A Sect from a Spirit Vein

Chapter 602: Chapter 481: The Divine Flood Dragon Sect’s Upheaval (Part 2)

Li Da randomly chose a stone chamber to enter, which seemed to be a disciple’s residence. He glanced around and saw that all the daily necessities were there, all bearing signs of use, with clothes in the wardrobe and books in the bookshelf all neatly arranged.

Entering a few more rooms, he even discovered some valuable personal belongings.

He lightly brushed his hand over the table, revealing a faint layer of dust, indicating that no one had lived here for about ten days.

It was as if the owner of the room had left as usual but never returned.

”This at least shows that this isn’t a planned relocation,” Li Da said cautiously. ”But where have all the hundreds of cultivators gone?”

In the silent, massive valley, the two slowly descended. Looking down, a layer of thin mist floated over the deep, dark Stream Water. Although no creatures could be seen in the water, it was even more chilling.

They descended to a stone platform three meters above the water’s surface. After they landed, they were faced with a huge stone cave, which was the entrance to the Divine Flood Dragon Sect’s Mountain Gate.

Standing at the cave entrance, Li Da loudly announced their arrival again. The sound rolled back and forth in the cave, overlapping and suddenly turning into fragmented whispers, as if many people were whispering inside the cave.

He felt a chill run down his spine, retrieved the crow, gently tapped his finger, and summoned a spider. Two spiders scampered into the cave, swiftly crawling forward.

Wang Ruoyu also came over, and the two of them stared at the image in the copper Mirror. They saw countless winding, deep crossroads inside, with beads used for illumination still in place on the cave walls. However, the light was a dull yellowish-green, extremely dim. The spiders spun around inside, lost their sense of direction, and made one’s head spin.

After passing another intersection, Li Da shook his head, ”No, my Divine Sense can only control them up to this point, the spiders can’t go any further.”

”Let’s wait here, we must not act rashly. We’ll explore once the sect’s reinforcements arrive.”

As he spoke, he manipulated the spiders to turn back, but as the spiders’ vision moved, Li Da suddenly stopped.

At the end of the dim passage, at a fork, a half-pale face peeked out, a green and blue vertical Snake Pupil staring intently at the spider.

In that instant, Li Da and Wang Ruoyu could clearly feel that it was looking at them.

Their scalps tingled instantly; the face had human contours, but it was covered with white snake scales, the bones deformed, and the facial features twisted and distorted—a flat snake face!

What in the world was this thing?!

The next instant, the creature shot out like lightning, a white shadow flashing in the mirror, shattering the image.

”Quick, let’s retreat from the valley—” Li Da was about to turn around when a sound of splashing water came from behind him. His heart skipped a beat, and he pounced forward.

Wang Ruoyu, catching Li Da’s movement, turned his waist, and with a spinning motion, slammed down a round shield covered in sharp spikes with a loud thud. The attacking creature screamed miserably, scales shattering and blood splattering, and was pounded back into the water with immense force.

A hissing sound echoed from the cave, the humanoid snake-faced monster shot out like lightning, Li Da’s hands shook, and with a cracking sound, a one-meter-long, arm-thick, pitch-black Centipede Puppet suddenly sprang up, its body twisting, its hundred feet writhing, binding the monster tightly.

The monster struggled violently, breaking many of the centipede’s leg spines.

Li Da held up the Defensive Spiritual Artifact’s Light Shield with one hand while controlling the Centipede Puppet with the other, squeezing forcefully!

The centipede’s hundred feet shuddered, cold glints shooting from the tips, fiercely stabbing into the monster’s body. At the same time, various venomous substances from the hollow limbs were injected through the stingers.

The monster let out a miserable cry, large patches of blood seeping from its body, its struggle weakening, yet it continued to move incessantly.

The two finally saw the monster’s full appearance. Its lower body was a thick snake torso, with two emaciated human legs limply hanging on the sides. Its upper body’s arms were largely stuck to the torso, with only the parts below the elbows being movable, and its fingers connected together, forming claw-like grotesque appendages.

Its hair had completely fallen out, its head covered with snake scales, a human head with a snake face, and an icy pair of Snake Pupils that sent a chill straight to the heart.

Even the Divine Flood Dragon Sect’s Spirit Fusion Secret Technique shouldn’t result in this monstrous appearance!

Clinging to one in a million hope, Li Da called out, ”We are cultivators from the Yunshan Sect, you—”

With a loud crash, the monster suddenly opened its huge mouth, spewing a jet of dark green venom!

Sizzling, the Defensive Light Shield began to smoke and melt away in an instant, forcing Li Da to discard the Magical Artifact on the ground and replace it with a new one.

Wang Ruoyu let out a loud shout, stomping out a crack on the ground, his body spinning, and his previously small axe suddenly radiated a bright glow, transforming into a massive battle axe. The axe blade whistled through the air, sending the monster’s head flying skyward!

As Li Da retrieved the Centipede Puppet, he quickly remarked, ”Irrational, unable to communicate, with strong resistance to poison, solid bodily defense, overall at Qi Cultivation level. Currently, its exposed attack methods include pouncing and biting, claw strikes, and highly corrosive venom. We should be able to handle about six of them simultaneously.”

Just as he finished speaking, the Stream Water roiled as if boiling, and behind them, the stone cave echoed with roars!

Snake face after snake face appeared, and figure after figure, some white, some green, some black, some red, began swimming out.

In the water and the cave, these creatures were rushing out continuously, and at a glance, there were at least a hundred!