Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter 527: Chapter 575: Escaping from the Mouth of the Fish

Chapter Five Hundred Seventy-Five

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, the monstrous fish dived back into the water, still scaring the people on the boat considerably.

This monstrous fish was too large, measuring over ten meters in length—truly a behemoth.

Having narrowly avoided a calamity,

Long Xiaoshan’s face showed no sign of relief, for his Heavenly Eye had detected that the monstrous fish had not gone far. After a while, Long Xiaoshan saw the giant fish charge up from the riverbed again.

He quickly drew out his Flame Blade and slashed fiercely towards the riverbed.

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The Flame Blade cut through the water, casting a glowing arc.

A muffled roar came from the riverbed, churning the surface. The skin of the monstrous fish was extremely tough, covered with black scale armor, and its spine was lined with a row of incredibly hard sword-like teeth. Long Xiaoshan’s strike hit these teeth, numbing his arm. His Flame Blade’s energy burned the great fish.

Having been injured, the monstrous fish became even more ferocious.

It kept charging at the wooden boat. Long Xiaoshan maneuvered the boat, dodging several times, but in the water, the boat was far less agile than the monstrous fish and was struck by the fish at the stern.

Bang!

The wooden boat split apart upon impact.

Long Xiaoshan hastily grabbed Lan Wan’er and Hua Die and leaped into the air.

The wooden boat broke into seven or eight pieces. With keen eyes and quick feet, Long Xiaoshan landed on one of the larger chunks of wood. Standing on the wobbly wooden piece and channeling his True Qi, he swiftly headed for the opposite bank of the river, as if traversing it on a reed.

The piece of wood was much smaller than the boat,

and Long Xiaoshan found it more agile to control.

Yet it was also more dangerous.

The small wooden piece, bearing three people, bobbed up and down on the river’s surface. Lan Wan’er and Hua Die were both extremely nervous; although they were powerful Gu Masters, physically, they were no match for Long Xiaoshan.

In such a tumultuous river, with only a wooden board to rely on for support, they couldn’t even stand, and were only not falling into the river by clinging to Long Xiaoshan.

While holding the two women and controlling the wooden plank, dodging the attacks of the monstrous fish had Long Xiaoshan breaking out in a cold sweat.

Several times, the mouth of the monstrous fish came perilously close to swallowing them whole.

They were getting closer and closer to the shore.

Suddenly, Long Xiaoshan’s expression changed drastically as another huge gaping mouth emerged ahead. It turned out that there wasn’t just one monstrous fish, but two. They were attacking from both front and back.

Long Xiaoshan had no way to avoid them and could only forcefully push off from the wooden plank and leap into the air.

Instantaneously, the piece of wood was crushed to bits by one of the monstrous fishes.

In mid-air, Long Xiaoshan was unable to find any leverage, and after a few steps, his body began to plummet, still over twenty meters away from the shore.

Using all his strength, Long Xiaoshan flung the two women ahead of him,

The tremendous force drawn them in a parabolic trajectory through the air, landing them on the opposite bank.

A glow enveloped both women, and when they touched down, the impact was completely absorbed. Having just landed, Lan Wan’er hurriedly got up from the ground.

Turning back, she saw Long Xiaoshan plummeting into the water, right into the jaws of a monstrous fish. A giant wave surged, and both Long Xiaoshan and the monstrous fish disappeared from sight.

“Master!”

Lan Wan’er cried out sharply, desperately rushing towards the river.

Just as she was about to plunge in, she was forcefully held back by someone from behind.

“Have you lost your mind? It’s suicide to go in now,” Hua Die yelled from behind her.

“Don’t meddle, let me go! I don’t want to live alone. Even if I have to die, I want to be with him,” Lan Wan’er’s heart was in extreme pain as tears gushed out like a fountain, blurring her eyes.

She had never felt such pain before.

It was as if her entire heart had been forcibly torn in two, so agonizing that she no longer wanted to live, feeling as if the whole world had turned black and white.

Unbeknownst to her, Long Xiaoshan had become so important in her heart, he even surpassed her own life.

Lan Wan’er struggled desperately, and Hua Die could barely hold onto her.

Having no choice, Hua Die had to strike Lan Wan’er’s neck hard, knocking her unconscious.

Hua Die looked toward the still-turbulent river with an anxious gaze. There was no sign of movement on the surface. After standing there for over ten minutes, there was still no sign of Long Xiaoshan emerging.

A feeling of dread settled in Hua Die’s heart.

She didn’t feel the heart-wrenching pain that Lan Wan’er felt since she had only known Long Xiaoshan for a short time.

Even if she had recognized him as her master out of necessity, the thought of Long Xiaoshan sacrificing himself by throwing them onto the shore, only to end up trapped in the water himself, filled her with emotion.

With Long Xiaoshan’s strength, if he had abandoned the two women, he could have definitely escaped, but he didn’t choose to do so. This man, although unattractive on the outside, had a heart far more beautiful than his appearance.

“Master, please don’t die.”

Hua Die silently prayed in her heart, and for the first time, she felt a genuine acceptance of this title; it no longer felt so repulsive.

Given the current strength of the river’s flow, if Long Xiaoshan had fallen into the water, even if not eaten by the monster fish, he would surely have been swept downstream. Hua Die picked up Lan Wan’er and started walking downstream.

This woman was originally her natural enemy, her arch nemesis.

Hua Die could have easily thrown Lan Wan’er into the water, where she would have undoubtedly died. Even if she hadn’t stopped her just now, Lan Wan’er would have been doomed.

Yet fate is so peculiar.

Now, she was carrying her sworn enemy on her back.

After Long Xiaoshan threw the two women out of the water, he was pushed down by the force, sinking rapidly. Two monster fish opened their mouths wide in the water, waiting for him. Long Xiaoshan drew his Flame Blade, curled up his body and fell right into the mouth of one of the fish.

The fish’s mouth clamped shut fiercely.

Swallowing Long Xiaoshan.

In a split second, Long Xiaoshan positioned his blade upright, lodging it in the mouth of the fish.

The blade pierced the flesh above the fish’s mouth.

Instantly jamming its jaws open, preventing them from closing completely. Long Xiaoshan then plunged his fists into the mouth of the fish, releasing a burst of Spiral Force, creating a large hole in the fish’s mouth and the force even shot into the monster fish’s brain.

The outside of the monster fish was covered in scale armor, extremely hard; even a Supreme Magical Instrument could only inflict a wound.

But its internal flesh was just as vulnerable.

With this one punch of Long Xiaoshan aimed at the fish’s brain, the large fish’s eyes flipped as it struggled violently. Long Xiaoshan followed up with several more punches until the fish’s brain turned completely into mush.

The monster fish convulsed a few times then stopped moving entirely. Long Xiaoshan didn’t leave the mouth of the dead monster fish because another one was lurking close by. The other monster fish seemed to realize something was wrong with its companion and, letting out mournful cries, it hit the dead monster fish as it rushed over.

The monster fish continued to be swept downstream by the current.

Not knowing how far it had been carried, it became stranded in a narrow waterway.

Long Xiaoshan quickly ducked into the mouth of the monster fish, paddled to the shore, and arrived at the riverbank.

Nearby was a tidal flat, and Long Xiaoshan no longer had a trace of Lan Wan’er and Hua Die. However, thanks to their emotional bond, the “Love Gu,” there was still a faint connection between them.

This connection was growing blurry, indicating the distance between them was now quite vast.

Long Xiaoshan hurriedly ran in the direction where the two women were. Death God Valley was fraught with dangers, and he also feared for the two women’s safety.