386: Chapter 385 Zhao Lintai: A Certain Death Situation

It was now dusk.

In the dense forest of Zhuilong Valley, Zhao Lintai scrambled forward in a panic, tumbling and crawling, covered in mud.

However, to his despair, he had once again arrived at that swampy area.

On the opposite bank of the swamp, an armed, fully equipped Armed Police Force was also rapidly advancing in his direction.

"It's over... It's all over..."

Zhao Lintai collapsed to the ground in despair. In front of him was the impassable swamp, and behind him was Bai Ruoxue, who was in hot pursuit and wanted to kill him to silence him. Even if he could miraculously survive crossing the swamp, he still wouldn't be able to escape the pursuit of so many Armed Police officers on the other side!

Heaven wants to end me, Zhao Lintai!

Not far away, the sounds of fighting continued!

Bai Ruoxue and Si Hongbin were locked in an endless struggle. As for the other six members of the Si Family, they had long since suffered varying degrees of injuries and were all collapsed on the ground, with no strength left to fight!

She saw Zhao Lintai flee to the edge of the swamp, and the Armed Police Force had already arrived on the opposite bank.

No! I cannot drag this out any longer! I must end the battle as soon as possible!

However, after the consumption of continuous fighting, the 'Mystic Ice True Qi' in her Dantian was already running low. If it weren't for the need to kill Zhao Lintai, she would have already withdrawn.

"There's no other way, I have to use that Move!"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Bai Ruoxue's eyes—that was her forbidden killing Move, one she would not use easily.

Although it could instantly replenish the True Qi in her Dantian, it also had a very strong side effect.

That was, after the effect of the killing Move ended, she would immediately drop by a small Realm and would need a long period of secluded Cultivate to recover.

But the current situation did not allow her to hesitate!

With this thought in mind, she slammed her palm towards Si Hongbin's chest, her Mystic Ice Palm, carrying the 'Mystic Ice True Qi', forcing him back several yards!

Subsequently, Bai Ruoxue's fingers tapped her own Acupoints as fast as the wind.

Si Hongbin looked at Bai Ruoxue vigilantly, completely unable to figure out what she was doing.

A moment later, a layer of ghostly blue suddenly covered Bai Ruoxue's eyes, which was very strange.

Immediately after, a surge of True Qi, several times more powerful than before, gathered out of thin air from her Dantian, and the cold air around her instantly surged.

Even from several yards away, Si Hongbin could feel that bone-chilling cold!

Subsequently, countless ice spikes condensed and hovered in front of her, aimed directly at Si Hongbin.

"You are not bad! To be able to force me to use my killing Move, you can consider your death well-deserved!"

After saying this, Bai Ruoxue danced with both palms and then pushed them out. The ice spikes in front of her immediately acted like living things, attacking Si Hongbin with an extremely strange arc—this time, not only were there more ice spikes, but their tips were also wrapped in ghostly blue cold flames, and wherever they passed, the vegetation instantly froze into ice!

"Not good!"

Si Hongbin's expression changed drastically. He could clearly feel that the power of this attack was more than double what it was before!

He immediately mobilized all the 'Blazing Sun True Qi' in his body, and the True Qi gathered into a barrier in front of him!

But just at this moment, several hoarse shouts suddenly came from behind him: "Brother Bin! We are here to help you!"

Si Hongbin looked back and saw that the six Si Family Martial Artists who had fallen to the ground were struggling to get up. Each of them had blood hanging from the corners of their mouths, and wounds on their faces, arms, and legs were still bleeding, yet they clenched their fists tightly, their eyes full of determination.

The leading Martial Artist coughed up a mouthful of blood and roared: "Brothers! The Si Family has raised us; even if we die today, we must protect Brother Bin!"

"Protect Brother Bin!"

The other five responded in unison. Even though their bodies were swaying, they still forced themselves to fly up, forcing out the last trace of True Qi remaining in their bodies—six weak streams of True Qi gathered in the air and slowly merged into Si Hongbin's True Qi barrier.

"No!"

