Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2378: Chapter 2377: If Only Duannian Were Here

Everyone’s attention was on the tentacle that Qiu Zhi had burned with the Fire Talisman. That one was extraordinarily large and exceptionally agile. Unexpectedly, two more suddenly thrust forward, making it hard for anyone to guard against.

Yuan Lizhi, who was in the middle of arranging the array, suddenly smelled the salty sea breeze. Before he could dodge, his waist tightened, and he was pulled into the air.

”Quick, save him!” Bai Ruozhu rushed over, ”Qiu Zhi, throw the talisman quickly!”

Qiu Zhi had too little experience fighting adversaries, and in his haste, he didn’t throw the talisman correctly. It missed the tentacle holding Yuan Licheng, and one even fell into the sea.

”Acheng!” Fo Lanying panicked, rushing over and glaring at the giant eye.

”Don’t...” Bai Ruozhu wanted to stop her, but it was too late. Fo Lanying let out a pained scream and was knocked back. Instantly, blood seeped from all her pores, staining her entire face with blood, making it look especially terrifying.

”Lan Ying, don’t come over.” Yuan Licheng was deeply worried, channeling inner strength into his palm, and frantically struck the tentacle binding him. But his touch felt slick and soft, as if his strength was effortlessly dispersed.

Before he could launch another attack, the tentacle that bound him suddenly swung fiercely, and Yuan Licheng screamed as he was flung away.

”Master, I’ll go save him!” Teng Liu, who was hiding at the back, suddenly spoke. He had experience from the last rescue.

”Mo Beishan, take some people with him and be careful.” Bai Ruozhu instructed.

This time the situation was different, and she dared not send Teng Liu, who had no martial arts skills, to his death.

From just a few encounters, it was clear that this monster was very intelligent, already possessing significant intelligence.

It knew how to evade vital spots, preventing Qiu Zhi’s Fire Talisman from hitting its eyes, and also knew that after Yuan Licheng set up the array, it would be most affected, so it dealt with Yuan Licheng first.

”Are you okay?” Bai Ruozhu asked while jumping to Fo Lanying’s side, quickly pressing several acupoints on her body.

”Why is this happening?” Fo Lanying asked painfully.

Bai Ruozhu sighed, ”It has intelligence, and its divine sense is not weak. Who knows how many years it has lived? Attacking it is too dangerous.”

Indeed, the divine sense attack Fo Lanying just used was learned after gaining the Enlightenment Tablet, an attack method Bai Zepei was also familiar with, as Bai Ruozhu had seen.

But such methods require strong divine sense, and if the opponent’s divine sense is stronger, the attack will surely fail, and may even backfire. Bai Ruozhu could tell from Fo Lanying’s actions that she was too anxious for Yuan Licheng. Deep-sea monsters often have long lifespans, and their divine senses are not necessarily weak.

Fo Lanying was now suffering from a backlash.

”Save A-cheng, please.” Fo Lanying’s eyes were full of longing, someone who used to be so proud was now desperately pleading for help for Yuan Licheng, which made Bai Ruozhu feel heartache. She grabbed Fo Lanying’s hand and said, ”I will save him, but you cannot have any accidents. Don’t act rashly again.”

After speaking, Bai Ruozhu gave Fo Lanying a pill to stabilize her divine sense. Her bleeding improved slightly, and she no longer dared to put on a brave face, but hid on the side, observing Mo Beishan and Teng Liu’s rescue on the sea.

It took a long time, yet Teng Liu and the others couldn’t find Yuan Licheng. On one hand, because he was knocked unconscious and sank; on the other hand, because the wind and waves were strong tonight, they had initially seen where he fell, but in an instant, he could have been swept elsewhere by the waves.

Teng Liu and Mo Beishan were extremely anxious because if they couldn’t find him soon, Yuan Licheng would drown.

In the ship cabin, Teng Ya and Wa Wei clutched each other’s hands, bolstering each other’s strength. They could see what was happening outside from the window and were very frightened, yet they couldn’t help.

Teng Ya cried anxiously, ”Will Yuan big brother die?”

Wa Wei’s eyes stung painfully. She knew that Yuan Licheng and Fo Lanying were a couple, and she had seen Fo Lanying’s condition on Luili Island, so she always admired Yuan Licheng’s unwavering loyalty to Fo Lanying.

But now Yuan Licheng had not been rescued yet...

”If only Duannian were here.” Wa Wei murmured.

”What’s Duannian?” Teng Ya asked, puzzled.

Suddenly, ethereal singing echoed from the sea, and Wa Wei’s eyes widened, ”Duannian is here! I knew he was too soft-hearted not to help!”

On the deck, Bai Ruozhu also showed a glimmer of hope, because accompanying the intermittent singing, a person emerged on the water’s surface, it was the unconscious Yuan Licheng.

Soon after, the young Duannian emerged from the water, dragging Yuan Licheng with one hand, handing him over to the arriving Mo Beishan.

Merfolk are most familiar with the sea, and without Duannian’s help, finding the unconscious Yuan Licheng would have been difficult.

”Thank you!” Bai Ruozhu shouted loudly.

Duannian stopped singing and didn’t speak, his eyes scanned toward the ferociously roaring deep-sea monster, and suddenly swam towards it.

On the boat, Jiang Yichun and others were still fighting the tentacles, but there were too many tentacles, and they were extremely hard to destroy, making it impossible for them to cause substantial harm to the deep-sea monster.

Bai Ruozhu watched as Duannian drew closer to the octopus, her heart filling with worry. That was just a young guy; he appeared frail, would he get hurt?

Wa Wei had already run onto the deck. Seeing Duannian so close to the deep-sea monster, her face instantly turned pale with fear.

”Duannian, be careful!” she cried out, she even regretted hoping earlier that Duannian would show up, she didn’t want to see him get hurt.

Duannian smiled and leaped out of the water, revealing a long fish tail, astonishing the others on the boat.

”It’s a merman; Yichun, look, it’s a merman!” Gao Zhou shouted excitedly, forgetting about the giant tentacle battle.

Fang Luo was also stunned, mumbling, ”How can he have a fish tail? How...”

Two more tentacles lashed toward Duannian, but his body twisted mid-air, as supple as a snake. He then lifted a hand, bringing up a splash of seawater, directly entangling the two tentacles.

Suddenly, he opened his mouth, emitting strange sounds that left Bai Ruozhu dumbfounded. It sounded like dolphin calls she’d heard in her past life.

The deep-sea monster also cried back with that same sharp, piercing sound.

”He’s talking to the monster,” Jiang Yichun whispered, standing beside Bai Ruozhu.

Bai Ruozhu was even more surprised. How did Duannian understand the language of deep-sea creatures?

Perhaps because the deep-sea monster was busy communicating with Duannian, it didn’t attack. Bai Ruozhu quickly signaled everyone to stay put and watch the situation.

Meanwhile, Mo Beishan and Teng Liu brought Yuan Licheng back, and Fo Lanying struggled over to him.

”A-cheng, wake up, please wake up!” Fo Lanying cried out when she saw Yuan Licheng’s eyes tightly shut, seemingly not breathing, and burst into tears.