Chapter 60: Only With Power Comes Respect (1/2)
Chapter 60: Only With Power Comes Respect
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Mo Wuji was completely drained, and the four paddling the boat was not really better off. Seeing that Mo Wuji was unable to strike back, Ji Guang and the others paddling with greater fervor.
Even though the rubber dinghy had a certain level of resistance against lightning attacks, but with the sheer number of attacks absorbed, its structure was close to giving way. Moreover the whole fiasco was going on in the rain.
At least after Mo Wuji killed 10 over lightning crocodiles, there were only two to three chasing after them. More importantly, these few crocodiles had serious injuries inflicted by Mo Wuji.
As Mo Wuji stopped his assault, the rubber dinghy quickly accelerated and left the critically injured crocodiles in its wake. Without the boat in sight, the crocodiles soon lost any reason for their rage.
Lightning crocodiles were rather peculiar demons as they bore grudges. The greater the grudge, the greater their vitality, offensive strength, and explosiveness. They would also recognise targets too. Unless faced with overwhelming attacks that left them with no way to fight back, they would not retreat.
Around two hours later, the storm ceased, and they arrived at a small island barely five hundred metres wide. Mo Wuji had recovered some energy, but on the other hand Ji Guang and the three others were overcome with fatigue.
“Brother Mo, we owe you big time for this. We’ll be going up to rest for awhile, so please drag the boat up and hide it in the reef.” Ji Guang was the first to climb up onto the island, and began to refer to Mo Wuji as Brother Mo out of nowhere.
Despite serious injuries and a tearing sensation all over, Mo Wuji remained the strongest within the group.
“Wuji, I don’t know how you do it.” Ding Bu’Er teetered and tottered but somehow managed to climb up, barely able to lift his arms at all. Both Gao Juan and Sun Liyan looked at Mo Wuji with awe, and any dismissive thoughts had already vanished completely.
While they were totally drained, it was only due to intense physical activity. Mo Wuji actually acted as their shield. If it were not for him blocking all attacks from behind, the lightning crocodiles would surround the rubber dinghy and trap them all.
“Brother Ji, right here?” Mo Wuji saw a rugged island in the distance, but he could only see about a hundred metres out.
Mo Wuji did not elaborate much about how he resisted the lightning crocodile’s attacks. In reality, even if he did not engage those demons, Ji Guang and the others might not necessarily have been stopped by them. But of course there was still the possibility of that happening, so he still played a crucial role in their survival.
“That’s right, this is the place. I’ve been here once before. Not many people know about its existence. Wuji, this time your contribution has been the greatest. However, we did not manage to recover a single lightning crocodile’s body as the boat was moving too quickly. How about this, as long as we find more that two Winged Sea Leopard’s eggs, you’ll get one first.” Ji Guang spoke with sincerity, a 180 degrees change in the way he treated Mo Wuji.
No one disagreed with Ji Guang’s proposal, because power was everything. With the ability to block lightning crocodiles all the way way while killing over 10 of them, Mo Wuji appeared to be stronger the Ji Guang himself. This strength won the respect of everyone in the team.
Mo Wuji naturally had no objections. He was here neither to harvest ingredients from lightning crocodile’s bodies, nor to search for Winged Sea Leopard’s eggs, but to utilise the attacks of the lightning crocodiles to burst open his meridians. Now that his primary objective had been achieved, it didn’t hurt to get a few Winged Sea Leopard eggs.
“My suggestion is for us to set up camp for the night, then leave at dawn tomorrow.” Everyone was fatigued with little to no sleep, and Mo Wuji knew that. To search for Winged Sea Leopard’s eggs in this sort of situation would be suicide, even for him. Moreover, he had similarly heavy injuries which required at least a night to recover.
Gao Juan nodded, “I agree with Brother Mo’s plan. Let’s rest here for the night before doing anything else.” Although Ji Guang really wanted to set off earlier, but Mo Wuji had spoken and Gao Juan agreed to it, so he went along with Mo Wuji’s plan