Then Xiao Hua eased off some of his strength and reached out with one hand. His enormous hand instantly gripped the giant python's tail. With a slight exertion, "Puff..." his five fingers sank deeply into the python body, sending blood spraying!
"Hiss, hiss..." The giant python was clearly in pain. It twisted wildly, trying to break free. Xiao Hua flexed his arm, and with a "Whoosh..." the python body swept outside the mire, smack, smack, smack, sending all the beasts that had just poked out their heads flying! Even the torrential rain was scattered apart by the blows!
Rain poured down in sheets. There was no longer any light or shadow between heaven and earth, only darkness and the faint gleam of water. Xiao Hua could not activate his golden light body protection, and the rain lashed down upon his head and face, soaking him through. Since he could not make out the surrounding situation, Xiao Hua simply shut his eyes, using the huge python body as a weapon as he swung it around and walked toward the edge of the mire!
At first, the giant python struggled desperately, but after a short while, it became obedient, not moving no matter how Xiao Hua swept and chopped with it. It had clearly been subdued by Xiao Hua's unmatched strength!
After walking for nearly half an incense stick's time, Xiao Hua gradually sensed that something was wrong. He had originally been at the edge of the swamp, only around a thousand zhang from solid ground. If he had been heading in the right direction, he should already have stepped onto firm earth.
"This Xiao's luck can't be that bad, can it?" Xiao Hua shook his head, as though trying to fling away the stormy seas churning in his mind. When he