Chapter 9: The Mountain Cave Giant Lizard

  "Qin Shixiong, Li Shixiong, pinch me, am I dreaming? Just now... just now he actually punched the Blood Patterned Python's head to pieces!" Wang Shimai stared with wide eyes, completely stunned by Meng Qiu's punch. She rubbed her eyes, finding it hard to believe. Wang Haibing and Wang Zheng also witnessed this, their faces filled with shock. If earlier Meng Qiu had exchanged a move with Wang Haibing, proving his strength was not weak, then at this moment, one punch shook the air, directly bursting the Blood Patterned Python's head after it finished practicing its Qi, even Wang Haibing couldn't help but admit that he himself was no match for Meng Qiu.

  "Ten Dragon Ten Elephant Technique! Indeed, it's the Ten Dragon Ten Elephant Technique!" Wang Haibing muttered to himself. The Ten Dragon Ten Elephant Technique was notoriously difficult to master, and many of the black-robed disciples from Cloud Head Mountain had chosen this technique before, but ultimately all ended in failure. It had been thirty years since someone last successfully cultivated this technique.

  Meng Qiu smiled and was about to speak when his eyes suddenly lit up and he pointed at the rock wall: "Quick, look! It's a musk deer!"

  Following the direction of his finger, only a piece of moss was lifted from the rock wall, and a head poked out from inside with two shiny black eyes watching this side vigilantly.

  Several others took a look and were immediately invigorated, no longer paying attention to Meng Qiu's strength. They didn't even bother to collect the corpse of the blood-patterned python. Especially Wang Haibing, who turned his head and shouted: "It's a musk deer, let's chase after it!"

  As they spoke, his body suddenly sprang forward, rushing straight towards the entrance of the cave. Meng Qiu's reaction was not slow either, and he was the first to discover it, a step faster than Wang Haibing. The figure flashed in an instant, already standing in front of him.

  But the musk deer reacted faster, it had just poked its head out and immediately retracted it back, a faint bleating sound was heard, by the time Meng Qiu and Wang Hai Bing rushed into the cave entrance, there was no sign of the musk deer anymore.

  "Ran away!" Wang Haibing furrowed his brow, but didn't pay much attention to it. Musk deer are notorious for being vigilant, if they were easily caught, they would have been extinct long ago.

  "It ran normally, that thing is very intelligent and not easily caught." Meng Qiu said matter-of-factly: "Wang Shixiong, the scale of this cave is not small, I don't know where it leads to, let's explore first before saying anything."

  "No! You call me Shixiong, it's piercing to my ears. I have self-awareness, your strength is above mine, this Shixiong doesn't dare to be, I'd rather be a Shidi instead."

  Wang Haibing's character is very straightforward, seeing Meng Qiu's strength, he immediately changed his tune. Generally speaking, in Yun Tou Shan, the strong are respected, especially after practicing the Yin Shen, becoming a purple-clothed demon disciple, according to other sects, it is an inner door disciple, and there is also a Purple Ranking List, which ranks all the demon disciples of Yun Tou Shan, with a major comparison every three years, re-ranking the list, the strong are senior brothers, the weak are junior brothers.

  Meng Qiu smiled and had a good impression of Wang Haibing, at least he was an open-minded person, unlike some who were hypocritical and had ulterior motives.

  At the same time, Wang Zhong and three others followed in. Although the opening of the cave on this stone wall was not large, it was very spacious inside, forming a huge mountain cave that extended deep into the belly of the mountain.

  "Let's go down and take a look, everyone be careful." Meng Qiu slightly raised his true energy and stepped forward.

  The cave was very dark, but for Meng Qiu and the others, darkness was nothing. They slowly moved forward, about 100 meters, when this mountain cave suddenly widened, forming a large hall, with an area of over 100 square meters, and a height of more than 20 meters. The top of the cave hung upside down with countless conical stone stalactites, like a cluster of arrows, ready to shoot at any time.

  Meng Qiu arrived here and couldn't help but frown.

  This naturally formed hall has several other entrances besides the one they entered from. The musk deer that was there earlier is now nowhere to be found, and it won't be easy to find it again.

  At the same time, Wang Haibing and Wang Zhong also showed a difficult expression, Wang Haibing asked: "What's next?"

  Meng Qiu slightly pondered, and at this moment, a loud roar suddenly came from above everyone's heads.

