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

Lin Yuan held Lin Feilu tightly with his right arm, and the Wind and Thunder Illusion Boots under his feet were running wildly to their limit.

He exerted his strength suddenly, pulling Lin Feilu heavily to the lower left.

"Snap!"

The python's sharp fangs bit down hard on Lin Feilu's back.

The two venomous fangs were almost brushing against Lin Feilu's neck.

Lin Yuan kicked his feet repeatedly in mid-air, and the two of them tumbled sideways in mid-air before crashing into the passage.

Crossing the boundary of the formation.

But then something unexpected happened.

The python-dragon, which had been biting at empty air, suddenly stopped mid-air.

Instead of following its momentum to pursue its prey, it abruptly stopped its massive body. Its cold, vertical pupils stared at the entrance to the passage, a hint of wariness flashing in its eyes.

next moment.

This peak second-tier demonic beast made an extremely shrewd move.

With a flip and a spiral, it abandoned the two prey in front of it, and with a sudden sweep of its huge tail, its massive body flew back the way it came.

Heading straight for the icy pool.

Lin Yuan straightened his body, released his strength, and loosened his arm around Lin Feilu's waist.

Lin Feilu's back pressed against the cold rock, her chest heaving violently. The stench of the python's breath and its deadly fangs had almost grazed her carotid artery. The terror of being on the brink of death had not yet completely subsided.

She calmed her erratic breathing and looked at Lin Yuan beside her.

"Thank you," Lin Feilu said softly, her heart still pounding in her chest. Her tone lacked its usual coolness and was replaced by a slight tremor of lingering fear.

Lin Yuan brushed the stone chips off his clothes, his expression completely calm, and shook his head: "It was my mistake in the arrangement. I underestimated this beast's intelligence, which caused you to put yourself in danger."

His words were extremely objective, without any attempt to claim credit or shirk responsibility. That peak second-tier python not only possessed keen senses but also had a natural wariness of formation fluctuations.

Lin Feilu took out two mid-grade spirit stones from her storage bag and held them in her palm, quickly replenishing her mana: "What do we do now?"

"This beast is extremely cunning. Upon discovering the trap, it immediately hid in the water, probably because it doesn't want to come out again."

"If it doesn't come out, we have to go and gather herbs."

"As long as anyone gets close to the Frost Lotus, it will definitely attack from the shadows. Fighting on its home turf, it can use water-based techniques to appear and disappear unpredictably, which is quite troublesome."

Jiang Huaiyue also swooped down from above, landing behind the two of them, looking solemnly at the deep pool below.

"It seems there's no other way." Lin Yuan pondered for a moment, his gaze suddenly turning cold. "Since we can't lure him out, we'll have to resort to force."

As soon as he finished speaking, he patted the storage bag at his waist with one hand.

A cyan talisman appeared in his palm. Purple-gold arcs of electricity flickered across its surface, and a long spear wreathed in lightning was drawn at its center. A terrifying pressure, characteristic of a Core Formation stage magic weapon, emanated from the talisman's patterns.

Chu Tianhan's trump card: the Thunder Spear Talisman.

"With the three of us working together, plus this treasure, we have nothing to fear from it." Lin Feilu gripped the flying sword in his hand, his eyes regaining their sharpness.

"Jiang Huaiyue, you're fast, you're in charge of gathering herbs. Lin Feilu, you and I will stay in the air and keep watch. Once that beast shows itself, don't hold back, suppress it with all your might." Lin Yuan quickly assigned tasks.

The two women nodded.

The three of them rose up in a flash, transforming into three long rainbows that streaked out of the passage and hovered steadily ten feet above the cold pool.

A white mist swirled above the icy pool, exuding a bone-chilling cold.

Jiang Huaiyue took a deep breath, and crimson qi appeared around her. She tapped her toes in the air, and her body transformed into a streak of light, plunging straight towards the milky-white lotus in the center of the icy pool.

Just as Jiang Huaiyue was less than three zhang (approximately 10 meters) above the water.

The once still, deep blue water surface suddenly exploded!

Hundreds of thin, gleaming ice spikes burst forth from the water, tearing through the air with a sharp shriek, completely sealing off Jiang Huaiyue's escape route in an inverted funnel shape.

"break!"

Jiang Huaiyue let out a sharp cry, unleashing her Foundation Establishment stage magic power without reservation.

The Blood-Breaking Blade spun rapidly in front of him, transforming into an impenetrable wall of blood-red blades.

The ice spikes struck the wall of blades, producing a series of teeth-grinding cracking sounds. The enormous impact traveled along the blade, causing Jiang Huaiyue to grunt as her protective aura was violently shaken. She was propelled backward, tumbling and flying more than thirty feet away.

As soon as the ice spikes passed, the surface of the cold pool churned violently, and a huge black shadow, six or seven zhang long, swam rapidly underwater.

The python did not leap out of the water. Its dark yellow vertical pupils stared intently at the three people above through the ripples.

This beast knew that once it emerged from the water and became a target, it would surely die. And today, it was absolutely unable to protect this Frost Marrow Lotus.

The dark shadow underwater suddenly twisted, its massive body heading straight for the Frost Lotus on the surface of the water, while its gaping maw full of fangs suddenly opened.

It's obviously going to swallow it!

"Oh no!" Lin Feilu, who was suspended in mid-air, was shocked.

That Frost Marrow Lotus was something Wen Yuci specifically requested. If they couldn't gather this main medicinal herb and complete the mission, they would die!

Despair and fear instantly overwhelmed Lin Feilu's reason.

In desperation, Lin Feilu let out a sharp cry and abandoned her aerial advantage. She channeled her inner magic, transforming herself and her sword into a streak of azure light, recklessly plunging into the icy pool, attempting to snatch the lotus from the dragon's jaws.

The flying sword whistled, its sword energy tearing through the white mist in mid-air.

Lin Feilu pushed his speed to the limit, and before the giant python could close its mouth, he slashed at its huge head that had emerged from the water.

"when--!"

The sound of metal clanging echoed throughout the cave.

The top-grade flying sword struck the black scales on the python's forehead, instantly erupting in a blinding burst of sparks. The full-force attack from a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator only left a white mark on the scales; it didn't even break through the flesh.

The physical defense of a peak second-tier demonic beast is so formidable that it inspires despair.

Enraged by the sword strike, the python-dragon's movement to devour the Frost Lotus was forced to halt, and its massive head swung violently. Its gaping maw, aimed directly at Lin Feilu who was inches away, unleashed a chilling, grayish-white breath.

The breath was too fast and the distance was too close.

Lin Feilu didn't have time to form hand seals for defense, so he could only forcibly hold the flying sword horizontally in front of his chest to create a thin spiritual energy shield.

The grayish-white icy current instantly shattered the spiritual energy shield and slammed into Lin Feilu. The extreme cold penetrated the defenses of the Hundred Flowers Ice Silk Dress and directly seeped into her limbs and bones.

She had just used the Profound Bone Life-Generating Pill to forcibly suppress her injuries, and now, with the extreme cold entering her body, the new injuries were compounded by the old ones, and her meridians, which had already been mostly repaired, suffered large-scale ruptures again.

"puff!"

Lin Feilu coughed up a mouthful of blood. Her body, like a kite with a broken string, lost control and plummeted towards the icy pool below.

Lin Feilu was about to fall into the dragon's mouth.

Lin Yuan, who had been calmly observing from above, finally made a move.

He remained completely calm despite Lin Feilu's impulsive actions; this was the moment he had been waiting for.