The Eastern Continent Swordsman
CH. 36 – Haku

Something is unusual!

Zhou Fu was suspicious. The lights that were paired from within the ruins, in fact, were lined up very neatly and regularly. The light lined up and flickered alternately. It was a pair of eyes! Obviously it was a pair of eyes, but, it made no sense as well if they were referred to as a pair of eyes!

Zhou Fu's frown furrowed as he continued to observe the sharp glares behind the ancient ruins. As much as possible, he does not make sudden movements, because the animal's instinctive nature is to respond to sudden movements. That is also if it is true that those who are hiding are creatures or animals.

The logic of Zhou Fu says that even if the pair of eyes were a pair of lights, the head of each of these creatures would also be large because it follows the size of its fifteen centimeter diameter eyes.

Then, how can the eyes highlight precisely lined up, as if they are creatures who have eyes without a head. Obviously that's impossible. Zhou Fu's next question was, if it wasn't the eyes, then what? Clearly the light shone on every move of Zhou Fu and Shen Shen Shen.

Between being curious and a little worried, Zhou Fu tried to stick out his hand slowly. First of all, he waved his hands to the right and left, trying to ascertain whether the eyes were following Zhou Fu's hand.

There was a stifled shock from Shen Shen's face when he saw the light moving in the direction of Zhou Fu's waving hand. Just like Zhou Fu, Shen Shen also felt the irregularity that Zhou Fu was thinking about. Like believing that it is in pairs of eyes, as well as believing if it must not be eyes.

Are they really headless sea creatures? Shen Shen felt fear.

Zhou Fu looked at Shen Shen, as if he was taking Shen Shen to step slowly towards the third Lotus Flower Pavilion. Zhou Fu saw how the creature responded to the movement of his hands, only glancing to the right and to the left without giving any sign of attacking. That meant, Zhou Fu also had the same opportunity, to step towards the third pavilion without getting any attacks.

Zhou Fu clasped Shen Shen's trembling hand, he signaled to swim in a slow motion.

But later…

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Shen Shen's heart almost fell off when he saw the mound of ancient ruins begin to show the movement of the creatures inside. Zhou Fu parried Shen Shen's hand and asked the girl to stay away. As far as possible, Zhou Fu ordered in sign language.

Meanwhile, rocks from ancient ruins are now falling irregularly, following the movement of the creatures behind the ruins. First of all, Zhou Fu saw the appearance of a tail that looked like the fins of a giant fish. Then slowly the creature began to appear completely.

It was not the ruins of a large building! It was the shape of a giant creature that was hiding its body with the crumbs of the rocks of an ancient building!

Inner Zhou Fu once saw a 100-foot-tall creature that was now facing him. What surprised Zhou Fu and Shen Shen the most was that the paired, eye-like lights were scales lined up all over the creature's body. Yes, the creature has scales in the form of eyes, which certainly also serves as a sense of sight!

Zhou Fu turned his head back to drive Shen Shen to swim to a distant place. Only after seeing Shen Shen disappear from sight did Zhou Fu come face to face with a giant creature that was still writhing like he had just woken up from sleep. The creature now seemed to be waiting for the movement of Zhou Fu, and vice versa, Zhou Fu also did not want to be rash.

They both look at each other. Zhou Fu observed the head of the creature, it had a head shape that Zhou Fu had never seen before, like a fusion between a crocodile and a dragon, he said, but it has a whisk in the tens on its nose. The creature also has something like a fusion of four legs and fins that are each paired.

At first glance, the creature is like a long crocodile, with legs resembling fish fins, a dragon-like head, and eye-shaped scales that can see from all directions.

Zhou Fu's eyes widened for a moment, along with his memory of Haku gushing in the head.

H A K U ! ! !

No more wrong! It must be the Haku that Li Xian's grandfather had told him about. Haku is a mythological beast told by Li Xian's grandfather as a monster tasked with guarding the most dangerous book in the universe. The book, he said, should not be studied by just anyone.

Grandfather Li Xian did not say if Haku's scales were eye-shaped!!!

Inner Zhou Fu while clenching his two hands. The image of Haku that Li Xian's grandfather told him in his childhood, in fact has a similarity of up to 90% with the appearance of the creature in front of him. Zhou Fu then tried to remember a temple that Li Xian's grandfather had heard in his ear. A stanza that accompanies the appearance of Haku.

Zhou Fu's body goosebumps instantly. Does that mean that Li Xian's grandfather once came to the Luzon Sea but failed to defeat Haku? Inner Zhou Fu guessed. Then, was the content of the scroll that Shen Shen held the temple that Li Xian's grandfather had also said? That was why Li Xian's grandfather forced Zhou Fu to memorize the Haku temple out of his head? Because Zhou Fu is illiterate?

Zhou Fu took a while to gather the guesses that seemed to be all true. If that was the case, it was a critical moment for Zhou Fu.

Because, legend tells if Haku will rampage and finish who faced him. History books never mention Haku in them, because in fact less than one percent of the people on earth who can successfully meet Haku.

Haku is only told by certain people, who had heard about the mysterious book which he said was the most dangerous in the universe. The way to defeat Haku is only two, the first one fighting and winning the fight and the second one is taming Haku with a verse about conscience.

Some people are born to be chosen. Some more, take the path as the chosen one. Either the first or the second, both carry embers in their hands. Darkness is sickening, but shining with coals in your hand can be heartbreaking. No forcing, no restraining, no expelling. Stepping on the path the heart wills. Because he knows better than anyone who knows.

Damn it!!!

Zhou Fu hit him in the head several times because he still felt he had failed to find the meaning of the Haku verse. Stepping on the path the heart desires? What does that mean, my heart doesn't give you any clues! Zhou Fu was again upset.

Meanwhile, Haku's murmur began to twitch. That meant that Zhou Fu's time to think was up. Haku had given him a chance to think, but it was wasted because Haku had already begun to show his anger.

Haku's moving murmur indicates that the creature will immediately attack in the near future.

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If this chapter has appeared in noveltoon, then chapter 37 means it has aired on yutubb... You can peek chapter 37 with search “Pendekar Timur” Continent in yutubb or gugell. Thus, sorry late update, Monday-monday work stack…