<h4>Chapter 556 - Blood Ocean Viper</h4>


    Jiang Wuxie was not the only one looking at Long Chen. Jiang Wushang and the two Demon Saints were staring at him too. Jiang Wuxie could easily tell that Long Chen was only at the Ninth Passage Stage.


    “It seems that you used the Emperor me Pearl to reach the Ninth Passage Stage during the Day of the Nine Suns,” Jiang Wuxie said without any emotion.


    “I have to thank you for that. If not for you, I wouldn’t have had the chance to progress so quickly.”


    “Hmph.” Jiang Wushang scoffed and taunted, “You are nothing but a cripple, so it’s almost impossible for you to progress further. So what if you reached the Ninth Passage Stage with the help of an external object? You will never reach the Three Martial Realm in your life, and you will never be strong again. I think the rumors of you killing the Void Sword Saint are fake.”


    The Demon Emperor had examined Long Chen’s body when thetter used Blood Sacrifice, so he knew that Blood Sacrifice had left him crippled. Jiang Wushang knew this too.


    Long Chen did not deny it.


    It was better for them to look down on him so that they would let their guard down.


    The Demon Emperor assumed that Long Chen would remain at the Ninth Passage Stage for the rest of his life.


    But Long Chen’s body was fine. The third stage of Blood Sacrifice had only injured part of his body. Thanks to Long Yue’s treatment, as well as the golden energy that had healed him during the Day of the Nine Suns, Long Chen’s body hadpletely recovered. It was even stronger than before.


    “He’s only at the Ninth Passage Stage and yet you brought him here. Aren’t you afraid that he will die?” Jiang Wushang scoffed.


    He actually wanted to take Long Chen in as his aide, but now that Long Chen had killed his brother, one of the Demon Kings, and numerous grand elders, he felt nothing but hatred. Long Chen would’ve died if the Dragon n hadn’t shown up.


    Long Yue did not back down. “Since everyone from the Ancient Demon Domain is here, I should let you know that Long Chen is the seventh member of the Dragon n. He will follow us wherever we go. We will fight to the death if anyone dares to touch him. Jiang Wuxie, we are done here. Goodbye.”


    Long Yue ignored them and turned around. The others shot looks at the people from the Ancient Demon Domain and left too.


    With so many people guarding him, Long Chen was not afraid, so he smiled at Jiang Wuxie. “You already lost a son and yet you brought him here? Aren’t you afraid that you will lose another?”


    He then quickly followed Long Yue.


    Thatment made Jiang Wushang angry and he was about to attack, but Jiang Wuxie stopped him. “There’s no reason to attack just because they said something about us. Our goal is to get the Red Emperor Seal. There are a lot of experts here right now, so we should let the Dragon n and the Martial Alliance fight each other while we reap the rewards. If you really hate him, you will have a chance to attack himter.”


    “Yes, Father.” Jiang Wushang nodded.


    ***


    They continued traveling deeper into the swamp.


    The deeper they went, the stronger the Poison Beasts and Poison Insects. Everyone exercised caution as they went forward. After traveling for a long time, they finally reached the vicinity of the deepest part of the Cloud Dream Swamp. Many others were also arriving at this location. Long Chen saw numerous groups of people around him.


    Some had started fighting even though the Red Emperor Seal hadn’t appeared.


    After seeing the strength of Long Chen’s group, many chose not to approach them.


    Killing others to snatch their treasures was always the fastest way to be rich. The appearance of the Red Emperor Seal had attracted a lot of strong people here, and many of them were quite rich. That meant there was a lot of money to be earned here. Many of the cultivators present weren’t targeting the Red Emperor Seal, but the treasures of others.


    “They have started killing each other.” Looking at the blood pooling on the mud, Long Chen frowned and looked around. The faint scent of blood mixed with the stench in the air.


    They weren’t just killing each other, but also the demonic beasts. Many of them were already engaged in battle with the strong demonic beasts that called the Dream Cloud Swamp their home. There were also demonic beasts at the Category Nine Heaven-tier here in the swamp. They stood at the peak of the food chain, so they were very sensitive when it came to their territory. Seeing people entering their territory as they pleased made them angry.


    Howls of beasts could be heard in the depths of the Cloud Dream Swamp from time to time.


    The painful screams of people could be heard too.


    But the demonic beasts could not stop Long Chen and the rest. With Lei Zhen clearing the path, even beasts at the Category Nine Heaven-tier were killed with just a single punch. His lightning attribute countered the beasts that were affiliated with the Yin or cold attribute, so none of them could escape Lei Zhen’s attacks.