Si Hongbin's eyes were red, and he wanted to stop them, but it was too late!

"Boom—"

The moment the ice spikes collided with the True Qi barrier, a huge shockwave snapped the surrounding trees in half, and the muddy water was lifted into the air, only to fall back down as ice pellets.

The bodies of the six Si Family members trembled violently in the shockwave, and blood kept gushing from the corners of their mouths, but they gritted their teeth tightly until the last bit of True Qi was exhausted, and their bodies flew backward like kites with broken strings, crashing heavily to the ground.

"Pfft—"

The six of them spat out a mouthful of blood almost simultaneously. Before they could even let out a muffled groan, their eyes instantly lost their luster, and there was no life left in them.

At the same time, Si Hongbin's True Qi barrier shattered, and he was also sent flying backward by the aftermath. His back slammed hard against a large tree, and with a "crack," the trunk snapped in half!

He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. Everything went black before his eyes, and he passed out completely, his body sliding down along the broken tree to the ground.

"Go to hell!"

Bai Ruoxue quickly condensed an ice spike in her palm, raised her hand, and swung it. The ice spike directly pierced through Si Hongbin's chest!

She did not go to confirm Si Hongbin's life or death, but her gaze was locked tightly on Zhao Lintai not far away, the murderous intent in her eyes surging—as long as she killed this brat, she would have completed her godfather's mission!

Her figure flashed, moving rapidly through the forest. She condensed another ice spike in her palm and shouted sharply: "Zhao Lintai! Pay with your life!"

Zhao Lintai sat on the ground in despair. He saw the miserable state of the six Si Family members clearly, and the bloody scene made his whole body tremble.

He knew that he could not escape at all.

Seeing Bai Ruoxue rushing over, he actually calmed down. He looked up at her, his voice hoarse: "If you want to kill me, just do it and give me a quick death. Falling into the hands of the Security Bureau means death, and falling into your hands will at least mean less torture."

"Very well, since Young Master Zhao is begging for death, I will grant you a quick end!" Before Bai Ruoxue finished speaking, the ice spike stabbed towards Zhao Lintai's heart.

But just at this moment, a "bang!" of a gunshot suddenly rang out. The bullet grazed her wrist, leaving a bloody mark!

Bai Ruoxue's pupils shrank slightly. Immediately after, there were a few more gunshots. She immediately used 'Treading Snow Without a Trace' to dodge to the side, and the ice spike aimed at Zhao Lintai's heart deviated from its direction at that instant, piercing through Zhao Lintai's arm and sticking into the swamp.

Zhao Lintai looked in horror at his pierced arm and wailed in pain.

On the opposite bank of the swamp, the team leader of the Armed Police shouted to the other side: "We are the Armed Police Force of the Southwest Military Region of the Dragon Kingdom! I order you to immediately put your hands on your heads and squat down! Give up resistance! Otherwise, we will open fire!" As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers raised their guns and aimed.

"Annoying!"

Bai Ruoxue glared at the opposite bank, and the 'Mystic Ice True Qi' all over her body erupted again. Countless ice spikes condensed in front of her. "Since you want to die, then you can all be buried together!" With a wave of her jade hand, the ice spikes attacked the Armed Police like a rainstorm!

"Open fire!"

The team leader of the Armed Police roared, his gun was the first to ring out, and the other soldiers also pulled their triggers one after another.

Bullets shot towards Bai Ruoxue like raindrops, and the splashed mud and gravel exploded at her feet, forcing her to retreat again and again.

But the Armed Police soldiers were not having an easy time either. Where had they ever seen such strange Moves? They were looking for cover while firing their guns.

However, the power of the ice spikes far exceeded their imagination—tree trunks as thick as water buckets were directly pierced by the ice spikes, and the soldiers hiding behind the trunks fell to the ground, bleeding profusely; slightly thinner trunks were snapped in half directly, and some soldiers who didn't have time to dodge were hit by the trunks. For a time, cries of pain echoed through the dense forest.

Zhao Lintai was so scared that he lay on the ground, covering his head with his hands, not even daring to breathe loudly, for fear that if he was careless, his little life would be ended by a bullet.

