Chapter 61

Xuanbing Jupyter slowly wandered over to Nie Tian's side.

It looked at Nie Tian with a scrutinizing gaze, making no move to attack.

Nie Tian's attention was intensely focused, staring intently at the Xuanbing Jupyter, his spiritual energy circulating within his body, ready to act at any moment.

"Scales, scales!" Nie Tian's mind was suddenly jolted.

Upon getting closer, he suddenly noticed that the over ten-meter-long, entirely silver Xuanbing Jupyter had some silver crystalline scales growing on its body!

In the past few days, he had followed Pan Tao, searching for the Xuanbing Jupyter in the glacial region. From Pan Tao, he learned many secrets about the Xuanbing Jupyter.

According to Pan Tao, a second-stage Xuanbing Jupyter was entirely silver without any scales.

However, if even a single scale appeared on the Xuanbing Jupyter, it meant that the second-stage Xuanbing Jupyter had successfully advanced to the third stage.

A third-stage spirit beast was as powerful as a Qi Practitioner at the Mid-Heaven Realm, with its terrifying strength increasing several times over!

The Xuanbing Jupyter before him, after a long period of hiding, had grown dozens of crystal-clear scales on its body, indicating that it had grown into a third-stage spirit beast!

If the Xuanbing Jupyter was only at the second stage, he would dare to fight it, perhaps even using the Fury Fist to slay it.

But after evolving to the third stage, he knew that even if he fully activated the Fury Fist, he would have less than a ten percent chance of winning.

The Fury Fist could only slay Qi Practitioners at the Post-Heaven Realm, whose physical strength was far inferior to that of a spirit beast of the same rank.

A third-stage Xuanbing Jupyter was something he could never kill, and fighting it would be tantamount to suicide!

Realizing this, Nie Tian no longer hesitated and immediately withdrew at the fastest speed possible.

"Whoosh!"

Like a rainbow, he dashed towards the direction where the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect members were, not daring to linger for a moment.

He was very clear that with his strength alone, he could never stand up to the Xuanbing Jupyter.

Only through the cooperation of the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, Lingyun Sect, and possibly the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect, could they hope to slay this third-stage Xuanbing Jupyter.

"Rustle!"

The sound of the Xuanbing Jupyter slithering on the sand came from behind him. After about ten seconds, the Xuanbing Jupyter had already overtaken him and was waiting for him on the sand ahead.

The third-stage Xuanbing Jupyter was much faster than he was!

Seeing the Xuanbing Jupyter overtake him and stare at him with a strange gaze, Nie Tian's scalp tingled.

Without hesitation, he immediately turned around and rushed in the opposite direction.

"Rustle!"

After about ten seconds, the Xuanbing Jupyter had once again overtaken him and was waiting for him ahead.

Shocked, Nie Tian turned around again, frantically activating his spiritual energy, combining it with the energy generated within his body, and sprinted as fast as he could.

However, the Xuanbing Jupyter in the desert was still much faster than he was!

No matter how fast he ran, the Xuanbing Jupyter could easily overtake him and wait for him ahead.

After several attempts, Nie Tian had to give up on escaping.

He finally realized that he could not shake off the third-stage Xuanbing Jupyter.

"Come on!"

With no hope left, Nie Tian assumed a fighting stance, forced to engage in battle.

Surprisingly, the Xuanbing Jupyter, facing his provocative fighting stance, made no move.

Its snake eyes flickered with a thoughtful light, as if it had other plans.

It did not move, and neither did Nie Tian, who stared at it intently, ready to defend against any sudden attack.

After a while, the Xuanbing Jupyter's eyes suddenly glowed, and it began to slither deeper into the desert.

It moved for a while, then stopped and looked back at Nie Tian.

It seemed to be waiting for something...

Nie Tian was puzzled.

"Hisss!"

The Xuanbing Jupyter flicked its tongue, emitting a strange hiss and frequently looking back.

Staring at it, Nie Tian could see from its snake eyes that it wanted him to follow.

Nie Tian was taken aback.

The Xuanbing Jupyter actually wanted him to follow?

