At this moment, only he could save these two people. He was absolutely confident that he could deal with this strange thing. Moreover, if he hadn't secretly used his supernatural abilities to intervene, in the 250-meter-deep water, let alone whether their injuries would kill Long Zhengjiang and Long Guo, the underwater pressure alone would have caused them to lose all their blood and have their hearts shatter, making it impossible for them to survive.
Under An Guoqing's watchful and anxious gaze, Zhou Xuan quickly swam to Long Zhengjiang's side. This speed surprised An Guoqing as well. In such deep water, at a depth of 250 meters, a person's ability to move is greatly reduced. It's like being in space; any movement can only be described as extremely difficult.
How could Zhou Xuan still move so quickly? It was as if he was completely unaffected by the atmospheric pressure of water 250 meters deep.
At that moment, Zhou Xuan suddenly reached out and struck each of the two tentacles hard.
Volume 1, Chapter 389: You Change
An Guoqing was shocked to see Zhou Xuan swim to Long Zhengjiang and his nephew at an extremely fast speed and hit the strange and ferocious creature with his hands!
If Zhou Xuan were also caught by that strange thing, An Guoqing would be very worried. Of course, he wasn't worried about Zhou Xuan's life or safety, but he was worried about the Nine Dragon Cauldron. Because Zhou Xuan was in the Black Dragon Pool, the backpack containing the Nine Dragon Cauldron was still on his back, and he was still inseparable from it. If Zhou Xuan were also caught by that monster, An Guoqing was not confident or capable of rescuing Zhou Xuan from his mother!
An Guoqing was also somewhat puzzled. Long Zhengjiang had no relationship with Zhou Xuan and had never spoken a word to him. Moreover, his nephew, Long Guo, was very hostile towards Zhou Xuan and was constantly provoking him. An Guoqing had seen all of this, but he did not stop him. Having someone who was hostile to Zhou Xuan was a good thing for him, at least there were other people who helped him share the attention from Zhou Xuan.
However, Zhou Xuan's diving ability after entering the Black Dragon Pool today surprised An Guoqing, who secretly thought he had misjudged him.
An Guoqing also believed that Zhou Xuan was definitely not a fool, but why did Zhou Xuan save Long Zhengjiang and his nephew? If it were just Long Zhengjiang, that would be one thing, but what about Long Guo? Why did Zhou Xuan save him?
Besides, in the face of such a ferocious and bizarre unknown beast, a person unarmed appears so weak and seemingly vulnerable. Even with An Guoqing's formidable martial prowess, he dared not step forward. So what did Zhou Xuan rely on?
But what An Guoqing didn't expect was that Zhou Xuan's two punches suddenly broke the tentacles!
He could use his fist, even through a diving suit, to break those two tentacle-like monsters in one go!
Zhou Xuan grabbed Long Zhengjiang and Long Jie with one hand each, and then quickly swam upstream. An Guoqing dared not stop and quickly followed, while also activating the booster to increase their ascent speed significantly.
An Zaiqing watched as Zhou Xuan grabbed one person with each hand and swam upwards at a considerable speed. Even with his spinal cord assist device activated, he seemed unable to keep up with him. An Zaiqing was truly astonished and realized that he really needed to completely re-evaluate his opinion of Zhou Xuan. He had never thought of Zhou Xuan before.
Zhou Xuan used his supernatural abilities to stabilize the injuries of Long Zhengjiang and Uncle Long Guo, reducing the underwater pressure. Otherwise, at a depth of over 200 meters, the pressure would have instantly squeezed out their blood, turning them into dried corpses. At such a depth, the pressure would only be slightly less. The diving suits of both Long Zhengjiang and his nephew had already been damaged, and their pressure resistance had been greatly reduced. If it weren't for Zhou Xuan's supernatural abilities secretly helping them, the two would already be dead.
