# Chapter 872: Yinghuo Divine Crocodile Reappears
"You discovered something? You know its origin?" Pang Bo asked in shock and uncertainty, looking at Ye Fan.
"My feeling shouldn't be wrong. Do you remember? On the way here, we saw a golden flash that vanished in an instant, incredibly fast. At that time, I caught a trace of its aura—it's the same kind as this egg," Ye Fan said.
Everyone recalled that before discovering the Lightning Phoenix Bird's nest, they had indeed glimpsed a golden creature disappearing deep into the mountains. At the time, they all thought it was a Lightning Bird.
"Don't you feel that this egg's aura is very familiar? I'll never forget it in this lifetime!" Ye Fan's knuckles turned white from clenching.
"Familiar..." Pang Bo was startled, thinking hard.
"I've suspected it for a long time. There might have been other things in the ancient coffin that came to this world with us. Now it seems my guess has come true," Ye Fan murmured to himself.
"It's them!" Pang Bo's eyes widened as he said in a deep voice, "They followed us too?" His expression was agitated, his fists clenched, his brows furrowed as he wanted to stomp down and crush that golden divine egg on the mountain peak.
The others were confused, showing surprise. They didn't expect both of them to be so agitated, and couldn't help asking what the reason was.
"An unforgettable aura. Back then, it claimed the lives of many of my old friends," Ye Fan said, staring at the divine egg, gritting his teeth. "If I'm not mistaken, it should be a Divine Crocodile egg!"
Distant memories were opened. On the Ancient Yinghuo Star, they had experienced their first life-and-death separation. Desperate crying, helpless calls, terrified expressions, sorrowful pleas for help... still echoed in their ears.
That was a bloody night. A group of young people who could have lived well, following their own life trajectories, faced death for the first time. Grief-stricken and helpless, they watched companion after companion fall in pools of blood.
Ye Fan and the others had thirty people crossing the void. Starting from their arrival at the Ancient Yinghuo Star, people kept dying. In the end, fourteen died—nearly half had left them forever.
All of this was because of those Divine Crocodiles beneath the Great Thunderclap Monastery on the Ancient Yinghuo Star. They sucked blood and took lives, piercing through the heads of classmate after classmate, blood dripping everywhere.
Ye Fan still remembered a female classmate's pale face. She was so helpless, not wanting to die, desperately reaching out to him, beautiful yet sorrowful. In the end, a golden light entered her brow, and a wisp of blood spilled...
He tried to save her, but simply couldn't make it in time. He watched helplessly as she fell backward into the dust, her eyes wide open, blood staining her pale cheeks. She never got up again.
Fourteen classmates in total. Each had their own life trajectory, their own beautiful future. Even if some were ordinary, they could have lived normal lives. But they had their lives ended like that.
Pang Bo's eyes were red. "I won't forget. Xiao Lin's heart-wrenching scream, the helpless look in her eyes as she watched me. And that damn Divine Crocodile—no, that bug—drilling in and out of her head while I was powerless!"
The others were shocked. This world no longer had such creatures as Divine Crocodiles. Legend said many species had gone extinct long ago, perhaps only visible in that era.
Divine Crocodiles were like snakes but not snakes, resembling crocodiles but without legs. Their undersides were bare, their bodies covered in black scales, dark and gloomy, like evil creatures from the underworld.
Back then, what Ye Fan and the others saw were only about ten centimeters long, as thick as a finger. Their bodies were as hard as vajra, able to fly through the sky and burrow through the earth, piercing through human bones, easily stabbing into flesh.
"What else crossed the void with us?" Pang Bo muttered. A black ghost had inexplicably appeared, and now Divine Crocodiles had shown up. Were there other mysterious creatures too?!
The Divine Demon Flower's four-colored buds were dazzling and brilliant, with thread-like rays of light cascading down. The golden egg was absorbing them, becoming increasingly extraordinary, like a divine fetus being nurtured.