"Hisss!"

The Xuanbing Jupyter hissed again, the hiss becoming increasingly impatient, as if urging him.

After a moment of hesitation, Nie Tian could not help but laugh bitterly and obediently followed.

He did not know what the Xuanbing Jupyter was up to, but he knew that if he really fought it, he would surely die.

A third-stage spirit beast like the Xuanbing Jupyter was not something he could contend with, and he had realized this from the Xuanbing Jupyter's ability to easily overtake him several times.

He could not escape, and fighting would mean certain death.

In this situation, being obedient and following its lead was undoubtedly the wise choice.

Even though he felt extremely frustrated, to survive, he had to follow the Xuanbing Jupyter, who led him deeper into the desert.

Time passed quickly, and following the Xuanbing Jupyter, he felt he had been walking for a long time.

On the way, the Xuanbing Jupyter, aware that he was following, moved at a speed he could keep up with.

If he stopped or had any other thoughts, the Xuanbing Jupyter would look back at him.

Under the Xuanbing Jupyter's strange gaze, he would often smile awkwardly and continue following, temporarily putting aside other ideas.

The Xuanbing Jupyter led the way, and he followed behind, always moving quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, the Xuanbing Jupyter suddenly stopped, and Nie Tian also stopped.

While adjusting his breathing, he quietly observed the surroundings, wondering why the Xuanbing Jupyter had chosen to stop here.

It was a small oasis, with a small lake containing shallow, strangely green water, emitting a pungent odor.

Beside the oasis, many low plants grew sparsely, as if they were about to wither.

Not long after stopping, the Xuanbing Jupyter's massive body slithered to the center of the lake.

Its tail suddenly stretched high into the sky, and drops of blood seemed to be forcibly squeezed out from the tip of its tail.

"Drip! Drip!"

Drops of blood fell into the green lake, causing ripples to spread through the pungent water.

A faint green light radiated from the surface of the lake, eerie and unsettling.

"Plop!"

The tail, which had been stretched towards the sky, suddenly stabbed into the lake like a spear.

Nie Tian focused and saw that the Xuanbing Jupyter's tail had pierced into the ground at the center of the lake and continued to extend downwards.

The Xuanbing Jupyter's over ten-meter-long body also followed its tail, gradually sinking into the ground.

When only its massive head was exposed above the water, it suddenly looked at Nie Tian, its eyes conveying the same message.

—Follow in!

Nie Tian's mind was shaken, and he wanted to quickly withdraw and flee far away.

But at this moment, the Xuanbing Jupyter, sensing his thoughts, suddenly emerged from the ground.

A mud hole leading underground became clearly visible in the lake after its body left.

It moved aside, presenting the mud hole more clearly to Nie Tian, indicating with its eyes that he should enter first.

With his thoughts exposed, Nie Tian smiled bitterly, nodded, and reluctantly entered the lake, slowly making his way to the center.

Upon reaching the center of the lake, he found that the water only reached his chest. Looking at the mud hole leading underground, he sighed, closed his eyes, and jumped in.

He felt himself sliding deep into the earth, surrounded by a pungent odor.

"Plunk!"

After a while, he landed heavily in another lake.

He opened his eyes suddenly.

Deep underground in the desert, there was a huge stone hall!

In the stone hall, there were numerous statues, all of which were of giant spirit beasts.

Besides the statues, there were stone pillars, each wrapped with lifelike dragons!

His current position was in a crescent-shaped stone well in one corner of the stone hall. He was floating in the well water, observing the ancient stone hall from the well opening.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, the massive body of the Xuanbing Jupyter descended from above.

He immediately looked up.

He saw that at the top of the stone hall, there was a long stone passage, which seemed to connect to the mud hole in the lake above.

When the Xuanbing Jupyter landed, it twisted its body to avoid him and stopped in the open space at the center of the stone hall.

After landing, the Xuanbing Jupyter first looked at a huge stone pillar, then at him, indicating with its eyes.

Following the Xuanbing Jupyter's indication, he also looked at the stone pillar and saw that a fiery dragon was coiled around it.

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