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"I don't know, they said they were going to kill fish."

"I see..." The man hesitated for a moment, then suddenly pointed to the side and exclaimed, "Look what's that?"

As soon as the fool turned his head, the man pulled out a sharp knife and stabbed it into the fool's back!

Just then, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and a hoof the size of a bowl rapidly expanded in his vision before slamming into his face with a "bang."

Without uttering a sound, he flipped backward one and a half times in mid-air and rolled into the weeds of the ditch by the roadside!

"Where? Nothing! There's nothing there!" The idiot turned around. "Hey? Where is everyone? Where did they go?"

The donkey trembled its large lips, "Mmm~ Mmm~ Mmmmm~~~"

After all, it's a Black Iron 1-star summon! It can be considered a supernatural being to some extent.

The fool couldn't find anyone, so he slowly rode his donkey towards the town.

……

Zhao Hao was unaware that someone in the town wanted to kill him because the fool had gotten too close to him.

He and Guo Jiu had already arrived at the tributary of the Yao River. Xiao Ruan was tucked into his arms, while Ju Zuo quietly followed from a distance.

Guo Jiu held in his hand a gleaming, sharp boning knife whose mere sight of its edge sent shivers down one's spine.

He pointed to the riverbank not far away and said, "That blackfish is in these waters. I've waited too long. You're an outsider, and not an ordinary one. With your help, we'll definitely succeed this time!"

Before Zhao Hao could speak, he untied the bundle from his back, revealing a jumble of random things: red paper, red thread, yellow paper, cooked glutinous rice, cooked meat, sesame seeds, cockleburs, a large winter melon…

Ignoring Zhao Hao, Guo Jiu quickly and excitedly began to manipulate the objects, eventually piecing together a rough human shape from the food and miscellaneous items. At first glance, it looked like a child!

Finally, he stuck a handful of stray hairs, which he didn't know where they came from, onto the mannequin's head. "Done! This blackfish loves to eat children! Let's lure it ashore and make sure we kill it!"

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Chapter 67 The Big Black Fish

The sun has begun to set, and the midday heat is dissipating.

The tributaries of the Yao River are all small, and the current is not fast. The river surface is gently rippling, washing over the muddy beaches along the riverbank.

The glutinous rice gourd dummy, which is over a meter long and looks like a child, has been placed by the river.

A long incense stick was stuck in the mud, burning slowly. Guo Jiu had also poured a large amount of chicken blood mixed with other unknown substances into the river. The crimson bloodstains spread in the water, not being completely diluted, but instead spreading towards the center of the river.

Zhao Hao and Guo Jiu hid in the waist-high grass, crouching low and waiting. Time ticked by, and Guo Jiu remained focused, his eyes fixed on the river, as if they were about to shoot arrows. Zhao Hao wanted to speak several times, but ultimately remained silent.

His main purpose in coming here was to see what Guo Jiu was up to, to find out who he really was, and if he could get more information out of him, that would be even better.

Guo Jiu knew he came from outside, and seemed to have met other people from outside. He must know more!

This was a clue that Zhao Hao absolutely could not refuse. That's why he risked unknown dangers to help Guo Jiu kill the fish monster.

Who exactly is Guo Jiu? And how much information does he know about this strange realm?

These things can only be considered after this battle.

Zhao Hao: We finally found a quest guide NPC, we can't let him get away!

Half an hour passed, and Zhao Hao, who considered himself a patient person, was starting to feel the strain.

What is Guo Jiu up to? Could it be that the bait is completely useless? The sun is about to set, and spending the night in the desolate wilderness of this strange place is probably not a good idea!

Just as he was about to ask, Guo Jiu suddenly lowered his body and whispered, "They're here!"

Zhao Hao quickly looked at the water's surface and saw some abnormal ripples appearing, with waves constantly being stirred up. It looked as if some large fish were swimming underwater, occasionally breathing at the surface.

The ripples swirled twice in the water before moving towards the shore. Gradually, a strange head emerged from the surface.

