Like a fox, Wei Xun swiftly jumped to the side and pulled out his mountain knife. He instinctively slashed towards Yue Chenghua with all his might. Immediately, filthy and foul smelling blood dripped down like rain and dirty bird feathers flew around. However, Wei Xun could still hear the flapping sounds coming from above his head.
He listened to the flapping and judged the exact position where it came from. After that, he threw the corpse of the bird that had been speared with his knife into the sky, and took the opportunity to look up at the place where the flapping of wings was the loudest. He saw dozens of pitch-black giant eagles hovering above his head, totally unafraid of the flesh and blood of their same kind. Instead, the eagles were fighting with each other in mid-air. For a while, flesh, blood, and bird bones flew all around, and the eagle corpse was eaten up in the blink of an eye. Once they finished eating the eagle corpse, they frantically rushed towards Wei Xun again.
There was an eagle that was extremely huge in size, with a sharp beak and claws that looked like hooks and only short feathers on its long neck. When the other eagles besieged Wei Xun, it hid behind the group of eagles. After Wei Xun slashed two eagles in a row and his knife was stuck in one of the eagle corpses, it moved like a ghostly shadow as its sharp claws silently attacked the back of Wei Xunâs head!
âScreech!â
Wei Xun turned around instantly, but the giant eagle was too close at hand and the knife in his hand was stuck in another corpse, making it too late to launch a counterattack. At this critical juncture, Wei Xun suddenly roared like a wild beast. He grew large fangs, his eyes turned bluish-green and deep like a pair of fox eyes, and there seemed to be whirling vortices in the depths of his pupils. This caused the giant eagle to hesitate about whether it should fly toward him for a moment.
It was at this moment that Wei Xun threw down the mountain knife and grabbed the eagleâs long neck with both of his hands. One of his hands gripped the top of its neck while the other hand gripped the bottom. Then, he twisted its neck fiercely and happily, only to hear the sound of bones cracking. The neck of the giant eagle was like a flesh-colored water pipe as it twisted and drooped. The eagle twitched and seemed to struggle, but Wei Xun clasped its long neck with both hands and ripped hard, tearing its neck apart abruptly!
Blood spurted out, and the giant eagle was completely dead. The remaining eagles scattered in a hurry. In a blink of an eye, only a mess of black feathers and blood remained. Wei Xun threw the eagle corpse away casually, and his eyes returned to normal under the moonlight. Sharp beast-like nails had grown on Wei Xunâs pale hands. The tips of the nails were stained with blood, and the blood dripped down his pale fingers, looking ferocious and demonic.
For a moment, Wei Xun felt an urge to lick the blood, and the bloody scent seemed to be a delicious delicacy to him. But thinking of how much dirt this carrion-eating eagle had on his body, Wei Xun quietly lost all interest. He picked up the mountain knife, threw off the eagle corpse stuck on his knife, and split open the stomach of the giant eagle. Inside, he saw that it was full of scarlet flesh that squirmed like a roundworm.
In the evening, the eagles that had been attracted by the descendant of the eagle flutist had come to carry out the âsky burial.â
Wei Xun clearly didnât hear music from the eagle flute just now, so why had these eagles suddenly appeared and attacked him?
All this was related to the weird âsacrificeâ going on near Tangra Yumco.
Wei Xun looked towards the lake. His battle with the black eagles had only lasted a few minutes, but it was long enough for the black line that had appeared in the center of the lake to swim to the lakeside beside Yue Chenghua. Wei Xun saw that most of the creatureâs body had emerged from the lake. The black line that peeked out of the surface of the water was just its dorsal fin. A giant black and white fish was swimming in the lake!
It was actually not right to say that it was a fish, because it had four lizard-like shark claws under its belly that were also paddling. It was like the legendary Dragon God in the holy lake, and Yue Chenghua was sacrificed to the âDragon God.â Heâd first used the soil around the holy lake to âcleanâ his body, then washed his stomach with the water of the holy lake. Wei Xun had seen that his stomach was stuffed with fish.
When most of the creature, which Wei Xun was unclear if it was a fish or a lizard, had surfaced, the black and white patterns on its body were also clearly visible in the moonlight. At first glance, its skin was uneven. There were patterns on its skin like a mural. The black parts on its body looked like a strange-shaped devil, while the white parts looked like a fallen Buddha.
