Chapter six hundred and fiftieth eight sea monsters claim their lives
There is a meandering stream of water flowing eastward from Yangguan, and a fishing boat is lit by lights.
I am just as drunk as usual, and the wind and moon in the river fill me with sorrow for others.
——"Send a Letter to Du Jiansou at Night" by Huang Tingjian (Song Dynasty)
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The black mist is getting thicker and thicker, and nothing can be seen beyond a foot away. The black mist is filled with murderous intent, which is shocking and exciting every step of the way.
The sea suddenly fell into silence. Not only was there no cry of seabirds, but even the waves were silent. Compared with the previous strong winds, high winds and rough waves, this deathly silence was even more frightening and terrifying...
Everyone knows that danger is around the corner, but they don't know what kind of danger they will face.
The imagined danger is more frightening than the danger itself!
Everyone grasped the cable firmly with one hand and weapons with the other, on high alert!
For half an hour, there was no movement on the surrounding sea surface, and only a stench of rotting fish and shrimp filled the air above the deck.
Just when everyone is on the verge of collapse,
"Clang"
The ship seemed to have hit a hill. The ship shook violently, then ran aground and anchored, motionless.
There is finally wind on the sea!
The dark fog slowly dissipated, and the curtain finally opened.
A giant octopus as big as the "Five Tooth" battleship appeared on the bow.
The reddish-brown body of the octopus is covered with aquatic plants and lively small fish and shrimps. Each of its eight thick tentacles has two rows of fleshy suckers. The eight tentacles rest on the side of the ship, supporting its huge body.
The giant octopus smiled slyly, with a pair of ugly and ferocious protruding eyes, eerie and terrifying. The huge mouth opened and closed, revealing a pair of sharp horny palates and a rasp-shaped radula.
"Siren!"
Alberts screamed and dragged Bai Fu away from the side of the ship.
Before he finished speaking, a huge tentacle as thick as the main mast swept past Bai Fu, shattering the parapet beside the ship's side that blocked arrows.
Everyone woke up from the nightmare and ran away.
A larger tentacle struck again, sweeping with huge force and smashing the main mast into powder.
Before everyone had time to untie the cable and lower the lifeboat, the other tentacles of the octopus wrapped around the battleship. The suction cup as big as a millstone was like a devil's bloody mouth, biting the hull firmly, and then contracted and closed. It was like a python using its coils. Like hunting large prey, the layers of entangled tentacles slowly broke the battleship at its waist.
Under the huge pressure of the octopus tentacles, the "Five Teeth" battleship was overwhelmed and broke into several pieces in an instant.
A large amount of cold water poured in from the crack in the hull. Hundreds of oarsmen at the bottom of the cabin quickly untied the safety ropes, threw down the oars, jumped into the sea at all costs, and swam to escape.
Broken driftwood, sampans and panicked soldiers who fell into the water were floating on the sea.
The octopus laughed silently, and its huge tentacles slowly dragged the battleship into the deep sea.
This scene made the soldiers of the Tang Army and the Big Eater sailors extremely desperate. Such a heaven-defying sea monster was beyond the power of human beings. The only hope now was to get on a lifeboat and escape from the scene of the shipwreck as soon as possible.
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After destroying Bai Fu's flagship, Octopus was still unsatisfied and extended his long tentacles to another Tang warship, trying to follow the law to defeat the coalition forces of Tang and Dashi.
"Woo..."
When life and death were at stake, a loud conch horn sounded on the sea.
After sending the signal, Bai Fu put the conch in his arms, jumped up from a small sampan, and jumped high into the air.
"Hopu officinalis!"
There was only a cry, and the black iron thick-backed sword was drawn out from Bai Fu's back like a blue dragon.
Bai Fu did a somersault, held the knife in both hands, and used the momentum of his fall to slash the octopus's eyes with one knife!
"How dare a mantis block a car?!" The Fuso female assassin stood proudly on the Fuso warship, looking at Bai Fu from a distance, and sneered.
The octopus smiled with contempt, and a thick tentacle rolled back like a giant whip, sweeping towards Bai Fu.
The black iron sword suddenly appeared, bright as purple lightning, and with a flash of light, it was invincible and cut off the tentacles of the octopus with one knife!
The blue blood of the octopus soaked the entire deck of the warship. The severed tentacles were like living creatures, twisting and beating on the deck.
"good!"
