The Cursed Energy around it suddenly surged. Its already enormous body swelled further, its scales darkened until they were almost black, and the wound on its belly actually began healing at a visible rate.
Its scarlet eyes remained fixed on the two of them as a muffled roar rumbled in its throat. Waves several meters high crashed toward them along the shore, one after another.
Satoru Gojo raised an eyebrow, clearly having no patience for slowly wearing down a rampaging Cursed Spirit.
He lifted his fingertips slightly, and a purple-black glow of Cursed Energy gathered between his fingers. Hollow Purple's destructive power had already begun stirring the surrounding air.
He plainly intended to blast the Henggong Fish and its core to pieces in a single shot.
"Let's keep this simple. One shot and it's done."
"Don't!"
Qingxiao reacted quickly, sharply shouting for him to stop as he turned sideways and reached out to pin down his wrist.
His head ached. This guy always chose whatever was easiest, without any regard for the consequences.
"Come on, man, this is a reservoir! Fire off a Purple, and you'll blast a hole right through the dam! There are several villages and towns downstream. They'll all be flooded!"
Satoru Gojo pursed his lips and reluctantly dispersed the purple-black Cursed Energy at his fingertips, though he still talked back:
"Yeah, yeah, I know. You're here keeping an eye on me, aren't you?"
He had barely finished speaking when the Henggong Fish used the waves as cover, lashed its tail, and plunged into deep water, vanishing in an instant.
The currents throughout the reservoir churned along with it, stirring up mud from the bottom mixed with sand and stones.
The surface instantly became so murky that it obscured their vision, and the underwater whirlpools grew several