Strange Stories

Chapter 565 The real person on your side is here
"brush……"

In the dim crevice, a mouse ran away quickly.

The lantern hanging above the ugly fish monster's head gradually dimmed. It stared at the direction where the mouse ran away, and its hand holding the steel fork gradually loosened.

The fish demon turned around and continued to patrol forward.

At the same time, underground, the Taoist was escaping quickly.

Although it is not easy to be discovered when traveling underground, you cannot stay underground forever, as it will be easy to lose track of the direction. You have to find a place to come out and take a look from time to time.

"Something is wrong here……"

The third brother lowered his voice and said, "It's as if they knew we were coming, or some other powerful enemy was coming!"

"Did those dragon uncles betray you?"

"They are stupid and unlikely."

"It could also be that this demon king has some enemy on the sea, and now the enemy has come to find him."

"Also a possibility."

"Anyway, leave first and come back next time."

"No! This is perfect! As long as the octopus is still in seclusion, the defense inside is empty, which is just right for me to release the Yellow Emperor's Divine Fire. Maybe I can burn the octopus half to death!" said the third brother, "When I become a true Taoist and come back to find it in the future, it will be easier."

"So we're still on schedule?"

"it is good……"

It wasn't long before unusual movements were heard on the island.

The siren soldiers who had already filed out of the "palace" and were patrolling and on duty were even more frightened and rushed towards the island, fearing that the dragon uncles would get angry again.

Even though they are usually responsible for supervising these dragons, they actually rely on the power of the demon king. These dragon giants, who are ten feet tall, can still be unarmed and do not know any magic. These giant shrimps, crabs, and fish demon soldiers will still be the same as ordinary shrimps, crabs, and fish in front of them.

It happened that a few years ago, heavenly soldiers and generals came down to the sea near the land to fight against demons, and magnificent palaces and pavilions appeared on the clouds, which happened to be seen by the demon king who went to the sea. After returning, he was still frightened by the might of the heavenly soldiers and generals, and was also fascinated by the magnificent and elegant palaces. He went to the sea to tow merchant ships and capture ship merchants, and collected towering ancient trees everywhere. When he arrived at this island, he forced Long Bo to build a palace for him, and then brought it into the water.

Any one of these towering ancient trees can be Long Bo’s most skilled weapon.

A ten-foot-tall crab or a two-foot-tall shrimp soldier cannot withstand a swing from Long Bo's giant tree.

More importantly, they didn't know whether the unusual movement outside was related to the news they had received. If they disturbed the king's retreat, it would be disastrous.

Fortunately, it wasn’t Long Bo’s unusual movement!
But it was a group of armored Yakshas that came from nowhere.

Although these Yakshas are wearing helmets and armor and look difficult to deal with, they are still much easier to deal with than Long Bo.

Many sirens breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he never expected that just as he was about to send heavy troops to encircle and suppress them, the palace behind him, which had not yet been built, suddenly made a loud bang and burst into raging fire.

The flames were so fierce and intense that they seemed to be real. Not only did they knock away the huge rocks on top of the palace and overturn the newly built palace frame, they also knocked the huge rocks and trees flying. There were also stones that disintegrated and scattered in the air, turning into flaming gravel that fell down.

The earth shook for a moment.

After the explosion, a steady stream of flames rushed out from various passages, squeezing out from the cracks in the rocks with a piercing scream, spitting out huge tongues of fire.

Many sirens were stunned.

All the dragon masters on the island, whether they were soldiers for the siren or enslaved by them, were stunned.

Those people from the Yu Dynasty who were captured from thousands of miles away to work as craftsmen were also stunned.

However, the heat wave hit them in the face, forcing them to retreat again and again.

The next moment——

"boom!"

The stones and huge trees that constructed the palace were washed away again, flying so high that they were almost as tall as the white clouds in the sky.

A huge red tentacle stretched out.

Boom! Several tentacles extended continuously.

The huge "palace" collapsed, and a giant octopus crawled out of it, looking around with anger.

