0p0 Chapter 373 Cleaning the battlefield
Chapter 373 Cleaning the battlefield
Yuezhi, who used his body as a weapon, did not feel that he had done anything wrong. Fighting is all about the recklessness that comes with being caught off guard.
When his arm touched the octopus's mouthparts and he felt pain, Lezhi became even more alert. He did not back down, but went even deeper, determined to go all the way.
Without Lezhi having to consciously mobilize his internal energy, he immediately activated it upon sensing an attack, proactively covering his body with a layer of flowing light. The wound on his arm, inflicted by sharp fangs, healed at a visible speed, leaving no trace.
With the protective aura surrounding him, Lezhi became even more unrestrained. Once inside the octopus's body, nothing could stop him anymore. He didn't need to bother to discern directions, nor could he. His sharp claws were like excavators, tearing apart flesh as soon as they touched it. They weren't afraid of bones either, cutting or crushing them with a single grab, advancing with unstoppable momentum.
Cang Jin and Lei Xiu watched from outside, feeling as if each second was an eternity. Although Lei Xiu was a step slower than Cang Jin, he still caught the tail of Le Zhi's disappearance and immediately realized what had happened.
With a somber expression just as Cang Jin had guessed, Lei Xiu raised his hand and pushed back the Cola and Maoqiu that were trying to peek out from his clothes. He didn't want them to see this scene, because if Lezhi got hurt later, who knew what kind of trouble the two little guys would cause.
Cola and Fur Ball were suppressed, but they did not admit defeat. Taking advantage of Lei Xiu's inattention, they still quietly poked their heads out.
The eight claws' painful thrashing had already churned the waters beyond recognition, leaving Cang Jin and Lei Xiu with no way to move forward, even if they wanted to.
Unless Lei Xiu disregards Le Zhi, who is still inside the octopus head, and directly discharges electricity remotely, he, as a bystander, will also be affected. This can only be used as a last resort and should not be used unless absolutely necessary.
With a nimble flick of its azure tail, the fish deflected the rocks hurtling towards them. Cang Jin estimated the time and despairingly realized that only a few seconds had passed since Le Zhi disappeared.
He caught a glimpse of Lei Xiu out of the corner of his eye, but was startled by his gloomy face. This was the first time he had ever seen Lei Xiu look so bad.
Don't dare to provoke, don't dare to provoke.
However, we can't just watch it like this. "Lei Xiu, don't worry too much. When I came here, I anticipated that the situation might not be ideal, so I sent a distress message. If the clansmen nearby see it, they will come over. Once the helpers arrive, we can subdue it together. In such a short time, Le Zhi will be fine."
Although he meant well and wanted to comfort her, Cang Jin still felt guilty. He hadn't done anything wrong from beginning to end; the excitement was Le Zhi's own insistence on joining in, and he had tried to stop her, but to no avail.
Besides, Lei Xiu himself didn't even try to stop it back then, so why should he feel guilty now that something like this has happened?
Thinking of this, Cang Jin straightened his back and was about to say something to express his attitude when he heard a sound coming from afar.
That was, "Ji Ying, I'm here..."
"Cang Jin, I thought it was someone else, but it's you. Wow, Deep Sea Octopus, where did you get your hands on this thing?" Ji Ying, who had rushed over and finally caught up at the crucial moment, greeted him with a barrage of questions.
When he saw the giant octopus wreaking havoc ahead, he wasn't so shocked that he couldn't speak, but he was still a little surprised. The Lingquan Clan's territory was close to land and was considered a shallow water area, so it was not common for deep-sea creatures to appear here.
Logically, even if they wanted to cause trouble, they should have appeared in the territory of the Han Hai Clan or the Huan Yin Clan, as their territories are closer to the deep sea.
"I don't know. The little brats in the clan noticed something amiss in the safe zone, so I just went to check it out, and... that's how it ended up like this." While explaining the situation, Cang Jin kept winking at Ji Ying, signaling him to look to the side.
Ji Ying then noticed that the person next to Cang Jin was Lei Xiu, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.
