bookpower Chapter 287: Yan Dog
Chapter 287: Yan Dog
In the icy cold river water, the Flood Dragon swam with a water monkey in its grasp.
Though the struggling water monkey was small and thin, it was extraordinarily tenacious.
Even with its body pierced through, it still tried to break free, frantically waving its limbs.
Feeling the dying struggles of the water monkey in its mouth, she made no extra movement, not deeming it necessary to waste her venom on this creature.
Despite its malicious nature, the water monkey could not even break through her scales. The only challenging aspect was the monkey’s extreme agility in the water, making it difficult to catch.
This time, seizing the opportunity as the water monkey attacked a human on the shore, she struck promptly and easily caught the creature.
As soon as she bit the malfeasant, its fate was sealed.
After returning to the riverbed with the water monkey, she happily chewed on her catch.
Amidst the crunching sounds of breaking bones, she easily ground the monkey to bits, ending its struggles.
Soon, the entire water monkey had been swallowed into her belly.
In comparison to her five-meter length, the water monkey was indeed very small.
The delicious and sweet monkey meat transformed into a mysterious energy, slowly melding into her body, and she could faintly sense the changes within herself.
Though these creatures were unsightly, they provided a great deal of mysterious energy.
After digesting the water monkey, she did not leave immediately but lay on the riverbed, waiting for quite a while.
But that person did not return.
Just like before, his arrival was abrupt and rough, his departure silent without any hint.
But this time, she felt at ease.
After the last time he left, and the sun had risen again following its setting, he had come back.
She roughly understood that the person would only come after a certain period of time had passed.
Each time, using her body to hunt, assisting in her growth.
Just days before, she was but a pitiful worm, nearly killed by humans.
Yet now, she had become a massive creature in this river, beyond the threat of humans.
Even when she revealed herself in front of humans, the group was so frightened that they dared not move.
Remembering the terrified expressions of those people on the bank moments ago, her body wriggled with delight, feeling a strange sense of accomplishment.
Back in the mountains, she had instinctively avoided the hunters.
After gaining intelligence, she still dared not get close to humans.
But now, there was no need to fear them anymore.
However, she also had no desire to prey on humans.
He soon discovered a sleeping Gui fish nestled in the aquatic plants within a shadowy gully.
Many of the monsters in the river were nocturnal, only active at night.
Li Muyang had roughly grasped the activity patterns of these monsters. He approached quietly, then suddenly launched an attack.
The Gui fish, concealed in the cracks between the water plants, was nearly indistinguishable from the foliage.
Strands of black threads wafted through the water, so fine they were almost invisible.
These were the "hair" of the Gui fish, which drifted with the water while it slept, sensing the movements around it.
If a large object approached disturbing the water, the sleeping Gui fish would awaken immediately.
However, controlled by Li Muyang, the water flowed as he advanced without disturbing any currents.
It wasn’t until he came within three meters of the Gui fish that a thin black "hair" touched his body, and only then did the sleeping fish startle awake and jerk into consciousness.
But it was too late.
The five-meter-long Flood Dragon twisted violently, accurately biting the weakest part of the rolling body of the Gui fish.
Venom pumped furiously into the body of the Gui fish,
The Bite Moon Flood Dragon, now at LV3 and larger in size, possessed an even more potent venom.
The Gui fish, taken by surprise, panicked and attempted to flee. But after only swimming out ten meters, its body stiffened and it floated up towards the surface.
Li Muyang lashed his body, crushing the body of the Gui fish with his tail, completely eliminating the last possibility of this thing faking death for a surprise attack. Only then did he open his mouth and bite into the body of the Gui fish, chewing it vigorously.
He chewed the delicate and sweet white flesh in his mouth, drifting with the current as he digested the Gui fish to acquire Experience Points, all the while looking for other prey.
It was puzzling how this river worked, with many villages and cities along its banks and endless sails plying its surface.
Yet the river harbored a myriad of monsters.
With so many monsters lurking in the river, weren’t the people onshore afraid? Wouldn’t they call upon Cultivators to slay them?
Or could it be... oh...
Li Muyang suddenly thought of something.
"So many monsters are lurking about, yet no Cultivators come to slay them..."
This couldn’t be the Tianyuan Dynasty, could it?
If it were the continent he resided in, under the governance of the Immortal and Demon paths, it would be impossible for so many monsters to coexist with mortals.
Monsters harming mortals meant harming the interests and tax revenues of the Cultivating Sects!
How could that be tolerated?
If this were the Tianyuan Dynasty, then everything would make sense.
As Li Muyang drifted down the river, searching for monsters in its depths, he occasionally approached the large ships on the surface and listened to the conversations of the people onboard, trying to determine the identity of this place.