"Stop complaining and get over here, this thing is about to go berserk again—" Shawn Young shouted loudly at "Fat Dragon" Leo Bright, while quickly pulling seven talisman papers from his pocket. He turned to Ken Lin beside him and said, "Quick—Ken, get out those seven packs of blood and arrange them on the ground in the shape of the Big Dipper. I'm about to set up the formation!"
"Oh, got it!" Ken Lin hurriedly pulled out seven fresh packs of blood from his backpack and quickly arranged them in a Big Dipper pattern on a section of the floor by the reservoir that hadn't yet been flooded.
At that moment, the Blackblood Sewer Fiend let out a low roar like a cow's bellow. Its massive body submerged into the water, head plunging beneath the surface, mouth sucking up water with force. The water around its body began swirling at a terrifying speed, forming a spiraling vortex. Its huge belly rapidly expanded, making its already enormous body even more monstrous!
"Oh my god! It's about to unleash its ultimate move—" Fat Dragon Leo Bright had learned his lesson. Seeing this, he let out a startled cry and scrambled behind Shawn Young.
By now, Shawn Young had already placed the seven talisman papers over the seven fresh blood packs arranged on the floor. He pressed his hands together in a sword gesture, channeling his Celestial Essence to the max, and chanted the incantation: "Supreme Star of the Platform, ever-changing and unceasing, Qianluo Dana, Grand Celestial Mystery, traverse the Five Peaks, Eight Seas bear witness, Big Dipper Celestial Power, stars shift and move, by law and command—rise!!"
With Shawn Young's loud shout, his sword-formed fingers pointed at the Big Dipper formation on the floor—"Whoosh—" a streak of white light shot out—"Puff—puff—puff—" seven bursts in quick succession. In an instant, the seven blood packs exploded, quickly staining the talisman papers above them red. The floor and walls shook as countless chunks of earth and stone swirled together, instantly forming a golden earthen wall in front of the four of them! This was the powerful defensive "Big Dipper Earth Barrier!"
The formation had just solidified when the Blackblood Sewer Fiend, now bloated with water, popped its head up. Its pointed mouth opened wide and sprayed—"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—" a barrage of dense white water arrows shot forth. The nearby reservoir was blasted by the powerful water jets, riddled with holes and collapsing in an instant!
But the golden "Big Dipper Earth Barrier" wall barely held up against the barrage of water arrows. The powerful jets struck the wall, making it tremble and shed debris, but Shawn Young immediately gathered his Celestial Essence to reinforce the crumbling wall, preventing the Blackblood Sewer Fiend's furious attack from breaking through—for now.
"Quick—before it starts its next attack, I'm going to trap it. You guys need to find an opening to strike! It's already pregnant, so focus your attacks on its belly—that should be its weak spot!" Shawn Young concentrated his Celestial Essence to maintain the Big Dipper Earth Barrier while urgently instructing the other three.
As Shawn Young spoke, the Blackblood Sewer Fiend paused its water arrow assault and lowered its body to drink again. Seizing the moment, Shawn shouted, his sword-formed fingers trembling—the golden earthen wall suddenly surged up, splitting into a massive cloud of yellow earth in midair, enveloping the fiend and quickly solidifying into a thick, towering barrier all around it.
"Grrr—" Seeing things turn against it, the Blackblood Sewer Fiend twisted its bloated body, ramming fiercely into the earthen barrier—"Boom—boom—boom—" dull thuds rang out as chunks of earth were knocked loose from the wall.
Ken Lin drew a military dagger wrapped with an Earthen Seal Talisman, shouted, and charged forward. With a swift leap, he climbed the earthen wall, grabbed a coarse bristle from the fiend's ear with his left hand, and stabbed the dagger hard into its head—"Squelch—" the blade pierced its neck, and the Blackblood Sewer Fiend howled in pain, spurting sticky dark blue liquid from the wound—its blood was that color!
Wounded, the Blackblood Sewer Fiend went berserk, whipping its head with tremendous force and sending Ken Lin flying seven or eight meters through the air. He crashed into the tunnel wall and tumbled into the water, coughing up blood. Luckily, he grabbed a protruding rock and surfaced, narrowly avoiding drowning.
