When Zhou Zixing and Qian Ying saw the Strange Beast leap into the lake, they stopped recovering their Xiantian power and remarked somewhat ruefully, "This Strange Beast is very adept in water. If we can't eliminate it and try to cross this lake on the rafts we made, it might emerge from the lake bottom to deal with us."
Just from the Strange Beast's posture when entering the water and its speed afterward, one could imagine what would happen if the entire group tried to cross the lake on rafts and the Strange Beast suddenly burst out of the lake to attack them.
For him and Qian Ying, it would be manageable. Even on the water, if they could not defeat the Strange Beast while standing on rafts, they could still evade it and safely reach the shore. But what about the others? Without him and Qian Ying stepping in, those Martial Artists were already weaker than the Strange Beast. If they were stuck in the lake, what could they do besides wait for death? Perhaps their weight would at least make the Strange Beast take longer to eat them?
It seemed Qian Ying's earlier proposal to cross the lake on rafts was not feasible.
Watching the Strange Beast enter the water and hearing Zhou Zixing's words, Qian Ying said nothing, but he knew Zhou Zixing was right. If they wanted to cross the lake, their target still had to be this Strange Beast.
"Forget it. It's a good deed that the Strange Beast returned to the lake. It gives the two of us time to recover properly. We'll talk about the rest after we've recovered," Qian Ying said to Zhou Zixing.
Zhou Zixing nodded, agreeing with Qian Ying.
The two stayed where they were and began meditating to restore