All beasts submit, and the peerless imperial princess is about to defy the heavens!

Xue Feng nodded, holding his breath.

"Senior Brother Xue, listen to me. Don't struggle. Try not to move your legs any further. Lean forward, spread your arms, and lie down directly."

Xue Feng did as she said and lay directly on the mud.

"Yes, that's it. Then, control yourself to lift one leg out first, and pull it out while reaching forward."

Xue Feng slowly and tentatively crawled forward, first lifting his right leg out.

Then came his left leg, which finally came out, and he didn't sink any further.

Feng Ning breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't be nervous, crawl this way."

Xue Feng did as she said, climbing forward step by step.

When he finally reached the safe area, his legs were trembling.

"Senior Brother Xue, are you alright?"

"Xue Feng, you really scared us to death! Thank goodness you're alright."

Xue Feng was a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry to have worried you, I'm fine now."

Seeing him come out, Mumu also flew down from the sky.

He performed a cleansing spell to remove the mud from his body before speaking.

"We can't fly on swords here, so we're not going to make it through?"

He didn't have the confidence to crawl across such a long swamp.

They could see it from above; this area stretched for at least several hundred miles, and even if they climbed it to death, they wouldn't be able to reach it.

Feng Ning turned to look at Mu Mu, "Do you know how to cross this swamp?"

Mumu shook her head. "I haven't been out for a long time. This used to be a desert, how did it become a swamp?"

He scratched his head, his big eyes filled with confusion.

Upon hearing this, all three fell silent.

Lin Tanyu tentatively suggested, "How about we change direction? Perhaps if we fly over from another place, we'll have a chance to enter from a different location."

Feng Ning shook her head. "I'm afraid the question now isn't whether we want to go or not, but whether we can leave this place."

The two men were startled and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Xue Feng immediately became alert.

Seeing that the two of them had misunderstood, Feng Ning quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. What I meant was, didn't you notice when you came down? From where you came down to here, this short stretch of road is also not suitable for flying on swords. If we want to fly, we have to cross that swamp first, and only after we cross it can we fly back."

The two followed his gaze and, sure enough, remembered what had just happened.

But Xue Feng breathed a sigh of relief, "It's alright, it's only a few dozen meters, we can climb over it."

Lin Tanyu thought so too, "Yes, compared to the endless swamp in front of us, it's more appropriate to go back."

Before Feng Ning could express her opinion, she suddenly sensed something was wrong.

A longsword instantly appeared in her hand, and the divine magic's azure light illuminated a small open area.

"alert!"

As soon as she said that, the three of them immediately reacted, and Xue Feng immediately summoned the Heavenly Mad Blade.

Lin Tanyu subconsciously pulled out her alchemy furnace, and then blushed when she realized what she had done.

She didn't want it to be like this, but she really didn't have any suitable weapons at hand, and the alchemy furnace was more convenient to use.

Mumu was holding a long branch in her hand, and it looked like she was just playing around.

In no time.

All four of them sensed a powerful aura approaching them.

Their hearts were in their throats as they nervously watched the direction from which the aura was coming.

It was right in the middle of the swamp that they could see.

But all that could be seen was emptiness, so it was highly likely that the thing came from underground!

The group of people were so nervous that they didn't dare to blink.

Feng Ning and Xue Feng stood in front, while Lin Tanyu and Mu Mu kept an eye out for any sneak attacks from behind. The four of them coordinated quite well.

Feng Ning made a sword-controlling gesture with her left hand, and six longswords immediately flew out from beside her, accompanied by divine magic, exuding a strong killing aura, and pointing directly at the opponent.

Feng Ning formed hand seals and set up an array around the four of them.

Now is not the time for a head-on confrontation.

They don't even know what's on the other side or what its strength is, yet they recklessly charge forward; they're likely to lose their lives.

Let's probe the other side's situation first.

Soon, that aura drew closer and closer.

Suddenly, they saw something moving towards them in the swamp, and a bulge appeared in the mud.

It's quite obvious that something is crawling inside.

The group became even more nervous.

Even in battle, I don't feel as panicked as I do here.

In a battle, at least you can see who the enemy is.

Right now, they don't even know who the other person is, and they can only face the unknown.

Feng Ning was prepared. Regardless of the consequences, if the other side made a move, she would unleash a powerful attack first to avoid being at a disadvantage.

Once they figure out what the other side is, they'll figure out how to deal with it.

Getting closer and closer.

Only fifty meters away.

Twenty meters.

ten meters.

Bang!

The thing burst out of the mud, leaped out of the mud with a whoosh, and landed heavily on the ground.

And its appearance finally came into their view.

That was a strangely shaped... turtle?

Or perhaps it just looks like a turtle, but isn't a turtle.

Its neck and head are covered in hard scales, and its entire body is black. Just looking at it makes you feel like the surrounding air has cooled down a few degrees.

Everyone immediately became alert.

However, the turtle simply strolled around in place for a while without any intention of attacking them.

The group was completely taken aback by its sudden appearance.

Xue Feng tentatively asked, "Great Turtle Immortal? Are you still going to fight?"

The tortoise tilted its head, seemingly not quite understanding what he was saying, before fixing its gaze on Feng Ning.

Feng Ning looked at it. "Do you have something to say?"

Then I felt something was off. "Be careful, I have a feeling there's something wrong."

"What's the problem? It doesn't seem like it's planning to fight," Xue Feng said.

Lin Tanyu shared the same thought: "I also feel that it doesn't seem like it's going to make a move. If it really wanted to make a move, it would have done so long ago. Why would it wait until now?"

Feng Ning shook her head. "I don't know either, but something just feels off."

She thought for a moment and secretly transmitted her voice to the three of them, "The aura it just emitted was so strong, it must be at least a fourth-tier demon beast. A fourth-tier demon beast should be able to understand human speech."

Then, the three of them carefully observed the turtle and, seeing its bewildered expression, they understood what was going on.

It seems he can not only understand human speech, but is also quite cunning, even knowing how to pretend to deceive people.

It seems its appearance was purposeful.