Lin Xin hastily covered the inner core, “Haoyue, I can’t give you this. I need to go back and refine pills.”

The fifth head snorted disdainfully, shook its head at him, and turned back.

Long Haochen smiled slightly and said, “Xiao Zi is telling you to put away the python inner core. With it, the swamp gas and miasma here are nothing.”

“Ah?” Lin Xin was stunned for a moment. He was a smart man and immediately understood, “Boss, are you saying that Haoyue’s fifth head has the attribute of…”

Long Haochen nodded slightly, “You guessed right, it’s poison.”

Hearing the word poison, the expressions of the crowd couldn’t help but change. No wonder Haoyue had been devouring the dense poisonous fog with all its might before. It turned out that it was to stimulate the growth of its fifth head, which had the attribute of poison. Poison attribute, they had never heard of it before. Among the known magical beasts, it seemed that there was no such attribute. Of course, except for plant magical beasts like the Devil Devouring Flower.

Haoyue’s fifth head raised slightly, and with a low roar, its eyes began to light up. Brilliant purple light shone, and strangely enough, as its eyes lit up, the surrounding poisonous fog suddenly dispersed wildly as if it had encountered something terrifying. In the blink of an eye, the poisonous fog within a radius of at least three hundred meters had instantly dissipated. Moreover, as Haoyue moved forward, the poisonous fog continued to dissipate.

This was much better than the effect of Saint Guard No. 11 or the python inner core. The sudden widening of their view also improved the mood of the crowd, which had been somewhat surprised by the environment of the dark swamp and the domain of death.

The color of the swamp varied greatly. Some places were brownish-black, some were dark yellow, and some were light green. Now that the view was wider, the crowd could see much more.

Within the growing range of the Devil Devouring Flower, there was only this one kind of plant. Beyond this range, other plants began to appear.

These were still mainly vines, as well as some other plants that the crowd did not recognize.

Haoyue galloped forward, striding into the depths of the dark swamp. It seemed to be completely unconcerned, not even observing the surroundings. Strangely, since the crowd had climbed onto its back, the magical beasts that dared to attack had completely disappeared.

“Hey, don’t you think it’s strange? Where did those ubiquitous swamp lizards go?” Chen Ying’er looked around curiously. Not having to walk herself and being much safer made her feel much better. The depression of being blinded by the poisonous fog had also disappeared.

Lin Xin chuckled, “Isn’t it obvious? The lizards met their lizard ancestor, of course they ran away like crazy.”

“Roar—” Xiao Guang suddenly turned its head and glared fiercely at Lin Xin. Lin Xin was startled by its fierce eyes.

“Boss. What is Haoyue doing!”

Long Haochen smiled and said, “Haoyue said that it is not a lizard, and you shouldn’t compare it to those low-level reptiles, or it will throw you off.”

Lin Xin chuckled, “Okay, okay, our Haoyue is the most powerful. What lizards, even giant dragons can’t compare. Right?” Flattery doesn’t cost money, and he’s never stingy. At least not in this regard.

Haoyue snorted and ignored him.

Perhaps because Haoyue’s fifth head, Xiao Zi, had just been born, it was working extra hard, almost single-handedly completing the task of clearing the way.

Xiao Zi’s method of clearing the way was very simple: it opened its mouth and spat out some breath towards the front. Its breath was the same color as its eyes, dark purple. Wherever the breath passed, no matter how thick the vines were, they would immediately melt away. The road was naturally unobstructed.

However, Long Haochen noticed that Xiao Zi was constantly taking deep breaths. With each breath, it seemed to be absorbing some of the atmosphere in the swamp. And as it breathed in and out, the poisonous fog in the distance was dissipating more and more severely.

Although Long Haochen couldn’t be sure how Xiao Zi’s strength compared to its other heads, if this poison attribute was used well, it might be even more terrifying than any other attribute.

In just the time it took to eat a meal, Haoyue had advanced farther than the total distance Long Haochen and his party had traveled before, and had also penetrated deeper into the swamp. The crowd also recovered well.

Haoyue’s broad back was more than ten meters long, so even with seven people sitting on it, it didn’t feel crowded at all. However, Long Haochen kept Cai’er close to him for safety’s sake, so the two were close together.

Continuing forward, Haoyue ran for about half an hour more. They had entered the depths of the swamp, and Haoyue’s powerful aura made the journey much smoother. Before, it would have taken them three times as long to reach this point.

