Chapter 2

In front of him was a vast expanse of white cold mist. Lu Tianyu could only see clearly about ten yards ahead, but the desire to survive made him forget everything. He mechanically kept moving his arms and legs, struggling to move forward slowly.

"Ao..." Suddenly, a sharp wail came from behind, followed by a violent splash. Lu Tianyu was startled and tried to turn his head to look back, but his eyesight could not make out anything.

"Is the battle already over?" Lu Tianyu became even more anxious and turned to swim again with all his might.

"Chi chi..." Just as Lu Tianyu had swum about ten feet, a sharp hissing sound came from behind.

The giant python was chasing him again.

Lu Tianyu was terrified. When he turned his head, he saw the giant python with a basketball-sized crimson bead in its mouth, madly chasing after him.

"Is it a demon core?" Lu Tianyu was even more shocked. The crimson bead should be the demon core of the previous seven-colored firebird. He never thought that the seven-colored firebird, which had already formed a demon core, would still be killed by the giant python, which had ripped it open and taken the demon core. This indicated that the demon beast python was absolutely a super-strong creature. If it wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as crushing an ant.

However, although the giant python had won the final victory, it had also paid a heavy price. Its body was covered with countless gashes, and its blood-red mouth was clearly missing several front teeth, which must have fallen during the fierce battle with the seven-colored firebird.

"Huff" Although the giant python was severely injured and much slower than before, in Lu Tianyu's eyes, it was still terrifyingly fast. In the blink of an eye, it had surged forward, reaching behind him. Its two triangular eyes, glowing with a sinister red light, looked even more frightening against the white cold mist.

"Chi chi" The giant python rushed over and opened its mouth, sucking in with no hesitation. Lu Tianyu immediately felt a huge suction force, and he was quickly pulled along with the surrounding pond water, rushing into the giant python's blood-red mouth.

"Glurp" Lu Tianyu and the crimson demon core slid down the giant python's throat and directly entered its belly.

After entering the giant python's belly, Lu Tianyu finally landed with a thud. A pungent, fishy smell hit his nose, and he opened his eyes in horror. He found himself in a space of about a hundred square meters, surrounded by wriggling flesh walls. There were many undigested food residues inside, and the crimson demon core of the seven-colored firebird was lying quietly beside him.

"Ah!" Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his waist. He couldn't help but let out a painful wail. When he looked down, he saw a fist-sized stone where he had landed. The stone was crystal clear, like white jade, emitting a dazzling white light that illuminated the giant python's belly as bright as daylight.

Just now, he had been injured in the waist because he had hit this stone, which made him cry out in pain.

But at this moment, trapped in the giant python's belly, Lu Tianyu had no time to observe the white stone. He quickly withdrew his gaze and muttered in despair, "Am I destined to die here today?"

Lu Tianyu was well aware that once the giant python activated its digestive function, he would soon become one of the food residues around him.

Sure enough, just as Lu Tianyu's thoughts ended, the flesh walls around him began to wriggle wildly, squeezing him and the crimson demon core.

Lu Tianyu's mind went blank, and a suffocating feeling came over him. Slowly, a kind and loving smile flashed before his eyes, the face of his mother, Li Xianghui.

"Mom..." Lu Tianyu muttered, a smile of happiness on his face. Seeing his mother's smile before he died was enough for him.

Lu Tianyu's thoughts became increasingly blurred, and soon, he couldn't resist the suffocating pressure and fainted, his head tilting to one side.

No one saw that from the injured area on Lu Tianyu's waist, a stream of fresh blood quickly flowed out, continuously dripping onto the white stone below. The white stone, like a sponge, absorbed all of Lu Tianyu's blood, and the crystal-clear white stone gradually turned a light red.

"Boom!" At this moment, a sudden change occurred. The crimson demon core of the seven-colored firebird, unable to withstand the intense pressure from the surrounding flesh walls, suddenly exploded. A nearly destructive force surged out, instantly tearing the contracting flesh walls into pieces. At the same time, the destructive fiery energy rushed to the giant python's lower abdomen, where the fist-sized white demon core was, shattering it into pieces.

"Ao!" In unbearable pain, the giant python couldn't help but let out a heart-wrenching wail, its body thrashing wildly in the pond.

