Zongwang: Unspeakable fear!

Chapter 1017 Successfully Departing (4K Views, Requesting Monthly Tickets~)

Gao Yang didn't sense much from the unicorn python, and this place was only sixty feet deep; a truly powerful unicorn python wouldn't appear at this height.

Gao Yang waited a few breaths to make sure the unicorn python he had just encountered had left before continuing to descend.

The heavy water and icy pool exerted a strong suppression on him, and it would not be a good thing to encounter the Kui Python in the pool too early under these circumstances.

The best course of action would be for him to safely dive to the bottom of the icy pool, retrieve the required water-replenishing lotus root, and then, if he were to encounter the Unicorn Python again, he could attempt a battle.

With these thoughts in mind, Gao Yang became even more cautious in his movements.

As his perception range was gradually compressed by the heavy water, his speed was further slowed down.

Fortunately, even the unicorn python living in this frigid pool doesn't have very good perception.

Gao Yang didn't know how they hunted under these conditions, but judging from the three heavy water pythons he sensed during his dive, their enormous size must have required a lot of energy.

Perhaps if we dive a little deeper, we can find the answer.

At a depth of 150 zhang underwater, Gao Yang's perception range had been compressed to only 10 zhang, and his perception further down was reduced to less than 5 zhang.

At this depth, there was no light at all; even the Buzhou Mountain Divine Stone at his waist had completely turned into a dull stone.

The omnipresent pressure had already slowed down the blood circulation in Gao Yang's body, and the bone-chilling cold made him need to circulate his battle qi to resist it.

If he hadn't learned "The Undying God of War" beforehand, which greatly enhanced his physique and gave him an extremely high amount of fighting spirit, he would probably have been in danger at this distance.

Because from this depth onwards, he would need to consume nearly 10,000 points of battle qi for almost every 10 feet of descent.

After these battle energies were consumed, the recovery speed was greatly slowed down, which Gao Yang guessed was due to the special nature of this Heavy Water Cold Pool.

Even his battle aura of such high quality was consumed at such a terrifying rate; other beings probably wouldn't have even arrived here before their battle aura and magical power had already dissipated completely.

Suddenly, a massive dragon claw, over ten feet long, entered Gao Yang's perception range and silently reached out to grab him.

Gao Yang exerted his strength and suddenly moved to a distance of ten zhang.

The dragon claws tore through the heavy water with a loud thud, and then a huge, one-horned dragon head appeared in Gao Yang's perception.

'trouble!'

Gao Yang frowned and reached out his palm to push away the dragon head that was attacking him.

The next instant, his palm landed on the dragon's head.

"Get some sleep."

Gao Yang let out a low shout and exerted force with his palm. An unparalleled force burst forth from his palm and instantly pierced through the head of the Unicorn Python.

Under his violent power, even the One-Horned Python instantly lost consciousness, its massive body limply suspended in the heavy water.

The heavy water in the Cold Pool is so heavy that those who lack strength cannot sink even if they want to.

Gao Yang shook his hand, bypassed the unconscious unicorn python, and continued to descend.

After passing 150 zhang, the number of Unicorn Pythons increased significantly, but they were still within Gao Yang's ability to deal with.

However, Gao Yang did not choose to kill these unicorn pythons directly. Instead, he used the simplest and most brutal method to stun them all before continuing to dive down.

For a full hour and a half, Gao Yang was performing the diving maneuver.

After an hour and a half of diving, Gao Yang finally reached the bottom of the Heavy Water Cold Pool. It was 350 feet below the surface. The terrifying heavy water pressed against his body, forcing him to slow down his movements.

At the same time, the bone-chilling cold began to slowly break through his battle qi and invade his body.

Gao Yang estimated that he would stay at the bottom of the pool for a maximum of fifteen minutes. During this time, the cold air would continue to erode him. If he did not leave within fifteen minutes, the cold air would completely freeze him from the outside in.

At that time, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to.

Gao Yang stood on the soft mud at the bottom of the pool, his feet sinking nearly halfway into it, and then he began to sense his surroundings.

At the bottom of this pool, his senses had been compressed to one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters). To break through this range, the willpower required would increase dramatically.

According to the information provided by Zhu Qing, the lotus root nodes mainly grow in the silt at the bottom of the pool. The only way to obtain them is to dive to the bottom of the pool and explore.

Gao Yang squatted down and placed his palm in the mud. Layers of invisible ripples began to slowly spread outwards from his palm.

The spread was not fast, and the distance was only five zhang, but even so, it greatly improved Gao Yang's search efficiency.

