When the giant python swam towards them again, Sun Baozi's first reaction was to rush to Yang Xiao's side and snatch the black short rod from his hand. Only then did he take a closer look, realizing that it wasn't just any ordinary short rod, but a black sword scabbard. Judging by its length, it was originally meant for a shortsword. Who would have thought that earlier, even the long and short spears couldn't harm the python in the slightest, yet this unknown wooden scabbard had managed to make it bleed profusely? Now, looking at it with its mouth crooked and eyes slanted, he wondered if it was related to the previous strike.

  After seeing the sword scabbard in Sun Wukong's hand, Jiaolong also became somewhat tense. It slowed down its pace of swimming over. Its scales opened again, baring its fangs at Sun Wukong, making one's heart feel like it was going to burst.

  "Slowly back away, don't provoke it." Sun Baozi said in a low voice to the crowd behind him, his eyes fixed on the dragon. At this time, Ximen Lian stood beside Yang Xiao and saw another sword scabbard standing alongside Sun Baozi, facing off against the dragon.

  At this time, Xiong Wanyi slowly walked over to Yang Xiao and, together with several other investigators, supported him as they continued walking towards the outside of the alley. Sun Baozi and Xi Menglian watched from behind as Xiong Wanyi's group walked further away before slowly retreating backwards themselves. The python maintained a distance of about ten meters, closely following them. It seemed to be waiting for an opening among these people; with just a slight opening, it could take advantage of the opportunity and attack.

  As they watched, Xiong Wanyi and the others had already reached the entrance of the alley. Before long, they would be able to exit from here. As long as they could get back into the fog from earlier, Sun Baozi would have a way to shake off this dragon.

  But just at this moment, Aiguo appeared behind Jiaolong. After seeing this woman, Sun Baozi felt a bad premonition. Before he could react, Aiguo raised his hand and fired a shot in the direction of him and Ximen Lian. "Bang!" The bullet hit the ground between Sun Baozi and Ximen Lian.

  Sun Baozi and Ximen Lian were both startled, and then they saw Ai Guo raise her gun again, aiming at their position. This time, after raising the gun, she even closed her eyes, indicating that this was a shot to bring bad luck to someone. The alleyway was a bit narrow, just enough for two people to walk side by side, and Ai Guo's gunshot would definitely hit one of them.

  Sun Baozi and Ximen Lian hastily dodged, Sun Baozi hid while muttering to himself: "I told you to shoot her just now, but you didn't listen. Look what happens when you don't listen to your leader, you've brought trouble upon yourself!"

  At this time, Ximen Chain found that no matter where he hid, Aiko's gun muzzle kept swaying back and forth in his direction. This shot was 80% likely to hit him. Ximen Chain was forced into a corner, handed the scabbard to his left hand, pulled out the pistol with his right hand, and shouted loudly: "You're not done yet, are you?!" As he spoke, he aimed at Aiko's calf and was about to fire.

  Before he could fire, the python had already moved. Its head and neck shrunk back, then shot towards Ximen Chain's direction. Ximen Chain did not expect the python to suddenly attack at this time, and in his panic, he could only hold the sword scabbard with his left hand and swung it at the position where the python was flying over.

  Unexpectedly, the dragon's trajectory in mid-air was an arc. Just as Ximen Lian's sword sheath was about to hit it, the dragon changed direction and dodged the attack. Its tail hooked upwards and wrapped around the end of the sword sheath. After its tail hung onto the sword sheath, the dragon spun its body half a circle before opening its mouth wide and biting down on Ximen Lian's wrist that grasped the sword sheath.

  Under the great shock of Ximen, he had no choice but to throw away the scabbard and quickly retreated backwards. After the dragon rolled with the scabbard on the ground, it immediately rushed towards Sun Bi again. With a flick of its tail, it actually swung the scabbard at Sun Bi's face, and then immediately bounced back at his abdomen.

  At the same time, both upper and lower places were threatened. After the Jiaolong was hit by the sword scabbard just now, it became what kind of thing, Sun Baozi looked at it clearly, but he didn't have the skin and flesh like Jiaolong. In desperation, Sun Baozi could only throw the sword scabbard in his hand towards Jiaolong, while shrinking his neck and hiding his head to roll back, avoiding the sword scabbard on his head, and then flew to the end of the alley with Ximen Lian.

  Just as Sun Baozi and Ximen Lian were about to run to the entrance of the alley, a yellow light flashed in front of them. It was that yellow dragon that had just put away two sword scabbards. At this moment, it had changed its appearance, its originally flexible neck now stiffly raised, as if propped up by a stick.

  Ximen Lian and Sun Bu'er had no choice but to slowly retreat. Ximen Lian stared at the somewhat strange Jiaolong, retreating while asking Sun Bu'er: "Great Sage, won't those two sword scabbards be swallowed?"

