Chapter 1 The Gigantic Shadow

The water roared, and a huge shadow stirred.

Before Xiao Tan's cry could fade, the black, grotesque shadow "drilled" through the winding river channel and revealed its true form.

"This thing... is probably the 'sister' from 'The Juniper Tree'..." Feng Bujue quickly deduced upon seeing the monster's appearance.

Although the monster was the size of an elephant, its basic form was still that of a little girl, and her clothes were intact. However... this "little girl," like her "father" and "mother," had become hideous and terrifying.

"Jue-laoshi, what do we do?" The giant monster ahead undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Oubu, so he naturally asked Brother Jue for his opinion at the first opportunity.

"Simple..." Feng Bujue's response was calm and composed. He paused for half a second and said loudly, "Ruo Yu, Xiao Ling, turn back and meet the pursuers. Oubu, share your oxygen equipment with Xiao Tan and Buu so they can catch their breath. As for the monster ahead..." He released Oubu's arm. "...I'll deal with it."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone did as Brother Jue said... To his teammates, it seemed like the most natural thing in the world. No one questioned Feng Bujue's strategy, and no one thought he couldn't defeat the monster ahead.

"Xiao Ling, leave the pursuers to me. Just provide some cover from above," Ruo Yu immediately turned back in the air and said to Xiao Ling, who was closest to her.

"No problem," Xiao Ling responded, following close behind.

Their teamwork was also very smooth. Ruo Yu knew that the winding river terrain was not conducive to Xiao Ling's ranged attacks, so she simply took on the main offensive task. Anyway, for Ruo Yu... any terrain was the same.

"Buu, change to a floating state." On the other side, Oubu, who had fallen back into the water, immediately took out another set of breathing equipment from his bag and gave his own set to Buu, who was floating beside him. At the same time, he turned his head and shouted at Xiao Tan, "Hey! Xiao Tan-ge, come over here."

For Xiao Tan, who was already holding his breath until his face turned purple, Oubu's shout was like a life-saving straw. He rushed over without hesitation, grabbed the respirator, and started breathing.

"Huff... thanks..." After taking a few breaths, Xiao Tan said, "Ha... I... almost... ha... suffocated..."

"Ugh... I almost didn't make it either..." Buu, who had just connected to the breathing apparatus next to him, added, "Being dragged at high speed in a balloon state, and having to withstand force from two directions, I almost threw up..."

"Speaking of which... Jue-laoshi is really ridiculously strong..." Oubu then said, "Not only can he breathe in this black flower powder, temporarily repel pursuers (during those three minutes, Brother Jue had told his teammates that there were monsters chasing them from behind), and drag the four of us for several kilometers at high speed, but he still doesn't change his expression or heart rate..."

Buu also nodded and added, "And... after all this, he still looks like nothing happened and charged towards that monster all by himself..."

As they said this, they all subconsciously looked towards Brother Jue's side, and saw...

In that instant, Feng Bujue had already jumped high into the air, arrived above the monster, and taken out [Yi Da] to aim. This time, the ammunition he used was... a giant diamond he had scooped up from the bottom of the river.

Of course, "giant" was also relative. Compared to bricks, it was nothing, but compared to the cut diamonds commonly used in jewelry, this thing was definitely a behemoth. If you had such a diamond in the real world, you probably would have alarmed the government long ago...

"Monster! Eat my 'Diamond Starburst Shot'!" After aiming, Brother Jue pulled back the slingshot and shouted in a rather chuuni manner, launching the attack.

"Tch... imitating Monkey King's tone and making up move names on the spot..." Ruo Yu, who was dozens of meters away, couldn't help but mutter in a low voice when she heard Brother Jue's shout, "Does he really think he's cool?"

"Wow! So cool~" In the same second, Xiao Tan, Buu, and Oubu behind her all widened their eyes and exclaimed in amazement, their six eyes shining as they looked at the sky.

"Sigh..." Ruo Yu sighed helplessly, "Hopeless..."

Chi Ying—

At this moment, the sound of the diamond breaking through the air suddenly rang out, and the dazzling light was like a falling star.

"Ah—" The monster had just straightened up and roared when it was hit squarely by the "Diamond Starburst Shot."

Then, something incredibly disgusting happened...

The "cannonball" fired by [Yi Da], like a drill, went in from the "sister's" crown and began to sink while spinning at high speed...

The next second, blood, flesh, skin, bones, tendons, marrow... and many solid and liquid things that no one knew what they were, all gushed out from the monster... The scene was like a great white shark swallowing a propeller, even more so...

About eight seconds later, the "Diamond Starburst Shot" failed. The monster... naturally died, and died "gloriously." The area within a dozen meters around it was covered with a pasty, viscous layer of corpse fragments...

"I'll be damned... so strong..." Even Feng Bujue himself didn't expect this shot to be so powerful. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and used Moon Steps to climb higher when the first wave of brain matter spurted out, otherwise he would have been covered in corpse sludge.

"Hmm... as expected of Jue-laoshi, he even kills monsters with such depth..." After the monster's body sank into the water, Buu wiped the blood and flesh off his breathing mask and muttered.

"Hmm... as expected of Jue-laoshi, his moves are just a little bit more ruthless than ordinary people..." Oubu also slowly poked his head out of the water (he had cleverly dived into the water and held his head earlier) and added in a deep voice.

"Ah... so dirty..." Xiao Tan was more miserable. He was standing a little closer to the monster and was splattered the most. Fortunately, he was a doctor in reality and had long been accustomed to internal organs, blood, and flesh, so he could barely endure it. "Oh well... it's in the river anyway, I'll just wash it off..."

"The boys seem to have solved their problem..." Xiao Ling, who was far away, turned her head to look at the situation on Brother Jue's side and said to Ruo Yu.

"As expected." Ruo Yu replied coldly, "The current Bujue is very strong... as long as the system doesn't restrict his abilities, he has a chance of winning even against a level one Derivative..." She paused for a moment, "But that's beside the point... Anyway, on our side..."

As she said this, the "father," who had been pierced by Brother Jue once before, finally caught up from behind.

"...On our side... let's also make a quick decision." Ruo Yu said, holding Feng Sheng vertically in front of her chest, adopting a peculiar stance...