Gavin Strong, aka "Lean Tiger," saw this clearly and knew it was time to go all out. He let out a wild yell, grabbed the iron cross pickaxe from his back, attached an Earthen Seal Talisman to the head, and nimbly climbed the earthen wall like a monkey. Clamping his legs around the fiend's neck, he swung the sharp pickaxe in a frenzied barrage at its forehead. Gavin's technique favored speed and agility—he quickly punched a dozen dark-blue-bleeding holes in the monster's skull.
The Blackblood Sewer Fiend, now in even more pain, went into a frenzy. Its eyes flashed red—"Roar!" With a furious twist, its mountain-sized body shattered the golden earthen wall, sending debris everywhere. Gavin Strong, still clamped to its neck, was flung a dozen meters into the water with a splash—his fate uncertain!
Shawn Young hadn't expected the fiend to be so terrifying when enraged. He was out of talismans and materials to rebuild the formation, and his Celestial Essence was nearly depleted—his head was spinning. The furious Blackblood Sewer Fiend lunged forward, jaws wide, aiming to bite Shawn Young.
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Shawn Young quickly dodged to the side, and the Blackblood Sewer Fiend bit into the wall behind him, sending chunks of stone flying like a giant rock crusher.
At this critical moment, Fat Dragon Leo Bright, who had been hiding and waiting for a chance, let out a strange yell and dashed from the corner, smashing two soda bottles into the fiend's open mouth.
The Blackblood Sewer Fiend bit down hard, crushing the two soda bottles. The liquid inside was immediately swallowed down its throat.
Just as the Blackblood Sewer Fiend was about to chase after Shawn Young, something strange happened—it suddenly kicked its hind legs against the water, launching its bloated body into the air and slamming into the concrete tunnel ceiling with tremendous force, sending chunks of cement flying.
It then went berserk, leaping and thrashing wildly, letting out agonized screams as if enduring unbearable pain. Like a runaway train, it rampaged through the sewer tunnels, finally diving headfirst into one, where the sounds of flesh tearing and liquid splattering echoed, shaking the tunnel like an earthquake. Before long, all fell silent.
Shawn Young, recovering, hurried over. Fat Dragon Leo Bright followed with the miner's lamp. What they saw was a floor strewn with chunks of flesh and the mangled corpse of the Blackblood Sewer Fiend. Amidst the sticky dark blue liquid, a writhing, bloody red mass squirmed—it looked like flesh torn out by the fiend's own fangs. The fiend itself was dead; its spiritual body gradually faded, turning into wisps of white smoke rising into the air.
Fat Dragon asked in shock, "Damn—when I smashed your special stuff into its mouth, that thing was insanely powerful! What was it?"
"It was concentrated musk! I got it from the hospital earlier," Shawn Young replied.
"Huh!? No way! That ordinary stuff is the nemesis of a thousand-year-old demon rat?" Fat Dragon exclaimed in disbelief.
"Well—it’s not usually its nemesis, but I remembered it was pregnant. I read in medical books that concentrated musk can cause repeated miscarriages in human women, so I had you bring two bottles. Turns out, that’s what finished off the Blackblood Sewer Fiend—the musk made it and its unborn offspring turn on each other. That kind of death is called fetal killing—" Shawn Young said, deeply moved.
"Heh—heh—heh—" Just as they were talking, a chilling, sinister laugh echoed from the darkness in the sewer, sending shivers down their spines.
"Who? Who's there?" Shawn Young and Fat Dragon turned together. The miner's lamp beam caught a fleeting shadow, and then they heard a "whoosh—whoosh—" overhead. Looking up, they saw the white smoke from the fiend’s fading body gathering into a fast-moving mist, surging toward the corner where the sinister laughter came from.
"Ah! Someone’s absorbing the demon’s spiritual energy to cultivate! We actually helped him out—" Shawn Young’s heart skipped a beat as he realized, and when he tried to chase after the figure, the dark corner was already empty—the mysterious stranger had vanished!