Becoming a saint begins with apprenticing under the last martial arts champion.

Everyone on the river who witnessed this scene was stunned.

Watching the lantern-shaped monster fish, which was over two meters long and as big as a calf, constantly opening its mouth to swallow the internal organs on the river surface, everyone felt their scalp tingle.

Lu Changqing reacted a little faster, immediately shouting, "Old Chen! Turn around! Let's go!!"

A loud shout snapped everyone out of their daze.

Without the slightest hesitation, everyone hastily entered another state: those who were setting sail were setting sail, and those who were steering were steering.

The people on Old Deng's boat were terrified by the death of the man who fell into the water, but their instinct for survival was even stronger!

Without pausing, they immediately turned the boat around and prepared to leave.

But the lanternfish seemed to be attracted by the smell of blood.

Before Old Deng and the others could turn the fishing boat around, they rammed straight into it!

The saying goes, "One pound of fish requires ten pounds of strength."

Not to mention the already large monster fish!

"Bang!"

A deep, muffled thud was heard, and the ship shook violently.

Old Deng and his crew's boat was knocked sideways by the impact, and river water rushed onto the deck. Several people on board stumbled and fell, exclaiming in alarm.

As the demon fish swam backward, it prepared to charge up for another collision...

"Damn it!" Old Deng roared in extreme terror, "Musketeers! Bring me the guns!"

A young boatman scrambled out of the hold and pulled out a long thing wrapped in tarpaulin, his hands trembling so much he could barely hold it.

Old Deng snatched it away and ripped off the oilcloth.

In the face of life and death, years of experience overcame his fear.

He gritted his teeth, deftly poured a measured amount of gunpowder from the leather pouch at his waist, poured it into the muzzle, tamped it down hard with a tamping rod, then took out a lead pellet, stuffed it in, and tamped it down again.

The movements were so fast they were dazzling, yet every step was ingrained in their very being.

Finally, blow on the folding fan to light the fire.

The hissing sparks were particularly glaring in the dim light.

At this moment, the demon fish changed direction, aimed at the fishing boat again, and charged at full speed!

The eerie green "lantern" on its forehead made its fangs appear even more ferocious!

Old Deng's calloused hands gripped the heavy gun barrel tightly, aiming the muzzle at the rapidly approaching shadow underwater...

"boom--!!!"

The scorching lead tore through the air, carrying flames, and plunged fiercely into the dark shadow beneath the water's surface!

A deafening roar exploded on the river, and a large plume of pungent white smoke billowed from the muzzle, instantly enveloping the bow of the boat.

Upon being hit, green blood immediately gushed from his body, staining the river's surface.

The demon fish was clearly in pain.

It kept churning and rocking, causing the water surface to sway.

Seeing that his first shot had worked, Old Deng reloaded the gunpowder and was about to fire when...

Suddenly, he froze on the spot, his eyes seemingly glazed over.

Then, in full view of everyone, he did something that shocked everyone:

Then Old Deng pressed the muzzle of his musket against his chin, and then...

With a loud "bang!"

Old Deng's head exploded, and he died instantly!

His body went limp and he collapsed, the musket falling to the ground...

"Uncle Deng!"

"Old Deng!"

Several terrified screams from the boat further alarmed Lu Changqing and Lao Chen, who had witnessed the entire incident from a distance.

"Demon, demon fish..."

"A bewitching fish that can seduce people..." Old Chen stammered, his face pale.

Lu Changqing then gestured to Shi Tou and the Zhao brothers to row faster.

He watched as Old Deng's boat in the distance was completely capsized by the attack of several demonic fish...

Several people swam in the water in terror, trying to escape, but the monster fish pounced on them, creating a splash, and then they disappeared.

In the short span of about ten breaths, the boat capsized, and everyone on board died.

Immediately, the water surface fell into a brief calm, with only ripples.

But Lu Changqing could see through the dark river water that the green-glowing shadow was rapidly approaching them from beneath the surface!

"Old Chen! Fire! Fire!" Lu Changqing hurriedly said to Old Chen.

Upon hearing this, Old Chen trembled, unable to light the tinderbox no matter how hard he tried...

As the demonic fish drew ever closer, Lu Changqing snatched the flintlock pistol from Old Chen's hand, lit the flintlock fuse, and raised the muzzle towards the river...

"boom!"

Lu Changqing felt a jolt on his shoulder as water splashed across the river!

The demon fish gushed green blood again, but it still couldn't stop its ramming of the ship!

"Quick, gunpowder! Old Chen! Load!"

Lu Changqing urged, "Ignore the rest of you! Row with all your might!! Once we get ahead, there will be dozens of gunmen to support us!"

"quick!!"

Old Chen nervously and tremblingly loaded gunpowder into the gun barrel.

On Wednesday, he quickly planned to go down to the lower deck to help.

The scene of Old Deng being taken into custody just moments before reappeared on Lu Changqing's ship.

Lu Changqing felt a special force influencing him.

Suddenly, a series of hallucinations appeared before his eyes... colorful and varied, including men and women, and even a monster wrapped around his head...

But as he shook his head vigorously, his internal energy and blood circulated, and the illusion disappeared!

It's a demon fish!

Lu Changqing immediately realized that the demon fish wanted to control him in the same way it had controlled Old Deng!

However, by practicing martial arts, one's qi and blood become abundant, which can largely resist this kind of control...

Before he could think any further, Zhou San, who was hurrying down from the cabin, suddenly stopped, frozen as if possessed by a ghost.

Then you should slowly walk towards the edge of the boat...

