What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

The Xuan Yin Extinction Lightning flew silently, without any leakage of magical power.

It doesn't leave a trail of light like magic, nor does it cut through the air like a hidden weapon.

It's like a grain of sand blown by the wind, silently flying towards its target.

By the time Chu Mingyue instinctively sensed the danger, the bead, the size of a longan, was already less than three feet in front of her.

She suddenly lowered her head.

The outline of the jet-black bead was reflected in his pupils.

In that instant, a chill shot up from the base of her spine to the top of her head, making the hairs on her entire body stand on end.

"shield!"

She shouted out loud.

Before the words were even finished, the dragon-patterned crimson-gold armor she wore burst forth with dazzling golden light.

The golden dragon pattern carved on the chest of the armor suddenly came to life, its whiskers swaying and its scales surging. A golden dragon shadow let out a silent roar, forcibly detaching itself from the surface of the armor, swirling and intertwining in mid-air in front of her, and instantly condensing into an incomparably thick golden shield of dragon energy.

The surface of the golden shield was shrouded in a crimson-gold aura of dragon energy, exuding majesty and grandeur.

Chu Mingyue's eyes were cold, and she swallowed back the fear surging in her chest.

This is a priceless treasure of the Chu royal family.

The Dragon-Patterned Crimson Gold Armor is a top-grade magic weapon, crafted exclusively for the direct descendants of the royal family. At its peak, the Dragon-Aura Golden Shield is powerful enough to withstand a full-force attack from an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Although she was prompted hastily, she has absolute confidence.

Whatever that dark thing was, it was nothing compared to her dragon shield—

"boom--"

A terrifying, deafening roar that shook the entire desolate mountain suddenly exploded.

An annihilating explosion resulting from the fusion of extremely yin and cold ghostly energy and violent yin lightning.

The purplish-black lightning and the black ghostly fire bloomed simultaneously, expanding, twisting, and tearing apart in an extremely short moment.

The air was sucked out.

The light was swallowed up.

The void at the epicenter even collapsed and twisted for a moment, as if the entire world had been briefly torn open by that yin force.

The two firebirds pulling the cart were the first to be hit.

They didn't even have time to struggle. The pure flames that made up their bodies collapsed and disintegrated the moment they came into contact with the Yin Fire, like boiling water splashed on snow, turning into countless sparks and fragments that were then completely swallowed up by the purplish-black Yin Qi.

The powerless, gold-plated chariot was blown away like a withered leaf by the shockwave of the explosion.

It crashed heavily against the mountainside, embedding itself several feet into the rock strata, and fragments of rock fell down in a flurry.

And right in front of the explosive heart.

The dragon-shaped golden shield clashed fiercely with the purplish-black light of destruction.

Golden light and black light intertwined and collided.

The dragon's roar was hoarse. The dragon aura on the surface of the golden shield trembled violently, and one, two, three cracks appeared on the shield's surface.

The cracks spread and expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chu Mingyue's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints at that moment.

impossible.

The extreme Yin power carried by the Yin lightning brutally tore apart the golden dragon phantom. The majestic dragon shadow let out a mournful cry as its body was cleaved in two, turning into countless golden fragments that scattered across the sky.

The dragon shield was covered with dense cracks, and then it exploded with a bang.

Fragments flew everywhere.

The remaining shockwave from the explosion, carrying with it purplish-black embers of yin energy, slammed into Chu Mingyue's chest.

The crimson armor suddenly caved inward.

Chu Mingyue felt a sweet taste in her throat, and crimson blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. She was violently thrown through the air like a kite with a broken string.

She twisted her body in mid-air, taking several steps on the rock face, each step leaving a deep footprint on the hard rock surface.

It took him three steps to finally steady himself.

She opened her mouth and exhaled a breath of stale air.

His chest heaved violently, and the cracks on his crimson-gold armor were particularly glaring in the sunlight.

It was blocked.

Despite suffering serious internal injuries, he ultimately managed to block the deadly attack that seemed to come from nowhere.

Chu Mingyue clenched her teeth tightly, her phoenix eyes filled with fear replaced by rage.

She was the third princess of the Chu Kingdom.

From the moment she was born, she was someone above everyone else. Her pride wouldn't allow her to be forced into this situation by a hidden weapon of unknown origin.

She suddenly looked up, her bloodshot eyes scanning her surroundings, searching for the attacker's location.

But before she could lock onto her target, her expression suddenly changed drastically.

Instead of providing a continuous supply of magical power, the golden core within his body sent a sharp, chilling pain through him.

A chilling aura, following the shattered meridians in her chest, was rapidly spreading to her limbs and bones.

Wherever her magical power went, the yin energy followed. Like ink dripping into clear water, the rate at which it became murky far exceeded her expectations.

That was the residual poison from the explosion of the Xuan Yin Extinction Thunder.

The combined erosion of the Yin energy and the power of Yin lightning is frantically corrupting her magic and corroding her meridians.

A fierce glint flashed in Chu Mingyue's eyes.

She made a decisive move, immediately stopping the circulation of most of her magical power and compressing all the remaining pure spiritual energy around her dantian to form a temporary isolation barrier. She then focused her mind on forcibly suppressing the rampant yin energy within her body.

The speed at which magical energy circulates drops by 70%.

At that very moment, her breath caught in her throat.

below.

As Gu Jiusi plummeted, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her cool, peach-blossom eyes.

She twisted her waist sharply, and like a fish leaping out of the water, she abruptly stopped her descent in mid-air.

He channeled the remaining magical power within his body into his wrist.

With a flick of his right hand, a shimmering silver net appeared in his palm.

This is a magical treasure bestowed upon her by her master after she advanced to the Golden Core stage.

The Silver Thread Spirit-Binding Net. The net is woven from the silver threads of thousand-year-old cold silkworms, and its toughness is astonishing. Once it wraps around a person, it will automatically contract and lock itself tight. Moreover, every barb on the net is quenched with seven-times bone-dissolving poison.

My wrist is shaking.

The net grew longer in the wind, instantly transforming into a large net several meters square, shimmering with silver light, covering Chu Mingyue's head like a blanket of sunlight.

The barbs covering the mesh reflected a deep blue light, cold and piercing.

Chu Mingyue's magical power was disrupted by the blast of the Extinction Lightning, but her fighting instincts as a late-stage Golden Core cultivator remained intact.

She snorted coldly.

Although his magical power was impure and stagnant, he managed to forcefully squeeze out a stream of spiritual energy to infuse his legs, thanks to his terrifyingly profound Golden Core foundation.

She endured the intense throbbing pain in her meridians, her feet barely touching the rock face as she suddenly rose several meters into the air, narrowly avoiding the deadly poison net.

The netting brushed past her feet, flashed silver, then caught nothing, and with a "whoosh," wrapped itself around the mountain wall, its barbs embedding deeply into the rock strata.

"Overestimating one's abilities."

Chu Mingyue hovered in mid-air, her phoenix eyes surging with murderous intent.

How dare a half-crippled person at the early stage of the Golden Core realm attack her?

But she had just regained her balance.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a fleeting glimpse of a shadow.

The afterimage was incredibly fast.

Lin Yuan made a move.

From the moment he unleashed the Profound Yin Extinction Thunder, his body was preparing for a close-quarters impact.

The instant he made his move, he didn't hesitate to strike his chest with a Heavenly Steadfast Talisman.

Princess of Chu, late stage of Golden Core perfection.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't even be worthy of carrying someone's shoes.

But this is not the normal situation now.