"Die—!" The serpent demon's split heads lunged towards One.
One was startled, but with no leverage in the air, he could only watch as he was about to be swallowed whole.
"Daddy Fang Ming, save me!" One actually used the "call for dad" ultimate, making Fang Ming, who was far away, chuckle. Where did this guy learn all these things? Even Old Six beside him had a look of utter disbelief. Had this really been the one who killed so many of his men?
"Even calling me grandpa won't help!" the serpent demon sneered, its snake mouth swallowing One in one gulp.
Suddenly, a chill emanated from the serpent's head, and streaks of blood quietly appeared on it.
"Bang, bang, bang..." The serpent's heads shattered into pieces and fell, and One escaped from within, immediately turning invisible and fleeing.
"Who?!" the serpent demon exclaimed, its gaze quickly locking onto a "human girl" who had suddenly appeared before it. It asked in surprise, "It's you?"
How could a human cub possess such immense power?
"Fang Ming said I should save One," Nan Nan said adorably.
The serpent demon was somewhat uneasy, coiling its body slowly into a defensive posture. Yes, it was a defensive posture. The more it looked at the little girl before it, the more it felt a terror spreading from the depths of its heart.
If not for its strength suppressing its primal instincts, it would have already fled with its tail between its legs.
"Take One and leave. We'll stay out of each other's way," the serpent demon conceded decisively. At its level of power, lacking such keen judgment would have long ago led to it being boiled into soup by stronger beings.
Nan Nan frowned unhappily. Why wasn't this big guy playing by the rules? Shouldn't he be furious and fight her for three hundred rounds after she so brazenly rescued someone?
"But Fang Ming also said," Nan Nan remembered something and blinked her bright eyes at the serpent demon.
"What?" The serpent demon had a bad premonition and subtly prepared to escape.
"He said to kill you..." Nan Nan's gaze suddenly turned cold. Her long hair, usually still, whipped up as if countless deadly venomous snakes were staring at the serpent demon from its tips.
Fang Ming, not far away, turned to Old Six with a strange expression. "Did I say that?"
"No, no, no," Old Six quickly shook his head.
"I knew it. How could I teach children to fight and kill?" Fang Ming smiled faintly. "Nan Nan must have misunderstood."
Old Six's mouth twitched, and he chose silence to express his doubt.
Seeing Nan Nan's sudden change in demeanor, the serpent demon didn't hesitate and spat a mouthful of venom at her. Several strands of Nan Nan's hair immediately extended and flew out. With a flash of cold light, the venom was instantly cut into a misty spray.
The serpent demon didn't expect to harm the human girl with this venom. It merely wanted to use it to distract her and seize the opportunity to escape.
"Rumble..." The serpent demon's massive body shifted, and it immediately fled backward.
"Trying to escape?" Nan Nan, once in combat, seemed to transform. Her eyes gleamed with bloodlust, and she looked contemptuously at the fleeing serpent demon.
"Contain!"
"Strange, why did it get dark?" Fang Ming, who was far away, suddenly wondered. The next scene utterly dumbfounded him.
A darkness that blotted out the sky and covered the sun seemed to instantly engulf the entire labyrinth. A colossal maw, kilometers wide, descended from the sky. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a giant mouth formed from countless strands of hair, covering an area of a thousand square kilometers!
The serpent demon watched the giant maw overhead in terror. It had no time to escape!
"Boom!" The giant maw descended, swallowing all living beings within a thousand square kilometers, including Fang Ming.
All light vanished from Fang Ming's eyes. He only felt countless strands of hair moving around his body, accompanied by the serpent demon's terrified pleas and screams. Of course, many confused demonic spirits were also caught in this strike, also captured by Nan Nan, not even understanding what happened until they died.
In just a moment, the overwhelming strands of hair slowly withdrew. Fang Ming's vision regained light, and the surrounding scenery reappeared.
But unlike before, the labyrinth within a thousand square kilometers was now a chaotic ruin. Demonic spirits were wrapped in hair, forming cocoons and suspended in the air. The largest of these was the one enfolding the serpent demon, hanging conspicuously in the sky.
At this moment, the serpent demon's entire body was encased in hair, leaving only its head exposed. Its eyes were lifeless, utterly dead.
For the first time, Fang Ming truly understood the difference between demonic spirits and ferocious demons. Even a semi-demon was like an ant to a true ferocious demon, easily crushed.
"Dead... dead?" Old Six stared blankly at the serpent demon hanging in the sky, his understanding completely shattered. Were there truly any opponents left for a monster like Nan Nan in the real world?
"Fang Ming, I'm back!" Nan Nan flew happily towards Fang Ming, but her face was a little pale, which made Fang Ming's heart ache.
"Is Nan Nan okay?" Fang Ming patted her head. "If it wanted to run, you should have just let it go. There was no need to catch it so seriously."
"I'm fine! I just swallowed a lot of demonic spirits, and now I'm a bit too full~ Look, look, my face is all pale from being too full," Nan Nan pointed to her cheeks to show Fang Ming.
