This must be the king of these crocodiles.
Zhang Yang's expression was solemn as a crystal coffin suddenly appeared in his hand.
He was fully prepared.
However.
The next moment, he was stunned.
The ferocious giant crocodile suddenly acted like a small dog, sticking out its tongue at Zhang Yang, its tail wagging vigorously.
Hmm?
What trick is this?
As Zhang Yang was confused, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind!
"Master, why are you here! Did you come specifically to find me! I'm so touched!"
This...
Zhang Yang was startled, looking around to see who was talking to him.
But the next second, he saw the king of the giant crocodiles run up to him.
It lay docilely at his feet, just like a puppy!
Suddenly.
Zhang Yang realized!
He boldly picked up the face of the crocodile beside him and examined it carefully.
"Are you the giant crocodile? The one from the Zhang family ancestral home?" Zhang Yang exclaimed.
"Yes, Master, don't you recognize me?" the giant crocodile seemed very wronged.
"It would be a miracle if I recognized you, how did you get so big!" Zhang Yang was helpless.
The giant crocodile from the Zhang family ancestral home back then was about the same size as the crocodiles he first saw.
But now, it had grown to the size of a giant python.
Its entire head was several times larger, and Zhang Yang definitely wouldn't have recognized it.
"That's not right, weren't you at the Zhang family ancestral home? How did you end up here?" Zhang Yang suddenly asked, puzzled.
"I'm not entirely sure, after you all left, I stayed with the giant python. Then one day, the giant python disappeared, and I couldn't find it anywhere."
"However, the next night I had a dream, and a crystal coffin told me to follow it to find the giant python, and then I somehow ended up here..."
The giant crocodile seemed a bit aggrieved.
When it first arrived here, it was often bullied by the fierce beasts of Shennong Gorge.
If it weren't for a strange white light protecting it, it would have been eaten to the bone long ago.
Later.
The giant crocodile gradually adapted to the environment, slowly devouring the fierce beasts there to grow stronger.
Finally, it found its own kind and lived here together.
After listening to the giant crocodile's story, Zhang Yang also broke out in a cold sweat for it.
It was truly not easy for it to survive until now.
However, what also puzzled Zhang Yang was the crystal coffin!
When he encountered the giant python in the far west, the giant python had also said that it was led to Happy Valley by a crystal coffin in its dream!
How could the giant crocodile be the same.
What was the crystal coffin in the Zhang family ancestral home trying to do?
Was it intentional or unintentional?
Zhang Yang kept it in mind, secretly remembering this matter.
"You've been in Shennong Gorge for a long time, do you know much about it?" Zhang Yang asked.
The giant crocodile shook its head, "Not much. This canyon is very large, and my range of activity is not wide."
When it first arrived, the giant crocodile was almost scared to death, how could it dare to run around.
It basically stayed near the river.
"What about the light here at night? Do you know what it is?" Zhang Yang asked again.
"Light?" The giant crocodile blinked.
"Master, are you talking about those small insects that glow at night!"
"Small insects?" Zhang Yang was stunned.
"Yes, there is indeed something that glows here at night, it's a swarm of tens of thousands of insects," the giant crocodile explained.
Alright.
Zhang Yang was disappointed.
So the light they saw outside Shennong Gorge was just some glowing insects.
At this moment, Zhang Yang felt disappointed in Shennong Gorge.
It didn't match the outside world's description of mystery and danger!
"Master, did you come here looking for something?" the giant crocodile asked.
"Nothing specific, I just heard it was quite dangerous and mysterious, so I came to explore." Zhang Yang replied.
Although the Emperor had asked him to find the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass, Zhang Yang hadn't taken it to heart.
He had never even heard of such a thing.
He guessed it was probably a fake divine medicine made up by the Emperor.
This time he came to Shennong Gorge to explore.
If there was nothing special, he would just pick any unknown grass on his way back to report.
After all, Shennong Gorge was filled with many strange and exotic herbs not recorded outside.
"Exploring?" The giant crocodile tilted its head, then let out a beastly roar, summoning all its crocodile subordinates.
Roar roar roar!
The giant crocodile communicated with these crocodiles in its own language.
Roar roar roar!
The crocodiles responded.
Roar!
Roar!
...
After a while.
The two sides finished their conversation, and the giant crocodile suddenly walked towards Zhang Yang and said.