The raging fire in the palace below was still burning, causing its tentacles to change color and curl up, as if it was an injury that even it could not bear, so it quickly struggled to escape from the ruins of the palace.

Seeing the palace destroyed before it was built and put into the water, the octopus monster was extremely anxious.

Several tentacles attacked at the same time.

Nothing could be seen from nearby, but if viewed from afar, the island was relatively round and solid, hundreds of miles long from east to west and from north to south. The palace was in the very center of the island, and the nearest point to the sea was probably dozens of miles away. But with this move, eight huge water columns rose from the surrounding sea and gathered rapidly towards the center like dragons.

A cage made of water columns appeared above the island, and many fish fluttered down.

Many sirens, dragon uncles, captured ship merchants and ordinary animals on the island all looked up at this scene.

It didn't take long for the water column to reach the middle palace.

"boom……"

However, the water column did not only wash and beat the huge rocks and trees into pieces, but it was completely unable to extinguish the flames. It only made a sizzling sound and raised white smoke.

Even when too much sea water gathered, almost comparable to a lake, and formed a water ball under its control, the fire still did not go out. Water and fire coexisted, continuing to burn in the pure sea water, causing the sea water to bubble and emit white smoke.

The huge trees that were collected with great difficulty and were large enough to sink in the water were also being burned.

The octopus gave up instantly.

The huge water column in the air suddenly broke and smashed into the ground. The huge water ball wrapped around the palace in front instantly broke through the dam, turned into a flood, and rushed towards the surroundings.

The siren soldiers were naturally not afraid, they were like fish in water. Long Bo was more than ten feet tall and was not afraid either. It was hard for the ship merchants who were captured to work as craftsmen, as they were all torn to pieces by the water.

Fortunately, these sirens knew their value and rushed over to protect them.

The eight-clawed demon king lowered his head and glanced at the ground, then waved his tentacles.

Whoop!
The tip of the huge tentacle became sharp and hard, and it could easily penetrate into the ground to an unknown depth.

When he pulled out the tentacle again, a human figure came out.

The man seemed to be sucked out by a suction cup, then fell off or broke free in the air, spinning and flying in the air with no place to gain leverage.

The many ship merchants who were captured to work as craftsmen opened their eyes wide.

The man looked to be in his thirties or forties. He was wearing a gray Taoist robe, had long hair, and a weathered face. He looked like a Taoist priest of Dayu.

But this place is thousands of miles away from home. Many ship merchants couldn't help but tear up.

Swish! Two more huge tentacles flew towards the Taoist.

The Taoist's figure was still flying in the air, but a light flashed in his hand, and a huge sword appeared out of thin air.

The Taoist's figure was still unstable, but this time it did not look like a helpless act, but rather like he did it on purpose - using the force of rotation, he turned around again deliberately, swinging the huge sword in his hand and spinning.

This dance is so beautiful and graceful!
I think if he had an ordinary long sword in his hand, without this huge and ferocious octagonal sea monster as the background, but with peach blossoms in the spring breeze and the sunshine on the sea today, the Taoist's posture and swordsmanship would be more beautiful than those famous sword dancers in the world.

With a snort, a cold light flashed with murderous intent!
This demon king had already attained enlightenment, but under the Taoist's sword, the tips of his tentacles were actually cut off!
The octopus retracted its tentacles, cried out in pain, and became even more angry.

As soon as the two tentacles were cut off, they grew again, and then four tentacles stabbed out at the same time, one on the left, one on the right, and one on the top and one on the bottom.

The sword energy flashed in the air!
A tentacle was cut in half!
The giant sword flashed with silver light!

A tentacle broke!
Then there was a bang!
The third tentacle hit the Taoist priest, knocking him down from the sky and smashing him heavily on the island, right in front of a ship merchant who was caught by the crab and lifted up to avoid the sea water.

A gigantic flower blossomed from the receding sea water, the petals creating waves several feet high, and a deep pit was smashed into the soil underneath.

The ship merchant opened his eyes wide and stared blankly.

