"Oh, really?... If that's the case, I'm all in. Martial Uncle Lin, my masters, have already left me behind for such a long time. This time I'm going to follow you everywhere you go." The Giant Black Dog stated, making a serious decision.
"Who is it? Stop there!" A dreadful female-voiced chimed.
A thick, greenish, foul-smelling mist suddenly blocked their path, and the giant black dog halted abruptly.
"Ba Shé, it's me, the great Hēi Láng. Get rid of your poison. Today, I'm visiting Granny Meng Po to be reincarnated." The Giant Black Dog said.
From within the thick poisonous fog, something came out and Donghai Lin witnessed it was a giant python with gray eyes.
And he wondered in his head: 'I must have guessed that by her name...Hmm, so, she's the legendary Ba Shé, the giant python that eats elephants. Hah, she's even twice the size of this dog.'
"Hēi Láng, stop joking around. Just get back to your post immediately. Otherwise, if our master king Xue Zuanlun* happened to hear about you leaving your post then," said Ba Shé, the giant python in a threatening tone. "Hmph… you know the consequences, right?" Unknown to her, she thought that the Giant Black Dog was just another subordinate of her master, the 10th Yama*.
Hearing her cocky words, especially when she mentioned the 10th Yama's name to threaten him, get the better of Hēi Láng, the Black Giant Dog, and flames spewed out of his nose and mouth.
Donghai Lin realized the Giant Dog was royally pissed. So he jumped in, saying elegantly. "Pardon our intrusion, Lady Ba Shé.... We don't want any trouble here. Myself and Hēi Láng are headed to Granny Meng Po. Just remove your poisonous fog and we'll be out of here." Then he padded on the dog's head and whispered. "Be cool, buddy."
The giant python realized that there was another human dead soul sitting on the dog's back. She eyed Donghai Lin, frolicking with her fork-like long tongue, and pondered: 'So this soul-nourishing divine aura is actually coming from this dead human soul? Because of his small size, I almost misjudge thinking that it was from this stupid dog and I'm actually planning to provoke him and eat him up…. Well then hee-hee-hee, it's even better.'
Cunning by her second nature, she cooked up a plan in her mind and said, "Oh ho-ho-ho, now I understand why Hēi Láng is acting so strange today. So, Human, it's your doing after all. As your fifteen minutes are up, just give up already. You won't reincarnate by misleading Hēi Láng, and also, since you're on my turf, your soul belongs to me. Surrender to me and this big sister will go easy on you."
"Mammoth Devouring Technique!" The giant python then opened her mouth wide and started sucking air, aiming at Donghai Lin.
A sudden surge of air pressure occurred around the surrounding area, which lifted the Donghai Lin up in the air who was still hanging on by holding the long hairs of the Dog.
Seeing that the suction force was still not enough, Ba Shé increased it by tenfold.
And this time, the suction force was so enormous that it lifted even the Giant Black Dog up along with Donghai Lin High in the air.
"Blackie! What are you waiting for? Do something?" Donghai Lin yelled. While he was about to loosen his grip on the dog's hair, he screamed.
"Roger that!" replied the Giant Black Dog, and he snorted, "Humph!"
Through his nose, an explosion shook the place so badly that the bridge shook, and the sound wave hit the giant snake, causing her to fly back and crash against the bars of the bridge.
After canceling the suction skill forcefully, both Giant Dog and Donghai Lin landed on the floor steadily.
Donghai Lin glanced at the Giant Dog and thought in his drunken haze, 'Woah, even though this dog is still dense he's freaking strong as he claimed…. Hee-hee-hee, this new journey is going to be more exciting than I thought.'
The Giant Black Dog's attack just now was only meant to disrupt the suction ability of the Giant Python. So, other than the superficial wound outside her body, it dealt with no heavy damage to her.
The python stood and stared at the Giant Black Dog in disbelief, 'This numskull is way stronger than I imagined….'
Seeing the Dog's lazy nature not taking a step away from his spot for the last one million years, the Giant Python had a wrong picture of him as a wimp who was dotted heavily by the 10th Yama.
But reality hit her hard….so hard this time as she realized the Giant Black Dog was a top gun.
Despite the fear in her eyes, she acted strong and said, "You stupid… stupid dog. Have you realized what you have done?.... You have already broken three very important taboos of this underworld."
Her voice got louder and louder as she spoke. "First, you are in league with this glib tongue human and left your post, which was capital punishment. Second, you dare to bring a dead human soul into another region…. And last, you dared to lay your hand on another guardian… Hahaha… Aren't you daring enough? Let me tell you this. If our master hears about this, then do you think you can still keep your stupid dog head and?... In addition, they will torture your soul in the nine layers of hell for eternity."
Hēi Láng, the Black Giant Dog, growled and was about to make another move.
Donghai Lin padded the dog's head, stopping him and he thought, reminding himself: 'Wait! Let's see what she can whip up this time.'
After seeing the Dog's docile behavior after her insult, the Giant Python thought he was scared.
She then cited her point. "Hēi Láng, as a colleague and also my neighbor, I don't want to see you die for such a simple reason, such as you're a little slow in the head I know that. And I reckon that you're pretty much adamant about going to the Granny Meng Po and getting reincarnated."
She then added. "Alright, how about we cut a deal here?... Leave that human here and head to Granny Meng Po. I will keep all today's happenings private and my mouth will be sealed... Anyway, why do you even care about this mere mortal? You're the Great Hēi Láng. Just go. There's already a lot of baggage in your soldier, and adding him to that will only add to it."
She was such a smooth talker that if the past Hēi Láng heard it, then he would totally buy it, but not this time.
'Fucking bitch!... So she's still scheming to eat me,' Donghai Lin screamed in his head.
He then ordered, looking at the Giant Dog, "Blackie, you heard her too. The entire time, she has been plotting to eat me, your sole Martial Uncle. It's a great insult to both of us."
And he yelled. "Where is your anger? Beat the shit out of her and suppress her for me. Ah! This insult, this terrific insult, can only be washed away after I kill her myself... (stay tuned!)