With obvious surprise on his sharply defined face, Ji Ying was about to go forward to greet Lei Xiu when Cang Jin grabbed her arm.
"What's wrong?" Ji Ying asked with a puzzled look. Cang Jin rolled his eyes when he saw that Ji Ying didn't understand the hint. "Are you blind? Look at Lei Xiu's face."
Thanks to Cang Jin's efforts, Ji Ying finally understood what he meant. Lei Xiu ignored Cang Jin, but glanced at Ji Ying and then spoke in a slightly cold voice.
"We have enough people now, let's move out."
"Row."
Sensing the impatience in Lei Xiu's voice, Cang Jin immediately composed himself and turned to explain the current situation to Ji Ying, who had just arrived.
"What? Why didn't you say so earlier..."
Knowing that Lezhi had put him in the fish's mouth, Ji Ying's lips twitched. He immediately realized the urgency of the situation, raised his right hand to his ear, and made a gesture. The people following behind him immediately gathered forward in a well-trained manner.
His eyes were fixed on the enormous body of the eight claws, and his mind quickly made a strategic deployment. With the men he had brought, plus Cang Jin and Lei Xiu, they could barely subdue the eight claws.
"...Alright, now that you know your assigned area, get ready, let's go!"
Ji Ying didn't waste any time from thinking to issuing the order, but the unexpected always comes faster than the plan.
Just a second before he announced his departure, the previously restless octopus suddenly stopped, and the tentacles surrounding the giant head also stopped moving, drifting along with the buoyancy of the water.
The sudden silence caught Ji Ying off guard, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Octopus's head.
They watched as the enormous head went from agitation to stillness, then began to throb eerily again, its skin pulsating as if attacked, as if something would burst out of it at any moment.
"Be careful……"
Cang Jin, who was at the forefront, caught a glimpse of something amiss. Upon discovering that the skin on the octopus's head was showing signs of weakening, he immediately shouted a warning to his companions. At the same time, he raised his arms to shield his head, instinctively protecting his vulnerable spot.
It's instinct; everyone does this the moment they hear the warning, except for Lei Xiu.
Instead of protecting himself, he chose to protect the two little ones in front of his clothes. If he had turned his back in time, he could have avoided them perfectly, but he couldn't bear to look away.
He didn't want to miss a single moment of Lezhi's appearance.
The moment Cang Jin gave the warning, the octopus's head exploded with a "crack," and chunks of flesh mixed with internal organs scattered everywhere, bringing an end to this farce with a splattering rain of meat chunks.
In the end, only Yuezhi stood tall and graceful, making his final bow.
The octopus's head was a mess, only its tentacles were intact. Lezhi was quick-witted and nimble. The moment it saw the light of day again, instead of greeting its worried companions, it rushed up and intercepted the tentacles that were about to hit the bottom, and then put them into its spatial storage.
These are all his food reserves. He went through all this trouble just for this one bite to eat.
Don't overlook those loose pieces of meat either; that's much faster than collecting them.
"Hey, Lei Xiu, don't just stand there watching! Cang Jin, help collect them too, don't waste them..."
Swinging its white tail, Lezhi retracted its cumbersome tentacles and finally spotted Lei Xiu and Cang Jin's group. It glanced curiously at Ji Ying and his group, but Lezhi didn't have time to be curious as its attention was immediately drawn to the scattered pieces of meat.
This octopus is quite large, and Lezhi's attack has shattered its head into pieces. The advantage is that it saves the trouble of cutting up the meat later, but the disadvantage is that it is not easy to collect.
"Cang Jin, we're here. Are you... alright...?"
When the Spirit Feather Clan's reinforcements finally arrived belatedly, what they saw was their next captain of the guard, along with his fellow tribesmen, collecting spoils from the clearly devastated battlefield that had just been ravaged by a major battle.
"Hey, you're here! Come on, let's collect them together. There are still a lot over there. If we don't finish collecting them soon, someone will go hungry..." Cang Jin subconsciously softened the last sentence. When Cang Jin called to his kin, he nervously turned his head to look around, afraid that the person he was cricketing would appear in front of him at any moment.