Reversing the Milky Way

Upon hearing this, Sen Lei nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, Brother Chen, please make sure to kill the tiger demon."

After saying that, Chen Ping immediately drew the long sword from behind him, and then a phantom image of a long sword appeared under his feet. He then quickly flew forward.

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone exclaimed in amazement. Bai Cheng, meanwhile, frowned deeply. As far as he knew, so-called demonic beasts were all wild animals that possessed intelligence. The white-striped demonic tiger he was currently experiencing was clearly much more intelligent than the demonic-toothed tiger fish he had encountered before. The reason it hesitated to attack was probably because it sensed the threat posed by Chen Ping's cultivation level.

In fact, Bai Cheng himself also tried to use his divine sense to perceive the things around him, but now he could only perceive a range of 100 meters around himself, and it consumed a lot of spiritual energy.

Therefore, he speculated that the white-striped demon tiger might be trying to gradually deplete Chen Ping's spiritual power before engaging him in battle. Thinking this, Bai Cheng immediately voiced his concerns, but Sen Lei, after hearing Bai Cheng's analysis, reassured him that there was no need to worry.

"Bai Cheng, judging from what you're saying, it seems you still lack confidence in us. You should know that to exterminate a mid-level demonic beast, a cultivation level of mid-stage Qi Condensation is sufficient. However, the combat strength varies among demonic beasts of the same level, but even with a large gap, it's rare for someone of a higher level to be unable to fight. My current cultivation level is mid-stage Qi Condensation, and the gap between me and late-stage Qi Condensation is not small. Therefore, even if Brother Chen expends some spiritual energy, that white-striped tiger demon is no match for you."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng let out a slow sigh. The scene of Lin Tianyu killing the Demon Tooth Tiger Fish with a single blow on the ferry involuntarily flashed through his mind.

At this moment, one of the people in the group stepped forward excitedly and asked, "The jade tokens you took out just now, could they be the sound transmission jade tokens?"

"That's right, this is a jade token from within our Bai family, representing the Bai family's power. Other aristocratic families also have jade tokens that symbolize their status, and most of these jade tokens have built-in sound transmission arrays, so they can transmit sound between jade tokens."

At this moment, Bai Cheng stepped forward and asked, "Was it the information about the tiger demon that came from the jade tablet just now?"

Sen Lei nodded.

"That's right, it's information from the third team. They encountered a tiger demon, but failed to defeat it and instead let it escape."

Upon hearing this, another person in the group suddenly spoke up: "Then could the place we just passed through be the remnants left behind when they fought the tiger demon?"

Hearing this, Bai Cheng fell into deep thought before speaking, "I don't think so. Our five teams are advancing in five different directions simultaneously, with each team more than five miles apart. Furthermore, I didn't find any signs of human intervention in the area we just visited. In any case, we should still be cautious; I have a feeling that things around here aren't as simple as they seem."

After hearing Bai Cheng's analysis, everyone broke out in a cold sweat.

"What are you afraid of? We still have Mori-senpai, don't we?"

Upon hearing this, the people present immediately began to flatter him.

Meanwhile, Chen Ping, who was flying on his sword, quickly soared from the dense forest into the sky, where a huge white tiger was running ahead of him.

The white tiger was over ten meters long, with black and white stripes covering its entire body. Despite its enormous size, it moved like a wildcat, reaching speeds of nearly 100 meters per second. However, Chen Ping's current speed on his sword could reach 200 meters per second at full power.

"You beast, where do you think you're going!"

As Chen Ping swung his longsword with full force, a sword aura thirty meters long shot through the air. However, the white-striped demon tiger was swift and dodged the attack immediately upon sensing it.

A massive sword aura swept across the forest, felling trees in its path. Seeing his attack miss, Chen Ping immediately pulled out two Earth-Rock Spirit Talismans. Under his control, the two talismans flew rapidly towards the ground. Upon contact, they emitted a burst of light, and the ground began to tremble. Two enormous hyenas instantly emerged from the earth and, under Chen Ping's control, chased after the white-striped demon tiger running ahead.

