The woman was stunned for a moment, then sneered.
"This move has been used! You want me to hand over the Phoenix clan's legacy? Heh! Dream on!"
Seeing her demeanor of having shut herself off, Jin Huang felt even more unbearable and heartbroken! She could only choke out,
"I... I didn't lie to you! I am also a phoenix..."
As she spoke, she released the divine beast aura unique to the Phoenix clan, burning and noble!
As the aura amplified, everyone felt the pure divine beast aura! The woman in Jin Huang's arms was no exception. She trembled all over, looking up in a daze at the girl beside her. What followed was an excited murmur.
"You... you really are! You're here, you finally came..."
At this moment, in another dark and damp prison cell, a thin woman with a weak aura seemed to sense something and slowly opened her eyes! Her blood-red, hollow eyes tilted slightly...
"Pho... Phoenix breath?"
A hoarse and weak voice came from her mouth, so unpleasant that one couldn't tell she was a woman under a thousand years old! She greedily and persistently sensed the hard-won aura, as if she had obtained the only light in the world!
A trace of a smile appeared on her pale and weak face, and then she slowly closed her eyes, her aura growing even weaker...
She seemed... to be on her last breath! What a pity, she hadn't avenged her master yet, hadn't waited for her child to ascend, hadn't seen her phoenix clan relatives return to the upper realm!
The strong regret and persistence kept her alive this long, waiting for this moment! But the moment she sensed the phoenix breath, she suddenly let go...
At the same time, Jin Huang, carrying the woman in her arms, was running towards Jin Bao'er when her heart suddenly trembled! A great wave of grief and unease washed over her, and she froze on the spot! The premonition of a blood relative about to pass away sent her into a breakdown!
She looked down at the woman in her arms, whose breathing was gradually becoming calm and peaceful. There was no sign of imminent death, yet the unease emanating from the root of her bloodline made it impossible to ignore.
Seeing her like this, Jin Bao'er, who had been completely still, finally reacted...
"What's wrong?"
She glanced at the woman slowly falling asleep in Jin Huang's arms. She actually had a guess in her heart, but the woman from the dungeon had already disappeared. Even if she was confused, she couldn't be sure!
Jin Huang looked up blankly. Facing her most trusted master, her helpless and wandering heart subconsciously relied on her!
"Mother is dying!"
Yet the woman in her arms clearly had even breathing...
Jin Bao'er reacted swiftly, not doubting Jin Huang's words for a moment. She immediately pulled the woman from Jin Huang's embrace and, grabbing Jin Huang, turned to leave!
Her speed was incredibly fast! Almost no one saw how she left. With a flash of white light, two figures vanished!
Linlang Liuli's expression tightened upon seeing this! Jin Bao'er's display of absorbing the power of the Great Dao Foundation today made her unable to underestimate this woman anymore. Coupled with her guilt, she immediately shouted for others to stop her!
"Trying to run? Seven Great Families, heed my command! Immediately hunt down Jin Bao'er!"
On the surface, the Seven Great Families obeyed the clan. They were supposed to heed their patriarch's words, even though the series of events had left them bewildered...
However, Jin Bao'er had disappeared almost instantly. They had no idea of her whereabouts! How could they chase her?
Just then, a middle-aged man stepped forward, his brow furrowed.
"It's the power of talismans! She used a teleportation talisman! The direction is... that way!"
He pointed, and everyone followed directly! Regardless of whether they found the person or not, it was the clan's command.
Linlang Liuli remained silent, but her face was grim! She hadn't expected Jin Bao'er to be a talisman master as well. She could even use a complex teleportation talisman? She turned to the middle-aged man behind her, her expression gloomy.
"Didn't you say that the rank of alchemists and talisman masters in the lower realm rarely exceeded Grade Five? What's going on with her?"
The middle-aged man, Bai Wuxi, quickly lowered his head respectfully!
"Patriarch, please forgive me! The situation in the lower realm was like that when I ascended. As for Jin Bao'er... she probably obtained some fortuitous encounter to learn it."
Linlang Liuli snorted coldly! Then she remembered something.
"Useless! How is the refining of Grade Twelve pills going?"
Bai Wuxi's expression tightened, and he quickly said.
"Almost successful, it will definitely succeed this time!"
Linlang Liuli turned away irritably!
"This time, this time! You always say that. I'm telling you, if you fail again this time, you will die!"
Then, ignoring Bai Wuxi's terrified expression, she added,
"You ascended with a Grade Twelve pill, so why can't you refine another one? Useless trash!"
Bai Wuxi lowered his head, concealing the humiliation and hatred in his eyes!
If he had known that the upper realm, which everyone in the lower realm yearned to ascend to, would be like this, he would never have forcefully snatched his old, dying master's pill to ascend, even if it meant dying.
* * *
Jin Bao'er, pulling Jin Huang, appeared outside the dungeon gate in an instant. Before Jin Huang could regain her senses, she unleashed a Great Dao power, blasting the incredibly strong door to pieces!
Jin Huang was stunned...
She was a little confused about what her master was doing, but out of trust, she didn't resist!
The two quickly moved through the ruins, forcefully passing through obstacles without destroying them, to prevent the dungeon from collapsing.
As they moved forward at a frenzied pace, Jin Bao'er suddenly stopped and looked carefully at the ground. It was a spacious, flat platform surrounded by steps. From the outside, it looked unremarkable, but her divine sense saw an empty space below!
Then, she cut open the ground, creating a large hole, and pulled Jin Huang into it! At the same time, she stopped using any power...
Below was solid stone, with only this small cage-like space. As her divine sense had seen, the disheveled woman was nowhere to be found.
She frowned...
"Jin Huang, do you sense anything?"
She didn't understand the so-called bloodline connection, as she had no family. But now, she couldn't sense the phoenix's presence! She could only ask Jin Huang to try her best to sense.
Jin Huang was stunned and instantly understood her meaning. Her gaze fell on all the facilities within the small cage, finally stopping at a corner of the wall. She couldn't help but reach out to touch it, but touched nothing.
Jin Bao'er saw her action, walked over, and confirmed,
"Are you sure it's here? If we find the wrong place, the formation will be triggered, and this entire dungeon will collapse. She'll be doomed!"
Her domain had expanded, but her control over time was only about three seconds. She could only save someone in this instant. If she missed, it would be too late to go back.
The phoenix had only a breath left. If she was wrong, she could be crushed to death by rocks.