Deep within the palace at the bottom of the lake.
Before Wang Baishun could react, he suddenly felt something cold against his neck, as though something sharp had been pressed against it.
His heart clenched. Looking closely, he saw a trident gleaming with cold light held firmly against his throat.
With just a little pressure, its sharp tip could easily pierce his skin and leave his blood splattered on the spot.
"Ah!"
The beautiful girl was clearly startled by this sudden turn of events as well. She let out a terrified scream that sounded especially piercing in the silent surroundings.
She had actually spat a man out of her mouth. Where was she supposed to go to make sense of that?
After a while, the beautiful girl stared in astonishment at the man she had spat out, still shaken, and stammered:
"Y-you... who are you? Why were you in my stomach? What are you plotting?"
Wang Baishun looked equally bewildered. He had no idea why he had ended up in the beautiful girl's stomach, so how could he possibly answer her questions?
Before he could figure out an explanation, however, the Crab Soldier behind him barked impatiently:
"You scoundrel, confess the truth at once!
Our princess is asking you a question!"
As he spoke, the Crab Soldier pressed his trident down a little farther. Its sharp tip had already pierced Wang Baishun's skin, and a trickle of blood ran down it.
Wang Baishun felt a sharp sting in his neck. His mind raced as he weighed the pros and cons.
He decided to give a full account of what had happened first, lest he suffer any more physical punishment.
"I was an unparalleled Heavenly Prodigy, unrivaled throughout the world, whose might towered over the ages."
Wang Baishun drew a