Chapter 283 - 155: "Hey Hey, You’re Up.

Chapter 283: Chapter 155: "Hey Hey, You’re Up.

Loyal Mortal Realm.

Loyal to Chen Fan.

...

After Chen Fan had departed.

Only then did Zhou Mo grin with excitement, pulling Wang Mazi aside as they ran. "Let’s go, let’s go see if there’s any other treasure. There’s so much good stuff here, we might even find a Ghost Ore mine or something."

"Good thing I know seawater is salty, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to preserve it."

"...Who doesn’t know seawater is salty?"

"But even if I didn’t know seawater was salty, I still have a way to preserve the Sea Embryo."

"What way is that?"

"My piss is salty."

"..."

Wang Mazi’s lips twitched. "If you brought a jar of piss to the Domain Lord, I swear, he’d chop your damn head off."

"No way, it’s virgin piss."

"You’re almost forty, and you’re telling me you’re..."

"What about it?"

"Nothing, it’s great. Next time we go to a brothel, don’t just grope, maybe try a little rubbing too."

"You talk too much."

The two bickered as they explored deeper into the island. There wasn’t a single trace of human activity; it looked just like a private Back Garden.

Just then—

"SCREECH! SCREECH! SCREECH!!"

A cacophony of ear-piercing shrieks rose and fell, coming from far and near. The branches of the surrounding jungle shook violently, and the green Firmament above seemed to come alive.

"Don’t move!"

Zhou Mo’s expression changed slightly. He quickly raised the Big Saber in his hand and spoke urgently into the Sound Transmission Talisman, "Domain Lord, I’ve got a situation here. I don’t know what’s happening yet."

This Big Saber in his hand.

It had been custom-made for him last month by the Artifact Pavilion. Crafted from many fine materials, it was a Yellow Level Spirit Treasure.

It was a perfect fit for him.

And its power was immense.

Soon.

Countless blurs rushed toward him from the distant jungle. No longer concealing themselves, they shrieked wildly. They were... monkeys.

At a glance, there were at least several hundred.

They were surrounded by a troop of monkeys.

In the blink of an eye.

Monkeys filled the surrounding treetops, all of them baring their teeth and screeching chaotically, their calls mixed with taunting shrieks. Dull thuds echoed as they slapped their palms against the tree trunks.

Hundreds of monkeys stared intently at the two of them, ready to attack at any moment.

"Wang Mazi."

Zhou Mo took a deep breath, gripping his Big Saber tightly with both hands. His voice was hoarse. "Get behind me. Watch me work."

If they were just Ordinary monkeys, it would have been one thing.

But he could feel it.

These monkeys were all Exotic Beasts.

Usually, finding a single Exotic Beast was difficult; today, they covered the entire mountain.

Qi Yue and Shao Qiu hadn’t come along on this trip.

Neither of them was particularly strong in single combat.

The two of them stood no chance against an attack from hundreds of Exotic Beasts. They had gone too deep into the jungle. Even if the Domain Lord wanted to provide backup, he wouldn’t be able to make it in time.

It was very likely they would be buried here.

"What are you talking about?"

Wang Mazi’s expression was grim as he too pulled a Big Saber from his robes. He stood back-to-back with Zhou Mo in the jungle, his eyes fixed on the monkeys in the treetops.

"I’ve been soaking in the Yunling Pavilion every day. My Cultivation isn’t weak."

"A perfect chance to draw some blood today."

"Alright, then."

Zhou Mo cracked a grin. "Never thought my partner in my final battle would be you. I always imagined I’d die four years from now, during the Undersea Ghost Tide invasion, fighting by the Domain Lord’s side."

Just then!

Following the sharp howl of the Monkey King, several muscular male monkeys charged down from the treetops, launching their attack.

Their bared teeth revealed Red gums, yellowish-white fangs, and fur bristling with excitement.

They did not look cute.

Only vicious.

The siege began.

A monkey suddenly swung in from the side, its claws lashing out like lightning, aiming for Zhou Mo’s cheek.

Another attacked from behind at almost the same moment, their coordination impeccable.

A thick, wild, fetid stench filled the air.

"RIP!"

The sound of claws tearing through skin was followed by excited roars from the monkey troop.

The monkeys’ eyes were filled with killing intent and savagery. They weren’t in a hurry to kill, as if they wanted to torment their prey slowly.

...

"Hah... Hah..."

Zhou Mo and Wang Mazi stood pressed back-to-back. The monkeys attacked in waves, and after just a few assaults, he was already struggling to hold them off.

Several new wounds covered his body.

Blood trickled down.

Meanwhile, more and more shadows flickered in their periphery as more monkeys arrived to join the fray.

"Dammit."

Zhou Mo’s face was ashen, whether from blood loss or fear, and his lips had a bluish tint. "Wang Mazi," he said, his voice trembling, "this is a horrible way to die. It’s like fucking death by a thousand cuts."

"It’s not so bad."

Wang Mazi was also panting. "Maybe we won’t die."

"How the hell can we survive this?"

"I feel the ground shaking."

"And? So what, that..."

Wait.

Zhou Mo suddenly realized. He felt the ceaseless trembling of the ground and saw the monkeys in the treetops growing agitated and panicked.

A moment later, it fully dawned on him, and he broke into a wide grin, roaring at the top of his lungs.

"Domain Lord, I’m over here!"

"ROAR!!!"

A world-shaking, monumental roar erupted!

Trees in the jungle began to topple one after another.

A behemoth was fast approaching, plowing through the forest like a bulldozer!

The next moment—

An absolutely enormous crocodile with lantern-sized, malicious eyes crashed through countless trees and charged up to the two men.

It left a long, clear path through the jungle in its wake.

Chen Fan stepped off the crocodile’s back. He stood beside Hey Hey and looked up at the panicked monkeys in the treetops. After a moment, he tilted his head and smiled.

"Hey Hey."

"You’re up."

Receiving the command, Hey Hey opened its cavernous maw and let out another furious roar. It then charged toward the trees holding the monkeys. Each impact sent the hard, thick trunks flying, and the monkeys in the branches were flung everywhere like dumplings being tossed into a boiling pot.

The sheer force of the impact was staggering.

In the blink of an eye, the monkeys scattered in a panic, not even daring to look back for a tentative attack on Hey Hey.

"..."

Zhou Mo stood panting, leaning against Wang Mazi. He stared at Hey Hey, which now radiated the aura of a savage beast, and listened to its earth-shaking roar. He simply couldn’t reconcile the crocodile before him with the Hey Hey that usually lounged at the entrance of the Celestial Artifact Pavilion with its mouth wide open, waiting for Zhao Shengping to feed it braised meat.

He had almost forgotten that Hey Hey was also an Exotic Beast.

A powerful, High Level Exotic Beast that had once dealt a fatal blow to the Ghost King, no less.

Not some docile pet.