This was clearly different from the previous Divine Crocodiles. It would definitely be more powerful, comparable to the Phoenix Bird divine egg in Ji Ziyue's hands, able to grow to the Demon Saint realm.
"Back then, the Crocodile Ancestor suppressed by Buddha beneath the Great Thunderclap Monastery didn't come through in person, but he left many backup plans."
Ye Fan and Pang Bo couldn't tolerate this egg hatching. There was too much grief and hatred involved. They wanted to destroy it immediately.
The Monkey was very alert. "Be careful. To place this egg at the roots of the Divine Demon Flower, there's likely an extremely terrifying ancient demon nearby."
"Hmph, you want to use the once-in-a-century Divine Demon Flower to build its Dao foundation? Don't count on it. You won't be born naturally close to the Dao. Disappear!" Pang Bo stepped forward, stomping down toward the stone mountain.
Suddenly, a wisp of terrifying killing intent shot up from an ancient cave on the stone mountain like a heavenly sword. A gray mist filled the entire sky, stinking and pungent.
And then, the killing intent became even more terrifying, like a hundred thousand divine swords resonating together, piercing through the heavens, shattering everything, wanting to destroy Pang Bo.
Demon Emperor Nine Slashes!
Pang Bo let out a great shout. When the attack failed to kill the enemy, he slashed at the void instead, transforming into a beam of light and disappearing from his spot, returning to the sky, avoiding the surging gray mist.
Li Heishui, Li Tian, and the others were startled, worried for him. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him return safely. The aura below was too terrifying—definitely not an ordinary existence.
"Such powerful demonic energy. This person has severed the Dao. It's a King guarding the Divine Crocodile egg," Black Emperor said.
"Boom"
Two antennae as thick as water barrels emerged from the gray mist, dancing like demon hands, a terrifying sight. A massive creature slowly crawled out of the stone mountain below.
Endless killing intent, terrifying poisonous fog, surging and billowing, flooded this region. Many plants withered on the spot, turning to flying ash.
"What is this thing?!" Ye Fan and the others retreated far away, avoiding the poisonous miasma.
"Rumble..."
Rocks rolled, the ground shook, the stone mountain seemed about to collapse. Yet the Divine Demon Flower remained brilliant and crystalline, unharmed in the mist, swaying with four-colored immortal light.
The mist surged into the sky like clouds. A massive creature rose up, passing through the poisonous haze, finally revealing its true form. Its entire body flashed with dark light, possessing a hundred legs, its physique terrifying.
"Heavens, this is a centipede! How is it so big, hundreds of zhang long? Is this still a poisonous insect? It's bigger than a giant snake!" Several people's scalps went numb.
The hundreds-of-zhang-long giant centipede moved all its legs, producing a rustling sound that chilled the bones, like demonic music. It swallowed clouds and breathed mist. It had already severed the Dao. This mist could poison Sect Leaders to death.
"Did we guess wrong? Was that a centipede egg just now? Otherwise, why would such a terrifying existence be guarding it?" Li Tian swallowed hard.
This giant centipede's entire body was covered in dark, metallic scales, gleaming with a cold light like black iron. It opened its mouth and spat out a stream of venom, which transformed into chains of order, piercing toward them.
The Monkey let out a soft cry, opening his mouth to spit out a golden light. He too had severed the Dao at the third immortal stage, brave and unmatched in the King realm. Naturally, he wasn't afraid. He swung a large iron staff and charged forward, raising it to strike.
However, he immediately staggered and retreated, warning everyone, "Be careful. This old centipede has deep cultivation. Who knows how many thousands of years it's been training. Its order chains combined with poison can corrode protective aura."
"Clang!"
Finally, the Monkey clashed hard with the centipede. Two terrifying antennae fell from the sky, bringing with them a rain of poison, stinking and pungent. The centipede spirit was injured.
It soared into the sky like a dragon, shaking its head and tail, coiling above the clouds, enormous, stirring up the wind and clouds. Then it coiled together, head held high, acting exactly like a true dragon.
