Knife splashing

Chapter 510: Fierce Attack
"Close your eyes!"

Seeing the abnormality on the river surface, Li Yan hurriedly reminded.

Upon hearing this, the members of the Salt Gang immediately lowered their heads and closed their eyes.

Although they are not sorcerers, they have been smuggling salt for many years, either in such remote waterways or traveling through deserted mountain roads.

I have heard and seen strange things.

When evil spirits want to harm people, they often confuse their five senses first.

Therefore, when encountering this situation, the best option is to lower your head and close your eyes, so as to avoid being tricked and interfering with Li Yan's practice.

Just after Li Yan's reminder, the noise on the river surface became louder and louder.

The fog grew thicker and thicker, and soon you couldn't see your hand in front of you, even obscuring the bright moon in the night sky.

“Hehehe…”

A strange laugh came from the thick fog.

Faintly, there seemed to be some red shadows flickering in it.

Killing intent rose in Li Yan's eyes, but he ignored it and continued to walk on the magic circle, pinching the magic formula, and performing the "Northern Emperor's Disaster-Removing Technique".

"Eight powers spit poison, four fierce horses, the heavenly soldiers lead the way, the general holds a banner, throws fire at ten thousand cavalrymen, the flowing bells rush eight times, anyone who dares to try will be stopped by the Supreme Truth..."

This time, he chanted the spell very slowly.

With the blessing of the brocade arm guard "Thousand Thoughts" and the help of the altar, every word and sentence requires the mobilization of huge amounts of evil energy, so it is difficult to be fast.

But the power is also obvious.

As the spell was cast, the scales of the Demon-Suppressing Money Fish on Li Yan's raised left arm rustled, and a terrifying murderous intent spread outward.

Call ~
Suddenly, a strong wind blew on the river.

With Li Yan's left arm as the center, invisible giant hands seemed to appear out of thin air, stirring wildly, and the thick fog retreated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In front of them, they saw river floats rising up from the river surface, with only half of their heads showing. Their skin was purple, their hair was wet, and their eyes were bloodshot, staring at them intently.

Li Yan snorted coldly when he saw this.

Step on the Gangbu step, make a gesture and point forward.

puff!
The head of a river float suddenly exploded, and black water overflowed.

But this time, it seemed like stirring up a hornet's nest.

Black smoke was coming out of these river floats, which was a manifestation of the extremely strong evil energy, and the temperature on the river surface was also dropping rapidly.

Everyone's breath can be clearly seen.

Wow!
These river floats were like swimming fish, quickly diving into the water and reappearing in a circle around the fleet.

The boy goes to the left and the girl goes to the right, rotating in different directions.

“Hehehe…”

The shrill and strange laughter rang in everyone's ears.

Li Yan changed his hand gestures and performed the technique of eliminating disasters.

puff!puff!
Every time he made a gesture, the head of a river drifter would be shattered.

However, there was no smile on his face.

When "The Northern Emperor's Technique of Eliminating Disasters" was used, it should have directly confronted this evil formation, and with the help of the innate evil force, it should have completely eliminated the evil spirit.

However, this formation is a bit strange.

It was like a substitutionary death technique, with a river drifter always taking the initiative to bear all the curses, making it difficult for him to succeed in one strike.

As the fleet was surrounded by river drifters, the devilish sound filled the brains of the people around them, causing them to have hallucinations. The faces of the men from the Salt Gang began to become abnormal.

"Both yin and yang are empty, the real master is down there!"

Wang Daoxuan, who was proficient in this, saw that something was wrong and said in a deep voice: "There should be a talisman underneath, we have to destroy it!"

This time, Li Yan was careless.

He thought that with his current level of Taoism, magic weapons and altar, he would be able to defeat this formation easily.

But I didn't expect that breaking this formation would require cleverness.

While diverting the floating objects from the river, they sent people down to destroy the talisman.

Of course, for them, it just takes some effort.

"San'er, it's up to you!"

Li Yan used hand gestures to kill the river drifter and greeted him in a low voice at the same time.

Lu San didn't waste any words. He muttered something, chanted some magic spells, stretched out his palms, and slapped the water rhythmically.

Wow!

On the surface of the river, two waves of water surged, huge fish fins were looming, and finally two black shadows came from the water behind.

It is the fish monster in the two rivers.

In rivers, lakes, seas, and uninhabited places, large fish may occasionally develop spirituality unexpectedly, and may swallow pearls to cultivate, or may bring harm to others.

These two big fish were caught along the way.

Although it is big in size, its intelligence is average. It was easily subdued by Lu San who practiced the "Shan Hai Ling Ying Jing".

"The Book of the Spiritual Response of Mountains and Seas" is a method used by ancient wizards to communicate with ghosts and gods. These little things are naturally not qualified, but they are quite useful for temporary use.

Two large fish were thrashing at the bottom of the water, stirring up muddy sand, and then something floated to the surface.

It was a small boat, turned upside down, with runes painted on the bottom with red paint and rotten coffin nails nailed to it.

