Chapter 43: The Young Man Slashes the Water Monkey King (Second Part)

"Wrong, shouldn't Yu-ye be called a cat-monkey instead?" Fatty never missed a chance to crack a joke, no matter the situation.

Yet, this tiny creature could actually fight the Kid to a standstill. When the Black Gold Ancient Saber—a weapon of divine artifact caliber—struck it, it produced a sound as if hitting metal!

"Getting targeted by this thing doesn't feel like a good sign at all!" Wu Yu put down his zither case, intending to test whether his sword could hack this creature to death.

However, the Kid stopped him. "The air in this sunken ship is limited, and this thing is a white-haired ghoul. Once its body is breached, it will release toxic gas that will spread for thousands of miles, leaving nowhere to run!"

"A ghoul?" Wu Xie exclaimed in shock. "When a ghoul is enraged, it turns a thousand miles red. Is that the reason behind it?"

"Let's move, we must find a way to shake this thing off!" Wu Yu led Wu Xie and Fatty as they ran quickly to look for a way out, but at a corner, they spotted words written in blood.

"This... this can't be true!" Seeing this, Wu Xie looked like he had lost his mind. The blow to him was undoubtedly massive.

After all, this almost completely shattered the impression of Third Uncle that he had held in his heart for so many years.

"The soil here is soft and the stone is unstable. Step back, I'm getting ready!" With that, Wu Yu ignored the two fellows, drew his Three-Catty Sword, channeled his inner energy into his dantian, and swung fiercely.

The heavy sword was fierce and cold, erupting with sword Qi. The surrounding walls began to tremble, and a series of cracks rapidly appeared and fractured.

"Kid, come on!" Wu Yu shouted. Seeing the ghoul in hot pursuit, he drove his heavy sword straight into the ground. "Quake!"

"Rumble!"

Countless fragments of stone began to crash down, and the collapsing walls quickly blocked off the retreat completely. Even the ghoul shouldn't be able to get through for a while.

"Let's go!" The Kid quickly stepped forward to support Wu Yu while using the Black Gold Ancient Saber to slice open his palm, dripping Qilin blood onto the rubble to prevent the ghoul from pursuing too soon.

"Mn." Wu Yu nodded, borrowing the Kid's strength to rapidly recover his inner energy.

After these successive battles, his inner energy was depleted once again.

However, there was no time for him to regulate his breathing now, so he had to rely on the Kid.

"But Fat爷 I'm worried about one problem now!" Fatty said as they walked. "Our retreat is completely cut off, how are we going to get out?"

"I've calculated it," Wu Xie spoke up at this moment. "We entered from the bottom of the ship by diving, and the drainage and water storage pools are usually located at the very bottom of a vessel."

"Right now, we are heading upward. Judging by the height of this ship's construction, if we can smash a盗洞 (盜洞 - grave-robber's tunnel) out from the very top, the distance to the sea surface shouldn't be more than thirty meters."

"Thirty meters? Then that's no problem!" Hearing this, Fatty instantly regained his full confidence. "Leave the tunnel-digging to me. Fat爷's craftsmanship is absolutely top-notch, I'm telling you!"

"You're thinking too naively!" Hearing this, Wu Yu opened his eyes. "We're at the bottom of the sea. Can you dig a tunnel and get out? The moment you pierce the golden roof, seawater will immediately rush down! Forget about the two of you, even the Kid and I wouldn't be able to drill out against the immense pressure of the ocean."

"Uh..." Hearing this, Fatty instantly lost his nerve.

Right now, the interior of the ship acted like a vacuum chamber, but once the seawater poured in, how could they possibly escape through such a tiny tunnel?

"Then... then what do we do?" Wu Xie panted heavily. "I can feel that the oxygen inside this ship is getting scarcer and scarcer."

"Ahead, there's no way forward!" Fatty stopped in his tracks and spoke.

"The stone slab above is movable!" The Kid pointed upward. "I'll do it!"

