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The massive tree trunk beneath their feet suddenly trembled!

No, it wasn't just a tremor, it was a violent, shaking shaking that felt like the ground was about to break!

The thick branches on which everyone stood, the entwined vines, and even the endless canopy overhead all shook wildly with this sudden and violent tremor!

The Six Harmony Mirror's light shield beneath Jiang Xiaochuan's feet flickered, causing him to stagger. He quickly regained his balance, and Jin Ping'er also let out a soft cry, supporting herself against the vines beside her.

Lu Xueqi's rain of swords was thrown into disarray, and Biyao took the opportunity to escape from the densest center of the rain of swords. Her face was pale, her chest heaving, and she looked down at her feet with surprise and uncertainty.

"Sizzle—sizzle—"

A sickening sound, like countless rough ropes rubbing against tree bark, came from the depths of the thick, impenetrable fog below, growing louder and closer.

Along with the sound, an indescribable stench, carrying the decay of the deepest part of the swamp and the violent aura unique to prehistoric beasts, surged upwards, so strong that everyone's clothes fluttered wildly, and they could hardly stand.

Biyao looked down at the swirling mist beneath her feet, where something enormous seemed to be rapidly rising. The color drained from her face, and her lips moved, her voice barely audible, carrying a hint of dazedness and...fear.

"Black...water...mysterious...serpent..."

Jiang Xiaochuan's heart tightened, and he turned around abruptly to look at the still tightly closed, ancient and heavy stone door of the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury behind him.

Above the door, the four ancient seal characters "Heavenly Emperor's Treasury" reflected a dazzling, almost sacred golden light under the sunlight that had somehow pierced through the thin mist above and was moving directly towards them.

Jin Ping'er looked at the approaching, increasingly louder friction sounds in the depths of the mist, then glanced at the dazed Bi Yao and the alert Lu Xueqi in the distance, and sighed softly.

The sigh lacked its usual languor or allure, replaced by a heavy tone. She turned towards Biyao, her voice clear and her pace quickening:

"Yao'er, this Blackwater Serpent is an ancient demonic beast, beyond the power of human strength to defeat. We are no match for it. Don't try to hold on, let's go!"

Biyao seemed not to hear.

Her gaze was fixed on the tightly closed stone door, then slowly shifted to herself, who was confronting Lu Xueqi and whose sword aura had not yet dissipated.

Unwillingness, an unwillingness that entwines the heart like a poisonous vine, after waiting for ten years, after searching for ten years, finally we meet again, but in such circumstances, facing such an opponent, in such... helplessness.

The Heavenly Emperor's Treasury is right before our eyes, and he is right before our eyes, but Lu Xueqi is in between, ten years have passed, the chasm between good and evil is between us, and now, we are also separated by this awakened ancient monster.

No, she doesn't want to leave.

Right now—

"Rumble..."

A muffled rumble, seemingly originating from the core of the giant tree, came from behind the stone door. The sound was initially low, gradually rising in pitch, carrying a strange rhythm, as if an ancient mechanism had been reawakened at the end of time.

Jiang Xiaochuan suddenly looked up and saw that the sunlight had moved to the top horizontal stroke of the character "天" (heaven) in the four characters "天帝宝库" (Heavenly Emperor's Treasury). Under the sunlight, that horizontal stroke suddenly shone with a dazzling golden light, as if it had been set on fire!

"roar--!!!"

Almost at the same instant the stone gate roared and the golden light shone, the mist below exploded!

A massive, unimaginably large black snake head, carrying unparalleled ferocity and a nauseating stench, suddenly emerged!

Its head was ferocious, its scales were dark, and its vertical pupils were scarlet, burning with a violent and greedy flame. It was the Blackwater Serpent!

It seemed to be completely enraged by the changes in the stone gate and some kind of aura. Its speed increased dramatically, its blood-red maw opened wide, and its fangs were gleaming white. It rushed straight at the people in front of the stone gate. The first to be hit was Biyao, who was closer to the stone gate and was somewhat distracted by the strange movement of the stone gate!

