Cang Lang's face was icy. He glanced at the crowd and said disdainfully, "What? Still want to make a move on me? If you don't want to live, come on then!"
"Cang Lang, I know you have some strength."
"But facing us, you have no chance of winning!"
From the quiet bloody mist, Guan Liao's voice could be heard.
"Stop the nonsense. Since you've decided to make a move on me, then come!"
As he spoke, Cang Lang coldly drew his weapon and began to move slowly, but he did not approach the blood-soaked mist, clearly having no intention of charging in.
After all, even Ye Cangtian and Du Gu Ling had suffered losses in the bloody mist formation, and he did not want to fall into the same trap.
Seeing this, Guan Liao frowned, then sighed and said, "Forget it. Seeing that you're not one to meddle, I'll let you go this time!"
"But I still have to warn you, don't spread word about what happened here, or the Black Wind Sect will definitely pay you a visit!"
After all, if the other party did not intend to charge into the blood mist, continuing to maintain the formation would only consume more vitality. However, if they broke out of the blood mist, their strength would instantly decrease significantly, and they would definitely not be Cang Lang's match.
Therefore, Guan Liao could only find a plausible excuse and order a retreat.
Upon hearing this, Cang Lang merely snorted coldly. He did not stop the retreat of the blood mist but instead fixed his gaze on the lake.
...
In a short period, Ye Cangtian had swum to Du Gu Ling's side.
Like the people before them, their bodies sank deeper and deeper.
"Coward, I'm sorry. This time, this heroine has implicated you."
"If there is a next life, this heroine will definitely repay you, even with her body..."
Severely injured, Du Gu Ling exerted all her strength and spoke before the lake water submerged her mouth.
Only now did she realize how foolish she had been.
It was one thing to have no mission experience, but she also had significant problems in judging people.
She had mistaken those ruthless characters, who were like executioners, for weak and helpless individuals.
And the person who protected her safety with his life, she had mistaken for a treacherous villain within the Hidden Group.
Thinking about her past attitude towards Ye Cangtian, she was truly ashamed.
Of course, she was also moved by Ye Cangtian's desperate leap.
Since childhood, perhaps besides her parents, no one had ever been so good to her.
"This is my duty, and you don't need to repay me!"
"Even less do I need you to offer yourself. I have a fiancée, and she is much more beautiful and gentle than you..."
Ye Cangtian rolled his eyes, and the image of Tang Xin Wan quickly appeared in his mind.
After falling into the water, he had not stopped struggling. He had even used the Dragon Soul Saber to cut through the red mud and sand entangled around his leg, but the severed mud and sand instantly reattached.
No matter how many times he cut, it was the same. Even the freezing effect of the Dragon Soul Saber was minimal.
However, he had not given up and was still constantly thinking of solutions.
"Damn coward..."
Du Gu Ling's heart was burning with anger as she listened to Ye Cangtian's words.
Here she was, moved to the point of offering herself, while he was thinking of another woman. How could she tolerate that!
She was the only daughter of the Du Gu family, the future head of the Du Gu family, possessed decent martial arts talent, and was beautiful and had a good figure. Why couldn't she compare to someone else?
However, before she could finish speaking, the water rushed into her mouth, and she could no longer utter a sound.
Ye Cangtian was in the same situation.
The lake water began to engulf both their bodies.
"Stinky little brother, have you forgotten your sister?"
Just then, a voice suddenly sounded in Ye Cangtian's mind.
Ye Cangtian was very familiar with this voice; it was Nami!
This instantly made his eyes brighten.
In an instant, Ye Cangtian felt the lake water around him begin to rotate around him, like a whirlpool, and was eventually drawn into the bracelet on his wrist.
Seeing this, Ye Cangtian understood everything.
The bracelet was given to him by Nami, and it was a divine artifact of the Mermaid clan, the Qian Kun Bei.
According to Nami, the Qian Kun Bei could contain the water of an ocean, and he had personally witnessed Nami using it in a secret realm before.
Undoubtedly, Nami was preparing to absorb all the lake water into the Qian Kun Bei.
...
On the shore.
Cang Lang, who had been paying attention to the two in the lake, widened his eyes when he saw the strange phenomenon.
However, the violent rotation of the lake water disturbed his vision, making it impossible to see what was happening. He could only see the lake surface rapidly descending at a visible rate.