He clearly intended to jump into the river.

"Xiao Zhou!"

When Lao Chen saw this, he instinctively ran to pull Zhou San away, abandoning the filling motion he was making.

Lu Changqing's vision went black; he just felt it was bizarre!

Fortunately, Old Chen had already stuffed in the gunpowder and lead pellets, and it was just a matter of lighting the fire.

He immediately raised his gun and pointed it at the river.

This time, he didn't rush to fire.

The fact that the musket could injure the demon fish shows that its power was effective.

But the water surface will provide some buffer...

He's waiting for the demon fish to appear!

Old Chen, who was ahead, couldn't stop Zhou San from moving forward any further.

His entire center of gravity was tilting backward, but Wednesday he still walked forward stiffly and blankly, dragging Lao Chen towards the river.

Just as Wednesday's half-body had peeked out from the edge of the boat, the underwater monster finally couldn't hold back any longer, and its eerie green lights suddenly blazed on!

"Whoosh—!"

Water splashed and a huge black shadow leaped out of the river and rushed straight at the boat!

His dark eyes were fixed on Lu Changqing, who was holding a gun and had the most vigorous blood and energy on the ship!

Its instincts led it to choose the most direct method of elimination: eradicating the biggest threat!

Ugly and unsightly, the figure with blood-filled holes slammed heavily onto the deck, carrying the river water with it. The wooden boat emitted a tooth-grinding groan and tilted violently.

"Ah!!" Old Chen and Zhou San, who were standing right next to each other, were knocked over and rolled around in a heap.

The demonic fish opened its massive jaws, lunging straight at Lu Changqing.

Lu Changqing's pupils constricted, and instead of retreating, he advanced.

The moment the demon fish broke through the water, he lit the musket that he had been holding back.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and all the bullets exploded in the monster fish's mouth!

The demon fish was in pain, and green blood splattered everywhere!

But its remarkable vitality prevented it from dying...

At the same time, Lu Changqing slid to the side, narrowly avoiding the fangs' bite.

Without gunpowder, he used the musket as an iron rod, smashing it with all his might against the wound where the demon fish had been shot earlier!

"Pfft!"

Green blood splattered.

The demon fish roared in agony, its thick tail sweeping across the water.

Lu Changqing ducked and rolled to dodge, then grabbed a heavy cleaver used for gutting fish from the deck and shouted, "Stone! Zhao Yi, Zhao Er! All of you come out! Grab your weapons! Poke its wounds! Its eyes!"

Liu Shitou and the Zhao brothers mustered their courage and charged out of the cabin with howls, desperately stabbing and stabbing with harpoons and oars.

But when the harpoon pierced the bluish-black scales, it only splashed a few sparks and could not penetrate deeply!

The demon fish flicked its head and tail, easily sweeping them away, and Liu Shitou accidentally fell into the river.

Although they didn't play a significant role, they did attract some of the demon fish's attention.

Lu Changqing moved with lightning speed. He saw the moment the demon fish turned its head and roared, and with a powerful push from his feet, his body shot forward like an arrow!

With unparalleled precision, he plunged the machete into the wound in the man's abdomen!

Until the handle is gone!

"puff--!"

The demon fish's body suddenly stiffened, emitting a shrill, mournful cry.

Lu Changqing twisted his wrist violently, then drew his knife, bringing out a large clump of foul-smelling green blood and internal organs!

Without pausing, the moment the demon fish writhed in agony, revealing its ghastly green "lantern" and a pitch-black eyeball below, he swung his sword with all his might!

"bass!"

The machete flashed with a cold light, precisely piercing the eyeball beneath the lantern!

After being attacked twice in a row, the demon fish's stubbornness has finally diminished considerably.

This made Lu Changqing's attack much easier to execute...

After more than ten cuts, the deck was covered in a foul-smelling, dark green blood...

And the demon fish finally stopped struggling.

Its massive body convulsed violently a few times, then remained completely still.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Under the cover of night, the river surface rippled, and the noisy environment became quiet, with only the panting of Lu Changqing and a few other men.

Lu Changqing stared at the enormous corpse of the demonic fish on the bed, his eyes filled with excitement...

Aside from being a bit difficult to kill, this demonic fish doesn't seem as powerful as he had imagined...

Or rather, through a combination of factors including martial arts training and the addition of points to the Tai Chi diagram, he has become very strong!

He was able to hold his own against the demonic fish!

He could easily break through the fish scales that Liu Shitou and the Zhao brothers couldn't...

The moment the thought crossed his mind, the joyful expression on his face suddenly froze, then turned into shock.

Because the Tai Chi symbol in my mind started spinning wildly!

A demonic fish soul, shrunk countless times, suddenly appeared in my mind!

It was immediately absorbed by the Tai Chi diagram!

The Tai Chi symbol rotated extremely fast, alternating between black and white and turning gray... until it finally stopped after several breaths.

The black "yin" side, whose function he had never understood, was suddenly filled!

The ink-colored characters also appeared in my mind after the Tai Chi diagram stopped rotating.

[The player defeats the demon: the Ghost Lantern Fish]

[Able to acquire Talent 1: Soul Control (Controls a single target within 50 meters who has stared at the user for more than 10 seconds; the duration of control is determined by the user's and the target's health)]

[Able to acquire talent two: Swimming (walks on water as if on land, has a certain instinctive perception of aquatic treasures)]

Upon seeing the black characters revealed by the Tai Chi diagram, Lu Changqing's heart began to pound wildly!

He seems to know the usage of the "yin" aspect...