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Chapter 145 Near Death
While regretting that he had underestimated the intelligence of this sea monster, Keslan charged back like a madman, letting out a low howl. Arthur responded with a sharp howl, and before he could even steady himself, he folded his wings and swooped down like an arrow toward Jiang Yu.
Two dark figures simultaneously shot towards the tentacle that had enveloped Jiang Yu and then disappeared into the seawater. Unfortunately, the clever hunters retreated at the speed of light the moment they achieved their goal.
Who could catch this ancient monster that could both turn invisible and teleport? The sea calmed down in an instant.
Even the tentacles that were raging on the water just a second ago seemed to have evaporated and disappeared, leaving only panicked people and the shipwrecks floating on the sea as reminders that everything that had just happened was real and not a dream.
Just before Keslan fell into the sea, Arthur caught him. His hair was disheveled, his pale face was filled with a terrifying expression, and his pupils in his clear yellow eyes were constricted as he stared intently at the calm sea. Arthur hovered in mid-air, like a black sculpture, exuding a terrifying pressure.
"Kaslan!" His subordinate broke the silence. "There's still a lord here. We need to go back and summon the sea beasts to rescue Lord Jiang Yu."
Keslan gritted his teeth, pulled a golden whistle from his pocket, and blew it. The whistle didn't make a sound, but commotion arose from the distant sea. The sea creatures, who had been momentarily frightened away by the sea monster, returned timidly with their master.
The assassins sat with their heads bowed on the backs of the sea beasts, not daring to look up at their leader's face. Even the sea beasts lay trembling on the sea, their instinctive fear causing them to briefly forget about organization and discipline. They now understood that their desertion would soon implicate their master and make them share the leader's wrath.
However, Keslan did not retaliate against them; instead, he issued new orders.
"Go track down that sea monster. I need to know what it is, where it went, and who its owner is."
The assassins immediately forced their sea monsters to sink underwater, determined to atone for their crimes.
Keslan paused again, and no one knew what he was thinking during that time. He glanced once more at the griffin riders frantically searching the sea, then rode Arthur back towards the royal city first.
"Take the surviving pirates back to the palace."
He left with the "Owl" group. Lin Yi's personal guards were still searching in vain. The adjutant felt like the sky was falling and wished he could jump into the sea and drown himself. Why didn't that monster take him with it?
With his remaining rationality, he sent the fastest fiery red griffin back to the palace to report to General Lin Yi, while he led the rest of the men to continue searching the area, even though he knew the chances were slim. By now, the sea monster had vanished without a trace, disappearing into some unknown part of the sea.
Jiang Yu didn't have such keen perception. Even when the tentacles appeared in mid-air behind Arthur, she didn't realize it at all. She only felt a wave of dizziness before being thrown off Arthur's back, followed by a strong feeling of weightlessness.
She thought she was going to be thrown into the sea, but a soft tentacle caught her steadily. Then, the tentacle coiled around her like a giant snake and dragged her into the sea in an instant. She didn't even have time to take a deep breath. After screaming, she only managed to take half a breath of air before being submerged by the seawater from all directions.
She quickly felt herself suffocating from lack of oxygen. She felt incredibly unlucky, as if she were cursed by the sea. This was the third time she had been in danger at sea. Could she be the legendary ancient Greek goddess who controlled shipwrecks?
Driven by her will to survive, she fiercely pounded on the sea monster's thick tentacles. Couldn't this damned monster let go of her and let her float to the surface to breathe? At this rate, she would suffocate to death soon.
Unfortunately, the sea monster did not let go of her. Instead, it lifted her up in front of itself in confusion. It didn't know what was wrong with the person it was trying to save. Was she blaming it for being too slow and not getting her to safety faster?
But where is the safest place? It racked its brains and could only think that its own forbidden sea was the safest place.
The enormous sea monster hovered blankly in the sea. Its thousand-year lifespan had not helped its limited understanding. For a moment, it did not even realize that land dwellers could no longer breathe freely underwater.
Jiang Yu was caught off guard and met six indifferent inorganic eyes. She finally saw the full appearance of the giant sea monster. She had thought it was a monster like a giant octopus or squid, but she did not expect that the sea monster was more like a combination of a giant jellyfish and a sea anemone.
Extreme beauty and terror.
Jiang Yu was startled, thinking that the sea monster was going to eat her, and involuntarily cried out, but immediately choked on water, which shortened her survival time by more than half.
Molinbia thought the little person flailing around was so cute. A happy smile appeared in its three pairs of eyes, and an idea that made it extremely happy popped into its mind. The contract only said that it should rescue her, but it didn't say where it should take her. Why not take her back to the Forbidden Sea and let her play with it forever?
It couldn't help but extend its other tentacle and gently poke Jiang Yu's soft cheek. The soft touch made the fins on its tentacle instantly open, and the beautiful, gauze-like fins dancing with the waves expressed its joyful mood at that moment.
But Jiang Yu no longer had the energy to appreciate the beauty. She felt like her head was about to explode, and her nose, throat, and ears were all in excruciating pain. Her trachea and lungs felt like they were on fire.
Soon blood began to flow from her seven orifices, finally attracting the attention of Morinbia. It first sensed a faint smell of blood, and then noticed the abnormality of the little person between its tentacles. Her beautiful face was contorted in pain, and blood was flowing from the facial features on her head.
It finally remembered the scene from the great war of the old century, where the underwater people dragged the land people into the sea to drown them. Land people cannot breathe underwater.
Its little man is going to drown.
Molinbia panicked. It didn't possess any magic to resurrect the dead; aside from its physical strength, it only had the constitution of an altar, requiring sacrifices to achieve its desires. Therefore, besides immediately lifting Jiang Yu out of the sea, it was utterly helpless.
But it's too late.
Jiang Yu's face was covered in blood mixed with seawater, her hair sticking together, making her look utterly disheveled. Her dress clung to her wet body, and she resembled a withered rose. Morinbia sensed her life force slowly slipping away.
So, did the pirates nearly kill her instead of killing her?
The mighty sea monster was dejected, at a loss, and filled with remorse. Its two tentacles lifted Jiang Yu high above the sea, while the rest of its tentacles drifted listlessly in the water.
At that moment in the palace, Fan Qingyin suddenly clutched her chest and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Xiao Yu!"