Chapter 142: Big Yellow Brawls with a "Monster"

At this moment, hearing the barking of dogs and the sounds of clashing weapons, the nearby patrolling soldiers, along with Huang Xianlin and a few other deputy generals under Wei Xiaoping, also hurried toward Wei Xiaoping's official residence.

When they saw two bizarre, long, strange monsters fighting with two gate guards, they were completely dumbfounded!

What kind of monsters were these, having three heads sharing a single body? The heads looked somewhat like wolves, yet not quite wolves; were they dogs? But they had never seen such a gigantic dog with three heads growing together before!

Not only did they have three heads on one body, but they were also exceptionally agile and fierce in combat! Didn't having three heads mean having three different minds? How could their thoughts possibly be so unified when attacking and fighting?

"Dahuang, hurry up and help the two guards capture these two monsters, and let's see what species they are!" Huang Xianlin commanded Dahuang.

With that, Huang Xianlin strode through the main gate and walked toward Wei Xiaoping's quarters to check if any danger had befallen him.

Obeying the order, Dahuang let out a piercing, long howl, leaped fiercely from beside the gate, and flew toward the two Netherworld Hounds.

Dahuang landed right in the middle between the two guards and the two Netherworld Hounds, spreading its wings to separate them.

The two gate guards retreated and resumed their posts by the door.

Dahuang puffed out its chest, its eyes shooting a piercing gaze as it let out a thunderous roar at the Netherworld Hounds. Simultaneously, its wings struck out like lightning in a continuous series of a dozen rapid slaps toward the two hounds.

After going inside for a short while, Huang Xianlin saw that Wei Xiaoping was being looked after by Zhang Xiaoyan, and learning that Wei Xiaoping had just regained consciousness a moment ago, he came back out with peace of mind!

Seeing a gigantic monster suddenly fly toward them, and immediately unleash a lightning-fast double-wing attack imbued with immense force, the Netherworld Hounds Boss Ma and Niu Dahua thought to themselves: Could this monster called Dahuang be the mount of someone in the military camp? Otherwise, why would it appear here and be so obedient?

Since it followed that person's commands to help these guards fight them, it stood to reason that the person directing it must be a subordinate or friend of their master.

Since that was the case, how could they fight it? If they were to fight and end up mutually wounded, it would be difficult to explain to their master when he emerged! — Wait a minute, hadn't their master's soul returned to his physical body long ago? Why hadn't he shown his face yet? Could it be that his wounds had not yet healed?

Thinking this, the two Netherworld Hounds quickly and actively evaded the attacks of Dahuang's iron-hard wings.

Seeing that a dozen consecutive wing strikes failed to hit the two monsters, Dahuang sped up and unleashed another dozen continuous strikes, which were still effortlessly dodged by the two creatures.

Huang Xianlin, watching from the side as Dahuang repeatedly struck over a dozen times only to be evaded by the two monsters, mused to himself: These two monsters look so towering, fierce, and cruel, their strength should be no less than Dahuang's. Why are they only dodging Dahuang's attacks without launching any counterattacks? When they first arrived, they only dodged the two guards' attacks without retaliating either. Could it be that they only possess a ferocious appearance while their actual strength is utterly pathetic? If that's not the case, why do they only dodge and never attack?

The two gate guards thought to themselves upon seeing this scene: Earlier, the two monsters only dodged and evaded our attacks, so it turns out they are just all bark and no bite! If Dahuang hadn't intervened, perhaps if we continued fighting them, we might have been able to kill these two monsters!

A dozen patroled soldiers who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion initially thought these bizarre-looking monsters were some kind of fierce demonic beasts attacking. But seeing them constantly back away and dodge the gate guards' attacks, and now doing the same against Dahuang, they thought: We thought they were formidable demonic beasts, but they're just two all-show-and-no-substance monsters! Had we known they were such cowards, we wouldn't have let Dahuang step in. If the ten of us patrolmen had attacked together and captured them, the highest merit would have belonged to us! Thinking of this, the ten patrol soldiers could not help feeling a bit disappointed.

