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

Lin Yuan flew at full speed, and after a moment, the narrow passage in the cave came into view.

He slapped his hand on the storage pouch at his waist. Three Yin Sha Nine Nether Thunder Pearls appeared in his palm.

He flicked his finger. Three lightning orbs silently disappeared into the cracks in the stone walls on either side of the narrow passage.

Lin Yuan continued to flee forward, constantly using his divine sense to probe backward.

A moment later, the beam of light behind them suddenly drew closer.

Chu Tianhan stood on thunderclouds, his eyes bloodshot, and violent lightning-attribute magic power flowed through his body. Two Foundation Establishment stage disciples from Canglei Peak followed beside him.

"You dare impersonate Wang Teng and trick me! Do you really think you can survive by hiding in a hole?" Chu Tianhan's roar echoed deafeningly in the closed passage.

Fifty zhang. Thirty zhang. Twenty zhang.

We are getting closer and closer to the location where the lightning bead was buried.

Lin Yuan suddenly turned around.

He raised his right hand repeatedly, and three Thunder Extinction Talismans transformed into three golden-red streaks of light, forming a triangular shape and heading straight for the faces of Chu Tianhan and the other two.

"Overestimating yourself!" Chu Tian sneered, forming hand seals, and lightning-attribute true energy condensed into a dazzling purple lightning shield in front of him.

The other two disciples of Canglei Peak also summoned their top-grade magical artifacts. One opened a black iron umbrella, and the other threw out a jade pendant that transformed into a light blue shield.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three loud explosions resounded in the passageway.

The golden-red lightning and fire instantly engulfed the passage, and the shockwave, mixed with debris, swept in all directions.

Chu Tianhan withstood the lightning and fire head-on. Ripples spread across the surface of his purple lightning shield, but it did not shatter. He did not even take a single step back. Although the other two disciples were shaken and their blood surged, they also steadily blocked the attack.

The thunder dissipated.

Chu Tianhan pushed aside the thick smoke in front of him and sneered, "Haha! Your thunder talisman is indeed quite powerful, but with such an inanimate object, as long as we're prepared, it can't harm us at all!"

He looked at Lin Yuan and the other two who were stopped ten feet away, his eyes filled with cruelty.

"I don't care who you are, hand over Lin Feilu next to you, and I'll give you a quick death," Chu Tianhan said coldly.

Before he finished speaking, a ruthless glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes!

"burst."

Chu Tianhan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Before he could react, three destructive forces erupted from the stone walls on either side of the passage.

Rumble—!

The entire cavern trembled violently. Huge boulders crashed down from above. A violent bolt of lightning, a mix of black and white, instantly engulfed Chu Tianhan and the two Cang Lei Peak disciples.

The two Foundation Establishment stage disciples didn't even have time to reactivate their defensive artifacts before their protective aura was torn apart by the raging lightning.

The black iron umbrella broke in two, and the light blue light shield instantly vaporized.

The two were blown to pieces and slammed against the stone wall; their fate was unknown.

Chu Tianhan was located in the epicenter of the explosion.

He roared and spat out a mouthful of his life essence blood onto his top-grade defensive magic weapon. The lightning shield erupted with a dazzling blue light, fiercely protecting his vital points.

The lightning dissipated.

Chu Tianhan knelt on one knee, panting heavily. His purple-gold lightning-patterned robe had been blasted into shreds. His hair was charred black, and his body was covered with dozens of deep, bone-revealing wounds. His top-grade defensive shield was shattered.

He looked up and stared intently at "Wang Teng" in front of him, his eyes bloodshot. Two trusted confidants were dead without a trace, and a top-grade magic weapon was destroyed. A dignified half-step Core Formation cultivator had been forced into such a predicament by a mere Qi Refining cultivator.

"Good tricks." Chu Tianhan gritted his teeth as he stood up and reached down to pull out a black leather bag from his waist.

The bag's opening was open.

"Buzzing—"

A chilling flapping sound rang out. A viscous black cloud poured out of the bag's opening, expanding to a size of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) in the blink of an eye.

It was a cloud of insects formed by thousands upon thousands of black beetles, each the size of a thumb. They had single horns on their heads and sharp mouthparts, and the moment they appeared, the remaining thunder and fire spiritual energy in the passage was completely devoured.