"..." Fang Ming was speechless for a moment. He had been worried that Nan Nan had overexerted herself, but it turned out she was just full.
"What's wrong, Fang Ming?" Nan Nan waved her hand in front of Fang Ming's eyes.
"Nothing, nothing. But be more careful next time and eat less," Fang Ming said sternly, feigning a scolding.
"Okay, Fang Ming," Nan Nan replied with a smile.
After comforting Nan Nan, Fang Ming finally turned his gaze to Old Six, who had yet to snap out of his daze, his eyes unfocused as he stared in the direction of the serpent demon.
"Sixth Master, what do you think? Do you believe I can lead you out now?" Fang Ming's voice broke Old Six's reverie.
Old Six snapped back to reality and gave a bitter smile. "Mr. Fang Ming, I believe you can lead me out."
If he still didn't believe after this, he didn't know who else could give him the confidence to get out.
"Mr. Fang Ming, I have a question for you. Is it convenient?" Old Six suddenly asked respectfully, making Fang Ming feel a little embarrassed.
"Ask away. I'll tell you anything I can."
"What kind of existence is Nan Nan?"
As expected, the question was not beyond Fang Ming's prediction. Fang Ming chose not to conceal his answer and replied directly:
"Nan Nan's strength is ferocious demon class. That enormous serpent monster was merely a semi-demon."
"Ferocious demon? What is that?"
Fang Ming explained some basic information about ferocious demons to Old Six, including their origins and types of abilities.
Old Six became even more confused after listening. "If we understand it as you say, then wouldn't the real world be teeming with ferocious demons? There are many places with high human death tolls, but I've never heard of any terrifying monsters appearing."
"This..." Fang Ming hadn't considered this. Now that Old Six mentioned it, it seemed like a significant loophole. Why didn't ferocious demons seem to appear in the real world?
"Perhaps ferocious demons require certain stringent conditions to appear in the real world?" Fang Ming speculated.
"Nan Nan." Thinking of this, Fang Ming called out to Nan Nan.
"Fang Ming, I'm here," Nan Nan responded with a smile.
"Do you have any requirements for appearing in the real world?" Fang Ming asked.
Nan Nan tilted her head and thought. "No. I just dislike sunlight, as it intensifies the consumption of resentment within me."
"That's strange..." Fang Ming and Old Six exchanged glances. It seemed the secret of ferocious demons was far from fully understood.
"Mr. Fang Ming, I have something to ask of you," Old Six suddenly knelt on one knee.
"!" Fang Ming was shocked. "What are you doing? I'm straight."
"..." Old Six choked and explained, "It's about Nan Nan."
"What do you want?" Fang Ming subtly stood in front of Nan Nan. Although his strength wasn't as great as Nan Nan's, he couldn't allow this "creepy" uncle to have any ideas about her.
"I hope you won't let her use these abilities in the real world," Old Six said earnestly. "Her abilities are a disaster for ordinary people; the destructive power is too terrifying."
Fang Ming wanted to say that he hadn't seen anything more outrageous. The water curtain of the Qinghe ferocious demon that covered the sky, the hundred-meter-tall treant of the Guhuai ferocious demon, the million demonic spirits led by the Old Well ferocious demon – which one was less destructive than Nan Nan?
"I promise, as long as no one actively provokes me, I won't reveal Nan Nan's abilities, nor will I let her act," Fang Ming replied. Old Six finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"However, can I ask you a question?" Fang Ming changed the subject and asked Old Six.
"You want to ask about my identity?" Old Six guessed.
"Yes," Fang Ming nodded.
Old Six stood up, took out a document from his pocket, and handed it to Fang Ming. "I belong to the Special Incident Investigation Department of the National Security Protection Agency. I am the captain of Team Three, my full name is Zheng Zhuliu. This mission is to investigate the cause of the Chen family's young master's mutation."
Good heavens, he had run into someone from the government.
Fang Ming took the document, glanced at it, and returned it. He, an ordinary person, had never encountered someone of this caliber.
No wonder he felt something different about this Sixth Master, an incompatibility with others. It was for this reason.
"Then your subordinates... are they also from the Investigation Department?"
Zheng Zhuliu shook his head. "They are just some tomb robbers and similar individuals I got to know in my undercover capacity. But since I brought them in, I naturally want to lead them out alive."
"Given the circumstances, there's nothing that can be done," Fang Ming shrugged. "Let's go. We need to hurry and leave the labyrinth."
"One, we're leaving!" Fang Ming called out to One, who was hiding in a corner. This guy had been cowering in a corner since Nan Nan made her move, too scared to move. He was probably terrified.
"Coming, coming." One ran over in a panic, trying to stay as far away from Nan Nan as possible. Fang Ming gave him a strange look but had no idea what One had just experienced.
Nan Nan's attack was like a deadly poison to them, these demonic spirits. Could you imagine the terror of countless deadly venomous snakes whizzing past you?
Even though Nan Nan's attacks had all missed it, it had still left One trembling with fear, unable to recover for a long time.