Ding Ding also froze for a long moment, then cried out happily, "Little Ninth, Little-"
The voice cut off abruptly.
When Dongfang Minghui looked over, Ding Ding had just been swallowed whole by the Nine-Headed Infant. For some unknown reason, the Nine-Headed Infant toppled stiffly to the ground, its unevenly heaving chest showing that it still had a breath left.
"Ding Ding's been swallowed again."
"Looks like it."
Ding Ding was furious too. Its first reaction after being swallowed was to make the Longevity Cauldron above its head grow taller and taller. With a splurt, it broke straight through one of the heads and flew out again, dripping wet. Looking rather aggrieved, it went to Dongfang Minghui to complain. "Little Ninth."
Dongfang Minghui caught a strange smell coming from Ding Ding and hurriedly stopped it from approaching. "Ding Ding, why did this nine-headed monster suddenly collapse?"
Ding Ding turned to look, its two shiny black eyes full of bewilderment. The Nine-Headed Infant was still hostile toward Ding Ding. Already on its last breath, it actually tried to struggle up from the ground upon seeing Ding Ding, its nine terrifying heads swaying as they tried to gather together.
Then it fell with a thud, shaking the ground again. Its whole body lay sprawled there, unable to rise.
Muttering something under its breath, Ding Ding actually flew back and slammed viciously into the Nine-Headed Infant. It avoided those nine listless heads and planted its bottom on the creature's body. A crack opened in the ground, which sank a little farther.
"Ding Ding, watch out for its teeth."
"Little Ninth, Ding Ding knows."
The little thing was remarkably capable. It tied all the Nine-Headed Infant's heads into a knot, then punched it hard several times. The former overlord of the No Return Mountain