Seventy Chapters In, and the Female Lead Finally Appears

Hao Shuai was speechless. If those villains were going to run away, fine—but why waste time spouting nonsense and provoking people?

Weren't they worried that someone too stubborn to know better would chase after them?

Just like now: after Old Man Nian's taunts darkened their faces, Lu Xueqi and the other two were about to take off after him on their swords.

Fortunately, Hao Shuai stopped them with a shout. "Don't chase a cornered enemy! The Sea of Ruthlessness is below us. It's vast, and other demons lurk there too. In particular, the Black Water Mysterious Snake is still down there. If we go down rashly, we could be in danger."

"What? The Black Water Mysterious Snake is down there?" Zeng Shushu's face changed. He cried out and instinctively took several steps back, as if afraid the snake might suddenly spring out.

"Senior Brother Zeng, what's the Black Water Mysterious Snake?" asked Zhang Xiaofan, the good child who always asked when he didn't understand.

Lu Xueqi looked at Zeng Shushu too, wanting to know what could make Hao Shuai take it so seriously.

"The Black Water Mysterious Snake is an ancient demonic beast, ferocious beyond compare. It's recorded in Records of the Gods and Demons: Demonic Beasts: 'The Black Water Mysterious Snake is a giant serpent, black-bodied with a white belly and green eyes. Its body is over four zhang thick and over a hundred zhang long. It feeds on Immortal Medicine and never dies, living for more than ten thousand years. It dwells in the Western Great Marsh, though some say it lives in the sea.'" Zeng Shushu spoke slowly. "If the Black Water Mysterious Snake really is down there, the few of us probably wouldn't even make a mouthful."

"Oh—forgot to say, that doesn't include Senior Brother Hao!"