Chapter 390 The Ancient Dragonfish, King of the Land of 1,000 Streams (2/2)
”I suggest we get a move on if we want to avoid any confrontation with the monsters here,” said the Desolate Frost Lion as it crawled up to Gao Peng's shoulder and leisurely licked its dainty claws.
”I would appreciate it if you could just tell me what kind of danger lives here,” said Gao Peng, rapping his fingers against the lion cub's head.
”Hmph, I'll start keeping track of the number of times you hit me in the head from now on,” said the Desolate Frost Lion, chuckling coldly.
”In a big enough place, there's always a king that rules. Even if there isn't one sitting on the throne at first, that void is inevitably filled by monsters who failed to claim kingship in other corners of this world, presumably driven out by those much more powerful than themselves. I believe you humans have a saying for this: nature abhors a vacuum. This place is big. Any monster capable of claiming kingship over this place is at least King-tier.”
”But we didn't encounter any trouble when we were passing through this place,” said Gao Peng, frowning.
”Back then, your familiar wasn't this big,” said the Desolate Frost Lion, rolling its eyes at Gao Peng.
”So do you know what kind of monster the king of the Land of 1,000 Streams is? You've lived here for so long; surely you must know what it is.”
”Grovelling won't work,” it said curtly. Then it continued, ”There was a time when the place was ruled by a Blue Water Sky Toad. I wonder if the king's changed since then... A king doesn't last long in a backwater place like this, by the way.”
After walking some distance across the wetland, Gao Peng and the others heard the sound of splashing to their right, as if something was making its way across the water at high speed.
”Gao Peng! A huge fish is coming this way,” muttered Goldie.
”This is no time for jokes, Goldie. What's coming this way?” Gao Peng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Goldie had developed a habit of referring to other monsters as fish, which probably stemmed from its desire to convert all the fish in the world into money through Gao Peng.
”It really is a fish!” said Goldie angrily. How can you not believe me? It bent over to pick Gao Peng up.
It was then that Gao Peng saw with his own two eyes a huge fish ”running” across the water towards them in the distance.
The fish's thick, muscular tail waved about behind it as it flapped its silver-colored fins beneath it like a pair of duck feet. There were even a couple of white bone-like protrusions on its topside. A pair of long whiskers swayed loosely in the air on both sides of its thick lips.
[Monster Name]: Ancient Dragonfish
[Monster Level]: Level 56 (King-tier)
[Monster Grade]: Excellent
[Monster Attribute]: Water
[Monster Weakness]: Earth
[Monster Ability]: Dragonscale Armor Level 6, Water Current Mastery Level 5
[Description]: A fish-type monster that holds a faint trace of dragon blood in its veins. It has a timid and highly excitable temperament. It's also extremely territorial.
The splashing sound drew closer. When the Ancient Dragonfish came close enough, Gao Peng noticed that there was a slight bulge of water connecting its fins to the surface of the water. The water was propelling the Ancient Dragonfish forward.
The Ancient Dragonfish's eyes were as round as saucers. Its whiskers jumped about across its face. It looked livid.
A King-tier Ancient Dragonfish... Gao Peng frowned. Even though Goldie's passive ability had been triggered God knew how many times, they were carrying the White Steel Bladed Beast and the Guise Fruit-bearing trees with them. If the trees were damaged in their confrontation with the Ancient Dragonfish, they would be forced to go back empty-handed. Gao Peng didn't want this.