CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

474 The Black Tortoise

Luo Xiang was holding back his tears, no, he couldn’t help it, but at least he tried to suppress his voice which was shaking from crying so that Bai Ying wouldn’t hear it. He was afraid, that what Elder Yi said would happen, he would have to lose Bai Ying who is the source of his life. All of his life Crown Prince never felt so weak before, his little concubine makes him hard to breathe every time he thinks he might gonna lose him one day, even if it is just based on what Elder Yi thought. He wanted so badly to hug the kid so tightly and not let him go. If only he could stop the time.

Bai Ying knew what the Crown Prince was thinking right now, he stroked the man’s back trying to calm him down.

“Heh, Your Majesty, everything will be fine, I have a Savior coin, Your Majesty didn’t forget that right? Right now, nothing can get Ying killed, nothing bad will happen, we go in there, take out Hei Wu and awaken the fifth element, after that, His Majesty will be able to use His Majesty’s sword to finish off the Black Snake, at least hurt the vessel until it weakens and turn the balance back.”

Luo Xiang tightened his embrace, resting his head on Bai Ying’s small shoulder. The young man was on tiptoe slightly lifted by the big man’s embrace.

“Talking is so easy Ying, still, brother is very anxious, heh, what if, things don’t go according to plan? That queen is so cunning, she could have set a trap in there to get you and carry out her plan, how can I be calm about it.”

Bai Ying smiled.

“Yeah, but, Ying has His Majesty and all the very great people by Ying’s side, servant, can be relieved, Your Majesty should also think that this time, as before we succeed, everything will be fine”

Back inside the cave, there was a light at the end of the passage where the Crown Prince and others were settling, it must have been the large room where the Queen had kept Hei Wu because they could hear the sound of running water.

Luo Xiang held Bai Ying’s hand tighter, looking at Bei Yau and Ye Lu who immediately stepped in front of Luo Xiang.

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They may have arrived at their destination.

Sure enough, there is a very large pool in the middle of a large room in a cave that is quite dark, several lighted torches lined up in a fairly large number on the walls throughout the large cave.

Luo Xiang and the others were on alert, there wasn’t much sound there, apart from the sound of running water, black water which due to the darkness didn’t see anything at all, thus, something appeared from within, directly attacking the four of them.

“Aaarrgggh!”

Xiao Hong who was now at the very front had opened his palms wide, forming blades of red flames which he threw at the huge creature that passed in front of them. Some slimy things resembling leeches are very large in size.

The cry of the faceless beast was so loud that Luo Xiang and the others had to cover their ears from the blood-boiling sound.

“Ngiiinnngg!!”

Bai Ying’s eyes widened, they had arrived at the edge of the large pond where the creatures kept appearing in increasing numbers as if something ordered them to attack simultaneously.

“Your Majesty be careful!” Bai Ying shouted pushing the slimy creature that attacked from behind the Crown Prince with his wind, sending its body crashing into the cave wall with a bang.

“Arrgghhh!”

The wind force from Bai Ying’s hand was so strong that it made the creature fall heavily after hitting the cave wall.

Bei Yau aimed his sharp sword slashing at the creatures, black viscous liquid gushing out of their bodies hitting their clothes and others.

“Ugh, it smells” and the liquid smelled strongly resembling the smell of a living corpse’s carcass, of course, it was a corpse-eating leech that Queen Bo Yan had deliberately kept in the cave to clean up the remains of the corpse that Hei Wu had partially eaten.

Ye Lu directed his black chain to hit several creatures at once, the black chain was smaller and agile than his first, stretched and pulled quickly invisible to the naked eye. Easily paving the way for others to pass through the area and into another room, the creature continued to attack relentlessly.

Xiao Hong’s eyes glowed red, he hadn’t expended a tenth of his strength yet but what was certain was that the creature seemed to be endless, no matter how much he paralyzed it.

The crimson flames could form a thin round sword that spun in the palm of his hand and was thrown at the slimy bodies of the eyeless beast. It didn’t take long for the pile of creatures’ bodies to fall like rain from above to the wet cave floor.

Bai Ying and the Crown Prince looked at the other room, they step in quietly while keeping on their surroundings high alert, there was not a single spat in the large room, it was too quiet even.

Luo Xiang held Bai Ying’s hand tightly and slowly entered the deep space of the cave with a much larger size and a huge deep pool. Calm water without the slightest turbulence like in the previous pond. Bai Ying’s chest trembled, and his eyes shone red feeling the immense power that was in the water.

Luo Xiang pointed his sword, it was him, it was probably Hei Wu. If Counselor Mu’s words were true, regarding Hei Wu who was now under Queen Bo Yan’s control as a ruthless and merciless human flesh-eating creature, their opponent was not just an ordinary Black Tortoise.

Bai Ying took out the black pearl in the pouch on his waist and reached his hand out Hei Wu’s spirit pearl which emitted a dense black smoke.

“Old man”

Immediately the pearl floated itself toward the giant pond in front of them, into the water as fast as lightning.

Whoosh!

Nothing happened after that, the water remained calm. Luo Xiang gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, preparing to attack anything that would come out of the very still water, his heart beating very fast, whatever it was that creature would immediately surface.

Luo Xiang stood in front of Bai Ying blocking him from whatever appeared.

And sure enough, a rumbling sound was heard along with the vibration that made the cave sway slightly, the calm water suddenly churned very strongly as if something very big was about to come out from inside.

The Crown Prince held Bai Ying’s hand and backed away with him, opening his eyes wide to see something so huge emerge from the water.

Byusshhh!

Bai Ying’s eyes widened when he saw the black pearl that had been in the water reappearing and thrown at him, he caught it quickly.

“Old man!”

Hei Wu’s consciousness couldn’t enter his own body, he remembered what Hei Wu’s spirit said that he had to be able to return to his body to be able to take control again. And it seemed that his body was resisting it, the huge, gigantic body of a black tortoise whose enormous size was more than half the height of the cave. Dozens of times the height of Luo Xiang though.

Arrrgghhh!

Luo Xiang and Bai Ying swallowed their saliva whole, the black turtle was not what they expected, it was now more like a giant monster with a pair of completely black eyes with a pitch-black aura covering its body, and long fangs appeared between its huge mouth, his breath emitted cold steam which instantly made the temperature in the cave room drop drastically. It was so cold that the water beneath it slowly hardened, the walls being flooded with cold water with freezing water.

Its massive body was protected by a hard, black shell with sharp scales, with four stubby black legs, raising its massive body to the shore and turning the water beneath it into a frozen pool large enough to support its heavy body.

“Hahahahaha, Great King of Realm, what the hell made this majestic King come to visit this shabby servant’s residence, I’m really embarrassed, can’t welcome His Majesty so lively”

Hei Wu’s voice was loud, that creature, not like an old man The Hei Wu he met in his dream, clearly, it was indeed his body, the giant turned the whole room into ice.

Xiao Hong, Bei Yau and Ye Lu emerged from the room earlier, Xiao Hong’s eyes went wide.

“Your Majesty, is this Hei Wu?” Xiao Hong exclaimed. He looked around where the walls, floor and water in the pool had turned to ice. Even his breath gave off a cold breath that came out as he exhaled.

“Fhuh”

Bei Yau was ready with his sword, but, given the creature’s size, he wasn’t sure that his sword would be able to knock him out.

“He is very big, Your Majesty.”

Bai Ying opened his palm. He didn’t feel the immense power of the water element within Hei Wu’s body, it doesn’t mean it wasn’t there but the possibility that the element was buried deep within his massive body, would be extremely difficult to pull out.

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