"Third Brother, let's agree on this beforehand. You can steal my spirit fruit, but don't knock me out again!"
Little Mountain Pig, who had somehow woken up, suddenly hopped to one side and glared at Wang Wu warily. Then, like he was rattling off a tongue twister, he spilled out a whole string of words. Damn, when had this fellow become so smooth-tongued?
Wang Wu was speechless. He could only wave a bear paw. "Don't waste time. Since there was a first and second giant fireball, there must be a third falling in the north. The good news is that no giant fireballs will land here. Can you still tell directions?"
"No, but I might be able to find Big Brother."
With that, Little Mountain Pig leaped like an oversized mole, diving headfirst into the ground. The instant he landed, Zhu Tiezui activated. With a series of swishes, the ground within a radius of twenty to thirty meters caved in.
Wang Wu lost his footing and nearly got sucked in as well.
A few seconds later, Little Mountain Pig jumped out and pointed a pig hoof in a certain direction. "The ground where we are is all loose soil, but there's still a large amount of solid, unmoving earth in that direction. I guess that's the main body of West Mountain. By that logic, east is over there, north is this way, and south is that way. Third Brother, how's my skill?"
"Impressive!"
Wang Wu did not stint on praise, because this was something he truly could not learn.
The explosion of the giant fireball to the south had not sent its shockwave this far, but it had blasted the endless dust raised by the first giant fireball high into the sky, shrouding heaven and earth.
Under such circumstances, even