studiobondurri Chapter 85: Relentless pursuit
Chapter 85: Relentless pursuit
Chapter 85: Relentless pursuit
Yuan Ming pushed the pole forward, causing the wooden plank beneath his feet to move rapidly. He occasionally looked back, relieved that the tentacle-like black shadow did not reappear.
He dared not relax and continued to push the pole quickly, using his driving technique to assist him. Soon, he completely left the area where anomalies occurred and unknowingly arrived near the center of Qianlu Lake, where Huo Chan’er wanted to go.
In the mist ahead, a faint shadow could be seen, resembling an island. Yuan Ming looked at the little creature perched on his shoulder with confusion.
However, Huo Chan’er had lost the excitement she had before and nervously looked around. The vortex and the black tentacles had frightened her.
Yuan Ming comforted Huo Chan’er with a pat on the head and decided to go and see the shadow first.
If it was an island, they could rest for a while and make a wooden raft.
"Squeak, squeak..." Huo Chan’er suddenly looked behind and let out a sharp cry, trembling.
Yuan Ming followed the sound and his pupils contracted.
He saw a long black shadow quickly chasing after them from underwater, seemingly the main body of the black tentacle from earlier.
"This damn thing is still chasing us!" Yuan Ming’s face darkened as he pointed his finger and recited an incantation.
The Qingyu Sword flashed out from his storage bag and turned into a green sword shadow, diving into the lake and heading straight for the black shadow.
The black shadow seemed to sense something and swiftly moved to the side. Its speed was beyond imagination.
However, the Qingyu Sword suddenly changed direction and accelerated, leaving a "之" shape in the water with its clear sword light.
The black shadow was too slow to evade and was cut with a wound several feet long by the Qingyu Sword. Blood gushed out, staining the nearby water red.
A sharp and angry roar, like the cry of a night owl, echoed in the lake, sounding extremely desolate and chilling.
Splash!
A larger black tentacle shot out from the water, heading straight for Yuan Ming. It was also surrounded by blue electric arcs, seemingly intending to crush Yuan Ming into a pulp.
However, Yuan Ming remained calm. He leaped into the air again and held the incense burner in one hand.
The black tentacle wrapped around the tree trunk and easily crushed it into pieces.
Yuan Ming raised an eyebrow. Not only did the black tentacle possess lightning power, but its strength was also extremely strong. If it entangled him in the water, it would be a situation of certain death.
He pointed his finger, and the Qingyu Sword broke through the water and returned to his hand. He put it back into the storage bag and immediately activated the incense burner, flying towards the shadow ahead.
The monster in the lake was powerful, but it seemed to only be able to move in the water. It was helpless against enemies in mid-air and could only chase them relentlessly in the water.
The incense burner flew at a fast speed and soon arrived at the shadowy area.
As Yuan Ming had guessed, it was an island. The island was shrouded in dense white mist, with extremely low visibility. Everywhere he looked, there were lush trees and dense forests.
After glancing at the black shadow in the water near the shore, Yuan Ming didn’t dare to stop and continued flying towards the depths of the island, disappearing behind a lush tree canopy.
Only then did the black shadow let out a resentful roar and dived back into the water, disappearing.
After a while, a figure flashed by the treetop of a large tree, and Yuan Ming’s figure appeared. Seeing that the black shadow on the shore had completely disappeared, his tense face relaxed. He landed next to a large tree, stumbling slightly.
Yuan Ming had already used the Shadowless Step, his body left two afterimages, and he appeared behind a nearby large tree in a flash.
He raised his arm, and a green sword shadow shot out from his hand, stabbing into the back of the Golden Monkey. It was the Green Fish Sword.
With a crisp "clang"!
The Green Fish Sword only penetrated an inch before it stopped. The body of the Golden Monkey seemed to be made of gold and iron, which slightly surprised Yuan Ming.
The Four-eyed Golden Monkey was furious, its sturdy arm emitted a layer of golden light from inside out, and it swung back.
With a loud sound of metal collision, the Green Fish Sword was knocked back and flew out.
Yuan Ming wanted to reach out and catch the Green Fish Sword, but he felt a huge force transmitted from the sword, which shook his body and made him retreat several steps, he was even more surprised.
The strength of this suddenly appeared Four-eyed Golden Monkey was truly astonishing, far superior to his White Ape transformation, and its body was harder than iron, he was definitely not its opponent at the moment.
Yuan Ming recalled the Green Fish Sword and fled towards the nearby forest without hesitation.
The skin of the White Ape around his waist rolled up and transformed into the form of a White Ape in an instant.
The Four-eyed Golden Monkey seemed to be angered by Yuan Ming’s act of stealing the immortal peach, and immediately chased after him.
The Golden Monkey moved with the wind, its speed was extremely fast. Even though Yuan Ming had transformed into a White Ape, his speed was still far behind. In just a dozen breaths, the distance between them was less than two meters.
The Golden Monkey’s eyes were filled with fierce light, its right arm, like a magical instrument, emitted a substantial golden light, which shot out about a meter, forming a blade shape, and slashed horizontally.
"What kind of divine power is this?" Yuan Ming’s body broke out in a cold sweat, he hurriedly crouched down and rolled on the ground, barely dodging the golden light’s slash.
Whoosh...
In the area a meter ahead, wherever the golden light passed, all the trees and grass were cut off, clearing a large area.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming couldn’t help but take a cold breath, he made a seal and slapped the ground.
The grass behind him made a hissing sound, and four large wooden spikes shot out, but they did not attack the Four-eyed Golden Monkey, instead they formed a wooden wall in front of it.
The Golden Monkey swung its arm, and the golden blade shot out again, easily cutting off the four wooden spikes.
However, at this moment, a soft "bang" sounded from the ground, and a large amount of gray-black smoke appeared out of thin air, engulfing an area of several meters nearby.
The Four-eyed Golden Monkey let out a roar, the airflow shook, forming a raging storm, easily blowing away the smoke.
But in this moment of delay, Yuan Ming had already escaped far away, his figure was almost disappearing in the forest.
The Four-eyed Golden Monkey’s four eyes were fixed on Yuan Ming’s already blurred figure, full of rage, it immediately chased after him, covering several meters in one step, quickly closing the distance between them.
As Yuan Ming’s thoughts turned, he pushed the Shadowless Step to the extreme, his whole body turned into a white shadow shuttling through the forest, constantly changing direction, making the Four-eyed Golden Monkey unable to display its incredible speed, and barely maintaining a little distance from the Golden Monkey.
"What kind of species is this Four-eyed Golden Monkey? I’ve never heard of it before, its strength has definitely reached the upper level of the first rank, I’m afraid it’s at the peak of the upper level, no wonder I was inexplicably nervous before!" As he fled, he racked his brains, thinking of a way to escape unscathed.
But after all, he had just arrived on this small island, and he was completely in the dark. He had already used most of his own methods, and for a while, he didn’t have any good strategies, he could only take one step at a time.
(End of the chapter)