Unfortunately, his perception could only penetrate a foot into the mud. If he could penetrate deeper, he would be much faster.

The probe lasted only a moment before Gao Yang stood up and walked towards another spot ten feet away.

Within this five-zhang radius, there were no lotus root sections.

A minute later, Gao Yang withdrew his hand, his brows furrowed.

He had just surveyed an area of ​​over a hundred feet, but he hadn't detected even a single section of the water-loving lotus root. This made him suspect that there might not be any water-loving lotus roots growing here at all.

With no time to waste, Gao Yang chose a direction and began to probe continuously.

Suddenly, he dropped to the ground, almost disappearing into the mud.

Immediately afterwards, a heavy splashing sound came from above him, and a huge creature with a body width of more than three zhang slowly swam over Gao Yang's position.

After the unicorn python left, Gao Yang climbed out of the pool. Sensing the aura emanating from the python, he silently thought to himself:
'A unicorn python at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal would be troublesome to stun; it's best to avoid it if possible.'

Fortunately, he reacted in time. If he had been even a fraction slower, he would have been discovered by the unicorn python, and a battle to the death would have awaited him.

Gao Yang slowly turned around, intending to continue exploring.

The moment he turned his head, his movement abruptly froze.

Behind him, a huge head was only five zhang away, and a point of eerie green light appeared in his field of vision.

The other person stared at Gao Yang silently, a strange glint in their large, single eye.

Gao Yang remained in the turned position, his mind racing.

The one-horned python before him was also at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, but it did not make the first move, which made him hesitate slightly.

If the other party doesn't make a move, then he will have more time. If the other party does make a move, then a large number of unicorn pythons of the same level, or even a few quasi-saint level pythons, might be attracted from the bottom of this pool.

Similarly, if the opponent makes a move, Gao Yang will definitely kill it in the shortest possible time. After all, stunning a Great Luo Golden Immortal level Unicorn Python is obviously several levels more difficult than killing it.

As Gao Yang's emotions shifted, a wisp of sword intent emanated from his body, and the surrounding chill instantly intensified.

This change caused the pupil of the single eye of the One-Horned Python opposite Gao Yang to shrink sharply, and its huge body trembled slightly with unease.

Gao Yang met its gaze in silence; now, the other's choice would determine whether it lived or died.

But in the next instant, the single-eyed python gleamed with ferocity, its body slightly contracting like a tightened spring before suddenly springing forward, its blood-red maw opening to its widest extent, ready to swallow Gao Yang whole. Clang!
The dark red sword intent erupted instantly, then vanished without a trace in the same instant.

Gao Yang held his palm upright in front of him, letting the corpse of the Unicorn Python crash into his hand.

The once vibrant and lively unicorn python had its skull pierced and all life extinguished in an instant.

The next instant, its massive body vanished. Gao Yang exerted force with his feet, transforming into a shadow and rapidly disappearing along the bottom of the pool.

The commotion here will inevitably be detected by the nearby unicorn pythons, and what he needs to do is to prolong the time it takes for them to discover him as much as possible.

At full speed, Gao Yang's senses were also pushed to their limit. With the support of his willpower, his senses could penetrate a meter into the bottom of the pool. Everything within a five-zhang radius around him appeared in his senses. He began to scan the bottom of the cold pool like a radar.

In less than a minute, Gao Yang had already covered a thousand meters, sweeping across everything in his path.

Gao Yang frowned. In his perception, there was a unicorn python coiled up in front of him, seemingly resting.

Just as he was about to change direction, a faint chill appeared in the mud beneath the unicorn python.

"found it!"

Gao Yang's eyes lit up. In his perception, there was a section of water lotus root about two feet long in the mud beneath the unicorn python.

At the same time, the unicorn python raised its head from the coiled snake and looked at Gao Yang.

Immediately afterwards, a deep roar exploded from the water in the distance, and a surging pressure spread out along with the roar.

Gao Yang's expression tightened. This kind of pressure was clearly something only a Quasi-Saint level Unicorn Python could emit, meaning that a Quasi-Saint level Unicorn Python had discovered that another Unicorn Python had died.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yongyao instantly appeared in his hand.

Gao Yang's body ignited with solar battle aura. He took a step forward, his sword flashing, and instantly appeared in front of the head of the one-horned python, slashing down with a furious sword.

'Man-made disaster, slaughter!'

Without much thought, he went all out from the start.

The unicorn python roared, its huge single eye flashing with ferocity, and its single horn, radiating a chilling aura, stabbed towards Gao Yang.

