Chapter 44: The Great Demon
The black shadow broke through the water with unparalleled power and soared into the sky.
At this moment, lightning tore through the sky, and a black shadow in the lightning was as agile as a mad dragon.
Liang Qu stood on the sampan in a daze, his mind blank and his heart gripped by great fear.
The shadow is far away, yet very close.
Is that a dragon?
He thought of the horror stories passed down by everyone at the pier. It was said that there was a dragon deep in the Jianghuai swamps, which dormant for sixty years and would cause great trouble when it woke up.
No, that's not right.
Jiaolong
It should at least be a long strip, right?
A quick glimpse in the lightning made Liang Qu certain that it was a spherical creature.
His thoughts flashed like lightning, and the thick dark clouds suddenly broke, and the moonlight poured down. Liang Qu finally saw the target of the black shadow, which turned out to be a giant bird burning with flames!
As the wings flapped, the dark clouds spun like a vortex. The blazing light almost penetrated the clouds, and it seemed as if there was a fire burning on the clouds.
The sky suddenly brightened. Liang Qu closed his eyes and opened them again. The two sides collided like meteors, then bounced off and fell into the lake.
The giant bird fell into the water and cried.
The lake water boiled instantly, and scalding steam rose, gushed, and erupted into the sky, as if an underwater volcano had exploded.
Water mist exploded with a loud bang, and then quickly cooled and liquefied in the surrounding environment, forming a white mist band visible to the naked eye under the moonlight. The rolling white mist quickly rolled, spread, and expanded on the water surface.
Huge temperature difference air currents form on the water surface, with alternating hot and cold, expansion and contraction, and the air flows rapidly, forming a hurricane.
Liang Qu's wet hair was blown by the strong wind and he couldn't stand steadily at all.
The spherical black shadow fell into the lake together, like a huge rock dropped by a god.
As the boulder was completely submerged, the entire water surface became like a giant lung, expanding and contracting. Each expansion made a thunderous sound, creating endless waves.
The surface of the river cracked, and tens of millions of tons of boiling water rushed in all directions.
A scene similar to a natural disaster.
Huge waves rose up, and Liang Qu heard the sound of the tide a few seconds later, followed by a strong wind, and after that, huge waves came roaring!
The huge waves that blocked out the sun were just around the corner, and in an instant the boat was overturned and the people on board were knocked over. Liang Qu was covered in cold sweat, his eyes were bloodshot, and strength surged in his body for no reason. He suddenly jumped up and landed heavily on the bow of the boat.
The sampan was lifted high in an instant, and the pointed bow blocked the waning moon.
boom!
The lake water, amounting to tens of millions of tons, surged and spread, hitting the belly of the ship with unstoppable momentum.
Roar, roar!
All I could hear was the roar of the rushing water.
Everything on the boat rolled down, and under the tremendous pressure, Liang Qu's knees seemed to be broken.
The long hair that was flying wildly backwards suddenly gathered forward and danced in the wind. Liang Qu could not see anything around him. He just stepped hard on the boat, grabbed the edge of the boat with both hands, used his body to block the fallen fish basket, and tried his best to hold it down with his weight.
My muscles and bones were trembling, and I couldn't tell whether it was the water surface that was vibrating, or my body itself being stretched to its limit.
Click, click.
Liang Qu crushed the edge of the wooden sampan with his hands. He grabbed a handful of wood chips, squeezed them down, and grabbed the edge of the boat again.
Fast, too fast.
Liang Qu's muscles were almost broken, and his surroundings were completely blurred into light and shadow. He could only react relying on his body's instinct. He could feel himself rising, and both he and the boat were lifted high up. If he was not careful, he would be smashed down and smashed to pieces.
Breathe, breathe, breathe!
Liang Qu breathed as hard as he could to supply oxygen to his muscles that were stretched to the limit. He tried hard to control the flow of water, and his strength was rapidly draining away.
Whenever the waves were too big and the boat was about to capsize, a current would always push the stern back up.
For a moment, the two maintained a strange balance, as if they were engaged in a hard-fought struggle.
boom!
Finally, the huge waves that were far enough away from the center of the battlefield dissipated first, turning into small streams that flowed in all directions.
The sampan that was raised high gradually sank steadily and floated on the water again.
pat, pat.
Tiny white fish jumped in the sampan.
"Cough cough!" Liang Qu collapsed in the cabin and vomited. He was not sure how much water he had drunk while breathing just now, but his stomach was very bloated now.
"Ugh!"
