Yan Qing's guess was correct; it seemed that the Sun family members had been hiding there waiting for this moment.
Wen Jiajia was absolutely furious. "You, Sun Qiang, you were sneaking around here just to get everyone to share the snake's attack! What a clever scheme of them—like a cockroach stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it!"
"Pah! I'll remember you today!" Wen Jiajia said bitterly.
At this moment, Sun Qiang seemed to sense something. He raised his head and looked directly in the direction of Yan Qing and the others. He moved his lips slightly and silently said a sentence.
"What did he say?" Wen Jiajia had sharp eyes, but unfortunately they were too far apart to hear each other.
Yue Qi also shook his head. Although he couldn't hear it, he figured it wasn't anything nice to hear.
"He means you're lucky this time," Yan Qing replied calmly. Of everyone present, she was the only one who could read lips.
"Pay attention, Sun Qiang is giving orders to use some powerful move, it seems he's planning to use a dirty trick on the giant snake."
Yan Qing stared intently at Sun Qiang's mouth, not missing a single movement from it.
"You understand lip reading?" Yue Qi's eyes lit up.
"Shh—" Before she could be distracted, Sun Qiang seemed to be telling Sun Gui something. He was speaking so fast and the two were far apart that it took her a lot of effort to make out what he was saying.
"He said that there was something in the mouth of the Tianqi Snow Serpent, and that thing should be what they have been searching for."
At this moment, under the constant electric shocks from the giant silver net, the Tianqi Snow Serpent's body was covered with many deep, bone-revealing burns. Visibly, the Tianqi Snow Serpent's energy was waning, and its struggling and swimming speed had slowed considerably.
At this moment, the Sun family finally started moving again.
"Begin!" With Sun Qiang's command, a huge golden trident suddenly appeared in the sky, stabbing straight at the Tianqi Snow Serpent.
"The Trident of the Sea God!!" Yue Qi was no longer just surprised. "How could they have such a thing!"
Before Yan Qing could even be surprised at what the Sea God Trident Talisman was, she saw the enormous golden trident, carrying an incredibly terrifying aura, stab fiercely into the Tianqi Snow Serpent.
"Roar—roar—roar—"
The immense pain became unbearable for the Heavenly Snow Serpent, and after letting out a loud shout, it finally fainted completely.
The silver net in the sky began to slowly shrink, eventually becoming about five zhang long, tightly imprisoning the Tianqi Snow Serpent.
"Phew—finally done!"
Sun Qiang wiped the sweat from his brow, turned around and ordered the remaining Sun family disciples, "Quickly pry open the snake's mouth, take out the contents and we'll leave!"
"yes!"
The group quickly went to find something. They first used a jack to slowly pry open the snake's mouth and, sure enough, saw a round protrusion on the snake's upper jaw that was clearly not part of its body.
Sun Gui took the lead, cutting off the item and putting it into his storage ring first.
The operation proceeded smoothly and effortlessly. Once everything was finished, Sun Qiang turned back to the platform where they had been standing and shouted loudly,
"You've all been looking around for so long, shouldn't you come down and catch up?"
"No way!" Wen Jiajia wasn't going to give him a friendly look at all!
Yue Qi's demeanor was noticeably better; he even gave Sun Qiang an apologetic smile.
"Sorry, the road on the mountainside is blocked, so we won't disturb your work any longer. How about we meet at the top of the mountain?"
Sun Qiang narrowed his eyes. He wasn't blind; the path on the mountainside was indeed half-collapsed, but the path on Yue Qi's right was completely intact. Was this guy blatantly lying?
Unfortunately, before he could utter a sarcastic remark, he saw Yan Qing, who had remained silent until now, raise her hand and throw a black ball onto the path to the right.
"Boom—Boom—"
A violent explosion rang out, and after the dust settled, the only remaining path leading to the platform was also blown up.
"You brat, you—!!" Sun Qiang was so angry that he couldn't care less about his composure. This girl was indeed ruthless and didn't say much. He had been thoroughly outmaneuvered by her today.
"Likewise, I'm too timid to travel with you. With your extraordinary abilities, a mere path is nothing to you. We'll take our leave now."
After Yan Qing finished speaking politely, she took Yue Qi's hand and stepped onto the steps of the stone platform first.
Wen Jiajia turned around and gave him a hard middle finger before quickly catching up with him.
At the bottom of the frozen lake, Sun Qiang's face was ashen, and he could not calm down for a long time.
At this moment, the frozen lake, which had just calmed down, began to boil again.
Sun Qiang couldn't worry about anything else and quickly ordered everyone, "Quickly, to the island in the middle of the lake!"
At the same time, on the stone platform at the top of the cave, Yan Qing and her two companions were slowly climbing the steps.
Unlike their usual mountain climbs, the three of them seemed to take each step with extraordinary difficulty. After each step, they had to pause for a while, taking a long time to gather their strength before continuing upwards.
"I can't take it anymore, I really can't!" Wen Jiajia was covered in sweat, her face flushed, clearly in great pain. "You brat, are you in such a hurry to be reborn? Would it kill you to rest a little longer?"
Yan Qing was walking first, her complexion not much better than hers, but she still didn't stop.
"If you don't want to really get your expenses reimbursed here, you'd better give it your all." At the same time, a small golden bottle was tossed into her hand. "Drink it quickly, and then hurry up and leave."
Wen Jiajia took the small bottle and couldn't help but sigh, "What a waste! Golden Water is quite valuable, but here it's turned into Vajra Water. It's such a terrible waste!"
Despite her complaints, she still tilted her head back and gulped it down. Her body instantly felt much lighter, so she quickly gathered her strength and climbed a few steps, barely managing to keep up with Yan Qing's pace.
"Heavens above, earth below, what kind of hellish place is this?" No wonder Wen Jiajia complained; the place was simply too oppressive.
They were surrounded by complete darkness, unable to even tell if they were on the ground or underground. There was clearly something absorbing light; it was pitch black.
Even the most powerful searchlights could only illuminate the area at your feet; anything further away was completely invisible.
Just like Yan Qing now, with a searchlight overhead, she couldn't see Yue Qi's face at all when she turned around, and could only judge the distance by his voice.
"Yue Qi, are you still there?"
"Don't worry, I can see Wen Jiajia, which means the three of us are still within a safe distance—you don't need to worry about me." Yue Qi's voice remained calm and steady, giving her a great sense of security.
"Tch, at a time like this, you two still have the leisure to flaunt your love! I'm not going to eat this!"
Wen Jiajia just couldn't stand it. These two people were both so quiet, yet when they were together, she inexplicably felt like she was being a third wheel.
—How frustrating!
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