In a short period, the lake had dried up completely, not a single drop of water left.
Even the mud and sand at the bottom of the lake, which should have been mire, became exceptionally dry, resembling desert sand, losing its stickiness.
And the area that had once radiated a treasure's glow was now devoid of any treasure; the glow had vanished without a trace.
...
"What happened?"
"Where did all the water go?"
"We're alive? Coward, you're truly this heroine's lucky star!"
Du Gu Ling stood at the bottom of the lake, stunned and disbelieving. In the next moment, she became excited and instantly hugged Ye Cangtian.
Du Gu Ling's joy of surviving the ordeal was a bit too much.
She had truly thought she was finished here and had even spoken her last words, only to be cruelly rejected, which had made her quite angry.
However, her miraculous survival now made her feel overjoyed to the point of tears.
"Uh..."
Enveloped in her soft embrace, a faint fragrance wafted towards him. Ye Cangtian was stunned; the unexpected good fortune had caught him off guard.
But in the next second, Ye Cangtian's expression changed.
Although the mud and sand beneath his feet had lost their vitality due to dryness, he felt his entire body slowly sinking.
It felt like being in quicksand.
"Heroine Ling, stop being excited, we're not out of danger yet!"
Listening to Ye Cangtian's reminder, Du Gu Ling also froze and immediately felt the change beneath her feet.
In the next moment, as if by reflex, she jumped up, her legs clamping tightly around Ye Cangtian's waist.
This was clearly a case of escaping one danger only to fall into another!
"..."
For a moment, with Du Gu Ling clinging to him, Ye Cangtian felt like cursing. The position was too intimate.
Moreover, due to her nervousness, she hugged him tightly, and the two mounds against his chest made it almost difficult for him to breathe. In such a situation, it was hard not to have inappropriate thoughts.
Damn it, calm down! Calm down!
Ye Cangtian repeatedly told himself, but because Du Gu Ling suddenly clung to him, adding weight, his legs sank directly into the mud.
Under the terrifying suction, he couldn't pull himself out. Moving was an impossible fantasy.
"Hey! Cang Lang, are you really going to stand by and watch?"
In this critical moment, Ye Cangtian scanned towards the shore, looking at Cang Lang who was looking over from above.
On the other side, Cang Lang was still in a daze.
He couldn't hear Ye Cangtian's words, but seeing the two slowly sinking, he immediately understood that they had not yet escaped danger.
Cang Lang shrugged, spread his hands, and pointed at the invisible wall.
"Damn it! It seems this is fate..."
Ye Cangtian finally understood Cang Lang's intention. It was clear that the other party hadn't brought a rope and couldn't provide rescue.
Moreover, there was an invisible wall blocking the way. Even with a rope, it would be impossible to throw it over.
"Hmph! This is retribution!"
"For looking down on this heroine just now, dying together with this heroine now is heaven's punishment for you looking down on this heroine!"
Listening to Ye Cangtian's words, Du Gu Ling's tension eased a bit. She looked at the face close to hers and snorted fiercely, saying.
She was still angry about what had happened earlier!
"Grandma, can you be more sensible?"
"We're both about to kick the bucket, and you're still thinking about this?"
Ye Cangtian was instantly speechless; Du Gu Ling had too big a heart.
"I don't care, this heroine gets angry whenever she thinks about this, so she has to vent!"
"This heroine doesn't want to die of anger!"
"Now it's good, we die together. No matter how much you looked down on this heroine, we are inseparable, and this heroine will haunt you even as a ghost!"
Upon hearing this, Du Gu Ling immediately became fierce and rambled on.
Ye Cangtian was instantly speechless and really didn't want to deal with her.
Soon, the quicksand reached his chest, and even breathing became difficult. But just then, Ye Cangtian received another piece of bad news.
In this situation, Nami was also powerless.
Once the water was released, the quicksand would almost instantly regain its vitality and drag them down, leading to the same result.
Upon hearing Nami's message, Ye Cangtian despaired, never expecting to perish here.
As the quicksand quickly submerged his vision, he couldn't even struggle anymore. Gradually, his vision plunged into darkness.
At this moment, the image of Tang Xin Wan reappeared in Ye Cangtian's mind.
Her every smile, every frown, every move, seemed etched into his soul.
Soon, he lost all consciousness.
...