White Dragon Fish

Under the moonlight, Chu Danqing finally saw what the White Dragon Fish looked like.

He also understood why it had been given the name "White Dragon."

Its body resembled an alligator's, but its long, thick neck, combined with external gills and a dorsal fin like those of an axolotl, made it look at first glance like a white dragon crouching low.

The White Dragon Fish moved with incredible speed. The moment it came ashore, the colossal creature charged straight at them.

Da Bao immediately stepped into the White Dragon Fish's path. His burly frame looked somewhat small before the ten-meter-long monster.

"You... go back first." Da Bao blocked the White Dragon Fish, barely clamping its enormous jaws shut with both hands as he was steadily pushed backward.

In terms of attributes, Da Bao was at a disadvantage. He would not be able to hold out for long.

As he spoke, the White Dragon Fish's foreclaws struck Da Bao, raking deep, bone-revealing gashes across his body.

Blood splattered everywhere, and pain began to stoke Da Bao's fury.

Wu Laoliu turned and ran, but Chu Danqing did not. He immediately raised his broadsword and thrust it toward the White Dragon Fish's eyeball.

The White Dragon Fish's attributes utterly crushed his. If Da Bao died here, every plan Chu Danqing had made afterward would go up in smoke.

Da Bao sensed Chu Danqing's intent. Veins bulged across his body as he used all his strength to forcibly pin the White Dragon Fish's head in place.

Rip—

The broadsword first met the tough surface of its eye, but under Chu Danqing's full strength, it finally pierced through and drove straight through the White Dragon Fish's eyeball.

"Waaah!!!" The White Dragon Fish broke free of Da Bao's grip completely in its agony. It whipped its neck from side to side and flung the broadsword from its eye.

Ignoring everything else, it stretched out its neck and opened its blood-filled maw to bite Chu Danqing.

"Don't... eat people!" Seeing this, Da Bao could no longer spare a thought for anything else. He lowered his head and rammed the White Dragon Fish with all his might.

Boom—

Da Bao actually knocked the White Dragon Fish stumbling, forcibly interrupting the attack that had been about to bite Chu Danqing.

Only then did Chu Danqing come back to himself. Everything that had happened just now had been far too fast; as an ordinary person, he had been unable to react at all.

He noticed something unusual about Da Bao. In his fury, Da Bao's strength had actually increased.

At that moment, Da Bao clenched his fists and hammered the White Dragon Fish's neck three times in rapid succession.

Each punch was heavier than the last, and because they struck the same spot, clear fist marks appeared on its neck.

Chu Danqing did not stand around watching. He immediately picked up the broadsword that had been flung away, its blade still stained with the White Dragon Fish's blood.

He wanted to seize the chance to attack again.

But the next instant, Da Bao abruptly retreated, grabbed the hot-headed Chu Danqing, and fled without hesitation.

A crimson aura mixed with watery vapor rose from the White Dragon Fish's body. A piercing infant's cry came with a violent torrent blasting from its mouth.

Wherever the torrent passed, stones and trees alike were shattered to pieces.

The White Dragon Fish sprayed water as it pursued them at breakneck speed, carrying the momentum of a fight to the death.

Chu Danqing felt that murderous momentum and understood just how deep the White Dragon Fish's hatred for him ran.

Wounded and enraged, the White Dragon Fish had undoubtedly gone berserk.

Even Da Bao did not dare confront it head-on. If Da Bao had not carried him away, he would already be dead.

Only after it had expended all its water did the White Dragon Fish finally stop.

Perhaps because it had emptied its water reserves, its body shrank by more than half, leaving it only five meters long. Its skin sagged, and its weight plummeted as well.

After glaring hatefully at Chu Danqing for three seconds, it abruptly turned and fled.

Da Bao stopped as well, looking somewhat hesitant.

"Forget about me. Kill that evil thing first!" Chu Danqing saw Da Bao's hesitation and decisively made the choice for him.

Clearly, the White Dragon Fish's ability to maintain peak combat strength was tied to the amount of water in its body.

Having used its ultimate move in anger after being wounded and emptied its internal water reserves, the White Dragon Fish was at its weakest.

With those words, Da Bao no longer hesitated. He turned back to pursue and kill the White Dragon Fish.

"Hope it works," Chu Danqing muttered sincerely, then looked around with vigilance.

There seemed to be some sort of sound in the forest. It was not the White Dragon Fish, but something else.

Yet it was night. Even with the moonlight shining down, he could not effectively make out his surroundings. He could only grip the broadsword tightly, his expression grave.

The wind howled past. Only then did Chu Danqing notice something moving through the mountains on the rear slope not far away, faintly visible in the moonlight.

That thing seemed to notice Chu Danqing's gaze and suddenly accelerated toward him.

The distance between them visibly closed until it vanished after entering Chu Danqing's blind spot.

"This is bad!" Chu Danqing's heart sank.

He had seen the Village Guardian and the White Dragon Fish, two of Xianghua Village's Three Sights. Then the strange thing on the rear mountain had to be connected to Fallen Blossom Cave.

It was trying to stick its hand into the muddy waters and fish for profit.

The rustling grew louder. A black shadow darted out, and Chu Danqing thrust out his broadsword.

"It's me, Little Chu." The shadow spoke. It was Da Bao, carrying the corpse of the White Dragon Fish Offspring. "That evil thing was too slippery. It got away."

"The evil thing in the water is very powerful. I could only blind its other eye."

As he spoke, Da Bao tossed the White Dragon Fish Offspring's corpse onto the ground, his gaze turning toward the rear mountain.

"Black Hollow came too. I came back to protect you first." Da Bao could have continued chasing; he knew where the White Dragon Fish's nest was.

But in the water, he had keenly sensed that Fallen Blossom Cave on the rear mountain had come with ill intent. If he did not return, Chu Danqing would be dragged away and eaten.

The rustling sounds rose again from the woods, but Chu Danqing could not make out what was making them.

"Get lost, or I'll beat you all to death!" Da Bao roared viciously, his expression utterly feral as a scalp-numbing aura faintly emanated from him.

This was completely different from how he had treated Chu Danqing, the villagers, and everyone else.

The rustling sounded again, carrying a distinct rhythm, as though it were communicating with Da Bao.

"No. Little Chu is a guest of our village. We will never hand him over to you."

"If you're not afraid of death, then come and try." Da Bao's voice grew even louder, making even Chu Danqing, standing beside him, feel a flicker of dread.

Against Fallen Blossom Cave, one of the Three Sights, this Village Guardian, Da Bao, seemed to have some means of restraining it?

Faced with Da Bao's unwavering stance, the rustling in the forest began to retreat toward the rear mountain.

But this matter would not be settled so easily.