There were still some broken chains hanging on it.

Judging from the situation, it should have been fixed below, but the chain was broken by a big fish, so it floated to the surface.

"what--!"

As soon as this thing appeared, all the river floats around were in a panic.

They screamed miserably, immediately stopped deceiving everyone, and floated towards the ship with black smoke coming out of their bodies.

Obviously, this thing is their Achilles' heel.

The two big fish were just beginning to gain intelligence, and were frightened away by the evil spirit of these evil things.

As a result, he escaped from Lu San's control.

It is temporarily controlled, that is, and it is easy to escape when provoked.

But Li Yan would never miss such an opportunity.

He pinched his fingers and used the magic of supernatural movement to leap onto the water surface. Using the force of the leap, he stepped on the water three times, splashing water and leaping high above the boat.

Zizi!

He made a seal with his left hand, and electric arcs suddenly jumped on his fist, crackling, and smashed hard as it fell.

There was a loud bang.

Water splashed and wooden boards broke.

The already rotten little boat was smashed directly by him.

The thing revealed inside shocked Li Yan.

It was a humanoid monster, not big, about the size of a two or three-year-old child, covered with black scales, with webbed claws on his hands and feet. He was tightly tied up with animal skins, and his facial features were all sewn with needle and thread.

He has seen this thing!
It was at the Goddess Peak that the "water tiger" caused trouble.

But if you look closely, there are some differences.

The "water tiger" suppressed near the Goddess Peak was transformed from the evil spirit and became an immortal demon that has survived from the time of Dayu to the present.

The one in front of him had a pointed face and monkey-like appearance, with only negative energy and corpse energy on his body. There were layers of shells on his back, as if he was carrying a turtle shell.

It turned out to be a water monkey...

This kind of monster, as mentioned in the monster hunter's handbook "Youxuantan", originated in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and was later discovered in waterways all over China.

It has different names, such as "water bug", "bug boy", "water spirit", "water monkey", and in Japan it is called Kappa.

No matter what it is called, it is the same kind of monster.

Just as the surrounding river floats were about to surround them, Li Yan's palm flashed with lightning, and he slapped the water monkey's head to pieces.

He had no idea what kind of evil magic this was.

But the corpse of the water monkey was obviously the center of the formation.

Call ~
The corpses were destroyed, and suddenly a strong wind blew up on the river, the water surged, and it seemed that the screams of many people were gradually fading away.

After a while, the sea became calm.

The floating objects in the river were no longer abnormal, drifting everywhere with the water flow, emitting a foul stench.

Li Yan returned to the boat and said in a deep voice: "Please work hard, drag these things to the shore and burn them all. I will go into the water."

Go ahead and use the Xuanshui escape technique again to dive into the water.

Feng Laohai didn't waste any time and got busy with his men.

Li Yan and his men will leave eventually, but this waterway is the main route for them to smuggle salt, and they cannot leave it alone.

This time, without any obstacles, Li Yan successfully arrived outside the Dragon Girl Temple. Unlike what he saw in the illusion, half of the Dragon Girl Temple had collapsed, and even the Dragon Girl statue was buried in mud and sand.

Li Yan's efforts made the water bottom turbid.

If he hadn't used water escape, he would have suffocated to death.

Finally, he reached his hand into the mud again and fumbled around. Suddenly, he grabbed a handle and pulled it upwards hard, pulling the flower basket up.

Almost instantly, he felt the innate energy.

The power contained in it is stronger than that of the "Ruyi Jewel".

This thing is indeed a magical artifact!

Li Yan shook off the mud and sand, broke through the water and landed on the deck.

Upon closer inspection, this object was far from being as dazzling as what I saw in the illusion. Instead, it was covered with verdigris and looked like a piece of rag.

"Put it away carefully..."

Li Yan handed it to Wu Ba and gave him serious instructions.

Wu Ba was not really stupid. He realized that this thing was very important, so he immediately took out a cowhide bag to wrap it and carefully put it into his luggage.

On the surrounding shores, the salt gang members also scooped up the river drifts, piled dry firewood on them, sprinkled kerosene on them, and burned them, causing billowing black smoke and a foul odor.

"Young Master Li..."

Feng Laohai came over and said worriedly, "This evil thing has been broken, but the Dragon Worship Cult has not shown up yet. Could it be that they have escaped?"

Wang Daoxuan stroked his beard and said, "No need to worry."

"They perform human sacrifices here regularly, so it must be very important. How could they just ignore it? They must have a backup plan."

"If I'm not mistaken, they will be here soon. We can go ahead and set up an ambush."

"Okay, let's follow the Taoist's opinion!"

Li Yan also nodded in agreement, and immediately asked everyone to find a calm waterway, abandon the boats, go up the mountain, and quietly stay in the dense forest.

"coming!"

Sure enough, not long after, Lu San began to warn.

Everyone looked down through the dense forest and saw a fire dragon flashing out from the bend of the mountain road in the distance at a very fast speed. It was actually a team of cavalry.

Judging from the torches, there were at least a hundred people.

