Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 14: Guarding the Way Together
Worried about the carp, Liu Qing stuck his head out of the bluestone hole after the moon came out, holding a cluster of water chestnuts and observing secretly.

It was almost half past the hour of You when a black shadow indeed passed through the sky.

Liu Qing's eyesight, tempered by the moonlight, was now as good as that of a human. He clearly saw that the black shadow was actually a majestic hawk.

Its body is covered with eagle feathers, its wingspan is nearly two meters, its claws are spread out like steel hooks, its beak is curved like a knife, and its pair of cold eagle eyes are full of murderous intent.

It took only a short breath for the hawk to swoop down and use its scimitar beak to pierce the old eel's head.

Then, it cast its gaze on the confused carp monster, flapped its wings, and glided over.

Liu Qing was shocked and suppressed the fear of his natural enemy, the goshawk, in his blood. He made a sharp snake sound to alert the carp monster.

At the same time, he gritted his teeth and jumped out of the bluestone space. He took a deep breath, filled the air sacs in his body, dived into the water and swam madly towards the carp monster.

Thanks to Liu Qing's snake sound reminder, the carp monster finally reacted. Seeing the hawk swooping down, it suppressed its fear and opened its mouth to spray out a water arrow.

The goshawk had no time to dodge and was hit by the water arrow. However, because of its profound Taoism, the carp monster's full-strength attack of the water arrow only managed to break a piece of the eagle's feather.

Fortunately, the momentum of the hawk's attack was blocked by the water arrow, giving the carp monster a moment to swing its tail and dive into the water.

But the goshawk had already pounced in front of the carp monster.

Its two eagle claws, like steel hooks, aimed at the carp monster's back and slammed down swiftly.

Just as the carp monster was about to die in the eagle's claws, Liu Qing arrived at the right time. He used all his strength to whip the eagle's claws with his tail.

thump—

A dull crashing sound was heard in the water. The eagle claw was slightly deflected by Liu Qing's full force attack. The eagle claw that was originally aimed at the carp monster's spine slid to the side, tearing off a half-foot long strip of meat along with the skin and flesh.

The carp monster let out a scream and struggled to dive into the water.

The mountain demon hawk screamed angrily, and its ferocious cry made the entire pond silent.

With its extraordinary eyesight, it clearly discovered that a water snake more than a foot long had just rescued the carp from its claws.

The old eels and carp in this pond, although they have not yet completely transformed into monsters, are still monsters, and their flesh and blood are the most nutritious.
Now that its good fortune had been ruined by a mere water snake, how could it not be furious?

The mountain demon hawk glided back and forth over the pond with hatred, tore off the carp meat strips and swallowed them into its stomach. Then, as if to vent its anger, it grabbed the old eel corpse, tore it into several pieces, and swallowed them one by one.

After more than an hour, the mountain monster eagle flew away unwillingly.

Even though the goshawk was very skilled, it was unable to dive into the water. The two preys hid underwater and the goshawk was helpless.

As it left, it looked back at the pond with a fierce look.

After a while, ripples appeared on the water surface. Liu Qing emerged from the bottom of the water, hiding his head under a lotus leaf, breathing in the air violently.

If Liu Qing had not shed his skin and passed the larval stage to enter the growth stage, and if his body had not been tempered by the moonlight, his air sacs would have been filled with air, and the time he could hold his breath underwater would have doubled.
Today, I am afraid I will suffocate to death from lack of oxygen.

Even this made Liu Qing dizzy and his heart felt like it was about to explode. It took him a full cup of tea to recover.

Looking out, the entire pond was a mess. The lotus pods and leaves were broken, the reeds and cattails were as if struck by a strong wind, and the water was murky. The once boisterous croaking of frogs was now dead silent. The old eel was long gone, leaving only a bloody mess in its place. A few brave crabs were picking up the bloody mud and putting it into their mouths.

The strong bully the weak, and the weak struggle in pain. They thought they had awakened their talents, swallowed the moonlight, and were at the top of the food chain in the pond.

But unexpectedly, the top of the food chain in the pond is the blood food of the mountain monster goshawk.

Liu Qing felt gloomy. It turned out that he had climbed to the top of one food chain with great effort, but ended up at the bottom of another food chain.

Immortality is not so easy to obtain. You need to climb up step by step from the bottom of the food chain to the top.

Only in this way can you aspire to live forever!
Liu Qing had never realized that after the rampage of the mountain monster Goshawk, his pursuit of immortality had become much stronger.

After a short rest, Liu Qing took a deep breath, filled his air bag, and dived into the water again.

The carp monster was injured. In the wild, injured creatures cannot survive long. Plague, hunger, and enemies are all consuming the remaining vitality.

About three or four feet deep underwater, it was pitch black all around and nothing could be seen clearly, but fortunately the Willow Green Snake's core could sense things, so it wasn't blind.

Dense algae grew on the mud at the bottom of the river. Among the algae, there was a small sunken pit. At this time, the carp monster was lying there on its side.

The wound on the other side continued to bleed, and the blood spread around with the pool water.

The blood of goblins is a fatal temptation to other aquatic creatures.

A black fish, more than two feet long and completely black, was the first to feel the temptation and pounced over. Its eyeballs had turned red at some point, and it opened its big mouth full of sharp teeth and bit the carp monster.

The carp monster let out a "gurgle" sound and sprayed out a water arrow that pierced the black fish's body. Fish blood swarmed out, and the smell of blood at the bottom of the water became stronger.

Soon, turbid water rose from all directions, and huge aquatic fish with red eyes surrounded them.

The carp monster was furious at first, then gradually became resentful, and finally a deep sadness flashed in its eyes.

In the past, these guys were as obedient as puppies in front of the powerful me, but now I am injured, and the blood of the monsters flowing out of them makes them crazy.
Even though he could still rely on the powerful strength of the monsters to easily kill any one of them, he felt despair when faced with their increasing numbers.

A pack of dogs can devour a wolf, and a swarm of ants can kill an elephant.

Catfish one or two feet long, snakehead fish two or three feet long, rat snakes as thick as arms, crabs the size of bowls, grass turtles the size of millstones, and turtles with moss growing on their backs.
These giant creatures under the water, with red eyes, pounced madly towards the carp monster.

At this moment, a black lightning suddenly rushed into the enemy, and its slender tail whizzed down, blowing the enemies away one by one.

The carp monster, who was in despair and waiting to die with his eyes closed, saw Liu Qing appear in front of him like a divine soldier sent from heaven, blocking countless enemies alone. Suddenly, his nose felt sore and tears came out.

I thought the snake had returned to the surface and would not come down again.

I thought that friendship would end with mulberries and the moon, but I never thought that it would continue between life and death.

Liu Qing blocked the carp monster's way with his body, his pupils were cold and fierce as he stared at the enemy in front of him.

(End of this chapter)