Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

As Chen Tian's words fell, the gray-robed elder and the others also revealed expressions of doubt, turning to look at Cao Fangcun, as if waiting for his explanation.

Seeing everyone's gazes converging, Cao Fangcun gave a wry smile and said, "Brother Chen is right, I have indeed recognized what these things are. If I'm not mistaken, they should be unique creatures in this ancient relic, called Pupilleaf Viper."

"Pupilleaf Viper?" Chen Tian slightly chewed on the name in his mouth, then frowned and continued to ask, "Please, Brother Cao, explain clearly, what exactly is this Pupilleaf Viper?"

"I also learned about the Pupilleaf Viper from the notes left by my seventh-generation ancestor." Cao Fangcun sighed softly and explained slowly, "The notes stated that the Pupilleaf Viper is one of the guardian creatures of this ancient relic. Its power is unfathomable. The strength of an adult giant snake can even be compared to a Ninghai realm cultivator. In addition, these Pupilleaf Vipers are naturally violent and cunning, often appearing in groups, making them difficult to defend against. My seventh-generation ancestor suffered a lot from the Pupilleaf Vipers, and he was deeply afraid of them. He repeatedly instructed the descendants of the Cao family to be wary of this snake in the future."

Speaking of this, Cao Fangcun suddenly paused, then pointed to the group of Pupilleaf Vipers that were still attacking the defensive formation, and introduced to everyone, "Do you see that slightly smaller Pupilleaf Viper? It has a ring-shaped pattern on its neck, which represents its strength, probably similar to the late stage of the Huta-Quaner realm among human cultivators. And the larger Pupilleaf Viper next to it has two ring-shaped patterns on its neck, which means that its strength has already reached the early stage of the Ninghai realm among human cultivators!"

"What? These strange snakes are so powerful?"

Hearing Cao Fangcun's explanation, the gray-robed elder was immediately shocked, looking at the group of frantically attacking Pupilleaf Vipers with a look of fear.

Sure enough, there were more or less several ring-shaped patterns on the necks of these giant snakes, with one or two rings each. Among them, the largest Pupilleaf Vipers had as many as three ring-shaped patterns on their necks.

Based on Cao Fangcun's words, everyone speculated that the strength of these Pupilleaf Vipers was at least in the middle stage of the Ninghai realm or above.

Thinking of this, everyone was once again shocked.

Chen Tian was equally shocked, but at this moment, he suddenly saw Cao Fangcun frowning in concentration, his eyes flickering, as if he was still thinking about something.

Chen Tian became suspicious and said to him, "Brother Cao, could it be that you are hiding something else from us?"

Cao Fangcun was originally deep in thought. Startled by Chen Tian's sudden voice, he immediately jumped in fright and hurriedly raised his head.

The moment his eyes met Chen Tian's, a hint of shame suddenly appeared on Cao Fangcun's face. He sighed and said with a wry smile, "Brother Chen is indeed meticulous. That's right, there is actually one thing I forgot to mention just now, and that is that these Pupilleaf Vipers usually only move within the second level. As for why they are wandering to the first level at this time, I don't know."

"What? There's such a thing?" Hearing this, the gray-robed elder's face suddenly darkened, and he shouted as if quite annoyed, "If that's the case, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Everyone understood that if what Cao Fangcun had just said was true, then the reason for this was much more complicated.

You must know that these Pupilleaf Vipers usually only live on the second level, but now they have actually run to the edge of the first level, which means that something must have happened on the second level, making it impossible for them to stay there any longer, and they were forced to move to the first level.

After saying that, Cao Fangcun bowed slightly to everyone.

"Forget it, now is not the time to pursue right and wrong. Let's think about how to deal with the current predicament." The gray-robed elder waved his hand irritably, as if forgiving Cao Fangcun.

"According to the notes left by my seventh-generation ancestor, these Pupilleaf Vipers are naturally belligerent. Once they are entangled, they will fight to the death. Therefore, the only way to move forward now is to eliminate them all." At this time, Cao Fangcun said again.

"Oh, you mean, as long as we kill them all, it will be fine?" After hearing Cao Fangcun's words, the gray-robed elder suddenly calmed down, a hint of cold killing intent appearing in his eyes.

Hearing this, everyone else also felt a surge of monstrous killing intent.

"That's right." Cao Fangcun nodded, then said to everyone, "Then I'll have to trouble you fellow Daoists to join me in slaying these demons."

"Hehe, Young Master Cao, don't worry. Isn't the reason you invited us here to solve these problems? This old man wants to see what's so powerful about these big and long bugs!"

After a burst of sneers, the gray-robed elder took the lead and rushed out, using his hand as a sword, the sword energy crisscrossing, and with a wave of his hand, he killed several Pupilleaf Vipers.

Seeing this, the others naturally no longer hesitated, immediately withdrew the defensive formation, and also joined this killing game.

This time, there were nearly a hundred Pupilleaf Vipers that emerged. Their eyes were all flashing with a faint red light, as if they wanted to put Chen Tian and the others to death.

However, although they were numerous and their strength was considered powerful, they were, after all, a group of demons who had not yet awakened their intelligence. In addition, they had been trapped in this ancient relic since they were born, and had not experienced the cruel conquests and killings of the outside world. Their combat experience was also extremely lacking. Therefore, even though Chen Tian's side had fewer people, they still crushed them with an absolute posture.

In a short while, dozens of Pupilleaf Vipers had died at the hands of everyone.

Seeing this scene, everyone who was originally quite worried became more confident at this time. They all felt that they had overestimated the strength of these Pupilleaf Vipers just now. In fact, they were not too terrible.

Thinking of this, the gray-robed elder and the others became more clean and efficient in their killing.

But just as everyone was getting excited about the killing, Chen Tian seemed to suddenly sense something. His originally calm face suddenly became horrified, and he shouted, "Run, run!"

After saying that, Chen Tian retreated rapidly, running away as if fleeing to the rear.

When Cao Fangcun and the others saw Chen Tian like this, they all felt a burst of surprise in their hearts. However, when they thought of Chen Tian's identity, they knew that Chen Tian must have his reasons for doing this, so they didn't think much about it and followed closely behind Chen Tian, retreating to the rear.

"Rumble…"

Just as everyone had just retreated, the ground where they had been standing just now seemed to explode, revealing a deep pit a hundred zhang long!