Using the Black Gold Ancient Saber as a pry bar, he easily pried the stone slab open along its seams.

"A new lease on life!" Fatty couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he climbed up and saw this.

However, before his words had even faded, a black shadow flashed past, and he felt as if he had been sent flying by a speeding car.

"Damn it, there's something here!"

Just as his loud roar finished echoing, that black shadow descended from the sky once again.

"Your grandfather, have you taken a fancy to Fat爷?" Fatty hurriedly rolled away to dodge while a loud crash rang out by his ear.

Good grief, that black shadow had actually shattered the bluestone on the ground with a single stomp.

"Keep an eye on Wu Yu!" After instructing Wu Xie, the Kid leaped directly into the air and jumped out.

"Kid! Go and waste that bastard for me!" Fatty yelled hysterically as he lay flat on the ground.

The Kid's eyes sharpened as he looked at the massive creature before him with a hint of murderous intent. The next second, wielding the Black Gold Ancient Saber, he charged forward to slash at it.

"Kid, that's a Water Monkey King! Its strength is several times greater than ordinary water monkeys, and the scales on its body are extremely tough. Be careful!" Wu Xie and Wu Xie's companion—no, Wu Yu, who was worried about the situation outside, also climbed out.

The moment he saw that massive figure, Wu Yu immediately recognized its identity. It was precisely the same kind of creature he had killed inside the ghost ship!

If not for the "Two-Sleeved Green Snakes" technique back then, he really might not have taken it down so quickly.

Yet, just as his words trailed off, the Kid put on a textbook demonstration of combat for Wu Yu.

The Kid's footwork and saber techniques had no fixed patterns; they were entirely practical and battle-tested. Wu Yu had always felt that his own talents, through years of hard work, should certainly not be weaker than the Kid's.

Unfortunately, he was dead wrong.

Facing this Water Monkey King, apart from a bit of clumsiness at the very beginning, the Kid later treated it almost like he was playing a game!

In the end, he leaped into the air and landed squarely on the Water Monkey King's shoulders, locking his knees around its arms. The Black Gold Ancient Saber slid across his palm, and carrying the Qilin blood, he delivered a direct throat-slit.

The sharp Black Gold Ancient Saber, combined with the blessing of the Qilin blood, made the edge of the blade flash with a red light as it bloodthirstily sliced through the enemy before him.

With a gentle wave, the Kid fluttered down to the ground.

Holding the Black Gold Ancient Saber in one hand and grasping the Water Monkey King's head in the other, he looked as if he hadn't expended any real effort at all.

"Handsome!" Wu Yu gave a thumbs-up and smiled.

"Cool!" Wu Xie also nodded, imitating Wu Yu's gesture.

"Awesome! Kid, I love you to death!" Fatty crawled over, wriggling and rolling.

In the next second, however, the Kid suddenly released the Black Gold Ancient Saber, sending it flying straight toward Wu Yu. Wu Xie, standing nearby, broke out in a cold sweat of terror at the sight. From his perspective, it looked much more like an attempt to take Wu Yu's life.

Yet, Wu Yu showed not the slightest bit of concern, even with the Black Gold Ancient Saber right before his eyes.

"Swish!"

A wisp of hair grazed his cheek and fell away, the Black Gold Ancient Saber passing mere inches from his temple.

"Bang!"

A loud crash came from behind them, and by that time, the Kid had already lunged forward, recapturing the Black Gold Ancient Saber to slaughter yet another Water Monkey King cleanly.

"Holy shit, what is going on?!" Wu Xie shivered twice, not daring to recall everything that had just happened.

"Hey, hey, hey, comrade Wu Xie, I'd say this is hardly the time for shock. Be careful and look out for yourselves!" Fatty got to his feet, holding his military shovel as he vigilantly watched the front.

At the same time, the Kid walked over, and as the group looked at the numerous Water Monkey Kings leaping down from the roof one after another, they were all left dumbfounded.

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