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Ling Dengxian never expected that this seemingly small stream was actually quite deep. The action after breaking the ice caused the entire ice surface to crack, and the ice surface began to float.

The stream water in Ursus was as cold as the weather. The biting cold even made him dazed, but he woke up quickly. However, the key question was...

He can't swim.

He didn't know how Mephistopheles - he had heard about it a lot and this code name was the one that impressed him the most - fell into the river, but when he reacted, he found that the river was not waist-deep as he had guessed, but so deep that he could not reach the bottom with one foot.

Then Ling Dengxian is a typical landlubber. When it comes to water, his physical strength is several times better than before he traveled through time, and he can only splash a few dozen meters longer in deep water. Now he regrets that he did not study hard when he was learning to swim with his peers, but now he has no props to travel through time.

Ling Dengxian mustered up the courage to open his eyes in the biting cold, and saw the tiny figure in the bubbles of varying sizes in his field of vision. He reached out and grabbed his arm, then was distracted by a sense of panic. He left the solid earth, and the oxygen dissolved in the water watched him do nothing. The distorted light and the surging cold currents formed a bizarre water world, which gave him the illusion that he seemed to have left the world of Terra.

Ling Dengxian!

A clear shout brought his sanity back, and his pupils shrank immediately as he realized the dangerous situation. He was still holding on to Mephisto, who had hardly moved. A lot of water must have choked on his lungs. Ling Dengxian could hardly suppress the desire to open his mouth to breathe. Striving to suppress his instinct, he identified the upward direction from the chaotic vision, and then wildly waved his only free arm to swam towards the surface of the water.

Damn it! Why does it feel like it hasn’t moved at all?!

Ling Dengxian felt that his consciousness, which had finally been cleared up, was about to be taken away by lack of oxygen. His mind gradually became disoriented, and that bright white place seemed to be far away in the horizon...but it also seemed to be very close.

He was almost at his limit, the low temperature took away the feeling of his skin, so much so that he didn't even notice when his wrist was entangled by a snake-like creature until he found himself being dragged by the creature.

What is this?! A sky-blue little dragon pulled him upwards and swam quickly. It was hard to believe that a little creature no more than half a meter long could do this, but it also brought hope to Ling Dengxian.

"Bang!" His head hit the bright white "water surface" and he found himself and Mephistopheles being swept away by the water flow. At this moment, the water surface above them was not the fragile water surface, but the river ice that was much more solid than the place where Mephistopheles fell into the water.

The ice on the shore is supposed to be thicker than the ice in the middle of the water. Given the current situation, it can only be that they drifted quite far.

Ling Dengxian could still hold on for a few more moments, but the reaction of Mephisto, whom he was holding, was getting weaker and weaker.

Even though this guy will be an unforgivable villain in the future, at least he has not been bewitched and led by the Black Snake yet... "He is still a child who has a chance to turn things around!"

If all else fails, he can only invoke the power of the Demon King. He has no extra hands to draw the sword.

But he was afraid that the patriot Bodrakaitis would notice it. He was the "pure" person recognized by Kal'tsit. In the plot, he was able to sense Amiya's true identity at the last moment and the princess's ascension to the throne and fall. Now he probably didn't go too far, so his outburst would most likely be discovered.

He has already been suspected... If it is confirmed, Big Dad will definitely not be as easy to talk to as he is now. After all, at this time, he still believes in the prophecy...

The last Wendigo will die at the hands of the Demon King.

All I can say is that fortunately he doesn’t know the second half of the so-called “prophecy” yet:

I saw all the cities were in ruins.

I saw Originium, all over the earth.

I see you with a black crown on your head, turning millions of lives into memories.

I saw the devil enslaving all species.

Otherwise he would surely die, even if he was not the real devil.

But now he had no choice... Flame skills would fail in water, right? Ling Dengxian's eyes twitched, and he used all his strength to cast White Flame to shatter the ice, and then -

"Bang!" With a loud and crisp sound, the broken ice surface was lifted up by the broken waves, which was much easier than he expected.

