Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 139 Underground River

A vine shot down rapidly from above, quickly wrapping around Qin Xiaochuan and Xiaoying's waists. At the critical moment, Guo Shiyi successfully rescued the two.

"Thank goodness! Thank goodness!" Qin Xiaochuan gasped, already drenched in a cold sweat from fright.

"So you still need other people's help, huh?" Kawamoto Taro's cold mockery came from the stone platform. Then, his tone changed, "But it's no use. I'll send you to hell." As he spoke, an ice spike shot out from his hand, severing the vines. Just as Guo Shiyi was about to make another move, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her. It was Fuyou, who was fighting fiercely with the group.

Qin Xiaochuan and Xiaoying continued to fall into darkness.

In the emergency, Qin Xiaochuan immediately flipped Xiaoying onto the top, raised the Xuanwu Shield, and then launched a fireball downwards. By the faint light of the fireball, he saw a layer of trembling red light below.

"There's water, there might still be hope!" He was both surprised and delighted. Just as the fireball went out, he channeled the level 8 spiritual power from the Witch Ring into his body and unleashed another "Blazing Dance".

Boom! With a huge explosion, a wave of water rushed towards them. The backlash from the explosion slowed their descent considerably. Then, they shot into the water like cannonballs, creating another huge wave.

It's unclear how much time passed before Qin Xiaochuan and Xiaoying finally climbed out of the water. As soon as they reached the shore, he was too exhausted to move. Even though he felt a sharp pain in his right leg, he didn't want to look at it because he was just too tired.

Qin Xiaochuan released a flame in his palm and took the opportunity to scout the area. He was certain that there was an underground river of unknown width next to them. He hadn't been seriously injured because of the Xuanwu Shield and the Qilin Armor, but the river water was not only icy cold but also extremely swift. He had to use all his strength to pull himself and Xiaoying ashore, and he didn't know how far they had been swept away by the current.

"Splash!" Amidst the rushing sound of water, he took a few deep breaths before asking Xiaoying, "Xiaoying, are you alright?"

"It's nothing." The little girl's low voice came from the darkness. Although she said that, Qin Xiaochuan could sense that she was enduring some kind of pain.

He quickly got up from the ground, felt around on his body, and luckily found a glow stick. He quickly turned it on and shone it on the little girl, asking her what was wrong.

The little girl pointed to her left arm and said, "It hurts."

Qin Xiaochuan rolled up her sleeve and took a look. It turned out that when she fell into the water, her arm had been hit by something, leaving a bruise.

He took out a healing potion from the equipment bag strapped to his left leg. The potion was a spray and was very effective at treating external injuries. Qin Xiaochuan sprayed it on her arm and said to her, "Xiaoying, just bear with it for now. Your aunt will come down to find us soon, and Aunt Shiyi will help you treat it then."

The little girl nodded obediently and said, "Yes, Xiaoying understands. Xiaoying doesn't feel pain anymore."

Qin Xiaochuan gently patted her head, then checked the injury on her right leg and found a bone stuck in it. He pulled the bone out of her leg, sprayed it with healing medicine, and finally tore off a piece of clothing to bandage the wound.

After everything was tidied up, he shone the glow stick around and realized that the two of them were on a wide riverbank. Because the glow stick's illumination range was limited, he could not see anything except the underground river next to them.

The surface of the underground river reflected the faint blue light of the glow sticks, but the water was completely dark. The riverbanks were made entirely of rock, covered with dark green moss. Near the water, there were many yellowed and blackened bones scattered on the riverbank, suggesting that many lives were buried in this underground river in ancient times.

"Xiaoying, are you scared?" he asked.

"I'm not afraid. As long as I'm with Uncle, I'm not afraid of anything," the little girl said nonchalantly.

"Haha, really? Looks like Uncle is quite reassured." He laughed and said, "Falling from such a height and still unharmed, it seems we're very lucky. Haha, now we just need to wait here for them to come and rescue us in their rhinoceros beetle ride."

"Mm." Xiaoying nodded seriously.

Just as she finished speaking, a deafening howl suddenly came from the direction of the riverbank. The sound was exceptionally terrifying in this dark world, as if countless wild beasts were roaring and charging from a certain direction. For a moment, the entire world was filled with this terrifying sound.

"What is this?" Qin Xiaochuan was surprised, but without hesitation, he immediately bent down and hugged Xiaoying in his arms. At the same time, he raised the Xuanwu Shield. Just then, countless sand and stones flew towards the two of them. Even though they were crouching on the ground, the fierce wind almost blew them over.

"Could there be some kind of monster down there?" Qin Xiaochuan was filled with doubt and surprise. Fortunately, there was no real harm in the strong wind. Otherwise, with this kind of wind force, any wind blade could have split the two of them in two.

The strong wind lasted for almost a minute before it stopped. Qin Xiaochuan squatted on the ground for another half a minute before finally standing up, still shaken.

"Uncle, what was that just now?" The little girl was also filled with lingering fear.

Qin Xiaochuan shook his head and said, "Uncle doesn't know either. Whatever it is, this place is not a good place. Let's leave here quickly."

The little girl nodded and said, "Okay."

Considering that Han Kexin and the others would definitely come down from upstream to look for the two of them, he led Xiaoying upstream along the underground river, while looking around for something to start a fire. After all, it was winter, and although it hadn't frozen over yet, the temperature underground was close to zero. If they didn't quickly dry their soaked clothes, the two of them would freeze to death here before Han Kexin and the others even arrived.

To his disappointment, the two walked along the underground river for more than 20 meters, but all they saw were rocks, the river, and bones; there was nothing to start a fire with.

"Uncle, I'm cold," the little girl said to him, shivering.

Qin Xiaochuan's clothes were completely soaked, so giving them to the little girl wouldn't be of much use. He could only say to her, "Xiaoying, just bear with it a little longer. We'll find a sheltered place where it will be warm."

He stopped following the river and instead looked for a sheltered space away from it, such as rocks or mountain walls.

This time he quickly found his ideal target, a recessed mountain wall. The recess was about four meters wide, and the depth was not yet apparent. The mountain wall was almost entirely made of solid rock, making it a natural shelter from the wind.

The glow stick's illumination range was limited, so for safety, he first cast a fireball spell into the ravine for illumination. What he saw shocked him: there were three enormous monsters in the ravine, lined up in a triangular formation facing them, and his fireball spell hit the middle monster squarely on the forehead.