"Has this ghost python gone mad? Don't panic—steady yourselves. It's only a ghost python. It can't possibly eat us all!" the bear demon leader bellowed. He thrust out a palm and flung a sphere wreathed in raging demonic fire. No one knew what the sphere was made of, but merely looking at it gave one the impression that it was incredibly heavy. The fireball swelled explosively in midair. In the blink of an eye, it had grown to a diameter of forty or fifty zhang, standing even taller than the giant ghost python, and came crushing down head-on.
As soon as Lu Xiaotian and the wild boar demon broke through, they fled at full speed without looking back, showing no intention of staying. After all, the ghost python's strength was peerless. Remaining behind to help these bear demons fight it would make no difference. Regardless of who won, they would still have to battle the other side afterward, so it was better to leave early. As for that group of bear demons, they outnumbered them by more than five to one. They could not retreat as easily or quickly as the two of them, so a fierce battle with the ghost python was unavoidable.
After the initial danger had passed, the journey afterward was much calmer. Of course, that only meant they had not fought anyone. In truth, they still encountered several groups of people. Some confronted one another over treasures, while others had already started fighting. Each side had more than a dozen people, and none had the leisure to bother with Lu Xiaotian and the wild boar demon, two scattered stragglers.
The largest group they encountered belonged to the ghost earthworms under the Nether-Sinking Ghost Earthworm Mother. One branch numbered more than twenty, all of them powerful experts