Chapter 132: A Slap

What was that?

Su Ye had not yet turned back to look, but he knew that given the temperament of a little devil like Jiang Liuying, if even she was afraid, then it must be a terrifying existence.

He turned his head instinctively, only to see that on the pitch-black sea, there seemed to be a massive, horrifying creature churning up monstrous waves and sweeping toward them.

"Damn it!"

Su Ye’s heart sank. Even as martial artists, they were walking on thin ice on this sea; if another giant wave like that were to crash down, it would be impossible for them to protect themselves.

Jiang Liuying immediately channeled her internal energy and slammed her palm down onto the surface of the sea. The bamboo basket they were standing on seemed to be aided by a divine force, surging upward and rushing forward with great momentum.

She shouted, "What are you 'damning' about? Hurry up and run!"

Su Ye snapped back to reality and also slammed his palm toward the waves. Rolling air currents crashed onto the sea, and suddenly the bamboo basket beneath them, unable to withstand the immense force, wobbled and tipped, sinking instantly into the water.

Jiang Liuying quickly steadied herself and yelled, "Do you even know what you're doing? Let me handle it. Just don't let the monster behind us eat us; I don't want to die! Remember to protect your mother-in-law!"

Strangely enough, Jiang Liuying seemed to have a special talent for balance. Even amidst the raging waves, she was able to control their direction, as if she were surfing, heading straight toward Thunder City.

Seeing that Jiang Liuying could handle the steering on her own, Su Ye felt slightly more at ease. This girl always managed to provide help at critical moments, while he kept a wary eye on the dark, massive silhouette behind them.

Clearly, Jiang Liuying’s guess was correct; it was likely a giant ferocious beast. Some martial artists who had fallen behind evidently noticed it as well; in the darkness, they were filled with righteous indignation, shouting as they charged toward the massive beast.

It seemed these martial artists intended to kill the creature.

"This beast dares to eat people! Let's kill it together!"

"It’s just a big fish, let’s all attack—ah!" Before these martial artists could even strike, a series of miserable screams rang out.

Seeing this, Su Ye’s heart trembled. He urged, "Liuying, hurry! It’s catching up to us, faster!"

Jiang Liuying cursed loudly, her little-devil nature fully exposed, abandoning any pretense of being a lady.

"Why are you rushing me? Do you think I don't want to go faster? Quickly, look for my dad! Have you seen him? Look, hurry!"

Although Su Ye knew that people like Jiang Ziyang and Ouyang Yunfeng surely had the skills to protect themselves, he still searched the darkness. Because it was night, many martial artists had ignited cold flares, providing plenty of light, but the Thunder-Guiding Bead he held in his hand was the brightest of them all.

"Su Ye, Su Ye, save me—" Suddenly, a panicked female voice called out from not far away.

Su Ye recognized it instantly; it was Jiu Yanyue.

Normally, a young lady like her, staying by the side of Ye Lingyun, should have had plenty of people protecting her, but everything had happened too quickly at the Gu River, leaving Jiu Yanyue on her own.

At a time like this, Su Ye did not want to dwell on past grievances. He leaped over, grabbed Jiu Yanyue with one hand, and stepped onto the water surface to surge back.

With a splash, the two landed heavily on the bamboo basket, nearly sinking it.

Jiu Yanyue was drenched, lying limply on the basket, coughing and gasping for breath greedily.

After coughing for a while and spitting out a mouthful of seawater, she called out weakly, "Have you seen Brother Lingyun? Have you seen him? Please, save him!"

"No!" Su Ye replied in a deep voice with a frown.

Jiang Liuying, while continuing to steer the bamboo basket and speeding up, shouted, "You need us to save you, and yet you're asking us to save your 'Brother Lingyun'? Look after yourself! You're such a burden."

She and Jiu Yanyue were classmates, but in a life-or-death situation, Jiang Liuying naturally didn't feel the need to be polite.

However, Jiu Yanyue didn't seem to hear her, continuing to call out Ye Lingyun's name toward the dark sea.

"Brother Lingyun, Brother Lingyun, where are you?"

