Mu Yunjin carefully recalled the scenes from her dream, and it was indeed this Ink Qilin before her!

However, how had it become Chu Li’s divine beast…

Could that black-clothed man in her dream possibly be Chu Li?

But that man was called “Qing Gege”…

It didn’t seem like Chu Li after all.

While she was thinking, Chu Li had already approached her, helped her up from the ground, gently embraced her, and leaned down to whisper in her ear, “Regarding the Ink Qilin, I’ll explain it to you when we return.”

Chu Li’s tone was soft, and Mu Yunjin nodded, knowing that this wasn’t the time to dwell on the Ink Qilin’s origins.

Before them, the two ancient temple spirit crocodiles still watched vigilantly.

The ancient temple spirit crocodiles and the Ink Qilin seemed like old acquaintances. After the Ink Qilin rescued Qu Xinyao and the others, the crocodile remained momentarily still, its attention focused on the Ink Qilin.

The Ink Qilin, truly worthy of being Chu Li’s divine beast, had a temperament identical to his. Now it sat leisurely on the ground, its eyes cold and intense, its entire body radiating an aura of “do not disturb.”

However, when Mu Yunjin approached, the seated Ink Qilin suddenly moved, looked up at her, and its paw lightly brushed her clothes.

“Awooo…” The Ink Qilin let out a low whimper, as if acting coy with Mu Yunjin.

The others were also startled. Earlier, when the Ink Qilin appeared, its roar had been so shocking that it caused their ears to ring. How was it now making sounds like a puppy…

It seemed that a divine beast resembled its master…

At first, seeing the Ink Qilin’s imposing appearance, Mu Yunjin had been a bit afraid. But now, meeting the Ink Qilin’s gaze, her mind wavered, and a strange yet familiar feeling welled up in her heart.

The Ink Qilin stared at her without moving. Its originally fierce and intense eyes gradually filled with a layer of mist. Then it suddenly lowered its head, resting it on Mu Yunjin’s shoe.

Mu Yunjin raised her eyebrows. This divine beast seemed to be crying…

She bent down to gently rub the Ink Qilin’s head and also stroked the horn on its head, her lips curving slightly.

Nearby, Chu Li was also somewhat surprised by the Ink Qilin’s reaction to seeing Mu Yunjin. It was Mu Yunjin’s first time meeting the Ink Qilin, so why did it feel as if they had known each other for a long time…

The Ink Qilin had also shown this pitiful demeanor when it first met him.

“Gurgle…”

The two ancient temple spirit crocodiles made sounds. One slowly crawled out of Deep Dark Lake, while the other took flight again, hovering in the air.

“Bang—” At the same time, the stone door behind them closed.

Now, inside Deep Dark Lake, it was a completely sealed world.

“Let’s fight them!” Qiqi concentrated true qi in both hands, with powerful light surging from her palms. Her human features became blurry again, with her cat-like appearance becoming more prominent.

Seeing this, Lei Yan, Xiumei, Huaying, and others also concentrated all their true qi.

They were already half-human and half-beast beings. Only when they exhausted all their true qi and inner power did their human form weaken somewhat, revealing more of their beast spirit appearance.

Qiqi and Lei Yan charged toward the deep green spirit crocodile simultaneously, while Xiumei flew upward to engage with the deep red spirit crocodile.

Daoist Feng Xuan, Cloud Frost Cold, Ding Xian, Huang Yan, and others also dispersed, dividing into two groups to confront the spirit crocodiles.

Mu Yunjin had been feeling unwell earlier, but now the Heaven God Command in her body, sensing her injury, had already helped her heal completely. Now she seemed as if she had never been injured at all.

“Chu Li, I’ll deal with this thing!” Mu Yunjin pointed to the deep red spirit crocodile in the air.

She had heard that the crocodiles here were male and female. She guessed that this red one was female and felt it might be more ferocious than the male…

Standing below, Mu Yunjin took out several flying daggers from her waist, flicked her wrist, and threw them accurately and fiercely toward the red crocodile’s nostrils…

After the flying daggers struck the spirit crocodile, Mu Yunjin immediately drew out her Phoenix Tail Whip, leaped into the air, wrapped it around the crocodile’s gaping maw, and bound it tightly.

Then she pulled out another dagger hidden in her boot, flew upward, and stabbed it toward the crocodile’s chest and abdomen…

Having blocked three of the crocodile’s airways at once, Mu Yunjin pulled hard on the Phoenix Tail Whip, instantly dragging the nearly hundred-jin spirit crocodile down from the air with her petite frame. It crashed heavily to the ground, shattering the floor!

The tremendous “bang” attracted everyone’s attention.

Seeing Mu Yunjin pull down the red crocodile, everyone’s mouths twitched. Was this woman a bit too fierce…

After pulling down the crocodile, Mu Yunjin straddled its back, drawing out the dagger she had stabbed into its chest and abdomen, then turned her attention to the crocodile’s eyes.

One male, one female—the male had its pearl in the left eye, so this female must have it in the right eye…

With this thought, Mu Yunjin raised her hand, preparing to aim the dagger at the crocodile’s head. Just as her wrist began to move, a swift wind came from behind her, and her neck was tightly wrapped by the crocodile’s long tail.