Upon noticing the two hyenas chasing behind it, the white-striped tiger's golden eyes narrowed sharply, and with a flick of its tail, it immediately stopped running.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ping immediately controlled the two hyenas to charge forward. As the hyenas leaped high into the air, the white-striped tiger suddenly opened its blood-red maw, and then a burst of blue flames shot out from its mouth. The hyenas that were leaping high in the air gradually disintegrated under the scorching flames.

Upon witnessing this scene, Chen Ping immediately took action. As a circular magic array appeared behind him, dozens of spirit swords surged forth from the array towards the white-striped tiger demon.

Upon seeing this, the white-striped tiger demon immediately withdrew its attack, then quickly turned and continued to flee. During its escape, it skillfully dodged Chen Ping's attacks, and bursts of spiritual energy erupted in the forest.

Meanwhile, on Bai Cheng's side, Sen Lei led the remaining people to continue hunting spirit beasts. Since the white-striped tiger demon appeared in this area, they had to start their hunt in the opposite direction. In addition, since the demon beasts all have a sense of territory, they would have to travel at least five miles before they could encounter a spirit beast.

However, at this moment, Sen Lei, who was leading the team, suddenly looked serious and raised his hand to signal everyone to stop.

Immediately afterwards, a rustling sound rang out again from the surrounding jungle, which immediately caused a panic among those present.

At this moment, one of the people in the group spoke up: "What's going on? Could it be that we've encountered a spirit beast?"

However, as the rustling sound got closer and closer to everyone, it seemed to change from one direction and start coming from all around them at the same time.

Suddenly, another man in the group spoke up and shouted.

"What is that sound?! It doesn't seem like a sound a spirit beast could make."

At this moment, Sen Lei also quickly extended his divine sense to observe his surroundings, but the next moment he quickly turned his head and shouted in surprise.

"Be careful!!"

As Sen Lei's voice rang out, almost simultaneously, a huge snake head suddenly emerged from the dense forest. Bai Cheng reacted swiftly at the same time, leaping away from the attack the moment the huge snake head appeared. However, another member of the team was not so lucky; he was tightly bitten by the huge snake head.

Bai Cheng looked closely and saw that it was actually a giant python over fifty meters long. When the python opened its mouth, he found that the person in the group was bitten on half of his body. At the same time, the python was also emitting a faint purple mist from its mouth.

As the man screamed, he vanished into the jungle as if carried away by a small train. The scene unfolded too quickly; in just a few seconds, the enormous snake's body disappeared before everyone's eyes, leaving only the rustling sounds of the surrounding forest, leaving everyone present utterly astonished.

"Everyone, gather together!"

Sen Lei's voice rang in everyone's ears, and only then did everyone react and quickly gather together.

"Holy crap, what was that? Was it a snake? I've never seen such a huge snake before!"

"Old Mang, aren't you a hunter? Do you recognize what kind of snake that was just now?"

The one referred to as Lao Mang was the middle-aged man who had identified the Shadow Snake yesterday.

"How would I know? Besides, it was too fast for me to see clearly. I've never encountered a snake this big before. Could it be some kind of mutated species?"

Just then, Sen Lei's voice rang out again.

"This is the Purple Poisonous Python."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng was suddenly startled. He had seen the Purple Poison Python in the monster encyclopedia before, which was a high-level monster. Thinking of this, Bai Cheng couldn't help but recall the scene when he encountered the Golden-Winged Thunderbird in Yu Family Village. The terror of that high-level monster was still fresh in his mind to this day.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately screamed.

"What?! The Purple Poisonous Python?! Isn't that a high-level demonic beast?"

"Fellow Daoist Sen, hurry up and bring Fellow Daoist Chen Ping back! This is a high-level demonic beast!"

Sen Lei's expression was also solemn. He immediately took out his communication jade tablet and transmitted the situation to Chen Ping.

Just then, Bai Cheng heard a series of sounds of tree branches breaking coming from directly in front of him. Then, a huge triangular snake head slowly emerged from the dense forest and appeared in front of everyone.

Bai Cheng stared intently, a chill running down his spine. He discovered that the purple venomous python before him had its head raised high, looking down at him. Its enormous head had two pairs of eyes, the emerald green pupils flashing with an eerie light. Each time its three-meter-long tongue emerged from its mouth, wisps of purple mist escaped its lips. The purple scales on its body shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight.