Of course, Zhou Xuan wasn't acting out of kindness. Under normal circumstances, he had the ability to save him, and since he wasn't a mortal enemy, he would save him if he could. He had no grudge against Long Zhengjiang, so there was no question of good or bad. Saving him was just like saving a stranger. But Long Guo was different. Zhou Xuan's intention in saving Long Guo was definitely not out of kindness. This guy was lusting after Fu Ying and Wei Xiaoyu's beauty and was arrogant towards him. Even if he died, Zhou Xuan wouldn't feel any pity. However, now, his supernatural ability detected that the sucker-like teeth on the tentacles had already crushed the tendons and bones of Long Guo's arm to pieces. This arm was undoubtedly crippled. If he was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, perhaps the arm could be restored. But even after being healed, Long Guo's arm would not be able to exert force like a normal person.
However, in this remote rural area far from the city, it would take them several hours to get back to the city. If it took several hours, even if Longguo was sent to the most advanced hospital, his injuries would not be able to recover. Without any protection, the cells in his arm would suffer severe and rapid blood loss, aging and dying!
Zhou Xuan understood this principle. He wanted to rescue Long Guo, cripple him, and show him who the ultimate champion was and who would have the last laugh. To make an opponent suffer, nothing is more painful than making him live in agony. Making him suffer even more than dying is far more painful. Perhaps that's the meaning behind it.
An Guoqing, of course, did not understand Zhou Xuan's abilities. He also did not understand why such a ferocious and seemingly impossible creature could be defeated by humans. He knocked out the creature after just two punches, allowing Zhou Xuan to drag the two of them away.
Zhou Xuan's two punches were, of course, made using his transformation ability, turning the middle part of the two tentacles into gold. Of course, the transformed part was only the middle part of the tentacle's outer layer, thus severing the connection between the outer part of the tentacle and the part inside the rock cave. This effectively rendered the monster's tentacles useless. Unless another tentacle extended out of the cave, it would pose no threat to Zhou Xuan. However, Zhou Xuan's ability was also simultaneously probing the situation. If the monster extended any more tentacles, he would use his ability to transform and devour them.
In fact, if Zhou Xuan wanted, he could completely kill the monster inside the rock tear. However, the monster couldn't pass through the stone cave, so it was safe as long as it was outside the range of its tentacles. Therefore, Zhou Xuan didn't transform and devour it to death, thinking it would be better to leave these people with lingering fear.
About ten minutes later, when Zhou Xuan was still more than ten meters from the surface, he could already see the objects in the water because the light on the surface could reach that depth. Zhou Xuan also saw that Wei Xiaoyu and Fu Ying had turned back and dived down again. When they saw Zhou Xuan, the concern and worry in their eyes finally relaxed.
The others returned to the shore. In a life-or-death situation, they would never risk their lives to save someone unless absolutely necessary. Moreover, they had seen the situation firsthand; even if they had tried to help, they wouldn't have succeeded and might have been swallowed and eaten by the monster as well.
Amidst the splashing sound of water, several people emerged from the surface of the pool. Those on the shore quickly rushed to the water's edge to meet them and pull them ashore.
Zhou Xuan dragged Long Zhengjiang and his nephew Long Guo ashore by An Guoqing's men. However, the horrific sight of the two men terrified everyone, who wondered what kind of monster was lurking in the unfathomable Black Dragon Pool!
Long Zhengjiang's right arm was completely severed at the root, a bloody mess, with sharp white bone protruding from the flesh, making it look extremely horrifying.
Although Long Nan's right arm was still on his body, it was obvious that the arm was completely disconnected from his body, as if the prosthetic limb had fallen off, with only a little bit of rubber sticking it on. At the wound, it was also visible that most of the skin and bone were broken.
Strangely, neither of them had much blood flowing from their wounds. Otherwise, with such severe injuries, even if they were sent back to the city hospital for treatment, they would have died from excessive blood loss.
Although An Guoqing did not give any orders, his men quickly bandaged the wounds of Long Zhengjiang and his nephew. An Guoqing found it strange that if the wounds were so severe in water 250 meters deep, the pressure would have killed Long Zhengjiang and his nephew. Moreover, it took more than ten minutes to swim to shore, and that was because the booster was activated. Without the booster, it would have taken at least half an hour.
