Chapter 99: Young Master Chu, What a Coincidence!

The violent sensation of falling made Ji Yin choke with terror. She immediately flung out a hand, groping wildly through the air, while the Red-Flame Mink held on to her tightly.

Below them rushed a torrential river.

With a dull splash, Ji Yin plunged straight into the water.

Several struggling figures were already thrashing in the current.

Chu Yu fought his way frantically toward the shore. No one had expected the formation to shift again, sending them directly plunging into the churning river.

Suddenly, something tightened around his ankle just as he was about to climb ashore. Chu Yu was yanked backward.

He looked down and saw that someone had seized his foot, using his strength to haul themselves up.

Ji Yin broke the surface, drew in a sharp breath, and then looked up—only to see a face she found deeply disgusting.

Chu Yu.

Ji Yin.

Without another word, Chu Yu lifted his leg and kicked viciously at her.

Ji Yin yanked hard and twisted aside, neatly dodging the blow. Chu Yu, dragged off balance, lost control again and was swept downstream by the current. In the blink of an eye, he had drifted dozens of yards away.

Ji Yin clung to the rocks along the bank, hauled herself up the cliff, and sat weakly upon a stone, watching Chu Yu drift farther and farther away.

He had already lost the best chance to get ashore and was carried into the middle of the river, swept onward by the roaring flood.

Everyone here was ruthless; the only thing that mattered was speed.

“Many thanks, Young Master Chu. Safe journey, and no need to trouble yourself seeing me off.”

At that moment, his mood was beyond description. He wanted nothing more than to hack Ji Yin into a thousand pieces.

“Great Demon, I think you and Chu Yu are the ones who truly clash in fate. The grudge between you keeps growing. Still, Chu Yu had it coming. Of all the things he could run into, he had to run into this one.”

“So Chu Yu also entered this part of the formation. I just saw more than one person with him. If they got in by sheer strength, then I’ve really underestimated them.”

Ji Yin remembered that during the grouping earlier, Du Wei had seemed to be standing with Chu Yu’s side.

The Red-Flame Mink shook its fur fiercely on the rock, sending the water from its coat flying dry. It glared at the place where Chu Yu had vanished.

“The man’s already been swept away. Stop staring. How are you more vengeful than I am?”

The Red-Flame Mink clenched its tiny paws and chittered indignantly.

It was not really vengeful. It simply paid back every grudge on the spot.

That was another trait of the Red-Flame Mink: it was either fighting or on its way to a fight.

“Great Demon, where do we go now?”

“We’ve been inside for several hours already. It’s probably dark outside by now. I don’t know what nightfall is like in here, so let’s find somewhere to lay low and wait until morning.”

“This formation should change once every six hours.”

Ji Yin nodded. She had calculated the same thing. She only hoped that during those six hours she would not run into any more beasts or the like. If she could just find a place to sleep, the time would pass quickly enough.

Since Chu Yu had made it in, Xuanyuan Ji must already be inside as well. Her father and her brothers could not possibly have fallen behind either.

If she could run into Chu Yu, then she could just as easily run into anyone else.

As she thought this, Ji Yin walked downstream along the riverbank.

Suddenly, the Red-Flame Mink shot up into a tree, darting excitedly back and forth among the branches.

Ji Yin lifted her head and saw that the tree was covered in fruit, each one red and lustrous as if ready to drip juice.

Serpent Spirit Fruit.

Great Demon, it’s really Serpent Spirit Fruit.

Ji Yin looked warily around her. Serpent Spirit Fruit was usually found near the nests of winged serpents. In Flowslaughter Star, the legend of winged serpents transforming into dragons was known by all.

A dragon was a primeval divine beast, and according to Flowslaughter Star’s records, dragons had long since gone extinct.