Loud cheers rang out on the sea. The general was so brave and brave, which greatly boosted the morale of the army. The soldiers of the three armies cheered up, as if they saw the hope of survival.
The octopus was in pain, and the two tentacle soldiers divided into two groups, surrounding it in a pincer shape from the left and right wings.
Bai Fu was as fast as the wind, changing shape and form, shuttling back and forth between the two tentacles. Sometimes he hid under the tentacles, sometimes he turned up and stepped on the suction cups.
The octopus's tentacles were like two poisonous snakes, chasing after Bai Fu desperately. It was about to catch Bai Fu, but Bai Fu nimbly dodged it.
After a few moves and dodges, Bai Fu suddenly stopped, stood on the suction cups of the tentacles, and waved at the octopus' bulging eyes.
Such an obvious provocation made the octopus angry. It waved its tentacles and vowed to wrap up Bai Fu.
It's strange that the tentacles don't obey the orders.
When everyone saw it, the two tentacles were entangled together!
It turned out that Bai Fu used his quick movements to set up an ambush, and through clever movement, the two tentacles of the octopus automatically tied into a knot!
The sailors roared with laughter.
This knot, also called the "Flanders Bend", is their favorite method of tying cables. It was just demonstrated to General Bai Fu not long ago!
A firework exploded in the air!
After regaining their senses, the Tang army's fleet opened fire in unison, and the winch and crossbows fired thousands of arrows, like a storm hitting an octopus.
Although the octopus has rough skin and thick flesh and is not afraid of missing arrows, it is still extremely irritated by the rain of arrows.
The octopus was furious and waved the remaining five huge tentacles. The tentacles danced like an airtight wall of flesh, blocking the rain of arrows from the body. In less than a cup of tea, several huge tentacles were shot into a sieve, densely packed. Filled with iron arrows.
"Whoosh"
Two iron arrows shot out from the rain of arrows, as fast as lightning, piercing the octopus's eyes.
The octopus couldn't dodge, and one of its protruding giant eyes was hit by a spiked iron arrow!
"puff"
The bulging eye that was shot exploded instantly, like a watermelon whose head was shot by an arrow!
The octopus was in pain, let out an earth-shattering roar, and fell into the sea.
Seeing the octopus escape, enthusiastic cheers erupted on the sea again.
Several Tang Dynasty warships gathered around, and Bai Fu stood on the side of the ship, commanding the generals to throw out cables and fish out the swimming sailors.
Although all the sailors were as embarrassed as drowned rats, they were still thankful to have saved their lives from the sea monster.
Just as the sailors were high-fiving and celebrating their survivors, a huge wave broke out from the bottom of the ship, overturning Bai Fu's warship, and the defeated octopus jumped out of the water.
It turns out that the giant octopus is extremely smart and knows that Bai Fu, dressed in white, is the fatal enemy.
It pretended to be injured and sank into the sea, but secretly swam under the water to Bai Fu's boat, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack.
Although the giant octopus is huge, it is agile and agile. It suddenly bursts out of the sea and pounces on Bai Fu.
The sharp horny palate in the octopus's mouth suddenly opened, and the file-like radula suddenly sprayed out a large amount of ink towards Bai Fu.
The ink was overwhelming and the smell was so strong that the world in front of Bai Fu instantly went dark.
Bai Fu didn't know whether the ink was highly poisonous, so he quickly dropped his bow and arrow and retreated quickly.
However, the octopus had already figured out Bai Fu's path, and several thick tentacles had long been silently ambush on the other side of the ship's side. Seeing Bai Fu dodge, the octopus immediately launched an attack behind Bai Fu.
In Bai Fu's panic, he had no time to dodge completely and was caught in the waist by one of the tentacles.
The octopus also knew that Bai Fu was tricky, and kept shrinking its tentacle suckers, trying to strangle Bai Fu to death immediately. Bai Fu's limbs were tightly wrapped in the tentacles, and he could not escape. He could only rely on his strong muscles and bones to compete with him.
The generals were shocked, picked up their weapons, swarmed forward, and slashed at the octopus's tentacles.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the octopus quickly extended and retracted several tentacles, flipped over, wrapped Bai Fu, and dived back into the water again.
The octopus dragged Bai Fu and kept diving, trying to drown Bai Fu in the water.
Bai Fu seemed to be tied to a huge rusty anchor and fell into the deep sea...