Chapter 53: Ben Bo Ba
The three of us on the shore didn't know what to do at that time, and the sudden emergency made us as untenable as ants on a hot pot. I was about to go into the water to save the bustard, when I heard a few gurgling sounds in the middle of the pool, and then I saw bubbles floating inside, and then there was no movement.
My heart suddenly cooled, and I secretly said that the bustard wouldn't burp so soon, right?
In the next second, a layer of dark red blood slowly appeared on the water surface, spreading in the center of the pool, which made my thought of the old bustard's death more clear, but at this time, a human head suddenly appeared on the water, and the human head was still scolding and saying something, take a closer look, the old bustard's grandson is not dead!
Where did the blood on the surface of the water come from? I took a closer look, and at this time, the old bustard was holding a porcelain bottle with an uncorked wooden cork, and I suddenly realized: it turned out that the old bustard desperately opened the bottle containing the black dog's blood in the water, and let the black dog's blood spread in the water, which made the black shadow at the bottom of the river stained with the black dog's blood.
At the same time, we also saw the black shadow on the surface of the water, and the black image was desperately twisted as if it had been ignited by fire, and it fluttered up and down on the water, like a fish. Black dog blood has always been a sharp weapon for vigorous yang energy to ward off evil spirits, and unsurprisingly, the black shadow is indeed a demon, and as soon as the body touches the black dog blood, it immediately reacts.
At this time, the bustard was suddenly dragged into the water before, and his head was still in a state of lack of oxygen, but the bustard was also an experienced person, so he immediately stabilized his floating body, constantly adjusted his breathing, and then moved his head back a little, and picked up the bronze shovel in his hand and hit the black shadow indiscriminately.
Now it was the bustard's turn to take turns in feng shui, and the bustard took turns to slap the shovel with a bang, as if he was pounding garlic with a pier. But I always felt that this one-sided trend might be short-lived, mainly because beware of the monster's extremely strong water nature, and it would be terrible if it was relieved to counter it.
So I wanted to open my mouth and tell the bustard to return to the shore first, if any action showed a flaw and the black shadow caught it, it would be hard to say. But at this time, I noticed an important point that I had overlooked before: that is, although the yang energy of the black dog's blood suppressed the black shadow at that time, the blood was fused into the pool, and as the waves spread, the concentration of the black dog's blood in the center of the pool was constantly diluted! And the yang energy that can suppress the black shadow is also weakening!
I thought something was wrong, and immediately shouted to the bustard to hurry ashore, but the bustard was fighting vigorously at this time, and felt that my words were just urging, and continued to beat the black shadow with a bronze shovel.
At this time, I noticed that the state of the black shadow began to change, it was no longer constantly fluttering on the surface of the water as before, but slowly stabilizing and sinking to the bottom of the river, which I knew was a weakening of the inhibition effect of the black dog's blood on it.
But the old bustard didn't realize that something was wrong, thinking that he was going to send this demon to the west sky, and immediately made up for it a few times in succession, and at this time, the black shadow that sank to the bottom of the water suddenly burst out of the water again, grinning at its huge bloody mouth, and biting the old bustard's head.
The old bustard's thinking at this time couldn't keep up at all, but although he didn't have time to dodge at all, he still instinctively raised the bronze shovel in his hand to block his face, and at the same time leaned slightly to the side, which was this action that saved his life.
I saw the black shadow's face with a huge mouth pounce on the bustard, and due to inertia, it smashed the bronze shovel that was being held. As I had said before, the dark shadow's terrible face was slippery, a bit like the slime covered in the loach's body, which caused it to squeak when it hit the bronze shovel, and the brute force was unloaded with a creak, and the black shadow slid out sideways.
Although part of the force was removed, the bustard was still knocked and fell on the water with a thud. And at this time, look at the black shadow, after flying out, he pounced in the air, and the bloody mouth directly bit on a floating corpse behind the old bustard, and bit off the head of the floating corpse in one bite! Hold it in your mouth!
Just before this, the bustard's shovel accidentally hooked the thread of the rag wrapped around the black shadow, and as the black shadow swooped into the air, the rag was ripped off.
At this time, we saw the true face of the dark shadow!
The black shadow's head was bald and very round, and the whole head was in a wide and flat shape, which was very deformed! At first glance, I saw that there was a bloody mouth on both sides of the face, that is, at the two sideburns, and through it, I could see a strip of bright red dense flesh, and I could notice that the skin on both sides of the mouth was constantly closed, like a fan on both sides, and then I quickly realized: This is the cheeks of the fish!
I immediately took a closer look at its face, and in addition to the wide mouth that I had noticed earlier, I also noticed that its upper and lower jaws actually had eight whiskers of different lengths! Slightly bent and hanging on the sides! And it doesn't have a neck at all, its head is directly attached to its body! I was shocked: this is clearly a fish demon!
The fish demon in front of him looks like a common fish in front of him, whether it is from his appearance or the mucus on his body: catfish. Catfish, also known as earth catfish, is called pond slippery fish in Hakka, and is a freshwater fish with a flat head and a large body. This makes me think of the "Ben Bo Ba" in "Journey to the West", that is, one of the two goblins who patrol the tower on the Jinguang Temple in the sacrificial country, and is also a catfish monster, the description of it in the book is "slippery skin and big belly, huge mouth and long beard", this sentence is very appropriate to describe the catfish monster in front of us, but the one in front of us seems to be much more terrifying than what Sun Monkey encountered.