"Master, I just asked my subordinates. If you want to explore, there is indeed a place. My subordinates have been here for a long time and heard that a place is very magical."
"Every night it sings, and after each song, a large number of fierce beasts roar in the canyon."
Hmm?
Singing?
Roaring?
Could there be humans here?
"Where is it?" Zhang Yang asked.
"There."
The giant crocodile raised a foot and gestured in a direction.
"From here, it's still a distance, it should take about half a day to get there," the giant crocodile said.
Half a day?
Zhang Yang glanced at the time and found that time had stopped since they entered.
As expected, Shennong Gorge had abnormal magnetic fields, and even time had stopped.
Fortunately, Zhang Yang had his own way of estimating.
If they went to the place the giant crocodile mentioned singing now, it would be just about dusk.
"Okay, I'm leaving then," Zhang Yang said.
"Master, wait for me." Seeing this, the giant crocodile quickly followed Zhang Yang.
After thinking for a moment, the giant crocodile turned back and roared at its subordinates, giving them some instructions.
With the giant crocodile around, Zhang Yang was relatively relaxed.
Riding on the giant crocodile's back, letting it lead the way.
Along the way.
Whether it was because of the giant crocodile or because the canyon was inherently safe, Zhang Yang encountered no danger.
Gradually.
The sky in Shennong Gorge began to darken.
Throughout the canyon, there were many small clumps of light, adding a touch of brightness to the canyon night.
"Master, these are those small insects. They usually act alone, but sometimes they gather. From outside, they look like large beams of light."
Zhang Yang nodded secretly and asked.
"How often do these glowing insects gather together?"
"It doesn't seem to be fixed. Anyway, when I first came here, I often saw it. Sometimes it was three days, sometimes two days, sometimes every day," the giant crocodile recalled and replied.
Zhang Yang fell silent upon hearing this.
Everything in Shennong Gorge was full of unknowns, but his intuition told him.
These insects gathering together was definitely not without reason.
It was just that the crocodiles hadn't discovered it.
Suddenly.
As Zhang Yang was deep in thought.
A song reached his ears.
The giant crocodile also stopped.
Hearing this desolate sound, Zhang Yang felt a chill down his spine.
This song...
It had no lyrics, just humming.
Judging by the sound, it should be a female voice!
"Giant crocodile, go towards the source of the sound and see what it is," Zhang Yang said.
"Master, do we really have to go?" The giant crocodile's body suddenly began to tremble.
It was very scared.
It didn't know why, but it was just scared.
Zhang Yang found it very strange. Although the song sounded a bit desolate, its impact shouldn't be that great.
Look how scared the giant crocodile was!
Instantly.
Zhang Yang's fingertips summoned True Dragon Qi, enveloping him and the giant crocodile.
"Huh, that feeling of fear is gone." The giant crocodile quickly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's continue. Since we're here, we have to see what's making the sound," Zhang Yang said with a smile.
The giant crocodile nodded and headed towards the source of the singing.
After about another hour of travel.
The desolate singing grew louder, and Zhang Yang also noticed a clue.
Since entering Shennong Gorge, he had finally seen the environment change.
There were no weeds here; everything was neatly organized.
In front of them was a complete bluestone path, extending inwards.
Zhang Yang looked at the bluestone path in front of him, very surprised.
There were obvious signs of human cultivation here!
Someone lived here!
"Keep going!" Zhang Yang said.
Plop.
The giant crocodile heard this and continued to advance. However, as soon as it lifted its foot to step onto the bluestone, it felt a heavy pressure descend, and it was directly pressed to the ground, unable to breathe!
"Master, I can't move anymore!" the giant crocodile said.
"Can't move anymore?" Zhang Yang frowned, and True Dragon Qi enveloped them again.
But the True Dragon Qi that had just enveloped them was immediately disturbed and destroyed by the singing.
Interesting.
Zhang Yang directly got off the giant crocodile, "Wait for me here, I'll try."
With that said.
Zhang Yang took a step, preparing to step onto the bluestone path!
Before he could even set his foot down, he felt an unprecedented pressure.
This pressure was immense, the strongest Zhang Yang had ever encountered!
Cough cough!
The terrifying pressure made Zhang Yang gasp for air.
"What is this thing playing tricks!" Zhang Yang refused to admit defeat. As his True Dragon Qi circulated madly, he was about to step forward when he suddenly remembered something!