  "What a thing!" The crowd hastily raised their heads, and saw that on the top of the hall, a huge monster had suddenly appeared from nowhere. It didn't exist when they came in just now, but it emerged in an instant. This monster was like a lizard, with a glossy black body, its tongue darting in and out, about 20 feet long. After letting out a loud cry, it pounced down, its head as big as a water vat, its mouth wide open, revealing a pair of copper bell-like eyes that shone with a bloody light, extremely ferocious.

  "Be careful!" Meng Qiu shouted, seeing the giant lizard beast pounce down, and immediately felt a strong gust of wind coming. Although it was also a demon beast in the later stage of Qi training, this giant lizard's body was even larger, and it was pouncing from above, borrowing the power of its fall, posing a much greater threat than the blood-patterned python before. Moreover, this giant lizard was more cunning, seeing that Meng Qiu and Wang Haibing were stronger, so it directly gave up on them and pounced towards Wang Zhen, while swinging its tail like a large whip to strike at Meng Qiu and Wang Haibing, trying to force the two back and take advantage of the opportunity to kill.

  "Good for nothing!" Wang Zheng shouted, hastily wielding his sword to defend himself. Beside him, Qin Shidi, Li Shidi and Wang Shimai also joined in, and in an instant, the flashing knives and thrusting swords all converged on that giant lizard's body.

  That giant lizard-like monster didn't expect its locked-down prey to be so formidable, and was instantly overwhelmed by the four-person attack, letting out a loud screech as it twisted its body in mid-air, changing direction and landing in another direction. Enraged, it opened its huge mouth and suddenly spewed out a cloud of dark, black toxic fog.

  Wang Zhēng and others were shocked, fortunately at this time, Wang Haibing took action. The treasured sword in his hand sprayed out a series of linked stabs, instantly weaving a web of swords that intercepted all the poisonous fog that had sprayed over, making a "zhi zhi" sound, emitting sparks, and crackling loudly.

  Just as the poisonous fog was about to be dispelled by Wang Haibing's sword net, a green light suddenly burst out of the fog, and in an instant, it flashed past.

  "Bad!" Wang Haibing's face changed drastically, and he hastily called out, rapidly retreating backwards. Immediately following was a loud explosion, the green light flashed once, and it actually directly exploded. Fortunately, Wang Haibing reacted quickly, dodging in advance, and didn't truly get injured, only his sword net was blasted apart, causing his true energy to surge back, shaking his dantian numb. The others were even more flustered, hastily waving their weapons, resisting the splashing toxic gas.

  Meng Qiu saw all of this, he didn't rush to take action earlier, he was waiting for an opportunity.

  At this moment, he suddenly moved, his shadow flashed out, taking advantage of the giant lizard beast's ultimate move, a Tiger Overlord Fist hit the giant lizard's lips and chin, the fist's power exploded like a bomb, with a loud bang, it shattered the upper and lower jaws of the giant lizard beast, then without diminishing in strength, directly struck into its brain cavity.

  The giant lizard-like beast let out a final struggle, thrashing about for only a few moments before falling to the ground dead.

  "Dead!" Wang Zhong looked at the giant lizard beast that was still bleeding profusely, and then looked at Meng Qiu's unchanged expression, swallowing a mouthful of saliva. They were both in the middle stage of Qi training, with the same level of cultivation, so why was there such a huge gap between them? Was this the difference between ordinary people and geniuses? If Wang Haibing was also considered a genius, then compared to Meng Qiu, he seemed much more mediocre.

  Meng Qiu withdrew his stance, the golden light on his hands dissipating, his hands returning to their normal pale complexion, as if he had just washed them clean, without a single speck of blood staining them.

  "Brother Meng, you're awesome!" Wang Haibing was also shocked. He had just released his sword net, but it was broken by the giant lizard, making him feel a sense of foreboding, thinking that he would have to engage in a fierce battle. But unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Meng Qiu had already resolved the situation, making him even more clearly aware of the gap between them.

  "It's nothing, just a bit of brute force." Meng Qiu smiled and said.

  "Brute force?" Wang Haibing rolled his eyes: "Isn't your brute force a bit too much?"

  Several people then patrolled the hall again, but did not find any other clues. In a corner, many skeletons were piled up, and it was speculated that this should be the lair of the giant lizard beast, but it was unknown where the musk deer had run to.

  Several people couldn't help but feel disappointed, and found that the cave was extremely complex. Following several other entrances, they soon encountered many forks in the road, which were complicated and numerous, making it impossible to search.