The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 249 Escape and Reach the Shore
After Ling Chengen realized that Shi Ruoan was injured, he began to mobilize more sea beasts to push the ice beneath his and Tilan's feet.

The ice began to move forward at an extremely fast speed. Tilan and Shi Ruoan, who were standing on the ice, stumbled at the same time and looked at the west side of the ice.

Ling Chengen sensed something was wrong and immediately spurred his hidden mosasaurus to dive down, swimming towards the south side of the ice layer.

Sure enough, as soon as Tilan sensed that the ice was moving eastward, he immediately moved.

She needs to make a decision in an instant.

Either attack Shi Ruo'an quickly and decisively, taking him down before the ice reaches the shore.

Alternatively, they could stop the ice sheet from moving further east, buying more time to resolve the Shi Ruoan issue.

Tilan only thought for two seconds before heading towards Shi Ruoan.

The latter has too many variables. If Shi Ruoan manages to deal with the sea monsters that move the ice layer, she may find an opportunity to escape during this gap, and all her previous efforts will be in vain.

Shi Ruoan was worried that Tilan would suddenly change his strategy and attack the sea monsters.

Ling Chengen was hiding among those sea beasts. If Tilan were to target him, no matter how smart she was or how special her abilities were, she would have little chance against her.

Therefore, when Tilan suddenly accelerated her attack on him, Shi Ruoan felt calmer.

Tilan panicked.

This means that Ling Chengen's strategy is indeed feasible.

When they were only a kilometer from the coast, Ling Chengen sensed that the ice layer was slowing down.

At this moment, Shi Ruoan was covered in blood, with several more bleeding wounds on her body.

Seeing this, Ling Chengen became somewhat anxious. Given their current condition, even if they reached the shore, Shi Ruoan probably wouldn't be able to travel with her, and she was still carrying Wu Si and Mei Ji…

Ling Chengen pondered a solution, and then came up with a very risky idea.

She tossed Meg and Us onto the driftwood, then turned back and said, "Stay put and don't wander off. I'm going out for a bit."

Having said that, she disappeared from Us's sight.

Soon, Ling Chengen left the Canglong's mouth and seized a sea guard in the chaos.

She didn't really want to attack the merman, mainly because mermen reacted very quickly. Even if she managed to grab them in the water, she was very likely to be overpowered by them instead.

Fortunately, she was lucky this time and captured a warrior of the Baman Serpent Clan.

When the other party spotted her, their eyes widened suddenly. They never expected that a land-based orc would be hiding in the midst of the great battle among the sea creatures.

Before he could figure out what was happening, everything went black and he lost consciousness.

Ling Chengen dragged the Baman snake warrior back into the mouth of the Canglong with one hand, and at the same time told Shi Ruoan about his plan.

While dealing with Tilan, Shi Ruoan pondered the feasibility of Ling Chengen's plan.

As she said, it was far too risky.

Tilan is a very suspicious person, and Ling Chengen's trick might not be able to fool her.

It's very likely that she'll also expose herself.

However, he couldn't speak. This kind of supernatural communication was one-way, and once he opened his mouth, Tilan would definitely notice something was wrong.

As Ling Chengen instructed, Shi Ruoan subtly moved southwards from the ice layer while dealing with Tilan, and Tilan, as expected, couldn't help but break the ice layer apart.

Immediately afterwards, a sword was thrust towards his chest.

Shi Ruoan immediately retreated to avoid it, falling directly into the sea.

A gigantic mosasaur suddenly emerged from beneath the shattered ice, opening its blood-red maw to swallow Shi Ruoan whole.

The Mosasaurus struck, then immediately whipped its tail, smashing away the obstructing ice shards and sweeping away Tilan, who was trying to dodge.

Tilan was not injured, but he distanced himself from Canglong's head.

After the mosasaur's head crashed into the water, a large amount of blood slowly seeped out into the seawater.

Ling Chengen threw away the severed arm of the Baman Serpent Clan, grabbed Shi Ruoan with one hand, and ran directly towards the throat of the Canglong.

Before the barbed spikes began to chew, the two, dragging a heavily wounded Baman serpent warrior, finally fell into the Mosasaurus's stomach.

Ling Chengen steered the Canglong towards the southeast, attempting to create distance between himself and the Sea Guards and Tilan before they could react.

Mosasaurus's swimming speed is really not an advantage, but fortunately they are not far from the coast now.

The situation on the battlefield suddenly changed, leaving Tilan, who was chasing Shi Ruoan, stunned.

