Chapter 148
He had the ability to control beasts, but there were no ferocious beasts with attacking power under the sea in this area for him to control, except for the Haiqiong behind him.
But he had just tried; that Haiqiong was too powerful, he completely couldn't control it.
In his panic, Wang Jin's hand brushed against the porcelain vial concealed in his sleeve. He paused, and then it came back to him—this vial held a paralytic agent distilled from Rui grass. He had originally prepared it for Yuan Heng, intending for him to use it during a hunt.
Now though...
Wang Jin turned his head to look at the Haiqiong, which was opening its large mouth and pressing towards them. He reached out and patted the fish beneath him, signaling it to swim upwards.
The Yin fish seemed to truly share his intention, swiftly darting towards the sea surface. The moment they broke through, Wang Jin used all his strength to throw the medicine, including the vial, at the Haiqiong.
He was aiming for the Haiqiong's sharp teeth inside its wide-open mouth. The vial shattered upon hitting the sharp teeth, not only cutting the beast's mouth but also sending the powder inside flowing directly down its throat.
Wang Jin watched the powder seep into the Haiqiong's mouth and kept staring at it. The Haiqiong's speed indeed slowed down, but it showed no signs of falling unconscious.
Although his medicine was extremely potent, it was still ineffective against a Haiqiong as large as a small hill.
This was not good... He didn't know how long the medicine could slow the Haiqiong down. If it recovered... their lives would be in extreme danger.
If only there were ferocious beasts around that could attack, he could at least control them to hold it off for a while.
"Jie!" The Yin fish suddenly let out a sharp cry, swiftly changed direction, and swam to one side.
Soon, it reached an area of hidden reefs. It submerged again. Wang Jin, already in sync with it, held his breath the moment it dove down.
Beneath these hidden reefs were actually tens of thousands of sharp-mouthed Li fish.
[利 (lì): sharp]
These Li fish had very irritable temperaments and were highly aggressive.
They usually hid within the reefs and didn't come out, only setting out in groups when foraging for food.
They hated being disturbed. If any other person or creature trespassed into their living area, they would treat them as enemies and attack with extreme speed.
Now, the moment Wang Jin and the Yin fish appeared, all those Li fish swam out. The Li fish were about the size of a man's arm. Now, agitated, they looked at Wang Jin and the Yin fish, hissing threateningly at them.
The Yin fish trembled, seemingly afraid, and even swam back a bit. Wang Jin, seeing so many Li fish, also felt some fear, but he steeled himself and used his beast-controlling ability according to the memories of the original owner.
...
When Wang Jin regained his senses, tens of thousands of Li fish were all surrounding him and the Yin fish. Their previously displayed ferocity had become docile.
Wang Jin twitched the corner of his mouth. He had succeeded...
He hurriedly patted the Yin fish beneath him, which didn't dare to move, telling it to go up quickly. He had held his breath for too long.
The Yin fish understood and surged out of the sea surface.
Wang Jin found it strange. Although the time spent underwater with the Yin fish wasn't long, given the Haiqiong's speed, it should have caught up.
But until the Li fish were controlled, the Haiqiong surprisingly had not pursued them.
Once on the surface, Wang Jin saw the Haiqiong was trapped by something a certain distance away.
The Yin fish let out a soft cry. Wang Jin could actually sense its joy.
It turned in a different direction, seeming to want to slip away quietly.
But Wang Jin's sharp eyes spotted a white beastman tail on one side of the Haiqiong.
Brother Heng is a white tiger, could it be Brother Heng?!
He was indeed hunting the Haiqiong. Wang Jin quickly reached out and patted the Yin fish, saying to it, "We cannot leave."
The Yin fish indeed stopped.
Wang Jin was startled. Since the Yin fish could truly understand his words, then things were simpler.
Wang Jin said in a low voice, "My husband seems to be over there. Approach slowly, let's go take a look."
"Jie." The Yin fish seemed somewhat unwilling.
Wang Jin coaxed, "It's fine, we have the Li fish clearing the way."
The Yin fish stayed in place for a while, but ultimately slowly approached.
At a place three hundred li away from the Haiqiong, it refused to go any closer. But Wang Jin had already seen the owner of the white tail.
It was... Cheng Bai.
Not Yuan Heng.
Cheng Bai was stained with blood, seemingly injured, his long hair in disarray and his overall appearance utterly disheveled. He held many wooden containers in his hands, gripping a lit fire starter in one hand. He lit the wooden containers and directly threw them into the Haiqiong's gaping mouth.
Cheng Bai... had actually learned how to make the gunpowder he created in the Danmu tribe...
"Boom!" The sound of explosions was continuous, and the Haiqiong's miserable cries came in increasingly loud waves. Cheng Bai transformed into his beast form, swiped a claw to gouge out one of the Haiqiong's bell-sized eyes, but barely managed to avoid having his leg bitten off by the Haiqiong's sharp teeth.
He didn't notice Wang Jin was there, attacking the Haiqiong's vulnerable spots with all his might, completely disregarding the injuries on his body...
He displayed a desperate determination, as if he would never stop until he hunted the Haiqiong.
"..." Wang Jin frowned. After he woke up, he learned the content of the duel. Cheng Bai was fighting with such desperation for no other reason than to surpass Yuan Heng and win the right to marry the original owner of this body...
If his feelings for the original owner ran so deep, why then, in those memories, was he always so impatient with him...?
He wronged the original owner so much before, why was he trying so hard now?!
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