Just as Yu Xiaogang was distracted, he suddenly felt a tingling behind his backside.
He looked back and discovered a snake staring fixedly at him, while two little red marks were clearly visible on his buttocks.
"Heavens above, earth below! When a man's down on his luck, even snakes bully him! Why did you bite my backside? You little bastard, I'll kill you!"
With that, Yu Xiaogang reached out and caught the inconspicuous little snake in his hand.
Just as he was about to cut it in two, a snake's head as large as a truck appeared before him.
He swallowed, slowly lowered the little snake in his hand, and said meekly:
"Let me explain... I won't hurt him. I only wanted to give him a loving caress..."
Hearing this, the giant snake with reddened eyes slowly flicked out his tongue.
Looking at the despicable human before him, he immediately swept his tail at him.
Under the giant snake's Sweeping Thousands of Armies, the tree Yu Xiaogang depended on for survival instantly snapped in two.
Inwardly crying out in misery, he shook his head, gritted his teeth, and hurried toward Erlong and Flender.
"Erlong, look! What's that? Isn't that Xiao Gang? Why is he here? Could he have been following us all this way?"
Flender, who was keeping watch in every direction, froze slightly. Upon spotting Yu Xiaogang among the distant Soul Beasts, he couldn't help exclaiming.
"Why would that fellow come here? Maybe he's the one who's been tracking us in secret. No wonder I kept sensing something familiar along the way!"
Liu Erlong, who was unleashing Great Slaughter All Directions, nodded, and a glance back revealed Yu Xiaogang's disheveled state.
Somewhat disgusted, she shook her head and said:
"Ignore him. Let's see what tricks he's trying to pull.