Chapter 1081: Marine Lotus (1/2)

The black luminous feather was faster and more fleeting than the original Shot of Inception. At such distances, the massive body of the aquatic creature had no way to evade. The giant fish cried out in surprise, bringing up the pond water as a shield around it.

There was no way this water shield could block the Shot of Inception. The ethereal projectile pierced through the shield and into the monster’s body.

The giant creature spasmed and twitched amidst mournful wails, and its exuberant vitality weakened sharply. It was as though someone had punched a large hole beneath it.

However, its vitality stopped weakening after a one-third loss and stabilized therein. The giant fish stopped tumbling and glared at Qianye with eyes full of killing intent.

Qianye sighed inwardly. A one-third loss in vitality could only be considered a heavy injury, not a loss in fighting power for this giant fish. In truth, the loss was quite significant. The Wolf King would have collapsed on the spot, unable to chase Qianye while enduring the injuries.

But this fish possessed tremendous vitality. Even the black luminous feather could only injure and enrage it further.

Such a behemoth possessed too much life force to kill in one move.

Several water curtains appeared around Qianye, locking him into a small area as all the spouts on the fish’s back opened up. One could immediately see that several water spears were about to come his way. Qianye, however, was hesitating whether he should fire his last black feather. This blast might deprive the giant fish of its fighting power, but Qianye would be entirely drained as well. Even if he did reach the island, he might not have the energy to retrieve the Marine Lotus and escape.

“It would’ve been great if she had stayed a bit longer.” A thought flashed through Qianye’s heart. Even if it wasn’t Nighteye, either one of Ji Tianqing, Li Kuanglan, or Song Zining would be able to help him distract the creature, and he would’ve gotten his hands on the prize already.

At this moment, Qianye was all alone and was also carrying Zhuji in his arms.

The little fellow seemed to have sensed the life-threatening danger, turning pale as she forced her drowsy eyes open and glanced down.

She opened her mouth and shot a stream of clear liquid toward the giant fish.

For some reason, the massive creature below was shocked upon seeing the stream of liquid. It roared loudly and attempted to escape, but the water here was only deep enough to keep its back submerged. How could it be that easy for such an enormous frame to swim away?

The difference between the fish and little Zhuji was immense. It might not even bother eating the girl because she was too small, even for a snack. Despite that, the giant fish was extremely terrified of the liquid she had spat out, so much so that it didn’t even attempt to block the attack and opted to flee instead.

Qianye’s scalp went numb as he glanced at the clear liquid and had long since discarded any notion of touching it.

It was at this moment that he heard a deep sigh and felt a strange consciousness talking to him, “Outsider, do you plan to destroy these waters?”

A formless gale appeared out of nowhere and molded the stream of liquid into a ball, keeping it floating in the air.

Qianye was surprised because he couldn’t figure out at all where this voice was coming from. Just from this capability, he knew that he wasn’t a match for this enemy.

“I have no such intention.”

The Pond of Life itself was priceless, not to mention the fact that the Marine Lotus only grew here. Qianye had no reason to destroy the pond just for one item, and even if he did, he had no power to do so.

The great consciousness said slowly, “That little thing in your arms, her poison can kill all the weaker creatures within ten thousand meters. It’ll also take a great deal of effort to clean these waters afterward.”

Qianye glanced at the glob of clear liquid in the air. It was truly hard to believe that it could cause such serious consequences. He knew little Zhuji was specialized in poison, but he had never imagined her venom would be this powerful.

The consciousness continued, “Every creature here is important to me, I can’t let you destroy them.”

“I apologize, that was not my intention,” said Qianye.

“You were only trying to save yourself, but it also remains a fact that I can’t let you remain in these waters. Do you want that thing? Take it and leave.”

Specks of watery light condensed in front of Qianye, forming a path toward the small island. The island had come into full view at this point—lush grass, tall, ancient trees, and a small pond at the center filled with lotuses. One of these flowers was shrouded in a hazy glow and on the verge of blooming.

Actually seeing this glow caused Qianye’s spirit to waver.

He jumped onto the island and walked swiftly over to the small pond.

Everything on this atoll was quiet as there were no land beasts on it. There were, however, small, harmless-looking silver fish in the pond water. Qianye scanned the small pond with his perception and found that there was a coiled serpentine creature at the bottom, entirely motionless and seemingly asleep.

Zhuji was drowsy at this point. She seemed dispirited and weak after spitting out the clear liquid, and fell into a deep sleep soon afterward.