Chapter 1285 - 649:
He turned his head, unnoticed by anyone, as a faint golden light flickered in his eyes.
The creature beneath the water suddenly moved. Previously still, it now stirred as if churning a pot of porridge, causing the currents to change direction suddenly. Another Heavenly Master was caught off guard and swept down over twenty-two meters.
Immediately, the thing twisted, stirring the sediment at the lake’s bottom, blurring the vision of the three.
The Heavenly Master at the very bottom sensed danger, quickly casting the Water Manipulation Technique to swim upwards, when suddenly in the murk, a massive dark mouth appeared.
Compared to this mouth, the Heavenly Master was as insignificant as a grasshopper. Yet, the owner of this giant mouth was incredibly agile. With a turn, the enormous mouth resembling a black hole moved at tremendous speed, leaving him no time to react, swallowing him and his protective rune whole. "Phew", the sound of the monster’s jaws clamping shut echoed far through the water.
His defenses were as fragile as paper. The giant mouth chewed twice, and fresh blood seeped between the teeth, ready to dissipate into the water in an instant. The monster seemed surprised at the deliciousness of human flesh, paused momentarily, and then sucked back all the scattered blood, savoring the taste.
Aji was busy escaping, not looking back. Though unaware of what happened behind, he intuitively sensed an immense danger approaching, swimming faster than ever in his life.
Han Chunlin was dozens of meters behind, furious enough to curse, but the power of the Water Manipulation Technique was limited, making it difficult to speed up. In a moment of desperation, he pulled out a bamboo tube-like object from his chest, shook it twice, and hurled it forcefully toward the monster.
The actions were unbelievably fluent, taking only one breath of effort, a testament to his frequent practice of such tasks. His strength was impressive, and his technique was effective, causing the tube to glide along the water six or seven meters.
As it flew out, Boss Kun on the shore jumped in anger, swearing: "Madman, truly insane!"
This person usually had a sort of restraint, and Ning Xiaoxian rarely saw him so out of character, curious about what Han Chunlin had thrown. The Water Mirror had already clearly shown:
Two breaths after the bamboo tube slid out, it exploded with a boom!
The people on the shore saw in the Water Mirror that the explosion was quite powerful, with water waves instantly pushing furiously outward from the bamboo tube, propelling Han Chunlin more than ten meters away, quickly surpassing Aji!
At this point, everyone understood what was happening. The guy had thrown black gunpowder used for mountain-opening into the water to explode, with ample quantity. Ning Xiaoxian knew that this world had long developed gunpowder, originally a by-product of the Pill Master’s new alchemy formula research, made with saltpetre, sulfur, and bellflowers. Initially, categorized as a medicine due to its ingredients with uses like curing sores, killing insects, and repelling dampness and plagues.
Several hundred years ago, as the continent’s situation stabilized, it began to be applied in mountain-opening, festive fireworks, and acrobatic illusions with small adjustments to the ingredients, increasing its power and stability greatly. Han Chunlin, originally from labor, had seen it used in mountain-opening, even after switching to being a Heavenly Master, discovered many other uses, hence carrying it around, unexpectedly coming in handy now.
His plan was simple, not to swim faster, but just to get ahead of Aji!
The Mountain-opening Bomb was not only powerful but also accompanied by a dramatic sound effect, causing the monster to turn its head, its scarlet eyes instantly focusing on the two grasshoppers. Han Chunlin and Aji couldn’t turn back, but felt the gaze firmly pinning them, a dire life-threatening feeling, pushing them to the brink where even their limbs felt weak.
These two little guys weren’t far from it. The monster opened its mouth wide towards them and inhaled forcefully—
A vortex suddenly appeared in the water, like a giant funnel. Influenced by the surrounding currents, Han Chunlin and Aji were more quickly sucked back than their swimming speed, scaring them witless: the speed of being sucked back was far faster than their swimming! Aji quickly lifted his eyes, screaming: "Uncle, save me!"
Boss Kun gritted his teeth, not waiting for him to speak, Yuan Hou tossed a Flying Rope, hooking the brat’s jacket, pulling him up forcefully!
With immense strength, Aji’s body was pulled out of the water, flying towards the shore.
Seeing someone on the shore saving Aji, Han Chunlin anxiously called out: "Save me, save me!"
Boss Kun resented him for throwing the Mountain-opening Bomb in the water, ignoring him.
Just then, lake water erupted with a splash, louder than the Mountain-opening Bomb, ten times louder! The monster unexpectedly burst from the water, leaping, although only part of its body emerged, it was like pushing a Gold Mountain, overturning a Jade Pillar, magnificent.
Although its body seemed huge, it twisted with extraordinary agility, accurately calculating angle and speed to immediately dart behind its prey, snapping its giant mouth lightly, and Aji disappeared!
Its nature was like many ferocious fish, chasing the swiftly escaping prey faster and more fiercely!(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)