Immortal Path to Heaven c1-725

by Heaven's White Crane

  The big yellow dog nodded kindly after some thought to express that that was likely the case.

  They felt that only an immature larva could not withstand even one blow.

  Nonetheless, the appearance of a larva meant that there must be a place where the Black Magic Crawlers lived in a group, thus they had to be careful.

  The big yellow dog later approached the crawler’s remains and twitched its nose to remember the creature’s smell.

  Subsequently, it continued moving forward.

  Ou Yangming followed behind it, but when the big yellow dog was slightly further away, his military saber shone as he stabbed it through the two halves of the crawler’s remains.

  The Devouring ability was quickly unleashed to absorb the crawler’s flesh and blood.

  As Ou Yangming continued to walk, he suddenly paused because he felt an upsurge of joyful emotion.

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  Before he could suppress the feeling of joy, it was already transmitted to the big yellow dog due to their spiritual connection.

  The big yellow dog stopped in shock, then stared at Ou Yangming in confusion as though it was asking if he had found something.

  Ou Yangming quickly said, “Big Yellow, I think I sensed that the Land of Inheritance is really in the Chaos Cave.”

  The big yellow dog glared at him snappily and probably would have scolded him if it was human. ‘You don’t say. If the Ni family’s Land of Inheritance wasn’t here, why would it take so much effort?’

  After looking away, the big yellow dog continued forward while twitching its nose so no smell could hide from it.

  On the other hand, Ou Yangming was still elated when he followed closely behind the dog.

  The instant he absorbed the Black Magic Crawler’s flesh and blood to transform them into energy for his own, he discovered something

  Not only could the energy from the crawler’s flesh and blood replenish his lost Qi and blood, but it could also recover his mental power.

  Yes, mental power.

  When Ou Yangming previously used the Devouring ability, he could only replenish and upgrade his mental power through a half-spirit beast. Other than that, no matter how powerful the wild beasts were, they were not beneficial toward his mental power.

  That said, the Black Magic Crawler made Ou Yangming feel like he had just encountered another half-spirit beast.

  Needless to say, the crawler’s flesh and blood were too little as compared to a half-spirit beast’s. Their sizes were Heaven and Earth apart, and most importantly, the energies contained in their flesh and blood had a huge disparity.

  In any case, Ou Yangming found a new replenishment point. As long as he could enter the Chaos Cave to kill Black Magic Crawlers, he could regain Qi, blood, and mental power at the same time.

  With that, Ou Yangming hoped that the Black Magic Crawlers were weaker instead.

  The big yellow dog stopped once more, and Ou Yangming picked up a strange smell. After feeling startled for a while, Ou Yangming understood that he had not smelled it, but it was the unique ability of the dog’s nose.

  Similar to how Ou Yangming could transmit images to the big yellow dog, it shared its ability with him too.

  Ou Yangming quickened his pace while observing the area carefully. The Vision +1 attribute’s power was undoubtedly portrayed in great detail in this situation.

  Sure enough, three Black Magic Crawlers were lying quietly ahead. The mouthparts on the top of their heads were moving as if they were munching on something, and they did not notice the threats behind them.

  Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog looked at each other before pouncing on them at the same time.

  Chapter 124 - Fled

  A flash of saber-light was seen and a yellow shadow moved swiftly.

  Almost unobstructed at all, whether it was ou Yangming’s military saber or the big yellow dog’s sharp claws, they easily killed the Black Magic Crawlers. The process was as easy as one-two-three.

  Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog were more puzzled when they looked at the dead bodies beneath them.

  ‘If we’ve previously met a Black Magic Crawler’s larva, what about now?

  ‘Could it be that the Black Magic Crawlers are all larvae? That doesn’t sound right no matter what.’

  Ou Yangming picked up a crawler with the tip of his sword to observe it carefully, especially its mouthparts. After inspecting it for some time, his face changed. This was because he clearly saw stone chips between its mouthparts.

  Ou Yangming gasped, and his face took on a grave expression when he checked the stone walls around them.