This was called "self-inflicted destruction." The giant python's strength was not much higher than the firebird's. It had attempted to forcibly absorb the firebird's demon core energy, but ultimately lost control, leading to a mutual destruction.

The demon core of the firebird was extremely hot, while the demon core of the giant python, after shattering, emitted an extremely cold energy. The two energies collided and quickly merged, rushing towards the unconscious Lu Tianyu.

If nothing unexpected happened, being hit by this energy, Lu Tianyu would certainly be reduced to a pile of shattered bones.

But at this critical moment, the white stone under Lu Tianyu suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, transforming into a large white net that quickly covered the incoming energy, pulling it back and forcefully injecting it into Lu Tianyu's Baihui acupoint on the top of his head.

"Boom" With a deafening explosion, the giant python's body quickly exploded. Lu Tianyu, still with his eyes closed, was shot out of the giant python's belly like a cannonball and landed heavily in the cold pond.

The white stone also sank to the bottom of the pond, lying quietly in the water. At this moment, a faint red bloodline could be seen inside the stone, a result of absorbing Lu Tianyu's blood.

"Glug glug..." As Lu Tianyu gradually sank, a cold mist continuously emerged from his left side, while his right side emitted intense flames, instantly boiling the cold pond water, causing white bubbles to rise continuously.

This strange scene in the cold pond lasted for about half an hour.

"Boy, wake up..." In a daze, Lu Tianyu seemed to hear an old voice calling him.

His eyelashes twitched slightly, and he finally opened his eyes. But when he saw his surroundings, he couldn't help but be greatly startled. He was still in the green pond water, lying quietly on a rock at the bottom of the cold pond. To his right, there was a fist-sized white stone, and nothing else.

"Who's calling me?" Lu Tianyu, remembering the voice he had heard in his daze, asked in surprise. But as soon as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of cold pond water rushed in, drowning his words.

However, what was extremely strange was that Lu Tianyu felt no discomfort from drinking the cold pond water, as if it were just ordinary water.

"What's going on?" Lu Tianyu struggled to stand up and found that he could breathe normally in the pond water, and even if water entered his nose, he felt no discomfort.

"Boy, you're awake!" At this moment, the old voice sounded in his ear again.

"Who are you?" Lu Tianyu, as if seeing a ghost, was greatly alarmed. He looked around but saw no one. Apart from the endless green pond water, there was no one around.

"I am the white stone beside you. You just need to think, and you can communicate with me normally." The old voice slowly said.

"Ah?" Lu Tianyu was again shocked beyond measure and instinctively bent down to pick up the white stone.

"What are you? How can you talk to me?" Lu Tianyu stared at the stone in his hand, asking in confusion.

A white stone that could speak was something he had never encountered before. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it even if someone told him.

Suddenly, Lu Tianyu's face changed drastically. He thought of a possibility and hastily threw the white stone to the ground, asking nervously, "Are you... the demon beast from before?"

According to legend, some powerful demon beasts could exist as soul entities, residing in objects. This white stone might be where the white giant python had taken residence. Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to speak.

With his limited knowledge, Lu Tianyu could only think of this possibility.

"Rubbish, what are you talking about? I am the supreme spirit of the 'Pangu Heavenly Book.' How can you compare me to a lowly demon beast?" The old voice seemed very unhappy and shouted angrily.

"The 'Pangu Heavenly Book'? What is that?" Lu Tianyu racked his brain but couldn't recall what the 'Pangu Heavenly Book' was, so he asked in confusion.

"You, a mere child, naturally wouldn't know what the 'Pangu Heavenly Book' is. I'll explain it to you later. Do you want to stay in this cold pond and talk to me?" The old voice said with a mocking tone.

"Ah?" Lu Tianyu realized he had been standing at the bottom of the cold pond without any discomfort. Although he was very confused, he didn't have time to think about it. He bent down to pick up the strange white stone and kicked off, swimming towards the surface of the pond.

But as soon as his feet left the ground, Lu Tianyu was stunned. He shot up like a cannonball, breaking through the water and reaching the surface in less than a minute. Now, in the extremely cold pond water, he felt no discomfort at all. His body felt as if it were soaking in a warm spring, warm and comfortable.

"What's going on?" Lu Tianyu, as if waking from a dream, opened his eyes wide in shock, looking up at the sky, completely unaware of what had happened to him.