It was as if a switch was turned on, the stomach spasmed and contracted, and the canal that had been unable to vomit just now began to spray water like a faucet, just like the early morning after a hangover. It took more than a full minute to vomit out all the water in the stomach.
My stomach was churning, my head was aching, my muscles and bones were wailing, and I couldn't stop shaking at the slightest effort.
No matter what I did, I couldn't relieve the soreness and swelling. It was like being entangled by a python and my blood vessels were squeezed to the point of complete occlusion.
It was agonizing, but I managed to survive.
Another big wave hit, and the sampan shook violently. Liang Qu hit his chin on the board, but he didn't feel any pain.
He squeezed out a bit of strength, supported his body to turn over, and lay on his back on the boat, taking deep breaths, floating on the water to breathe like a fish short of oxygen.
He breathed in and out as much air as possible to relieve the condition. It took nearly a quarter of an hour for his sluggish brain to regain the ability to think.
So, that is the big monster deep in the Jianghuai swamps?
Liang Qu had always heard that there were big monsters in the world, but he had never seen one. He didn't expect that today he would be able to witness a battle between two monsters with his own eyes. Even the dark clouds in the sky were dispersed and the heavy rain stopped.
too frightening.
The two sides seem to be very close, but in fact they are very far apart.
Even so, when he turned around and saw the black shadow, the cold fear still gripped his heart like a giant hand, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
It was just the aftermath of the battle. No! It wasn't even the aftermath of the battle. It was just the huge waves caused by the monster falling into the water, which almost destroyed his boat and killed everyone on board.
It’s hard to imagine what the doomsday scene would be like if we met face to face up close.
No wonder the fishermen at the docks near the Jianghuai and Zeye areas always say not to go to deep waters. This is probably because the bloody lessons learned from generations past are a warning engraved in their genes.
I wonder if Master Yang can deal with that spherical monster?
At this moment, Liang Qu finally understood why underwater resources were difficult to obtain.
The underwater environment is not suitable for human survival. Even a warrior in the Zhenxiang realm would find it difficult to defeat such a big monster, right?
As for the giant flaming bird, it would be even more difficult for it to escape death.
Although both parties fell into the water together, flames, birds, no matter which keyword, were all defeated by Jianghuai Zeye Tian, and the spherical monster was obviously an aquatic monster.
Judging from its size, Liang Qu strongly suspected that it was a toad.
The whole process should be that the toad monster sensed the existence of the giant bird, jumped out of the water to hunt, and knocked the giant bird into the water. It was fighting on its home court and of course it was catching the turtle in the jar.
Liang Qu, who was lying in the cabin, heard a faint shrill bird cry. After he recovered some strength, he got up and looked. All he could see in the distance was a thick fog and a flash of fire. Nothing else could be seen.
Go quickly, you can't join in any fun.
Liang Qu was already scared. He endured the pain in his muscles, picked up the oars and was ready to run away.
By the way, where is Ah Fei? How is Ah Fei?
Wow!
Sensing Liang Qu's call, the fat catfish floated to the surface of the water with a bang, its body trembling and the surrounding water waves shaking, but it was not injured.
After the violent storm and huge waves were filtered by the water layer of dozens of meters, only gentle ripples were left. Ah Fei was completely frightened.
"Quick, take me back to the pier, go back quickly."
The fat catfish was overjoyed, so Liang Qu rowed the boat to catch up. A quarter of an hour later, he finally saw the river bank safely.
The huge wave pushed Liang Qu far away, and since he was facing away from it at the time, it actually shortened his return journey.
Liang Qu asked Fat Catfish and Buzhudong to guard the lotus roots together, and returned to the pier alone.
The pier was pitch black, all the lights were out, and there was no sound at the fishing rails.
The ships, which were originally in order in the midst of chaos, were all squeezed into a ball by the waves and strong winds.
Liang Qu had no choice but to find a wooden stake at the outermost part of the pier and tie a hemp rope to it. He looked through the cabin and found only a fish basket and a shipwreck stone left. They were large enough to be supported by the body and did not fall. The scoop net, stone knife and other items were all gone.
The stove in the waterproof compartment was scattered, the newly bought cotton-padded clothes were completely soaked, and even the cover on the waterproof compartment was nowhere to be found. The entire compartment was full of dirty water.
Liang Qu was in tears as he picked up his heavy cotton coat that was soaked in water.
When a cotton-padded jacket is soaked in water, the cotton inside will definitely curl up into a ball and it will no longer be comfortable.
Luckily the fish basket is still there and the red blood bass is not lost, so it’s worth it!
(End of this chapter)
