Chapter 972 You Won’t Regret It!

Although Yu Zhong heard that there were spiritual beasts lurking in the Netherworld River and were very dangerous, he thought that he was quite strong and thought that even if he was attacked by a spiritual beast while crossing the river, he should be able to escape without any danger to his life.

But it was his arrogance that ruined his life.

Before crossing the river, he threw several pieces of trees into the river, and used the buoyancy of the trees to fly across the river. When he reached the center of the river, he was attacked by the giant python that suddenly broke out of the water. He had no place to show off his strength. He watched helplessly as he was wrapped in a giant python and then buried in its belly.

Yu Zhong's death cast a shadow on the hearts of the members of Ouyang Jian's team.

The giant python that just took Yu Zhong's life had a powerful attack. If you want to successfully cross the river, you have to be prepared for its attack. Besides the giant python, there are also many powerful spiritual beasts lurking at the bottom of the Netherworld River.

Even if they give up here and choose another section to cross the river, there is no guarantee that they will not encounter other powerful spiritual beasts.

In short, there are spiritual beasts lurking everywhere at the bottom of the Netherworld River. It is not easy to survive successfully.

Seeing that Ouyang Jian's team suffered a loss, Shen Yulin, Huang Miao and others were not happy, because they had to face the same problem if they wanted to cross the Netherworld River.

"As you can see, this is why this river is called the Netherworld River. For thousands of years, it has swallowed up the lives of too many disciples of Bitao Martial Academy."

Huang Miao glanced at Fang Bai and others, then turned her eyes to the calm river, and said quietly.

"This Netherworld River...is really extremely dangerous!"

Hou Ziping had just witnessed Yu Zhong being swallowed by the giant python, and felt a little fear in his heart. He smiled bitterly and said to Fang Bai and others: "That giant python is really fierce. If I encounter its attack when crossing the river, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do." Get away with your whole body..."

Huang Miao sighed: "To be honest, I'm not sure either."

Hou Ziping said: "Then shall we continue to move forward?"

"What does Junior Brother Fang mean?"

Huang Miao knew that Hou Ziping had already wanted to retreat, and she hesitated a little. She glanced at Fang Bai and asked.

"Why do we go into the mountains to practice?"

Fang Bai asked instead without answering.

Huang Miao was startled, and then replied: "The fundamental purpose of our training in the mountains is to increase actual combat experience, hone the warrior's mentality, and improve our own strength."

Fang Bai said: "The spirit beasts we encountered along the way were very weak, and we have never experienced a life-or-death battle. If we retreat without fighting now, how can we gain actual combat experience? And retreating when in danger is the state of mind of a warrior. It is not advisable to go backwards in cultivation. How can we improve our own strength in this way?"

Huang Miao sighed again and said bitterly: "Junior Brother Fang, I understand what you are saying, but if we continue to move forward, we may pay the price with our lives! Is it worth it?"

"I think it's worth it!"

Fang Bai's eyes swept across the faces of Huang Miao, Hou Ziping, Liu Qingqing, and Liu Yehu one by one, and asked with a smile: "I'm going to move on, which one of you wants to come with me?"

"Brother Fang, me!"

Liu Yehu was the first to stand up.

"And me! Brother Fang is not afraid, and I am not afraid either!"

Liu Qingqing then stood up with a determined look on her face.

The two siblings and Fang Bai are both from Liuhu Village, and they have blind worship and trust in Fang Bai. No matter what Fang Bai does, they will advance and retreat together.

Huang Miao bit her lip, looked at Liu Qingqing and Liu Yehu with complicated expressions, and finally made up her mind, saying: "Since you are not afraid of life and death, then what reason do I, the senior sister, have to shrink back? That's all, life and death. It’s up to you. I’ll follow you and continue your adventure!”

Fang Bai smiled and turned to Hou Ziping, whose expression changed, as if waiting for his answer.

Hou Ziping struggled fiercely in his heart for a while, then suddenly stamped his feet and said: "Last time I was severely injured by Yang Wei. If Junior Brother Fang hadn't helped me, I might still be worse off than dead. Since I have already died once, what should I be afraid of? What? Junior Brother Fang, I will risk my life to go with you!"

Fang Bai laughed, patted Hou Ziping on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Senior Brother Hou, you will definitely not regret your choice now!"

When the five of them were deciding whether to continue moving forward, Shen Yulin and others had already stood by the Netherworld River, found the best place to cross the river, and were discussing in low voices how to cross the river.

Several hundred meters away, Ouyang Jian and others were also thinking about ways to cross the river.

"Junior Sister Huang, we are ready to cross the river. You five, just follow me! This way, if you are attacked by a spiritual beast on the way across the river, I can help you in time."

Shen Yulin waved to Huang Miao and others and said crisply.

"Senior Sister Shen has such good intentions, we can't let her down, so just follow her!"

Fang Bai said.

Although he could lead Huang Miao and others across the river easily, he tried to be as low-key as possible when he could. He followed Shen Yulin and let Shen Yulin block him if anything dangerous happened, so that he wouldn't have to take action himself.

Of course, if it really comes to a life-and-death moment, he will help secretly.

Following Shen Yulin would have a greater chance of successfully crossing the river, so Huang Miao and others readily agreed.

Just before Shen Yulin's team and Huang Miao's team were about to cross the river together, Ouyang Jian and his eight team members used their skills to fly towards the other side of the river with the help of several sections of trees floating on the river.

They used their body movements as fast as they could, and saw green shadows flying across the river at high speeds.

In just a few breaths, the nine team members headed by Ouyang Jian had already crossed most of the river. As long as they had a few more breaths, they could land on the other side of the Netherworld River.

Ouyang Jian couldn't help but secretly rejoiced when he saw that no spiritual beast appeared. Could it be that the only giant python lurking at the bottom of this section of the river was that one? That giant python just swallowed Yu Zhong, is it digesting it at the bottom of the river?

If so, that would be great!

"I paid the price of one team member to fill the giant python's belly so that it had no time to attack. This is certainly beneficial to us, but it also gives Shen Yulin and others a big advantage! Otherwise, they want to cross the netherworld. River, I’m afraid I’ll have to pay a heavy price!”

Ouyang Jian saw that he was only about thirty meters away from the river bank. He thought that he was safe. He couldn't help turning his head and glanced at Shen Yulin and others. Seeing that they were eager to cross the river, Ouyang Jian secretly cried out that it was a pity.

At this moment, a strong crisis emerged from the water, and a keen intuition unique to warriors made Ouyang Jian's whole body feel cold.

"Not good! Be careful, everyone!"

Ouyang Jian subconsciously let out a loud roar, and at the same time, he suddenly lifted up into the air. He lowered his head and looked at the water below his feet. He vaguely saw a huge black shadow rushing from the water at an unbelievable speed.