CHAPTER 1079: CHAPTER 1076: KING SERPENT’S FURY

"Miss Luoxi, why do I feel like your heartbeat has sped up?" Lin Tian broke the silence and said with a grin. Ning Luoxi’s chest was pressed tightly against his back, and Lin Tian could clearly feel her heartbeat frequency.

Ning Luoxi’s face warmed up slightly, but she coldly replied, "My heartbeat is always like this, you’re mistaken."

"Have you ever liked a man?" Lin Tian didn’t care about her evasive answer and suddenly threw out another question.

This time Ning Luoxi answered straightforwardly, saying without hesitation, "No, men are too weak, can’t even beat me. Why would I like men?"

Indeed, she is a proud woman. Lin Tian smiled, not minding her sweeping generalization, and continued to ask, "Do you think I’m weak?"

Ning Luoxi was silent for a while before finally saying, "I admit, you’re stronger than me."

"So do you like me?" Lin Tian asked directly.

Ning Luoxi seemed to be caught off guard by Lin Tian’s question, her face showing inexplicable emotions, and she hurriedly said, "Who would like such a rough person!"

After she said this, Lin Tian felt the heartbeat behind him speed up again, and the body pressed against him seemed to heat up, the warm breath penetrating through thin clothes to his back, stirring Lin Tian’s emotions.

"Um... Miss Luoxi, are you having a fever? Why is your body so hot?" Lin Tian asked deliberately.

"You’re the one with the..." Ning Luoxi denied quickly, but before she could say the word "fever," her expression changed, and she urgently corrected, "This is not good..."

Feeling Ning Luoxi’s shift in emotion, Lin Tian was initially puzzled but soon felt a chill in his heart and cursed inwardly, damn it, we’re in trouble.

The Black Water King Snake detects prey using heat imaging, even small heat sources like lighting equipment can trigger it. What’s more, Ning Luoxi’s accelerated heartbeat and obvious increase in body temperature, in the cold cave, her scorching body temperature was like a beacon in the dark to the Black Water King Snake.

Before Lin Tian could look down, a loud "boom" erupted again, water splashes flew everywhere, filling the air above the pool.

A dark green shadow shot out from the water splashes, like a Jiao Long soaring through clouds, charging directly at Lin Tian and Ning Luoxi. The Black Water King Snake attacked with even greater speed this time, colliding fiercely as Lin Tian just leapt.

The two narrowly dodged the Black Water King Snake, Lin Tian finally got a clear view of the snake’s head, though only the head, the body was too long to see clearly.

A flat and rounded head, a gigantic mouth, a pair of unsettling pale eyes, and the shiny green-black scales, the scales as large as a child’s palm; others might mistake them for dragon scales.

With a loud "boom," the Black Water King Snake slammed into the rock wall, undeniably cracking and shattering a large portion of it.

Debris flew, water splashed, the scene was utterly chaotic. Lin Tian thought he would fall into the pool again, but his foot landed on solid ground.

How did he land on solid ground in mid-air? Lin Tian was stunned, and Ning Luoxi suddenly reminded him, "Lin Tian, we stepped onto the Black Water King Snake."

"No way, this is so thrilling!" Lin Tian exclaimed.

Ferocious beasts have their dignity; they won’t allow other creatures to tread upon their territory. The Black Water King Snake was certainly no exception, yet Lin Tian not only invaded its territory but also stepped onto its body, which for this underground beast was a double insult.

"Roar..."

Lin Tian heard a strange roar, deep and resonant, and surprisingly, it was emitted by the Black Water King Snake. He didn’t know what a dragon’s roar sounded like, but at this moment, Lin Tian felt as if he heard a Jiao Long roaring in anger.

"We’ve thoroughly angered it," Ning Luoxi said helplessly behind him.

Just as she finished speaking, the Black Water King Snake’s massive head turned back, opening its mouth wide aiming to bite the Lin Tian on its back, seemingly only satisfied by devouring these two humans.

Lin Tian naturally wouldn’t sit back and let it happen; he stomped hard on the snake’s body, propelling himself upward, as the Black Water King Snake sank under his force, Lin Tian packed quite a punch.

The Black Water King Snake, further enraged, roared once more, while Lin Tian chuckled, "Roar all you want, even if you scream your throat out, no one will pay attention."

Ning Luoxi was sweat-drenched listening to him, amazed that he could joke while facing an underground beast, but recalling his battle achievements at the Shrine, it didn’t seem that strange.

Lin Tian was airborne, contemplating seizing an opportunity to leap towards the shore again, when a shadow suddenly flew from below.

"What the heck, are there two Black Water King Snakes, no..." Lin Tian was startled, but before finishing his sentence, the shadow hit him.

Lin Tian realized what it was, not another snake but the very tail of the original Black Water King Snake, executing a Divine Dragon Tail, precisely striking Lin Tian and Ning Luoxi.

"Damn it..." Lin Tian managed to curse two words before being smacked and sent flying, like how a fly swatter crushes a fly dead.

He soared high and fell precipitously, about to smash into the Earth like a meteor, Lin Tian quickly pulled Ning Luoxi, lifting her upwards.

Just after completing the movement, the two landed perfectly, with a loud crash creating a pit as they hit the ground, Lin Tian underneath, cushioning Ning Luoxi.

"Ptooey, ptooey..." Lin Tian spat out the sand from his mouth and said, "Luoxi, are you okay?"

Ning Luoxi did not respond, instead, she rolled aside to quickly check Lin Tian, asking, "Are you alright?"

From the Black Water King Snake’s strike to smashing down, Lin Tian had actively shielded her, so Ning Luoxi was genuinely worried he might be hurt.

That Divine Dragon Tail from the Black Water King Snake could snap a bus in half, even an Ancient Martial Artist in the Innate Realm might sustain injuries if hit.

Seeing Ning Luoxi’s anxious expression, Lin Tian was amused but pretended to cry out painfully, "Ouch, my chest hurts so much, Luoxi, help me feel how many ribs are broken?"

In her worry, Ning Luoxi did not suspect anything, she reached out and felt Lin Tian’s chest, but after probing for a while with no reaction, she looked down to see Lin Tian wearing a look of enjoyment.

Ning Luoxi realized she’d been teased by Lin Tian again, hurriedly withdrew her hand, stood up ignoring him. Lin Tian inwardly lamented, those soft little hands felt so comfortable, but she saw through his trick.

Lin Tian was thick-skinned, chuckling as he flipped upright, as if that smack was just a tickle. While Ning Luoxi was annoyed at Lin Tian’s teasing, witnessing his energetic bounce, she was inwardly amazed by his resilience—what kind of training did he undergo to have such strong defense?