Knife splashing

Chapter 227: River Monster Disturbs the Three Gorges
"There's something under the water!"

Lu San's face was pale and his eyes were full of shock.

It was the first time that Li Yan saw him so nervous. He held down Wang Daoxuan who was about to fall and asked in a hurry, "What is it?"

"do not know!"

Lu San gritted his teeth and said, "All the fish and shrimp in the water were scared away. That thing is very powerful. I couldn't hear anything, I just knew it was very big!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and the waves on the river exploded, and the river water surged up.

At the same time, a pitch-black object emerged, like a reef, covered with scaly algae and scales, and the size of a passenger ship.

boom!
A merchant ship in front was instantly smashed into pieces, wooden planks were scattered everywhere, and many people fell into the water screaming.

In a blink of an eye, blood surged up.

"Oh my goodness!"

Sharifei was so frightened that his face turned pale, "What kind of monster is this!"

They were all on the boat at the moment. The waves in Xiling Gorge were huge, and they had no power to fight back if they encountered this thing.

Lu San held the edge of the boat with one hand, and made some hand gestures with the other, muttering something in the upper language, staring at the water.

Obviously, he wanted to communicate with the water monster.

This kind of thing has happened before. When he was a priest in the Cao Gang, he helped the Cao Gang resolve several similar incidents.

However, the creature he encountered this time was bigger and more powerful. He couldn't tell whether it was a fish or a turtle, and it ignored his communication.

Seeing this, Li Yan knew that he could not delay any longer.

He quickly turned his head to look, and immediately saw a large bundle of ropes at the stern. Those were the ropes used to pull the boat when encountering shallows.

Without saying anything, Li Yan took out the armor horse and tied it to his legs. At the same time, he stepped on the magic circle and chanted the spell: "Nuo Gao! Six Jia and nine chapters, the sky is round and the earth is square. Four seasons and five elements, the sun and the moon are the light..."

Call ~
In an instant, the wind howled all around, and the rain and fog were all rolled up, as if a small tornado formed beside him.

Li Yan jumped out, grabbed the tow rope, and shouted angrily: "Get ready, let's get ashore first!"

After saying this, he exerted hidden strength under his feet, and his body flew into the air, leaping more than ten meters. When he was about to fall into the water, he suddenly exerted strength under his feet and stepped hard on the water surface.

boom!
There was a loud noise and water splashed everywhere.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how big the waves were, people would fall into the water, but now he was using the armor horse and was as light as a swallow.

With this force, he jumped another ten meters.

The waterway in Xiling Gorge was narrow. After two jumps, he was almost close to the shore. He could see the messy reefs under the water.

Li Yan stepped on the reef in the water and used the force to jump to the shore. He wrapped the tow rope around the boulder and exerted force with his arms, and the rope suddenly became straight.

However, with an entire wooden boat, all the people on board, and the pull of the waves in the river, how could he pull it even if he gathered all his strength?

"Young Master Li, pull tight!"

On the boat, the former captain saw this and picked up another bundle of tow ropes, jumped up and jumped onto the taut rope.

Li Yan felt a strain in his hands and quickly tightened it.

The former captain was also very skilled. He carried another bundle of ropes and ran quickly on the ropes like a tightrope walker, then jumped to the shore.

He also tied the tow rope to another boulder, roared, and burst out with hidden strength, pulling the rope backwards.

The two men exerted force at the same time, and the wooden boat finally deviated from its direction.

"Brother Lu, hurry up!"

Sharifei on the boat also roared, and together with Lu San and the other boatmen, they all pulled the rope with equal force.

With the joint efforts of both sides, the wooden boat became faster and faster.

Wang Daoxuan didn't have enough strength, so he didn't go up to cause trouble. He held on to the edge of the boat tightly, looking around with a nervous face.

Suddenly, his pupils shrank.

They saw a line of water on the water in the distance coming straight towards them. The river was rolling and the white waves were surging, but they could also vaguely see shadows underwater.

If that thing were to catch up with us, no one on the ship would be able to escape.

"evildoer!"

Wang Daoxuan roared, stood up, drew the Golden Money Sword from his arms, bit his fingertips, and drew a line on the sword.

Seeing that thing getting closer, he made a hand gesture and swung the Money Sword out fiercely.

The Taoist was not good at fighting and had never learned any hidden weapon techniques, but the thing was so big, and the Golden Money Sword had been activated, so it pierced into his body with a "whoosh".

"Roar!"

With a loud roar, the waves surged up.

Everyone saw a huge creature leaping out of the water.

On the river, many people opened their mouths wide.

At this moment, everyone could see clearly that it was actually a sturgeon, but it was unusually large, and its scales were hideously protruding, like inverted halberds, like dragon armor, and there was a huge bronze chain on its tail.

However, the bronze chain has been broken.

Although Wang Daoxuan's attack was not fatal, the large amount of coins stored in the cellar for exorcising evil spirits and bringing good fortune had already formed a situation. The swirling strong energy penetrated into the river monster's body, causing it to suffer unbearable pain.

Boom!

The water monster's heavy body fell down, immediately causing huge waves.

The wooden boat was shaking violently, and Wang Daoxuan's lower body was unstable. He was thrown up and fell into the water.

At this moment, Sharifei suddenly stepped forward, reached out his hand, grabbed Wang Daoxuan's arm, and pulled him back into the boat.

Although it almost fell into the water, the wooden boat suddenly tilted over with the help of the waves and headed towards the riverside.

Sharifei quickly stood up again and pulled the rope with everyone else.

