# 1379
Chapter 1379
Childbirth
Throwing the bag was too easy to intercept, especially since people were already on guard along the riverbank.
So the two exposed Church of the Ancient Gods members, rather than hesitate any longer, simply hugged the briefcase with their whole body and leaped down!
Bam, bam—!!
Two massive sea beasts suddenly leapt out of the churning river water, opening their grotesque jaws wide, and precisely caught the falling Church of the Ancient Gods members in their mouths.
The poor Church of the Ancient Gods members would never have expected that sea beasts could emerge from the river water!
But no matter what, these god's representatives were not to be underestimated. Although the sea beasts' cultivation level was not low, they still had some fighting capability.
Their "Immeasurable" spiritual power exploded outward, several God's Ruins flickering as they tore open a bloody gash in the sea beasts' massive jaws. Their figures rushed out from within...
But the briefcase in their hands containing the glass tubes had already been gnawed to pieces, and the liquid inside had completely disappeared into the sea beasts' digestive tracts.
Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang's figures flew across the river surface, heading toward the two Church of the Ancient Gods members respectively!
"Three left..." Lin Qiye murmured to himself.
Two more Church of the Ancient Gods members had been exposed, which meant the hidden threats had been further reduced. What truly troubled Lin Qiye and the others wasn't the strength of these Church of the Ancient Gods members. Honestly, anyone from the [Nightfall] squad could now take on 95% of the Church of the Ancient Gods membership.
The real danger lay with enemies lurking in the shadows, unknown as to when they would strike and with what methods.
As the frontal confrontation between the Church of the Ancient Gods and the [Nightfall] squad began, the river water below grew increasingly turbulent. Vortices emerged on the water's surface, massive waves crashing against both banks with thunderous, rumbling roars.
At this moment, besides the ship Lin Qiye and the others were on, all other vessels had already left. The hulls were caught in the edge of the flowing vortices, shaking violently.
An Qingyu lowered her gaze toward the river. Faint roaring sounds echoed from the riverbed.
"Childbirth has begun." Lin Qiye spoke solemnly.
...
Beneath the Huangpu River.
Tang Mingxuan gripped his Sky-Piercer Halberd, his Zhongshan suit billowing in the current. He stared intently at the White Tiger coiled in pain before him, his eyes full of anxiety.
"White Tiger, don't panic too much. Take it slow... breathe deeply!"
As a man, Tang Mingxuan knew little about childbirth, let alone about a Divine Beast that only existed in legend... For a moment, besides these few words, he didn't know how else to soothe the White Tiger.
A faint glow emerged from the golden patterns on the White Tiger's skin, continuously gathering toward its abdomen. Its head, crowned with a pair of white horns, swayed slightly, churning the surrounding currents into chaos.
But whenever these currents threatened to surge toward the river's surface, they were shattered and dispersed by another stable current. Powerful spiritual energy burst forth from Tang Mingxuan's body, and his eyes took on a deep blue hue:
"Breathe deeply, White Tiger! Don't let the outside world distract you..."
"Roar—!"
Low growls echoed from the White Tiger's throat. Beneath its body, a cluster of light shrouded in golden radiance slowly moved outward...
...
"Now!"
A voice shouted from the riverbank. Three figures descended like lightning over the railing and charged toward the churning river surface!
An Qingyu snorted coldly. A deep gray tinge spread across her eyes. She stamped her right foot hard on the deck!
Boom—!
Pale frost instantly froze the entire ship, and the river surface beneath it as well. The churning waves froze in mid-air. The three Church of the Ancient Gods members who had jumped down simultaneously landed on the ice surface, their expressions grim.
After the previous wave of accomplices had been intercepted by sea beasts, these three Church of the Ancient Gods members had learned their lesson. They kept the glass tubes protected against their chests to prevent the frost from freezing them. They stamped hard on the ice beneath their feet, and dense cracks spread across the frozen surface.
An Qingyu had only frozen a two-meter-thick ice layer on the river's surface. Beneath the ice, the water still churned wildly. Now, with the actions of the three Church of the Ancient Gods members, the ice surface rapidly shattered and crumbled. It wouldn't hold much longer!
"Disarm All Things."
Baili Pangpang stood on the riverbank. A massive black-and-white Taiji diagram rotated beneath his feet, his clothes billowing.
He reached out and made a pulling gesture toward the air. The outer garments of two Church of the Ancient Gods members, along with the glass tubes in their bosoms, simultaneously flew into the sky. Upon seeing this, the last Church of the Ancient Gods member's eyes flashed with determination. He too made a grasping motion toward the air, and the three glass tubes hurtling toward Baili Pangpang froze in place.
The three glass tubes trembled continuously in mid-air, as if two invisible hands were constantly wrestling in the air!
Baili Pangpang let out a soft exclamation of surprise, his expression somewhat taken aback.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
Three black surgical knives precisely pierced the glass tubes. The light-red liquid poured down from mid-air, and before it could touch the river surface, it froze into a large amount of ice shards.
An Qingyu, carrying the black coffin on her back, waved her hand. The blood-colored ice shards floating on the river surface flew toward her, compressing into a fist-sized red snowball that settled steadily in her pale hand.
An Qingyu lifted the snowball to her lips and, expressionless, took a bite. The blood-colored ice shards were crunched between her teeth, then swallowed.
This scene left the three Church of the Ancient Gods members completely stunned.
The tool to pollute the White Tiger was gone... and gone completely.
"Qingyu..." Lin Qiye stood there in shock, seeming to want to say something.
"It's fine. This liquid is deadly poison to the White Tiger during childbirth, but it won't affect my body at all." An Qingyu finished eating the entire snowball and said calmly, "In the worst case, I'll just cut it out of my stomach later."
Lin Qiye: ...
A ghostly white figure swept across the ice-covered river surface and crashed into one of the Church of the Ancient Gods members. The latter immediately pulled out a short blade from behind his waist and slashed toward his companion beside him.
Lin Qiye and An Qingyu, one on the left and one on the right, flew in from both flanks, surrounding the remaining three Church of the Ancient Gods members on the river surface. Their cultivation levels weren't high. Before Lin and An, they practically had no ability to fight back.
While Lin Qiye was beating down the Church of the Ancient Gods members, he secretly let out a breath of relief in his heart... If that string of phone calls was indeed the method the Church of the Ancient Gods members used to communicate positions, then all eight Church of the Ancient Gods members currently in Huaihai City had been exposed, and all the liquid that could affect the White Tiger had been destroyed.
In that case, with Tang Mingxuan guarding the riverbed, the White Tiger's childbirth should proceed without incident.
However, Lin Qiye couldn't shake the feeling that this seemed all too easy. After all, according to Li Kengqiang, they had paid a price to prevent this disaster back then... Of course, it was also possible that the [Nightfall] squad's average combat power was now higher than that of the old [Black Dragon] squad.
Regardless, the White Tiger's childbirth wasn't over yet. Caution was still the order of the day.
Just as Lin Qiye's attention was divided while he kept a vigilant eye on his surroundings, a figure in a brown Zhongshan suit had already silently made his way to the edge of the Huangpu River...