Upon witnessing this scene, the two members of the team finally couldn't withstand the pressure and quickly turned around, then started running at full speed.

Upon seeing this, Sen Lei immediately shouted, "Wait! Don't move!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard two voices coming from behind him.

"Are you kidding me? How could I just stand there dumbfounded when I encountered something like this?"

"That's right, are you all idiots? Run!"

In the blink of an eye, while the two were talking, the Purple Poisonous Python swiftly opened its enormous mouth, and a plume of purple smoke shot towards the direction the two were running.

Sen Lei was even more shocked when he saw this and shouted loudly.

"Don't leave my side!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng and the others quickly moved closer to Sen Lei. Immediately afterward, Sen Lei swiftly cast a spiritual energy shield, enveloping Bai Cheng and the others together.

However, the purple smoke only briefly passed over Bai Cheng and the others before Bai Cheng noticed that the plants touched by the purple smoke began to dissolve rapidly and emit bursts of white mist. Before the two could run a hundred meters, the purple poison caught up with them, and within seconds, the two running people began to scream in agony.

The purple smoke was like atomized sulfuric acid. As their skin rapidly ulcerated and their muscles visibly dissolved, within seconds their bare bones were exposed. Then, the two men collapsed to the ground amidst the purple smoke.

This scene immediately sent chills down everyone's spines, and Bai Cheng also immediately recalled the wisps of white smoke he had seen on the ground in that place before.

“I understand. The place we saw earlier was the scene left behind when the White-striped Demon Tiger and the Purple Poisonous Demon Python in front of us were fighting. It should be the traces of their struggle for territory.”

Upon hearing this, Sen Lei's expression twitched as he said, "Do you even need to tell me? We already know the situation even without you saying it!"

As the giant python head of the Purple Poison Demon turned slightly, purple smoke immediately rushed towards Bai Cheng and the others, filling their vision with purple. Fortunately, the spiritual energy shield that Sen Lei had deployed kept the purple smoke out of reach.

Bai Cheng was also surprised to see this. This was the first time he had seen an attack coming towards him from inside the spiritual energy shield. At this moment, he was in his throat, ready to activate the power of the mysterious fragment. However, he didn't know if the fragment's state could withstand the purple smoke. After all, the smoke was terrifyingly powerful, even corroding the ground.

At this moment, everyone looked terrified, and a commotion arose around them, the sounds coming from the earth.

After a few breaths, the purple smoke began to slowly dissipate, and the surrounding purple dust was replaced by the rolling white mist on the ground, making everyone feel as if they were in a thick fog.

Upon seeing this, Sen Lei withdrew his spiritual energy shield and quickly took out a miasma-dispelling talisman to activate. As a burst of explosive wind pressure swept out, the mist within a hundred meters around him quickly dissipated.

Only then did everyone realize that everything around them had been corroded in the attack. The rubble on the ground was steaming as if it had been doused with boiling oil, and even the ground around them had sunk quite a bit.

After seeing that everyone was safe and sound, the Purple Poisonous Python immediately opened its mouth and roared.

Upon seeing this, Sen Lei immediately grabbed his longsword, then, with a ferocious expression, slammed it into the ground and shouted.

"Wood Spirit Lock!"

As the sound rang out, chains formed from green spiritual energy rose from the ground and coiled around the enormous purple venomous python in front of them.

"You all go quickly, I'll cover your retreat!"

After saying that, Sen Lei pulled out the long sword stuck in the ground, then condensed a phantom body formed by spiritual power, and then controlled the clone to attack the Purple Poison Python.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned and ran, leaving Bai Cheng standing there, stunned.

'This purple venomous python is far faster than these martial artists. If Sen Lei can't stop it, none of them will escape. Besides, who knows how many other demonic beasts lurk in this vast Bai family back mountain? It's better to stay here and see if we can be of any help. Even if we can't, at my full speed, this beast might not be able to catch me.'

Just then, Sen Lei's voice interrupted Bai Cheng's thoughts.

"Kid, you'd better run too. If I'm fighting, I won't have time to worry about you."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng's eyes hardened.

"Brother Sen, you don't need to worry about me. Just focus on fighting. I'll see if I can help in any way."