Ye Lin stroked his chin in thought. A figure flashed behind him; when he looked again, Li Xiaoyao was already charging at the Python with the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers in hand.
"Hahaha, I've never killed a Python a million zhang long before. Let me be the first to get a taste today."
With that, Li Xiaoyao fiercely raised the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers and smashed them down at the Python's enormous head.
Thunder roared through the air as streak after streak of lightning struck the Python's crown. But in the next instant, the Python whipped its head, sending Li Xiaoyao flying.
A tiny figure crashed wildly through the leaves before finally being embedded deep in a tree trunk.
Holding the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers, Li Xiaoyao stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
"How... how is this possible?"
Li Xiaoyao clutched the Wind Thunder Twin Hammers, questioning himself. He... he actually could not defeat a Python?
"No. All our strength has been suppressed. Or, put another way, our strength has been weakened—and by far more than ten percent."
Ye Lin narrowed his eyes. He had felt it the moment they entered this secret realm, and now that feeling had been confirmed. This strange secret realm had suppressed their strength to an utterly terrifying extent.
Otherwise, how could Li Xiaoyao, who had comprehended the Law of Strength and was at the mid-stage Flawless Taiyi realm, possibly fail to defeat a Python?
It was simply the greatest joke under heaven.
The Python, having taken a hammer blow from Li Xiaoyao, fixed him with eyes gleaming dangerously and slithered toward him. It was fast, but Li Xiaoyao was faster. The instant he sensed its next move, he leaped up and swiftly climbed along the tree trunk to the treetop.
Li Xiaoyao moved so fast that