As Demon Gu burst out of the water, Li Yingqiong and the other two women, along with the Water Kirin and the other two beasts, followed close behind. They reached the lake's surface and surrounded it in a three-point formation.
Seeing there was no escape, Demon Gu pointed a foreclaw at Hao Shuai and let out a series of strange cries, harsh and chittering. They sounded almost like human speech, but not quite.
Though Hao Shuai couldn't understand beast language, he could roughly make out Demon Gu's meaning through their Divine Thoughts: "He wanted Hao Shuai to let him take Yu Ding and return to the sea among the clouds. In exchange, Demon Gu promised not to harm anyone with even a drop of water, nor take the opportunity to stir up storms."
Let it go?!
What a joke!!
Why had Hao Shuai traveled all the way to Mount Yan Dang?
Wasn't it because he wanted Yu's ancient cauldron and the merit for vanquishing demons?!
And now Demon Gu was asking to leave with Yu Ding~~
As if!
Hao Shuai couldn't even be bothered to answer. He simply waved for Li Yingqiong and the other two women to keep ganging up on Demon Gu.
At Hao Shuai's signal, the three women immediately formed hand seals and controlled their swords. Three dazzling sword beams transformed into sword arcs over ten meters long, streaking through the air toward Demon Gu.
When Demon Gu saw the flying swords coming, he remained unhurried. One lone claw rested before his chest, holding aloft an object about two feet across, shaped like a cauldron but not quite one. Golden light blazed from it, and delicate music poured out.
Immediately afterward, countless monsters of all sizes flew out of the cauldron. Some were as large as ten