"Mother... I'm coming to find you..."
Watching the enormous snake maw draw closer and closer, Zhuo Feng gave up struggling and resigned himself to fate, hoping only that being eaten would not hurt too much.
Bai Yujun clamped Zhuo Feng in her jaws and crashed into the river with a boom, sending up waves. Twisting her enormous body, she shot straight for deep water. From the perspective of the two Demon Subjugation Sect cultivators, the White Snake vanished completely; only ripples raced across the surface.
"What do we do? Chase her over the water?"
"No. Snakes are skilled in water. If we enter the river without being able to fly, we'll very likely come out worse off. What a pity about those rewards..."
"Then what? Give up?"
"What else can we do? Withdraw. There are people from Chunyang Palace in Qingding Commandery upstream. We can't catch up. Go back and tell the elders that the snake demon has appeared in Qingding Commandery. Let's go."
The Demon Subjugation Sect disciples recalled their hawk and falcon, taking a shortcut straight toward the Prefecture City.
Bai Yujun did not know they had already left, nor did she dare gamble by going ashore. When she surfaced again, she was in the middle of the river, carrying Zhuo Feng and his weapon as she swam through the great river toward the Prefecture City docks. Fortunately, the human city was nearby, and there were no large carnivorous Fierce Beasts in the river, sparing her a battle.
Upon the river, the giant snake wound its way forward.
A thousand waves and ten thousand breakers rose and fell in contest; the White Snake flickered in and out of sight.
Once his terror passed, Zhuo Feng gradually calmed enough to look around. He watched in disbelief as the river