Mu Yunjin reached up to grab the long tail, but this crocodile’s tail was several meters long, and its strength was immense. She couldn’t break free at all. Once she let go, the fallen crocodile freed itself and flew back into the air.

Seeing this, Chu Li’s eyes suddenly darkened, then blazed with rage, his entire body emanating intense killing intent.

While everyone was shocked by Mu Yunjin and the deep red spirit crocodile, Chu Li’s figure shot upward.

His speed was so fast it created a whistling sound. In mid-air, he concentrated a cold, piercing light that was incredibly sharp, carrying a soul-shaking killing intent, directly targeting the deep red crocodile’s huge tail…

“Swish—”

“Bang—”

The sound of flesh being cut through and a heavy impact reached everyone’s ears.

Everything suddenly went quiet…

Mu Yunjin fell from the air into a warm embrace. After reaching the ground, she took several breaths before her gaze fell on the huge severed tail on the ground.

She couldn’t help but twitch her mouth. She had thought she was impressive for pulling down the hundred-jin crocodile, but unexpectedly, Chu Li had directly severed the crocodile’s tail.

Now, that a several-meter-long huge tail lay isolated on the ground, flowing with deep red blood…

“Gurgle… gurgle…”

The crocodile with its tail severed still flew in the air, howling several times, flapping its wings much faster than before.

“Gurgle…”

After calling out once more, the crocodile flew back above Deep Dark Lake. Its cries were shrill and frenzied. Then they watched as the calm lake water gradually surged upward, with the silver-blue light reappearing and surrounding the entire crocodile.

The deep green crocodile also immediately rushed over, crawled into Deep Dark Lake, and dove into the water curtain.

The two crocodiles were now encircled within the water screen…

“What are they doing?” Mu Yunjin touched her neck, frowning in pain, estimating that her neck had already been bruised by the giant tail.

Not far away, the silver-blue lake water surrounding the crocodiles gradually changed color, from silver-blue to deep blue, and then from deep blue to pitch black…

“This is bad, they’re absorbing the dark energy from Deep Dark Lake. Quickly stop them!” Daoist Feng Xuan’s face changed drastically. He immediately rushed forward, raising his palm to strike at the center of the crocodiles.

On the other side of the stone chamber, perhaps because it was dawn, a daylight-like radiance scattered in. That light slowly descended, connecting with the pitch-black lake water in the center of the circular pool.

The two lights joined, seemingly pouring in the brilliance of the sun and moon, forming a terrifying and powerful dark force.

Daoist Feng Xuan had just struck with eighty percent of his power, never expecting that his force would be reflected. The palm strike carrying eighty percent of his power fell entirely on himself…

He flew back several meters, spitting blood, all the meridians in his body instantly rupturing. He lay on the ground, unable to move at all.

“Master…” Mu Yunjin immediately rushed over and supported Daoist Feng Xuan.

Daoist Feng Xuan continued to spit blood, his face contorted with pain, as he spoke slowly to Mu Yunjin, “Be careful… they’ve absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, they’re now unmatched…”

With these words, Daoist Feng Xuan passed out, losing consciousness.

Huaying hurriedly came over, quickly checked Daoist Feng Xuan’s pulse, then took out a pill from her sleeve and placed it in his mouth.

“Someone, come quickly, carry the elder to the side. His meridians have all ruptured, and he’s passed out!” Huaying said.

Hearing this, Huang Yan and Ding Xian rushed over, carefully carrying Daoist Feng Xuan to a space nearby.

Even Daoist Feng Xuan, one of the three greatest masters in the world, had instantly suffered ruptured meridians and fainted. The others felt even less confident.

Especially after Chu Li cut off the deep red crocodile’s tail, that crocodile had become even more ferocious and agitated. Now that it and the deep green crocodile had absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, they were like tigers that had grown wings. Trying to deal with them would be even more difficult.

Mu Yunjin bit her lip, her eyes firmly fixed on the deep red crocodile, which had regrown its huge tail and was flying in the air. On the other side, the deep green crocodile opened its large mouth and walked toward them.

“Gurgle… gurgle…”

The deep red crocodile, unable to wait any longer, flew down with lightning speed, swooping toward Mu Yunjin.

As it flew, it spewed black miasma from its mouth, directly facing Mu Yunjin, its killing intent intense.

On the other side, the deep green crocodile also charged furiously toward Chu Li…

Mu Yunjin leaped to avoid the deep red crocodile’s frontal attack. Upon seeing the miasma it spewed, several images flashed through her mind. After slightly furrowing her brow, the fire-attribute true qi that had been coursing through her body suddenly merged completely with the eight extraordinary meridians in her body.

Then, as the miasma approached, she felt an enormous energy in her chest about to burst out. With just a slight wave of her hand, a red light flashed in her palm, and her entire body rose from the ground, hovering in mid-air…

“Die!”

Cold light burst from Mu Yunjin’s eyes. In this enclosed environment, a sudden fierce wind arose, blowing off her hair ribbon, her black hair flying in the air.

With Mu Yunjin’s two angry words, a red fireball shot from her palm, directly targeting the deep red crocodile’s head…

“What’s happening? Why is the princess’s body glowing red?”