The eyes of the team and An Yiqi all turned to Chen Guan. For Secret Spirits like the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python, it's hard to overpower at the same level, but waiting it out might not be an option, as they now only have just over five days left.

The last team did not manage to wait it out; can they?

"We came precisely to kill the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python, whether it comes out or not doesn't conflict with our plan," Chen Guan said calmly.

"Captain Chen, can your palm technique secret skill, like the one you used to kill the Ghost Emperor, kill this Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python?" An Yiqi asked Chen Guan.

"My palm technique is called the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm, just a rare secret skill. The reason it could kill the Ghost Emperor is because the Yin Fire Force it generates can suppress the Ghost Emperor, burning the Primordial Energy inside its body, making it unable to use secret techniques, easily allowing it to be killed."

Chen Guan said calmly, "But this Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python is different. Even if it can't use secret techniques, that terrifying mass and powerful strength alone are more than we can handle. A casual swing of its tail could hit us and no defense or armor would help."

"It's just a rare secret skill? Where can I buy one?" An Yiqi's attention shifted differently.

"In the Pingdu Mountain Blessed Land, it's not hard to get. However, a Level 1 Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm requires 21 points of Primordial Energy to use. After the Second Awakening, various alien elemental energies can counter the Yin Fire Force," Chen Guan replied.

"21 points of Primordial Energy just for Level 1? Who can handle that? Even with Heavenly and Earthly Treasures that increase the Primordial Energy cap, at the First Awakening, it might only allow one strike," An Yiqi expressed his shock.

"Why do you think the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm is not that well-known," the team muttered irritably.

"Then forget it, I don't have money to buy those Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, and it's not worth such a big investment for a one-awakening secret skill," An Yiqi laughed.

"Since the method of killing the Ghost Emperor won't work, what's your plan?" the team asked, looking at Chen Guan, unsure why but somehow believing Chen Guan had a solution.

"There's no other plan, we can only use brute force. Its body is too massive, weapons like swords and spears might not work, usually against snakes you aim for their weak spot, but seeing the thickness and scale thickness at that spot, this approach likely won't work," Chen Guan paused before saying, "But no matter how strong it is, its head must have a weak spot. Directly hammer its head—crack it open if possible. If not, cause a concussion; that will also affect it."

"But what if the snake's head is its strongest point?" the team commented.

"There's no other way, we'll just have to try hard. My pet's attack power is decent; push comes to shove, we fight head-on," Chen Guan said.

"Since you've decided to act, we will act then. How do you want us to coordinate?" the team and An Yiqi both agreed to give it a try.

"You need to lure it out first, letting me seize an opportunity to launch a Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm and burn out its Primordial Energy. Otherwise, its power is already terrifying enough, and if it uses secret techniques against us, even an Immortal couldn't withstand it," Chen Guan shared his plan with the team and An Yiqi.

The two agreed with the plan. Ultimately, whether they could kill the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python would rely on Chen Guan.

Chen Guan hid on one side of the cave entrance, waiting for the two to lure out the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python.

Certainly, the team and An Yiqi weren't foolish enough to risk themselves; each summoned a pet and stood at a distance, allowing their pets to probe first.

The team first summoned his Ox Head pet. Ox Head and Horse Face are two of the iconic pets of Beimang Mountain, considered to be of rare quality.

These two pets possess great strength and good secret techniques which can be used in combination. They are sold at a high price in the Beimang Mountain Secret Realm.

Besides Ox Head and Horse Face, Beimang Mountain is also famous for its Black and White Impermanence pets, which are also adept at joint assaults but are even rarer than Ox Head and Horse Face.

The humanoid pet, with an ox head and carrying chains, entered the giant nest, probing the dangerous boundaries, while the chains in its hand cracked loudly.

Yet, the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python seemed dead, coiled and unmoving, without lifting its head once.

The team gritted his teeth, making Ox Head approach closer.

Suddenly, the massive body of the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python twitched, and before Ox Head could react, it was seized and swallowed by a giant snake mouth.

The team's face turned dark. The Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python's enormous body moved with terrifying speed, swiftly devouring a Level 10 rare Secret Spirit Pet like Ox Head.

Though Ox Head was gone, if it could lure out the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python, that would be acceptable. But after swallowing Ox Head, the python retracted again, coiling back in place.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Guan saw that beneath the coiled Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python was actually a wooden structure.

Saying it was wood isn't accurate; it looked more like a tree root, a trunk-sized root, several tens of meters long, completely black, mostly straight but with many joints and tumor-like projections, giving it a rough appearance. Standing in the giant nest, it seemed prominent, but amidst the coiled Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python, it looked as thin as a toothpick by comparison.

Seeing it couldn't be lured out, An Yiqi promptly commanded his pet Horse Face to advance.

Learning from Ox Head's fate, An Yiqi only had his Horse Face pet stand just inside the cave, not too close, but swung the chain towards the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python.

The chain struck the Ghost-Eyed Python, which barely reacted.

Just when An Yiqi thought the attempt had failed, he noticed the Emperor Vein Ghost-Eyed Python slowly lifted its head, its massive eyes, like light bulb-sized, stared fixedly at Horse Face.

The next moment, its body surged forward with the swiftness of a high-speed train, instantly reaching Horse Face.

Well-prepared, An Yiqi didn't manage to withdraw Horse Face in time and the Ghost-Eyed Python swallowed it whole. The terrifying power and speed, combined with the oppressive force of its enormous charge, left the team and An Yiqi with weak knees.

Chen Guan stood behind a shelter at the entrance, not witnessing the scene but knowing what likely happened, preparing to act at any moment.

The team and An Yiqi had started to back away, thinking the Ghost-Eyed Python would emerge from the cave. Unexpectedly, it stopped after devouring Horse Face at the entrance and began slowly retreating again.

"Damn it, the Ghost-Eyed Python should have poor eyesight. It can't see us, only distinguishes through motion…" An Yiqi cursed and abruptly leaped up, shouting at the Ghost-Eyed Python: "Ghost-Eyed Python, I'm here..."

With An Yiqi's shouting, the turned head of the Ghost-Eyed Python slowly redirected, looking toward the cave's outer passage.

"Come on... idiot... come hit me..." An Yiqi yelled again seeing it wouldn't rush over.

The team and Chen Guan both felt that Aiqi was crazy, that he was taking such a reckless risk.

Bang!

Almost as soon as An Yiqi's words fell, the enormous body of the Ghost-Eyed Python was like a high-speed train entering a tunnel, rushing into the cave passage with such force that the wind it generated became a terrifying vacuum in the passage.

Because of its incredible speed, even though it was dozens of meters away, An Yiqi felt as if the Ghost-Eyed Python was right in front of him. His mind tried to move his body, but his body didn't respond in time, failing to receive the brain's signals to take action.

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