At that moment, the Taoist seemed to have turned into a stone sculpture that was harder than gold and iron.

The next moment, the stone sculpture turned into a human again.

The two sides looked at each other.

But the sky was already dark.

The fourth tentacle stabbed down suddenly.

The Taoist's eyes focused, and his figure sank directly into the ground, and his tentacles also poked directly into the ground.

When the tentacles were pulled out again, the Taoist who had turned into a stone sculpture was lifted out again.

"not good!"

The third brother has frowned.

Although this octopus sea monster is a barbarian and does not know many magic skills, so it seems very stupid, but it is a real person after all, and it is not something I can deal with. And it is not easy to walk.

While thinking about it, he used the magic of speed!
Suddenly, he became as light as a swallow.

Cut off a tentacle with one sword.

With a wave of his left sleeve, strong energy surged out, which not only smashed a water dragon that was rushing towards him, but also pushed him to fly quickly to another area to avoid another tentacle.

At the same time, let go again——

A piece of beans suddenly rushed out and, with the help of the violent wind, fell directly onto the octopus monster.

These beans immediately turned into armored soldiers. Some were about the same size as ordinary people, while others were more than ten feet tall. They were armored yakshas. They all climbed onto the octopus mermaid and chopped it hard.

There were at least two hundred of these soldiers and armored yakshas, ​​all of which were replaced with the remains of the Queen Mother of the East. It could be said that they used the body of a demon king from the land of China, which had been refined by him for dozens or hundreds of years, and their spiritual power was extraordinary. Even if this sea monster had become a real Taoist, a knife or a sword would still leave a wound, and a gun or a spear would still leave a deep pit.

The octopus mermaid was in great pain for a moment.

But it did come true after all, so the damage to it was very limited.

With a wave of its eight tentacles, it knocked down dozens of soldiers. With a sudden shake of its body, it threw dozens of soldiers away again. With a pull of its tentacles, many soldiers were also pulled and embedded deeply into the ground.

If their bodies had not come from the Queen Mother of the East, a large number of them would have been destroyed.

In just a moment, the Taoist was knocked down again.

With a thud, it hit the cold and hard place!

There was also a ship merchant next to him, a thin middle-aged man, who was staring at him in a daze.

Pfft!
Another soldier fell to the side, and immediately a crab fish monster rushed over!
But before the soldier's figure was submerged by the crab fish monster, the middle-aged man could see clearly that the fish-scale armor on the soldier's body was clearly of the style of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Now we are completely sure where this Taoist came from.

"Taoist Priest..."

The middle-aged man couldn't help but shout.

The third brother didn't listen to his subsequent words, but he knew what he was thinking -

He hoped he could win and rescue them.

"But……"

The sky darkened again.

The Taoist was about to escape by burrowing into the ground, but he found that he couldn't.

When he turned around, he realized that he did not fall to the ground this time. The hard and cold thing behind him was not stone, but ice made of sea water.

After just a few exchanges and a few breaths of time, the monster actually saw through his magic and responded!
Is this the monster who saw through the avenue and became extraordinary?

How can one win if one has not attained true enlightenment?
"call……"

The Taoist turned into a breeze and escaped to the side.

The huge tentacles also pulled down with a loud bang, and the strong wind and splashing ice crystals alone were enough to blow away the nearby fish monster and the merchant ship it was protecting.

The breeze in the sky seemed invisible, but the Taoist could clearly feel it. It still could not escape the monster's eyes.

To achieve enlightenment means to be above the mundane world and be in harmony with the nature of heaven and earth. It is not so easy to fool people.

It was still staring at him.

Even if I escape today, I'm afraid I'll lose half my life.

Third brother thought so.

But the most helpless thing is that they still cannot take back these dragon masters on the island and the merchants who were captured as craftsmen.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, I heard a voice floating in the wind:
"Go this way!"

The voice was clear, serious, and somewhat familiar.

The octopus mermaid behind him was immediately on full alert.

(End of this chapter)