The next day, the Cultivators who had gone out to deal with the Demon returned to Huashan County. A group of able-bodied youths carried a massive, fifty-foot-long python into the county seat using poles and ropes.
The massive python's scales were a deep, dark black, its body covered in somber patterns as if cast from iron. Its midsection was as thick as a water vat, only tapering abruptly at the tail. A bloody, basin-sized hole was punched through its head. Its long, forked tongue lolled out of its mouth, and its yellowish-brown vertical pupils were already clouding over.
The Python Demon was incredibly heavy. Even with twenty able-bodied youths working together, they struggled and panted, the ropes digging deep into their flesh.
"An Iron Wire Python."
Someone recognized the type of Demon.
