998 The Maggot Turns Into a Drake (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

In the end, all that was left of the Black Sea Drake were a bunch of white bones. There was not a drop of blood or a tiny bit of flesh remained. The hollow skeleton was frozen inside the ice.

Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, and Bobby took a long time to recover from the shock. Even Lingling, who already knew it would happen, was staring at it in astonishment.

”Where are the larvae?” Mo Fan had to ask.

The larvae had all vanished into thin air. Mo Fan was unable to see them anywhere. He was already having difficulty explaining the strange sequence of events.

”Wait, just wait on the boat. When the time comes, I'll tell you where the larvae went,” Lingling said.

The three returned to the boat. The Lightning Explosion Cuttlefish in the water had stopped releasing electricity, returning the area to calm. However, when they recalled how the Black Sea Drake had died just like that, they could not help but have a bad feeling about it.

The group stayed on the boat and waited silently as Lingling had instructed.

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Lingling did not sleep much. In the past three days, she had only slept for three hours every day. Her eyes never left the monitor displaying the activity of the maggot, as if she was scared of missing something.

The next day had arrived. The blazing red of the rising sun happened to shine right on a flat cloud, forming a spectacular sight along the horizon.

Mo Fan walked out from the cabin with a huge yawn.

He walked to the deck and saw Lingling waiting patiently in front of the screen with a huge coat draped over her shoulders.

Mo Fan was utterly impressed by Lingling's determination. Most girls at her age would go off on a tantrum if they were asked to do some mere household chores!

Mo Fan felt sorry for Lingling when he saw her bloodshot eyes. He sat beside her and patted on her head, ”Why are you working so hard? The maggot is just below us, there's no way it can run away.”

”It's the most difficult job I have ever done, apart from the operation that wiped out the Black Vatican on Chongming Island. You know that I've no interest in studying, I just want to be a Hunter,” Lingling replied seriously.

Mo Fan was speechless. She was really a problem child!

”There's some movement,” Lingling said, staring at the screen.

”I'll go wake Mu Ningxue up,” Mo Fan quickly went into the cabin and woke Mu Ningxue up.

Bobby had woken up from the noise. The three gathered before Lingling.

”The maggot is now in its complete form. Go into the water and wait. Once the immune cells are available, we'll secure them and leave,” Lingling told them.

”It's done at last!” Bobby let out a long sigh with a relieved smile.

It was the most thrilling adventure Bobby had ever been on in his life. He could easily boast about it to the old Hunters in the bars for the rest of his life. It was a Black Sea Drake, an extremely savage exotic beast, and he had participated in the job that needed to kill the drake!

”I'll go,” Mu Ningxue said. Knowing that Mo Fan had just stepped on the Lightning Explosion Cuttlefish's tails recently, it was safer for Mu Ningxue to go.

”Wait, hold on,” Lingling suddenly said, signaling everyone to keep quiet.

The three were utterly confused. The maggot was already in its final form. They just wanted to hurry up and get its immune cells, and deliver them to the Hunter Union!

Mo Fan was about to ask something when Lingling looked into the water and said with a frown, ”It's swimming toward us.”

”Isn't that what we wanted? It saves us the effort of going to look for it,” Mo Fan said.

Lingling shook her head. Her expression was saying that something terrible was about to happen.

Lingling's tablet started beeping with a warning. The frequency of the beeping gradually increased, implying that the target was getting closer to them.

The boat was not moving, thus it simply meant that the maggot was approaching them rapidly.

”Such incredible speed!” Mu Ningxue glanced at the device and realized that the red dot representing the maggot was moving toward them at a shocking pace.

”I'll go stop it,” Bobby stood on the edge of the deck and stared into the water.

The little thing was transparent, thus it was extremely tricky to see it in the water. They could only rely on Lingling to spot the creature. However, Bobby was still staring at the water with all his focus, trying to detect any trace of the creature. Either way, he would never let that son-of-a-b**ch run away!

The boat swayed as the waves splashed at it occasionally. The blue water had suddenly turned black.

Bobby did not notice the change at the start as he was focused on something else. However, he soon noticed a giant black shadow approaching the surface in the water.