MDZS Characters Watching the Future

86. Blocked

The ‘islet’ moved quickly toward the shore.

The approach of the foreign beast brought upon them formless tension. Aside from a few—Lan WangJi, Jin ZiXuan, Jiang Cheng, and Wen ZhuLiu —everyone else kept on staggering backward. Just as everyone thought that the underwater creature would flip out any moment, it halted.

"Is no one gonna tell me what kind of creature it is?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"It's dangerous, a-niang." said Jingyi.

"I'm not asking of how dangerous it is. I am asking what kind." said Jiang Cheng.

"You'll find it out in any second." said Jin Ling.

The dormant beast had been awakened because Wei WuXian jumped onto its back. Now, Wei WuXian didn’t dare move rashly. He remained where he was and waited.

Above the dark water that surrounded the ‘islet’ were a few maple leaves of an unusually bright shade of red, slowly floating by.

Below the leaves, within the depths of the pool, was something that looked like a pair of glowing bronze mirrors.

"The f*ck!" cursed Jiang Cheng.

"Is that eyes?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"What do you think? A bronze lantern under the water?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Jiang Cheng finally lose his patience." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"It's not funny at all." said Nie Huaisang.

The bronze mirrors grew larger and larger, nearer and nearer. Wei WuXian exclaimed under his breath. Dragging Wen Chao, he stepped back just as the surface below his foot shook and suddenly began to rise. The ‘islet’ rose into the air. The large, coal-black head of a beast, atop it the couple of maple leaves, soared out of the water!

Under the screams varying in pitch, the beast slowly turned its head around, staring with its massive eyes the two humans on its back.

The round head of the beast appeared rather strange, similar to both a turtle’s and a snake’s. Simply looking at its head, it’d be more like a gigantic snake, but looking at its body, which had largely risen out of the water already, it seemed more like a…

"Is that a tortoise?" asked Jin Zixun.

"Isn't it obvious already?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Such a large one. Can they even survive from that?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"Are you questioning our strength?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"No, it's just that, it was the first for me to see such creature." said Nie Huaisang.

"Because that's the only one. And it shouldn't be awaken." said Wen Rouhan as he glared at his idiot of a son.

Wei WuXian, “… What a large… tortoise…”

This wasn’t the average tortoise.

If the tortoise were to crash onto the Lotus Pier’s training ground, its shell alone could fill up the entire martial arts field. Even three burly men wouldn’t be able to put their arms around its dark crown. Much less, the average tortoise couldn’t extend out of its shell a snake’s long, winding head, within it a full mouth of yellow, criss-crossed fangs, let alone grow four sharp claws that seemed quite agile.

"Just what kind of tortoise is that?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"If you guys are smart enough, you can find it out on your own." said Wen Rouhan.