Ambush the Armored Beast!
The surrounding area is covered with lush aquatic plants, but there is a missing section in front of us, and there are no piles of rocks, so there is obviously a problem and it is not a natural formation.
Liang Qu, hiding among the water plants, asked the two beasts, "Did you find this place?"
A Fei nodded.
A Bu gestured vigorously with his claws, indicating that the other was as long as Fat Catfish, but wider, with a thick shell on its back.
The Liang Qu encircles a large mud pit with a diameter of ten meters, and the situation is almost identical to what A Bu said.
It is long and narrow, without limbs, has a tail, and its back is covered with thick armor that looks like raised spikes. It also has a long snout.
At first glance, it looks like Crocodile without limbs, Water Beast I've never seen before, but it has a strong sense of déjà vu.
Judging from its aura, it is slightly stronger than someone Cannot Move, but not by much; it should be an older, more powerful Spirit Monster.
"That should be enough to deal with it," Liang Qu pondered to himself.
Aside from many common Spirit Monster, most Spirit Monster cannot be identified by obvious characteristics to determine their strength.
There's no other reason than that there are too many kinds.
Each type of Spirit Monster has completely different characteristics, making it impossible to summarize them based on their appearance alone.
To really summarize it, just studying it would be exhausting; you'd have to memorize it volume by volume.
Blindly applying the formula won't work; we can only judge based on the intensity of the aura.
The Hunting Tiger Martial Master made no attempt to conceal his immense power, unleashing his full aura, enough to terrify ordinary people with weaker constitutions into fainting on the spot.
Lacking a complete and developed social organization, the Great Demon, unlike humans, cannot develop a wide variety of techniques to achieve countless magical effects. Even if they do manage to do some, they are incredibly crude.
Unless it's a truly powerful Great Demon with exceptionally high intelligence, one can often tell whether someone is strong or weak simply by feeling.
Based on this, those whose aura strength is similar to or less than that of the Wolf Smoke Martial Master are called Spirit Monster.
These creatures are distinct from ordinary creatures, possessing some unusual characteristics: their scales are as hard as steel, their strength is greatly increased, and their speed is incredibly fast. The Jiaomu Crocodile, Tiger-Head Catfish, Stone Turtle Crab, and Heavenly Water Centipede are all among the Spirit Monster, quite different from ordinary creatures.
If something is stronger than Spirit Monster, it can be called a demon. The appearance of one of these demons can wreak havoc on a county. If it is Great Demon, the imperial court has to intervene.
Fortunately, Great Demon often have their own territories and disdain eating ordinary people. To them, ordinary people are just unnutritious coarse grains wrapped in troublesome packaging paper, making them even more unpalatable.
What's interesting is that Little Spirit Monster aren't necessarily stronger than ordinary creatures.
The Jianghuai Marshlands are home not only to the Taihua Crocodile, but also to other Giant Crocodile. They are neither supernatural nor strange, but can grow up to five meters long and weigh over two thousand kilograms. They can easily capsize small boats and devour fishermen.
Even Giant Crocodile as large as this might not necessarily be at a disadvantage when it encounters a grass carp that has become sentient.
Liang Qu learned a lot at the Martial Arts School school, including how to judge the intensity of one's aura.
Several senior brothers had shown him the differences in aura between their different realms, especially the Wolf Smoke Realm starting with the third senior brother, True Qi terrifying and left a deep impression.
In a couple of days, Liang Qu will also need to learn how to conceal his aura fluctuations so that no one can tell at a glance.
"Awei, sneak over and bite it, preferably on its belly, where it's not armored."
Liang Qu gave the order, and the Heavenly Water Centipede stretched out, transforming into a Centipede Blue Centipede, and burrowed into the silt.
A small bump appeared in the mud, extended a short distance, and then disappeared.
Liang Qu and the three beasts lay quietly hidden in the grass. Half an hour later, a huge bulge suddenly appeared on the flat muddy ground.
"We succeeded!"
The muddy water poured down like quicksand.
A six-meter-long, armored beast was pulled from the mud, its ferocious movements causing sand and dust to surge and engulf the surrounding area.
