Transmigrated into a tortoise, the Empress and the Goddess became my sisters.

Time passed second by second, and the heat within the Asura Goddess's body grew stronger and stronger. Finally, it even formed a vortex in her dantian, constantly rotating and absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a soft sound came from the body of the Asura Goddess, and the vortex suddenly exploded, turning into an even more powerful energy that instantly flowed throughout her entire body!

"Haha, I did it! I broke through!" The Asura Goddess shouted excitedly. She felt her body filled with power, several times stronger than before!

She couldn't wait to try out her newfound abilities, but when she tried to stick her head out of the turtle shell, she discovered something that shocked her beyond belief.

"This...how is this possible?" The goddess of asura's voice was trembling with sobs. "Where's my head? Where did my head go?"

She strained to stick her head out, but she couldn't get it out no matter what she did, as if her head had been completely separated from her body!

"What on earth is going on?" The Goddess of Asura was completely panicked. This was the first time she had encountered such a bizarre thing. It was even more terrifying than seeing a ghost!

She began frantically banging against her shell, trying to break her head out, but no matter how hard she tried, it was all in vain.

Her head seemed to be bound by a mysterious force, and she couldn't move it at all!

"Help! Help! Is anyone there?!" The Goddess of Asura cried out for help. All she could do now was ask for help from the outside world.

However, the surroundings were quiet and there was no sound at all. Lin Tian and the Empress seemed to be asleep and did not hear her cries for help at all.

"It's over, it's over, it's really all over!" The Goddess of Asura closed her eyes in despair. Now, all she could do was pray for a miracle.

"Hmm? What's that sound? Why does it feel like something's making a noise around here?"

Inside a simple tent, two men dressed in gray robes with shifty eyes suddenly opened their eyes. They looked at each other and saw a hint of doubt in each other's eyes.

"It sounds like... a turtle's call?" one of the men, with a pointed face and monkey-like features, said uncertainly, tilting his ear to listen carefully. "Listen, isn't that right?"

"It really is! What's that turtle calling so late at night?" Another shifty-eyed man also heard the sound. He frowned, looking puzzled. "Let's go check it out!"

The two walked out of the tent one after the other, and slowly made their way in the direction from which the sound came.

"Hey, have you heard? A lot of good stuff has come out of this forest lately!" The man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like face said in a low voice, sounding mysterious.

"What good stuff? Even more powerful than that fire griffin?" The shifty-eyed man clearly didn't believe it.

"Of course! I've heard that someone found a ten-thousand-year-old tortoise here. It's said that its shell is harder than steel and shinier than gemstones. Eating its flesh can grant immortality!" The man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like face spoke eloquently, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"Really? Don't try to fool me!" The shifty-eyed man was still a bit skeptical. "These days, where can you find an ancient tortoise that's been around for ten thousand years? They've all been caught and made into soup by now!"

"Believe it or not! I believe it anyway!" The man with the pointed chin and monkey-like face curled his lip. "If you don't want to get rich, you'd better go back to sleep and not delay my treasure hunt!"

"No, no, no, I believe you, I believe you, okay?!" The shifty-eyed man perked up at the mention of "get rich," "Let's search together, and we'll split the profits when we find it!"

"That's more like it!" The man with the pointed chin and monkey-like face nodded in satisfaction. "We need to hurry. This news will probably spread very quickly. If too many people come, we won't have a chance!"

"Yes, you're right!" The shifty-eyed man nodded repeatedly. "We need to get moving!"

As they talked, the two quickened their pace and soon arrived near the Goddess of Asura.

"Huh? Why is there a turtle here?" The sharp-eyed man spotted the Asura Goddess lying motionless on the ground at a glance.

"It really is! This turtle looks pretty big!" The shifty-eyed man also spotted the Goddess of Asura. He walked over and kicked her turtle shell. "Hey, little turtle, what are you doing here all alone? Where are your family?"

Hearing the sound, the Asura Goddess knew someone was coming, and she quickly shouted, "Help! Help! I'm trapped!"

"Huh? This turtle can actually talk?" The two men exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

"This...this could be the legendary ten-thousand-year-old tortoise?" the man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks exclaimed excitedly.

"Who cares if it is or not, let's grab her first!" the shifty-eyed man said, reaching out to grab the Asura Goddess.

"What are you doing? Let me go! Let me go!" The Asura Goddess struggled desperately, but her head and limbs were imprisoned in the tortoise shell, and she couldn't exert any strength at all.

"Hehe, little turtle, don't waste your energy!" The shifty-eyed man grabbed the shell of the Asura Goddess and said smugly, "Come with us, we'll take good 'care' of you!"

"Help! Help! Lin Tian! Empress! Please save me!" the Asura Goddess cried out in despair.

The two men carried the Goddess of Asura back to the camp, stumbling and falling all the way. After finally putting her down, they began to prepare water to boil, as they were going to stew the turtle alive!

"Don't worry, don't worry, it'll be ready in a minute!" The shifty-eyed man comforted the Asura Goddess as he added firewood to the fire. "Once the water boils, I'll throw you into the pot, and you'll be cooked very quickly..."

"You two damned devils! I'll haunt you even as a ghost!" The Goddess of Asura cursed. She truly regretted it now; if she had known it would turn out like this, she shouldn't have secretly run away to cultivate alone!

"Hehe, little turtle, stop struggling and just wait to be eaten!" The man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like face picked up a large pot from the side, placed it on the fire, and began to pour water into the pot.

"Lin Tian! Empress! Where are you? Please come and save me!" The Goddess of Asura continued to cry out for help, hoping that Lin Tian and the others could hear her.

"Stop shouting, stop shouting, they can't hear you."

"Besides, even if they heard it, they might not dare to come and save you."

"We are disciples of the 'Heavenly Crippled Sect,' who dares to provoke us?"

"The Heavenly Crippled Sect? What is that?" The Goddess of Asura was taken aback; she had never heard of the name before.