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At this time, the hunter had also joined their team, and the three of them were frantically pulling on the rope.

Ling'er's body kept slowly sinking, and now it had reached her waist. Find adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

The boggy swamp that had covered just her knees before was clearly sinking more rapidly as not even a minute had passed.

"What, what's going on?"

"Don't know, can't worry about that now, hurry, we need to act fast. If we don't pull her back, she'll be completely swallowed by the swamp. By then, even if we did manage to rescue her, it would be a dead end."

The hunter seemed to have realized the gravity of the situation they were facing this time.

It was indeed somewhat different from what he had encountered before.

"Ling'er, don't be scared, hold on."

The group kept encouraging her nonstop.

Finally, Ling'er began drawing closer to them. By this time, the swamp had risen to her chest.

Now, they were less than 20 meters from the shore.

The three were almost exhausted, as the constant downward force combined with the resistance of the swamp itself made pulling an arduous task.

Ling'er was just clenching her teeth tightly, using the last bit of her strength in a desperate attempt to free herself.

Finally, just as the swamp reached up to her neck, they reached out, grabbed Ling'er by the hand, and pulled her whole body out of the mucky swamp.

Now, her entire body was covered in mud.

"Ling'er, are you, are you alright?"

Lin Yi noticed that Ling'er's face was a bit pale.

Was it just the shock from the fear that had welled up, or was there indeed difficulty breathing inside the swamp?

After she got onto the shore, Ling'er began gasping for air in great heaves.

"I'm okay, just now inside, I nearly felt suffocated. If, if you had gone further in, I think I might have passed out."

"As long as you're okay, that's good, that's good. Now, what should we do?"

He turned around and then addressed the hunter standing behind him.

"Quick, like I told you before, there's definitely a river nearby. We need to hurry and take her there to wash off whatever is covering her body. Furthermore, I have no idea if this stuff is poisonous."

"Okay, where's the river? Which way?"

The hunter surveyed the area, then quickly, they pinpointed a target.

"Yes, that direction, let's move it."

As they spoke, they carried Ling'er's body and ran hectically toward that direction.

After running for a few minutes, they began to hear the distinct sound of flowing water.

It seemed the hunter's judgement was sound; they had likely found the river's source here.

True enough, after getting through a small thicket, they saw a small river with exceptionally clean water.

"Wait, this water, it's not poisonous, is it?"

He recalled a previous situation when he had tried the river water and ended up getting poisoned; if the same thing happened now, wouldn't that be a catastrophe?

"Don't worry, this water is definitely safe. We must hurry and clean off the mud from her body."

Talking while they worked, they retreated to the riverside and started washing the mud from her body with their hands and other tools they had at hand.

After a thorough 20-minute wash, she was clean again, but her body had started to shiver from the cold.

Ling'er shivered continuously, her lips turning somewhat pale.

"Quick, get a fire going, warm her up, or she'll get sick."

While speaking, the hunter frantically got a fire started, and soon enough, the flames were burning strongly.

It was at that moment, Lin Yi finally let out a long sigh of relief as he felt his body temperature return to normal.

"How are you feeling, Ling'er, better now? You don't feel as cold anymore, right? Otherwise, we could find a sheltered spot to change your clothes."

"No need, that would be too much hassle. With this fire here, I should dry off quickly. Right, I need to hurry and treat you."

Ling'er had not forgotten about this matter, and despite the harrowing experience they'd just been through,

she also knew they had to move on from past events and that there were people waiting for her help.

She then carefully picked up the two cat's claw herbs and held them in her hands.

If you looked closely, they seemed like ordinary plants albeit with a somewhat strange color.

"So, I just eat this straight away?"

"How can you eat it? This isn't meant to be eaten. Do you remember the juice I told you about? The juice underneath needs to be drunk; you drink it and then I will pour the rest over, and afterward, we can place it in the wound."

"Oh, I see, then what are you waiting for? Go ahead and do it."

"Not yet, it hasn't lost its freshness. We have to wait, uh, telling you all this, you wouldn't understand. Now, we should wait about 15 minutes or so, then it'll be ready to use. Meanwhile, I need to prepare the preliminary steps, so just wait patiently over there for now."

Ling'er always preferred to work without disturbances, so she just pointed in a direction and then, along with Hei Lang and the hunter, sat down in a corner.

Now, he had to have a serious talk with the hunter about what exactly had happened.

"She had come and gone by the same path, so why didn't anything happen on the way there, but on the return trip, this situation suddenly arose?"