Last night, after careful contemplation, Owen Bertram had a plan in mind.
Before Owen Bertram arrived, Little Loach had already done the "preparatory work". However, with his own younger brother's temperament, he naturally did it reluctantly, full of complaints.
Owen Bertram began to search the river, and soon found someone following him.
It was one of Cliff Maxwell's subordinates, in his twenties, with a good physique, just slightly inferior to Cliff Maxwell, probably the number two figure in their group.
He didn't approach, just kept dozens of feet away, following Owen Bertram wherever he went.
Owen Bertram searched the entire river, intentionally approaching the territories of several Overlord Fierce Fishes, but the person behind him was also very familiar with the Hunshui River and managed to avoid them carefully.
By noon, Owen Bertram calculated the time and arrived near the Giant Turtle Nest. Just then, the ancient demon corpse inside the cave reached its maximum brightness with the icy blue radiance in its body.
Owen Bertram "noticed" it, swam quietly over, and the person behind also noticed it, immediately catching up. This time, he quickly closed the distance, leaving only a few feet between him and Owen Bertram.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, Owen Bertram immediately turned around and swam towards the shore.
The man realized something was wrong and wanted to escape, but it was too late. Suddenly, from the black mud near the cave, a huge creature sprang out!
This thing was more than two feet long, as thick as a water barrel, with a giant Fierce Fish head, a wide-open bloody mouth, two rows of sharp teeth like daggers, and six huge shrimp claws underneath its body. It charged over like a small Flood Dragon.
The man was scared out of his wits, desperately swimming away, but still got caught by the creature. He then felt a severe pain in his thigh, not sure if he was bitten or scratched by a shrimp claw, and blood gushed out instantly.
He swam for his life, but the creature didn't pursue him. Instead, it turned around and continued to guard the cave entrance.
The man barely survived, climbed up the shore soaking wet, and just saw Owen Bertram reporting the discovery of the Ancient Corpse to the jade talisman as he breathed heavily.
Not caring about his injury, he limped up: "I discovered it too! I deserve some credit!"
Uncle Yao and others looked at him with contempt, not even grateful, and still trying to claim credit at this time? Shameless.
However, with his statement, doubts vanished from Cersei Bertram and others. After asking about the size of the underwater monster, they showed a troubled look: "It's probably reached the pinnacle of Tire-1 Demon Beasts."
"Besides, this Flood Dragon-like Demon Beast is the hardest to deal with in the water."
Owen Bertram immediately waved his hand: "I won't go down anymore. Who knows that such a terrible monster is hiding in this Hunshui River, I think it must have come from River Bandit. The overlord here used to be a Giant Turtle only."
The Horizon Bureau people looked at the man beside them. Owen Bertram refused to go, and the man hesitated again and again... Just now, the horrifying experience underwater resurfaced, and although the rewards were generous, he really didn't have the courage to face that monster again.
He also shook his head: "It's not something ordinary people can handle."
The Horizon Bureau people were in a dilemma. They didn't want to go in; evil energy was everywhere, and no one had the confidence they wouldn't be polluted. In this difficult situation, the Chief quietly suggested to Cersei Bertram, "Why not apply to the Yamen and transfer a Howling of the Wolf? Owen Bertram has Heterotext Hierarchy cultivation, enough to operate the cannon."
Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow interjected, "And a Vajra Talisman for personal protection."
Chief didn't object.
Cersei Bertram said, "I'll communicate with the Yamen, the Howling of the Wolf is not a trivial matter, it would be difficult to arrange."
Howling of the Wolf is a spiritual cannon, refined with Spirit Jade as the core. Cultivators of the Heterotext Hierarchy can use it to kill cultivators in the Second Level; it is a tightly controlled standard magical instrument in Wood Dynasty military.
However, the ancient corpse couldn't be left unresolved, and aside from this method, they couldn't think of any other way.
Owen Bertram and the others went back to the village, and the people of the Horizon Bureau were discussing why the ancient corpse ran to the Hunshui River. Could it be that it had already gained spiritual wisdom?
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That night, Owen Bertram didn't sleep, keeping watch on both sides.
The monster had come once last night and had already discovered the Ancient Corpse, so it probably wouldn't let the matter rest.
Little Loach, in the river, had already shrugged off the disdainful fish head and shrimp claws wrapped around its body, swimming freely outside the cave.
From time to time, it approached the cave entrance, peering inside while drooling, not knowing whether it was craving the Ancient Corpse or that blast of qi.
Tonight was rather calm. In the second half of the night, Little Loach quietly lurked by the riverbank, hiding behind the aquatic plants, sticking its head out to look around.
A cold, gloomy feeling suddenly appeared, like a breeze in the night, and a black shadow drifted from afar, hovering a few feet above the river's surface.
It seemed to be observing, and then carefully sunk into the river.
Owen Bertram's soul was attached to Little Loach, and he didn't intend to act rashly. After last night, he guessed that the monster would dare to come again today, but it must be prepared.
The black shadow quickly arrived outside the cave, carefully inspecting before confirming that the thing that swallowed one of its avatars yesterday was not there, and then drifted into the cave.
Unlike last night, it seemed confident this time.
The black shadow sank down again, not aiming for the Ancient Corpse but dispersing among the Bloodsucking Aquatic Grass. In almost a single breath, the grass had completely withered.
After draining the aquatic grass, its ferocity increased even more.
However, it carefully came out again for another round, still not discovering the "culprit" from last night. It returned to the cave, expanding its body into the same Evil Ghost Avatar as the previous night.
However, compared to last night, this avatar was even more powerful, with a light red cloak added to its back.
It pounced downward, beginning to merge with the Ancient Corpse.
The pale red cloak shrouded the entire Ancient Corpse.
But Owen Bertram held his troops back, always feeling that this fellow had a scheme up his sleeve.
Sure enough, about a quarter of an hour later, another black shadow floated from the shore, hovering above the river's surface. Afterward, it carefully searched the entire Hunshui River.
Owen Bertram secretly laughed, as he had already manipulated Little Loach to hide in a tree hole on the shore. If it only searched the river, how could it find it?
The second black shadow sank into the water and merged with the previous one. The dark energy surged, quickly infiltrating the Ancient Corpse.
Inside the Ancient Corpse, a bright blue light erupted, fighting and struggling against the dark energy.
However, the qi of that blast, sealed within the Ancient Corpse, remained completely unmoved.
The Ancient Corpse was no ordinary thing; that icy-blue light and dark energy permeated and corroded each other. A large number of white bubbles appeared in the river water, bubbling like boiling water.
The black shadow's pale red cloak tightly enveloped the Ancient Corpse, slowly beginning to rise, intending to drag the Ancient Corpse out of the river.
Manipulating Little Loach, Owen Bertram quietly entered the water and happened to witness this scene.
The Ancient Corpse stiffly raised an arm, the Killing Command Token was lifted above its head and slammed down in one stroke.