"What a worry!"

Lan Hua sat on the shore, looking at the shimmering water, her mind a complete mess.

"How about we grab a fishing rod and fish for soft-shelled turtles?"

"Hmm, this might be a solution!" Lan Hua muttered to herself.

Without hesitation, Lan Hua went to a large tree, chopped down a trunk as thick as a thigh with a single palm strike.

"That turtle must be quite big to have lived this long. This fishing rod should be big enough!"

After making the huge fishing rod, Lan Hua plunged into the forest, found an unlucky, unnamed monster, and used it as bait.

The monster looked utterly miserable, as if it wanted to die, its ears drooping.

"Don't worry, I won't die. I just need to lure the turtle to the surface, and then I can leave!"

The monster seemed to see a glimmer of hope and nodded repeatedly.

Lan Hua cast her line, and the monster sank into the water, becoming a quiet angler.

After fishing for most of the day, not a single big fish appeared.

"Something's not right, why isn't there even a sound?"

Lan Hua extended her divine sense, penetrating the water's surface, and discovered that the demonic beast was struggling underwater, seemingly sending out some kind of message.

"You dare to scheme against me?"

Lan Hua pulled up the monster bait, slapped it a few times to stun it, and then resumed fishing.

He didn't expect his crudely made fishing rod to actually catch a turtle or alligator; as long as he could catch an old aquatic monster, everything would be fine.

This time, it was definitely different.

A large golden carp quickly took the bait. Lan Hua immediately cast a water-repelling talisman, followed by a Yuan energy barrier that trapped the carp and brought it to the surface.

That was an unlucky big carp. It looked like it was at the ninth level of the Initial Yuan Realm and would soon break through to the Pure Yuan Realm!

The golden carp struggled incessantly within the barrier, but how could a mere nascent Yuan Realm demon beast escape Lan Hua's clutches?

"Little carp, don't be afraid. I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer them well, I'll let you go!"

Upon hearing this, the golden carp immediately quieted down, waiting for Lan Hua to ask its question.

"How long have you been cultivating?"

The large carp's mouth was slightly closed, and Lan Hua roughly understood that this carp had lived for about a hundred years.

No wonder it's so big, a full ten feet long.

"A hundred years of life, not bad, perhaps I can learn something!"

Lan Hua asked, "Let me ask you, are there any Purple Fire Turtle-Alligators in this lake?"

The big carp paused for a moment, its pupils suddenly dilated as if showing fear, then it nodded.

Lan Hua was overjoyed; it was indeed there.

"Tell me, how can I find the Purple Fire Turtle?"

The big carp made a few splashing sounds.

"So this turtle-like creature likes to come out at night to absorb the essence of moonlight; it has such a peculiar habit!"

Lan Hua waved her right hand, dispelling the Yuan Power Barrier and freeing the giant carp.

Although he is an assassin, it doesn't mean he kills indiscriminately or gets entangled in karma unnecessarily, which is not good.

"That big carp said that the Purple Fire Turtle likes to bask in the moonlight on the riverbank on the west side of the lake in the forest, so it can't be false, right?"

Lan Hua had no idea what the giant carp was thinking. The giant carp was hoping that Lan Hua would run into the Purple Fire Turtle and avenge being caught.

Before it got dark, Lan Hua used her arrow to reach the west bank.

Sure enough, the west bank not only had a sandy beach, but also a large pebble beach.

Such an environment is indeed very suitable for strange beasts like the crocodile to roam. The crocodile and the turtle are close relatives and have some similar habits.

Lan Hua lay in ambush on a large tree in the nearby forest, concealing her presence as if she had become one with the forest, waiting for the Purple Fire Turtle to arrive.

It was late at night.

The riverbank remained unchanged, with no sign of the arrival of any soft-shelled turtles or alligators, and not even a single fish that usually rises to the surface at night was seen.

"That big carp isn't lying to me, is it?"

"There's no reason for it to lie to me. Look at the fear in that big carp's eyes. This Purple Fire Turtle is very likely the tyrant of Linzhong Lake. What good would it do to lie to it?"

Lan Hua waited all night, but still didn't see a trace of the Purple Fire Turtle.

"Perhaps I was just unlucky?"

Lan Hua waited by the river for three consecutive nights, and finally, as expected, she spotted the Purple Fire Turtle.

The purple-fire turtle was gray-black all over, and a wave of heat spread wherever it went. It was about fifteen zhang long and three zhang high, and it was a real behemoth.

As soon as it appeared on the riverbank, a surge of heat waking Lan Hua.

Looking at the purple fire turtle that resembled a tortoise, Lan Hua was confused. How could she possibly subdue it?

The Purple Fire Turtle, with its thick shell, lay motionless on the pebbles after coming ashore.

Its large mouth opened and closed intermittently, inhaling and exhaling the essence of moonlight.

"Such a large turtle must have lived for at least two or three thousand years, right?"

"No wonder that big carp was so afraid of it; it really is the tyrant of the lake!"

Surprised as she was, Lan Hua had no choice but to confront the question of how to obtain the Purple Fire Turtle's inner core.

Although the Purple Fire Turtle was large, Lan Hua was certain that its strength had not reached the Dan Shen realm, but was still at the Danxia realm.

However, even a powerful expert at the Dan Shen realm would find it difficult to break through that thick tortoise shell.

Only by taking advantage of the turtle's inattention and piercing its head with an arrow can one obtain its inner core.

Lan Hua summoned the Piercing Bow and the Black Iron Talisman Arrow, his aura surging, like a god of archery, and locked onto the turtle's head.

Everyone knows that turtle shells are incredibly hard, and Lan Hua knows she couldn't possibly shoot through one.

call out!

The black iron arrow shot swiftly toward the turtle's head. As expected of an old monster that had cultivated for thousands of years, the latter was extremely alert and instantly detected the danger.

He ducked his head slightly, causing the black iron arrow to miss its target.

boom!

The black iron arrow struck the riverbank in front of the turtle, creating a huge mud pit.

Its head was still retracted into its shell, but it turned around on the spot and looked at Lan Hua.

"Human, I have no past grudges or recent enmity with you, why do you want to kill me?"

Lan Hua stood on the tree trunk and said in a deep voice, "Of course I have a favor to ask of you!"

"If you need something from me, why kill me? Is this how you beg for help?"

Lan Hua smiled awkwardly. She couldn't very well say, "I'm asking you to give me your inner core, please?"

"Enough with the nonsense, prepare to die!"

Lan Hua fired another arrow, aiming at one of the giant legs of the Purple Fire Turtle.

Against a Danxia Realm expert, the Invisible Arrow Technique is no longer sufficient; only the Black Iron Talisman Arrow can put up a fight.

The turtle retracted its four legs and disappeared, even its tail retracted, causing the black iron arrow to miss its target once again.

Another arrow was shot out, hitting the turtle's back directly, but it only produced a spark and left no trace.

"Holy crap, how are we supposed to fight this?"

The Purple Fire Turtle roared, "You brat, I've been putting up with you for far too long!"

After he finished speaking, the turtle's shell suddenly lit up, and the patterns on its back turned purple, radiating an extremely high temperature.

The river behind us began to boil, and a white mist appeared, which was due to the high temperature of the water vaporizing.

A pillar of purple fire shot into the sky, then changed direction and rushed towards Lan Hua.

Lan Hua leaped up, avoiding the pillar of fire.

boom!

The pillar of fire struck the massive tree, snapping it in two and turning it into a fireball.

Lan Hua snorted, "You actually dare to play with fire with me?"