Soul-devouring demonic insect.

"Be careful, this insect can devour anything, even the best magic artifacts can't stop it!" Jiang Huaiyue's pupils shrank suddenly, and she involuntarily took a step back.

A ruthless glint flashed in Chu Tianhan's eyes, but he softened his tone, even adding a hint of pleading: "Huaiyue, I don't know why you're allied with him, but we have a bond. If you turn back now and help me kill this scoundrel, I will not only forgive and forget, but I will also reward you!"

Jiang Huaiyue's delicate body trembled, and hesitation and wavering appeared on her face. She looked at Lin Yuan with a complicated expression.

Lin Yuan's face turned extremely ugly: "We reached an agreement, you swore an oath, are you going to go back on your word?"

Jiang Huaiyue bit her lower lip tightly, and finally, as if she had made up her mind, she whispered, "I'm sorry."

She moved swiftly, actually flying towards Chu Tianhan, her face showing a mixture of determination and ingratiation: "Senior brother, I was just confused for a moment..."

Chu Tianhan's face lit up with ecstasy. He stepped forward and reached out his hand as if to catch her: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"

Lin Yuan stood still, watching her back, his eyes calm and unwavering.

Just as Jiang Huaiyue approached within three feet of Chu Tianhan, and the blood-red light was about to appear behind her right hand, the wild joy on Chu Tianhan's face suddenly turned into extreme coldness and ferocity.

"idiot!"

He didn't even try to help her up. Instead, he turned his outstretched hand into a fist, and lightning flashed in his palm as he struck Jiang Huaiyue's unsuspecting chest first!

"puff!"

Jiang Huaiyue was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily against the rock wall, coughing up blood, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Junior sister, do you take me for a fool?" Chu Tianhan's face was icy cold. "Those who betray me only have one path: death."

With a flick of his finger, the insect cloud changed direction and rushed straight towards Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan reached across the storage bag with his left hand and pulled out a silk net with swirling blue energy.

This treasure was a wood-based spirit net that he had hastily crafted using top-quality materials from the Danbao Pavilion before entering the forbidden area.

He raised his hand and threw it out.

The blue net swelled with the wind, transforming into a giant net covering several dozen feet, enveloping the swarm of insects.

The surface of the spirit net shimmered with rich wood-attribute array patterns.

Chu Tianhan was taken aback at first, then burst into wild laughter, his laughter filled with contempt and cruelty: "Azure Wood Spirit Net? You're practically courting death by using this wood-attribute treasure!"

The swarm of black beetles pounced on the spirit net, their sharp mandibles snapping and biting wildly, while the blue spirit light flickered intensely.

Lin Yuan flipped his right hand, his fingertips holding two crimson talismans.

He exerted force with two fingers, and the talisman transformed into two balls of red light, precisely striking the center of the wood-type spirit net.

Exploding Fire Talisman.

Wood generates fire.

A series of explosions rang out. Flames spread rapidly throughout the passage.

The temperature inside the passage rose sharply.

These demonic insects fell like raindrops, scattering all over the ground.

Jiang Huaiyue clutched her chest, her beautiful eyes wide open.

Before even entering the forbidden area, he had already calculated Chu Tianhan's trump card and prepared something to absolutely counter it.

Chu Tianhan's smile froze.

The ancient species, cultivated with decades of effort and countless resources, is gone just like that.

"I will extract your soul and refine your spirit!" Chu Tianhan roared, slapping his storage bag with one hand.

A cyan talisman appeared in his palm.

At the center of the talisman was a long spear wreathed in lightning. An astonishing spiritual pressure emanated from it, clearly indicating that it was no ordinary item.

"Retreat quickly! This is a talisman!" Jiang Huaiyue shouted weakly.

A one-time-use weapon crafted by a Core Formation cultivator from the essence of a magic treasure is something a Foundation Establishment cultivator could never withstand.

Lin Yuan's expression became more solemn than ever before.

He slapped the storage bag with his right hand, pulled out a snow-white garment, and put it on.

An extremely gorgeous floral silk dress.

Lin Feilu, standing behind, was stunned. The dress was exactly the same style as the one she was wearing.

Lin Yuan remained expressionless. High defense is a virtue; wearing women's clothing to save one's life isn't shameful.