Amidst her cries, a sudden churning occurred beneath the sea, as if something had been drawn by her voice.

Su Ye immediately shouted in a low voice, "Be quiet! Something is coming!"

"What is it?" Jiu Yanyue had also seen that terrifying sea beast and turned deathly pale with fear.

Under the illumination of the Thunder-Guiding Bead, they could see thousands of powerful tentacles in the water, as if about to tear the three of them to shreds.

"We're almost at the shore—" Jiang Liuying had just finished speaking when the bamboo basket beneath them was shredded by a powerful force. It was a giant, dark-furred hand, its sharp claws glinting coldly in the night.

Boom!

The three of them were knocked hard and fell into the water.

But all three could see the land ahead and swam toward it. Su Ye didn't dare to delay; he channeled his energy again, grabbed one person in each hand, and sprinted across the waves.

However, he couldn't carry both of them for long; after rushing thirty or forty meters, he plunged back into the sea. He had to let out a roar and channel his energy again, looking quite disheveled.

Finally, with a thud, Su Ye carried the two women onto the shore.

The giant, hairy black hand seemed wary of the shore and did not follow them up.

"I'm exhausted. Are we still alive?" Jiang Liuying panted, collapsing onto the ground, not wanting to move at all.

Su Ye was also breathing heavily, looking around. He didn't see any immediate danger, but they could still see many flickering lights and hear numerous screams coming from the sea.

"I hope they're all alright!"

Jiu Yanyue struggled to stand up, cupping her hands around her mouth to shout Ye Lingyun's name toward the sea, but there was still no response.

"Su Ye, I beg you, go back into the sea and look. Brother Lingyun must be in danger. He must be!"

A surge of anger rose in Su Ye's heart. He said coldly, "I don't even have the energy to stand on the water now; going back into the sea would be suicide! Besides, I have no obligation to save Ye Lingyun."

"No, Su Ye, I know you hate Brother Lingyun because of me, but... that's a human life! Don't just stand by and watch him die! He’s still injured and is protecting Yu Zhisha. If he encounters a sea beast, what will he do? You have the thunder-fire; those sea beasts are surely afraid of you..." As Jiu Yanyue spoke, she was on the verge of tears.

"Enough!!" Jiang Liuying was also annoyed. She scrambled up from the ground and pointed at Jiu Yanyue, cursing loudly, "You white lotus bitch, if you want to save someone, go do it yourself! If I had known, I would have kicked you off back there and let you die."

"Jiang Liuying, do you have to be so vicious? If I had the ability, I would certainly go save them, I would save everyone! If they die while you watch, doesn't your conscience hurt? Can you sleep peacefully at night? I'm only asking him to save Brother Lingyun, I'm not forcing Su Ye to go to his death..." Jiu Yanyue retorted angrily.

"Bitch—"

With her temperament, how could Jiang Liuying tolerate this? She was already irritable from not seeing her father, so she rushed forward and slapped Jiu Yanyue across the face.

Slap!

She knocked Jiu Yanyue straight to the ground.

"You bitch, I think you've been poisoned by Ye Lingyun's charms! You've gone crazy!"

Jiu Yanyue struggled frantically on the ground, but her cultivation was not as good as Jiang Liuying's, and she didn't dare to fight back, so she just grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at Jiang Liuying.

"If you dare to be insolent again, I’ll tear your mouth apart, believe me?" Jiang Liuying scolded sharply.

Su Ye watched from the sidelines without saying a word.

Ye Lingyun had once tried to kill him. If he didn't take the opportunity to kill Ye Lingyun while he was in the sea, that was already considered honorable enough; as for saving Ye Lingyun, that was out of the question.

They didn't even know if Jiang Ziyang and Ouyang Yunfeng were alive or dead!

At the same time, they understood that they were lucky to have escaped to the shore; going back into the sea now would be nothing short of suicide.

Just then, sounds suddenly erupted from the shore, and it looked like many people were approaching.

"Look! Someone really has arrived!"

"Haha, I smell the scent of fresh blood! Haha—welcome to Thunder City!"