The grimace was about to shoot out of the water like a rocket. The hair floating in the water gradually became clearly visible. Seeing the Fatty's panic, it widened its mouth into a sinister grin.
Wu Tianzhen was watching from the side and was startled by this scene. He instinctively wanted to rush over and pull the Fatty back.
However, the Fatty paused for a moment, let out a "Holy crap!" and jumped up. In the blink of an eye, he had pulled out the Faqiu Seal from his clothes!
He had always possessed great strength. Now, holding the Faqiu Seal and swinging it around, it felt like he was wielding a giant club.
The grimace was just emerging from the water, its mouth wide open, revealing sharp teeth, about to let out its customary scream to set the mood. But as soon as it opened its eyes, it saw a large seal flying towards it. With a bang, it was smashed back into the water!
At this moment, Zhang Qiling had already rushed over. The Black Gold Ancient Saber was ready to make its appearance, but unexpectedly, it was upstaged by the Faqiu Seal, letting out a displeased "buzz."
Zhang Qiling had no time to concern himself with the love-hate relationship between the two artifacts. He was slightly stunned by the Fatty's ferocious strike, but he quickly noticed that the grimace had adjusted its posture as it fell. It seemed to be planning to escape into the water. His heart tightened, and his long legs swung out!
The grimace, seeing the water surface it so longed for was within reach, was about to dive in when it felt a pain in its cheek. Before it could react, its entire body slammed heavily against a rock on the side!
The scream that had been stifled finally took a detour and turned into a wail. Wu Tianzhen, with his sharp eyes, saw a few white, unidentifiable objects fly into the air and fall to the ground. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the creature's entire mouth of teeth had been knocked out.
It lay on the ground, trembling. When it raised its head, its face was covered in blood. It was stunned, howling and crying.
Zhang Qiling cautiously protected the two of them and slowly stepped forward.
Using his scabbard, he lifted the thick, two-meter-long "hair." The creature's true face was revealed—
It was actually a monkey with exceptionally thick hair on its head?!
Its head was enormous, but its body was very slender. Its hands and feet had webbed fingers and toes, allowing it to swim freely in the water. Its head hair was black and long, and when it floated up in the river, at first glance, it looked like the hair of some female ghost.
It was now sobbing, sounding a bit like a child. The three of them stood in a circle, looking at it blankly, suddenly feeling an inexplicable sense of guilt.
As the hair was pushed aside, its bare forehead became clearly visible. A large bump rapidly swelled up, red and swollen. It reached out a paw to touch it, crying even more heartbreakingly.
Wu Tianzhen silently looked at the Fatty.
Upon receiving the gaze, the Fatty turned his face away directly, whistling nonchalantly as he wiped the formidable weapon, the Faqiu Seal, clean and placed it back in his chest. Then, he looked at Zhang Qiling righteously, indicating that he was the main perpetrator of the violence.
Zhang Qiling glanced at the monkey, his gaze shifted slightly. He quietly pulled down his hood and hugged the Black Gold Ancient Saber, appearing to have blocked out all external signals.
After crying for a long time, the monkey saw that no one was paying attention to it. It could only crawl up slowly, limping, and moved back to the river. Carrying the hardships of life, it swam away on its own.
The three of them watched this "Monkey Swimming Away" scene in eerie silence. They exchanged glances and couldn't help but laugh.
Zhang Qiling merely curved his lips slightly, but Wu Tianzhen and the Fatty looked like they were about to laugh themselves unconscious.
"Hahahahahahaha, Fatty!" Wu Tianzhen laughed until he was out of breath, clutching his stomach, unable to straighten his back.
"Your Faqiu Seal is too powerful! That strike was simply earth-shattering and ghost-wailing, hahahaha!"
"Who the hell would have thought that was a monkey?!" The Fatty, recalling the thunderous sound of his strike, felt a pang of belated heartache. He quickly took out the Faqiu Seal again and kissed it repeatedly.
"I thought it was a ghost, so I used so much strength. Good heavens, don't let me damage my baby!"
After saying that, he pouted and kissed it a few more times, as if trying to comfort the Faqiu Seal's potentially injured feelings.
Although this scene was very affectionate, Zhang Qiling watching from the side felt as if the faint divine light on the Faqiu Seal had dimmed with each kiss, as if it had been drained of its essence by the spider-like Fatty.
The Black Gold Ancient Saber, which had been indignantly feeling that the Faqiu Seal had stolen its thunder, instantly fell silent. It seemed to have found psychological balance, and even felt a hint of revolutionary camaraderie and pity that hadn't existed before.
Zhang Qiling glanced at the strangely reacting Black Gold Ancient Saber.
Zhang Qiling: Don't worry, I won't be like this.
Black Gold Ancient Saber: Hiss—Although, I think this is actually acceptable...
The saber buzzed wildly in his hand, but Zhang Qiling didn't fully understand its meaning, only feeling its urgency.
Puzzled, but seeing that the other two had finished tidying up, Zhang Qiling no longer dwelled on the Black Gold Ancient Saber's complex thoughts. He immediately focused his attention wholeheartedly on the exploration ahead.
This river was vast, and it was clear that there wouldn't be only one monkey lurking within it.
However, perhaps it was because the miserable state of the previous monkey was still vivid in their minds, the three of them only occasionally felt something in the water peeking out at them. But no second monkey dared to emerge and face the harsh reality of society.
Wu Tianzhen always felt that the monkeys' current state was very similar to Zhang Qiling's operation of killing the first flock of Chirping Birds. However, those Chirping Birds only retreated on the surface and returned at night with tree branches. He didn't know if these monkeys were also so spirited that they would find an opportunity to swarm them later.
As he was thinking this, there was a sudden disturbance in the water, and a monkey suddenly emerged.
Zhang Qiling instantly looked over. As soon as the monkey came into contact with that sharp gaze, it let out a yelp and scrambled away, swimming clumsily. It couldn't see where it was going and even crashed headfirst into a rock on the riverbank.
Wu Tianzhen: ...But with this combat capability, it wouldn't matter even if they came back, right.