Bang!
The evil beast slammed its head into the iron shield, ripples spreading across it with an explosive boom.
Ma Da and Ma Er both let out muffled grunts and were sent flying.
The thing landed on the ground and roared repeatedly, seeming annoyed that its ambush had failed to secure fresh rations.
Qin He examined it closely, only then seeing the evil creature's true form.
It resembled a long worm, its entire body scraped-white, with two rows of blood-red circular markings along its sides. It had a thousand legs, a vicious head, fangs, and an armored body that radiated a fishy stench.
"Nether Silkworm, watch out!"
Da Yajin's expression changed slightly. Before his warning of "Nether Silkworm, watch out!" had faded, the Nether Silkworm had already flexed its thousand legs and shot toward them again like an arrow loosed from a bow.
A reeking wind rushed at him. He hurriedly drew his sword to block, but the Nether Silkworm's hard carapace numbed the web between his thumb and forefinger.
The Nether Silkworm's scarlet circular markings suddenly gave off an eerie dim glow. Its thousand legs moved in unison, instantly weaving a dense, spiderweb-like pattern into the earth.
Ma Da and Ma Er had barely climbed to their feet when the earthen patterns wrapped around their ankles. No matter how they struggled, the markings only tightened further. Da Yajin swung his sword at them, but the blade seemed to sink into a mire, unable to advance an inch.
"This Nether Silkworm actually has an innate Earth-Binding Formation!" Qin He was somewhat startled.
Qin He did not know much about evil creatures, but it was not as though he knew nothing.
Nether Silkworms excelled at controlling the power of the earth. Using their thousand legs as conduits, they could turn an