"I am not a witch, you've got the wrong person, Lin Huan being bitten by a snake has nothing to do with me." I glanced back to see the barefoot monk steadily pursuing me, my feet moving even faster.
There seemed to be a gleam in his eyes as it shot towards me.
Suddenly, I felt a chill in both body and mind, with a foreboding sense of inevitability.
Even using Zhang Zidao's Blue Lotus Footwork, the monk was able to catch up without any pressure.
All at once, I stumbled over a rock and fell hard to the ground.
Just as I was about to get up and continue running, I saw that the rock that tripped me was actually a snake-swallowing statue.
A snake-swallowing statue is not a specific object; it's a large mouth that burrows out of the ground and swallows a vividly lifelike White Snake into its belly.
For ordinary people, the statue is almost useless.
But for someone like me, pregnant with a snake fetus, its effects are more terrifying than sulfur.
It's even more dreadful than a statue of Liu Bang slaying a snake.
I tried to get up, but I was pinned to the spot by the statue's power, immobile.
With no other option, I bit my tongue.
A spray of blood from the tip of my tongue onto the statue slightly weakened the oppressive feeling.
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Suddenly, four statues of Liu Bang slaying the snake rose from the soil all around me, the ancient emperor majestically wielding his sword to kill the White Snake.
The terrifying and icy gaze, however, was directed straight at me.
I was held down by an invisible force, and I sat back down with a thump.
Intense pain wracked my abdomen, and the breathing of the unconscious Dumpling inside me grew fainter, tearing my heart to pieces, "Dumpling… Dumpling… are you okay? I'm sorry… Mom didn't protect you."
"Young Madam, I am here to protect… our little master." A sweet girlish voice came from my bracelet, and green leaves sprouted from it.
Pure green specks of light floated out from the leaf, gently surrounding my belly.
The pain in my abdomen eased slightly, but my forehead was soaked with cold sweat, and I heard a voice that sounded holy yet cruel, "Witch, you cannot escape! Fallen into evil, and even bitten the Lin Family heir! Only… through death… can your sins be wiped clean!"
The Zen Staff came at me, but missed its mark.
However, the terrifying Vajra Qi from the staff scattered the green lights of protection Shenshen had placed around Dumpling, and the leaves on the bracelet promptly wilted.
"If I'm a witch, then you're a Demon Monk, blindly attacking people without discernment." I felt an intense coldness in my lower abdomen, and a chill coursed through me, freezing me to the point where I could hardly breathe.
Clenching my teeth, I resolutely pulled the hairpin from my hair and faced the oncoming Zen Staff and statues, "You push people too far; if I have to die, we'll all die together."
"Ah Man, I have given you many chances, but you refused to treasure them! The young snake in your womb was innocent… it was you... who brought this upon it!" The monk chanted the Azarhan Sutra, his eyes shining with a piercing gold, "Those who adhere to the water and the land, have compassion for all beings, both measurable and immeasurable."
Why is he calling me Ah Man?
There was a brief moment of bewilderment in my mind, and when I looked up again.
Lin Huan, cured of snake venom by the Azarhan Sutra, stood beside the monk, chanting the Azarhan Sutra with him.
The pain was like countless arrows piercing my stomach, causing all the veins in my forehead to bulge out in agony.
My body finally couldn't bear the immense pressure, and I fell to my knees.
The force from above pressing down on the statues and incantations was excruciating, but I'm not of the Snake Tribe, it was my Dumpling who suffered the intense pain.
I made several attempts to muster my Spiritual Power to fight back, but each was brutally suppressed.
"Don't… Mommy… Dumpling doesn't want to leave you..."
In the cold air, a painful, faint baby's voice sounded, and my Dumpling inside me lost its heartbeat and breath.