Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 2057 - 2120: Battling the Monster Fish

On the other side, Xu Shanshan was equally brave, killing that three-meter-long shark with a few strikes. As for the other shark left on Li Yifei’s side, seeing its companion dead, it suddenly fled in fright. Li Yifei didn’t chase it but instead surfaced, found their backpacks, and said, "Hurry up and get ashore, it’s probably another four or five nautical miles, at most not more than ten."

"Huh?" Xu Shanshan’s eyes widened upon hearing this. It’s very uncomfortable being soaked in the sea with clothes on. Let alone swimming that far; even taking a few steps feels burdensome, but there was no other choice. However, the island clearly seemed not far ahead... Xu Shanshan couldn’t help but ask, "Is it still that far?"

"A distant view of the mountain can kill the horse; don’t look ahead. Just swim, and if you’re really tired, we’ll rest for a bit." Li Yifei shook his head, pulled out a strap from his backpack, tied it to himself, and tied Xu Shanshan’s backpack onto it as well, saying, "Hold on to the bag, I’ll swim and pull you along."

Of course, Xu Shanshan disagreed, took her bag and tied it to herself as well. The two of them continued swimming toward that island. Just as they swam a few hundred meters, they suddenly heard a huge noise behind them. They hurriedly looked back and saw a huge fish, several dozen meters long, suddenly leap out of the previously calm sea. The fish opened its large mouth and swallowed several small things, which were the sharks Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan had just killed.

Upon seeing such a gigantic monster fish, Xu Shanshan was stunned. She had been to the ocean park and seen many types of sharks, and even whales. But compared to this giant fish, whales seemed like nothing.

Li Yifei also felt a chill in his heart. It turned out there really was such a giant fish. He didn’t have time to marvel or be shocked, thinking that he and Xu Shanshan were still in the sea and could be attacked by the giant fish at any moment. He then hurriedly pulled Xu Shanshan and swam faster toward the small island.

Hopefully, that monster fish hasn’t noticed us, Li Yifei added in his heart.

Unfortunately, Li Yifei miscalculated. That monster fish caught up with them a few minutes later.

"Honey, that fish caught up; it noticed us!" Xu Shanshan said, a bit flustered. Even from a great distance, they could see the fish’s teeth, which meant its teeth were at least half a meter or even more than a meter long. And not just one or two; there were dozens, perhaps hundreds of them. If it took a bite, even if made of steel, it might be bitten through.

No, it would be bitten into pieces. When they saw the monster fish less than a hundred meters away, the fish leaped up again, its mouth wide open.

Several more sharks were caught in its large mouth, blood flowing everywhere.

"Don’t look, swim quickly with the things toward that island!" Li Yifei untied the rope, handed it to Xu Shanshan, and quickly took off his clothes, stuffing them next to the backpack, and drew his sword.

"What about you?" Xu Shanshan asked urgently.

"Don’t worry about me for now. Keep the things safe, don’t lose the food. If there’s nothing to eat on the island, we’d be in trouble." Li Yifei quickly said, "I have a way to lure it away; in the water, it might not be more agile than me."

"But!" Xu Shanshan knew Li Yifei’s intention. Facing that monster fish, two people were not enough, even if there were two hundred of them, it still wouldn’t be enough for it to eat.

Seeing the expression on Li Yifei’s face, Xu Shanshan swallowed her words, nodded vigorously, and said, "Be careful!"

"Don’t worry, I promise I’ll be fine. At worst, I can dive to the sea bottom, after all, the water here shouldn’t be too deep!" Li Yifei said, as he turned to swim away. Xu Shanshan stopped him, took out a handgun from the bag, and said, "Just in case it helps!"

"Alright, I’ll take it with me. You be careful too. Once I’m done here, I’ll come find you right away, make a mark!" After saying that, Li Yifei dived into the water. By this time, the giant fish was already sixty meters away. Li Yifei could clearly feel the giant fish had spotted them, but it didn’t attack immediately. Although it chased those sharks, it wasn’t attacking them right away; it seemed more like... toying!

Li Yifei submerged, seeing the fish suddenly stop dozens of meters away, floating five or six meters from the surface, its tail gently swaying. Finally, Li Yifei got a good look at the creature. It was ferocious, somewhat resembling a piranha from the Amazon Rainforest, but it looked much worse than a piranha, and the teeth on its mouth were twisted and uneven. Just as Xu Shanshan had seen, the teeth were really half a meter, perhaps even a meter long.

Those sharks, several meters long, were like small fish compared to it. Comparably, Li Yifei and the giant fish were like an elephant and a squirrel.

