With Long Linglu's inhuman flying speed, it only took her a brief moment to reach the 35th floor without any obstacles. Once she arrived, she halted her descent, flapped her luminous wings to remain hovering, and arrogantly gazed down at the monsters on the floor. She unleashed her intimidating aura, casting a shadow of dread over the area.

The monsters, whose strength was equivalent to Nascent Soul-level cultivators, cowered in fear. Some fled in a panic, trampling weaker monsters beneath them, leaving a trail of chaos. Seeing this, Long Linglu smirked, clearly pleased with the havoc her presence had caused.

"Hehehe, look down there! Both of you must believe me now when I say that my dragon aura terrifies all these monsters, don’t you?"

"What exactly are we supposed to be watching? This pit is so dark I can’t see anything! Even though your wings provide some light around us, it’s useless for me and Junior Sister to make out anything when you’re carrying us so far from the floor!"

Ruan Xiaoyue’s response wasn’t what Long Linglu hoped for. It was like a bucket of cold water poured over her excitement, making her pout.

"Damn it, Ruan Xiaoyue! Why do you have to be so weak as to not see in the dark? Because of your weakness, my glorious intimidation aura is wasted!"

"Why are you blaming me now? Humans can’t see in the dark, you know. And even if they could, Master hasn’t taught me how yet. If you really want to show us something, at least give us proper light to see the floor. Besides, with all the noise of the monsters running around in despair, of course I believe your aura is effective. So stop showing off and just take us to the bottom of this mysterious pit already, okay?"

"Fine, fine. Why are you so naggy? I’ll take you there, obviously. But before we fly down, you and Luo Xianxiu have to witness how all these monsters tremble in fear of my aura. So, I’ll use my ability to light up the floor so you can see everything!" Long Linglu announced proudly. She then focused her energy, channeling her power to make her surroundings glow brightly.

"Sigh… Miss Linglu, as Senior Sister said, we already believe you. It’s better if we just continue—Ahhh! My eyes!"

"Ow! That’s too bright! Long Linglu! At least warn us when you’re about to shine like that! Because you didn’t, now both of us can’t see! Damn it!"

"Just ignore it. Now, look down there," said Long Linglu, brushing off their complaints. Her body still radiated a glowing light as she struck a triumphant pose, clearly fishing for praise. "Hmm~ With my body illuminating this floor, you two should be able to see it now. What do you think? My aura scaring off those monsters is pretty impressive, isn't it?"

"Impressive, my foot! Can't you see my junior and I are suffering because of the blinding light from your body? Ugh, now I have dark spots in my vision because of you! Hurry up and take us down!"

"Tch! Fine, fine, I’ll take you now, okay."

Chastised by Ruan Xiaoyue, Long Linglu reluctantly stopped showing off her aura's magnificence. She descended, flying them both to the next floor.

However, even as she complied, Long Linglu couldn't resist slowing her flight once they reached the new floor. She wanted her companions to marvel at how her aura terrified the nearby monsters. After a brief pause to bask in their admiration—or lack thereof—she resumed her usual speed, heading for the next floor.

This pattern of slowing down to boast and speeding up again continued until they reached the 40th floor. By then, her companions had recovered their sight and simply ignored her antics.

But on the 41st floor, something unexpected happened. Before Long Linglu could slow down again for her usual theatrics, several monsters, whose strength she estimated to be at the early Body Integration stage, began chasing her without any sign of being intimidated by her dragon aura.

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"Huh? These monsters aren’t affected by my aura? How bold of them... This won’t do at all."

Although startled, Long Linglu quickly composed herself. As a descendant of the divine dragon, she certainly wouldn’t cower before such creatures, especially when her power was comparable to the early Body Integration stage, even though her cultivation was only at Peak Golden Core.

As the monsters closed the distance, even accelerating toward her, Long Linglu decided to stop her descent. Hovering mid-air, she began gathering light energy at her mouth, preparing to blast the monsters.

"Hey! Why did you stop? Don’t you see how many of them are chasing us? Just get us out of here! There’s no need to fight them—just leave!"

"No! Let me take them out first. My blood is boiling! These lowly creatures daring to defy my aura? At least let me—" Smack!

