He vaguely felt that something significant was about to happen. Tens of thousands of sea snakes couldn't possibly die off that swiftly; surely, many more were on their way to the cave entrance. Plus, while inside Snake Cave, he had caught glimpses of several enormous bodies. Whether real or not, he had to remain on high alert just in case.
The advantage of large chunks of wood was that once they caught fire, they could sustain the flames for a while; so, before the next wave of sea snakes arrived, he needed to ignite these logs to ensure the fire at the cave entrance stayed strong.
About a minute into moving the wood, Lin Yifan suddenly heard a loud, unusual sound from the fire at the cave entrance; he quickly dropped what he was doing, picked up a banana leaf from the ground, and frantically fanned the flames to fuel the ferocious fire.
The next moment, another strange sound followed; Lin Yifan felt that the huge pile of fire at the entrance, towering over two meters high and stretching three meters in length and four meters in width, seemed unstable, as if it couldn't hold on much longer.
Through the blazing flames, he could vaguely see several huge bodies hitting the fire pile.
"Baby! Add more leaves! Add more leaves!" Lin Yifan urgently urged.
During this tense and perilous time, they needed to stay alert and intensify the flames.
An Qi, following Lin Yifan's direction, immediately scooped up handfuls of leaves from a small mound of combustibles and threw them into the roaring fire at the cave entrance.
By now, she and Lin Yifan were in the same boat; they could only rely on each other for survival; otherwise, she could be in mortal danger.
This was An Qi's first time doing such rough work; her delicate and smooth hands had already been injured by sharp branches—scratched and cut—a sorry sight. However, to help Lin Yifan fight off these problematic sea snakes, it was worth it.
As each handful of dry leaves was thrown into the fire, and as breath after breath of oxygen was blown into it, the fire pile at the entrance suddenly burned even more fiercely, booming loudly.
At that moment, angry hissing sounds continued from inside the cave entrance, as many large sea snakes were burned to death; they used their enormous bodies to ram into the great fire, trying to clear a path for the smaller sea snakes to escape and kill the damned enemy.
However, their flesh and blood bodies couldn't withstand the burning flames and the choking smoke, so ultimately, they failed to complete their mission.
After a while, four more waves of sea snakes had perished.
At this point, Lin Yifan and An Qi collapsed to the ground, exhausted; An Qi, in particular, was out of energy.
Just when they thought everything was over, a loud bang came from the cave entrance. This time, a torch was knocked flying.
Seeing a burning torch flying straight towards An Qi, who was collapsed on the ground, Lin Yifan quickly got up, sprinted, and helped knock the torch away, saving An Qi.
The torch was knocked away and An Qi was successfully rescued.
At this moment, An Qi sincerely thanked him, "Thank you, future husband!"
"Don't say any more, rest for now." Lin Yifan quickly picked up An Qi, then carried her about thirty meters away from the cave entrance to rest by a large tree.
After setting An Qi down, Lin Yifan returned to the entrance to confront the monstrous creature.
By then, the fire pile at the entrance had been battered into disarray, losing its formidable power; it was also at this moment that Lin Yifan saw the true face of this monstrous creature.
It was a super-gargantuan sea snake, its gaping mouth large enough to swallow a person whole, utterly terrifying; and its body width was at least twenty-five centimeters in radius, enormously vast.
Lin Yifan realized he was in big trouble; because he sensed the extraordinary nature of this gargantuan sea snake; it was a Cultivator sea snake with Cultivation Power, at the Breaking Mortal Three Realm.
Though its power was slightly less than Lin Yifan's, its massive body and potent poison were definitely not to be underestimated.
After the giant sea snake broke through the campfire, several large sea snakes trundled through the small flames and charged out.
At that moment, Lin Yifan immediately picked up a few stones from the ground and, exerting his Cultivation Power, hurled them one by one at the heads of these large sea snakes.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
With each sound, a large sea snake perished, very precisely, very timely.
After killing the fleeing sea snakes, Lin Yifan picked up a few more stones and threw them at the giant sea snake.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
After several hits, the giant sea snake finally reacted.
It must be said, the power of the Breaking Mortal Fourth Realm was somewhat strong. At least, the giant sea snake was thrown into a frenzy of pain, appearing very hurt.
Despite this, Lin Yifan couldn't help but sweat for himself as he realized that his full-force strike had only caused pain to the giant sea snake, and didn't actually injure it, indicating that the giant sea snake's skin was extremely tough.
Enraged, the giant sea snake opened its massive jaws, let out a roar, and then attacked Lin Yifan.
Lin Yifan quickly dodged to the side, then forcefully threw another stone.
Now, lacking sharp and hard weapons, he could only use stones to attack, which were much harder than other items.
Struck again, the giant sea snake experienced another bout of severe pain. At this moment, its eyes filled with rage and hatred, it was determined to kill Lin Yifan, the bastard.
Next, it launched another attack, biting at Lin Yifan.
Lin Yifan dodged again, avoiding its attack.
The giant sea snake had Cultivation Power, so its attack speeds were very fast; however, he also had Cultivation Power, and his strength was greater than that of the giant sea snake, and he was also lighter than the sea snake; therefore, both his reaction and movement speeds were quicker than those of the giant sea snake, enabling him to easily dodge its attacks.
Now, his biggest fear was that the giant sea snake would turn and attack An Qi. If that happened, they would be doomed. Thus, while attacking, he lured the giant sea snake to the side, away from where An Qi was.
Furthermore, he kept his eyes on the Snake Cave to prevent other large sea snakes from rushing out.
Because the entrance still harbored blazing charcoals and small flames, the fire hadn't been completely displaced, ensuring that the smaller snakes couldn't come out, unless they were considerably large.
After drawing the giant sea snake to one side, Lin Yifan fully engaged in the battle, fighting fiercely with the giant sea snake.
A man and a snake battled fiercely, the fight intense and unresolved. However, overall, Lin Yifan, a light-bodied High Realm Cultivator, had the upper hand.