Chapter 1561: The Farther You Run, the Better!
Chapter 1561: Chapter 1561: The Farther You Run, the Better!
Beiting Huang lifted his eyelids, and looked at the people by the lake who were eyeing him with a mix of wariness and unwillingness, clearly itching for a fight with him. He smiled faintly, “Please, continue. When I called ‘stop’ a moment ago, it wasn’t directed at any of you.”
After speaking, he casually waved his hand, indicating for those who wanted to rush for the treasures to go ahead and do so.
The crowd was seething with irritation, feeling they had been played by Beiting Huang. But what could they do? Beiting Huang was not someone they could provoke. This was the man who had single-handedly killed masters from two different domains. As angry as they were, as long as Beiting Huang did not compete with them for the treasures, they should be grateful.
But not everyone felt that way. Slowly stepping back, they positioned themselves at a considerable distance from the lakeshore.
The Great Lord who had been yelling at Beiting Huang snorted disdainfully, shot Beiting Huang a look that said “you know what’s good for you,” and removed his robe, tossing it onto the grass. After stretching his limbs, he plunged into the lake.
The rest, not wanting to be outdone by the Great Lord, scrambled frantically to beat him to it.
...That sensation came over him again. As Beiting Huang stepped back, he accidentally stepped on Zhuu Shu’s foot. He turned his head, and Zhuu Shu was looking at him with a pair of innocent eyes. Beiting Huang, his voice hoarse, barely managed to say, “Run, the farther the better!”
Zhuu Shu was initially stunned. When Beiting Huang kicked him, Zhuu Shu quickly realized what was happening, summoned a magical beast, flipped onto its back, and flew far away.
The others were unaware of what had happened, but at that moment, the once calm surface of the lake, smooth as a mirror, suddenly erupted with a loud splash. The crowd looked intently, only to see a gaping maw, large beyond reckoning, opening wide, and those who had jumped into the lake to swim for treasures fell right into its jaws.
Whoosh!
Like a cavernous nose, it exhaled a breath that whipped up gales, instantly knocking over a swath of human masters by the shore. At that moment, Beiting Huang, filled with shock, held his breath as the gust swept him toward a distant mountaintop, hurling him through the air.
Barely regaining some control over his body, Beiting Huang activated his phoenix shadow movement techniques and sprinted toward an even more distant location. In the sky, trails of afterimages were left behind, quickly vanishing into the horizon.
When those two cavernous nostrils began inhaling, many by the shore were sucked in by the force. The monstrous maw, having closed, opened anew within a breath, and in that instant, a third of the people at the lakeside disappeared.
Fortunately, Zhuu Yun kept a vigilant eye on her son’s movements. As soon as Beiting Huang urged his son to flee, Zhuu Yun had already led the people of the Dark Demon Domain in a swift retreat. After catching up with her son, she scooped him up and ran for their lives toward a distant spot, taking cover behind the nearest mountaintop.
Witnessing this scene, the survivors from the Dark Demon Domain were so shaken they forgot to breathe, their mouths agape in astonishment, unable to utter a word for a long while. Their hearts were pounding, almost scared to death.
It’s well known that only the skillful can survive in the Dark Demon Domain. Yet, at that moment, everyone was acutely aware that faced with this magical beast—whose full appearance they couldn’t even discern—they were like three-year-old children up against a towering strongman, utterly powerless to retaliate.