Ma Xiangqian thought he was surely going to die. When he fell to the ground, his entire body was in severe pain, but he quickly reacted and covered his mouth, afraid to make even the slightest noise and be discovered by the thing in the white fog.

However, at the moment Ma Xiangqian raised his head, he vaguely saw an enormous figure over ten meters tall in the white fog.

The figure swayed its large head and moved quickly towards him.

"Is this the Mountain God?" Although he was a hunter and dealt with wild animals frequently, Ma Xiangqian had never seen anything like this.

Terrified, his legs went limp and he couldn't move, let alone run away.

"That's it, I'm done for." Instinctively, Ma Xiangqian closed his eyes and waited for death.

Just when the gigantic swaying figure seemed about to approach, Ma Xiangqian felt his body lighten, as if something had lifted him up.

He looked around and saw a human hand grabbing him.

"This..."

As Ma Xiangqian wondered how a giant figure could have a human hand, a low voice came to his ear: "If you don't want to die, stay quiet and follow me."

"Huh?" Upon hearing the voice, Ma Xiangqian was both startled and delighted.

This voice was familiar; it was the young man from before.

But why was he still here?

"Young man, you, you..." Ma Xiangqian felt as if he had grabbed onto his last lifeline. Having someone with him was infinitely better than being alone.

"We'll talk later," Ye Guichen didn't bother to explain and simply threw Ma Xiangqian onto the ground. He ordered softly, "Mr. Wu, give him a rope, and keep him close."

"Got it," Wu Caijun responded, pulled out a rope to bind Ma Xiangqian, and tugged lightly while whispering, "If you don't want to die, stop talking!"

"Okay, okay," Ma Xiangqian felt reassured, filled with gratitude, but didn't dare to say anything more.

Thus, the three of them proceeded, stepping cautiously towards the source of a baby's crying.

Ma Xiangqian was terrified. Although he knew they were heading to the source of the cries, he was even more afraid to be left alone, so he had no choice but to follow.

It was unclear how long they walked, but the thick fog began to disperse a bit, and visibility extended to around ten meters.

"Over there!" suddenly, a voice exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Guichen and the others looked in the direction of the voice and saw a dark cave entrance not far away, with the baby's crying coming from inside the cave.

Near the cave entrance stood Luo Qianqi and his group.

Unfortunately, many of them were either dead or injured, leaving fewer than ten people.

"Ssss!"

Just then, a sound like a snake hissing suddenly emerged.

The next moment, before anyone could comprehend what was happening, a giant python appeared silently behind them, hidden in the white fog.

In an instant, the python opened its bloody mouth and swallowed one of the bodyguards whole.

"Python!"

The bodyguard didn't even have time to scream, but Fan Zhidong reacted quickly, shouting out while swiftly drawing a soft sword from his waist and slashing at the python.

The python seemed massive, about ten meters high, but Ye Guichen felt that it wasn't as fierce as the monstrous snake with baby-like cries they encountered at the Land God Temple.

Moreover, this python obviously couldn't make baby cries.

"It's just a regular python!"

Soon, Ye Guichen understood.

He did not act rashly but watched from a distance.

Ye Guichen had no sympathy for Luo Qianqi and his men, so he was not inclined to help them.

Fan Zhidong displayed his remarkable martial arts again. As he leaped forward, his soft sword sliced the python's scale armor.

The scale armor sparked upon the impact with the soft sword, showing its toughness.

Nonetheless, Fan Zhidong tilted the sword slightly and stabbed it into the gaps between the scales.

At that moment, he jerked the sword outward.

"Riiiiip!"

Like tearing through flesh, the small soft sword peeled off a large portion of the python's scale armor.

The python cried in pain, flailing its tail, aiming at Fan Zhidong.

Fan Zhidong used the momentum to leap onto the python's head, stabbing the soft sword directly into its eye and into its brain.

"Hssss..." The enormous python let out a dreadful scream and collapsed heavily.

"Mr. Fan is amazing!" Watching Fan Zhidong defeat the python in a few moves, Luo Qianqi and the bodyguards praised sincerely.

However, before they could celebrate, a horrifying scene unfolded.

Swish swish swish!

As the white fog dissipated further, sounds of scale armor scraping against the ground surrounded them.

In no time, more than a dozen giant pythons emerged near the cave entrance, each towering over ten meters.

"This..." Luo Qianqi and his companions felt their scalps tingling.

How could there be so many pythons?

Each python was hissing, eyeing Luo Qianqi's group and the dead python warily.

"Waaa waa!" A desperate baby's cry sounded again from the cave.

The pythons seemed to receive a signal and began to sway their tails, rapidly approaching Luo Qianqi's group.

"Damn! Retreat into the cave!" Although unknown what was inside the cave, they stood no chance against that many pythons.

Without hesitation, Luo Qianqi ordered the retreat into the cave.

No matter what was inside, it had to be better than facing so many pythons.

Not far away, Ye Guichen squinted his eyes.

Similarly, Ye Guichen's group was surrounded by pythons.

However, except for Ma Xiangqian, Ye Guichen and Wu Caijun remained quite calm.

"Are these the guardian snakes of the Mountain God Grandpa?" Ma Xiangqian swallowed hard, trembling.

Ye Guichen watched Luo Qianqi's group enter the cave and recognized that it was likely the tomb entrance Zhou Weijun discovered.

The pythons seemed to follow orders from that monstrous snake.

Ye Guichen took a deep breath, ready to move forward when suddenly a python opened its mouth wide and lunged at him.

Ye Guichen's face darkened, "You reckless beast!"

Without looking up, he kicked a rock.

Ma Xiangqian, already tense, raised his axe in fear, ready to strike at the python.

Even though he knew it was futile, he couldn't just let himself be swallowed alive.

However, before his axe could swing, a piercing sound passed by his ear like a bullet, directly hitting the python's vulnerable spot.

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