  Although the stone walls there were not of featured steel’s standard, their quality was not too far from that. In other words, even the steel from the military camp was inferior to the stone walls.

  However, the Black Magic Crawlers were actually munching on the stone walls’ bits.

  The big yellow dog shivered as it sensed Ou Yangming’s discovery as well. “Big Yellow, do you remember what Senior Ni told us before we came in?” Ou Yangming said slowly, “He said that the most powerful thing about the Black Magic Crawlers is their quantity and teeth. I don’t know what their total quantity is, but I know that their teeth are indeed not easy to deal with.”

  The big yellow dog nodded. It was closely related to its life, after all, thus it could not be indifferent

  Ou Yangming scanned the dog’s body and suggested, “But in order to test their teeth’s toughness, it’s best to be bitten by them once.”

  The big yellow dog was stunned and instantly looked at Ou Yangming with rage.

  Ou Yangming quickly explained, “Take it easy, I meant that I’ll try it. Let’s not sneak an attack on them the next time, and fight them to see how exactly powerful they are.”

  It was only then when the big yellow dog looked more at ease. Evidently, Ou Yangming, who was fully equipped, was a better candidate than the big yellow dog for the test.

  After twitching its nose, the big yellow dog continued walking. On the other hand, Ou Yangming said to himself when he looked at the remains of the Black Magic Crawlers, ‘What a pity!’ Though he really wanted to turn their flesh and blood into energy for himself, he could not keep it a secret from the dog if he absorbed everything. Hence, Ou Yangming made a wise decision to give up the idea after some consideration.

  While they had only encountered Black Magic Crawlers near this area after walking for a long time, since they knew that the crawlers would win by quantity, they were sure that the creatures lived in groups. Therefore, finding one meant that there was a group nearby. As expected, the big yellow dog picked up the same smell after a brief moment.

  When Ou Yangming and the dog sneaked closer without a sound, they saw five Black Magic Crawlers gnawing on stone chips with their heads lowered. The crawlers were so focused that they were unconcerned about their surroundings.

  Ou Yangming thought, ‘If Big Yellow and I sneak and attack again, we’ll easily eliminate the crawlers again, but since we want to test their combat power, we can’t do that.’

  He held his military saber and walked past the big yellow dog to advance forward. His heavy footsteps finally alerted the crawlers, which were chomping on food with their heads lowered. They looked up almost at the same time and noticed Ou Yangming, who was approaching them slowly.

  Without any hesitation, the five Black Magic Crawlers crawled toward Ou Yangming.

  They were exceptionally fast, so much so that they did not seem like crawlers at all. Instead, they looked like agile lynxes that arrived before Ou Yangming in the blink of an eye.

  Ou Yangming lowered himself into a half squat, then a flash of saber-light was seen as he slashed one of the crawlers. The crawler’s body was instantly split into two but it did not affect its other companions’ fighting spirit. As such, the four remaining crawlers opened their mouths to bite Ou Yangming.

  Ou Yangming knew what the creatures fed on, so he was not going to let them hurt his fatal body p
arts so easily. He took a step back, and saber-light was seen again as he killed another crawler. Nonetheless, the remaining three crawlers were already getting closer to him one after another. Following that, they actually jumped at the same time as though springs were attached to their legs, where they sprung toward Ou Yangming at the speed of light.

  The jumps were unexpected. If the crawlers jumped as fast as they crawled, Ou Yangming was likely going to suffer a huge loss. Nevertheless, Ou Yangming was well-prepared, and his mental power was already in a near-perfect state.

  His spiritual sense caught every change happening outside his body.

  It was reasonable for him to be wary. After all, the creatures were feared by the Supreme Great Ancestors, so how could he underestimate them?

  Thus, when the three crawlers moved at a strange speed, Ou Yangming responded in advance. That said, instead of slashing the crawlers into halves, he tilted his military saber and lightly tapped it twice in the void. Consequently, the three crawlers fell on his body and bit his armor, greave, and military saber respectively.

