, and I only found these monster crocodiles. Now that my soul power has entered, there is miasma blocking it, and I can barely detect 30 feet.
The range is probably going to go down to the pond."
The young man spoke slowly with a solemn expression.
To go down or not to go down?
There is still a glimmer of hope, but according to the bee queen we encountered before, this last crocodile king should be at least at the third level of the emperor level, and is subject to the effects of the quagmire and miasma, there is a certain danger for those who descend.
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Besides, you can't guarantee that if the Crocodile King is really down there, it must be just one of its kings hiding? Maybe there are sea beasts peeping from the side?
If not, we can only hope that the third lieutenant will be discovered. However, after such a long time, no one can guarantee that the group of culprits will still be wandering around stupidly.
"My little boy and I are here. Even if we encounter a sudden encounter, I can guarantee the boy's safety, escape from the quagmire as quickly as possible, and kill the Crocodile King to pieces, no, capture him alive."
When Shi Huangzi was weighing what he was going to do, Li Fei'er was the first to speak out, with determination on his face.
"Little boy?"
Shi Huangzi looked at the young man with a questioning expression.
"Don't worry. When have I ever been afraid of these little reptiles? Besides, we still have our concubine, haha."
The young man laughed again with a look of shame, which meant that everyone present knew that the young man was trying to please Concubine Li.
"Okay, that's it. After all, these demonic crocodiles have been almost assimilated by the sea beasts, and they are also very powerful. The Crocodile King may be able to compete with the Wuzong Realm warriors.
The quagmire is its home field, and there is no guarantee whether there will be sea beasts living below it. We must be careful, as the few of us are doing whatever we want up there.
If we really encounter an encounter, and if we can't do anything about capturing him alive, we will kill him with one strike. There is no need to lose troops just for a clue."
Shi Huangzi listened to Li Feier's opinion, thought about it for a moment, and made an instant decision. His decision was not to make others' ambitions destroy his own prestige. To capture Hua Rong on Xuanxin Island, there was a powerful shark man beside him.
It must be guarded against.
"Okay, come out!"
Perhaps because of her guilt in cutting off the clue due to her "accidental" move, when Concubine Li heard Shi Huangzi's decision, she already had the ghost spear in hand and rushed out, preparing to go into the pool with the young man.
"Gurgling..."
As everyone prepared to take their respective positions and prepare for battle, the black mire water bubbled gurglingly, and then a roar came out.
"boom!"
It was like a mud volcano that had been brewing for a long time. After bubbling, a huge earthquake roared, causing the shore of the mud pool within a radius to collapse. Black mud splashed everywhere, causing everyone to retreat quickly.
"Snort...wow..."
The black muddy water with the stench once again rose up like a giant wave into the sky, and a huge dark figure emerged from the mire. The well-camouflaged color made it look like a mud crocodile that suddenly appeared.
"Snoring..."
Two streams of water vapor emerged from the spleen cavity. A demonic beast about four feet long with more than a hundred giant teeth opened its mouth and roared angrily. The roar was filled with the aura of a half-step sect-level demonic beast.
, expressing that it is undoubtedly the king of this group of swamp monster crocodiles.
The angry "snoring" sound spread far away, causing the black miasma to linger above the quagmire. Two red and green eyes flashed, and the momentum was like the domineering power of a born emperor.
"puff..."
The sound of long sighs swept out again, and in the blink of an eye, the aura that was more domineering than the aura of the bastard was suppressed and instantly withered. When the mud waves dispersed, what appeared in everyone's eyes was a huge and decadent giant crocodile.
"Hey, does this sound like what you said about Cao Cao and Cao Cao arriving? The protagonist is really shrouded in light!"
When the young boy who was originally stunned saw the giant crocodile king above the quagmire, he winked and smiled at Shi Huangzi with amusement, with an expression that didn't deserve a beating.
"Humans, thank you for killing all my children. Please kill me quickly."
Crocodile King emerged from the quagmire, and the first words he opened his mouth made everyone listen to Zhang Er's confused words. Who's child was killed and still thanked the enemy?
"Are you sure you are really thanking us?"
Shi Huangzi was also a little confused. The originally surging martial energy was accompanied by Crocodile King's sincere words without any trace of anger, and Shi Huangzi couldn't help but utter doubts.
"Yes, originally the human-monsters could stand or not stand. You killed my children, and I should fight you to the death. But that was just in the past. Now I really thank you."
The Crocodile King made a weak sound. It was only then that Shi Huangzi and the others discovered that the life of the Crocodile King was passing away. His huge body was covered with wounds that looked like knives, and streams of blue and red blood followed him with red eyes.
A constantly changing cyan light spurts out.
It was hit hard!
"Hundreds of my children were made into puppets by that damn sea beast, and I was almost made into a puppet. If I hadn't been so strong, I might have become a monster that only knows how to kill.
Originally, the relationship between us monsters and you humans is that of hunter and hunted. We should be more intimate with sea beasts. It is the way of heaven to hunt and be hunted with you humans.
But those sea beasts regard us as the lowest creatures, treat us as puppets, and want us to devour each other and create the most powerful animal-shaped weapons in their hands. I don't accept it.
What's the point of living like this? We might as well return to dust and die."
Crocodile King interrupted Shi Huangzi who was about to speak, and spoke quickly, with a lonely look in his eyes.
In its words, Shi Huangzi heard the information he wanted, that was the sea beast.
"Have sea monsters really appeared here?"
Shi Huangzi quickly asked. As for whether the Crocodile King was dead or alive, he didn't care so much right now. He just wanted to know the truth.
"Hmph, of course, you humans are just like sea beasts, peeling our skins and cutting our flesh, but one thing you are better than them is that you still have the existence of contracted monsters."
The Crocodile King looked at the young man standing on Shi Huangzi's shoulder in a somewhat affectionate manner, with a kind of contempt in his eyes. Just when the young man understood and was about to get angry, he continued to speak.
"But sea monsters are different from you. The monsters on our land are just tools in their eyes. They killed my crocodile mother and those low-strength children in front of me.
Distribute their flesh and blood to the children who have been assimilated by them and think they are of some use, and let them become tools to guard the rivers that run through the valley and eliminate the humans who follow the underground rivers.
I refused to accept this, so they imprisoned me and let the remaining children eat my flesh and blood every day, making me feel the pain of a son eating his father.
So I can only choose you to help me avenge this... they... go... to the... south... to the... land... to... the mountains... to the water.
[Author's digression]: There are too many things going on this month, so I will update one chapter a day for the time being, and will resume updating three chapters next month!