Cyan light reflected off the ceiling of the Stone Cave, as though colorful gems had been embedded there, yet Liang Qu paid no attention at all to the deadly crisis hidden among those gems.
Too concealed, too swift.
The attacker blended into the surroundings, its attack momentum as swift as lightning. He caught only a blurry light shadow from the corner of his eye.
Then Liang Qu felt a weight on his shoulder. Another black shadow shot out, crashing head-on into the attacker and knocking it flying.
When he came back to his senses, Liang Qu discovered that Fist, which had always been perched on his shoulder, had vanished, leaving only six tiny footprints there.
He had not reacted, but Fist had!
Fist and the black shadow landed together, its carapace striking stone with a metallic clatter.
Seeing things had gone badly, the attacker waved its legs to flee. Fist, long prepared, leaped through the air, landed in front of the black shadow, and clamped one end of it with a giant pincer.
The black shadow curled up and opened its mouthparts, trying to bite back, only for its neck to be caught by Fist's other giant pincer.
Fist's strength completely crushed the attacker's. As its dual pincers spread open, the black shadow's entire body was forced straight. It struggled violently, its middle constantly rising, falling, and contracting, yet it could do nothing.
Having subdued the attacker, Fist scuttled quickly before Liang Qu on six legs, raising its dual claws high, as if presenting a treasure to the heavens.
Once he recovered, Liang Qu was drenched in cold sweat. That black shadow had truly given him a fright. Underwater danger was impossible to guard against.
Liang Qu had Fist move closer to the glowing vine. Crouching down, he discovered that