  Ou Yangming had done this on purpose, or the five crawlers could not have hurt him at all.

  Next, he heard ear-piercing grinding sounds as though a hacksaw was being used to cut steel. It made his teeth feel itchy.

  Ou Yangming felt chills down his spine, and he dared not delay it any further. Flashes of saber-lights were seen when he turned his military saber to kill the crawlers on his armor and greave, then he turned the saber to stab it to the ground, killing the crawler that was attached to it.

  When Ou Yangming went against the five Black Magic Crawlers on his own, he was fierce and decisive as he killed them quickly.

  Despite that, he was not delighted at all.

  The big yellow dog walked out of the dark and was shocked when it noticed the damage on Ou Yangming’s armor and military saber.

  Ou Yangming’s equipment set was at the peak of High Grade, where each of them had 15 Points of Toughness, but they seemed like fake products after being bitten by the crawlers. Be it his armor, his greave, or his military saber, they were obviously damaged with notches on them. Even though the notches were not big, it was only because Ou Yangming had killed them as fast as he could.

  If he was a little slower, the crawlers would have definitely bitten through the pieces of equipment, and the consequence would be unbearable.

  Ou Yangming smiled bitterly as he finally understood why even the Supreme Great Ancestors dared not enter the Chaos Cave.

  It did not matter if they were the Supreme Great Ancestors because their body was made of flesh and blood, and they could not resist tough teeth as such. If a Supreme Great Ancestor was encircled by the strange crawlers, as powerful as one was, one would only end up

  dying.

  At the spur of the moment, the big yellow dog’s nose twitched intensely, and it could not help but roar.

  Ou Yangming was startled. Just as he was about to ask, he also smelled a rich and incredibly odd smell.

  It was the smell of Black Magic Crawlers, and the richness could only mean that there were plenty of them.

  Ou Yangming craned his neck to take a look, and he noticed after a brief moment that hundreds of densely packed Black Magic Crawlers were speeding toward them.

  He immediately figured that there had to be a mysterious connection between the damn crawlers. It would be fine if he killed them in a split second, but if he disturbed one of them, he would have alarmed the rest of the group too.

  “Go!”

  Without further ado, Ou Yangming darted in the opposite direction.

  However, he noticed through the corner of his eyes a flash of yellow shadow; the big yellow dog had already overtaken him and fled.

  Ou Yangming cursed, ‘My trustable comrade has worsened so much that it became unreliable.’

  The Black Magic Crawlers were not slow, but they were not worth mentioning as compared to Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog, who were running for their lives. After just 15 minutes, Ou Yangming and the dog had gotten away from the crawlers, and they entered a safe passage.

  If they had the cultivation base of Extreme Grade, the crawlers would actively seek their aura. In that case, either the crawlers would be eliminated or the Extremely Grade powerhouse would fall.

  Nevertheless, it was obvious that Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog did not have that strength, so they did not need to fear after getting away from the crawlers.

  Ou Yangming panted heavily after he stopped. The Black Magic Crawlers that swarmed at them looked like they had the spirit to conquer mountains and rivers, and they frightened him and the big yellow dog to the extent that the human and the dog did not want to resist at all.

  ‘You damn fella that abandoned your friend and fled,’ Ou Yangming said while glaring at the big yellow dog.

  The big yellow dog hesitated for a while, then opened its mouth and wagged its tail as it approached Ou Yangming to lick him with its big tongue.

  Ou Yangming was dumbstruck and could not help but laugh.

  ‘The fella’s actually apologizing to me in this way.’

  When he looked at his equipment set, then at the big yellow dog’s yellow fur, he finally understood how it felt.

  Ou Yangming could fight back if he needed to, but the big yellow dog would be dead if he was encircled, so much so that even its bones would not be left.

  He rubbed the dog’s head to show that he accepted its apology.

  Inside the deep and dark Chaos Cave, they were actually relying on each other to survive. As long as Big Yellow did not bite Ou Yangming, he could withstand everything else. They rested for a while before they continued searching aimlessly again.

