Suddenly, a massive figure shot out from the Illusory Sky Divine Sand, opening its gaping maw and biting straight down at Ye Xiwen.
"Beast, you're courting death!" Ye Xiwen sneered. A mass of thunder power appeared in his hand, transforming into a Thunder Blade that came crashing down.
Yet what puzzled Ye Xiwen was that his Thunder Blade actually passed straight through that gaping maw, just as when he had tried to grasp the Illusory Sky Divine Sand earlier.
At the critical moment, Ye Xiwen stomped beneath his feet and his body shot away in an instant, narrowly evading that terrifying bite.
Boom!
Though it had bitten nothing, the immense force of its jaws made the void tremble violently. One could only imagine how terrifying that bite force was.
Only then did Ye Xiwen focus his gaze and finally see what it was—a gigantic python.
The python's entire body shimmered with flowing light, as though it had been cast from crystal. It was several thousand zhang long. It had merely been concealed within the Illusory Sky Divine Sand at first, which was why Ye Xiwen had failed to notice it.
Now that it had emerged, it immediately shook heaven and earth.
"Could this beast be the ferocious creature Red-Robed Old Monster mentioned, the one guarding the Illusory Sky Divine Sand?" Ye Xiwen immediately recalled the ferocious creature Red-Robed Old Monster had mentioned, slumbering within the Illusory Sky Divine Sand.
It should be this giant python. Born from such a divine object, its body might even have been formed from Illusory Sky Divine Sand itself. That was why Ye Xiwen's strike had missed.
Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes, astonishing killing intent bursting from them!
Having failed to bite Ye Xiwen to death in one strike, the giant python roared continuously, its