Song Yao felt like she was about to suffocate. She gasped painfully, but Su Yuan didn't show the slightest sign of wavering. He looked completely like he wanted to kill her.
Song Yao could sense that Su Yuan was obviously acting strangely. She managed to raise a hand with great effort and struck at Su Yuan, but her meager cultivation was nothing to Su Yuan.
"Su Yuan, let go of sister!" An ugly puppet snake leaped out of Zhao Zhao's hand and flew straight towards Su Yuan, tightly coiling around the hand that was gripping Song Yao's neck.
Zhao Zhao channeled her spiritual power into the puppet snake. The puppet snake coiled around Su Yuan and kept tightening, forcing Su Yuan to let go.
Song Yao fell to the ground, and Zhao Zhao quickly rushed over to help her up.
Song Yao's face was flushed red, and she was gasping for breath.
Zhao Zhao hugged Song Yao in a flurry and kept patting her back to help her catch her breath. For a moment, she had no time to pay attention to Su Yuan behind her.
Song Yao knew that their situation was very dangerous now. Su Yuan, who was once their hope, had now become their greatest threat. She pushed Zhao Zhao away and said intermittently, "You... go... go first. Don't... don't worry about me."
But how could Zhao Zhao leave Song Yao alone? She would never agree to leaving Song Yao here by herself.
She supported Song Yao and tried to stand up. "Don't be afraid, cousin. I'll take you away."
Su Yuan behind Zhao Zhao came to his senses. His red pupils reflected a cold killing intent as he walked towards the two sisters step by step.
Song Yao watched helplessly as Su Yuan approached. Her heart was in her throat. At the critical moment, Zhao Zhao suddenly turned around and blocked Su Yuan's attack.
To Song Yao's surprise, Zhao Zhao remained unscathed from Su Yuan's unreserved killing move.
The fierce killing aura affected Song Yao. Her head felt heavy, and just as she was about to faint, she saw a scene that made her blood boil:
That out - of - control old monster, Su Yuan, actually hugged their Zhao Zhao.
In that second, Song Yao was extremely angry in her heart: This old monster indeed had ill intentions towards Song Zhao Zhao!
The next second, she completely fainted.
When Zhao Zhao was hugged by Su Yuan, she was completely dazed. She had already decided to fight Su Yuan at the risk of exposing her identity, but then the other party did this?
Su Yuan's actions were surprisingly the same as that night on the tree. He hugged Zhao Zhao as if he was looking for something.
The scene was indeed a bit indescribable. Fortunately, Song Yao had fainted. Otherwise, if she saw this scene, she would have been so angry that she would have spat blood.
Zhao Zhao was stunned for a long time. When the dragon took it a step further and bit her collarbone, she gasped in pain.
After a moment, Zhao Zhao came to her senses. She quickly whipped the lawless dragon unconscious with a vine.
After Su Yuan sucked Zhao Zhao's blood, his eyes regained some clarity, and his consciousness gradually returned.
However, before he could fully wake up, he was forced into a coma.
Zhao Zhao covered the bleeding collarbone. Her little face was wrinkled into a ball in pain. At this moment, she finally understood what her master meant by "the world below the mountain is full of dangers".
Indeed, the dragon below the mountain actually "ate" the tree...
Zhao Zhao was a bit aggrieved and also carried a rare trace of anger. Unable to bear it any longer, she got up from the ground and hit Su Yuan again. Then she huffed over to check on Song Yao.
"Cousin, cousin?" Zhao Zhao struggled to hold Song Yao in her arms and shook her. She reached out to feel for her breath.
"Phew..." Zhao Zhao let out a sigh of relief. Thankfully, she was still breathing. She was still alive!
Zhao Zhao rummaged through the small cloth bag that Song Yao had disliked hundreds of times. Don't be deceived by its small size; it was actually a magical treasure that could hold countless items.
Zhao Zhao took out the medicine refined by her third senior brother. She carefully examined it and then fed a pill to Song Yao.
Not long after taking the medicine, Song Yao opened her eyes.
"Zhao Zhao?" Song Yao's consciousness gradually cleared. She suddenly sat up and pulled Zhao Zhao to look her over. "Are you okay? Did that old monster do anything to you?"
Zhao Zhao waved her hand with a smile. "I'm fine, cousin. I'm okay!"
Song Yao's heart that had been hanging in the air finally dropped. She asked again, "What about the old monster?"
Zhao Zhao pointed to the side.
Song Yao: "… Did you knock him out?"
Zhao Zhao nodded obediently. "Yes."
Song Yao couldn't quite describe her feelings. So the little fool whom she had thought was very weak was actually so powerful?
The two sisters looked at each other for a while. Song Yao was speechless for a moment looking into Zhao Zhao's clear eyes. She just said, "Forget it. Let's check on that old monster."
Song Yao had figured it out by now. Most likely, Su Yuan had been controlled by something and lost his mind just now.
Anyway, it was a good thing to have one more ally in this unknown place. She didn't want to have to deal with the powerful ancient Ying Long with Zhao Zhao in such a dangerous situation.
Hearing Song Yao's words, Zhao Zhao reluctantly shuffled towards Su Yuan.
Song Yao knew that Zhao Zhao had given her medicine, so she asked Zhao Zhao to take out one for Su Yuan as well.
Zhao Zhao pouted and poured out the medicine. She pried open Su Yuan's mouth and stuffed the pill in.
It was obvious that her actions were full of anger. Song Yao had never seen Zhao Zhao like this before. She found it a bit funny and couldn't help laughing.
Meeting Zhao Zhao's resentful gaze, she quickly shut her mouth.
Blood was still oozing from Zhao Zhao's collarbone. The blood carried a fragrance that was hardly noticeable to others, which filled the area.
The plants around grew unconsciously, and several budding flowers suddenly bloomed.
Su Yuan smelled that reassuring scent again in his coma. His eyelids fluttered, and he slowly opened his eyes.
Maybe he woke up too suddenly, and the red light in his eyes hadn't completely faded. Seeing his familiar appearance, Zhao Zhao's expression tightened. She delivered a chop to the side of Su Yuan's neck.
The movement was smooth and without hesitation.
"…" Su Yuan was caught off guard by this blow. He didn't faint, but the little girl had quite a strong hand, and it hurt.
Song Yao stared in disbelief. She didn't expect Zhao Zhao to be so... bold. She swallowed hard and estimated that the blow Su Yuan received should be quite heavy.
Looking at Zhao Zhao and then at Su Yuan, she silently took a step back.
Zhao Zhao failed to knock him out with one blow. Seeing that the dragon seemed to be okay, she awkwardly scratched her nose and said three words, "Awake?"
Su Yuan: "…" What else?
Su Yuan's head hurt, and the side of his neck also hurt. He didn't know what had happened to him during the time when he was eroded by the sin.
"I noticed that you were brought into the tower and traced the clues here. There are traces of that Mother Bird around, but the area is filled with poisonous fog, which triggered my sin, so it escaped. What I did just now was not my intention. I'm very sorry." Su Yuan took the initiative to explain.
Song Yao had heard some rumors about this great figure before, so she understood.
Now was not the time to dwell on these things. The most important thing for them was to catch the Mother Bird according to the clues Su Yuan had mentioned.
But Zhao Zhao couldn't let it go. She still remembered that Su Yuan had wanted to "eat" her.
Therefore, during the following journey, every time Su Yuan wanted to get closer to Zhao Zhao because of his sin, he would be angrily avoided by Zhao Zhao.
Since his birth, Su Yuan had never received such treatment. He rarely showed a bit of uneasiness that didn't match his temperament. Was he being disliked?