Finally, the wooden boat approached the shore.

The shores of Xiling Gorge are all reefs and shoals. As soon as the wooden boat approached, it ran aground and a large hole was made in the bottom of the boat by the reefs.

But at this time, no one cared about it and they all jumped into the water, swimming and running along the reefs.

"Brother Lu, give me a hand!"

Shalifei roared, and he and Lu San picked up the heavy luggage, jumped into the water and swam towards the shore, with Wang Daoxuan following closely behind.

The luggage contained their valuable belongings, and they were worried about leaving them in the inn, so they would never let them fall into the river.

However, the danger was not over yet. The huge sturgeon struggled in the water for a while, then swung its tail and rushed towards the shore, splitting the waves with its back.

Lu San sensed danger and quickly pulled out the bone from his waist.

However, the gunpowder was soaked and could not be ignited.

At this moment, a figure came through the air and stepped on the rocks in the water, as if walking on the waves. It was Li Yan.

He drew out the Dust-Breaking Sword with a clang, his eyes full of murderous intent.

He was powerless in the river, but he was not afraid when he reached the shore.

"You guys leave quickly!"

Jumping onto the nearest reef, Li Yan held his long sword horizontally, stared at the water surface, and let out a low shout.

Lu San and Sha Lifei didn't waste any time, they carried the luggage together, and after a struggle with Wang Daoxuan, they finally got ashore.

At the same time, the river monster also came roaring.

Facing the rocks on the shore, this thing was not afraid at all and just crashed into them head-on.

With a loud bang, water waves and rocks splashed everywhere.

Its hard skull was like a battering ram, smashing the reef directly.

Li Yan was also surprised, but his reaction was faster. He flipped over and leaped into the air, while extending his left hand.

Wow!
The invisible soul-catching rope whizzed out.

The river monster suddenly froze.

How could Li Yan miss the opportunity, he swung his Dust-Breaking Knife fiercely.

Clang!
The collision between the blade and the fish scales actually caused sparks to burst out.

Good guy!
Li Yan was secretly surprised that the scales of this fish monster were so tough.

Of course, he used hidden power, and the Dust-Breaking Knife was a magic weapon, so it directly broke the fish scales and cut a crack.

There was snow-white tender flesh inside, and bright red blood immediately oozed out.

However, Li Yan felt no joy in his heart.

The fish monster was quite large, and the cut he made had no effect on it at all.

It was only when we got closer that we could see more clearly that the fish monster's body was covered with cracks, and there was even a half rusty iron spear stuck on it.

Obviously, it had been seriously injured a long time ago, but it has now fully healed, and the scales at the wound are layered and tougher.

Fortunately, although its soul was ferocious and bloody, it was not much different from the earth dragon encountered in Qinglong Mountain, and was also suppressed by the Soul-Hooking Rope.

At his side, Wang Daoxuan's golden sword was also inserted.

Li Yan drew out the Golden Money Sword and at the same time swung his long knife horizontally, stabbing it directly into the sturgeon's huge eye.

puff!

A fishy-smelling liquid burst out.

The smell went straight to the top of Li Yan's head, and his mind was confused.

In just this brief moment, the Sturgeon River Monster finally broke free from the soul-catching rope, and its body tumbled wildly, with mud, water and gravel splashing everywhere.

call!
A whistling sound was heard, and it turned out to be the bronze chain behind the opponent's tail, which was pulled towards Li Yan as fast as light and shadow.

Li Yan was unable to react in time and was hit directly in the chest.

This huge force caused his body to fly into the air and fall towards the shore.

Li Yan felt pain and felt that his sternum had collapsed. His Daluo Dharma body started to work and quickly repaired it. At the same time, he twisted his body and landed steadily.

The sturgeon was also quite intelligent, and although it suffered a loss, it did not pursue the enemy. Instead, it twisted its body, smashed the rocks with its tail, and dived into the waves again.

While they were struggling with the river monster, the surviving boat in front had already gone far away, and the boat behind also retreated from Xiling Gorge in a mess.

"Damn it!"

At this moment, the former captain was also furious, "When did a water monster appear in Xiling Gorge?"

He glanced at Li Yan, his eyes full of admiration, "Luckily, Young Master Li took action, otherwise we would all have been fed to the fish and shrimp today."

"wrong!"

Lü San, who was standing by, had a gloomy expression on his face. He reached his hand into the water and said, "All the fish and shrimp in the river have fled, but that thing hasn't left yet."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang in the distance, and a wooden boat outside the gorge was directly smashed to pieces.

Among them, a figure leaped up.

Bang!
The air was filled with smoke and blood suddenly flowed through the river.

New musket!

When Li Yan and others saw it, they immediately understood what it was.

The imperial court equipped each state with new muskets, one for testing and the other for summarizing combat experience, but the number was small.

The people on that ship should be from the Duwei Division.

Unexpectedly, the former captain also brought one with him on this trip.

The new musket was extremely powerful. Even though the bullet's speed was significantly reduced when it was shot into the water, it still caused the river monster to suffer.

However, it was not a fatal injury.

The river monster became more and more furious, tossing up and down in the water.

Soon, accompanied by screams, blood dyed the river red...

"what--!"

The former captain's eyes were bloodshot and he roared in anger.

But it didn't help at all.

Soon, there was no movement on the river.

Seeing such a tragic scene, the boats were frightened and moved away, all heading towards the Yichang ferry.

The rain and fog rolled in and soon disappeared from everyone's sight...

(End of this chapter)