    <i>Bam!</i>


    Lei Zhen’s fist killed a ck snake in one hit. The snake was more than twenty meters long and was close to one meter thick. Its mouth was filled with venom. It was a Category Eight Heaven-tier beast that boasted strong offensive capabilities, but it had been killed by Lei Zhen in one hit.


    After Lei Zhen killed the snake, a strange sound came from the depths of the swamp.


    “Careful. It’s a King-tier beast,” Long Yue warned them. She then pushed Lei Zhen back. The others huddled together and watched carefully.


    The swamp started bubbling just ten meters away from Long Yue. Suddenly, the mud burst forth and a massive, ck body shot out. Long Chen was immediately attracted to the red eyes that wererger than dinner tes. Wild animosity exuded from those red eyes.


    Long Chen took a closer look and realized that it was a snake’s head! The head was the size of a small house.


    “Category One King-tier, Blood Ocean Viper,” Lan Ling’er whispered.


    “What a massive beast.” Long Chen was in awe. This was the first King-tier beast he had ever seen. It was indeed out of his expectations because the head of the snake could easily scare off many people, especially with those blood-red eyes. They were like two pools of blood that radiated bloodlust.


    The snake red at Long Chen and the rest. Dark miasma suddenly covered the snake and then it disappeared, revealing a youth in a ck shirt in midair in its original location.


    The youth was still beast-like, however. His face and eyes were slender and his skin was fairly ck. His eyes were small, but they were simr to his eyes in his beast form. The demonic beast''s aura radiated from the youth’s body.


    The youth opened his mouth and his tongue flickered. Long Chen realized that his tongue was still a snake''s tongue. No matter how he looked, Long Chen could tell that the youth was just like a snake.


    <i>It’s the human form of a King-tier demonic beast. I can’t tell how strong it is, but its body is so much smaller now.</i>


    The youth stared at them and opened his mouth. He waited for some time before finally saying, “You ... Strong ... Scary ...”


    It had justprehended speech and wasn’t good at it.


    Long Yue did not interrupt it and waited for it to finish.


    “Here ... Our ... Home ... We eat ... Those who trespass ... Go away ...” Its eyes were fierce as it red at everyone.


    “We are here to find the Red Emperor Seal. It’s useless to you but priceless to us. We just want to take it. We have no intention of taking your territory,” Long Yue exined calmly.


    “No ... Territory ... Sacred ... Go ... If not ... My King ... Will eat ... You ...” The youth struggled to say the words, but he was adamant.


    “Sorry. We need to get the Red Emperor Seal no matter what.”


    “Die.” Seeing that Long Yue refused to go, he submerged back into the swamp after ring at them onest time. The mud rumbled and bubbled. Long Chen assumed that the snake had turned around and went away under the mud.


    “Its appearance means that we are close to the center of the Cloud Dream Swamp,” Long Yue exined.


    “Big Sister, is the king he mentioned the legendary ...”


    “Yes, it’s the second strongest demonic beast recorded in the Divine Martial Empire, the ck Water Viper. The Dream Cloud Swamp is its nest. Every beast here obeys it.”


    “How strong is the ck Water Viper?”


    “Category Three King-tier, and it’s at the top of it. It’s only weaker than the Heavenly Phoenix of the Immortal Seas. The ck Water Viper has lived for thousands of years and is a very strong beast. It’s probably ten timesrger than the Blood Ocean Viper.”


    The Blood Ocean Viper was at least hundreds of meters long. That meant the ck Water Viper was thousands of meters long. It was a horrifying concept.


    Long Chen was extremely shocked to learn this.


    “The ck Water Viper might be strong, but it can’t stop us. Me, Jiang Wuxie, and also Yang Ningfeng should be able to force it to retreat if we fight together, but there are too many other experts around. It will be difficult to get the Red Emperor Seal ...” Long Yue frowned.


    “One finds riches amidst danger. We should prioritize protecting our lives and consider the Red Emperor Seal a secondary objective,” Jiang Wuya suggested.


    They then continued to make their way to the depths of the swamp. The Blood Ocean Viper had merely warned them to leave after sensing how strong they were.


    Many others were also making their way to the depths of the Cloud Dream Swamp. It was rumored that the Red Emperor Seal was going to appear at the center of the Cloud Dream Swamp.


    Long Yue suddenly stopped. “The Martial Alliance is here.”