Would an elephant care about a squirrel? Even if it noticed, it probably wouldn’t take it seriously. But the giant fish before them was fixated on Li Yifei, ignoring the escaping sharks around, its two enormous eyes locked on Li Yifei, emitting a fierce glint, as if daring Li Yifei to move so it could charge without hesitation.

Since you’re not moving, I won’t move either. The giant fish’s action matched Li Yifei’s intention. He looked down, seeing that a few dozen meters below was pitch black, hard to discern even with his vision. However, Li Yifei believed it shouldn’t be too deep here; if necessary, he could dive down.

The water pressure within a hundred meters was nothing to him, but if it exceeded that, Li Yifei could use True Qi to resist the pressure or seal his breath, allowing him to stay underwater for a long time.

The enemy didn’t move, so Li Yifei didn’t move either. The longer he could stall, the safer Xu Shanshan would be.

As Li Yifei pondered, the monstrous fish suddenly moved. With a flick of its tail, its body swiftly shot forward, arriving less than thirty meters in front of Li Yifei in seconds. In the sunlight, the monstrous fish’s form was clearer; Li Yifei even noticed that its rough, massive body was full of pits, not looking like scars but as if they naturally grew that way.

It had no scales, its entire body was dark, and it didn’t reflect much light even under the sun.

Li Yifei remembered seeing a series of pictures during his time browsing Twitter, called Deep Sea Fear. It was a set of composite images, suggesting that in the dark deep sea, you never know what’s beneath your feet—it could be a monster, a giant fish, or some legendary terrifying creature; or perhaps even Sister Feng.

If the scene right now were captured, it would undoubtedly stir up a storm online—or rather, a panic. A fish of this size could possibly overturn a thousand-ton warship, provided it knew how.

Li Yifei blinked, calculating the time in his head. As always, the longer he stalled, the farther Xu Shanshan could escape.

The giant fish was also observing Li Yifei. It clearly sensed a dangerous aura from him, which made it very uncomfortable. So, despite Li Yifei being very small, it still wanted to kill him. Generally, fish aren’t very smart, even large ones, but Li Yifei felt this fish had intelligence.

It was a very curious feeling. Li Yifei stared into the eyes of the giant fish, gradually sensing a crafty glint. So when it moved, Li Yifei moved too, sinking downward as he had planned.

Underwater, Li Yifei swam quickly, but he didn’t expect the fish to be even faster. Seeing him move, the fish charged directly, opening its massive jaws to bite him.

Li Yifei shook his legs, generating a force to propel himself backward, but he still could not avoid the fish’s mouth. Li Yifei then sliced his hands like swords towards the upper jaw of the monstrous fish.

A grating sound rang out, as Li Yifei’s body was knocked away by the fish, but at the same time, the sword in his hands opened a not too deep wound on the fish’s upper jaw, despite Li Yifei’s powerful slash.

Damn, it’s really tough! No time to lament, Li Yifei quickly propelled himself upwards in the water.

Damn! The impact from the fish had sent Li Yifei flying out of the water, and he found himself soaring twenty or thirty meters into the air.

In mid-air, Li Yifei gripped his sword tightly, adjusting his body. A massive shadow flashed on the water’s surface; gritting his teeth, Li Yifei saw the giant fish’s tail quickly moving, breaking through the water, and its wide-open mouth aimed straight at him.

"Yifei!" Xu Shanshan, having swum some distance away, could not help but scream upon witnessing the scene. She saw the black dot thrown into the air and the giant fish breaking the surface, mouth wide open, ready to devour the dot.

"Yifei!" Xu Shanshan was in a panic.

But there was nothing she could do, and with Li Yifei suspended in the air, it seemed he was doomed to peril.

At that moment, Li Yifei suddenly struck downward with his palm. Simultaneously, he drew the pistol from his waist with his right hand, rapidly firing shots at the fish’s eyes. They were only twenty to thirty meters apart, and Li Yifei had to adjust his stance, aim, and fire as many bullets as possible in a very short time.

This was challenging for him too. After firing five shots, Li Yifei discarded the pistol and drew his longsword. As the fish approached, Li Yifei could even smell its overwhelming stench and see the massive, sharp, twisted teeth inside its mouth. If he were bitten now, he’d be torn apart, regardless of his True Qi protection.

His body simply couldn’t withstand such a bite, so Li Yifei had to take action. His decision was to... thrust his sword at one of the teeth, temporarily slowing his fall, and simultaneously, he rebounded back as quickly as possible.

This had to be done very quickly, or else he would be caught and crushed by the fish’s closing jaws.