Chapter 485 The Great Mirage Demon
“Moreover, it’s in the water,” Meng Qingyin said confidently.
As soon as she finished speaking, a deep voice came from the bottom of the lake: "I didn't expect you to actually find this place, hahaha... I'm quite impressed. But it's fine, you've delivered yourself to my doorstep, so enjoy the real mirage."
After he finished speaking, the white mist in the center of the lake began to spread outwards and gradually moved towards the shore.
Zhang Yan scoffed: "We saw through your mirage long ago. Did you really think it could trap us a second time?"
Meng Qingyin's expression turned serious: "No, it just said 'the real mirage,' which means this mirage is even more powerful, and those white mists must be the medium. We must not come into contact with the white mists. Also, we must finish this quickly!"
If they don't deal with the thing in the water before the white mist envelops the area, they won't be able to avoid the mist and will ultimately sink into the mirage.
Qin Jiu took out the Phoenix Cry Blade and pointed it at the center of the lake. "It's underwater over there, right? I'll go and meet it first!"
After saying that, he jumped into the water and swam quickly towards that spot.
Chen Leying and Zhang Yan followed closely behind, and Fei Qiu immediately applied a power-boosting status to the three of them.
Lu Cheng also wanted to go into the water, but Meng Qingyin stopped him, saying, "Lu Cheng, you should stay on the shore. The pear blossom needles are almost powerless underwater. You might as well stay here to help Fei Qiu keep watch on the surroundings and observe the spread of the white mist at any time."
Fei Qiu is the support, and his mind is focused on the others. If he is ambushed at this time, he will be in trouble.
Although Zheng Shi also stayed on the shore, he felt more at ease leaving Lu Cheng behind.
Lu Cheng nodded: "Okay, be careful."
Zheng Shi was also somewhat worried, "If you can't win, just get ashore quickly. There's no shame in running away for your life."
Meng Qingyin nodded, and she and Zai Zai jumped into the water one after the other, swimming towards the center of the lake.
At the bottom of the lake, Qin Jiu and the other two struck one by one a giant clam shell, which looked as big as a house, making the three of them appear extremely small in front of it.
Meng Qingyin only realized upon closer inspection that this thing was a giant mirage demon.
However, its shell was tightly closed and incredibly hard, and with the buffering effect of the water flow, the three of them couldn't break the huge shell for a while.
Moreover, since it was underwater combat, their physical strength was consumed very quickly, and they had to return to the shore to breathe after a short while. In addition, the spread of white fog on the water surface made the situation very unfavorable for them.
After Meng Qingyin arrived, she gestured for everyone to concentrate their attacks on one point so that they could break the clam shell.
The three of them took turns attacking the spot Meng Qingyin pointed to, and soon a tiny crack appeared there.
Encouraged by this, the group launched a continuous attack on that spot.
But the giant mirage suddenly moved and slowly sank into the silt at the bottom of the lake.
It wanted to escape!
All four of them saw through the giant mirage's intentions and gave chase.
Unexpectedly, the giant mirage suddenly opened its shell and swallowed the four people and the cub inside with lightning speed.
Its triumphant laughter echoed across the entire surface of the water: "You think you can kill me? You'd better obediently become my nourishment... Ah!"
The giant mirage demon suddenly let out a painful wail, "Who's eating me?!"
It felt its soft clam flesh being brutally torn apart by a pair of fangs, causing it excruciating pain.
Before long, it opened its shell and tried to squeeze them out with its flesh, but it was no use!
Those sharp fangs bit off piece after piece of clam meat, and in the blink of an eye, a large chunk of the clam shell was gone!
The giant mirage writhed in pain at the bottom of the lake, causing waves to surge across the once calm surface.
On the shore, Lu Cheng and his two companions had no idea what was happening underwater. Zheng Shi was facing such a life-or-death situation for the first time, and he was pacing anxiously, asking, "Will the heroine and the others be alright?"
Lu Cheng patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, this isn't the first time we've been through something like this. You have to trust them."
Zheng Shi nodded repeatedly, but the worry in his eyes remained.
Just then, a large number of ordinary river clams suddenly jumped out of the stream and crashed down on the three of them.
Lu Cheng reacted quickly and pushed Fei Qiu onto Zhao Cai's back, letting Zhao Cai lift him off the ground.
Fei Qiu is the team's hope; he absolutely cannot be harmed!
Lu Cheng grabbed Zheng Shi, who was still in a daze, and rushed behind a thick tree to avoid the "clam rain." During the run, Lu Cheng was accidentally hit and several clams hit his back.
Don't be fooled by how small these clams are; they can hurt quite a bit if they hit you. Lu Cheng grimaced and hid behind a big tree.
He breathed a sigh of relief after being protected by the tree trunk.
I wonder what's going on at the bottom of the lake, how did it suddenly become so turbulent?
Also, what's with this clam that suddenly popped out?
Lu Cheng told Zheng Shi to hide, while he secretly peeked out from behind a tree trunk and looked towards the center of the lake. To his surprise, the white mist was slowly disappearing.
Lu Cheng's eyes lit up; it seemed that Meng Qingyin and her group were in a very good situation!
Lu Cheng's prediction was correct. Five minutes later, the white mist completely dissipated, and Meng Qingyin and the other three were teleported directly to his side.
Lu Cheng looked at Qin Jiu and asked, "How are you? Is everyone alright?"
Zheng Shi also looked at Meng Qingyin, who shook her head, "It's nothing."
"You'd never guess how we defeated that giant mirage demon," Qin Jiu said excitedly, her eyes constantly glancing at the little one.
“The Great Mirage Demon?” Fei Qiu had already come down. “Is it the one that created the mirage? No wonder those clams suddenly jumped out of the water to attack us earlier; they were probably influenced by the Great Mirage Demon.”
Lu Cheng, however, readily agreed and asked Qin Jiu, "So how exactly did you defeat the Great Mirage Demon? Tell me quickly, I'm curious!"
Qin Jiu smiled and said, "That guy overestimated himself and wanted to eat us. He actually wanted to eat the Taotie. He really dared to dream. In the end, the little one had a delicious clam meat feast."
If the giant mirage demon hadn't opened its shell, it might have been able to survive a little longer. After they broke open the shell, they gave it a quick death.
Who knew it would choose the most painful way to die?
"Wow, you're so great, little one!" Lu Cheng exclaimed, patting Qin Jiu's head gently. "Of course, you're great too."
Qin Jiu slightly dodged away, saying, "I'm covered in water."
Zhang Yan couldn't stand the two of them being so lovey-dovey. "Alright, alright, stop stuffing dog food into my mouth. I need to rest for a bit before going back into the water."
Fei Qiu: "Why go to the bottom of the lake? Hasn't the Great Mirage Demon already been defeated?"
Zhang Yan: "After it died, a lot of supplies were released, and the bottom of the lake was covered with gears."
Fei Qiu was overjoyed. "That's great! We don't have to go through all that trouble to catch clams to find gears anymore."
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