146: Chapter 146 Stealing the Dragon Balls, Escape from Underground

As soon as he arrived beside the spirit spring, Yun Chenfei couldn't wait to stretch out his hands, scoop up the spring water, and drink it in big gulps.

"The Spiritual Qi contained in this spirit spring water is no less than a sixth-tier elixir, and it's even infinitely close to the effect of a sixth-tier elixir."

After sensing the pure Spiritual Qi contained within the spring water, Yun Chenfei muttered to himself.

The spring water flowing out from the spirit spring had long since formed a long stream, and around the stream grew some towering trees, as well as some Spiritual Plants that were over a hundred years old.

At the end of the stream, the spirit spring water collected into a lake, and at the bottom of the lake, one large and one small Misty Heaven-Swallowing Python were currently coiled.

The smaller Misty Heaven-Swallowing Python had a terrifying scar over three meters long on its abdomen.

This small Misty Heaven-Swallowing Python was exactly the one Yun Chenfei had encountered when he last came to the Misty Forest.

And that scar on its body was left when Yun Chenfei had wounded it by executing the Nine Swords Slaying Heaven.

These two Misty Heaven-Swallowing Pythons, one large and one small, were clearly in the middle of Cultivating by absorbing the Spiritual Qi contained in the spring water.

Judging from the terrifying aura radiating from their bodies, that large Misty Heaven-Swallowing Python had reached at least the level of a Seventh Tier Monster Beast.

That smaller Heaven-Swallowing Python had also already reached the Late Stage of the Fifth Order.

No wonder no one dared to covet the spirit spring here; the strength of a Seventh Tier Early Stage Misty Heaven-Swallowing Python was enough to rival a human Cultivator in the Late Stage of the Mortal Transformation Realm.

Moreover, the larger Misty Heaven-Swallowing Python currently Cultivating in the spring water might very well be a Seventh Tier Middle Stage, or even a Seventh Tier Late Stage Yao Beast.

At this moment, Yun Chenfei was completely immersed in the joy of unexpectedly discovering the spirit spring.

He completely failed to realize why, after so many people had entered the Misty Forest over countless years, this spirit spring had not yet been taken by anyone.

"If I take this spirit spring into my internal space, not only will the spirit fruits and Spiritual Plants accelerate their growth, but the range of my internal space will also continuously expand because of this spirit spring."

Gazing at the spirit spring, which was constantly bubbling with clear spring water, Yun Chenfei thought to himself.

But wanting to dig out the entire spirit spring was not an easy task.

Yun Chenfei had to dive underground to find the source of this spirit spring—the Dragon Pearl.

The reason why the spring water here contained such incomparably pure Spiritual Qi was entirely due to the Dragon Pearl buried deep underground.

Only places that possess a Dragon Pearl can give birth to a spirit spring.

Very quickly, Yun Chenfei executed the Earth Evasion Technique and dove toward the depths of the underground.

Because the Earth Evasion Technique Yun Chenfei had learned was only a simple Yellow Rank Spell, his diving speed was very slow; if he hadn't already entered the Spirit Condensation Realm...

...relying on the Yellow Rank Earth Evasion Technique he had learned, he probably wouldn't even have been able to reach one hundred meters underground.

Half an hour later, Yun Chenfei finally dove to a position over three hundred meters underground.

"The source of this spring water is so deep; I've already reached over three hundred meters underground, and I still haven't seen that Dragon Pearl."

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Yun Chenfei said, panting for breath.

Diving down a few dozen more meters, Yun Chenfei finally discovered a fist-sized round bead in a small puddle of water.

"Is this the legendary Dragon Pearl?"

Gazing at the round bead emitting a glowing white light, Yun Chenfei muttered to himself.

Under the reflection of the Dragon Pearl, the entire crystal-clear puddle was emitting a faint glow.

Yun Chenfei first collected some groundwater and stored it in his internal space, then he also put away the fist-sized Dragon Pearl.

As soon as the Dragon Pearl was put away, the Spiritual Qi in the water immediately became thin, and then it quickly vanished completely.

"Roar!"

Just as Yun Chenfei had finished putting the Dragon Pearl into his internal space, a beast's roar suddenly came from even deeper underground.

"Not good!"

After hearing the roar emitted by an unknown Yao Beast, Yun Chenfei immediately fled toward the surface; he dared not fight a Yao Beast that lived underground here.

The grade of Yun Chenfei's Earth Evasion Technique was not high to begin with; if he were to fight a Yao Beast that excelled at attacking underground here, it would undoubtedly be seeking death.

Not long after Yun Chenfei left, a Late Stage Sixth Tier Ancient Salamander arrived beside that puddle.

Seeing that the Dragon Pearl had disappeared, the Ancient Salamander immediately let out a deafening roar of rage.

This roar made Yun Chenfei's head buzz, and it also made him flee toward the surface with even greater effort.

At the same time, after sensing that the Spiritual Qi had become thin, the two Misty Heaven-Swallowing Pythons—one large and one small—that were absorbing Spiritual Qi at the collection point of the spring water also opened their eyes.

Although the Ancient Salamander was immensely huge, its speed in traveling underground was countless times faster than Yun Chenfei's.

At this moment, Yun Chenfei wished he could grow two more legs; his Earth Evasion speed was simply too slow.

Judging by his current speed, it wouldn't be long before he was caught by the Ancient Salamander behind him.

A moment later, Yun Chenfei arrived at an underground karst cave, sensing the aura of the Yao Beast behind him getting closer and closer.

He could no longer be bothered with continuing to escape upward; he immediately executed Kunpeng Divine Speed, transformed into a streak of light, and fled rapidly into the distance along the underground karst cave.

Just after Yun Chenfei left, the figure of the Ancient Salamander appeared inside the karst cave.

"Phew!"

"It's a good thing I chose to escape along the karst cave; otherwise, I would have been caught by the giant beast behind me at this very moment."

Seeing the Ancient Salamander appear in the karst cave just after he had left, Yun Chenfei thought to himself.

"Awoo!"

Seeing the speed of the little thief who stole its Dragon Pearl suddenly soar nearly a hundredfold, the Ancient Salamander instantly flew into a rage, and immediately followed up with a strange roar.

"Master, you must be careful; the Yao Beast behind is an Ancient Salamander, and its roar just now was likely calling for companions."

Before Baize could finish speaking, two Ancient Salamanders appeared not far ahead of Yun Chenfei; their massive bodies directly blocked the already narrow passage.

But these two newly appeared Ancient Salamanders clearly only had the cultivation of a Fifth Order Early Stage, which posed no threat to Yun Chenfei at all.

"Hmph!"

"You think you're still in the soil? I'm not afraid of you in a karst cave."

Yun Chenfei's speed did not diminish at all; he directly struck out with the Samsara Palm at the two Ancient Salamanders in front of him.

A dazzling cyan light flashed, and the massive palm shadow instantly struck the bodies of those two Ancient Salamanders.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, those two Ancient Salamanders were directly sent flying by the cyan palm shadow, and Yun Chenfei's figure also flashed past.

Just after passing through the blockade of the two Ancient Salamanders, countless dense, unknown Yao Beasts appeared in the karst cave passage in front of Yun Chenfei.

Clearly, they had all been summoned by that Late Stage Sixth Tier Ancient Salamander to intercept Yun Chenfei.

"Damn it!"

"Why are there so many Yao Beasts underground too!"

Gazing at the endless Yao Beasts in the underground karst cave passage, Yun Chenfei cried out.