Zhou Xuan understood this best. In deep water, even a short distance of a few meters is like an old man carrying a heavy load walking with great difficulty. In the United States, he had enough experience to swim from a depth of more than 200 meters to the surface. Even if he was fast, it would take him 40 minutes. However, this time he had a vertebral assist device. The machine's ability was much greater than that of manual labor.
Because everyone on the shore was focused on Long Zhengjiang and his nephew, Zhou Xuan was able to easily take off his diving suit.
After An Guoqing took off his diving suit and changed into his clothes, he noticed the fear on everyone's faces and felt that Zhou Xuan was unusual.
At this point, after An Guoqing's men had bandaged the wounds of Long Zhengjiang and his nephew, they began to ask questions all at once.
"What exactly happened? What injured them?"
"How could he be injured like this?... "
"Chairman An..."
An Guoqing's face was gloomy. He waved his hand and said, "Go back quickly and get them to Zhen Hospital for emergency treatment!"
After saying that, he turned to Long Zhengjiang and his nephew, who were pale and in pain, and said, "Your mission is over, and the terms of our cooperation are officially over. I will give each of you one million RMB, and I will cover all your medical expenses. In return, you will have the obligation to keep my secret. Do you understand?"
Long Guo was in too much pain to speak, while Long Zhengjiang seemed to be in better condition. He nodded slightly and said, "Chairman An, I understand. Don't worry, we will definitely not tell anyone about this. Our bodies are already crippled. As soon as our injuries heal a little, we will go back to our hometown and will never come to Fengshan again."
An Guoqing nodded and said, "That's good!" Then he waved his hand and directed everyone to pack up their equipment and head back.
Anjie was so frightened that her legs were trembling. She huddled in the middle of the crowd, occasionally turning her head with fear to look at the rumbling Black Dragon Pool.
He came full of excitement but left disappointed. However, Zhou Xuan knew that An Guoqing was not very dissatisfied. His purpose in coming here had been perfectly achieved. The new diving suit was exactly what he wanted. It could dive to a depth of 250 meters without any problems, and with his physical strength, he could definitely dive dozens of meters more. This proved that the quality of the diving suit was not a problem, and it basically met his requirements. It was perfectly fine to dive to a depth of 150 meters.
However, encountering such a sudden disaster in Black Dragon Pool was something An Guoqing had never anticipated; it was an accident!
Back at the parking lot, everyone got into different vehicles. This time, Wei Xiaoyu took the car keys and drove herself, while Fu Ying and Zhou Xuan sat in the back.
After the vehicles were on the road, Wei Xiaoyu asked, "Zhou Xuan, why did you go back to save Long Zhengjiang and his nephew? Long Zhengjiang is one thing, but that Long Guo, if we were in a deserted place, I would have wanted to beat him up. You still went back to save him. How could you not care about yourself in such a dangerous situation? I'm really angry!"
Zhou Xuan chuckled and said, "Don't be angry. Of course, I have no good feelings towards that dragon fruit, nor do I have any ill intentions. You don't know, my abilities have progressed a lot these past few days. I can already use my abilities to transform and devour. I've already detected that monster very clearly. If we ourselves were in danger, I could make it disappear immediately. When Long Zhengjiang and his nephew were in danger, I also gave them a heads-up, but whether they listened or not was their business. Moreover, at that time, I was completely capable of not letting them get hurt in the slightest. You all saw it; I deliberately didn't save them. Only after Long Mu's hand was completely crippled did I take action and destroy the monster's two tentacles. I also deliberately reduced the pressure on them, allowing them to escape alive and let others see that I saved them. That dragon fruit wanted to fight me, didn't it? Was it trying to show off in front of me? I deliberately let it live on, so that it would realize that I was the one who saved its dog's life!"
Wei Xiaoyu was silent for a while, then quietly said, "Zhou Xuan, you've changed!"
Zhou Xuan replied calmly, "People change!"
Wei Xiaoyu was originally an extremely proud girl, but Zhou Xuan changed her. However, she now felt that Zhou Xuan was no longer the unfathomable but honest and kind young man she had met before. Now, Zhou Xuan had become shrewd, ruthless and scheming, and was no longer the Zhou Xuan she knew!