The black fox man and the two Old Men poured in their demon power with all their might to suppress it, but it was useless. The three who had been dragged down with it flashed away and landed amid a thunderous uproar. Turning back, they saw the splashed mud and water surging toward them like mountains toppling and seas overturning.
The three swept their sleeves in succession, blasting apart the oncoming mud and water. Niu Youdao was nowhere to be seen; only the tentacles that had retracted underground remained. The tentacles churned beneath the earth, turning the swamp upside down like rivers and seas in turmoil. Hundreds upon hundreds of foxes could not keep their footing and swayed along with it, leaping about on the constantly rising and falling slopes in utter chaos.
The black fox man shouted, "He's attacking the source from underground!"
The old man wielding the ghost-head saber was startled and uncertain. "He can burrow that deep? Clan Chief, where did this man come from?"
The black fox man said, "Daring to drill beneath the swamp, he's courting death. Go down! Don't let him escape!"
"Woo, woo..." The two Old Men let out a howl, and the foxes all around immediately plunged into the swamp, diving swiftly into the depths like fish.
Halfway down, the fox pack discovered that the writhing tentacles had all stopped moving, lying silently sunken in the mud.
As the black fox man descended, he casually reached out to investigate and was shocked to discover that this enormous thing growing underground like a mountain had already died...
It truly was dead. Nearly a third of the massive Corpse Rot Vine's roots and stalks had been carbonized. Seeing that it had stopped moving, Niu Youdao withdrew his hand from where it had pressed against