Ye Xun whispered: "That's Tian Wu."
The image of Tian Wu in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is very close to that of Kaiming Beast and Lu Wu. They both have the head of a human and the body of a tiger, but Tian Wu has eight heads and eight tails, which is one less than Kaiming Beast. Kaiming Beast and Lu Wu respectively guard the two Tianmen in West Kunlun, but Tian Wu is the legendary water god. Some people directly define Tian Wu as He Bo.
The monster on the shore can control the water flow, which can only mean that it is Tianwu, but it did not give birth to eight heads. But no matter what, the appearance of Tian Wu makes me more convinced that this is the place where ancient alchemists made alchemy.
The elixir of immortality in the myth did not come from the hands of the Yellow Emperor, but from the Queen Mother of the West on West Kunlun. There is a tiger-shaped mythical beast guarding West Kunlun, and Tianwu appears on Dan Island. Perhaps it is because the Danshi on the island is following the example of West Kunlun and created a tiger-shaped Tianwu to guard Dan Island.
Ye Xun whispered: "When I shot Tianwu blind just now, it broke up the water flow. It should be looking for our position by relying on the water droplets with its own scent. If the water comes out, we will be dead."
Ye Xun's words were not only spoken to me, but also to Suixin behind me. Maybe Suixin had recognized Tianwu a long time ago, so he hid in the water and stayed still.
I had just calmed down, and Tian Wu was also moving his four paws around us.
"Squat down!" After Ye Xun held my shoulders and pressed me into the water, I closed my eyes and took out the crossbow arrows and pressed them into the crossbow slot.
Although I didn't dare to open my eyes in the sewage, my ears could hear the movement around me. After just blinking, I determined a position, raised my hand and shot an arrow at the opponent.
Not long after the crossbow arrow left the string, a scream came from nearby. The man instinctively jumped out of the water. At the same time, tigers roared and strong winds swept across the shore. In the next moment, Tian Wu had already jumped into the water.
I subconsciously opened my eyes and looked around. A huge tiger body sank to the bottom of the water, pressing down on a human figure. The moment red blood stains crazily rose up in the muddy water, Tian Wu jumped out of the water with his bloody corpse in his mouth. Not long after, the sound of a human body being torn apart by tiger claws came from the air again.
I took advantage of this moment to quietly turn my body in the water, raised my gun and aimed in another direction. In my impression, when Tianwu entered the water, there should be someone moving there.
Before I had time to pull the trigger, I felt the water around me fluctuate slightly. When I looked back, Yu Na had quietly sneaked to a place about two feet away from me, and the dagger in her hand stabbed my armpit silently.
When I turned around and shot an arrow at the opponent, Suixin quickly sneaked towards us with four detective hands. Several people all gave up their original weapons, pulled out their daggers and came close to me and Ye Xun.
The puddle we were hiding in was just a puddle according to Northeastern dialect. The water depth was about one and a half meters deep at most. When I stood up, I could see half of my body out of the water. Tianwu kept looking at him eagerly on the shore, so we could only squat in the water. They attack and kill each other.
I saw Sui Xin approaching, and when I hit the opponent's dagger with my knife, Sui Xin's subordinate also sent the dagger in front of me. I squatted on the ground and blocked Sui Xin with my knife. When I reached out to grab the opponent's dagger, Yu Na, who had been avoided by me, came quietly from behind me.
I was surrounded on three sides, and Ye Xun was also in crisis. The two of us gave up trying to parry each other's daggers at almost the same time, and suddenly jumped up and jumped out of the water. In mid-air, Ye Xunren drew out his gun and fired two arrows in Tian Wu's direction.
As soon as the sound of the crossbow string vibrated, Tian Wu immediately went crazy and went straight to Ye Xun and fell down.
"Take action!" Ye Xun shouted and hit me with a palm, and I followed up with a punch and hit his palm. We each flipped into the water with a heavy blow, but Tian Wu jumped into the water after the two of us.
My first reaction after entering the water was to run away. What I didn't expect was that when Tian Wu fell into the water this time, instead of attacking the target, he stood in the water and roared like a tiger.
When a loud noise like roaring clouds rose into the sky, all the water mixed with mud was blown up into the sky, and a group of us were all exposed to the mud pit.
"Let's go!" Ye Xun greeted me, turned over and jumped to the shore. When I was about to get up, mud and water fell from the sky. My feet slipped and I fell back half a meter along the slope of the puddle. When I wanted to start again, Tian Wu's tiger claws came close behind me. .
I was about to turn around to meet the enemy, but Ye Xun grabbed a detective who climbed up the shore and threw it at us. Tian Wu, who was already behind me, was attracted by the sound of the wind. He suddenly turned around and I started running towards the shore.
Yu Na, who was guarding the shore, didn't wait for me to stand upright before she quickly reached out with a sword and put it on my throat: "Ye Xun, abandon the sword."
Yu Na only said four words, and Ye Xun dropped the long knife. Yu Na said coldly: "Leave four people to hold Tian Wu, and the rest will take them away." Several detective hands rushed over quickly, and shot two long sticks into my and Ye Xun's shoulders respectively. The needle dragged us both deep into the grass.
