Chapter 125: Chapter 125

Between the two long whiskers, a long black waterline emerged, and William was stunned: this was what had swum past the edge of the boat earlier.

Dozens of sickle crab legs slashed towards the black waterline.

Little Loach, holding back a great anger, whipped his tail out of the water and yanked forcefully with both whiskers. With a bang, his tail slammed heavily into the center of the water monster’s body, while the two whiskers pulled in opposite directions.

Under the influence of three enormous forces, the water monster suddenly bent into a bow shape. Its six huge mouths at the back, which were about to spray water, also spewed out a splash of water along with undigested food remains.

Little Loach got fierce, quickly pulling with both whiskers. With a crisp sound, the whiskers acted like sharp blades, cutting the monster’s body into three sections!

Just when Little Loach was about to catch up to the shadow, an ugly monster suddenly emerged, blocking the space between him and the black shadow! By the time Little Loach circled back, the shadow had disappeared.

Although he didn’t see exactly what it was, Little Loach trusted his nose: that thing must be the most amazing delicacy among the scoundrels of the river.

Moreover, Little Loach firmly believed that eating that thing would bring great benefits to himself.

Damn it! Little Loach vented all his anger on the ugly monster that suddenly appeared.

Although the water monster was cut into three sections, it didn’t die. Instead, it turned into three water monsters, attacking Little Loach together! In the river, Little Loach demonstrated his true ferocity for the first time. As he twisted his body, it seemed like the entire river was responding to his movements, with roaring water currents and towering waves.

The water monsters discovered that they were constantly being separated by the waves and were unable to get close to their opponent!

Little Loach dived to the bottom of the water and then quickly rushed up, moving so fast that the water monsters had no time to react, flashing like lightning in the water.

Little Loach suddenly appeared next to the largest part of the three-sectioned monster, opening a terrifyingly huge mouth, as if he could swallow the entire world!

The monster’s six serrated mouths were already terrifying, but compared to Little Loach’s, they were just six small air holes.

The water monster couldn’t understand: how could this fellow, who was not as big as itself, have such a terrifying mouth?

Crack! Little Loach swallowed half of the water monster in one bite, biting it off viciously. Then, swaying his tail, he gobbled it up along the way.

Crack, crack, crack—After three bites, there was only one section left of the three-sectioned monster...

Terrified, the water monster wanted to escape, but two whiskers rolled over, entangling it tightly. Little Loach was much faster than the monster, rushing forward and biting again with a crack!

From then on, this water monster was no longer in the river.

Little Loach, still not satisfied, roared while howling in the water, with his two whiskers slapping the water’s surface furiously. After releasing his temper, he slowly sank to the bottom of the water.

Finally, the river surface gradually calmed down. Not only William’s cargo ship but the entire fleet of armored ships at Yukou Town’s dock were scared to hide on the shore, and even a few ships ran aground.

They made a living on the river and had seen various fierce creatures, but the battle just now exceeded their knowledge.

After a while, an old helmsman tremblingly said, "That was...Blind Yaksha..."

The others reacted, "Yes, that’s right, it’s Blind Yaksha! Last month, I saw it with my own eyes at Susan Beach, crushing an armored ship over ten meters long!"

"Why did this monster suddenly appear here today..."

"That was close, thank goodness it was killed. Otherwise, if it stayed here, our Yukou Town dock would be ruined."

Blind Yaksha was that water monster, infamous hundreds of miles downstream. In recent years, it had sunk more than a dozen cargo ships, and even a few iron-clad fishing boats with arrays set up to hunt it had become its prey, their corpses sinking to the riverbed!

Only William, full of gratitude, stood by the ship’s railing, staring intently into the river water, trying to find a trace of their benefactor.

His helmsman, still in shock, said, "The one that killed Blind Yaksha was so strong. Blind Yaksha, a powerful monster, became a delicious meal within a few rounds in its mouth..."

Regretfully sighing at not finding his benefactor, William said, "If only this one could always protect our ship, how wonderful would that be."

Little Loach had already left, and the dead monster tasted much worse than that black shadow.

He smacked his lips, revealing an unhappy expression: It’s still a Tier-2 Demon Beast—although it’s just a little bit short of being Tier-3.

I’m at the stage where I’m growing, and eating this low-nutrient Tier-2 garbage all day will affect my development! The problem is that although this damn thing is only Tier-2, it’s so big that Little Loach still got full.

The feeling was like having prepared a delicious fish fin or bird’s nest meal, only to be stuffed full with a large bowl of porridge.

Owen Bertram had completed about half of the modifications to the Mechanical Dao Soldiers. They could already move normally, and now it was time for a series of upgrades.

The troublesome part was that the sabre was also broken, so he needed to refine a main battle magical instrument for the Mechanical Dao Soldiers.

But Owen Bertram didn’t have suitable refining diagrams at hand.

After meeting with his brother by the riverside, Little Loach clung to his elder brother, whining about his grievances. He almost got to eat that thing. It was all because of that Tier-2 trash.

Owen Bertram kept shaking his head: Look, after eating a Tier-2, there’s no reciprocation at all!

He lectured his brother, "Although I didn’t go with you, I can conclude that the original cave where the thing was located must have something extraordinary. That thing will definitely go back there."

"You can wait there and catch it."

Little Loach’s eyes lit up, and he immediately tossed away his elder brother, preparing to jump back into the river.

Owen Bertram caught him by the tail with two fingers, pulled him back, and stuffed him into the Wooden Bottle. "We’ll talk about it tomorrow. That thing isn’t stupid. It won’t go back today."

In the Taoist temple, Verna had already cooked, still using the large cracked pot.

Owen Bertram had once worried that it was unclean, having cooked monster fragments in it before, but Verna insisted on using this pot.

After dinner, Master Basil and Uncle came to find Owen Bertram.

"Robert, what are your plans for the future?" Uncle asked him. Owen Bertram knew that they were not genuinely here to ask about his plans, but to seek his opinion.

"What about you, Uncle? The county wants everyone to continue collecting pearls, but the conditions should be much better than before."

Extinct Village’s surroundings produced the kind of pearls that could be used as Spirit Jade. Strangely enough, once they left Extinct Village’s range, and without its Cold Poison, the pearls in other places did not have this property.

Uncle and the others had actually already made their decision: "We don’t want to go back, but how should we live our lives hereafter?"

The people of Extinct Village generally didn’t live past three years, and Owen Bertram and his sister were the exceptions.

Master Basil and the others didn’t have much time left.