Ning Yue lit a small flame in his palm for illumination.

He glanced at Chu Zhi sideways and asked, "What kind of spiritual root do you have?"

Chu Zhi: "Water Spirit Root."

"...Oh." Ning Yue nodded.

Chu Zhi cautiously glanced at Ning Yue, who was looking around.

The firelight in his palm flickered, and Ning Yue's face remained calm in the firelight.

Chu Zhi suddenly took a careful breath. If she didn't run now, when would she?

While Ning Yue turned around to investigate, a powerful stream of water gushed out from Chu Zhi and pierced into Ning Yue.

Ning Yue didn't even turn her head, but dodged to the side. The water grazed past Ning Yue's ear, but didn't hurt her at all.

Ning Yue scoffed, "Even if you beat me now, so what? You'll still be stuck here, won't you?"

Chu Zhi looked at her intently: "So what?"

Taking advantage of the fact that Ning Yue's senior brothers and sisters were not around at the moment, he was only restrained by Ning Yue because he was not paying attention.

She has now taken the lead and struck first!

Let's see what Ning Yue can do now!

Ning Yue easily dodged the approaching water attacks, finding it utterly ridiculous.

It seems Chu Zhi doesn't have a clear understanding of herself yet...

Chu Zhi's eyes suddenly narrowed. Ning Yue sighed, intending to end this farce and go and capture Chu Zhi.

Surprisingly, Chu Zhi's aim was terrible when hitting people, but she could hit other things with a single blow.

With a whoosh, the water shot precisely into the flame in Ning Yue's hand, and the fireball fell to the ground with a "plop".

Ning Yue: "..."

Chu Zhi's eyes widened: "..."

With a "whoosh," they scattered and burst into flames on the ground, and the blue crystals embedded in the cave began to melt.

The towering flames illuminated the area directly.

Ning Yue smiled and looked at Chu Zhi, saying, "...Look what you've done."

Chu Zhi opened her eyes wide in horror; she hadn't expected this!

But since things had come to this, Chu Zhi resigned herself to her fate and conjured a water barrier to protect the two of them.

Because of her low cultivation level, the barrier she created was quickly melted by Ning Yue's flames.

Chu Zhi can only continuously condense!

"Why are your flames so powerful?!"

Ning Yue was too lazy to answer her; she should clean up her own mess.

"My senior brothers and sisters should have returned by now, why haven't we heard from them yet?"

"...Did I forget to tell you? Once you leave here, you can't come back in?" Xiaohua's voice suddenly rang out.

Ning Yue looked at it: "...What did you say?"

Xiaohua repeated it in the same tone.

Ning Yue: ...

Chu Zhi was clearly about to give up; she had probably only managed to hold on for so long by putting on a brave face in front of Ning Yue.

Ning Yue clicked his tongue impatiently, squinting at the blazing flames before him.

The fire couldn't actually hurt her, since it was her fire, but Chu Zhi looked like she was about to die.

She stepped forward and swung her hand in a chop—

An eyesore.

Chu Zhi was knocked unconscious before she could react, and looked at Ning Yue in disbelief.

She probably thought Ning Yue was going to abandon her here.

Ning Yue held Chu Zhi with one arm and placed the other hand on his dantian.

She could feel it—

Ever since she consumed the Azure Lotus, a force has been continuously repairing her spiritual roots.

The area around the dantian felt very warm.

...Let's try the freezing technique again.

Ning Yue squinted, spreading his fingers in front of him.

A massive, thick ice barrier appeared before them, firmly blocking the flames.

A chill emanated from the air, radiating a coldness.

However, this flame is an ancient fire, and ordinary ice walls can only hold it for a short while.

Ning Yue gathered his strength and supported Chu Zhi's body.

With a sudden burst of strength, Chu Zhi was thrown out.

That was a hard fall; Chu Zhi will probably get a bruised and swollen face.

She turned and began to tend to the flames that filled the cave.

A small fireball would be easy to deal with, but a whole cave full of fire was quite a challenge for her.

So we have to get rid of Chu Zhi first.

Ning Yue frowned: "Next, let's finish cleaning up the fire..."

The ground beneath my feet suddenly began to shake violently.

The rock walls inside the cave were crumbling, illuminated by the flickering firelight that hadn't yet been cleared away.

The cramped cave created an atmosphere that felt like the end of the world was nigh…

Ning Yue: "..."

The shaking inside the cave intensified.

Ning Yue felt that if he didn't take some action soon, he might be buried here.

Two large blue lights suddenly shone in the dark cave.

It emitted a chilling, eerie blue color—

—It looks like it's not a good thing!

"Little flower, little flower! What the hell is that?!"

The little flower stood gracefully on Ning Yue's shoulder.

"Oh, don't you already know what's going on?"

Ning Yue's face was ashen: "...Please give me the final blow."

"—Those are the eyes of a giant python that has existed for ten thousand years."

Okay, I've given up...

And those eyes appeared right above the waterfall.

In the firelight, Ning Yue finally saw clearly—

The path behind the waterfall, where one could pick lotus blossoms, turned out to be the gaping maw of a giant python that had existed for millennia…

The waterfall that was frozen over was actually the saliva flowing down from a giant python that had existed for thousands of years...

No wonder this waterfall has no source! It turns out it's just saliva from someone's mouth!

Ning Yue secretly made up her mind—

We absolutely cannot let Shi Yinghan find out!!!

Otherwise, he would have been terrified and would have crawled right into the person's mouth to pull out the Jade Lotus.

"Don't think about others, worry about yourself," Xiaohua said.

The giant python looked at Ning Yue with excitement, as if it had spotted prey that it found extremely interesting.

Ning Yue took two steps back: "Brother Snake... oh no, Brother Python, can you understand me?"

"Having lived for tens of thousands of years, I must have a spirit. I was just passing by... I didn't mean to disturb your sleep..."

The giant python ignored him completely, flicking its huge forked tongue as it lunged at Ning Yue—

Ning Yue: "Aaaaaah—!!!"

……

As soon as Shi Yinghan walked to the large hole in the ground, she sensed that something was wrong.

There was an invisible but irresistible force that prevented him from entering.

He was riding his sword, intending to force his way in—

He was launched directly into the air.

The others also realized something was wrong and began to try it out.

No matter what realm you are at, or what magical artifacts or treasures you use.

I just can't get in.

Yang Fei: "Oh my god, we're doomed! Junior Sister can't fly! And she's standing on a giant python! We need to figure out a way to get her out quickly!"

"No," Yu Xiao frowned as she examined the area, "it seems that those who come out cannot go back in."

Song Yishi turned her head to look at Duan Huailin: "...How is it?"

"...The formation isn't working." Duan Huailin frowned and shook his head.

Song Yishi put the talisman away, saying, "...The talisman is useless."

As the group was racking their brains for a solution, a person suddenly popped out of the cave entrance.

Upon closer inspection—it was Chu Zhi.

Being a cultivator, Chu Zhifei woke up while still in mid-air.

She glanced down with a complicated expression, never expecting Ning Yue to throw her out.

I had just briefly explained the situation when I heard an explosion coming from the cave entrance.

Taking advantage of the moment, Chu Zhi limped away.

The ground within a 500-meter radius suddenly collapsed! The group reacted swiftly and ascended into the air on their swords.

"The cave collapsed—! How is Junior Sister—!"

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