"Holy crap!"
Lin Hao yelled, his feet instantly pulling free from the duck flippers.
Once free from the duck flippers, Lin Hao began to swim desperately.
That last moment had nearly scared the soul out of him.
If he hadn't been wearing the duck flippers, his legs would likely have been bitten off by the great flood dragon behind him.
"Hiss!"
A sound came from the great flood dragon's nostrils. It seemed angry that it hadn't managed to bite Lin Hao.
Its body twisted in the water, shaking off the duck flippers from its mouth, and it instantly gave chase to Lin Hao.
Its speed this time was much faster than before.
In almost an instant, it could catch up to Lin Hao.
However, just as it was about to catch up to Lin Hao, its rapidly swimming body suddenly stopped.
Then, it abruptly turned around and swam towards the center of the lake.
Lin Hao was already in a panic. He felt that in the next second, he would be devoured by the great flood dragon's gaping maw.
But suddenly, he felt the commotion behind him disappear.
At first, Lin Hao didn't let his guard down and didn't dare to look back.
He was afraid the great flood dragon was tricking him, deliberately diving into the water, hiding its movements, and then waiting for him to turn around before leaping out with thunderous force and biting him to death.
However, after he desperately swam forward another ten meters, nearing the shore, he realized that there was indeed no more movement behind him.
Lin Hao, filled with doubt, finally couldn't help but turn his head to look.
Upon looking, he saw that the lake surface was calm, as if nothing had happened.
As for the terrifying great flood dragon, it had long since vanished without a trace.
Lin Hao looked at the calm lake surface and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he felt a bit puzzled.
He couldn't understand why the great flood dragon, which was about to catch him, suddenly stopped chasing.
"Senior Brother!"
"Senior Brother!"
Xiao Hei's voice suddenly came. Lin Hao jolted awake and quickly replied to Xiao Hei on the shore, "I'm fine."
"I'll pull you up!"
Seeing that Lin Hao was fine, Xiao Hei was excited and quickly pulled Lin Hao back to the shore with the rope.
"Senior Brother, are you okay?" Xiao Hei looked at Lin Hao, who had come ashore, with a face full of worry.
He had personally seen a colossal creature chasing Lin Hao at high speed just now.
Although the colossal creature's entire body was hidden in the water, Xiao Hei could still feel the terror of that thing through the water's surface.
"I'm fine, my diving suit is just broken." Lin Hao smiled and pointed to his legs.
At this moment, Lin Hao's diving suit was like shorts, hanging at his knees. Below his knees, his legs and feet were bare.
There were a few small wounds on his legs, but they were not serious.
Compared to these superficial wounds on his legs, the fact that he could return to shore alive today was already a cause for great gratitude.
"Hey!"
"Brother Lin!"
"Brother Shan!"
Tang Ziyuan and Wang Dacong's anxious voices came from above.
Seeing that Lin Hao and Xiao Hei were in danger, they had immediately wanted to come down. However, the terrain here was steep, and they couldn't get down for a while.
Now, after Lin Hao and Xiao Hei had gotten ashore, they stood above. Due to their view being blocked by rocks, they could no longer see Lin Hao and Xiao Hei.
Not seeing Lin Hao and Xiao Hei, they became even more anxious.
Tang Ziyuan insisted on coming down, and Wang Dacong couldn't stop her, so he gritted his teeth and prepared to descend with Tang Ziyuan.
However, just as they were preparing to climb down, Lin Hao's voice came from below.
"Don't move, we're coming up." Lin Hao moved closer to the lake, looking up at Tang Ziyuan and Wang Dacong, who were making a fuss and about to descend, and shouted.
"You're okay? That's great! Hurry up and come up!" Tang Ziyuan looked at Lin Hao and Xiao Hei by the lake, her voice filled with surprise and excitement.
"Brother Lin, Brother Shan, take your time," Wang Dacong also quickly said.
"Stand firm, don't slip down. We're fine."
Lin Hao said this to Tang Ziyuan and Wang Dacong, then began to climb up with Xiao Hei.
Ten minutes later, Lin Hao and Xiao Hei climbed up. Wang Dacong immediately came over, looking at Lin Hao and Xiao Hei, and anxiously asked, "Brother Lin, Brother Shan, are you guys okay?"
"We're fine," Xiao Hei shook his head, signaling Wang Dacong not to worry.
"It's good that you're fine, it's good that you're fine," Wang Dacong nodded repeatedly, then looked at Lin Hao and Xiao Hei with a face full of surprise, "Brother Lin, Brother Shan, what was that thing chasing you in the lake just now?"
"Why did it look like a giant python to me?"
As soon as Wang Dacong said this, Tang Ziyuan also immediately looked at Lin Hao and Xiao Hei, shocked, "I also felt like it was a giant python!"
"People say that strange beasts appear in Changbai Mountain's Tianchi Lake. I didn't believe it before, but now I truly believe it."
"The strange beast they mentioned, if I'm not mistaken, should be that giant python from just now."
"Giant python?" Xiao Hei frowned, then shook his head, "I don't think that thing is like a giant python."
"When that thing was chasing us before, I vaguely saw horns on its head. How can a giant python have horns on its head?"
"Horns on its head?" Wang Dacong was stunned, then exclaimed, "This place is also known as Dragon Pool. Could that thing be a dragon?"
"Dragon?" Xiao Hei looked at Wang Dacong and couldn't help but laugh, "You really dare to imagine."
"Putting aside whether dragons exist or not, even if they do, ordinary people like us wouldn't encounter them."
"That's right, that thing is definitely not a dragon," Tang Ziyuan also chimed in, "Dragons can fly. If that thing were truly a dragon, we'd probably be dead by now."
After speaking, Tang Ziyuan couldn't help but look at Lin Hao and say, "Lin Hao, didn't that thing bite at your heels just now? Did you get a clear look at what that thing was?"
"Yes, Brother Lin, if that thing isn't a python, then what is it?" Wang Dacong also quickly looked at Lin Hao, asking in confusion.
"A great flood dragon, also known as a jiaolong by people," Lin Hao said slowly, gazing at the calm lake surface.
"What?"
"Jiaolong?" Wang Dacong looked at Lin Hao, his eyes widening.
Tang Ziyuan also looked at Lin Hao with a face full of disbelief.
Even Xiao Hei looked at Lin Hao, his eyes filled with surprise, "Senior Brother, is that thing really a jiaolong?"
"It should be," Lin Hao nodded, then looked at Xiao Hei and said, "Its appearance is almost identical to the jiaolong described in ancient texts. If nothing unexpected happens, it should undoubtedly be a jiaolong."
"This..."
Xiao Hei stood there stunned. He had never imagined that the colossal creature that had been chasing them was a jiaolong, a creature from legend, like the divine dragon.
He instinctively wanted to tell Lin Hao that he must have seen it wrong.
But then he thought, if Lin Hao hadn't truly seen the appearance of the jiaolong clearly, he wouldn't be able to say it so confidently.
However, after a brief moment of shock, Xiao Hei's expression immediately turned grim.