It was an enormous, flat, black fish head!

This fish head is probably as big as a normal family's large round table for a dinner party, with a diameter of nearly two meters!

Two oval eyes, one large and one small, are located on the top of its head and are very close together, like those of a flounder.

But as the thing gradually surfaced, Zhao Hao discovered that it had a pair of dead fish eyes on the sides of its head!

It's as if these dead fish eyes are the real eyes, while the big and small eyes on the top of the head are just rotating decorations.

Once its head was completely out of the water, Zhao Hao noticed that the lower half of its head resembled a human structure, including the philtrum below the nose, the mouth, and the chin!

However, this mouth splits flat to the sides, without lips, and is filled with jagged, sharp teeth. The teeth are not in a row at all; the outermost ones protrude outwards, and one on the side inside the mouth disappears into the mouth.

The fish head was incredibly long, stretching over a meter from the philtrum to the chin! Imagine how wide its mouth could open! It could easily swallow a whole pig whole – no exaggeration!

On the chin of the fish's head are many long and short, thick and thin, constantly wriggling and tangling whiskers. They look disgusting and give a slippery, tangled feeling.

Zhao Hao turned his head slightly, unable to continue looking directly at it. This feeling indicated that this thing had reached the level of mental pollution.

But Guo Jiu was still staring intently at the monster, his jaw muscles clenched so tightly that he stared blankly, his eyes like sharp swords that could kill someone!

Zhao Hao heard from Uncle Tie that extreme emotions, beliefs, and convictions can, to some extent, shield against spiritual pollution and distortion. This was also a common method used by ancient people to combat supernatural monsters. They were reinforced with certain beliefs or convictions.

Perhaps Guo Jiu sustained his spirit with more than a decade of hatred!

The fish-headed monster waded through the shallow water onto the muddy beach. It was over four meters tall, with a body somewhat resembling a fish-shaped human with a hunched back. It had two long, thin, bony arms covered with a layer of fine scales, and many bone spurs at its joints.

But the two hands were different. The right hand was a claw the size of a pot lid, but the left hand had mutated from the elbow into a twisted bone blade.

Its legs were thicker than the roof beams, but much thinner than its body, and it didn't appear to have as many bone spurs and scales. Zhao Hao thought this might be a breakthrough point.

The fish-like monster was covered in black scales, had four eyes and whiskers, a wide mouth and fangs, and its arms almost reached the ground, with its left hand being a naturally formed bone blade.

Its body is covered with dense, fan-shaped scales, and its shoulders, chest, and back are covered with many large and small aquatic shellfish and clams, much like the barnacles on an orca, which serve as both armor and weapons.

Moreover, the huge footprints it left behind contained sticky, transparent mucus that stretched into strands with every step it took.

The slime seemed to cover the fish monster's entire body, absorbing impact and deflecting sharp blades; it might even be fireproof!

Fortunately, Zhao Hao did not see any overly strong spiritual energy fluctuations on it; it was far weaker than Uncle Tie.

When Uncle Tie was casting spells or presiding over an altar, the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from his body could reach the ceiling and fill a range of more than ten meters around him.

Uncle Tie is undoubtedly at the bronze level, but he rarely actually takes action.

The fish monster's psionic energy fluctuations were roughly similar to those of the fat man.

The fat guy is a level 4 Black Iron, but his psionic energy fluctuations are somewhat more restrained due to his cultivation technique. This fish monster seems to be similar.

It's the path of having a powerful psychic body, not the magic-based path.

However, this thing has four eyes and a long beard, so it's definitely not a benevolent creature! Zhao Hao was worried that it might have some kind of strange methods.

Guo Jiu, on the other hand, showed no surprise at the fish monster. Instead, he gritted his teeth and whispered, "This beast has already eaten too many people and has grown legs! We can't delay any longer!"

"It brought a whole bunch of water spirits with it! Has someone else in town been murdered? Damn it!"

