It was too late for Ye Li, who was extremely shocked, to run. The completely soft soil beneath his feet did not allow him to use it as leverage to sprint.
He did not have the Vermillion Bird Wings behind him at this time, and he could not escape from this area by relying on the power of the talisman. He seemed to have fallen into a dead end.
At the critical moment, Ye Li's mind was not at all flustered. As he flicked his fingers, a golden light lit up in his palm and then sank into his body.
The moment the earth-eating fish closed its mouth, Ye Li's body began to glow with golden light.
In order to reduce the area of damage when he was bitten, Ye Li suddenly retracted his hands and feet, curled up into a ball, and put his arms over his head to prevent injuries to the vital parts of his brain.
The moment the earth-eating fish's mouth closed, a sound like the grinding of metal was heard, which made people's scalp tingle.
There was a trace of confusion in the huge eyes of the earth-devouring fish, as if it had encountered something incredible.
Ye Li, who was in its mouth, was stuck between a row of sharp teeth. However, apart from some scratches on his flesh, his body was not seriously injured.
On the contrary, many of the earth-eating fish's long and sharp teeth were pushed aside and broken at an angle.
Ye Li, who was bitten by the earth-devouring fish, seemed to have turned into a piece of iron that gritted the teeth, causing the earth-devouring fish a lot of pain.
"Beautiful, Ye Li, your reaction speed is really amazing.
I was worried about you just now. Although your strength has reached the early stage of gestational age, your body's endurance has not yet reached this level.
After all, you are not one of us monsters. You don’t have fur, scales or armor on your body, so your ability to defend against attacks is relatively weak.
I really didn't expect that you could activate the secret body-casting method in an instant and transform your body into the 'cast gold' state.
Now, your body has fully reached the defense capacity of the early gestational period, or even slightly exceeded it.
This earth-swallowing fish is just a monster in its early stages of gestation. If it swallows you, you will be in big trouble!"
Tunri suddenly spoke in Ye Li's sea of consciousness, his face full of surprise and admiration.
Ye Li had indeed thought quickly and made a very correct decision.
Before he was bitten by the earth-eating fish, he turned his body into a gold-cast state, and the gold rune formation was engraved in his body.
With the help of this rune formation, Ye Li's physical strength immediately rose by several levels, reaching the middle-grade yellow-level gold-casting state, making Ye Li's originally somewhat soft body become as hard as gold and stone.
The strength of the Earth-Swallowing Fish is indeed only at the early stage of the gestational period. Because of this, its teeth are unable to bite Ye Li, whose physical strength has reached the peak of the early stage of the gestational period.
With the help of the gold casting state, Ye Li escaped a fatal disaster.
The earth-eating fish, whose teeth were broken, finally reacted in pain. It realized that it had swallowed something incredible. Without hesitation, a strong wind blew in the air and blew out Ye Li, who had been swallowed by it.
Ye Li somersaulted in the air and landed on the ground, ready to counterattack the Earth-Swallowing Fish again.
This demon beast in the early gestation period is no match for him at all. If they fight head-on, he is confident that he can defeat the opponent in just a few moves.
However, the Earth-Swallowing Fish seemed to be a little cunning. Seeing that his attack was in vain, it knew that Ye Li was very powerful.
It was unwilling to fight with Ye Li again, so it took advantage of the fact that Ye Li was not yet stable, turned around and drilled back into the ground, swimming away towards the depths of the ground.
The speed of the earth-devouring fish moving underground is extremely fast, similar to the speed of ordinary fish swimming in water. When Ye Li wanted to track it down, the other party had already disappeared.
Ye Li, who was standing in place, knew that he couldn't catch the other party, so he could only shake his head helplessly.
However, this sneak attack also made his originally scattered attention focus on the environment around him again.
Now he didn't even miss the situation on the ground and began to move forward in the valley with extreme caution.
In the situation just now, if Ye Li had not had a sudden inspiration and made the most correct choice, he would have been in danger.
If he was really bitten by the earth-eating fish, with the power of its sharp teeth, it would most likely pierce Ye Li through.
Even though Ye Li's body was incredibly strong, he could not withstand the continuous chewing of the earth-eating fish and would soon be swallowed and digested.
This way of dying was terrifying just to think about. Even Ye Li himself couldn't help but shake his head, looking a little frightened.
"It was really dangerous just now. I think I should walk a little slower to avoid falling into a trap that I can't detect."
Ye Li opened his mouth and said to Tunri.
Tunri also nodded. He completely agreed with Ye Li's opinion.
After Ye Li set out again, everything became much calmer. For a long time, he did not encounter any attacks until he walked out of the valley and came to a forest again.
It was already noon and a whole day had passed. He entered this space at the same time yesterday.
Looking at the mountains that were getting closer and closer in front of him, Ye Li didn't know if anyone could get there in just one day.
In fact, according to the distance, if Ye Li had not encountered various troubles, he could have reached the foot of the mountain in just one day.
However, the various battles he encountered now slowed down his pace a lot, and now he hasn't even run halfway.
Ye Li had just entered the jungle not long ago and was still carefully observing the surrounding situation. Suddenly, the sound of human voices not far ahead caught Ye Li's attention.
It was not until this moment that he remembered that he was not the only one participating in the Holy Land Trial Competition. People from the four major holy lands were also here.
Before, after everyone entered, they were scattered in the outer areas far away from the mountains. In such a huge area, it was rare for everyone to meet each other.
Just like the screams he heard last night, they all came from the opposite hilltop, and the other party was quite a distance away from him.
But at this time, everyone's goal is the mountain ahead, and all those who have passed the test have gradually begun to shrink.
The closer he gets to the mountains in the middle, the more people he is likely to meet, but these people may not necessarily bring him the same friendliness as their own kind.
In this trial competition, everyone is an independent individual, and there is no absolute trust even among fellow disciples.
Everyone is aiming for the first place and they are all competitors to each other. In a situation where there are no restrictions on life and death, Ye Li can be sure of one thing based on his past experience: among the people he meets, there will definitely be many who dare to kill others.