Especially when they saw a large amount of blood escaping from the dark sea, causing the giant sea beasts to frantically bite and attack, indiscriminately attacking friend and foe, Tilan realized that these sea beasts had become a threat to them.

When faced with the choice between Ruo'an's death during the pursuit and staying behind to scare away the sea monsters and save the group of sea warriors he had brought out, Tilan ultimately chose the latter.

Ling Chengen observed the chaos behind him and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He said to Shi Ruoan, who was sitting on the driftwood, "Your Lord Tilan from the sea tribe is quite a good general who loves his soldiers like his own children."

Shi Ruoan pressed her left hand on the wound on her abdomen, a bleak smile on her face: "She is indeed very capable, and a very qualified general."

The far north is the front line of defense against the abyss, and it has not been breached for more than 20 years, thanks in no small part to Tilan.

"How is your injury?" Ling Chengen asked.

Shi Ruoan froze her wound, her voice weak: "I'm alright, I won't die for now."

In the darkness, by the light of the fluorite, he stared at Ling Chengen's profile for a long time.

"How could you be so bold? And how did you come up with this idea? Hiding inside a sea monster's belly..."

Ling Chengen chuckled and said, "I'm just resourceful."

"Without me, do you think you could have escaped today?"

Shi Ruoan shook his head and said, "There's a high probability that we'll fight to the death with Tilan, or he'll be captured and taken back directly."

Ling Chengen took out a medicine bottle from his spatial storage and handed him a dark brown pill: "Swallow this medicine first. It will at least keep you alive. Stop the bleeding first. We can treat the rest once we get ashore and find a safe place."

After taking the pill, Shi Ruoan looked at the round, plump pill and asked, "Did Yuheng give this to you?"

"Yeah, he gave us all good stuff. Don't dawdle, just pop it in your mouth."

Ling Chengen urged him on, while also keeping an eye on the situation outside.

When marine mammals reach shallow waters, they are unable to swim further towards the shore due to their size.

The group left the sea monster's mouth and quickly headed towards the coast.

After reaching the shore, Ling Chengen threw the one-armed Baman snake warrior into a crevice in the reef, leaving him to fend for himself.

With luck, this person was able to return to the sea. Us carried Meiji, while Ling Chengen supported the seriously injured Shi Ruoan, and they quickly disappeared into the tall grass three or four meters ahead.

As soon as they entered the thicket of grass, Ling Chengen's body suddenly tensed up. He took out his bone blade from his spatial storage and tossed Shi Ruoan onto Wu Si, saying, "Hold him up, don't run around."

Us immediately reached out and caught Shi Ruoan, looking bewildered, and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"The pursuers are closing in?"

Shi Ruoan looked up and said calmly, "No, it's a vile beast."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a porcupine, nearly two meters long, suddenly leaped out from the dense foliage and pounced straight at Megi.

In the blink of an eye, Ling Chengen stood in front of Mei Ji, slashing the porcupine's mouth with his knife and pulling it open on both sides with his left hand.

The porcupine's howl soon echoed throughout the thicket of grass. Fearing that it would attract other inferior beasts, Ling Chengen did not give the porcupine a chance to readjust. After catching up with the porcupine, he cleaved it into the air with a single slash.

The knife swiftly ripped open the porcupine's belly.

With a gentle flick of the knife tip, a translucent green heart stone fell from mid-air and rolled to her feet.

The whole process was completed in one go, in the blink of an eye.

Us stared in astonishment at her fluid movements, muttering in amazement, "Are land-dwelling females this capable?"

Shi Ruoan chuckled and said, "You've been with her for a while now, haven't you figured out what kind of person she is yet?"

Us thought of the humiliation he had suffered before, and then looked at Ling Chengen who was shaking off the bloodstains from the blade, and suddenly didn't want to say anything.

No matter how powerful she is, it can't hide the fact that she is a domineering and wicked female.

Along the way, Ling Chengen was in charge of clearing the path, dealing with more than a dozen inferior beasts, and finally found a suitable place to rest temporarily.

It was almost dawn.

After treating Shi Ruoan's injuries, Ling Chengen stood up and said, "You all stay here. I'm going to bring Su Weihua back."

Shi Ruoan was feeling drowsy and could fall asleep at any moment because of the fever.

Upon hearing Ling Chengen's voice, he immediately sat up and said, "I'll go with you. Without someone to guide you, you'll easily be caught by sea monsters in the ocean."

Ling Chengen glanced at his injuries: "You should save your breath. You're better off resting now."

"Moreover, it is not appropriate for you to appear on the shore now. If you are discovered by the sea guards, all the arrangements and efforts I have made will be in vain."

