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

Lu Changqing watched as more than a dozen piranhas opened their mouths, revealing sharp teeth, and lunged at him.

For some reason, he felt no fear whatsoever.

A surge of excitement even welled up inside me!

Before he could even understand why this emotion had arisen...

The Tai Chi diagram in his mind suddenly began to rotate!

Immediately afterwards, an image of a gray-black lanternfish appeared in my mind!

Then I saw the lanternfish in my mind, its mouth constantly opening, as if it wanted to devour its prey!

At the same time, an overwhelming sense of longing arose in Lu Changqing's heart!

He sensed a faint aura emanating from the swarm of piranhas charging towards him...

It's familiar, it's tempting...

Under the influence of the remnant soul of the lanternfish in his mind, Lu Changqing instinctively knew that this was demonic energy!

Faced with the piranhas swimming rapidly and menacingly in front of him, he did not dodge or flee, but instead spread his arms, made claws with his five fingers, and immediately went to meet them!

With the help of the talent [Swimming], his fan-like hands seemed to encounter no resistance as he swept across the river and caught the fastest piranha!

Grasp firmly, squeeze thoroughly!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Changqing stuffed his other hand directly into the piranha's mouth.

He felt a slight stinging pain because of his fangs, but that was all!

Grab the piranha's upper jaw with your left hand, release the body with your right hand, press against the lower jaw of the piranha's mouth, and pull hard from side to side!

Tear--!

The body of a piranha was immediately torn apart!

Blood and entrails spread out at the bottom of the water, swirling around Lu Changqing, adding a touch of ferocity to his excited expression.

At this moment, it seemed as if a wisp of black mist was swallowed into the mouth of the lanternfish's spirit in his mind, and its gray-black body solidified a little.

Similarly, the yin side of the Tai Chi diagram is also filled with a trace of black energy.

Although few, they do exist!

Lu Changqing immediately had a thought: They really were all piranhas tainted with demonic energy!

Because he had killed a piranha, the smell of blood was emanating from him, and the water around him was rippling as he swam.

The piranhas that were weaving through the corpses below all reacted and charged toward him together!

The piranhas that had charged forward earlier had already reached his side!

Many of the piranhas' sharp teeth had already bitten into Lu Changqing's forearms and legs.

Aside from causing him a slight pain, it did not cause any further effective damage!

The swarm of piranhas, which could normally tear human flesh to shreds in an instant, had no effect on him at this moment!

Training your skin really does work!

Seeing that the piranhas around him, tainted with demonic energy, could not cause him any effective damage, Lu Changqing did not use his free attribute points on defense.

The constant pain, coupled with the influence of the Golden Finger and the lanternfish, has made Lu Changqing extremely interested in killing the piranha school!

Without pausing, he immediately attacked with both hands again!

With each outstretched hand, a piranha was torn to shreds!

In just three to five minutes, the water, which was originally only poorly visible, became murky and was completely stained by fish carcasses, entrails, and blood!

The only downside is...

Combat underwater is different from ordinary swimming.

My stamina was depleted even faster!

Feeling increasingly exhausted, Lu Changqing no longer hesitated and immediately added his free attribute points to [Life]!

Life: 4 → 5

The instant his attributes were boosted, Lu Changqing felt a powerful force suddenly emerge from his chest!

My already strong heart is now beating even more intensely!

He could almost hear the "war drums" inside his body!

Along with the powerful strength comes abundant energy!

His initial feeling of fatigue vanished instantly!

Although I could feel the "funnel" still draining, I could hold on for another ten minutes or so, no problem!

Looking around, he saw a swarm of piranhas, devoid of thought and driven only by instinct, tearing at him.

Lu Changqing couldn't stop smiling.

Let's wipe out all these little cuties.

The golden finger of black energy will definitely be quite abundant!

Once we find some more demons and monsters tainted with demonic energy to replenish the energy, we can upgrade our talents again!

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Another five minutes passed.

The once turbulent waters gradually returned to calm, with only ripples spreading outwards from Lu Changqing as the center.

Looking at the fish carcass before him, Lu Changqing lost consciousness.

The lanternfish's gray-black body became even more solid!

Is this the soul of the demon fish remaining in its body?

Killing things tainted by demonic energy not only replenishes the power of your cheat system.

It can even feed the souls of demons?

But he understood the function of the black energy in the Golden Finger.

But he had no idea what this demonic fish soul could do.

At least for now, apart from being able to sense demonic energy, he couldn't discern any other clues.

After a moment's thought, he tried to communicate with the spirit of the demon fish.

As a result, the demon fish's soul did not react at all.

Perhaps because the demonic energy had dissipated, the demonic fish's soul was gradually drawn back by the slowly rotating yin side of the Tai Chi diagram and disappeared...

Finally, Lu Changqing stopped worrying about it.

It is not clear what its function is at the moment.

But one thing is certain: there will only be benefits, not drawbacks.

Its specific effects will become apparent sooner or later.

Feeling his dwindling strength, Lu Changqing headed towards the bottom of the water.

Soon, he reached the bottom of the river.

I was lost in thought for a moment as I looked at the many skeletons buried in the mud and sand.

In the mass grave of bones, there were broad skeletons and thin skeletons, revealing the differences between men and women... But what tugged at his heartstrings was that within the embrace of several large skeletons, tiny skeletons were curled up...

It's not hard to imagine what happened back then.

This definitely wasn't an accidental fall into the water!

Lu Changqing remembered that last night at the dock, the umbrella troupe was throwing something down...

The location seems to be right here.

Damn cult!

I hope I don't get entangled with myself...

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The moonlight was like water, and the night was soft and gentle.

On a secluded bank, the water suddenly rippled, followed by a splash, and Lu Changqing emerged from the water, panting heavily.

After getting ashore, I dried myself off and put on my clothes.

He fumbled for the twelve silver dollars in his hand, a look of satisfaction on his face.

Having already tested the effects of his talent [Swimming] and having exhausted a considerable amount of his stamina, Lu Changqing decided not to continue exploring underwater.

As he was planning to leave, he suddenly saw several half-buried oceans beneath the silt at the bottom of the river.

He guessed that these were remnants left behind by the unfortunate people who had drowned in the river, so he picked them up.

It was an unexpected bonus.

Similarly, this also proves that the water and the bottom of the river must be a completely untapped treasure trove!

As we gradually move closer to the central area of ​​the river, we're sure to find spiritual plants and fish there!

Just as Lu Changqing was halfway there, almost reaching Zhulong Village, he suddenly heard a familiar female voice coming from ahead.

"What? You two think you can even lay a finger on me?"

"You're asking for it!"

It was Cui Zhen; her voice sounded somewhat drunk.

Judging from his words, it seems he's in trouble.

Lu Changqing immediately quickened his pace.

As he got closer to the source of the sound, his expression changed instantly!

It wasn't panic, but rather surprise and an overwhelming...excitement!

The Tai Chi diagram in his mind began to spin, and the soul of the lantern demon fish reappeared from the yin side, constantly opening its mouth, yearning to eat!

Because he... sensed demonic energy!!