The fish shouldnât have been naturally born with such bizarre and clear patterns on its skin. Wei Xun felt that it was more likely that someone had carved them on the fishâs skin using special means. In fact, the skin of this giant fish should also be as hard as a monitor lizardâit should be thick. This was why the patterns on the skin could achieve such a striking effect.
Clouds swiftly moved across the night sky, and the falling moonlight flickered and dimmed. Wei Xun noticed that when the moonlight was bright, the giant fish hid in the lake. It would only appear when the moonlight had dimmed again.
The giant fish would only appear in the âblack Tangra Yumco,â so was it the key to the task?
However, there was no prompt that the side task had been completed. Wei Xun stared at the giant fish for a while, and did not receive any prompts such as observing resentment, etc. After pondering for a moment, he took the knife and walked straight to the lake.
The battle on Wei Xunâs side had not attracted the attention of the giant fish, and it was still hovering around Yue Chenghua. The waves caused by the fishâs huge body pushed Yue Chenghua to the shore, but the waves also submerged his face. He nearly suffocated and passed out. Thick clouds completely obscured the moonlight, and the surroundings became darker and darker.
âUwaââuwaâââ
At this moment, a baby-like cry suddenly sounded. It sounded even more eerie and frightening on a night like this, but when Wei Xun listened carefully, he found that it was actually coming from this strange fish! This reminded Wei Xun of the ghost babies. However, the fish was just screaming, and there was no ghostly resentment on its body. It stood to reason that the fish had no vocal cords, so it was impossible for it to make a sound. However, the shape of this strange fish was indeed dissimilar to that of normal fish. It made Wei Xun think of the Classic of Mountains and Seas: âThe mountain of LonghouâŠherein boundless water flows. And the water flows east, forming a river. In the waters, there are many mermaids, whose shapes are like a fish. They have four legs, and their wails sound like those of a baby.â
The cries were intermittent and eerie. The strange fish opened its mouth and began to devour Yue Chenghuaâs fingers. It was so huge, but its mouth was unexpectedly small, which made it unable to swallow Yue Chenghuaâs whole body. Wei Xun took advantage of the time while the fish was distracted with Yue Chenghua to observe it at a close distance. He found that it wasnât that the mouth of this strange fish was small, but that the left and right sides of its mouth seemed to be stuck with a strange gelatinous substance and could not be fully opened.
As it swallowed Yue Chenghua, the strange gelatinous substance melted slowly. It looked like the mouth of the strange fish was getting bigger and bigger. It could previously only swallow Yue Chenghuaâs hand, but it had now swallowed his arm. Such a terrifying form of torture could destroy oneâs mentality even more than being killed immediately.
Yue Chenghua lost control of his bladder. He was half-alive and seemed to be struggling, but he couldnât move no matter what he did, until he saw Wei Xun. At that moment, a crazy burst of light illuminated Yue Chenghuaâs eyes, like a dying person seeing his last hope. His tears flowed, but he was still under the control of an unknown force and unable to speak. He could only desperately use his eyes to express what he meant. But seeing that Wei Xun didnât move, the light in his eyes went out, and he completely lost all hope.
However, Wei Xun was very interested in Yue Chenghua.
He wanted to know who controlled this âsacrifice,â and how Yue Chenghua felt when he was controlled.
When the strange fish was about to swallow Yue Chenghuaâs head, Wei Xun took out a strong flashlight.
The strong light flashlight was really yyds. When the strong light was turned on, it could instantly blind the eyes of wild animals, including humans. Previously, when Wei Xun had frightened the leopard, he had turned on the weakest setting of this flashlight. This time, he directly turned on the strongest setting.
The strange fish, which was afraid of moonlight, saw light today. Once the snow-white beam of light shone on its face, it let out a sharp wail. It sounded as bleak as a babyâs cry. It instantly wanted to hide in the lakewater, but because it wanted to swallow the sacrifice, it was too close to the shore. It couldnât avoid the beam of light at all. Wei Xun heard a muffled sound coming from the strange fish. Then, Wei Xun felt that the situation was about to take a turn for the worse and dodged. The next moment, the monster started to vomit violently!
