"Pop." Accompanied by a crisp aquatic sound, that menacing baguette finally left the Water-Curtain Cave entirely.
Without its obstruction, that towering formidable weapon lay exposed under the cold moonlight.
It still maintained its heart-pounding, angry, engorged posture, its thick veins coiled and red as iron, carrying a wild and primitive fishy heat, showing not a shred of weakness from the battle just past.
Bai Qinchen did not rush to adjust his clothes, instead casually settling the boneless, mud-soft Mu Zimo against the thick pile of fallen leaves at his side.
Then, he turned his head to look at Lie Yan nearby.
"Lie Yan, my precious," Bai Qinchen stretched his body backward, leaning against the rough tree trunk, and reached out a finger to point at his still-spirited baguette, saying, "Can you help me? Look, it's still hungry."
Lie Yan had originally wanted to look away, but that voice seemed to possess magic, drawing her to subconsciously follow the direction of his finger.
With just a single glance, Lie Yan's breath hitched violently, and her heart felt as though it had skipped a beat.
Too big...
Through the desolate moonlight, that baguette resembled a formidable weapon that had just gorged on fresh blood, standing erect in a terrifying and gruesome manner, radiating an oppressive weight and heat capable of inducing suffocation.
Its exaggerated size and ferocious form bore no resemblance to what a human should possess, looking simply like a beast poised to devour someone.
Lie Yan felt her scalp tingle, a wave of coldness surging straight up her spine to the crown of her head, and her legs even grew somewhat weak.
She subconsciously turned her head, casting a glance at Mu Zimo beside her, whose face was flushed, eyes tightly shut, and who had completely passed out, the shock