Only when Xu Zhiqiu drew closer did she realize that the giant sea turtle was firing balls of light like cannon shells. Holding the little girl in one arm, she gripped her sword and cleaved through the blasts.
Hakudoshi had already charged in to fight, and the giant sea turtle concentrated its fire on him.
Xu Zhiqiu leaped to a safe spot on the shore, set the girl in her arms down, and looked toward Hakudoshi and the sea turtle.
Sensing the arrival of a powerful demon, the sea turtle, which had only exposed half its body, stretched out its long neck and lifted its head from the sea. Its red eyes surveyed the demon riding a demonic horse before it. At the sight of Hakudoshi's youthful face, the face embedded in the giant turtle's forehead showed contempt. "Heh, just a little demon."
Then it opened its mouth, gathered an even larger blast, and spat a shell straight at Hakudoshi.
Hakudoshi remained unruffled. Holding his long blade in one hand, he sliced the fireball apart, then sprang into the air. His body flashed forward, and before the giant sea turtle could fire again, he drove his blade into the face on its head.
The sea turtle writhed its neck in agony, trying to shake off the demon attacking it.
"Tch."
Hakudoshi pulled his blade free, raised it, and slashed straight down.
A crisp, decisive squelch rang out.
"Aah!" The face and the head around it split in two, thick blood spraying out. The sea turtle's entire body sank back into the sea, leaving the surface a fiery red.
Hakudoshi withdrew his long blade and leaped onto Entei's back. "Not the slightest challenge."
Entei carried his master back to shore.
With the sea turtle's death, the thick dark clouds gathered overhead