After passing through another dense patch of vines, a small lake appeared in front of them. The water in the lake was not deep, and in this murky place, it was actually clear to the bottom.

Haoyue, which had been advancing aggressively, stopped for the first time. Its five large heads looked around, and a sense of hesitation appeared in its eyes for the first time.

Long Haochen could feel the fear in Haoyue’s heart at this moment, and he also felt a faint sense of unease.

His heart trembled, and Long Haochen shouted, “Everyone prepare for battle. Watch out for the surroundings.”

Just then, Cai’er suddenly looked in one direction instinctively. Long Haochen felt her body suddenly tense and immediately turned his gaze in that direction.

A ghastly cold light flashed and disappeared in that instant.

The cold light came so fast, almost skimming across the surface of the lake. The speed at which it flashed was even faster than a sharp blade. Haoyue suddenly let out a low roar, and its huge body tilted slightly to one side.

Long Haochen could feel the pain in its low roar and immediately jumped off Haoyue’s back. At the same time, a golden figure separated from him and stayed on Haoyue’s back.

On Haoyue’s thick right foreleg, there was actually a turned-up wound. It could be seen that a half-foot thick scale had been cut in half, vaguely revealing the nerves inside. However, the wound was healing at an astonishing speed.

Although Long Haochen could not test the strength of Haoyue’s scales with an attack, he had fought with Haoyue countless times and had a considerable understanding of Haoyue’s defense. With Haoyue’s external spiritual power, even before evolution, it probably had tens of thousands. It may have doubled after evolution. In this situation, to have his defenses cut open instantly without even time to dodge or react, how powerful of an attack would it take to do that?

Also at this moment, suddenly, Long Haochen’s pupils constricted because he was horrified to see that in the clear lake, dozens, nearly a hundred cold lights were quietly rising, all shooting towards Haoyue, so fast that it was impossible to distinguish them with the naked eye.

“Haoyue!” Long Haochen shouted almost madly, and at the same time, the Aria of Light Goddess slashed forward, and thousands of golden lights turned into countless light spots scattered in the air. With this strike, Long Haochen had tried his best, not only fully outputting his spiritual power, but also maximizing his attack speed and coverage area. It was the Demon Extermination Flash.

Haoyue roared, and its two huge wings suddenly opened, forcefully flapping and propelling its huge body to ascend into the air.

Haoyue was not a gentle soul. As its body ascended, its five large heads spat out five breaths in the most direct way, blasting towards the clear lake.

In the ear-splitting roar, Long Haochen felt as if he had been hit by giant cones. Even the Aria of the Light Goddess, such a powerful weapon, let out a slight whimper. The huge recoil directly shook Long Haochen’s body backwards. But he also successfully created time for Haoyue to take off with the Demon Extermination Flash.

With a muffled groan, Long Haochen’s face turned pale. The same golden light appeared on the members of the 64th Heroic Demon Hunt Squad under the effect of the Soul Chains.

Those cold lights did not let Long Haochen off. They almost slid on the ground, instantly catching up with Long Haochen’s body. With the great destructive power they had shown when they injured Haoyue, the Glorious Holy Armor on Long Haochen’s body clearly could not resist them.

However, at this moment, Long Haochen’s body had instantly ascended into the air under the pull of a white light, dodging the attacks of those white lights almost in the nick of time.

Everyone had the feeling of cold sweat breaking out on their backs. The key was that this crisis came so suddenly. From Haoyue being attacked to Long Haochen jumping down to the appearance of a large number of attacks, the entire process was completed in one or two breaths.

A violent roar sounded in the next moment. Five-colored breaths crashed into the small lake, erupting into a violent roar. The terrifying explosion of five elements almost turned the small lake upside down.

The area of this small lake was only one or two hundred meters in diameter. Huge spiritual power fluctuations spread wildly in the air. At this time, cold lights rose into the air and scattered.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone finally saw clearly what those cold lights were. This discovery could not help but make them gasp in shock.

Long Haochen’s chest rose and fell violently. He could clearly feel a chill on his body just now. If he had not prepared in advance and left Yating on Haoyue’s back, using the traction ability of the Sacred Guidance Spiritual Furnace at the critical moment to pull himself back to Haoyue’s back, it would have been almost impossible to avoid this attack. Because he didn’t even have time to release his spiritual wings!

What kind of monster is this? Neither Long Haochen nor his companions recognized the attacking magical beast when they saw it clearly.

(To be continued)