Ye Guichen completely ignored the terrified Leng Wujiu, who had lost control of his bowels, and instead threw him to the ground, stomping on and breaking his limbs.

Leng Wujiu was in so much pain that his face contorted, but he didn't dare to make a sound. His eyes widened in horror as he stared deep into the cave, nearly popping out of his head.

Outside the cave, Shang Hongye stood atop a tree, her body tense like a tightly coiled spring, ready to strike at any moment.

She could feel sweat layering in her palms, while inwardly cursing Ye Guichen for being too reckless.

The giant python inside was evidently more terrifying, and barging in like this was akin to walking into death's door.

The Swallowing Sky Python was also coiled on the cliff wall, shivering but not daring to make a sound.

In less than a minute, the cave echoed with a roar once more.

It seemed the giant python understood Ye Guichen's words, as a gust of wind swept out from within.

In the blink of an eye, a giant mouth with a bloody stench appeared before Ye Guichen.

Just one of its fangs was thicker than Ye Guichen's thumb.

The enormous snake head could easily swallow a man whole.

The previous Swallowing Sky Python was roughly twenty to thirty meters long, which was already incredibly intimidating.

Seeing this python up close, though he couldn't see it in full, it was likely at least forty to fifty meters long.

Such a creature, in this world, could very well be called a demon.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Leng Wujiu couldn't suppress his fear any longer and screamed in terror.

Ye Guichen remained calm, standing absolutely still even as the giant mouth approached.

Shang Hongye shut her eyes in fright.

At this moment, she knew that even if she tried to rescue him, it wouldn't have been useful.

Yet, after a while, without hearing any screams, Shang Hongye opened her eyes in confusion, only to find the giant mouth had stopped just centimeters away from Ye Guichen, not biting down.

"Is he insane?"

Looking at Ye Guichen, Shang Hongye felt her heart was about to leap out of her chest.

Ye Guichen, however, curved his lips into a smile.

Sure enough, this giant python had developed a Spiritual Sense, and was significantly more intelligent than the previous Swallowing Sky Python.

"You're guarding this cave not just for a stalk of Ghost Kiss Grass, are you?" Ye Guichen looked at the giant python whose eyes were nearly as large as his head, seemingly talking to himself: "If I'm not mistaken, you must be trapped here, right?"

Ye Guichen had been suspecting this all along.

Several people had appeared at the cave entrance before, and the python had at most poked half of its body out, without showing any intent to leave the cave.

Logically, with so many delicious martial artists here, the python would have been unable to resist coming out to feed long ago.

Even if it wanted to guard the so-called Ghost Kiss Grass, it wouldn't be holed up in the cave without coming out.

So, Ye Guichen guessed this python must be trapped inside.

Recalling the respect the Swallowing Sky Python showed to the giant python, he became more certain of his theory.

Ye Guichen was no longer afraid of how powerful the python was.

No matter how strong it was, it might only take one punch.

However, whatever was trapping this giant python definitely wasn't simple.

Thus, Ye Guichen became interested in what exactly was inside the cave.

"Roar!" The python seemed to understand Ye Guichen's words and roared once again, bringing its enormous eyes close to Ye Guichen's face, as if to ask, "Can you really help me?"

This time, Ye Guichen didn't respond, instead walking straight into the cave.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Seeing this, Shang Hongye was so frightened that she nearly lost her soul: "Come out now!"

The python was a beast. If he went into the beast's den, escape would be impossible.

Ye Guichen turned his head to glance at Shang Hongye: "Please keep an eye on Leng Wujiu for me. If I reach an agreement with Brother Snake, we might just use him as dinner."

"Hey, come back! Don't go in!" Shang Hongye was so anxious she nearly went forward to pull Ye Guichen out.

However, it was useless.

Very soon, Ye Guichen was swallowed by the darkness of the cave.

The python's eyes rolled twice, then it licked Leng Wujiu with its gigantic tongue, before quickly retreating into the darkness as well.

The cave was much simpler than Ye Guichen had imagined.

It was only about thirty meters deep.

And nearly the entire cave was filled with the python's body.

There were many animal bones around the cave. Some were as large as tigers, while others were as small as rabbits. Among them were even some human bones, all casually discarded in the cave.

Other than that, there was nothing else in the cave; the surroundings had been worn very smooth.

Halfway into the cave, Ye Guichen discovered something unbelievable.

Because there was an iron chain thicker than Ye Guichen's waist.

The chain was rusty, one end tightly securing the python's body, the other extending into the depths of the cave, likely anchored somewhere deep inside.

This chain trapped about half of the python's body. Apart from the head, the remaining part was entirely skeletal.

Right!

Ye Guichen rubbed his eyes, examined closely, and confirmed he wasn't mistaken.

The portion of the snake body secured by the chain had completely turned to bones, and visibly bound by the chain.

"This is unbelievable!"

Even as knowledgeable as Ye Guichen was, he had never seen anything like this.

Half flesh, half skeleton, yet the giant python was still alive and well.

No wonder it wouldn't leave the cave; it simply couldn't.

"Hiss hiss!"

The python, seeing Ye Guichen staring at the chain, made hissing sounds as if asking Ye Guichen to break the chain and free it.

Ye Guichen looked up at the enormous snake face: "If I said I couldn't break it, would you swallow me whole?"

"Roar!"

Upon hearing this, the python opened its mouth wide and roared at Ye Guichen, as if threatening to eat him if the chain couldn't be broken.

Ye Guichen ignored the python's threat and continued, "Brother Snake, that's no way to ask for help."

Shaking his head, Ye Guichen stepped closer to examine the chain.

Although the chain was very thick, it shouldn't be enough to trap such a huge python here.

Trying to pull it, Ye Guichen realized the chain was unlike ordinary copper or iron.

Exerting all his strength, Ye Guichen found he couldn't break the chain.

With his current strength, he could easily break a chain of this size.

"Hmm, this chain is quite strange." Ye Guichen struck the chain with a rock.

The rock shattered quickly.

But the chain remained unscathed.

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