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Chapter 4972: 5.0724 The Defensive Artifact Is Cracking!

The dozen or so personal guards he'd brought with him were now either dead or wounded, almost completely wiped out by the giant beast.

The short-bearded man gritted his teeth, pulling a delicate small pagoda from his sleeve. He said in a deep voice, "Let's hide inside this defensive artifact first."

The woman in the green gauze dress nodded profusely, urging him, "Mr. Shen, quickly, quickly!"

As long as they entered this defensive artifact, they would be able to withstand the attack. The woman in the green gauze dress looked up, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes filled with anticipation as she gazed at the man before her.

Shen Nan Gui couldn't help but reach out and caress the woman's delicate, fair cheek. He smiled slightly. "Don't be afraid, we won't..."

"Whoosh..." The surging giant wave that crashed down made Shen Nan Gui completely shut his mouth. He hurriedly threw the small pagoda in his hand. Both figures instantly vanished into the sea.

In the churning seawater, a small, exquisite pagoda, palm-sized, floated up and down with the waves. Suddenly, a giant beast's claw slammed heavily into it, pushing it deep into the azure sea.

"Aoo, aooo!" The giant beast roared in anger twice, using its two claws like it was playing, tossing the faintly glowing small pagoda back and forth. One moment it would toss it into the air, the next it would slap it back into the water. This repeated back and forth many times, making Shen Nan Gui, inside the delicate pagoda, incredibly distressed and uncomfortable.

Although this delicate pagoda was a defensive artifact, its internal space was extremely small. The two of them were pressed against each other, and now they were in a miserable state. Being treated like a toy by the holy beast outside, being swatted back and forth by its claws, the small pagoda was constantly flipping and tumbling. The two of them, trapped inside, kept tumbling and turning, almost to the point of vomiting.

"Snap!!"

The green gauze girl's palm-sized face showed a trace of panic and fear. "You, did you hear something?"

What sound...

Shen Nan Gui's face changed repeatedly. He had heard it, of course; this faint sound seemed to be... the sound of the defensive artifact cracking.

The two looked up and indeed saw a sliver of light leaking in from outside. It seemed that a tiny crack had appeared at the very top of the small pagoda, and now, after being desperately slapped by the beast's claw, it seemed to be... expanding infinitely.

Oh, dear! Shen Nan Gui secretly cursed in his heart. He had never seen a beast with such immense power in all his life. It was able to destroy a defensive artifact that he had painstakingly worked on for months, spending a great deal of manpower, energy, and refining materials, with its bare hands—no, bare claws.

Shen Nan Gui was so heartbroken he almost wanted to vomit blood, but at this moment, he could only hide inside this small pagoda, tucking his tail between his legs and acting humble.

"It's nothing," Shen Nan Gui, whose head and feet were once again inverted by the beast's manipulation, comforted the pale-faced girl in his arms. "We'll be fine. This defensive artifact won't shatter that easily!"

"To make this defensive artifact completely crack, it would take at least an hour or two. We just need to wait for this big beast to get tired of slapping it, and then we'll be rescued."

"Don't worry," Shen Nan Gui reassured the green gauze woman, whether he was comforting her or himself, he wasn't sure. Just as his words fell, several heart-stopping "crunching" sounds came from the top of the pagoda. Both their faces instantly turned ghastly pale. They exchanged glances, seeing a trace of panic and fear in each other's eyes.