Tie Zhu did not even bother chasing. Looking utterly disdainful, he raised his head and snorted. "Tch, a scrawny little bug. What's he running for? That corpse stink alone puts me off my food. He definitely wouldn't taste as good as me."
Jiang Chen said, "After him."
Whoosh!
A gigantic black shadow swept through the water. Several orcas hurriedly turned around at the sight, cursing as they fled into the distance.
"Dad, why are we chasing this thing?"
Jiang Chen considered briefly. "Zhu, today your dad's going to teach you how to hunt in the wild."
"Hunt? I know how to do that!" Tie Zhu was clearly the hands-on type. No sooner had he spoken than he hissed and abruptly accelerated.
Within a few breaths, he was only a few hundred meters behind the man.
The man looked back and nearly lost his soul in fright. That enormous, gaping maw looked as though it would swallow him the very next instant.
"Ah! A monster!!"
He cursed his parents for not giving him another pair of legs, gulped down a bottle of thick medicine, and ran across the water even more desperately.
At that moment, Tie Zhu slowed down instead.
"Put a little pressure on the prey. Make it panic first and burn through its stamina."
"We'll slow down for now, save our strength, and follow its scent at our own pace."
His tail swayed as he glided leisurely forward. Even as the gap widened, he was in no hurry at all. Sure enough, a few minutes later, the Puppeteer ahead shuddered and slowed down.
Only then did Tie Zhu catch up again. He opened his mouth and spat out two water arrows.
Shhk! Shhk!
Blood splashed.
The Puppeteer cried out in pain and once again ran for his life.
"Even