Nine Nether Underworld Staff

Amid the billowing dust, Yao Xiao Tian's mournful cries gradually weakened. His thousand-foot python body had long since been battered into a bloody pulp, dark-purple scales shattered across the ground. Only in those clouded serpent eyes remained a trace of utter terror and unwillingness.

Yao Ming abruptly drew his arms in, smashing the limp giant python heavily against the ground and sending dust soaring into the air. He stood above him, one foot planted upon the vital spot seven inches below his head. With a slight exertion of force, the sharp crack of shattering bones rang out. Yao Xiao Tian's entire body convulsed violently, and his remaining breath weakened by another three parts.

"Letting you pass out so easily would be letting you off far too lightly." Yao Ming sneered, condensing a wisp of dark-black Dou Qi at his fingertip before driving it straight into Yao Xiao Tian's brow.

That wisp of Dou Qi carried the frigid power of the Yellow Springs Earth Vein. Like a maggot clinging to bone, it burrowed into his consciousness and instantly nailed down that mind on the verge of collapse.

Yao Xiao Tian suddenly began to convulse, hoarse screams spilling from his mouth. Compared to the agonizing pain from before, the sensation of his soul freezing inch by inch made him wish he were dead.

"Who goes there, daring to run wild in my Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan?! Nether Snake Guard, seize this man for me!"

Just as Yao Ming gripped Yao Xiao Tian's snake tail and prepared to inflict an even crueler torment, an aged roar brimming with thunderous fury suddenly exploded from the heavens.

Immediately afterward, the entire earth vein shook violently. Countless sharp whistles tore through the clouds as densely packed black figures surged in from every direction like storm