  There was neither sunrise nor sunset in the cave, but Ou Yangming could roughly tell how much time had passed.

  After a day and a night, he finally became impatient because they still did not find signs of the Land of Inheritance.

  Chapter 125 - Thoroughly Meticulous

  “Big Yellow, this can’t go on…” Ou Yangming stopped and complained anxiously, “I must find that damn place as soon as possible, or Old Man won’t be able to hold on any longer!”

  In actual fact, the human and the dog did not really get along in the beginning, so much so that they competed with and disliked each other.

  However, due to their common goal, the big yellow dog passed on its mental power cultivation method to Ou Yangming, then used a mysterious art from its Blood Meridian Legacy to build a spiritual connection with him.

  It was also the big yellow dog’s way of protecting itself because if it was accidentally separated from Ou Yangming, without the integration of Heaven and man, it would be stuck in the Chaos Cave forever. With the spiritual connection, at the very least, they could find each other even if they lost each other.

  Nonetheless, they did not expect to be able to sense one another’s thoughts through the wonderful spiritual connection. Therefore, not only did they cooperate with a deeper connection from then on, but most importantly, they became closer to each other.

  The feeling did not merely come from their personal preferences but was born from the connection produced through the mystery art.

  That said, the big yellow dog was not aware of the outcome at all.

  Throughout the journey, they had only spent half a day progressing from being forced to cooperate with each other to actually having a mutual understanding.

  Besides, although they had both given their all to flee on their own earlier when they encountered a big group of Black Magic Crawlers, the conflict was easily resolved when the big yellow dog expressed its guilt and Ou Yangming accepted its apology. With that, the relationship between them became more harmonious.

  The big yellow dog wagged its tail as though it was asking Ou Yangming what to do.

  “They said that my mental power is helpful in finding the Land of Inheritance, but how am I supposed to utilize it?” Ou Yangming pondered and said. He was not a fool, so he had
already used his mental power when they searched without an aim before this, but he did not gain anything The big yellow dog suddenly stopped. It hesitated for a while before opening its mouth to spit out the mysterious gem.

  Two days ago, the big yellow dog would not present the gem to Ou Yangming even if it was beaten to death. On the opposite, it only considered for a while at the moment before deciding to show it to him.

  Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up because he immediately understood that the gem was related to the Land of Inheritance.

  He picked up the gem and inhaled deeply. The precious stone was his final hope.

  Driven by his consciousness, Ou Yangming released a hint of mental power into the precious stone. Next, a peculiar thing happened as the gem actually emitted a beautiful yellow ray. It was even more unbelievable that the yellow light was actually directed in a certain direction far away as though it was an arrow that was guiding them.

  Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog could not help but cheer internally when they exchanged glances. He supposed that the Ni Xuetian and the other elders were actually unaware of this, or they would not have kept it a secret if they were so eager to find the Land of Inheritance.

  If Ou Yangming knew that the gem had such a wonderful effect, why would he have wasted so much time?

  Nevertheless, he did not find out too late.

  Following that, Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog headed in the direction pointed by the arrow.

  After walking for a long time, they backed away again sulkily because the big yellow dog picked up a rich and weird smell halfway through. Even though they could not identify based on the richness of the smell the exact number of Black Magic Crawlers ahead, they were sure that there were way more crawlers than before. Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog did not want to die meaninglessly in the cave, thus they quickly decided to back away.

  “It’s okay, we’ll find another path if this one doesn’t work,” Ou Yangming comforted while patting the dog’s head.

  The big yellow dog wagged its tail and barked softly to express that it agreed with his suggestion. Therefore, they drove the power on the precious stone from time to time and began going around the area. Despite that, after a considerable amount of time, the faces of Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog took on a ghastly expression. This was because they came to a shocking realization that regardless of the direction they entered from, countless Black Magic Crawlers were stationed. In other words, if they wanted to advance forward according to the path guided by the gem, they would be obstructed by numerous crawlers.