“Watch out! It’s still alive!” Li Lao’er warned.
Jiang Ke’er rushed forward, stepping onto the wall of White Mountain.
She found her body unusually light—even the doubled gravity here couldn’t stop her from leaping up along the wall!
Reaching a high point, she flipped over, gracefully drew her bow, and at the same time plucked a feather from her temple.
She nocked it and aimed at the Void Serpent God, which was angrily rising.
Twang—
The arrow’s trajectory was like the scorching light trail left by an electromagnetic cannon.
The Void Serpent God had almost no power to fight back; a hole as thick as an arm was pierced through it from top to bottom.
The wound was tiny, far from fatal… but this was only the beginning!
Twang, twang, twang, twang, twang—
A continuous series of bowstring explosions! The arrows turned into a rain of light, raining down on the Void Serpent God’s head, piercing it head-on.
“No… I won’t let you off!”
The Void Serpent God’s killing intent did not diminish under this fierce assault; in fact, it grew even stronger.
It actually endured the pain, leaped into the air, and launched a final strike at Jiang Ke’er, like mountains and rivers turning upside down!
The arrows could pierce the Void Serpent God’s body, but couldn’t stop its attack.
Seeing the massive body of the Void Serpent God blocking her vision, with nowhere to dodge, Jiang Ke’er had no choice but to steel herself, channel the power of the Void Serpent God Code White Light inside her, harden her skin, and forcibly withstand this blow.
Crack—
Her bones must have shattered by more than half.
Jiang Ke’er was crushed against the rock wall by the Void Serpent God’s massive body, like a fly smashed into a meat patty by a shoe sole.
She nearly vomited her stomach out.
‘It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts…’
The skin hardening couldn’t block the damage to her internal organs.
Although outwardly she didn’t look seriously injured… from the side, one could clearly see that her entire body had become thinner.
From the front, it looked a bit bloated.
It was like a large pancake stuck to the wall.
Jiang Ke’er could imagine how ridiculous she must look right now, but she couldn’t laugh at all.
The internal injuries were very tricky—this time even more troublesome than when her heart was pierced… all her organs were punctured and ruptured by shattered bones, and there was already uncontrollable massive bleeding inside her body.
If no other medical cultivator helped, she was afraid…
Fortunately, Changsun Qingyue was from Lingyin Valley.
Lying in Changsun Qingyue’s arms, after performing some necessary emergency measures on herself, Jiang Ke’er confidently lost consciousness.
The rescue team’s full name was the “Realm of No Regret Emergency Joint Response Group.” It was established under the leadership of the heads of the Five Great Hunting Clans, with top elite cultivators from each clan taking rotating shifts.
The goal of its establishment was to reduce casualties among cultivators in the Realm of No Regret.
After all, the Realm of No Regret was too dangerous.
Since the rescue team was established, the number of cultivator casualties in the wilderness had greatly decreased.
As long as one could find a safe place and wait for the rescue team to arrive, they could basically save their lives.
The rescue team was the last hope for all cultivators trapped in dangerous situations.
Wen Shu was a glorious member of the Human Race Rescue Team, and even the temporary captain responsible for this White Mountain rescue operation. He could be called the elite among elites.
At the break of dawn, just after the Xujie Gate had closed, Wen Shu led the rescue team out at full speed according to regulations.
He quickly found the messy traces left by the Void Serpent God’s movements and followed them to White Mountain.
But standing outside White Mountain, Wen Shu stopped the team members.
“Something’s wrong!”
Wen Shu’s expression was grave.
Among the traces left by the Void Serpent God, by the direction the crushed trees had fallen, one could clearly judge that the Void Serpent God had vanished into thin air upon reaching this point.
The path of crushing only showed the way it came, with no traces of leaving.
This was an extremely terrifying discovery.
It meant the Void Serpent God was still ambushing this place, and could strike and kill at any moment.
“Be on guard! Keep looking for traces!” Wen Shu transmitted telepathically.
The rescue team silently dispersed, crouching down to carefully study the traces left by the Void Serpent God.
Soon, following the white marks scraped at the entrance of White Mountain Cave, they reached an even more terrifying conclusion.
The Void Serpent God had drilled into White Mountain!
“The Void Serpent God’s body is huge. Unless it can shrink, it’s impossible for it to get into the cave… but shrinking would also mean…”
Wen Shu suddenly recalled the recent rumors.
Rumors said that recently, various Void Kings had developed some low-level intelligence, and their actions had begun to show organization, no longer following the original beast-like instinctual patterns.
He had always thought these were all rumors, but never expected… to witness this possibility with his own eyes.
The fear that assaulted his mind instantly made even an elite cultivator like him weak in the legs and trembling in voice. He gave the order without hesitation:
“Retreat immediately! Abandon the rescue!”
“Abandon?” A team member was still puzzled.
“The Void Serpent God has developed primary intelligence and chased them into White Mountain. There’s no way they could survive!”
“Should we send a few people in to scout a bit and try?” A team member gritted his teeth.
He was Zhao Yue’s senior brother from the same sect, and had a good relationship with Zhao Yue. He was still reluctant to simply give up on his friend like this.
“Reckless rescue will only cost us our own lives!” Wen Shu said in an unquestionable tone.
“This situation is beyond what our rescue team can handle. Now we should immediately return to the city, report the situation, and send the Mutated Void Beast Investigation Team to study what exactly happened… If we’re fast enough, we might even find their intact bodies.”
After Wen Shu finished, although the others felt some regret, they also understood this was the correct procedure, so they had to decide to retreat.
Rustle, rustle—
A few gusts of wind passed by the group, and several slender, agile figures leaped out of the jungle, standing before Wen Shu.
“You’ve come too.” Wen Shu wasn’t surprised by this.
“It seems you also received the distress signal. Are there also Demon Race members among the trapped cultivators?”
“Mm.”
The Demon Race rescue team captain was named Fei Ling.
At first glance, it had no obvious demon features, but its black-blue hair gave away its race—the North Ju Dragon Clan.
“The Void Serpent God has also awakened intelligence?” Looking at the traces, Fei Ling frowned. “Troublesome.”
“Let’s go, we can’t save them.” Wen Shu patted Fei Ling’s shoulder, shook his head and sighed.
“This place is not suitable to stay long; if we linger, changes may occur.”
“You go first. I want to try.” Fei Ling shook its head.
Wen Shu smiled wryly. “Why are you Demons so stubborn?”
“It’s different from you. The Demon Race has too few numbers.” A hint of bitterness also appeared at the corner of Fei Ling’s mouth.
“The Human Race can afford to lose a few casually, but the Demon Race must exchange the few for the many as much as possible to preserve our fighting strength… Intelligence shows there are over a dozen Demon Race compatriots below. If we can exchange a few lives for many, I think it’s worth it. I’m willing to go and exchange myself.”
Hearing this, Wen Shu suddenly felt a touch of fear in his heart, and couldn’t help asking, “Is it only you who thinks this way, or do all Demons think this way?”
“Only I think this way.”
‘That’s good…’
Wen Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He cupped his hands to Fei Ling. “We still have important matters to attend to. Farewell…”
Before he finished speaking, a huge commotion suddenly came from the entrance of White Mountain Cave.
Boom—
In the depths of the dark cave, a pair of huge, glowing golden snake eyes hung high in the middle of the air inside the cave.
They glared fiercely at the rescue team members outside.