Chapter 44

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Chapter 44 [VIP]

The underwater Spicy Clam looks a bit like a silver coin hidden among seaweed and pebbles.

Xie Juanhan would rummage through the water plants and pebbles, often having to search several places before finding a single Spicy Clam.

Therefore, he felt an even greater sense of accomplishment with each one he found.

Xie Juanhan was intently turning over the water plants.

As he turned over another patch of water plants, a flash of silver light appeared within them.

A large fish lunged out and snapped at his finger.

Inside the fish's mouth, its gleaming white teeth shone coldly; if an ordinary creature were bitten, it would definitely lose a chunk of flesh.

Xie Juanhan didn't even change his movements; he shot out a burst of cold air that instantly froze the fish's mouth and the water inside.

The fish's mouth was sealed with a piece of translucent ice, as if it were stuffed with a gag.

It didn't even hesitate, and still bit down hard.

The ice cube shattered as he bit into it, his two rows of teeth clanging together violently.

It broke too.

Xie Juanhan: "..."

Xie Juanhan caught the unfortunate fish underwater and tossed it onto the riverbank.

The silvery fish thrashed about on the grass, trying to jump into the river.

Xie Juanhan went ashore.

The fish were jumping around in the grass.

It's quite funny.

He had just come out of the water and hadn't even had time to evaporate the moisture from his body.

Water droplets clung to his eyebrows and the corners of his eyes, making his fair skin appear even cleaner and more translucent.

Telingewei stood beside him, not looking at the fish, but only at him.

Until Peryton also came to join the fun.

Such a large head was crammed between them, and it was still panting heavily.

Telingewei glanced over, a wisp of Dragon Flame clutched in his hand, and suddenly had the urge to shave Peryton's hair.

Use fire to shave.

Peryton had already spotted the fish clearly and shouted in Xie Juanhan's ear, "Awooo!"

The loud voice boomed in Xie Juanhan's ears.

He dodged to the side and reached out to push Peryton's head. "You're braying like a donkey."

Telingewei smiled slightly.

Peryton didn't understand, but looking at the fish on the ground, he exclaimed excitedly, "Awooo!"

Xie Juanhan picked up a fish from the grass and held it up to Peryton: "Do you recognize this kind of fish?"

Peryton: "Hmph!"

When Xie Juanhan picked up the fish, he noticed a fleshy tendril growing from behind its fin.

A fleshy sac hangs from below the fleshy tendrils.

He reached out and touched it, discovering that it contained Magic Power.

He reached out and squeezed.

A teardrop-shaped, hard object was squeezed out and landed in his palm.

"Demonic Core?" Xie Juanhan looked at the Demonic Core in his hand in surprise. "It seems to be at level two. And its Demonic Core isn't even located in its heart?"

Telingewei looked at Xie Juanhan's hand and affirmed, "Level two. This is the underwater Inner World, quite different from our original space, so it's normal that the Demonic Core are different."

Xie Juanhan glanced at the fish and muttered, "The difference isn't that big; they're both edible anyway."

They've already caught them.

Xie Juanhan casually froze the fish, then took out a cloth bag and stuffed the fish into it.

We'll take them back together later.

Peryton nuzzled his head against Xie Juanhan's neck, his eyes darting around, and nuzzled Xie Juanhan's back with his head. "Aww."

Xie Juanhan put a little distance between them and looked back at it. "What's wrong?"

Peryton gestured with his head towards his back, indicating that Xie Juanhan should sit on it. "Aww."

Xie Juanhan: "You want to take us somewhere?"

Peryton nodded vigorously. "Aww!"

Xie Juanhan rolled over and climbed onto Peryton's back, his heart filled with curiosity.

Telingewei was about to sit down behind Xie Juanhan.

Peryton opened his mouth wide, as if to grab Telingewei's collar by the back, seemingly intending to fly away with it.

Telingewei, expressionless, punched it on the head, making it shrink back.

"Ang ang ang!!!"

Peryton roared angrily in an instant.

Telingewei ignored it, nimbly turned over, and sat down behind Xie Juanhan.

Xie Juanhan reached out and touched Peryton's neck. "Alright, let's go. What do you want to see?"

Peryton's attention was instantly diverted, and he turned to nuzzle Xie Juanhan, "Aww."

Peryton carried them up and flew downstream along the river.

Xie Juanhan noticed that the lighting in this underwater world remained unchanged.

They've been there so long, and it's still bright daytime.

The light was so bright that they could see quite far in mid-air, but only along the river.

It flew for quite a while.

As it flew to another bend in the river, Peryton swooped down.

It landed on the riverbank, gave a shake that flipped Telingewei off, and gently shielded Xie Juanhan with its wings, letting him slide down.

Once Xie Juanhan had regained his footing.