When I was forcibly pulled forward by the opponent, I tried to raise my hands several times to fight back, but I couldn't lift my arms. Those two steel needles are almost equivalent to pipa hooks. Once they lock the prisoner's pipa bone, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you will not be able to exert any force.
Suixin led us until we ran five to six hundred meters before gradually stopping. The other party kicked me to the ground before I could stand firm: "You are worthy of being a detective to attack your fellow disciples?"
I looked at the other party with a sneer: "How did you ever regard me as a member of the Detective Hand?"
Suixin couldn't help but was stunned by my question. I stood up and said, "You dare to say that killing me is not part of your mission? You want to kill me, why can't I fight back?"
Suixin said with a gloomy face: "Keep an eye on them, I'll go pick up those brothers."
Before Sui Xin could move, Yu Na waved her hand and said, "No, those four people are reserved for Tian Wu. Let's continue walking."
"You..." Suixin said in a deep voice, "Everyone who comes at dawn comes here."
Yu Na's expression changed slightly and she said, "Xi Xin, what do you mean?"
Suixin said calmly: "There is no conspiracy between people. You captured these two. I don't want your people, but I must take my people away."
Yu Na's voice deepened and she said: "Follow me, you have to think clearly..."
"I have nothing to think about." Su Xin took off the long knife on his body, "Our cooperation ends here. Let's go!"
Suixin left quickly with her men, Yu Na's eyes were cold and she said: "Take them with you and continue to go deeper."
Not long after Yu Na led a few of us into the depths of the island, I heard the sound of water surging behind me. Yu Na just glanced back and cursed: "Damn it, why did Tian Wu come to us? This area..."
I took over Yu Na's words and said, "There is no water near here, but there are trees. Do you see that tree in the distance? If you hide under the tree, Tianwu will not dare to come over."
Tian Wu came across the water as fast as a galloping horse. Even if we didn't worry about the mud under our feet, we still couldn't outrun Tian Wu. Yu Na gritted her teeth and dragged us to hide under the tree.
Yu Na and others stood in a circle around the big tree as if facing a formidable enemy, and all looked at Tian Wu who had slowed down but was still approaching the big tree. But I sat down with my back against the tree trunk: "Ye Xun, sit down and take a rest."
At this time, Yu Na had lost her previous calmness: "You two, stand up."
I smiled calmly and said, "What are you doing standing up? Helping you to defend yourself against the enemy? You need to pull out the steel needles from my body first."
"You..." Yu Na was so angry with me that she couldn't do anything about it. She couldn't pull out the steel needle on my body, and she couldn't vent her anger on me when Tian Wu came close, so she could only watch with caution. Towards Tianwu in the distance.
Tianwu, whose eyes were completely disabled, only walked to a place about a hundred meters away from the big tree before he stopped. He raised his front paws and tried several times but did not dare to fall to the ground. In the end, he had to take it back and circle around. The big tree spun in a circle.
Looking carefully at the trajectory of Tian Wu's actions, it was as if someone had specifically drawn a line for him. He only dared to move outside the line, but did not dare to step even half a step across the hidden line that did not exist at all.
Yu Na observed Tian Wu for a while and then said coldly: "How do you know Tian Wu will not cross the line?"
"Guess." I only said two words and then closed my mouth.
Yu Na pulled out her dagger with her backhand and pressed it on Ye Xun's face: "If you don't want this pretty boy to lose his appearance, just tell the truth. If I think your words are inaccurate, I will cut him in the face."
I looked at Yu Na coldly and said in a deep voice: "This Tianwu is obviously not a real water god. Like those corpse soldiers, it was created by Danshi on the island to protect the island. In other words, it is just a semi-finished product. That’s all.”
"Since the Danshi on the island created Tianwu, there must be something to restrict him. Within a radius of two or three miles, what else is there besides such a tree? Since we can't run away anymore, why not bet on what's under the tree? Can you survive?"
Yu Na glanced at me and then suddenly pressed the dagger, and the sharp sword edge instantly cut into Ye Xun's cheek. While Yu Na was trying to make a strong stroke, I suddenly said angrily: "What are you doing?"
Yu Na's eyes were cold and she said, "You didn't tell the truth, so I have to let you see the blood."
"Stop!" I stood up from the ground, "The secret is behind my back!"
Yu Na stretched out her hand and pushed me aside, and looked around the tree trunk carefully: "You don't want Ye Xun to survive, right?"
I said coldly: "You can find out if you find someone from the Dawn Sect."
Yu Na frowned slightly and pointed at someone: "Come and take a look."
The man took out his flashlight and shone it on the tree trunk for a long time before saying: "It's Dawn's unique technique of 'clues'. Someone left a sentence on it, but Wang Huan rubbed part of it off with his back, and all he could see was 'Stay alive' 'Two words."
Yu Na looked at me coldly and said, "What's above? Tell me word for word."
Before Yu Na waved her hand, someone had already pressed a knife to Ye Xun's face.