It should be more appropriate to say that it was vomiting rather than spraying something out. Yue Chenghua was directly splashed by the monster. The gelatinous substance had almost completely melted, and it could open half of its mouth and spit out a large quantity of foul-smelling black water, mixed with gray and white objects. The objects turned out to be corroded bones! Wei Xun firmly covered his nose, leaned backwards, and grasped his mountain knife as he strode forward. He dipped his knife in and hooked an object up. Then, he saw a grayish-white skull roll out of the black waters and fall to the ground.
It seemed that the bones spit out by the strange fish were not only animal bones. There were more human bones than animal bones. Wei Xun felt that somebody had been using human sacrifices to feed the fish!
This skull seemed to be engraved with strange text-like patterns, but it had been corroded and mottled. Wei Xun was about to take a closer look, but at this moment the black water in the mouth of the strange fish was flowing out at a slower rate. Wei Xun continued to shine the strong flashlight on it, but he saw the strange fish fleeing in a hurry, a thunderous sound rumbling in its abdomen.
Wei Xun directly let the flashlight shine into its mouth and he saw that there was a pitch-black human head hidden in the mouth of the strange fish!
The head of this person was looking upwards. When the flashlight shone inward, Wei Xun saw the personâs face. The head had an angry expression, the tips of the headâs eyes were long and narrow, and there was a tumor on its forehead. Something was smeared on half of the face. It looked ugly and terrifying, similar to the appearance of a corpse after it had been skinned, and was still trembling and squirming.
Wei Xun immediately thought of the jiangshis in Intoxicating Xiangxi, but it stood to reason that this tour should not have supernatural elements. He didnât know whether the thing in the fishâs stomach was a well-preserved embalmed corpse or an iron-stone statue. However, Wei Xun could see that it was stuck in the strange fishâs mouth at a position that was neither too high nor too low. Wei Xun knew that this was because the gelatinous substance on the mouth of the strange fish had not faded, which was why the head was stuck. But before the strange fish could open its mouth completely, Wei Xun had scared it so much that it vomited, causing the corpse to stay stuck in the fishâs stomach.
âItâs okay, Iâll help you open your mouth,â Wei Xun comforted.
He raised his knife and dropped the knife down, directly splitting the left corner of the strange fishâs mouth. A much more mournful howl was heard. The monster fish struggled desperately, like a dragon king making trouble in the sea, and the splashing water soaked Wei Xun all over. But after the fish opened its mouth, the pitch-black corpse slid out and exposed its head and half of its shoulders, much like a pregnant woman giving birth. Then, the corpse stopped sliding out.
Wei Xun took a closer look and found that there were chains that were as thick as an average personâs finger on the corpse, which strung it to the strange fish. To get the corpse out completely, Wei Xun felt that he would not only have to open the mouth of the strange fish, but he would also have to gouge a few pieces of flesh from the face of the fish.
But before Wei Xun could grab the knife and give the fish a âfree facial slimming,â the fish shrank back and a large pool of turbid water rolled forward. It turned out that its previous struggle had caused a hole to form in the silt on the lakeâs bank, and the water waves rolled in just in time to give the strange fish a chance to escape!
Previously, when the fish had been trapped ashore, Wei Xun could do whatever he wanted to it, but if the strange fish returned to the big lake, the situation of the two sides would reverse. However, the black corpse was still in the fishâs mouth, and the side task had not been completed yet. And since Wei Xunâs interest had been perked, how could he let go of this brilliant opportunity?
Just as Wei Xun excitedly started undressing to prepare to jump into the lake, the young fox howled shrilly, âThere are no water foxes!â Wei Xun saw that not far away, something was moving in the waters. A snow leopard swam across the lake with a freshly caught blue sheep in its mouth. The snow leopard was about to head ashore when the movement on the side of the lake attracted its attention.
As soon as it turned around, its eyes met with Wei Xunâs.
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The distressed dominant CEO snow leopard: You donât eat snakes; you donât eat two-legged beasts. Such a picky eater.
The very capable dominant CEO snow leopard: I came back from catching an blue sheep!
The shocked dominant CEO snow leopard: Iâm shocked! It turned out my wife loves to eat that!
Wei Xun: ???
Strange fish: Sob, sob, sob!
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