Ding!
With a crisp sound, the unicorn horn was severed by the greatsword, which continued its momentum and cleaved through the massive head.

Click!

With a single sword strike, the head of the unicorn python was severed in two, and icy blue blood quickly spread out.

With a wave of his hand, Gao Yang put away the corpse of the Kui Python. Then, he took a step and appeared in the silt at the bottom of the pool. With a slight tremor, the surrounding silt was instantly stirred up, revealing a three-foot-long, pure white lotus root rooted in the silt.

Gao Yang pulled him out of the mud. He found him extremely cold to the touch, and a chill was desperately trying to penetrate his body, exactly as Zhu Qing had described.

After confirming that it was indeed a lotus root from the water, Gao Yang put it into his backpack and then rushed upwards like lightning.

"Roar~~"

The angry roar grew closer, but Gao Yang's expression remained unchanged. He simply kept breaking through the heavy water's suppression and rushing towards the surface.

As long as he isn't suppressed at the bottom of this frigid pool, and as long as he isn't besieged by several quasi-saint level Kui Pythons, this frigid pool poses little danger to him.

In just three breaths, he had covered the three hundred feet that previously took him an hour to traverse, and was only fifty feet away from breaking through the icy pool.

But at that moment, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended, and the darkness before Gao Yang's eyes suddenly took shape. A unicorn python, about two hundred feet long and ten feet wide, coiled up in the center, trapping him there.

boom!
A violent burst of solar energy erupted from Gao Yang's body without the slightest pause, and the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram emerged from his chest, wrapping around the Eternal Radiance Sword.

A dark red killing light emanated from the sword, and azure light surged within his body. Boundless power erupted from his body as he looked up at the quasi-saint-level Kui Python that was biting down, and slashed out with his sword.

'Man-made disaster, a world apart!'

The ripples from the sword spread, causing the surrounding heavy water to tremble violently, and Yongyao collided with the single horn on the head of Kuimang.

Clang!
The sword rang out, and a thousand-foot-long sword mark pierced through the body of the Kui Python.

The light in the eyes of the quasi-saint-level Kui Python, which was exuding an astonishing aura, dissipated instantly as its demonic soul was annihilated by this sword strike.

Gao Yang opened his left hand and collected all the blood scattered around him into his hand. Then, without even looking at the dead unicorn python, he rushed past it.

As he rushed past the body of the unicorn python, its massive form vanished instantly into the heavy water.

Outside the icy pool, Ji Qiongyu stood in mid-air, a hint of horror still in her eyes.

The sword energy that suddenly shot up from the cold pool was less than ten feet away from where she was sitting. She was just a hair's breadth away from being grazed by the sword.

The killing intent emanating from that sword aura, if it grazed the target, would almost certainly result in serious injury, if not death.

"Such terrifying sword energy, is it from Fellow Daoist Gao Yang?"

Ji Qiongyu looked at the Heavy Water Cold Pool not far away with a horrified gaze. She remembered that when she last saw Gao Yang in the Comprehensive Network, his battle with the Fallen Saint Heart did not have such a terrifying performance.

But this sword strike completely changed her impression of Gao Yang.

This level of slash is something that no being at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal could unleash; its power has already reached the level of a Quasi-Saint.

Wow!

A splash interrupted Ji Qiongyu's thoughts as a figure in azure blue emerged from the icy pool and instantly appeared beside her.

As the light faded, Gao Yang looked at Ji Qiongyu in front of him and asked, "It's over. Can we leave now?"

Ji Qiongyu looked at Gao Yang in front of her, her heart trembling.

The murderous intent emanating from him just now was almost suffocating her, but in the short time it took to speak, the murderous intent on his body had completely disappeared.

Despite her shock, Ji Qiongyu replied very quickly, "We have already paid the fee, so there is no problem for us to leave now."

"Then let's go."

After Gao Yang finished speaking, he flew directly towards Zhu Qing's direction.

Although Ji Qiongyu was full of doubts, she still followed Gao Yang.

The two quickly left the area before the guards of the Gonggong clan arrived.

As Gao Yang and his companion flew away from Buzhou Mountain, a barely perceptible ripple appeared at the foot of the mountain.

Gao Yang raised an eyebrow, looked at Ji Qiongyu, grabbed her shoulder without giving her a chance to speak, and said, "You're too slow, I'll take you with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the space in front of Gao Yang shattered, and he and Ji Qiongyu rushed into the shattered space and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)