"Ouch! Why did you hit my head? Look! You made me lose the energy I was gathering!"

"Stop wasting time! Just leave those monsters alone. We have no idea what kind of creatures we’ll encounter at the bottom. I don’t want us to be exhausted and unable to fight later!"

"Ugh, fine. You’re right."

As Long Linglu begrudgingly agreed, one of the monsters managed to get close enough to attack. She dodged swiftly, choosing not to retaliate, and sped toward the floor’s exit.

But even after reaching the next floor, the pursuing monsters didn’t relent. Worse, the monsters on this new floor were also unaffected by her aura and joined the chase.

Now being pursued from all sides, Long Linglu tightened her grip on her companions’ hands and zigzagged through the air, dodging the relentless attacks.

The deeper they descended, the larger and more dangerous the floors became. Even monsters without wings hurled themselves through the floor’s holes in their desperation to chase her. The sheer number of airborne and falling monsters made avoiding attacks increasingly difficult.

Fortunately, Ruan Xiaoyue and Luo Xianxiu, now able to see thanks to her light, helped fend off attacks during their frantic flight. After narrowly escaping several life-threatening encounters, they finally arrived at the last floor—a massive, cavernous space filled with a mysterious green miasma. Unlike the previous floors, there was no exit below, marking it as the final destination.

Upon landing, Long Linglu’s instincts suddenly screamed of imminent danger, putting her on high alert. Without hesitation, she turned to Luo Xianxiu.

"Xianxiu! My instincts are warning me of something extremely dangerous! Quickly, use your telekinesis to protect the three of us! If possible, create a barrier to shield us from external threats! Hurry!"

"O-Okay!"

Luo Xianxiu, realizing the dangerous situation they were in from Long Linglu's panicked voice, quickly created an invisible shield that enveloped the three of them.

Thankfully, the shield was created just in time, preventing the green miasma from touching their bodies.

Although Long Linglu, who was carrying Ruan Xiaoyue and Luo Xianxiu, had already entered the highly dangerous miasma in response to her instincts, she did not stop flying downwards to avoid the monsters that were still pursuing them. She only stopped when she had no choice but to dive into a pool of mysterious green liquid to hide, despite her instincts continuously warning her.

And sure enough, the decision to have Luo Xianxiu create the shield turned out to be correct. All the monsters that entered the green liquid pool immediately melted, while the flying monsters above them dropped dead, their bodies oozing blood from inhaling the miasma. Long Linglu's group, protected by the shield, felt both relieved and horrified.

Long Linglu, fearing that the shield wouldn't last long and that she and her companions might meet the same fate as the monsters, frantically fled the pool and the surrounding poisonous miasma. In her panic, she flew without any direction, desperate to leave the toxic pool behind.

In her haste, Long Linglu didn’t realize until it was too late that she had crashed into a wall of ancient ruins.

BAM!

"Ugh, what did I just crash into?" Looking around in confusion, she quickly realized that the air around them was no longer filled with poisonous miasma, and the monsters chasing them had disappeared. Overcome with emotion, Long Linglu started to cry. "Haha, w-we finally made it out of that poisonous place, and those terrifying monsters aren't chasing us anymore. Yeah! Hiks, hiks, this journey was truly terrifying..."

"Ugh, hiks, hiks... Linglu, I'm really grateful that you were so useful here. Without your speed and the light from your body, we’d all be dead in that damned hole. I’m so thankful we survived. If we hadn’t, I’d be the only one left because of the Master’s robe I’m wearing, while you two would have become corpses..." Ruan Xiaoyue added sadly, hugging Long Linglu tightly.

"Uuu~ Maybe it was a mistake for us to seek out the master when our cultivation was still low. We should have realized that a powerful master would go somewhere extremely dangerous. It would have been better if we stayed home, waiting for her return. Now, because of our foolishness, we’re trapped at the bottom of this hole, unable to go back to the ground where monsters are guarding every floor." Luo Xianxiu said, holding back her tears.

Hearing Luo Xianxiu’s words made Ruan Xiaoyue feel guilty. She should have listened to Long Linglu back then and waited at home for the master's return, instead of urging them to search for her. She let go of her embrace with Long Linglu and, facing them both, apologized.