Chapter 773: Chapter 5: I, Shouzhe! Am also a Great Celestial Pride!_5
"These Desolate Swamp Ferocious Crocodiles don’t seem to be migrating voluntarily, they look more like they’ve been frightened." On the small boat of the exploration team, a young Spirit Platform Realm clansman observed a Tier Three Desolate Swamp Ferocious Crocodile swimming swiftly past the boat, seemingly not noticing it at all, and couldn’t help but mutter, "Ancestor, do you think it could be because a Great Demon has finally been born again in the Great Wilderness Marsh?"
Great Demon is a term passed down from the Divine Martial Dynasty, generally referring to Tier Seven and Tier Eight fierce beasts, equivalent to human Purple Mansion Realm cultivators.
"As the saying goes, ’Shallow waters have no Great Demon.’ The waters of the Great Wilderness Marsh are indeed shallow, and the aquatic ferocious beasts inside often encounter loose cultivator hunts, so their numbers are far fewer than those in the Outer Domain. It has been hundreds of years since a Great Demon could be nurtured here."
The middle-aged scholar sitting at the front of the boat glanced at him lightly, saying indifferently.
He was the second ancestor of the Zhenze Wang Family, Ancestor Chengye.
Fierce beasts can roughly be divided into three categories according to their diet: herbivorous, omnivorous, and carnivorous.
In most cases, herbivorous fierce beasts won’t reach a high tier, topping out at Tier Four unless a few have special bloodlines with strong potential.
Most Tier Five and higher fierce beasts are carnivorous, and at the very least omnivorous.
In essence, the tier advancement of fierce beasts isn’t much different from human cultivation. Without adequate meat supply, strength can’t be improved.
This is also where the saying "Shallow waters have no Great Demon" comes from.
Upon hearing the ancestor speak, the young clansman scratched his head and sheepishly smiled, "I was just guessing randomly. Just guessing, just guessing~"
On another boat beside them sat the current clan leader of the Zhenze Wang Family, Waang Xingzu.
Hearing the young man’s words, he shook his head with a smile and then reminded, "Although it’s unlikely for the Great Wilderness Marsh to nurture a Great Demon, it’s not impossible for a formidable fierce beast to come in from outside. I guess this time it’s most likely such a situation. It’s just that we don’t know what tier the fierce beast is. If it’s Tier Five, we can handle it. If it’s Tier Six, it’ll be a bit troublesome. Everyone, stay alert."
"Rest assured, Clan Leader."
They were the first team of the exploration squad.
Because the waters of the Great Wilderness Marsh are shallow, they couldn’t take a river boat and had to take smaller boats to enter. The first echelon has two boats, each with three cultivators, with the second ancestor, Ancestor Chengye, overseeing them.
A few miles down the waterway was the second team, also consisting of two boats, each with three cultivators, overseen by Ancestor Kunyuan of the Waang Family.
This division for exploration helps spread out the risk and prevents the exploration team from being completely wiped out. Since the two teams are not far apart, they can also support each other immediately if something happens.
This is a standard exploration formation and is basic practice. If there were more cultivators in the exploration team, a third team and fourth team could be split off.
After the boat travels for some time, one or two members will go out to explore the surroundings and only continue advancing once they confirm everything is clear.
At this moment, each of the two small boats was missing a member, who had evidently gone out to explore. They were waiting here for the exploring team members to return.
While talking, suddenly, a roar came from afar.
"Ang~~!"
The sound was resounding and penetrating.
At the same time, a figure darted across the distant water surface.
Their clothes were stained with a lot of blood, and they looked very disheveled and distraught, seemingly not noticing the small boats here, just rushing forward stubbornly.
Everyone on the boat was stunned for a moment, then immediately recognized it as the Waang Family member who had gone out to gather information.
Ancestor Chengye immediately flashed over to stop him and asked, "What’s going on?"
The clansman came back to his senses from his trance, grasped the ancestor’s arm nervously, and said, "Ancestor, a dragon... there’s a dragon! Run!"
As he spoke, the water behind him exploded with a "bang," and a massive cyan flood dragon broke out of the water, raising its head and letting out a long roar.
Sweeping oppressive force emanated from its body, fierce and domineering, vicious and violent.
Its size was truly enormous, with a head almost as large as a small building, and most of its body submerged in the water, making it impossible to estimate its length, and its sheer size was enough to create a tremendous sense of oppression.
The gleaming cyan scales on its body, those sharp claws, and those dripping sharp fangs all showcased its power and ferocity.
However, Ancestor Chengye’s attention was immediately drawn to the color of its eyes and the scales on the sides of its cheeks.
Typically, a cyan flood dragon’s eyes are gold on the outside and cyan on the inside, and the scales on the sides of its cheeks are mixed, not pure-colored. But this cyan flood dragon had pure golden eyes, and the scales on the sides of its cheeks were pure azure, distinct from ordinary cyan flood dragons.
It’s known that azure scales, golden eyes, and double horns are characteristics of the legendary Primordial Water True Dragon.
This cyan flood dragon, except for the single horn that hasn’t yet shed, is almost indistinguishable from the legendary Primordial Water True Dragon. This is a sign of imminent dragon transformation!
"Peak of Sixth Rank!"
Ancestor Chengye’s pupils contracted, and he reacted almost instantly, immediately grabbing that clansman and rapidly retreating.
"Retreat quickly!"
Waang Xingzu’s pupils also trembled violently. Without much thought, he immediately shouted loudly while grabbing a junior beside him and rapidly fleeing backward.