"Bai Yan actually gulped!" Ling Dengxian almost forgot that he was still in the water. The breath he had held with great difficulty finally dissipated just before leaving the water.

His lungs seemed to be about to explode. The little blue dragon struggled to pull one of his hands out of the water, but the two people still made it difficult for him to do so.

In a trance, Ling Dengxian heard a loud shout, and then a figure fell into the water. Then, in a semi-dizzy state, Ling Dengxian felt a warm hand pulling him and Mephisto out of the water. Then, the heat from the blazing fire brought him back to a state of clarity.

"Still wearing a scarf... You should put down these potentially dangerous items when you go into the water to save people." The Ursus man's blood was boiling. Pero, who was far away, stumbled and ran closer: "Red! Wait for me... I can't catch up, cough cough..."

"Mr. Carrion, you should slow down... You are injured, so don't force yourself." The Ursus man did not look strong. His fiery red scarf was wet by the cold river water and stuck tightly to his thin body.

“Huh, huh, I’m not that fast… It took some time to get Sasha to see Dr. Katyusha.” Karion panted, the Originium crystals in the corners of his eyes trembling slightly along with his facial muscles due to lack of strength.

"He's still responsive. Let me check on the child first." The Ursus man took a deep breath and immediately lowered his head to check on Mephisto, who had choked on water and lost a lot of body heat, falling into a coma. Carrion also went over to see if he could perform CPR. Ling Dengxian's consciousness was slowly regaining, and it seemed that he no longer needed artificial respiration.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Ling Dengxian turned over and used his elbows to prop up his upper body. After coughing up water, he suddenly felt like he was alive again, although his eyes were filled with tears because of the coughing.

"My lungs hurt so much..." Ling Dengxian gasped. For the first time in his life, he was grateful that he could still breathe so freely. Just as he was coughing uncontrollably, his shoulder was gently patted to help him catch his breath.

"Thanks... eh?" Ling Dengxian calmed down and turned around to see a small, slender sky blue creature staring at him with concern, and rubbing his shoulder with its beautiful tail, appearing to be quite intimate.

"Just now in the water, it was you who saved me?" Ling Dengxian quickly remembered what happened, but was even more confused. "But if you are a lizard (note: in this context, "lizard" refers to lizards)... shouldn't you have hibernated? How can you still swim in such cold waters..."

As if it could understand human words, the little dragon blinked at him, then suddenly jumped into his arms, and the water on its scales soaked Ling, but while he got goosebumps, he also noticed a steady heat coming from the little dragon.

"Are you a warm-blooded animal?" Ling Dengxian had never seen such a creature before. This was his first time, but he was still very grateful to the little dragon for rescuing him.

"I still have some meat on me...see?" Ling Dengxian finally took out a piece of claw beast meat, but the other party seemed to be uninterested and even rolled his eyes at him.

"Mr. White Dove! I'm so glad that you're okay! Come and see this child..." Karion noticed the movement on his side and waved vigorously. Only then did Ling Dengxian notice that Mephisto's condition was not good.

"He choked quite badly and doesn't seem to be in good health. Fortunately, Teacher Katyusha taught us how to first aid a drowning person." Ling Dengxian moved his wrist and began to rescue him. The Ursus man and Pello naturally stepped back to make room for him.

While Ling was trying to rescue him, Carrion and Red noticed the slender creature following the boy's feet.

“Karion, what kind of creature is this? I’ve never seen it before. Even though it’s a local species, I haven’t seen it during my recent patrol.” The Ursus man took his knife back from Karion, his eyes filled with confusion.

"I have lived for half my life, and I have never seen such a creature on the land of Ursus..." Karion shook his head.

"Forget it, it's not a big deal."

The little dragon glanced at the two of them with its blue eyes, but didn't care. Instead, it stayed quietly aside waiting for Ling Dengxian to finish rescuing people.