At this moment, many more things surfaced on the water. Zhao Hao's eyesight revealed that they were water demons. There were about seven or eight of them, and each one was much larger than the one he had killed, which Guo Jiu had said was a water demon transformed from a child from the outer world!

If the little water sprites are only 1 to 2 stars of Black Iron, then these big water sprites are 2 to 3 stars of Black Iron!

At this moment, Guo Jiu looked at Zhao Hao, grinned, and revealed a cold glint in his eyes. "You must help me hold off those water demons! I will kill this black fish demon!" With that, he grabbed his boning knife and charged out!

"Holy crap!" Zhao Hao never expected that the old man would attack so suddenly, and he actually went straight for the front!

Has he always been this brave?

I was planning to launch a surprise attack, but my teammates caught me off guard.

Zhao Hao had no choice but to stand up and rush over as well.

At this moment, he no longer cared about concealing his abilities and directly materialized his equipment.

He wore cloth armor and a raptor vest, and held a gleaming dragon-slaying crescent in his hand.

Although Guo Jiu's sudden charge startled Zhao Hao, Guo Jiu was ultimately just an ordinary old man with decent physical abilities. He could be called a hero, but at most, he was only a mortal with a 3- or 4-star rating.

So in just four or five seconds, Zhao Hao had already overtaken him and rushed past him!

The black fish monster had already scooped up the glutinous rice and winter melon dummy on the ground with its huge claws. Those claws were so long that they stretched out more than three meters without the monster having to bend over or kneel!

With a flick of its giant claw, the rice dummy was thrown into the gaping maw of the crusher.

The black fish monster opened and closed its huge mouth, grinding it up and down, its expression quite beautiful! Even the long and short whiskers on its chin began to sway erratically.

But in just a few seconds, its expression suddenly changed! Even its whiskers twitched and twisted into a knot!

A plume of blood-red smoke billowed from the black fish monster's mouth and nostrils. The black fish monster cried out in pain, and the countless crack-like gills on the back of its head emitted a strange wail. It staggered back a few steps and almost fell over!

It must have been Guo Jiu who mixed something into the glutinous rice dummy to trick the black fish monster.

Come to think of it, if Zhao Hao could poison someone, he would definitely stuff in all kinds of poisons.

Guo Jiu has endured for more than a decade, and his sudden outburst today, declaring his intention to eliminate demons with a mortal body, must be based on something.

Guo Jiu laughed wildly upon seeing this, his expression ferocious: "You beast! Today is your death day!" His words were filled with boundless hatred.

Even so, Zhao Hao didn't dare to charge straight at the black fish monster. Instead, he drew a circle and rushed towards the water monsters that were running towards the shore.

Zhao Hao: I'll kill a few water monsters first to test my skills. Anyway, Grandpa Guo said to let me hold off the water monsters.

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Chapter 68 The Clues Have Gone Cold

The giant water monsters that leaped out of the water didn't all look the same. Some had fish-like features, with scales and fins; some were as thin and long as loaches or eels; some had crab claws or shrimp heads; and some even carried turtle shells... In short, they all had some aquatic characteristics.

Zhao Hao drew his knife, showing no mercy.

"The mantis kills the sparrow."

He shouted loudly, his legs moving his hips, and his hips moving his hands, unleashing a powerful double-handed sweep.

With the infusion of spiritual energy, a layer of sword energy, as bright as the moonlight, adhered to the broad blade!

The first three-lobed, long-whiskered, scaled water demon was cut in half at the waist!

His upper body slid to the ground, splattering blood, but his lower body was still standing on the ground, shaking his leg!

"Holy crap! That's amazing!" Zhao Hao was startled by his own words!

As expected of a Black Iron 4-star main weapon, it is so powerful after fusing three powerful weapons!

Zhao Hao felt that he had only consumed about one percent of his spiritual energy!

If recovery is included, I could unleash an attack of this magnitude 110 to 120 times in a row!

"Damn it, even if a lump of iron comes along, I'll chop it into scrap metal!" That was incredibly heroic.