The lantern fish king was eventually going solo, for it had gone so fast, none of its brethren had been able to keep up . Only Han Sen could stick with it . Bao'er was still sitting atop the fish king, and as she sat there, she had a serious look on her face .
Han Sen kept following the fish king at this speed for two whole days . Fortunately, the wings were a beast soul . If he was using his own energy to fly, he would have been knackered far earlier .
Eventually, though, Han Sen saw the end of the long river he had traversed . It led to a big mountain, the peak of which was high up in the clouds someplace . An accurate estimation of its height could not be guessed .
There was a big waterfall on the mountain, too . It descended from someplace above the clouds, as if it were a tether to hold the sky and clouds in place .
It was a gorgeous sight, and before that grand waterfall, even the fish king looked small .
The waterfall descended into a lake . When the fish king reached this lake, it began to stream up through the waterfall into the sky . Bao'er held onto the fish king tight, flying up with it .
Han Sen shouted in her direction, but Bao'er ignored him . She remained fixated on the mountain they had come to .
The fish was swimming against the waterfall, and as it cleaved its way upwards, many splashes were created .
Han Sen had the power to do this, as well, but he refrained for now . And as Han Sen was lost in thought over the place he had come to, something came down from above the clouds .
Han Sen stood on the shores of the lake watching . Then, he saw a purple vine descend and try to lash the fish king as if it were a whip .
The fish king puffed up its belly and withstood the blow like a red sun .
Pang!
The fish king received that hit and bled a copious amount of blood; so much, the waterfall and lake below were dyed red .
The fish king opened its mouth and did not relent in its ascension of the waterfall .
Pang!
The vine was still there, and it lashed the king again . Many of the fish's scales were stripped from its body .
Han Sen was frozen at the scene of this terrible sight . The fish king was incredibly powerful as it was . But the purple vine was able to nearly wreck the beast with but a single hit .
"What in the sanctuaries could that thing be? Is it a plant?! Is it a weapon?! Is someone controlling it or what?" Han Sen wondered, aghast .
His Dongxuan Aura was not efficient enough for him to detect what might have lurked above the clouds .
What Han Sen couldn't understand the most, though, was why Bao'er was acting the way she was . She was determined to remain on the fish king, and her face was extremely serious . Han Sen had never seen her behave this way before .
"Does she know what is up there?" Han Sen thought to himself .
It did not seem possible . She had never been there before, so how could she know?
Regardless, one thing was for sure: she wanted something . There had to be something up there and she wanted it .
Pang!
The fish could not withstand this blow, and it could no longer continue its ascent . It fell all the way down to the lake below, creating a massive splash and tidal wave .
Han Sen knew the fish king could fly, but it must have been too weak to do so, following its third and final strike .
The fish king was not wholly defeated yet, though . It shone brightly, swimming around in circles before resuming its upwards flight .
The head of the fish was now crowned with a golden horn . The moment the vine came down, the fish king was able to skewer it with the horn .
The purple vine emitted a mist, following this . And it was still active; it lashed the horn .
Pang!
The golden horn was shattered, and the fish king fell back down into the lake once more .
The fish king was determined not to give up, though . It shone even brighter than it had before, and it was so bright, Han Sen found it difficult to watch .
Han Sen used his Dongxuan Aura to view the king, and he was able to see it regenerate . The scales around it healed, and its tail at the back was like a chipper cloud .
The fish king leaped out of the water and flew upwards like a rocket .
The purple vine whacked the fish again, shattering more of the scales . But the fish king did not submit to gravity this time, and it continued onwards and upwards . As it went, the obliterated scales were like golden stardust, left as a wake for its starbound pursuit .
The vine was unable to stop the fish king this time, but the seeming victory appeared to be short-lived . The illusion of success looked likely to crumble, as another vine appeared .
But the fish king kept going . It pushed on and accelerated, despite the loss of its scales .
It was so fast that the second vine was actually unable to do anything . And witnessing its failure to prevent the fish king's ascent, the vines retreated above the clouds .
Bao'er's face looked more dour than ever, after withstanding all that . She now held the gourd in her hands as she stared up at the clouds she was fast approaching .
Han Sen watched as the bleeding fish penetrated the clouds and then, from somewhere above, the noise of thunder sounded . Purple lights appeared in the sky .
The clouds were torn asunder by these lights, and the fish became a bloodfish . Its scales had all been stripped away .
The moment the clouds were torn, Han Sen was able to see the peak of the mountain . There, atop the mountain, was an old vine . The two vines that had assaulted the fish were only a part of it .
And the purple light that now flashed was sent out by the old vine .
"What is that thing?" Han Sen looked at it in surprise .
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