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Chapter 499 - 490: Red Eyes, Green Eyes, Slaying and Guiding

Chapter 499: Chapter 490: Red Eyes, Green Eyes, Slaying and Guiding

Just as Jiang Lingxi decided to enter the water, on the other side, the Changcang Sect’s team also reached another riverbank.

The gray mist on the water surface made everyone hesitate.

Chong Shi’s people had spent almost a day and night but couldn’t find any trace of Jiang Lingxi and her group, making them feel frustrated. Seeing this obstacle before them, their brows knitted even tighter.

"Send someone in first to test the waters."

Saying this, he turned to look at those under Yin Chong’s command.

Yin Chong squinted his eyes at this scene.

Chong Shi paused.

The people he had sent out hadn’t returned yet, mainly because they had boasted in front of Yin Chong that they would find Jiang Lingxi and her group and take care of them early, but now they hadn’t even seen their shadows, which was quite embarrassing.

Currently, in terms of overall strength, he had far fewer people than Yin Chong.

If a conflict arose, he wouldn’t have the upper hand.

After silently repeating to himself ’The wise adapt to circumstances’ twice, his gaze shifted and finally landed on the two figures cowering at the back of the group.

Pointing directly, he said, "Have them as the vanguard, you don’t have any objections, do you?"

Lian Lian and Li Yan, who were pointed at, trembled like leaves in the wind.

"No, no..."

Yin Chong nodded toward Luan Hua, "It’s time to be of some use."

Luan Hua, looking at the river blocking their path, shifted her finger, which was originally behind Lian Lian, directly pushing Li Yan, who was standing beside her, out.

Her strength was overwhelming for Li Yan, and with a scream, he plunged headfirst into the water.

Struggling for nearly a minute, his head finally surfaced, spitting out the water he had gulped down as he coughed violently.

The people standing on the shore watched him warily, mindful of what noise might attract.

After coughing out the water he choked on and disregarding the burning sensation in his throat, Li Yan realized this was a good chance to escape from those behind him and he desperately swam toward the opposite shore.

He wasn’t even thinking about whether, after breaking free from those people, he could survive alone in this mysterious underground place. He just wanted to escape their clutches as soon as possible.

The crowd quietly observing his actions from the shore didn’t need to guess his intentions. If Li Yan turned back, he would see dozens of disdainful eyes.

Just as he was barely an arm’s length from the riverbank, Li Yan’s face lit up with immense joy, only to feel a sudden weight on his back.

In that instant, Li Yan felt as if his skull was about to crack open!

He wanted to keep swimming forward no matter what, convinced that safety lay on the shore.

As he splashed frantically in the water, those on the shore finally saw the thing crouching on his back.

A piece of cloth, so worn it was indiscernible, barely covered the essentials. At a glance, it seemed like a human’s limbs and head, but the ghastly white skin and stubby tail made it clear it wasn’t human.

Seemingly discomforted by the flashlight beam, the creature turned its head impatiently, glaring with blood-red eyes and hissing with a mouthful of sharp teeth exposed under the light.

Many people instinctively gasped.

Lian Lian couldn’t help but scream, her pants soaked.

Even Yin Chong and Chong Shi, looking at the humanoid but clearly not human creature on Li Yan’s back, couldn’t help but furrow their brows, a hint of gravity in their eyes.

People are curious about the unknown but also fear it.

However, the unluckiest one was still Li Yan, struggling to swim forward.

It was as if there was a heavy stone on his back; he resisted the urge to look back, but then he heard a hiss beside his ear. He felt his mind go blank, and soon realized something warm was oozing from his ear.

Quickly, the scent of blood filled his nose.

A wet, slippery tongue then licked his earlobe.

The tension in his mind, already at breaking point, snapped completely.

"Ahh, let me die!"

Yin Chong lightly raised an eyebrow, watching as Li Yan frantically managed to throw off the creature on his back, then threw a dagger he had been holding.

The dagger cut a bright arc through the air, then accurately struck the creature.

After a shrill scream, "Splash!"

Li Yan lay on the bank, gasping for breath, feeling as if the world had gone silent.

When he gathered enough courage to shakily reach up, his fingertips were covered with blood flowing from his ear.

Just now, that creature’s hiss beside his ear directly ruptured his eardrum!

Suddenly, the river beside him boiled as if it were heated, and hissing sounds echoed, but unable to hear, he didn’t bother getting up to look.

Receiving a cotton ball from Luan Feng, originally meant for treating external wounds, Yin Chong wadded it up and stuffed it into his ear, watching the river as more than a dozen humanoid creatures emerged. He raised his hand and waved gently, "Kill!"

No matter what they are, if they block his path, they must die!

*

The riverbed was soft with fine sand.

Among the dozen people, except for Yun Yi, who initially stumbled into the water and choked on a few mouthfuls, everyone else stood firmly on the riverbed.

Only then did they realize the water wasn’t deep.

"Sister Lingxi, should I lead the way?"

"No need, everyone stay close."

Stay close to what?

Jiang Lingxi took a breath and submerged her head underwater.

Underwater, there was no mist; though the flashlight beams scattered somewhat, they were barely usable.

Jiang Lingxi opened her eyes in the water.

She could vaguely see a green light not far ahead.

After walking a distance, the water level rose.

Initially just chest-high, it now reached their necks.

By now, Jiang Lingxi understood the little creature’s purpose.

The green light appeared and disappeared. It vanished momentarily but always reappeared shortly after.

It was guiding her!

When the water rose to just below her nose, and it seemed they would have to swim forward, the formerly fading green light vanished completely.

Jiang Lingxi stopped, glancing around, her gaze sharpening.

Ahead could no longer be called a river—it was more like a lake.

With the mist on the water surface, going a bit further made the riverbanks disappear from view, and the end was unreachable.

So, should they continue forward or go ashore?

"Sister Lingxi, there seems to be a boat on the shore ahead!"

Jiang Lingxi followed Yun Yi’s finger pointing with effort ahead. Through the mist, there indeed was a boat quietly docked on the shore.

She rubbed her eyes, sore from intermittently seeing underwater, and raised her head, "Go ashore!"

As they swam toward the shore, in a grand hall, Wu Jue leaned against a chair sculpted from petrified wood, watching a little creature scurrying towards him, his gaze falling on its wrist.

"The red string is gone, hmm, the Talisman is intact, not bad, not bad. Led the right people on the first try." Saying this, he produced a somewhat withered apple from his backpack, "Here, a reward for completing your task."

With a cheerful chirp, "Ya!"

Wu Jue turned his head to see the man originally studying ancient texts in front of a petrified wood table, look up at him.

"Your Majesty is arriving?"

"Wait a bit longer, they have to enter from another entrance."

Shen Yunqing let out a long breath, circled around from the table, and, uncharacteristically, patted the little creature happily munching the apple on its head.

"Thank you!"

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