Seeing the Cloud-Swallowing Python pursuing him relentlessly, Liu Changxu secretly rejoiced and led it in circles within a ten-thousand-li area.
He did this for two reasons. First, he wanted to avoid running into another third-tier greater demon's territory and throwing himself into the net. Second, he wanted to buy time to prepare to kill the Cloud-Swallowing Python together with Little Blue the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon, while also driving away the low-tier demon beasts here and easing the pressure on the Liu Household's northern defenses.
As it turned out, this third-tier middle-grade Cloud-Swallowing Python was remarkably cooperative. The man and python fought for several hours, continuing until nearly dusk, yet neither suffered any real injury.
Instead, wherever they passed, mountains shifted and rivers were cut off. Large numbers of low-tier demon beasts died after being caught in their battle, forcing countless others along their route to migrate far away with their entire clans.
By dusk, Little Blue the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon and Xiao Qing the Green Fox finally arrived to join Liu Changxu, and the tide of battle immediately turned.
Only then did Liu Changxu reveal his true strength.
He had held back earlier because he knew perfectly well that even if he could defeat this Cloud-Swallowing Python, preventing its escape would be harder than climbing to heaven.
Precisely because he intended to keep the Cloud-Swallowing Python from escaping, Liu Changxu had feigned weakness and kept it trailing behind him.
Unfortunately, although third-tier greater demons possessed intelligence on par with Human Race cultivators, they were left streets behind when it came to strategy and cunning. This was also the main reason the Human Race was slowly eating away at their territory.
To bring down the Cloud-Swallowing Python as quickly as possible, Liu Changxu once again summoned his third-tier supreme-grade magical treasure,