As Yang Bairao advanced rapidly toward Lü Ming and the others, he still felt a lingering unease, finding it hard to believe that the four village leaders could have held out for so long against the encirclement of the Yuan Pythons.
Yet, as he drew closer, he saw a few scattered pythons on the outer perimeter, which gradually grew more numerous further in, all slowly slithering toward a single direction. This sight stirred a flicker of excitement within him.
Deprived of the Yuan Python King's command, the pythons now appeared sluggish, as if their charge toward the inner circle was merely a mechanical response to a long-obsolete order.
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