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

The largest Netherworld Poison Toad on the right leaped high into the air, its massive body carrying immense force as it slammed into the shield's surface.

"Snap!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out. The adamantine shield split open in the middle, let out a mournful cry, and shattered inch by inch.

The violent recoil force slammed through the shield and struck Jiang Huaiyue in the chest. She coughed up a mouthful of blood and flew backward.

Before she could even get up, the poisonous toad on her left opened its massive mouth, pouring a stream of dark green venom over her head. Simultaneously, the poisonous toad in front shot out its long, barbed tongue, blocking her escape route.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Jiang Huaiyue not only did not panic, but instead remained calm.

She ripped off a jade pendant from her neck and crushed it.

A blinding crimson light shield instantly expanded, forcibly isolating the venom, powerful enough to corrode even the finest magical artifacts, from the outside.

Jiang Huaiyue opened her mouth, bit her tongue, and spat out a mouthful of her life essence blood, which landed on the Blood Blade of Breaking Qi that was floating in front of her.

The Blood-Breaking Blade absorbed the essence blood, causing the blade to tremble violently and unleash a dark red blade light two zhang long.

"die!"

Jiang Huaiyue chopped down with both fingers.

The dark red blade left a fan-shaped afterimage in mid-air.

The poisonous toad at the forefront didn't even have time to scream before it was cleaved in two by the blade. Its foul-smelling entrails, mixed with poisonous blood, spilled all over the ground.

The blade's momentum didn't diminish; it slashed diagonally upwards, striking the poisonous toad that had leaped into the air on its right.

He cleaved half of its body off at an angle.

The last poisonous toad, its long tongue lolling out, sensed a deadly threat and abruptly retracted its tongue, pushing off the ground with its limbs as it tried to escape.

Jiang Huaiyue's eyes flashed with madness as she reached back to pat the storage bag at her waist.

Three jet-black death nails shot out, accurately striking the poisonous toad's eyes and jaw. The toad's massive body twitched a few times, then crashed heavily to the ground, lifeless.

All three level-two demonic beasts, at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, perished.

Jiang Huaiyue's knees buckled, and she knelt heavily in the mud.

The Blood-Breaking Blade, having exhausted its spiritual energy, crashed to the ground. The protective crimson light shield also dissipated.

She was panting heavily, her clothes soaked in blood, her once-tied hair completely disheveled, and a few charred strands of hair stuck to her blood-stained cheeks.

Less than two hours have passed since she entered the secret realm. She hasn't even seen a shadow of the enemy, and she has already used up most of her trump cards.

She scanned her surroundings with her divine sense, looking around warily.

One hand held a shimmering, earth-yellow talisman, while the other hand took out a pill to restore mana from a storage bag.

Just as she was about to swallow the pill.

The forest depths within the tree canopy stirred.

A flash of inspiration struck the Wind and Thunder Illusion Boots beneath his feet.

Jiang Huaiyue's pupils contracted sharply, and a yellowish-brown talisman slid out from her left sleeve, which she squeezed tightly.

Earth-elemental spiritual energy surged, and her body rapidly sank downwards.

Lin Yuan had already appeared not far behind her, his left hand flipping, and a ball of cold, black flame spewed from his palm. The Earthly Fiend Netherfire transformed into a net of fire, directly covering the soil beneath Jiang Huaiyue's feet.

The earth-elemental spiritual power activated by the Earth Escape Talisman was instantly frozen and devoured upon contact with the Netherfire.

The soil turned into solid, indestructible ice.

Jiang Huaiyue's sinking body was frozen in place, her legs and below completely frozen by the residual power of the Netherfire. The biting cold surged wildly up her meridians, instantly blocking the flow of her magic power.

The Splitting Light Shadowless Sword traced a silver arc in mid-air, stopping steadily just before Jiang Huaiyue's throat. The sharp sword energy sliced ​​through her fair skin, drawing out a bead of blood.

Only then did Jiang Huaiyue get a clear look at the person in front of her.

He wore a loose black robe and had a rather handsome face.

Jiang Huaiyue's mind went blank.

"It's you?!"