"Dahuang, hurry up and capture these two monsters, finish the fight quickly so they don't disturb General Wei while he rests and heals his wounds!" Huang Xianlin shouted.

Seeing that its lightning-fast consecutive dozen wing strikes had all been swiftly evaded by the two Netherworld Hounds without any retaliation, Dahuang realized that these two monsters were extraordinary and possessed no small amount of strength; it simply could not understand why they refused to fight back. Hearing Huang Xianlin urge it to finish the fight quickly and capture them so as not to delay the General's rest and healing, Dahuang felt that Huang Xianlin made complete sense.

Therefore, Dahuang immediately leaped one or two zhang high into the air, hovering with flapping wings, and unleashed a torrent of fierce flames from its mouth toward the two Netherworld Hounds.

As Dahuang spewed the flames, it violently beat its wings. Fueled by the immense wind generated by its giant wings, the fire blazed furiously, splitting into countless fiery projectiles that rained down upon the two Netherworld Hounds.

Seeing this monster called Dahuang capable of breathing fire, and watching the unleashed flames multiply into countless blazing projectiles, Netherworld Hounds Boss Ma and Niu Dahua thought: If this continues, with it endlessly breathing fire and us endlessly dodging, even if we aren't burned to death by the flames, we will be exhausted from constantly jumping around to avoid the fire and end up captured alive. Who knows what kind of abuse we would suffer then! Besides, although our master Wei Xiaoping's soul has returned to his physical body, if he doesn't wake up soon to vouch for us as his subordinates, we will undoubtedly be killed by them.

"Boss Ma, what should we do? Our master still hasn't come out to see us. If we keep fighting this monster like this without fighting back, we'll undoubtedly be captured by it!" Niu Dahua barked at Boss Ma while dodging the fire sprayed by Dahuang.

"Judging from their conversation, they are all the master's subordinates or people on good terms with him. If we fight back, we fear hurting the other party, which would make it hard to explain when the master wakes up; but if we don't fight back, we fear being injured by them!" Boss Ma said, panting.

"I'm asking you, what should we do? We can't communicate with them using words. How can we make them know that we are also General Wei's subordinates?" Niu Dahua barked.

"I'm thinking about that very question! — Sigh! I honestly can't think of any way to prove to them that we are General Wei's subordinates, and that we share the same close relationship with General Wei as they do!" Boss Ma barked in response.

"How about we kneel before the one who ordered Dahuang to attack us? That way, he might become suspicious and temporarily stop attacking us." Niu Dahua suggested through barks.

"Kneel before others? You really can come up with such ideas! We are General Wei's subordinates, not theirs. If we kneel to them, how could General Wei show his face if he wakes up and finds out?" Boss Ma barked, periodically leaping to dodge the blazing flames spewed by Dahuang.

"What you're saying isn't entirely wrong either! Then what should we do? Are we just going to spar with them for as long as General Wei remains asleep?" Niu Dahua shook the chain around its neck to block an incoming flame, then leaped to the side and barked.

At this moment, due to the commotion caused by the fight between Dahuang and the two Netherworld Hounds, coupled with the bustling chatter of the dozen soldiers nearby, and given that it was approaching dawn, many soldiers had been awakened, and the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger.

As the sky grew brighter and visibility improved, everyone finally got a clear look at the true appearance of the two monsters.

They saw that apart from having three dog heads on a single body, these two monsters were entirely unlike any ordinary beasts.

For instance, all ordinary beasts had dense fur covering their entire bodies, whereas these two three-headed monsters, aside from a patch of slightly longer hair on the top of their heads, spines, and tails, were completely hairless everywhere else, including their limbs. Moreover, the skin in these hairless areas had a purplish-white hue resembling soon-to-rot flesh, looking extremely hideous. Coupled with their heavily muscled bodies, where every section bulged with fleshy lumps that seemed filled with inflamed fluid on the verge of bursting, it was utterly repulsive!

Although the three monstrous heads were identical to those of ordinary canine animals, their skin-color resembled that of corpses. Furthermore, their upper and lower lips were rather short, failing to cover their entire mouths, thus exposing two rows of white teeth and a pair of fangs longer than a person's middle finger, making them look terrifying and sickening!