Chapter 90 43: Something Underground as Large as a Mountain
The old man with the sorrowful face said, "A small matter. Zhou Friend, you've come to this New Land with such fanfare. What is your purpose?"
The white-browed youth smiled. "A small matter."
The old man with the sorrowful face sighed. "It can't be that small, can it? Your lifespan is nearly exhausted. How could this be a small matter?"
The two looked at each other.
Inside Qinyan Cave, the Zhou Family Nuo Master scouting ahead shouted, "Sir, the suspect Xu Ying and a Big Snake are charging right at us!"
Zhou Heng laughed. "A mere brat. Capturing him will be a piece of cake. Stand aside, all of you. I'll take him down myself!"
Behind him, the Zhou Family experts scattered.
Zhou Heng held his breath and focused. Sure enough, he saw Xu Ying and Yuan Qi charging madly toward them. Zhou Heng's spirits soared. Just as he was about to make his move, he suddenly saw what was behind Xu Ying: a torrential flood filling the entire Qinyan Cave. Within the water, a colossal creature seemed to be ramming against the cave walls, causing them to constantly collapse!
At such a sight, even though Zhou Heng was a Grand Nuo, his blood ran cold.
The great creature in the water was far larger than Qinyan Cave itself. Its impacts made the mountain shake and crack. The aura it exuded instantly crushed Zhou Heng's own, filling him with a profound terror, as if Mount Tai itself were crashing down to shatter his Dao Heart!
Without a second thought, Zhou Heng turned and fled. No one could have imagined that the portly, well-fed Governor could run so fast.
The next moment, however, the rest of the Zhou Family were also madly dashing out after Zhou Heng, fleeing for their lives.
The white-browed youth was still facing the old man with the sorrowful face when suddenly, an earth-shattering BOOM rang out. Qinyan Cave exploded, and the body of Wuyang Mountain shook violently. Figures shot out from the blast, tossed high into the air by the rolling shockwave.
The mountain itself then cracked open, and a flood burst forth from within. A clear roar that pierced the heavens rang out, and a new mountain peak seemed to sprout up before Qinyan Cave.
Xu Ying, Zhou Heng, and the others landed and fled in a panic. Looking back, they saw a mountain peak bearing down on them. It was the great subterranean creature, moving through the earth—the "peak" must have been its dorsal fin!
The white-browed youth's eye twitched. He suddenly shot up, landing behind the fleeing crowd and in front of the advancing "fin." He announced in a clear voice, "Rain Lady, you protect Young Master Xu and get him out of here! I will deal with this great creature!"
Among the crowd fleeing for their lives was an old woman, her body stooped and ancient. Hearing his words, she let out a chuckle, then leaped into the air and gave chase in Xu Ying's direction, calling out with a smile, "Young Master Xu, my Zhou Family means you no harm!"
She took a silk handkerchief from her sleeve and threw it with a flick of her wrist. The handkerchief flew straight toward Xu Ying, growing larger and larger, its coverage spreading wider and wider until it covered a hundred acres of the mountain forest!
Xu Ying sprinted under the handkerchief. As he ran, he saw the trees and rocks around him appearing to grow larger at an incredible speed.
He immediately realized it wasn't the trees and rocks that were growing, but he himself who was rapidly shrinking!
'The Zhou Family Nuo Art, Scattering Beans into Soldiers, must just be the reverse application of this kind of magic! This old woman from the Zhou Family... she's powerful!'
Xu Ying's body quickly shrank to the size of a soybean. A rock he could have once stepped over in a single stride now seemed like an impossibly high mountain, and bushes he could have pushed past had become giant, mythical trees!
The white-browed youth watched the oncoming "mountain peak" and smiled faintly. "I suppose I should call you 'Teacher,' shouldn't I? When I entered that stone chamber all those years ago, I even kowtowed to your withered bones."
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