"Just stay put, I can handle this little thing myself."

After saying this, she turned around, climbed up the mountain wall, pushed aside the stone above, jumped out of the cave, and then moved the stone back to its original position.

After the light filtering through the cave ceiling disappeared, Shi Ruoan leaned against the hay and turned to look at Us, who was adding firewood to the fire: "Go help her, I'll keep an eye on Meiji."

Us immediately shook his head and said, "No, High Priest, your current condition is very bad. If you faint..." then you'll be at the mercy of others.

Furthermore, Us wasn't entirely sure what Ling Chengen had done to Mei Ji.

He wasn't even sure if Maggie's condition was permanent or temporary.

If it's temporary, Meg could recover at any time.

Once Megi regains consciousness, given the High Priest's current critically injured and dying state, even a small amount of poison from Megi could worsen his condition or even kill him outright.

"Priest, you don't need to worry about that female. Since she said she could handle it, she must have a way."

Shi Ruoan stared intently at him, but Wu Si remained motionless and did not dare to turn his head to meet Shi Ruoan's gaze.

He now admired Ling Chengen a little. No wonder she had just told him privately that no matter what Shi Ruoan said, he could not leave his and Mei Ji's side.

The high priest's personality was so easily manipulated that he was completely under their thumb.

……

After emerging from the cave, Ling Chengen leaped and bounded across the steep rock face, quickly returning to the ground. He then surveyed his surroundings and determined the direction to proceed.

Instead of looking for the port where they had entered the sea, she went to the cave where Su Weihua and the others had stayed and started climbing the mountain.

The cave is located at the foot of the mountain. She only needs to find the closest point to the cave, use her mental power to detect their location, and then directly use her supernatural ability to connect with Su Weihua's brain. There is no need for her to go into the sea to find them herself.

Those mountain people will then bring him out.

Ling Chengen spent some time finding the location of the cave and eventually contacted Su Weihua.

When Su Weihua heard Ling Chengen's voice, her first reaction was surprise. She got up and looked around, but did not see Ling Chengen. Finally, she calmed down and looked up at the little bit of white light that could only seep through the very thin gap.

It was already broad daylight outside.

After receiving Ling Chengen's message, Su Weihua immediately got up and went to find Taff, the chief of the Boman tribe.

Taf agreed to take him out, and soon, with a few warriors, he escorted Su Weihua out of the cave.

The number of sea monsters outside the Blue Hole has decreased significantly. After waiting for a long time without catching a single prey, the sea monsters had no choice but to abandon the fat meat that they could see but could not eat, and head towards the depths of the sea.

Ling Chengen waited on land for a long time before finally seeing Taff bring Su Weihua ashore. The two were soaking wet, but Taff was used to the change and didn't feel cold.

But as soon as Su Weihua got ashore, she sneezed several times from the cold, and when she spoke, her breath was all white mist.

Seeing this, Taf smiled. After the fire-type warriors behind him helped evaporate the moisture from Su Weihua's body, they handed him two large, silvery-white fish tied with straw ropes.

“This is a thank-you gift.” Taff gestured for Su Weihua to accept it, and said gratefully, “Without your guidance, we would have lost a lot of men this time. We are so grateful to you for finding such an excellent place of refuge.”

“I heard that your wife likes unusual seafood, so you should take these with you.”

The soldiers following behind put down their baskets, which were full of fish, shrimp, crabs, octopus, and even eels and sea snakes.

Looking at the five bamboo baskets and two large fish nearly three meters long, Su Weihua said helplessly, "This is too much..."

"It's not much, it's insignificant compared to the help you've provided."

"Let's not waste any more words. It's not safe outside right now, so we plan to stay in the Blue Hole for the time being and return on another day once the beast tide has subsided."

"This parting may mean we won't see each other again until the opening of the sea market next September."

"Take care, young man!"

Taf patted Su Weihua hard on the shoulder twice, then waved his hand and left with the warriors of the Boman tribe. When he reached the shore, he saw Ling Chengen jumping off the rocks. He smiled and waved before plunging into the sea.

When Ling Chengen walked over to Su Weihua, he saw a pile of things at Su Weihua's feet and said with a smile, "It seems you get along quite well with those people from the Boman tribe."

Su Weihua looked her over and found that she was in good spirits and did not smell of blood. She smiled and said, "It's not that I get along well with them, this is their thank-you gift to you."

"How's Shi Ruo'an doing? Did they retrieve the items from the Sea Extreme Cave?"

"Where are they now?"