"I..."
The black snake shuddered all over, with a thousand and one unwillingnesses in its heart.
What had been swallowed was not meant to be spat back out.
But when it met Little Four's eyes, that terror rooted deep in its bloodline surged up like a tidal wave once more, drowning all reason and resistance.
Its mouth actually opened against its will. The upper half of its body suddenly swelled, its throat wriggled, and then—
Bleurgh!
A wet mass of black liquid wrapped around a millstone-sized black turtle, which was vomited from the black snake's mouth.
The liquid was thick as glue and gave off a faint fishy stench. The Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle lay curled within it with its eyes closed.
Its head and limbs were retracted into its shell, utterly motionless.
At the sight, Little Four's heart tightened. It hurriedly hopped before the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle and shouted, "Little Turtle! Hey! Little Turtle! Are you dead?"
"Fourth Master... I'm not dead..."
The Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle slowly opened its heavy eyelids. Its pitch-black eyes were half-open, and its voice was as faint as a thread, as though it no longer had the strength even to lift its head.
"That's good!"
Little Four grinned. The Four-Colored Diamond Heart between its brows suddenly lit up, and four-colored radiance poured forth like flowing water, enveloping the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle from head to toe.
Then Little Four flashed away, carrying the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle effortlessly through the stone wall of the Primal Magnetism Iron Ore.
It landed steadily before Chen Changming. As the four-colored light receded, the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle lay quietly on the ground.
Little Four hurriedly stretched out a claw and patted the Primal Magnetism Mystic Turtle's shell, saying quickly, "Master, Little Turtle isn't dead, but