Chapter 973 Black Scale Python

Ouyang Jian's roar made the eight team members who were crossing the river behind him tremble in fear. They began to use their true energy like a conditioned reflex, tapped the driftwood under their feet, and jumped into the air with the help of force.

Their reaction was not unpleasant, but the black shadow that emerged from the bottom of the river was much faster than them.

There was a loud "boom", and the calm river surface was broken by a strong impact force from bottom to top.

A thick-waisted python covered in black scales rushed out of the water, creating waves several feet high.

Only the upper half of the giant python's body was stretched out of the river, and it was already more than ten meters long. The scales the size of the mouth of a bowl reflected a faint black light under the sunlight, like miniature solid shields.

This is a black-scaled python that is four hundred years old. It is much more powerful than the black-scaled python that swallowed Yu Zhong just now.

Not only does the black scale python have a powerful attack power comparable to that of a mid-level spiritual beast, the layer of black scales covering its body is also extremely strong, giving it strong defensive capabilities.

In this Netherworld River, the black-scaled python can be regarded as one of the most powerful overlords. However, in the previous experiences of the disciples of Bitao Martial Arts Academy in the mountains, they rarely appeared. Unexpectedly, they were encountered by Ouyang Jian and others this time. They're out of luck.

After the upper body of the black-scaled python rushed out of the river, its triangular head the size of a dustpan shook, and a pair of dark red eyes stared at Ouyang Jian, who was rising in the air.

Ouyang Jian suddenly felt like he was locked in by a strong murderous intention. His scalp was numb and his beard and hair were standing on end. When he lowered his head and looked down, he met a pair of black-scaled python's eyes with a frightening light.

"This damn beast is actually targeting me!"

Ouyang Jian secretly complained in his heart, knowing that once he was targeted by a powerful spiritual beast like the black-scaled python, it would be difficult to escape its attack. If he was not careful, he would be more likely to be killed by the python like Yu Zhong just now.

Although the black-scaled python is huge, its movements are extremely agile. When it saw Ouyang Jian, its fist-sized eyes glowed greedily, as if it had seen delicious prey.

Human warriors like to hunt spiritual beasts and grill their meat for consumption to enhance their physique and strength.

Similarly, spirit beasts also like to feed on human warriors. The more powerful the warrior, the greater the benefit to them.

Therefore, every year when the disciples of Bitao Martial Academy go to the mountains to practice, the spirit beasts living in the Netherworld River become much more active than before. They usually lurk quietly at the bottom of the river. Once a disciple of Bitao Martial Academy crosses the river, they will They would suddenly emerge from the bottom of the water and attack the disciples of Bitao Martial Arts Academy who were crossing the river.

Some disciples of Bitao Martial Arts Academy are often killed by the sudden attacks of spiritual beasts when they are caught off guard, either because of poor strength or bad luck.

Take this black-scaled python for example. After being nourished by the vitality of heaven and earth for hundreds of years, it has become somewhat spiritual. Whenever experienced disciples from Bitao Martial Arts Academy cross the river, it lurks at the bottom of the river and silently observes the movements on the river surface. .

If the experienced disciples crossing the river are weak, it will look down upon them and be too lazy to pay attention. Only when it finds stronger experienced disciples will it launch a sudden attack.

Although there are many spiritual beasts in this area of ​​the river, most of them are afraid of the strength of the black-scaled python and stay away from it, not daring to come over and compete with it.

Therefore, this section of the river has become the territory of the black-scaled python.

The black-scaled python that just swallowed the inner courtyard disciple Yu Zhong broke in accidentally. After it swallowed Yu Zhong and sank to the bottom of the lake, it was driven away by the black-scaled python.

The senses of spirit beasts are very sensitive. When Ouyang Jian led eight team members across the river, the black-scaled python immediately sensed that Ouyang Jian's warrior aura was the strongest, so it immediately targeted Ouyang Jian. .

For spirit beasts, the stronger the human warrior is, the more delicious the taste of flesh and blood is.

After the black-scaled python emerged from the water, its bright red three-pronged tongue hesitated for a moment, and then its triangular head approached Ouyang Jian like lightning.

When it was still two or three feet away from Ouyang Jian, the black-scaled python opened its mouth wide, revealing a pair of sharp fangs glowing with blue light, and devoured Ouyang Jian.

The pair of sharp fangs of the black scale python are highly poisonous. Even if Ouyang Jian is powerful and physically powerful, if he is bitten by those pair of fangs, he may not be able to survive.

The black-scaled python opened its mouth wide, and a poisonous aura immediately enveloped Ouyang Jian. Even the air seemed to be corroded, making a "squeaking" sound and wisps of white smoke coming out.

Before the python's mouth arrives, the poisonous mist arrives first.

Ouyang Jian, who was in the air, was shrouded in the poisonous mist. He felt dizzy. He immediately closed his breath, his true energy circulated, and his body moved two feet away, getting out of the poisonous mist. At the same time, he also avoided the poisonous mist. The mouth of the python that swallowed it.

"Zheng!"

With a crisp sound of metal friction, Ouyang Jian pulled out the long sword from the scabbard, shouted and slashed diagonally. The sharp long sword, wrapped with indestructible metallic essence, fell on the triangular head of the black-scaled python. .

Ouyang Jian is good at using swords and is famous for his swordsmanship. At the same time, the long sword in his hand is also an extraordinary treasure.

He struck the black-scaled python on the head with a sword, and felt happy in his heart. He thought he could severely damage the black-scaled python, but if it didn't work, he would make the black-scaled python retreat into the river in shock, and then his team could cross the Netherworld River safely.

But what Ouyang Jian didn't expect was that when he struck the black-scaled python with his long sword, the black phosphorus was cut through and the python's blood splattered not as expected.

The sharp blade fell on the scales covering the black-scaled python, making a deafening sound of metal clashing, and splashing out a few sparks. The shock made Ouyang Jian's whole arm numb, and he could hardly hold the sword.

Looking at the scales of the black-scaled python that had been slashed by a long sword, there was only a shallow sword mark left on it.

"The scales on this evil beast are so strong!"

Ouyang Jian was shocked. He stared at the long sword in his hand and found that there were several gaps in the blade. He couldn't help being shocked, angry and afraid.

What was surprising was that the black-scaled python's defense was so strong that it was really difficult to hurt it.

What makes me angry is that my beloved long sword was exchanged for it after spending a lot of training resources. Now that it is damaged like this, it is almost useless.

What he was afraid of was that if the black-scaled python was struck by his sword, it would definitely launch a crazy attack when enraged. Now that he was in the air and had no place to focus, it would be difficult for him to defend himself, and he might follow in the footsteps of Yu Zhong.

Sure enough, although the black-scaled python was not injured by Ouyang Jian's sword, it was aroused with ferocity. The huge python's body swayed, and its tail submerged in the river suddenly rolled up, with water splashing all over the sky, like a stick. The thick steel whip whipped Ouyang Jian hard.

Ouyang Jian felt his eyes go dark, and at the same time, a terrifying force surged in like a mountain collapsing. In shock, without thinking carefully, he gathered all his strength into his palms and shot forward.