The pitch-black giant centipede glowed all over, transforming into a massive Dao diagram, becoming the central Dao eye. It was about to fight for its life, wanting to use its thousands of years of cultivation to kill the Monkey.
"There's no need to bother with it. Suppress it directly!" Pang Bo said, activating the Divine Maiden Furnace together with Li Tian. Immediately, the pressure of a Human Clan Saint radiated outward.
The weapon refined by Eternal Universe Great Emperor for the Path of Human Desire Ancestor far surpassed ordinary Saint weapons. Its power dominated heaven and earth, causing the entire Feather Transformation Immortal Valley to tremble, the high heavens collapsing instantly.
A blazing flame shot out, pinning down the Dao-severing giant centipede. The divine fire within the legendary furnace was no joke. It immediately set it rolling and burning, the Dao diagram it had constructed collapsing on the spot.
The Centipede King tried to escape, flying up to break through the heavens. But at that moment, the Monkey struck, pressing a large hand on the Divine Maiden Furnace, activating even more terrifying flames.
Various fluids splattered everywhere. The hundreds-of-zhang-long Centipede King was severed into dozens of pieces. Especially the part where its head stored its primordial spirit—it was shattered, dying on the spot. Its corpse fell beside the stone mountain.
After a long time, the various gray poisonous mists dispersed. They descended onto the stone mountain. Ye Fan personally acted, wanting to destroy that golden egg.
"Chi"
Suddenly, a blinding golden light flew out from the giant centipede's corpse, turning into a beam of light charging at Ye Fan. It was incredibly fast. Everyone cried out in alarm—it was too quick.
Ye Fan's eyes flashed with cold light. He sensed it immediately, stepping with the Stride Art to dodge. Turning back to look, he immediately clenched his fists.
This was a Divine Crocodile. Unlike the small black crocodiles they had seen before, it was eight meters long, its entire body as if cast from gold, emitting a fearsome aura as it pounced.
"Now is not like back then. You cold-blooded bugs, I'll kill every last one of you, avenging my old friends!"
Black hair covered half of Ye Fan's face. His entire body blazed with divine flame-like radiance. His right hand executed the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, his left hand formed a Golden Taiji Circle. He struck immediately, engaging in close combat.
"Clang"
Various sounds rang out, like a giant swinging a hammer to forge iron. This place was completely flooded with golden blood energy. By the time the Monkey rushed over, Ye Fan had almost beaten this Divine Crocodile to pulp.
Golden chunks of flesh flew everywhere, blood splattered. Ye Fan's golden fists had shattered the Divine Crocodile into hundreds of pieces. If he hadn't wanted to keep its divine thoughts for interrogation, it would have already turned to ash.
The Monkey joined him, reaching for its primordial spirit, taking extra precautions against self-destruction. But in the end, they couldn't stop it. The primordial spirit let out an old, cold snort and shattered instantly.
"Could it be... a wisp of the Crocodile Ancestor's incarnation suppressed by Buddha beneath the Great Thunderclap Monastery?" Pang Bo's expression tightened.
"Whoever it is, I'll find them out and cut them all down!" Ye Fan said coldly.
Seeing Pang Bo about to really stretch out a big foot and crush the Divine Crocodile egg, Big Black Dog quickly stopped him. "Don't! Don't waste such a treasure. This is a Demon Saint divine egg! Let this Emperor think about how to eat it. Should it be a fried egg, a boiled egg, or egg fried rice?"
As soon as it said this, not only did the Divine Crocodile egg tremble, but even the Phoenix Bird divine egg in Ji Ziyue's palm shook, both clearly frightened.
Ji Ziyue quietly comforted it, calming the Demon Saint-level Phoenix Bird divine egg. It emitted circles of golden ripples, resonating with the Divine Demon Flower, drawing close to the Great Dao.
"The black ghost in the bronze coffin, the Divine Crocodile, or an old acquaintance?" Ye Fan asked himself. He wanted to know who the black hand was, looking into the distance. "Let's go to the Ancient Forbidden Land. We must figure everything out!"