Chapter 256: Hooves of Victory |
He had the two men stay on the sea surface, acting as "buoys."
Qin Ziwen quickly swam to the island reef, returned to the Home, and pulled Chitu out from the stable, where it had been having a profound conversation with a mare.
He then plucked 30 fruits from the Deep Sea Oxygen.
Under Chitu's utterly bewildered gaze, he directly fed it four of them.
Leading it to the seaside.
Seeing its master about to lead it into the sea, Chitu was so scared its legs went weak, struggling desperately.
"Cough, ahem—"
But its strength was no match for Qin Ziwen's, and its resistance was utterly futile. In the end, it was dragged into the water against its will.
Plunging into the icy seawater, Chitu closed its eyes in despair.
Qin Ziwen slapped its head. "Don't just stand there dazed. Time is tight, hurry up and follow me."
That slap jolted Chitu back to its senses.
"Huh?!" It was shocked to discover that it seemed, surprisingly, it could run in the water?
"Let's go." Qin Ziwen tugged the reins and swam towards the distant coordinates of the heads floating on the surface.
Although Chitu was initially terrified, after realizing it wouldn't choke on water, and with Qin Ziwen's assistance, it soon began swimming on the sea surface.
In fact, horses can naturally swim.
It's just that Chitu, being a Mongolian Horse, had never seen the sea since childhood and rarely had the chance to swim, so this potential remained undeveloped.
Swimming up to the "buoys," Cao Biansheng and Qin Ziwu's faces looked a bit pale.
"What's wrong?"
Cao Biansheng said with lingering fear, "Guild Leader, right after you left, a shark swam over. It was even bigger than the one on the seabed, probably six or seven meters long."
"Under the overwhelming aura of our two kings, that shark was intimidated and slunk away in disgrace," Qin Ziwu added.
Qin Ziwen didn't bother exposing this kid's tall tale.
Intimidating a shark, making it slink away in disgrace? Why not just say you kicked a Mosasaur flying?
You were probably sweating bullets the moment you saw that shark swimming over, weren't you, bro?
"Ahem." Cao Biansheng was a bit more thin-skinned. "Maybe we just weren't on the shark's menu."
Qin Ziwen nodded. "Mhm, you two worked hard. Let's dive down slowly now."
The three men and one horse slowly descended from the sea surface.
They encountered no danger along the way.
It took nearly over ten minutes to steadily reach the seabed.
However, the location was still slightly off. After searching around, they finally found the main group a few dozen meters away.
Qin Ziwen took out the Deep Sea Oxygen from his chest and handed it to everyone, one fruit each.
Then he mounted the horse.
But due to the buoyancy underwater, his butt sitting on Chitu's back felt a bit floaty.
Forcing his body under control, Qin Ziwen looked at the giant clam ahead.
He patted Chitu's head, then pointed at the clam.
Chitu understood and began "galloping" towards the clam.
But under the powerful resistance of the seawater, Chitu's galloping movements turned into slow motion.
Like a movie played in slow motion, it was running in the sea.
The speed was reduced by dozens of times.
Wang Yun's expression turned strange. This bizarre scene, riding a horse underwater, even given to an AI, it might not be able to create something like this!
The déjà vu feeling is just way too damn strong!!!
Not just Wang Yun, the others almost couldn't hold it together, quickly turning their heads away, not daring to look at the Guild Leader.
Finally, arriving at the clam on Chitu, Qin Ziwen took out the harpoon and tried to pry it into the clam's seam.
But the clam was shut tight.
Impenetrable.
This thing was even more turtle-shell-like than a turtle shell itself.
Qin Ziwen observed for a while, not daring to get too close.
Although this thing looked like it didn't move much, if it really took a bite, he probably couldn't handle it.
Wang Yun swam over, patted Qin Ziwen's thigh, and then gestured for him to follow.
Following Wang Yun's guidance, they went to the back of the clam.
Wang Yun pointed to the hinge area on the clam's back.
That is, the "hinge" position where the two shell halves connect.
This was a V-shaped structure.
There happened to be a tiny gap. Qin Ziwen tried to push the harpoon tip in there.
This time, it was like touching the clam's ticklish spot.
Its body swayed clumsily on the seabed. Seeing this, Qin Ziwen understood: this was its weak point.
As expected, you still need a professional!
This time, Qin Ziwen took careful aim and then forcefully thrust the harpoon in his hand!
At first, it felt a bit rough because the gap in the V-shaped structure was small, making aiming difficult.
But his spear training in the Martial Training Ground wasn't in vain. Even though the giant clam was swaying, he still accurately targeted its vital spot!
This thrust was fast and precise.
First, it got stuck in the gap for an instant, then the spearhead penetrated slightly.
He felt his harpoon enter some kind of soft tissue structure.
Stimulated, the clam instinctively opened its shell, spewing out a large cloud of bubbles.
Seizing the opportunity, Qin Ziwen gripped his harpoon and forcefully shoved it forward.
The clam's shell uncontrollably opened a bit more.
Qin Ziwen vigorously twisted the harpoon in his hand; he could feel the clam was in great distress.
He reached out to the side. Wang Yun handed him his harpoon.
Qin Ziwen kicked his legs, swimming to the side.
Without the slightest hesitation, he thrust the harpoon in his hand like a venomous snake into the gap, viciously stabbing into the clam's opened shell interior.
A thick, faintly glowing blue bodily fluid gushed out from the seam.
Staining the seawater with a pale blue hue.
The giant clam was struck as if by a heavy blow.
The two shell halves violently opened and tried to close again, but were firmly jammed open by the harpoon.
Under its clamping force, the fine steel harpoon groaned under the strain, slightly bending.
Qin Ziwen's eyelids twitched watching this.
That bite force is a bit exaggerated.
He hurriedly borrowed other harpoons from the people behind him and pushed them into the gap as well.
Several harpoons were wedged in succession.
They pried the giant clam's shell open, making it impossible to close completely.
Blue bodily fluid continuously flowed from the clam.
After about six or seven minutes, the opening and closing of the clam's shell gradually slowed.
Like the dying gasps of a giant beast.
Its bite force gradually weakened. After another moment, the shell finally lay powerless in a half-open state, only the edges trembling weakly with the pulse of the water current.
Blue fluid was still seeping out, but it had become thin.
Qin Ziwen waited, because Chitu's mission still hadn't shown as completed.
Chitu swam circles around the clam, not daring to get close.
It clearly saw that the steel fork was almost snapped earlier.
If this thing was playing dead and clamped down on its head, then its master would be horseless.
Another ten minutes passed. It remained motionless, seemingly lifeless.
Qin Ziwen grabbed the steel fork and vigorously twisted it again.
The shell snapped shut violently. Qin Ziwen felt an intense vibration transmit through the steel fork in his hand, almost losing his grip.
Sure enough, this old sneaky bastard was playing dead.
Qin Ziwen still didn't stick his hand inside. As for that pearl inside, he wasn't holding out much hope anymore. As long as Chitu's advancement task could be completed, that was enough.
Finally, after nearly half an hour.
Chitu behind him suddenly gave a violent shudder!
[Superhuman · Hooves of Victory · Mongolian Horse: ☆☆☆★★]: Level 2 Unbreakable Body, Level 2 All-Terrain Adaptation, Level 2 Champion's Courage
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