As everyone watched the cave entrance tensely, Li Xiao noticed that the other Guards Martial Master Zhou had brought were taking several folded large nets from their packs.
These nets were woven from some kind of tough, dark-green material.
The cords were as thick as fingers. Once spread open, they could probably cover an area several zhang across. Something also seemed to have been smeared over them, giving off a faint oily sheen beneath the sunlight.
Clearly, this was another measure Martial Master Zhou had prepared to capture the Black Silk Snake.
First use Snake-Luring Incense to muddle its senses, then use the Specialized Large Nets to restrict it, and only then swarm it and kill it!
Such thorough preparations showed that Martial Master Zhou was determined to win this hunt. At the same time, they indirectly confirmed just how troublesome and dangerous the Black Silk Snake was.
The Guards holding the enormous nets spread out into position, their eyes sharp as they waited to act on command.
Time passed bit by bit, yet there was still no movement from within the cave. Only the purple smoke of the Snake-Luring Incense continued to drift inside.
Suddenly, his gaze sharpened, and he shouted in a low voice, "It's coming! Watch out!"
The instant Martial Master Zhou's words fell, an enormous black shadow shot out of the cave!
It was a giant serpent, black from head to tail, its scales glinting with a metallic luster. Its body was over two zhang long and as thick as a water barrel!
Its triangular head bore a pair of vertical pupils that gleamed with cold savagery, while its scarlet tongue flicked in and out without pause.
The Black Silk Snake had appeared with extreme suddenness, moving at a terrifying speed.
It seemed drawn by the