My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

"The city lord...is dead?"

Seeing this scene, Jiang Shu's last glimmer of hope was completely shattered.

At the same time, Lin Mo turned to look at him.

With just that one look, boundless fear took over Jiang Shu's mind.

"Please...please...spare me."

He tried to recall the plea a young girl made to him when he first accepted a commission.

He had forgotten what the girl looked like, only remembering her stammering plea.

However, Lin Mo seemed not to hear him and continued walking towards him without pausing.

Seeing that pleading was hopeless, a kind of madness, driven to desperation, followed!

His promotion mission was stolen, his comrades suffered heavy casualties, he himself was seriously injured, and he lost all face...

All of this is because of this bastard!

Since I can't survive myself, I'll drag others down with me!

Bring these damned bastards along!

"ah--!!!"

Jiang Shu let out a beast-like howl, his eyes bloodshot.

He suddenly slammed the broken hilt of his sword into the ground.

He clenched his fists tightly, frantically channeling all the remaining power within his body into them!

"Die, all of you! [Sea Raid]!!!"

boom--!!!

As the sword hilt plunged into the ground, the scattered fragments of the sword transformed into blue arrays.

At a glance, there are at least a dozen!

Before anyone could understand what had happened...

A sound of flowing water came from within the formation.

Immediately afterwards, raging seawater surged out of the formation like a volcanic eruption!

It stirred up turbid waves several meters high.

"Oh no! Run!"

"Help!"

"Grab something!"

……

The villagers' cheers instantly turned into terrified screams.

The raging torrent of water instantly scattered the crowd.

Many people were swept to the ground and dragged along by the tentacle-like currents of water.

Driven involuntarily, they rushed towards a small river at the village entrance!

It was about to be submerged and swept away by the surging muddy current!

After unleashing this final blow, Jiang Shu collapsed to the ground, as if all his strength had been drained.

But as he looked at the chaotic, terrified crowd before him, a twisted and gleeful grin appeared on his face.

He struggled to lift his head and looked at Lin Mo, who was standing not far away with his sword.

The voice was hoarse yet filled with malice:

"Haha...cough cough...see that? If I die, this power will completely spiral out of control! Then all these villagers will die! You can't kill me!"

He spoke his last sentence word by word.

He expected to see Lin Mo's angry and anxious expression.

He would immediately turn around and rescue the villagers.

However, Lin Mo merely glanced indifferently at the raging torrent rushing towards the villagers.

Then, he turned his gaze back to Jiang Shu, who was grinning maliciously.

"Who told you... I care whether they live or die?"

Jiang Shu's sinister smile froze instantly, and his pupils contracted sharply.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mo swung his black sword again.

This time, the sword light was no longer deep and restrained, but carried a pure killing intent that disregarded life and death.

Jiang Shu didn't even have time for fear to fully surface.

The dark sword light had already grazed his neck.

His head flew off, his face still bearing a stiff, sinister grin and a final moment of bewilderment.

The headless corpse collapsed to the ground, and the gushing blood was quickly diluted and washed away by the surrounding seawater.

Lin Mo sheathed his sword without even glancing at Jiang Shu's corpse.

Of course, they also ignored the villagers who were being swept away by the flood.

As he said, he didn't care about the lives or deaths of these villagers at all.

Yin Xue poked her little head out and looked at Lin Mo's cold eyes, feeling great admiration in her heart.

"Hahaha... I knew it! You have the potential to be a demon king!"

Lin Mo did not respond, but simply watched as the surging river swept more people into the waterway.

The cries, shouts for help, and the sounds of objects crashing together blended together, appearing small and desperate against the backdrop of the rushing water.

Only Shi Xuan and Deputy General Wang were able to protect themselves; they desperately clung to anything fixed in their path.

They tried to pull up the villagers who had been swept away by the current, but could only save one or two; they were powerless to help the many more.

Just then, a muffled groan, filled with pain and panic, was heard.

Lin Mo's gaze shifted slightly.

It is Shi Qin.

At this moment, her limbs and waist were tightly bound by several tentacles, and the powerful dragging force was pulling her towards the river!

She clung tightly to a large tree, her knuckles turning white from the force.

"Xiao Qin!"

Upon seeing this, Shi Xuan roared, but at that moment, two villagers grabbed his clothes, and he was unable to move an inch.

Lin Mo frowned as he watched from a distance.

Shi Qin cannot die until it is determined whether the herbal medicine for treating stone mordant is effective.

Thinking this, he moved.

He reached into his bag and rummaged around inside.

Then he picked up something, didn't even look at it, and casually threw it in the direction Shi Qin was being dragged.

The thing traced a parabola in the air.

She let out a terrified scream:

"Holy crap! What's going on with Lord Yin Xue?! Aaaaaah—!!!"

It's Otmu!

He, no bigger than the palm of my hand, was waving his arms and legs in the air.

Looking at the raging floodwaters below, I was so scared my soul almost left my body!

thump!

The tiny wooden puppet fell straight into the cold, rushing water and was instantly submerged.

"Help—gurgle..."

Otmu's voice was drowned out by the water.

Shi Qin, who was not far away, felt a chill in her heart when she saw this scene.

Mr. Lin... threw a puppet over? What does that mean?

However, in the next instant, something unexpected happened!

At the spot where Ottmu fell into the water, a huge bulge suddenly appeared on the murky surface!

Splash! ...

As a large amount of water surged up, a body made of rough wood burst out of the water!

It is dark brown all over, and the joints have obvious ball-and-socket structures.

The surface is covered with natural wood grain and knots.

At first glance, it looks like an enlarged humanoid puppet.

Puppet Beast!

Moreover, it was a puppet beast magnified dozens of times and as tall as seven or eight meters!

This is exactly Ultraman's skill!

Its body lay steadily in the middle of the water, buoyed up like a small boat.

The sudden change left Shi Qin, who was not far away, stunned.

"Ahhh! That scared me to death!"

Otem's voice still carried a hint of lingering fear.

Shi Qin, who was about to be dragged into the river, reacted quickly.

With a short sword in hand, he slashed a water tentacle in half, then quickly did a backflip and landed steadily on the puppet beast!

She was soaking wet and coughing violently, spitting out the river water she had swallowed.

His face was pale, but his eyes were surprisingly bright. He gripped a protruding wooden stake on the shoulder of the puppet beast tightly to steady himself.

"Are we... saved?"

"What...what kind of monster is that?!"

"It looks like it's transformed from the puppet Mr. Lin threw out!"

……

The villagers, mercenaries, and soldiers who survived on the shore and in the water were stunned, staring blankly at this incredible scene in the river.

"Quick! Get on that puppet!"

"Grab it! Swim over there!"