The Salt Gang also had many skilled fighters, and with the help of Li Yan and his men, their confidence increased greatly. They all drew their bows and drew their arrows, their eyes full of murderous intent.

"Drive! Drive!"

These people from the Dragon Worship Cult were all dressed like ordinary villagers, carrying bows and swords, and half of them even carried firearms.

There were a few people ahead, some monks and some Taoists, dressed strangely, and they looked like evil sorcerers from the southwest hiding here.

Perhaps they were used to being arrogant, and when they were getting closer, they still urged their horses forward without slowing down.

Lu San was delighted. He pinched his fingers to perform some magic spells, puffed up his chest, took a deep breath, suddenly opened his mouth, and let out a tiger roar.

"Roar-!"

The tiger's roar shook the mountains and rivers, and its ferocious aura overflowed.

Hululu!
All the enemy's war horses were immediately frightened.

Some of them suddenly stopped and raised their front hooves.

Some of them had unruly steps and were knocked over by the horses behind them.

Some even rolled down the narrow mountain path.

People riding horses also have a hard time.

Some people with good skills jumped up, drew their bows and arrows in mid-air, and even shot directly in the direction of Lu San.

Some are unlucky.

For example, there is an old woman in black in front.

Although he was an experienced warlock, his legs and feet were not very flexible and he was thrown off by his horse and hit against a rock by the roadside.

His brains splattered everywhere and he soon stopped breathing.

"Over there, watch my magic!"

One of the red-haired Taoists was quite popular.

He was quite skilled. He jumped out and hid under a huge rock. After shouting loudly, he performed some magic spells and muttered something, while taking down two kites from behind him.

The kite was made in the shape of a bird, with a crow depicted on the paper and surrounded by flame patterns.

There is a bamboo tube in the middle of each kite.

"Go!"

After reciting the spell, he threw the kite suddenly.

A gust of cold wind blew out of nowhere, and two kites soared into the sky, flying up and down, heading towards the dense forest where Li Yan and the others were.

Not only that, kites have other changes.

puff!puff!
When approaching the dense forest, the kite suddenly caught fire and fell towards the dense forest like two fire crows.

The bright firelight immediately pointed out the target to the Dragon Worshipers.

They either shot arrows with bows or fired guns.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Boom!
The sound of arrows breaking through the air and the sound of muskets were continuous.

Although the people from the Salt Gang fought back with all their might and were in a dominant position, they had no firearms and for a time they were suppressed by the enemy and could not even raise their heads.

"Oh shit!"

Sharifei took out his flintlock rifle and was about to smash the fire crow in the sky.

"Don't mess around!"

Li Yan quickly stopped him, "That's the Hellfire Gun!"

The methods used by this group of people were somewhat beyond his expectations.

Use secret methods to control the Fire Crow Kite, and release vicious Hell Fire. Once it is broken, everyone below will be in trouble.

"It's the method used by the Taoist priests of the late Tang Dynasty!"

When Sharifei heard this, he also guessed the origin.

But the one who moved faster was Wang Daoxuan next to him.

The Taoist priest drew out the Golden Money Sword, pulled out a yellow talisman, walked in circles and chanted a spell, then suddenly pointed his finger into the air.

Call ~
Suddenly, there was a strong wind in the air.

The fire crow that was about to fall was blown back.

"Hahaha!"

Sharifei laughed and raised his gun to shoot.

His marksmanship is beyond doubt. After awakening his body power, his five senses were strengthened at the same time, and his shooting accuracy also improved.

boom!
There was a loud bang, and two fire crow kites exploded in the sky.

The faint blue phosphorescence fell like raindrops.

"what-!"

Several members of the Dragon Worshipping Cult were immediately affected and burned by the phosphorous flames. They rolled on the ground screaming, but the flames could not be put out.

"They have new firearms!"

The red-haired Taoist was about to rush out, but when he saw the power of Sharifei's firearms, he suddenly shrank his head and dared not show his head.

No matter how good your kung fu is, there is no chance of survival if you are hit by this thing.

But Sharifei will not sit idle.

The old man rolled his eyes, took out a fire caltrop from the bag on his back, and said with a smile: "Brother Wuba, it's up to you."

They all knew about Wu Ba's unique skill of using the Flying Locust Stone. The Fire Tribulus combined with Wu Ba's power was also a powerful weapon.

This is the role of the squad.

They have their own strengths and can work together in many different ways.

call out!
As Sharifei lit the caltrops, Wu Ba swung it hard and threw it directly into the crowd below like a cannonball.

There was a loud bang, flashes of fire, and rocks flying everywhere.

Most of the people below were killed or injured and were no longer able to resist.

Such fierce firepower made the remaining members of the Dragon Worship Sect terrified. They turned around and ran away without caring about their companions.

"Follow them!"

Li Yan's face was indifferent. Lu San raised his hand and waved. The falcons in the night sky followed those people into the mountains silently.

The people from the Salt Gang nearby couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

They suddenly felt that the Shu Palace was in big trouble...

(End of this chapter)