Lu Xueqi (88)

There were about a dozen drops of spiritual milk in the depression. As agreed, Bi Yao took seven or eight drops, leaving three or four at the bottom.

Just as she finished collecting the spiritual milk from the depression and prepared to take the drop hanging from the tip of the stalactite, an abrupt change occurred!

The seemingly ordinary, crystal-clear pool water suddenly began to churn violently after Bi Yao took most of the spiritual milk!

An icy, bone-chilling aura filled with resentment and malice erupted violently from the depths of the pool!

"Watch out!"

Su Han and Lu Xueqi shouted at the same time.

Bi Yao reacted swiftly. With a flick of her jade-like hand, she caught the falling drop of spiritual milk and placed it into the Jade Bottle, then rapidly retreated!

"Roar—!"

A nonhuman, non-beastly roar brimming with pain and venomous hatred rose from the bottom of the pool.

A vortex formed at the center of the pool, and a massive black shadow rapidly rose to the surface!

The Ice Scale Python also seemed startled. It abruptly raised its upper body and hissed threateningly at the pool, yet on closer inspection, a trace of... fear could be seen in its vertical pupils?

Splash!

Water sprayed everywhere as a savage figure burst from the surface!

It was a humanoid monster nearly a zhang tall. Its skin was a lifeless bluish-gray, covered in bizarre scales and moss.

Its head resembled a human's, but its features were twisted, fangs protruding from its mouth. Its eyes were blood-red and pupil-less, containing only endless venomous resentment and madness.

Its limbs were thick and powerful, its claws sharp, and behind it trailed a long tail covered in bony spikes.

Most terrifying of all was the dense Black Qi coiling around its body, so