The golden shimmer of scales swept swiftly across the river, vanishing without a trace in almost the blink of an eye.
But the blood drifting up from the riverbed lingered on the divine river's surface for a long time.
The people of the alien races on the bank were already used to this sight. Those who had just climbed out of the divine river actually jumped back in.
"Aren't they afraid of those 'Jin Yao'?" Luo Zheng asked, watching the people of the alien races in the divine river.
The alien races in the Blazing Maple Forest all had powerful bodies, yet those "Jin Yao" could dismember them in an instant. They were truly terrifying.
The "Jin Yao" had only just left, yet these people were jumping back into the divine river. Their audacity knew no bounds.
"Squeak, Jin Yao never retrace their path. These little golden fish devour everything, traveling wave after wave from upstream to downstream. Once a wave of Jin Yao has passed, the divine river actually becomes much safer," the Heaven Defying Rat King explained.
Jin Yao devoured not only the living creatures on the banks; all manner of vicious creatures within the divine river also fell prey to them. Thus, every time Jin Yao passed through, the divine river became safer instead, and many people took the opportunity to enter the river and salvage things.
"Then shouldn't we seize this chance and hurry to rescue them?" Luo Zheng asked.
He had come to the Blazing Maple Forest to rescue the Eastern Emperor and Ying Lao. Since the two were trapped in the divine river, this was the perfect opportunity.
The Heaven Defying Rat King swept his soybean-sized eyes around, then let out a squeak. "I'll scout things out first!"
With that, he quietly approached the