Lin Yue was still hesitating about whether to enter the river, but upon seeing this, her eyes widened in horror, and she turned around and jumped into the Goddess River without hesitation.
Chen Ke, moving at lightning speed, followed closely behind; he couldn't let Lin Yue escape right under his nose.
Then, the members of the Youqi tribe jumped in like dumplings being dropped into a pot, "plop! plop! plop!" Even the bull, who hadn't originally planned to bring anyone, seemed to be caught up in the atmosphere and jumped in after them.
After Chen Ke jumped in, he was caught in the vortex. Although he remained conscious, it was as if a black cloth had been shrouded in darkness before his eyes.
Even with the swirling eddies and rushing water around him, Chen Ke relied on the sensation in his skin to keep his eyes firmly locked onto Lin Yue ahead.
After being blind for about a minute, Chen Ke's eyes finally perceived a sliver of light.
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked up from the bottom of the water; Lin Yue's figure was already very close to the surface.
Chen Ke couldn't let her escape to the surface; it would be best to resolve the situation quietly underwater.
Lin Yue could sense the extreme danger behind her. She dared not look back, nor did she dare to wonder why there were Grandmaster-level figures in that place that resembled a barbaric era. She could only desperately swim upstream.
As long as she swims to the surface, she has a glimmer of hope. If she's lucky enough to run into someone she knows, maybe she can—
"Uh!" Lin Yue's thoughts came to an abrupt halt.
A hand as hard as iron gripped her neck tightly from behind.
"Waaaaah! Waaaaah!" Lin Yue opened her eyes wide and struggled violently. "Glug glug... pfft..." In her terror, Lin Yue broke her breathing technique and opened her mouth wide, swallowing several mouthfuls of water.
Feeling the hand on her neck slowly tightening, Lin Yue kept slapping Chen Ke's hand and desperately twisting her body to try and turn around to see who it was.
At this moment, Jue also caught up. He quickly swam to Lin Yue, his angry red eyes fixed on her, as if he wanted to burn through this extremely vicious woman with the hatred in his eyes.
Lin Yue became even more terrified and desperate the moment she saw the secret.
Yes, it's that savage tribe!
They actually managed to track us all the way here!
Looking at the woman in front of him, Jue in the water felt a boiling anger surging within him, causing steam to rise from his body in the water.
Although Lin Yue was terrified, she didn't want to die. She didn't want to die!
Her wide eyes began to plead, and she shook her head with difficulty to show that she did not want to die.
She could atone for her sins, she would do anything! She desperately tried to shout those words, but all she could do was open and close her mouth and swallow more water.
The two looked at each other, their thoughts racing, but only three seconds had passed.
Seeing the pleading and despair in the woman's eyes, Jue formed his five fingers into a claw and, with lightning speed, plunged them into Lin Yue's chest—
"Ah!" The intense pain caused Lin Yue to scream sharply even in the water.
Her eyes bulged, and the veins on her face were bulging and ferocious. With the reddened river water, she looked like a water demon.
Jue felt the warmth and throbbing of his heart in his hand, and through the blood mist, he seemed to see the smiling faces of his people welcoming them home from their hunt...
She has a kind mother, a strict father, and a lovely younger sister.
Mother, Father, Sister, I will avenge you soon.
"Bang!" A crisp sound, almost inaudible in the water.
The vibrant, beating heart in her hand shattered into bloody foam in an instant, and streams of blood gushed out from Lin Yue's chest.
Seeing this, Chen Ke released Lin Yue's neck.
Lin Yue looked down at her chest in disbelief...
Then it remained in that position without making a sound, hovered for a while, and slowly sank to the bottom of the water.
The once-proud and beautiful Yue Xianzi of the Shenya Dynasty died quietly in the water.
Jue looked indifferent, and the warriors of the Xiongqi tribe also watched coldly. This woman was really lucky. If they hadn't wanted to avoid trouble, they would never have let her die so easily!
After a while.
Chen Ke waved to the tribesmen who had been waiting behind him, signaling them to go around to another spot to exit the water and get ashore.
Before jumping into the river, Chen Ke gave all the tribesmen except the soldiers a kind of miraculous fruit that could keep people breathing underwater for ten minutes.
With a "splash!", Chen Ke was the first to emerge from the water. The banks were open farmland, and after confirming that there was no danger, Chen Ke allowed his people to come out of the water one after another.
As soon as the tribesmen climbed ashore, they didn't have time to be curious and quickly pulled the wild bulls out of the water. Chen Ke also untied the animal skin bag and released the Flame Eagle King.
As soon as the Flame Eagle King broke free of the animal skin bag, he rushed out, shouting, "This king was suffocating! Now let me see what's different here!"
Watching the Flame Eagle King soar straight into the sky and then circle above, the tribesmen patiently waited for news below, while squeezing the water from their animal skin skirts.
A short while later, the Flame Eagle King landed.
"This is the area around here, but there seems to be a house in the distance that you mentioned. It looks quite tall."
Chen Ke nodded. "That should be the city." After thinking for a moment, Chen Ke continued, "Let's find a place to change into the clothes that the people here usually wear. Before we find out the situation, it's best not to let anyone guess where we came from."
"Yes, Chief."
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At this moment, in the royal city, in the War King's Palace.
Princess Du Wan lay on the chaise longue, weeping uncontrollably. Her head maid, Liu Ru, knelt below, kowtowing repeatedly. "Your Highness, it's all my fault! It's all my fault! I was bewitched! I deserve to die! But... but Bo Ling—no, but the young master is truly innocent! He's the child you raised with your own hands. He's so outstanding, so filial... Can you bear to watch him fall from grace?"
"I can't bear it, but Liu Ru, where is my child? Where is my child?" Du Wan asked, her beautiful and elegant face pale and heartbroken.
Liu Ru's forehead was red from kowtowing. A hint of smugness flashed in her eyes when she heard Du Wan's words, but when she looked up, she was filled with sorrow again. "Your Highness, Your Highness, that child looked strange. I was afraid of frightening you, so I thought of taking him back to raise myself. But I didn't expect that he was so weak and passed away in less than two months."
Upon hearing this, Du Wan's tearful face froze, and she looked at Liu Ru with trembling eyes, "You, are you telling the truth?"
Liu Ru cried even harder, "Your Highness, we grew up together, how could I harm you? Just think, if Prince Zhan saw that strange child..."
Before Liu Ru could finish speaking, Du Wan had already imagined Zhan Aotian looking at the strange child with disgust and revulsion. Perhaps, perhaps, it would even cause her to lose favor.
Du Wan hesitated again when she thought about this. Should she tell her husband about it?
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