This catfish demon's mouth was extremely wide open at this time, and its mouth was stuffed with the head of the floating corpse, and its upper and lower teeth were tightly bitten on it, and blood was dripping. It stared at its swollen fish eyes, revealing a strange look, and the head in its mouth also revealed a strange look from its white pupils.
I saw that the catfish demon spit out the head in its mouth, and I saw a thick tongue lying in its mouth, mixed with blood, brains and slimy ambergris on the gums, and that tongue was stirring in these mixed stickies, very disgusting.
At this time, Tang Haitang already recognized this catfish demon at a glance, pulled his face down, shouted and chased, and then rushed towards the center of the pool with a kick, and Uncle Bai and I also followed.
But the catfish demon's attention did not shift to the three of us, but continued to focus on the bustard's body, which looked at the bustard and blinked twice with its huge eyes. The old bustard also understood that things were bad, and quickly turned around and paddled towards the shore, but his water and the catfish demon were still very different, and the catfish demon jumped out of the water with a shake and pounced on the old bustard with his back to him.
I saw the catfish demon's broad body, which was really "slippery and big-bellied". This fish demon is not low, and he has also cultivated a human form, with hands and right feet, and a slightly bulging belly with a white belly, which is full of slimy fish saliva. Looking at the back, there is a protruding fin stained with a transparent film, and behind the big belly is a long and wide fishtail.
At this time, the old bustard also heard the wind behind him, and immediately turned around, picked up the bronze shovel in his hand and swung it towards the catfish demon's face.
But the force of the catfish demon's impact was too great, which made the bronze shovel shake the old bustard's hands numb and sore, but at this time, the old bustard did not dare to slack off, covered his arms, and took advantage of this gap to continue to swim forward.
At this time, I saw that the catfish demon's body floated in mid-air for a while, and his body just touched the surface of the water, and then a carp stiffened in the next second, and he directly turned over and pounced towards the bustard.
The successive attacks made the poor bustard unable to parry anymore, turned around and just raised the shovel to fight, at this time, the catfish demon was already close to his face, and a fierce man threw the bustard into the water again!
"Bustard!" The cypress tree and I were already in the water at this time, and when we saw this situation, we shouted anxiously towards it.
And after the bustard was thrown into the water, the catfish demon rode tightly on his body, holding his shoulders and wanting to eat his head, the bustard desperately resisted with the shovel in his hand, stuck in the catfish demon's mouth to keep it from approaching him, but the demon's strength was very huge, plus the bustard couldn't breathe in the water, there was no chance to surface at all, even if he didn't eat his head, he had to be drowned alive.
Tang Haitang was only a short distance away from the position of the old bustard, seeing that the situation was urgent, he immediately stabilized his mind, his eyes were firmly fixed on the catfish demon who was pressing the old bustard on the water, pinched his right hand, and then quickly threw it out against his waist, only to hear a loud sound, a dart flew towards it like a gallop, and directly pierced the catfish demon's back exposed on the water.
The dart head is estimated to be quenched with poison, and the catfish demon seems to have been unloaded, and immediately let go of his hand, and the old bustard took advantage of this time to immediately drill out of the water and breathe heavily. And the catfish demon also realized that something was wrong with his back, and immediately went underwater. Since the water is not very deep, not far away we can see the catfish demon swimming towards the shore under the water, intending to escape.
But at this time, the poison on the poison dart worked, and the catfish demon didn't swim long after he got under the river, and his speed slowly slowed down, and it seemed that his strength was getting smaller and smaller, and finally his hands and feet stopped fluttering, and floated directly to the water, with his white belly facing upward, floating motionless.
I tilted my head and looked: "Dead? ”
Tang Haitang replied: "It's not dead, it's a boiling hemp, but it just made it unconscious for a short time." You and the cypress tree stepped forward to drag the catfish demon to the shore, and I went to help the two treasures. With that, Tang Haitang swam towards the old bustard who was tossed half to death, supported one of her shoulders, and swam side by side towards the shore. I don't know why, but when I saw this scene, I had a weird feeling in my heart.
Then Uncle Bai and I also came to the catfish demon floating on the water, at this time the demon did not move, and the white eyes floated on the water, a dead fish alive. Uncle Bai is also the first time to see this thing, but maybe it is the identity of the corpse digger before, he is not much timid, but looks at this monster strangely, in comparison, I am a little cringe, I dare not look at it. It's really an insider's more timid than a layman!
The catfish demon was slippery and slimey, and it was in the water, so we couldn't hold it like catching a fish, so we dragged its hand together and swam towards the shore. This fish demon is really peculiar, not to mention that it can cultivate into a human form, and the five thin fingers of this hand are still sticking to each other, just like the webbing of a frog.
Uncle Bai and I finally dragged the catfish demon to the shore, and I was also tired and lying on the ground. At this time, the old bustard has been helped ashore by Tang Haitang, and is sitting on the ground to relieve his breath, and Tang Haitang is checking the wounds on his body, it is really "meticulous", and the strange taste in my heart grew again after I saw it.
I deliberately moved my gaze to Uncle Bai, and at this time, Uncle Bai tied the fish demon into a twist with his body on the ground, like tying a hairy crab, and the fishy smell of the fish demon was also in the air at this time, which made me nauseous.
At this time, I suddenly heard a plopping sound, and when I heard the sound, I saw that the catfish demon was fluttering its tail, as if it was instinctively trying to escape, but Uncle Bai's bundle was tied before and after, even if its body was as slippery as a loach, it didn't want to escape. At this time, the catfish monster noticed that I was staring at it, and immediately settled down, and even grinned and made a silly sound:
"Please, let me go."