The reason why Zu An’s group was so shocked was because the difference between before and after was just too ridiculous. Mere moments before, the massive elephant had put them under a lot of pressure. And yet now, the ferocious maw seemed to treat it as merely a small dessert.

The large elephant struggled frantically, but the bloody maw chomped down twice, crunching bones between its teeth.

Crunch crunch!

Just like that, the large elephant stopped moving. The elephant herd wailed, clearly heartbroken to witness their leader’s fate. However, no one stepped forward to help it, and they all fled hurriedly.

The bloody maw gulped a few times, swallowing the elephant completely. Then, it seemed to have noticed Zu An’s group, as a long body rose from the muck. It stared at them with strange, vertically-slitted pupils.

Only then did Zu An and the others see its true appearance. It was a giant black snake, countless times larger than the serpent they had seen in the marsh of Lord Sui’s Tomb....