"Biyao!" Jiang Xiaochuan exclaimed in surprise, instinctively wanting to rush over, but Jin Ping'er blocked his way.

"My benefactor, be careful!" Jin Ping'er whispered, her purple blade slashing towards Jiang Xiaochuan's side, not to attack him, but to deflect a thick vine that was wildly whipping and lashing out at her due to the appearance of the Black Water Serpent. At the same time...

"Click!"

A soft sound, like glass shattering.

The Six Harmony Mirror light shield that had been enveloping Jiang Xiaochuan was caught by the purple light blade that Jin Ping'er had been unable to break through before. A point of purple light precisely pierced a certain node in the light shield, and the light shield shattered and dissipated into specks of yellow light.

Lu Xueqi, who had been paying attention to this side, changed her expression drastically upon seeing this. No longer caring about confronting Biyao, she turned her Tianya sword and was about to pounce on Jiang Xiaochuan!

As for Biyao, shrouded in the overwhelming shadow and stench of the Blackwater Serpent, she watched as its enormous maw, seemingly capable of devouring everything, was about to close. The chilling feeling of death instantly gripped her; she could even smell the stench of decay and deadly poison emanating from the serpent's mouth.

Am I going to die? Just like that, I'll die in this beast's mouth? Die here, so close yet so far away?

Ten years ago, beneath the Abyss of the Dead, the Black Water Serpent unleashed a colossal wave, the cold darkness, the suffocating despair, and... the boy who grabbed a withered vine on the cliff, hesitated for a moment, then resolutely let go and fell, lifting her from the reef and hiding her in a cave.

He tore off his soaking wet coat and covered her with it.

The cave was dimly lit, and his profile was shown as he leaned against the rock wall with his eyes closed, his hair was messy, and when he woke up, he had a lazy and somewhat helpless expression.

What about this time?

"Biyao—!!!"

She heard it; it was his voice, filled with panic, carried through the stench of the wind.

With her last bit of strength, she turned her gaze slightly to the side. In her peripheral vision, she saw Jiang Xiaochuan being tightly embraced from behind by Jin Ping'er. The cold light of the purple blade was pressed against his neck. His face was drained of color, but he was desperately turning his head to look at her, his eyes filled with genuine, almost overflowing worry.

Ah...that's fine too.

At least the last thing I saw before I died was his worried expression.

Will he remember me?

I remember a demoness named Biyao who foolishly waited for him for ten years, and finally died here.

Her eyelashes trembled, and she slowly closed her eyes. She even tried to smile, but she didn't have the strength. So be it.

The expected excruciating pain and darkness did not come.

Instead, a sudden, chilly aura rushed in, and a strong arm tightened around my waist, pulling me forward at an unbelievable speed!

The wind whistled in my ears, and the stench was suddenly left behind.

She opened her eyes in surprise.

What came into view was a stunningly beautiful profile, so close to her, with a taut jawline and slightly pursed lips—it was Lu Xueqi!

Lu Xueqi held her waist tightly with one hand, and pointed forward with the other. The Tianya Sword burst out with an unprecedented azure light, clearing the way ahead. Its speed was as fast as a blue lightning bolt tearing through space, and its target was the stone door of the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury, which was slowly moving to the sides with a crack amidst the roar!

Golden, intense light, so bright it was impossible to look directly at, was surging out from the crack in the door!

"BOOM—!!!"

The enormous head of the Blackwater Serpent, carrying immense force, slammed into the stone door that had just been cracked open. The deafening impact caused the entire giant tree to tremble violently, sending shards of stone and wood flying everywhere. The stone door groaned under the strain, its movement coming to an abrupt halt.

In that split second, Lu Xueqi, holding Biyao, transformed into a streak of blue light, narrowly missing the edge of the closing snake's snout, and shot into the narrow crack of the door, disappearing into a dazzling golden light!