Without hesitation, it lunged into the river bend and jumped into the water.

The water in this bend is significantly deeper than the water in front, at least five meters deeper.

The huge Peryton plunged into the water and sank straight to the bottom, creating a huge splash.

Xie Juanhan knew there must be something in the water.

He stared intently at the water and soon spotted a group of large fish.

Peryton swam around underwater, attracting a large school of fish.

They were all silvery-white fish with sharp teeth.

These ferocious fish opened their mouths wide and kept chasing it, trying to tear flesh off its body.

"Awooo!"

"Roar--"

Peryton suddenly leaped out of the water, jumping very high.

At the same time, a large group of fish leaped out of the water.

Several fish simultaneously bit into Peryton's tail and wingtips.

Like it was wearing tail clips and wing clips, Peryton landed awkwardly on the shore with a clattering sound.

The other fish missed their bites and fell back into the water.

"Awooo!" Peryton suddenly rushed to Xie Juanhan's side and let out a series of wild cries.

"Right away!" Xie Juanhan was stunned by its actions and quickly released his cold air to freeze the fish on its body. He also helped remove the fish that was biting it and refusing to let go.

Xie Juanhan checked the tips of its wings and tail. "Did it get bitten?"

"It has thick skin and long fur, it'll be fine," Telingewei said from the side.

Peryton immediately raised its wings to show Xie Juanhan the scratches on its skin. "Aww!"

Xie Juanhan glanced at it, then channeled some of his Dragon Power into it. "It bit through the skin, huh? That fish is really fierce."

Peryton's cry was nasal, "Eek."

Then, it snorted loudly and stomped on the frozen fish with its hooves, "Ouch!"

Upon seeing them, the fish in the river did not scatter at all; instead, they gathered on the bank, watching them intently.

It's like they're ready to jump up and bite them at any moment.

Xie Juanhan patted Peryton's neck with one hand to soothe it, and snapped his fingers with the other.

A chill shot out.

Half of the fish in the river were instantly frozen.

The rock-hard ice fish sank to the bottom of the water, and in the blink of an eye, the school of fish thinned out considerably.

Startled, the fish twitched their tails and swam away abruptly.

It vanished completely in the blink of an eye.

Peryton stared at the frozen fish that had sunk to the bottom of the river, his expression filled with pleasure. "Roar!"

The fish at the bottom of the river were frozen as hard as rocks.

He and Telingewei took the cloth bags and dived down to collect them, and soon they had filled most of the bags.

After they finished picking up the fish, Peryton Xie Juanhan with his head, gesturing for him to get on his back.

Seeing its high spirits Xie Juanhan asked, "Where are we going next? To catch more fish? You're not planning to beat up all those old nemesis fish today, are you?"

Peryton raised his chin high. "Ah!"

As it spoke, it glanced at Telingewei, then tried to nuzzle Xie Juanhan with its head, whining in a low, coquettish voice, "Eek."

Telingewei grabbed its ear to stop it from barking. "Shut up properly, what are you doing?"

Peryton felt a tightness in his scalp from being pulled and immediately turned to Xie Juanhan to complain.

Xie Juanhan took a step back and laughed, "Yes, we dragons only allow dragons to touch."

Telingewei's ears turned slightly red.

He released his grip, ignoring Peryton's braying, and said, "Will you lead the way or not? If you will, hurry up."

Peryton quickly gestured for Xie Juanhan to sit on its back. "Aww."

Xie Juanhan didn't know how many times Peryton and his group had visited this underwater world.

This guy is clearly very familiar with the underwater world.

It led Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to catch several groups of fish.

Because he personally took on the important task of luring the fish.

After it had killed all the fish it knew, it had several teeth marks on its rump and wingtips.

Having confirmed there were no more fish to catch, Xie Juanhan said to Peryton, "Let's stop here for today. Thanks for your hard work."

Peryton stood tall and proud in front of Xie Juanhan: "Aww."

Xie Juanhan said, "Thanks to you today, we've teamed up to fish. We'll divide the fish into three portions: one for you, one for me, and one for Telingewei."

Peryton glanced at Telingewei.

Telingewei looked at it expressionlessly, but his fists, hanging at his sides, seemed quite large.

Peryton shrank his neck and grunted at Xie Juanhan in a low voice, indicating that he could.

Xie Juanhan: "Then let's divide the fish."

Xie Juanhan poured out all the fish, placed three bags on the ground, and put one fish in each bag, taking turns putting them in.

Dividing the fish into individual portions like this ensures a fair distribution in terms of both size and quantity.

They caught six groups of fish in total, filling three large bags.

Telingewei looked at Xie Juanhan.

Xie Juanhan asked with his eyes: What's wrong?

Telingewei shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

He only noticed that when Xie Juanhan was fishing, he would only kill half of each group of fish, never completely catching them.