But in his heart, he still held a glimmer of luck: "Fight! The fiercer the fight, the better! It would be best if both sides suffered heavy losses, so he could take the opportunity to escape!"

Thinking this way, he secretly raised his head and watched Bai Ruoxue dodging clumsily in the rain of bullets, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly—the hope of survival seemed to have returned!

Bai Ruoxue was also stretched too thin at this moment and had no time to attend to Zhao Lintai. The flying bullets blocked her path, and in addition, her forbidden technique was not permanent; it had a time limit.

She had to find an opportunity to kill Zhao Lintai before the time limit ended.

Just at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Bubbles suddenly started to "gurgle" in the swamp, and the muddy water churned and rolled.

Immediately after, a Giant Black Python suddenly rushed out of the water, its water-bucket-thick body carrying a fishy smell, heading straight for Bai Ruoxue!

"What is that?!"

The Armed Police soldiers on the opposite bank widened their eyes instantly. A python with such a huge body—they had never even heard of one, let alone seen one!

However, fortunately, this python seemed to have no hostility towards them, but rather was full of hostility towards that woman named Bai Ruoxue!

"Stop firing!"

The team leader of the Armed Police realized that the situation was not right and immediately called for a ceasefire!

Bai Ruoxue, however, secretly thought that things were bad—the time limit for her forbidden killing Move was about to pass, and what followed would be a drop in Realm!

And this Giant Black Python was clearly here for revenge. If she continued to hold out, she was afraid she would really end up here.

"Evil creature! Since you are bent on seeking death, don't blame me!"

Bai Ruoxue gritted her teeth and said, while mobilizing the last remaining 'Mystic Ice True Qi' in her body, coordinating with the 'Treading Snow Without a Trace' movement technique. Her figure retreated rapidly, and she pushed both hands out. Countless ice spikes condensed into a tornado in front of her, sweeping towards the Giant Black Python!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The ice spikes hit the scales of the giant python, making a sound like metal clashing.

But because the power of Bai Ruoxue's Mystic Ice True Qi had weakened, it couldn't even pierce through the black python's scales.

The black python also sensed that something was wrong at this moment, but by then, Bai Ruoxue had already flown dozens of yards away. However, because the black python could not leave that swampy area, it had to retreat again.

Just when everyone thought it was over, the black python's blood-red vertical pupils suddenly fell on the curled-up Zhao Lintai.

Just at the moment the black python fell back into the swamp, its huge snake body coiled around Zhao Lintai.

"Ah, help! Help!"

Zhao Lintai was so scared that his soul flew away and his spirit scattered, and he struggled desperately, but the black python's strength was so great that he couldn't Move at all, and his body was dragged little by little into the muddy water.

"Quick! Open fire! Don't let it get away!"

The Armed Police on the opposite bank saw this and immediately pulled their triggers again, and bullets shot densely towards the giant python.

But the bullets hit the black python's scales, leaving only sparks, and could not hurt it at all!

Everyone could only watch helplessly as Zhao Lintai was dragged into the swamp by the giant python, gradually sinking into the muddy water, before the soldiers unwillingly stopped firing.

"Damn it!"

The team leader of the Armed Police slammed his fist hard against a nearby tree, his face livid.

The other soldiers also looked at each other, their eyes full of shock and disbelief—who could have imagined that they would encounter such a huge python in this Zhuilong Valley, along with that unfathomable woman from just now!

In the distance, Bai Ruoxue watched this scene, the corners of her mouth curling up, and she muttered to herself: "This is also fine. Being dragged away by the giant python is also a dead end; at least my efforts weren't in vain."

The next second, she felt a wave of chaos in her True Qi, and the feeling of powerlessness from the drop in Realm hit her instantly.

She dared not stay any longer and immediately fled in the opposite direction from the Armed Police—she had to leave here as soon as possible and find a safe place to adjust her breathing and restore her True Qi.

Otherwise, if she encountered that giant python again, she was afraid she would really be finished!