  After Sun Baozi sucked his teeth, he replied: "Take a look at it and see if there are any other places on its body where things can be hidden?" Sun Baozi looked at the dragon slowly approaching him and said after a pause: "I'm not saying this, but didn't I just shoot you twice? It's not like it would hurt you, how come you're still holding a grudge as a dragon, does that make sense?"

  After finishing, Sun Pangzi thought of the person who had harmed him and Ximen Lian to such an extent. As he retreated, he said: "Nong Ruzi, things that your committee can't get, you won't let our Civil Affairs Bureau get either. It doesn't matter anymore, but what's the benefit for you in harming us two to death? You're just helping the committee set up a trap. I'm the deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau after all, if something happens to me, the Civil Affairs Bureau and the committee will be at odds with each other."

  After he finished speaking, a voice came from the top of his head behind him, and Aiko said: "You two were obviously bitten to death by this dragon, what does it have to do with our committee?"

  After hearing the voice, Sun Baozi secretly looked back and saw that Ai Guo had somehow climbed up the pile of strange rocks. She stood at the top of the rock pile, smiled at Sun Baozi and continued: "Sorry about today's matter, those two sword scabbards are things our committee must get, even if we can't take them away now, we can't let you have them either. At most, they can only be left here for two more days."

  As she spoke, she smiled at Sun Bi again and continued: "Sun Juzhang, our Huang Hui Zhang always said you were a good opponent, now it seems that meeting in person is not as good as hearing your name. Today, you will be buried in the belly of the dragon, which can be considered as giving Huang Hui Zhang a thought. Whatever debt we have, let's settle it in our next life."

  As she spoke, she waved her hand at Sun Bao and the others, and just as they were about to climb over the pile of strange rocks to escape, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from the pile of strange rocks under Ai Guo's feet. Then the pile of strange rocks under her feet suddenly collapsed, Ai Guo lost her balance, fell down, and was quickly buried by the rolling strange rocks.

  After the collapse of the strange rock, a thick smoke burst out. A figure emerged from the smoke and began to walk towards them. At first, Sun Baozi and Ximen Lian thought it was either Wu Renyi or Yang Jun. But as the person walked closer, his fiery red hair became fully visible, and Sun Baozi's initial joy at thinking he could escape also sank to the bottom of the valley.

  This man was the red-haired man who had appeared once in Longhushan, and he thought that his soul had been pinched to pieces by Wu Renyi, at least it would take a year or two to recover before showing up again, but unexpectedly, just a few days after not seeing him, they met again.

  Ximen Chain had never seen this red-haired man, but looking at Sun Wukong's expression as calm as water, he also guessed a bit. He said to Sun Wukong: "Great Sage, do you know this person?"

  "Does he remember the person behind Luo Ben in the Xiaobei Prison? He has now seen him with his own eyes."

  Ximen Chain's heart was also lifted after hearing this. He remembered the last scene of Xiao Bei's prison, where he was brutally beaten by Yang Xiang and had no ability to fight back. If it weren't for Yang Jun's sudden appearance at the end, those few people would have been done in with just one hand... With a dragon in front and a demon star behind, can anyone still live?

  However, after the red-haired man appeared, he only took a glance at Sun Kuai, and this glance carried 90% anger. Sun Kuai and he exchanged a glance, and immediately his whole body was drenched in cold sweat. He quickly shifted his gaze, not daring to look at him again.

  "To be honest, I didn't think that Old Wu and Yang Xiao had switched identities either. They were the ones who deceived you, and it really has nothing to do with me. Not that I'm saying this, but I've always been a straightforward person, never having any of those underhanded moves...” Just as Sun Baozi was looking at the air beside the red-haired man, wanting to argue a few more sentences, unexpectedly the red-haired man had already walked past him with an expressionless face, without even giving Sun Baozi a glance. He headed towards the dragon in front of Sun Baozi."

  The dragon saw the red-haired man and suddenly showed an expression identical to Sun Baozi's. It was flustered and wanted to escape, but its body seemed to be restrained by the red-haired man, unable to move at all.

  "At first, he left the two sword sheaths here, not to let you have such a wild dream of transforming into a dragon! The red-haired man's eyes stared at the python, paused for a moment, and continued: "It was feared that you would die in the womb, leaving these two sword sheaths to protect your heart pulse, and also to prevent other monsters from harming you. Who would have thought that your body has become so strong now, and yet you still have the idea of transforming into a dragon!"

  The red-haired man said a word, and the python shook once. He spoke until the end, when the python's head was already on the ground, shaking non-stop like it had been electrocuted.

  After seeing the dragon trembling non-stop, the red-haired man let out a sigh and said: "Even if you really transform into a dragon, what's the use? You still can't escape today's calamity..."