When he was climbing the mountain, Di Yi had reminded him to be careful of the path!
Could it be...
Is the path Di Yi mentioned this bluestone path?
Zhang Yang was terrified and quickly moved his limbs.
"Master, you can't either?" the giant crocodile asked.
Zhang Yang glared at the giant crocodile, "What are you talking about? I just feel a bit of danger, maybe we shouldn't go up."
"Oh, then let's go." the giant crocodile said.
It didn't know how happy it was to hear that Zhang Yang wasn't going up.
Everything in Shennong Gorge was unknown. If Zhang Yang hadn't wanted to come, it would have preferred to huddle by the river and be a local overlord.
"Wait before we go back, let's observe nearby for a while and see if anyone else is attracted by the singing," Zhang Yang said.
Then he took the giant crocodile and hid aside, staring at the bluestone path.
The desolate singing continued to spread outwards, without stopping.
In the canyon, the beast roars that the giant crocodile had mentioned gradually began to sound.
The beast roars came one after another, and Zhang Yang couldn't tell what kind of fierce beasts they were.
And the giant crocodile beside him seemed to become agitated.
Its eyes turned somewhat red!
"Master, this sound is wrong! Why do I feel more and more like going in?" the giant crocodile asked strangely.
Let alone the giant crocodile, even Zhang Yang felt the same way.
"Hold on! If we really can't stand it, we'll leave!" Zhang Yang said with a frown.
The penetrating power of the singing was very strong, even True Dragon Qi was damaged, and Zhang Yang had no way to block it.
And he didn't want to step onto the bluestone path.
Di Yi's sudden reminder was definitely not without reason.
Finally.
Just as everyone was about to collapse, the singing stopped.
But!
After it stopped, the entire canyon became even more bizarre. The glowing insects suddenly gathered together, like a long ribbon of light, flying towards the bluestone path.
That wasn't all!
Behind this ribbon of light, there was a large group of fierce beasts following!
Tigers, lions, elephants, bears, pythons, and even some large fierce beasts that Zhang Yang didn't recognize, were neatly arranged and walking towards the bluestone path.
This...
Strange!
Everything was strange!
Zhang Yang and the giant crocodile observed from the shadows for a long time. When all the fierce beasts had stepped onto the bluestone path, they also appeared.
Looking at the strangeness within the bluestone path.
Zhang Yang hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to try!
"Let's go, we'll follow and see."
Although the giant crocodile was afraid, it was also eager. It directly carried Zhang Yang and walked towards the bluestone path.
"Huh, the pressure is gone?"
As soon as they stepped onto the bluestone path, the giant python was surprised.
When the singing started, they would face ten thousand tons of pressure when they stepped onto the bluestone.
Now it was gone.
But this was better, and it was also beneficial for them to catch up with the fierce beasts in front.
This bluestone path was very long.
After walking for nearly two thousand meters.
The fierce beasts in front finally stopped.
These fierce beasts seemed to be possessed, without any consciousness. They didn't even notice Zhang Yang and the giant crocodile behind them.
To be safe, Zhang Yang still took the giant crocodile and hid to the side.
At this time.
The glowing insects leading the way at the very front suddenly flew into the sky.
Emitting a strange light.
This was exactly the same as what Zhang Yang had discovered before entering the canyon!
And the singing suddenly started.
Combined with the strange light in the sky, the dazed fierce beasts suddenly let out angry roars and began to madly tear and attack the fierce beasts around them!
Roar roar roar!
Instantly.
The entire scene descended into chaos.
These fierce beasts had red eyes, seemed to feel no pain, and desperately attacked the beasts around them.
Blood splattered, and limbs were shattered.
This was simply a living slaughterhouse.
In the blink of an eye, all the fierce beasts in front of Zhang Yang and the giant crocodile died. The entire ground and bluestone path were dyed dark red.
And at this time.
The voice that had been singing suddenly stopped, and then a shrill, terrifying, and bone-chilling laugh was heard.
A white light flashed!
A crystal skull suddenly appeared out of thin air, opening its bloody maw and devouring all the blood and limbs of the fierce beasts on the ground.
Finally, all the glowing insects swaying in the air flew into the eyes of the crystal skull.
Two piercing beams of light shot directly towards Zhang Yang.
Instantly.
Zhang Yang and the giant crocodile's hair stood on end!
Had they been discovered?