He Lan Tianxia

The woman with the twin snow swords looked down to see what was causing the damage. Oh dear, it looked like a big one—could it be a crocodile? The woman, who had just been hoping, now felt her legs go weak. Her eyes darted frantically across the boat for any usable tools. There was only a bamboo pole for propelling the boat; what good was a broken bamboo pole against a crocodile? As she struggled to figure out how to control the small pleasure boat, the large creature suddenly leaped out of the water, nearly capsizing the entire boat. But this leap made the woman with the twin snow swords laugh.

What just jumped out wasn't a crocodile, but a big bald head. It wasn't the big bald head that made her happy, but the woman that the big bald head made happy.

"What a small world." The woman with the Twin Snow Swords chuckled sinisterly. At this moment, she felt that heaven had truly been kind to her. This woman who had fallen into the Ice Lotus Pond and was being protected by Murong Junlan had actually been sent to her by heaven again. It seemed that she had been immobilized by pressure points. Hmph, then don't say I'm being impolite.

The woman with the twin snow swords took a deep breath, stepped onto the gunwale, and swept the bamboo pole into the water. The octopus, unaware that this was a feint, hurriedly jumped up to avoid it, but just as it landed, the bamboo pole swept back down. This time, it was the real attack, and this sweep actually knocked away the little spirit that was perched on its bald head.

Oh dear, this is deadly. The octopus suddenly felt a void on its back, and the continuous flow of spiritual energy suddenly stopped. It knew it had been tricked. It jumped back up and pounced on the woman with the Twin Snow Swords with its eight tentacles spread out.

The woman with the Twin Snow Swords was carrying a heavy woman in one arm, and even that was difficult to defend herself with the other. Suddenly, she was struck on the shoulder by the octopus's claws, a sharp, stinging pain causing her to nearly slip from its grasp. The octopus, enraged that its little spiritual energy had been stolen, charged at the woman with the Twin Snow Swords. It frantically shook the small pleasure boat, determined to throw this woman, who had appeared out of nowhere, off the boat. That small pleasure boat was its own private vessel; this woman was far too audacious. The octopus was extremely displeased; it wouldn't be the master of the Xuanmo Cave if it didn't capture this uninvited guest today.

The octopus whistled into the water, then spun like a weight, simultaneously unleashing dozens of fireballs that surrounded the small pleasure boat. The octopus's tentacles attacked the woman with the Twin Snow Swords one after another, forcing her to retreat. However, she clung tightly to Yan'er, sensing the octopus's attempt to take her away. "The more you want it, the more I'll hold on tight. Let's see what you can do to me!"

This fight to take the hostage was incredibly nerve-wracking. On one side, they were afraid of accidentally falling off the small painted boat, and on the other side, they were afraid that the woman with the Twin Snow Swords would kill the hostage without warning. Octopus didn't dare to be too forceful, so it circled the small painted boat without moving, carrying a fireball. Octopus was now regretting pressing Xiao Lingqi Yan'er's acupoints earlier. If Xiao Lingqi Yan'er could move, even if she fell into the lake, it could still save her and protect her. The woman in front of it was very vicious, and her hand never left Xiao Lingqi's vital points.

The octopus, enraged, spat ink at the boat several times. Now it opened its mouth wide, ready to spew ink again. Suddenly, a loud thud came from behind. The octopus knew the fireball was in danger; the thud was their internal signal. In a flash, the octopus slammed its two tentacles heavily against the gunwale of the small pleasure boat, and then sprayed a stream of ink at the two people rushing towards it.

With a crash, the small pleasure boat was capsized. The octopus suddenly stretched out its other two tentacles, trying to pull the two women into the water. However, Murong Junlan rushed over and caught the woman with the double snow swords just as the octopus's other tentacles knocked away Xiao Lingqi Yan'er.

Because of the ink smell, Murong Junlan missed the drowning Yan'er, but caught the woman with the Twin Snow Swords. The little spirit Yan'er fell back into the octopus's arms. The white-haired woman rushed over angrily and overturned the small painted boat that was about to capsize.

As the octopus carried the little spirit Yan'er away, it angrily thought, "This top-secret cave of mine is already separated from the top by three layers. When did so many people get in? Hey, where did they come from?"