Chapter 262: Chapter 262: The Enormous Ghost Crocodile

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It seemed like they had been dealt a cruel hand by fate. They had barely stepped into the swamp when they stumbled upon dozens of ghost crocodiles in their early fusion stage.

If Jiang Xiaobai hadn’t reacted quickly and risked his life to flee…

Going any deeper would have risked being surrounded by ghost crocodiles. They would surely have died, and the end would have been excruciatingly brutal.

At this very moment, when AnRan saw Jiang Xiaobai dashing towards this place, he screamed at the top of his lungs.

“Boss, have you gone mad?”

“Put me down, put me down, I don’t want to die yet!”

Jiang Xiaobai ignored him entirely, not even considering the pursuers behind him, but rather focusing on detecting movements around them.

He would dodge at the slightest disturbance.

He had to stay completely focused; otherwise, even a single encounter with a ghost crocodile would throw off his rhythm and lead to dismemberment.

“What if we try water escape?” Jiang Xiaobai suddenly came up with this idea.

But then he glanced at AnRan, who was crying and floating in mid-air, and ultimately dismissed the idea.

Escape methods had countless benefits, but there was a glaring problem. Except for the wind shield, other escape methods couldn’t be used when carrying another person.

While Jiang Xiaobai could freely move in water, this chubby guy might probably drown.

If they had to enter the earth, that would be even more unimaginable.

Normally, earth escape didn’t make any noise, but this chubby guy would definitely be dragged along rudely.

Boom!

Just at that moment, the ghost crocodiles launched their attack. Fortunately, Jiang Xiaobai was fully focused and crouched down the moment he sensed the movement.

The terrifying jaws of the ghost crocodile brushed past the top of Jiang Xiaobai’s head. Had he been any slower, his end would have been swift and chilling.

Once a ghost crocodile launched an attack, the surrounding swamp suddenly stirred. More ghost crocodiles attacked and ambushed Jiang Xiaobai, who could only survive by reacting with the utmost speed and skill.

Each evasion seemed to be just by a hair’s breadth. But even the tiniest miscalculation would have meant certain death.

Jiang Xiaobai was dodging and fleeing wildly in front. Meanwhile, the five early-stage fusion masters chasing them couldn’t keep up. Their group was a bigger target, so the ghost crocodiles were mostly attacking them.

In a brighter setting, anyone looking down from above would clearly see the large swamp below. Shadows were flipping and rolling amidst the churn of swamp water. Every single ghost crocodile was rushing towards them.

The pursuing assailants were stunned.

An attack from dozens of ghost crocodiles at once was overwhelming. Even if they reacted on time, even their combined strength couldn’t ward off such an ambush.

Soon, in less than five breaths time of plunging in, one of them had his right hand successfully ambushed by a ghost crocodile.

Almost instantly, his right hand disappeared into the creature’s mouth, along with a large chunk of his shoulder. Intense pain provoked ceaseless, dreadful screams.

“We can’t keep chasing! There are too many ghost crocodiles. We can’t hold them off!”

The early-stage fusion leader roared, shooting Jiang Xiaobai a venomous glance. In the end, he could only grit his teeth and order his men to fall back.

They knew that if they kept up the chase, they wouldn’t even lay a finger on Jiang Xiaobai’s clothes before all of them ended up in the bellies of the ghost crocodiles.

Once they were out of the swamp’s range, all five men ground their teeth in fury. The one who lost his hand was even more enraged, howling and stamping his feet.

“Son of a bitch, I swear to avenge this dishonor!”

Blinded by rage and pain, he bellowed loudly. He dearly wished to capture and kill Jiang Xiaobai, but his rage was impotent.

Soon, Xiao Wuwei caught up with them.

After being informed about what happened, he simply nodded in silence and led his men away without uttering a word.

After all, their quarry was already so far ahead. Even if they gave chase, they risked heavy losses and might not even catch up.

Now, Xiao Wuwei’s priority was to take care of the situation on his face.

It was unbearably uncomfortable.

Inside the swamp, AnRan was completely numb.

He was stuck under Jiang Xiaobai’s armpit, passively swerving left and right as Jiang Xiaobai dodged the ghost crocodiles that were ambushing them, his eyes vacant.

He had resigned himself.

To hell with it, he thought. He had no more spirit to contemplate anything else.

He couldn’t even feel fear anymore.

Jiang Xiaobai was also in great agony. As the number of ghost crocodiles multiplied, he made more and more mistakes. His body was covered in ghastly wounds inflicted by the terrifying teeth of the ghost crocodiles.

His clothing was tattered and shredded, like strands of noodles.

“This won’t work. If we keep this up, we’re finished,” he thought.

Anticipating that more ghost crocodiles would join the attack, Jiang Xiaobai racked his brain for possible solutions but came up with nothing.

At this moment, he abruptly stopped. AnRan, pinned under his arm, widened his eyes in horror, thinking that his end was near.

“Boss, why did you stop?” AnRan yelled in panic.

“The ghost crocodile by the edge ran away,” Jiang Xiaobai murmured.

“What?!”

AnRan was stunned. Why would the ghost crocodiles run away? Entruders like them were a prime target, a prized meal. It would be unusual enough if more crocodiles didn’t swarm towards them. Why would they flee instead?

Unless…

Suddenly, the swamp began to churn violently. To Jiang Xiaobai and AnRan, the swamp seemed like a pot of boiling water, rolling continuously.

Boom!

Roar!

With a violent tremor, a thunderous roar echoed before the duo.

Jiang Xiaobai stood there dumbfounded on the spot. Before his eyes were two red eyes as large as a house.

“Gulp!”

He swallowed hard on instinct. Before he could react, he was engulfed by a foul stench.

Then, a terrifying ghost crocodile appeared from nowhere and swallowed the duo in one bite.

The horrible stench enveloped them in an instant. The putrid gases had an extremely strong corrosive power. Had the pair not immediately used spiritual powers to protect their bodies, they would have been disintegrated into nothing.

Even so, it didn’t make a big difference.

Given the level of the crocodile’s corrosive power, they would be completely digested in less than ten minutes. But at least they had ten minutes to live.

“Boss, what kind of crocodile is this?” asked AnRan, peering into the surrounding darkness.

“I’m not sure, but given its enormous size and the intensity of this corrosive gas, it should be at the fusion stage, or even at the peak of the late integration stage.” Jiang Xiaobai answered calmly.

“Damn, are we screwed then?” AnRan exclaimed in shock.

“Stop yelling, the spiritual power can still hold up for a while, right?”

“No, boss, why are you so calm?”

“What’s the use of panic at this point?”

Jiang Xiaobai rolled his eyes and passed a storage ring to AnRan.

“Try to replenish your spiritual power as quickly as you can. Hopefully, it will buy you more time.”