It swung its long tail, angrily lashing the mud, causing the earth to tremble like waves, turning the entire swamp into a resilient drum.
A basketball bounced out of the mud and sand, leaving white streaks in its wake.
The wound inflicted by the Heavenly Water Centipede was excruciatingly painful. The armored Water Beast stared intently at the ejected blue ball and shot it out, stirring up a torrent of water that surged like a tsunami.
The basketball changed shape in the water, transforming into a centipede and quickly swimming back to Liang Qu's wrist.
Liang Qu grabbed the Heavenly Water Centipede, and the water barrier behind him suddenly disappeared. An invisible force surged forth, and he leaped three zhang away.
The Armored Beast missed its target and plunged headfirst into the mud and sand.
It frantically tore at the water plants, its massive body churning the water and smashing through the rocks, just as it was about to burst forth again. A piercing shockwave entered its mind, stirring its brain like a sharp blade.
The excruciating pain made the Armored Beast's eyes turn bloodshot, and it didn't notice the strange movement beside it at all.
A blue beast burst out of the grass, its steel-like scales slamming into the Armored Beast's waist and abdomen.
"Cannot Move" had been lying in wait for a long time. Its huge body moved left and right, using the water force to hold back the Armored Beast as it rushed out like an arrow, breaking it in half.
The Armored Beast turned its head to bite back, but a sharp pain shot through its tail.
The Fat Catfish bit down hard on the Armored Beast's tail, its sharp teeth tearing at flesh and blood, spurting out blood. Using the Armored Beast's momentum from the impact, it swung its head and ripped off a third of its tail.
With its severed tail thrashing in the water, the Armored Beast went berserk, turning its head to bite the "Cannot Move" neck.
Not to be outdone, "Cannot Move" also bit into the Armored Beast, and the two began a tug-of-war.
The spikes on the Armored Beast's back pierced its "Cannot Move" snout, but it was in just as much pain. The immense force squeezed its bones, producing a fragile cracking sound. It tried to tear off the flesh, but its body felt weak and powerless.
The venom has taken effect! The time has come; Cannot Move and must lift the Armored Beast with all our might.
The Armored Beast struggled violently, its long tail whipping across the water plants, slicing them off cleanly like a sickle.
The Fat Catfish opened its mouth wide, and an invisible wave once again pierced the Armored Beast's brain like a sharp knife, causing it immense pain.
Liang Qu darted beneath him, his forearm muscles taut like steel ropes, delivering Fubo.
The spear blade sliced through the water, flowing and invisible, piercing through the soft abdomen.
With one hand gripping the pole and the other pressing it down, Liang Qu twisted his waist and spun around, his spear sweeping across the huge semicircle, slicing open the white belly and leaving a deep bloodstain.
Blood spurted out and spilled into the water, along with large pieces of internal organs protruding from the wound.
A devastating blow beyond saving! "Retreat!"
Liang Qu dodged again.
A Bu, A Fei followed closely behind, along with a Fist hiding in the grass. The man and the three beasts retreated six zhang away.
The Armored Beast's eyes rolled back, and it completely lost consciousness. It twitched instinctively for a moment, and then stopped moving.
Liang Qu slowly approached, holding a long spear, and thrust it into the Armored Beast's pupil, piercing through its entire brain without any struggle.
It's done.
That's too easy.
Compared to the perilous first encounter with the Crab Monster, this time no one or any beast was injured.
No, A Bu injured. When it bit, its muzzle was wounded by the spikes on the Armored Beast's back, and it bled a lot.
Overall, it was a resounding victory! "Let's go, take them up there, let's eat meat!"
Liang Qu used the Water Leap three times in a row, which greatly exhausted him. He then had the two beasts carry the Armored Beast to the surface.
A Bu, A Fei used his head to brace against the Armored Beast, flipping it over to prevent its internal organs from falling out. Then, together they pushed the Armored Beast out of the water.
Among the water plants, he swung his Fist around for a while, successfully found a severed tail, clamped it with his pincers, and followed closely behind the two beasts.