As the girl smiled, her figure transformed into a parasol and disappeared before the children's eyes, along with the groaning Demon Crocodile Man.
The children felt bewildered until they were rescued from the delta grass by the hurried arrival of Qian Luo and others.
"You were too reckless; I've repeatedly told you not to approach this area," Qian Luo said, having found the slain Demon Crocodile Man. After questioning the children and discovering that a mysterious girl had done it, Qian Luo fell into deep thought.
She ordered her people to retrieve the sea clam sunk into the Boundary River while she personally inspected the scene.
By the time Shalman and others arrived, Qian Luo had already left the delta grass with the children and several Demon Crocodile Man corpses.
"Who did this?" The arriving pair were Shalman and Compass. A century had passed, and Shalman had shed her youthful looks; she was now a mother of three, dressed in a smart housewife style.
