I'm So Mad I Could Squawk!

Is it as the Shaman Priest suspected, that the River God has changed his tastes?

I don't like teenage girls, I like teenage boys.

Or did the River God's personality change?

They became more compassionate and kind.

Actually, neither is true.

The River God really wanted to eat it.

My mouth was watering from craving it.

But it dared not eat it.

Because there is a pair of eyes in the sky staring intently at it.

As long as it dares to surface, as long as it dares to reveal its true form,

The owner of those eyes in the sky will fly down and turn it into a gutted, stinking dead fish.

Although it didn't know what was watching it from the sky,

But the instincts of the creature were frantically issuing warnings, every inch of the skin and flesh screaming that danger was imminent, and an overwhelming chill gradually seeped into the bone marrow.

It should have fled.

But it never escaped.

Because it couldn't bear to part with it.

That boatload of livestock flesh and blood, and that one delicious human being.

It's so greedy!

This opportunity only comes once a year.

It couldn't bear to give up this opportunity.

So it neither surfaced nor capsized the boat.

They simply followed, trailed behind.

Hiding underwater, waiting for the right moment to strike.

The River God underwater is in a hurry.

The Maybach Cranes in the sky were even more anxious.

The owner gave instructions before entering the water.

He is not allowed to actively harass the mortals around him, nor is he allowed to let anything else approach or disturb him.

So it simply hovers high in the sky, patrolling, to prevent anything foolish from disturbing its underwater master's secluded meditation.

But soon,

It then noticed something unusual about a dozen miles away.

A group of ordinary people gathered on the riverbank for some unknown reason, shouting and beating drums, and finally pushing a small boat onto the river.

This wouldn't have been a big deal.

Before the small boat enters the area where its master is in seclusion, it only needs to descend from the sky and seize the boat.

But it never expected that,

There was a large black fish lurking beneath the boat.

This makes things more difficult.

If on land or in the air,

It didn't even consider these weak little fish a threat; it would have already turned them into its delicious meal long ago.

But the other party happens to be a creature that lives in water.

It is the invincible king of the sky and land, but it is not good at water combat. Its skills are reduced by 90% in the water.

As the small boat and the large black fish drew ever closer to their master's secluded retreat location,

Maybach Crane was getting more and more anxious.

We can't wait any longer.

Otherwise, once the master emerges from seclusion, he will surely give me a severe beating.

It had long noticed that its owner's gaze was becoming increasingly strange, and it was definitely looking for a reason or opportunity to mercilessly punish it.

We absolutely must not hand this opportunity to the master ourselves.

Thinking about this,

The Maybach Crane could no longer sit still.

Then, it unfolded its wings and transformed into a falling meteorite, plunging directly from the sky onto the river.

The cries shook the heavens, and the wind howled.

With an aura of domineering power that could intimidate all directions, it cast a massive shadow on the river.

Overwhelming power, domineering aura.

The River God, lurking in the water and waiting for its chance to strike, suddenly seemed to sense a natural enemy, and its fins stood on end in fright.

Then he dove into the water.

Vanished without a trace.

A powerful gale whipped up turbulent waves, instantly turning the calm river surface into a turbulent undercurrent.

The flower boat carrying the River God’s Bride was like a small boat in a stormy sea, swaying and bobbing, almost capsizing.

The bride on the boat, wearing a red veil and a phoenix coronet and wedding gown, thought the River God had arrived and turned deathly pale with fright.

Even though she had long since lost all hope and accepted her tragic fate of being sacrificed alive.

But in the end, he was just an ordinary person, and he still couldn't remain calm and composed when faced with death.

The first shot missed.

The Maybach Crane took flight.

But before it could soar into the sky, another dark shadow appeared underwater.

That damned minnow,

Surprisingly, they weren't scared enough to run away.

This is infuriating!

Maybach Crane's eyes flashed with a fierce light, its aura imposing.

With another turn and dive, the bird opened its beak and spewed forth green flames.

Green Flames rolled and heat waves surged, raging across the water and instantly turning it into a sea of fire.

But that big fish,

It plunged into the water again and disappeared.

Then,

Then a dark shadow appeared somewhere else.

The Maybach Crane was so angry that its cries became distorted, and it flapped its wings frantically, causing the waters to churn as if a tsunami had occurred.

The waves crashed against the shore, the raging torrents churned the sky.

But they still couldn't get their hands on that big fish.

That's all,

A king in the sky, a tyrant in the great river.

On this river basin nestled between two mountains, a game of cat and mouse unfolded.

But the Maybach Crane, blinded by anger and anxiety, failed to notice the small boat it had completely disregarded.

Propelled by the gale-force winds and giant waves,

It is speeding towards the most secluded and tranquil part of the great river.

The bride's red veil on the flower boat has fallen off.

She revealed a beautiful, youthful face.

Her face was deathly pale, her red lips were tightly bitten, her eyes were filled with panic, and her body was trembling.

Her pitiful appearance naturally evokes feelings of pity and sympathy.

Seeing the terrifying sight of the two enormous creatures fighting behind her, the bride was so frightened she almost lost her soul.

She grew up listening to the legends of the River God.

But no one in the entire Baijia Town had ever seen the true face of the River God.

Unexpectedly, the River God was actually a giant black fish.

So what is that big golden bird?

Was she an angel sent down from heaven to save her?

Since the angel came to save her,

Does that mean she doesn't have to die?

But if she's still alive, what will happen to her parents in Baijia Town?

In a short time,

The bride was in a state of turmoil, her mind filled with wild fantasies.

Splash--

The waves grew larger and larger, the tides became more and more turbulent.

The flower boat, swaying and bobbing in the raging waves, finally couldn't hold on and was capsized by a huge wave.

The bride immediately fell into the water.

Along with the pigs, cows, and sheep.

It was submerged and swallowed up by the raging river.

The bride, who had lived by the Canglan River since childhood, knew how to swim, but the undercurrents were no more dangerous than the waves on the surface.

In addition, the phoenix crown on her head was too heavy, and the wedding robe on her body was too cumbersome.

Even though she tried her best to swim upwards, she could not float.

He could only watch helplessly as his body was tossed about by the swirling undercurrent, rapidly sinking to the bottom of the water.

This water is so deep.

It's so deep you can't see the bottom at all.

Like a giant underwater beast with its gaping, pitch-black maw.

It slowly devoured her.

I don't know how much time passed.

It's unknown how many feet it sank.

The bride's mind had become very confused.

That intense feeling of suffocation, that terrifying sense of oppression,

It made her unable to think, unable to breathe, and unable to control herself.

Am I going to die?

It's better that he's dead.

At least it won't involve my parents.

Father, Mother

My daughter is leaving.

You all need to take good care of yourselves from now on.

Don't be sad or upset for your daughter.

In the next life,

I want to be your daughter again.

Thinking about this,

The bride then completely gave up the will to live.

He slowly closed his eyes.

Spread out your arms,

No more struggling, no more pain.

Following the sinking water flow,

It drifted towards that ancient underwater town.