Ye Xiao was a bit excited and carefully walked towards the cave.
"Swish."
Just as he entered the cave, from within the cave, a flame flew towards Ye Xiao at an extremely fast speed.
Ye Xiao felt Goosebumps all over his body. Without any hesitation, he quickly dodged to the side.
BOOM!
The flames landed on the surrounding rock walls, sending rubble flying everywhere. Following that, Ye Xiao saw the rock walls of the area that was hit by the flames start to melt and turn into magma as it slowly sank down.
"Gulp."
Ye Xiao's eyes widened and he could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. Wasn't this flame a little too powerful? If the flames were to land on the body of a Martial King Realm expert, they would instantly turn into ashes.
Before Ye Xiao could think about anything else, two more flames flew out from the cave. They brought along a scorching aura as they rushed towards Ye Xiao's face.
Ye Xiao did not dare to be careless. He activated the Spirit Devour Escape, and his body dodged the two flames' attack in a strange way.
Before he could even stand still, he heard rustling sounds coming from the cave. Ye Xiao raised his head and looked. Two lanterns the size of fists appeared in front of him. There was a flame burning within the lanterns, and the flame gave him a very tyrannical feeling.
"Double-Headed Flame Python."
Ye Xiao sucked in a breath of cold air. This was not a lantern at all, but the eyes of a Double-Headed Flame Python.
If it was before, he could have killed these kinds of beasts with just a single hand but right now, he has to be very careful with every step he was going to take. His cultivation was suppressed to the Seventh Stage of the Origin Core Realm and this beast in front of him could even kill a Ninth Stage Martial Emperor Realm martial artist easily. He does not have the slightest of strength to deal with the Double-Headed Flame Python.
It is fortunate that he has the ability "Spirit Devour Escape". With this ability, he was confident that the Double-Headed Flame Python will not be able to do any harm to him. He can escape any time he wants from here.
"Whew."
A strong gust of wind came over, hurting Ye Xiao's skin. Instinctively, he lunged forward, dodging the attack of the Double-Headed Flame Python once again.
Then he released his Fire Clones and spread them in the cave. Because of his Fire Clones, the entire cave light up and Ye Xiao finally saw the Double-Headed Flame Python clearly.
As the name says itself, the Double-Headed Flame Python had two heads. One head was shining with golden light while the other head was blood-red in colour. Its entire body was also ten to twelve meters long.
Seeing Ye Xiao's so many Fire Clones, the Double-Headed Flame Python was confused for a short while. And before the Double-Headed Flame Python could react, Ye Xiao dived into deeper parts of the cave. His speed was extremely fast as he was using the Spirit Devour Escape, and in the blink of an eye, he had disappeared from in front of the Double-Headed Flame Python.
The Double-Headed Flame Python was also stunned for a moment. Obviously, it did not expect Ye Xiao to not choose to run away but head deeper into the cave.
With a twist of its huge body, the Double-Headed Flame Python turned into a ray of light as it chased after Ye Xiao.
After running at full speed for a quarter of an hour, Ye Xiao finally reached the end of the cave. This place was extremely warm, and the surrounding walls were incomparably smooth. They flickered with specks of starlight, illuminating the entire cave.
Ye Xiao was shocked as he looked at the cave. The floor of the cave was filled with Spirit Stone. There were countless Low-Grade Spirit Stone, and there were also many hundreds of Middle-Grade Spirit Stones. It was quite hard to believe that a third-grade country like the Red Sun Country actually had hundreds of Middle-Garde Spirit Stones.
Middle-Grade Spirit Stones are something that can not be found even in Second Grade Countries.
On the side, there were over a dozen medicinal plants that emitted a strong medicinal fragrance.
Needless to say, these things were definitely prepared by the Double-Headed Flame Python for its evolution to the next grade.
However, Ye Xiao's goal was not these things. He kept looking at the things inside the cave in the hope of finding the Infernal Phoenix Seed but he was disappointed as he could not find it even with his Divine Sense. It could only mean that the Infernal Phoenix Seed was not inside this cave.
He still remembered that the Ancestor of the Zhu Family told him that the Infernal Phoenix Seed was kept inside a hidden cave. This cave was obviously not hidden and even with his Divine Sense, Ye Xiao failed to find any hidden cave inside the Flame Serpents' Valley.
But since the old man told him that there was a hidden cave, then there should be one. He could not find the hidden cave maybe because something was restricting his Divine Sense from probing.
Suddenly, Ye Xiao felt something so he looked back.
The Double-Headed Flame Python had followed him and was standing at a slightly narrow path of the cave. Its huge body completely blocking the path of the cave. Its four snake eyes were staring straight at him coldly. The snake's tongue kept spitting out, ready to attack him at any time.
"I was too careless."
Ye Xiao smiled bitterly. He had been too busy looking for the Infernal Phoenix Seed that he had even forgotten about the Double-Headed Flame Python.
This time, he had indeed successfully restrained the Double-Headed Flame Python, but his own path was also blocked by this Python, so it was impossible for him to leave.
Ye Xiao glared at the Double-Headed Flame Python and at the same time, he started to circulate the Third Layer of the Nine Dragon Universal Circulation Technique. His blood surged and a powerful aura rose from his body. A vigorous and powerful aura instantly filled the space inside the cave.
"Swish."
The Double-Headed Flame Python hissed softly. Its two heads faced each other, seemingly communicating with each other.
Ye Xiao was already prepared. As long as the Double-Headed Flame Python attacked, he would use all of his strength to retaliate and then try his best to escape.
BOOM!
After conversing for a while, the Double-Headed Flame Python swung its tail and smashed it onto a rock wall.
"Rumble."
Cracks appeared on the rock wall that the Double-Headed Flame Python smashed, and then it slowly collapsed.
"Does this Double-Headed Flame Python wants to bury me alive?"
Ye Xiao's face turned ugly. He never thought that the Double-Headed Flame Python would actually use such a sinister move. Now that the hole had been blocked by the Double-Headed Flame Python, if the wall of the cave really did collapse, then even an expert of the Martial Emperor Realm would die let alone an Origin Core Realm cultivator.
However, after the Double-Headed Flame Python attacked once, it did not move. The golden head of the Double-Headed Flame Python nodded at Ye Xiao, then looked at the crumbling rock wall.
Ye Xiao looked towards the crumbled rock wall. At the crumbled rock wall appeared a stone door that emitted a faint yellow light.
"There's actually another secret passage here?" Ye Xiao was surprised. He never thought that there would be such a hidden place in the cave.
For a moment, Ye Xiao guessed that it might be this secret passage that can lead him to the hidden cave that the Ancestor of the Zhu Family talked about. He spread his divine sense and saw that his Divine Sense could not penetrate the door on the secret passage.
"My Divine Sense really did get blocked here. No wonder, I could not find the hidden cave even with my Divine Sense no matter how hard I tried to find it." Ye Xiao muttered in his heart as his eyes lit up.
He was sure that the secret passage behind this door can lead him to the hidden cave where the Infernal Phoenix Seed was kept by the Ancestor of the Zhu Family.
"You are letting me in?" Ye Xiao looked at the Double-Headed Flame Python with a questioning look and asked.
The golden head of the Double-Headed Flame Python nodded.
The Double-Headed Flame Python had obviously discovered this place long ago, or perhaps it could be said that he was protecting this cave in the first place.
However, the Double-Headed Flame Python let him in was obviously to let him take the lead. Maybe, it was suspecting that there was some sort of danger that here that could take its life. It can be said that this Double-Headed Flame Python was sinister and cunning.