Upon hearing this, Saint Qinglan was taken aback at first, but then he understood and his eyes lit up.

"Although the power of death can erode storms and many types of forces, the gravity here hasn't changed, and the potential energy should still exist. Even if the potential energy is weakened, as long as you throw us out with all your might, we have a good chance of landing on the riverbank! With our physical bodies, we won't die!"

An Lan explained as quickly as possible.

Sensing the increasingly intense and violent aura of death, the Azure Mist Saint no longer hesitated.

He growled, "Fine! Let's take a gamble!!"

Then, the Azure Mist Saint gathered his strongest power to resist the weakening effect of the death force and threw everyone toward the riverbank.

Everyone seemed to be shot off a bow, flying towards the other side of the Yellow Springs.

Just then, a violent surge of death energy erupted, and a dim yellow beam of light shot towards Lu Ning and the others.

The expressions of the people in the air changed drastically, and Saint Qinglan immediately tried to condense wind shields.

However, in order to carry everyone across the Yellow Springs, Saint Qinglan expended a great deal of energy and needed to recover.

His speed in condensing wind shields became extremely slow; he had only managed to condense three wind shields when the pillar of death descended.

Weakening from the death aura, even with the Qinglan Saint's best efforts to maintain the wind shield, he could only sustain it for a single breath.

During this time, Gina and Anlan also gathered energy shields in an attempt to block the pillar of death.

However, this giant skeletal serpent is extremely powerful, probably already at the Saint level.

In such an environment filled with the power of death, even Qinglan Saint, who is also a Saint, would find it difficult to withstand, let alone Anlan and Gina.

Their shields shattered at the slightest touch.

Just then, Lu Ning's withered wood armor suddenly shattered.

Thick, blood-red tentacles grew from his back.

These tentacles grabbed Qinglan Saint and the others in mid-air and hurled them back towards the shore, changing direction to evade the attack of the pillar of death.

Lu Ning himself could not use his own strength to change his direction and remained under the attack of the pillar of death.

Saint Qinglan and the others stared wide-eyed at Lu Ning in astonishment.

"Lu Ning?! What are you doing?!"

The Saint Qinglan's expression was unpleasant.

Who would have thought that a Saint like him would need to be saved by a sixth-tier Awakened?!

And this was a member of his team!

As the team leader, he actually needed his teammates to save him!

If Li Xiao and his old buddies saw this, he would be ashamed to death!

An Lan and the others also looked at Lu Ning in front of the pillar of light with grim expressions, somewhat incredulous.

Facing the approaching beam of death light, Lu Ning remained calm as always.

He gripped the Crimson Sword tightly with both hands, and the blood-red tentacles of the Azure Mist Saint and others he threw behind him immediately turned into blood mist and merged into the Crimson Sword.

At the same time, Lu Ning's body, having lost the protection of the withered wood armor, began to show signs of withering and decay under the aura of death.

These withered and rotten flesh and blood also disappeared directly, turning into blood mist that was absorbed by the Crimson Sword.

The Crimson Sword emitted an excited hum.

Lu Ning's body was almost entirely reduced to bones, with only his head remaining intact.

In this environment, Lu Ning's body flashed with white light, and under the roar of the Soul-Shaking Power, it surged with a scarlet halo. The sword light that condensed was as solid as a physical object and collided with the pillar of death light.

Boom!!!

Sword light and pillars of light roared, and the aftershocks raged. The Yellow Springs River beneath Lu Ning's feet exploded into columns of water, splashing everywhere.

However, even with Lu Ning's full-force strike, he still couldn't withstand the pillar of death.

The power of a Saint is too great, while Lu Ning is only at the sixth level.

The beam of death only weakened slightly before slamming heavily into Lu Ning.

Lu Ning was completely engulfed by the pillar of light and disappeared without a trace.

This made An Lan and the others look extremely ugly, their eyes turning red.

"Lu Ning!"

As the pillar of death engulfed Lu Ning, the giant skeletal serpent hissed excitedly and pounced once more on Qinglan Saint and the others who were flying toward the riverbank.

Just then, the space around the giant skeletal serpent, which had almost instantly rushed in front of Saint Qinglan and the others and was about to swing its tail, seemed to freeze for a moment.

The solidified space caused the giant skeletal serpent's movements to freeze for a moment, as if a frame had been cut off.

A moment later, the giant skeletal serpent resumed its movements.

However, as soon as it recovered, its movements froze again.

The stuttering of each frame felt like watching a slow-motion animated film.

This caused even the already despairing Saint Qinglan and the others to widen their eyes in astonishment.

The next moment, they saw Lu Ning, with only half of his upper torso, left hand, and half of his head remaining in the air where the pillar of death had dissipated, holding a bone pocket watch.

Every time the pocket watch flashed its silvery-white light, something would disappear from Lu Ning's possession.

Sometimes it's newly grown hair, sometimes it's newly grown ribs, and sometimes it's eyes that have just been corroded by the power of death.

However, these things that disappeared will grow back in the next moment.

In fact, the rate at which it disappeared was not even as fast as the rate at which Lu Ning grew.

In less than a breath, Lu Ning, who originally only had half of his body left, had recovered his complete skeleton and most of his flesh had grown back.

At the same time, Lu Ning's body accelerated under the power of the pillar of death, landing on the other side of the river even faster than Qinglan Saint and the others.

The immense force sent Lu Ning's body crashing into the opposite bank like a cannonball, creating a deep crater.

From the deep pit, Lu Ning, covered in blood, jumped out as if nothing had happened, and the bone pocket watch in his hand flashed with a silvery light once more.

In contrast, the giant skeletal snake stuttered for another frame, and at the same time, Lu Ning's head disappeared.