Jiang Huaiyue was shocked, after all, everyone who entered the Crimson Forbidden Land was at the Foundation Establishment stage, except for Lin Feilu, who, as a Holy Maiden, brought in a male cultivator at the Qi Refining stage.

She hadn't paid any attention to this person before entering the forbidden area.

She never expected that she would be captured by this man so soon after entering the forbidden area.

"Send my senior sister on her final journey!"

Lin Yuan pressed his wrist down, and the Splitting Light Shadowless Sword stabbed towards Jiang Huaiyue's neck.

In this life-or-death moment, she lost the composure befitting a prodigy, her voice becoming unusually shrill: "You can't kill me! If you kill me, my master will never let you go! There will be no place for you in the entire Xuan Yin Sect!"

Lin Yuan didn't reply, but his right hand holding the sword twitched slightly.

At the last moment, the sword deflected two inches, slashing heavily down past Jiang Huaiyue's earlobe. A strand of jet-black hair was severed in mid-air, drifting away with the cold wind into the dark red ruins and mud.

Jiang Huaiyue felt utterly exhausted. She stared straight ahead, believing she had successfully intimidated the Qi Refining stage servant by invoking her master's name. She gritted her teeth, preparing to continue her warning and regain control of the situation.

Lin Yuan didn't give her a chance to speak at all.

A small, jet-black nail appeared in his palm. This item was called the Sealing Acupoint Nail, an essential tool for murder and robbery. Lin Yuan had personally crafted it for his trip to the Blood Forbidden Land. With a flick of his wrist, the Sealing Acupoint Nail was precisely driven into the vital point three inches to the side of Jiang Huaiyue's Qi Sea, locking away her chaotic and stagnant residual spiritual power.

Jiang Huaiyue felt a sudden tightness in her dantian, and all the meridians in her body instantly shut down. The Foundation Establishment stage spiritual energy that had been flowing wildly suddenly fell silent.

"Let me go!" Jiang Huaiyue struggled desperately, her eyes bloodshot. "Senior Brother Chu is nearby. If you touch me, he'll definitely tear your soul out and refine it!"

Lin Yuan ignored him, sheathed his Splitting Light Sword, took two steps back, and rapidly changed hand gestures in front of his chest, forming a series of complex hand seals.

As the hand seals were formed, obscure and profound incantations were uttered from his mouth.

Lin Yuan was using a vicious secret technique called "Forbidden God Technique" at this moment.

Once this method is successfully executed, the caster only needs to think to detonate the soul of the target and control life and death.

However, the flaws in this secret technique are equally fatal.

Not only does it take an extremely long time to cast, but it also requires that the recipient's body must be completely free of any spiritual energy to block it.

During the casting process, if the opponent shows even the slightest resistance with their magical power, the spell will collapse immediately and may even severely backfire on the caster.

At this moment, Jiang Huaiyue's acupoints were sealed tightly by Lin Yuan, making her the perfect vessel for casting spells.

Time passed slowly, and half an incense stick's time had gone by.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lin Yuan's forehead. Forcibly using this soul-binding technique across realms was an immense burden on him.

As the hand seal finally took shape, Lin Yuan opened his mouth and bit the tip of his right index finger hard.

A drop of viscous, vital essence blood gushed out. Lin Yuan flicked his finger. The essence blood formed a dark red beam of light, which went straight into Jiang Huaiyue's brow. The blood light disappeared, condensing into a blood-red array within her Niwan Palace, directly enveloping her soul.

Contract completed.

Lin Yuan let out a long sigh and lowered his hands. He flicked his sleeve, putting away the Earthly Fiend Fire on the ground, and at the same time released a burst of energy to unseal the acupoints on Jiang Huaiyue's body.

Jiang Huaiyue's legs went weak, and she collapsed into the mud. The stagnant spiritual energy began to flow through her meridians again.

She suddenly raised her head, her face full of resentment, and with her right hand she formed a knife, lunging directly at Lin Yuan's heart.

Lin Yuan had a thought.

"what!"

Jiang Huaiyue's lunge froze in mid-air. She let out a piercing scream and crashed straight into the muddy water.