Surviving in the Demonic Sect, one begins cultivation by retrieving corpses.

A water monkey appeared.

The moment the claws touched him, the corpse retriever immediately lost consciousness and sank to the bottom of the water.

The group of corpse retrievers scattered in alarm.

The water monkey swam, turned into a bluish-black shadow, and then disappeared.

Gu Zhao made a decision. The underwater secrets of the corpse retrievers could communicate with each other. "I see a black coffin. Everyone, follow me."

The group of corpse retrievers hesitated.

Only the stableman immediately followed closely behind Gu Zhao.

The remaining people, remembering Gu Zhao's ability to retrieve corpses and facing a life-or-death situation, had no other choice but to follow him.

Jiang Xiubao gritted his teeth; he had no other choice but to follow.

Being seasoned corpse retrievers, and driven by their desperate will to survive in this dire situation, the group swam several times faster than before.

In the time it takes to breathe a dozen or so.

A black coffin, which had been submerged at the bottom of the river, suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

The group of corpse retrievers were both shocked and overjoyed, their eyes blazing with hope for survival. They hurriedly urged, "Quickly! Send a message to the corpse retrieval boat!"

Gu Zhao swam alone to the black coffin, but the cauldron in his mind did not react at all.

He looked closely at it from a distance, his gaze involuntarily sharpening.

This black coffin is clearly the same one he personally retrieved last time!

How did I end up here again?

Gu Zhao raised his hand and touched the golden headband on his forehead, and a beam of light shone through the black coffin.

He slashed at the iron chain with the dagger in his hand; the dagger was so sharp that it could cut through iron like mud.

Upon seeing that the black coffin had been found, Jiang Xiubao was eager to return and report. Without waiting for anyone else, he quickly went upstream.

Seeing this, the remaining body retrievers from the stable also began to consider leaving.

The underwater world is fraught with danger; every moment spent there increases the risk of death, and no one wants to linger there.

Gu Zhao stopped everyone and transmitted his voice, "Everyone, don't move yet."

The stables immediately stopped, and several other body retrievers also stopped.

However, three body retrievers, eager to escape, followed closely behind Jiang Xiubao without looking back.

The stable stood still in the water, gazing upwards at the shimmering blue waves, its view unfolding in the rippling water.

The images clearly showed Jiang Xiubao and his three companions desperately swimming upstream, their only thought being to get closer to the huge shadow cast by the large ship on the water.

But in that very instant!

The surrounding underwater scenery suddenly changed dramatically. A pair of enormous eyes suddenly appeared in the water, their cold light overlooking the entire Yinshui River basin.

Then, an enormous yellow bamboo basket appeared out of thin air and suddenly overturned like a giant vat scooping water, instantly trapping all four people who were trying to escape upwards inside.

With a gentle shake, the bamboo basket churned up blood, and four living figures vanished into the icy river as a mist of blood.

Witnessing this extremely horrifying scene,

The stable boy and the remaining corpse retrievers froze, a chill running down their spines, leaving them only with uncontrollable fear and trembling.

Gu Zhao recognized it as the magical artifact that Sun Chan had thrown into the water earlier—the yellow bamboo basket.

Although Jiang Xiubao had a grudge against him, he never expected him to end up like this.

Ma Fang and the others, while in the Yinshui River, broke out in a cold sweat, secretly relieved that they had escaped unscathed.

If I had followed Jiang Xiubao, I would probably be dead by now.

The stable looked at Gu Zhao.

Gu Zhao no longer hesitated and changed direction.

Instead of swimming upstream, they swam towards the center of the lake dam, which is where the water monster is located.

The remaining corpse retrievers, seeing this, pursed their lips and said, "Isn't this just suicide?!"

The stableman followed without hesitation.

The other body retrievers didn't waste any more time: "To hell with it!"

"If you're going to die, then die!"

Gu Zhao circulated his internal energy to its limit, and his Qian Yuan True Qi flowed rapidly.

On the surface of the river.

Suddenly, the oversight mirror in Yuan Shao's hand flashed with a spiritual light, and the mirror surface trembled slightly. The unusual fluctuations instantly attracted the attention of Li Wanwan and Chen Mu.

"Wow, that's fast!"

"They've found the black coffin!"

Yang Yueqi was also surprised, and sighed softly, "It's actually a full quarter of an hour earlier than we estimated."

"These corpse retrievers are quite skilled... I wonder who discovered it first?"

Yuan Shao condensed a beam of magical light from his fingertip and projected it into the mirror, whereupon a name slowly emerged.

"Gu Zhao!"

Yuan Shao looked surprised and was secretly astonished. Why was it him again?

Chen Mu looked up at the large ship of the Xunshan Hall in the distance.

Sun Chan was seen using his magic weapon to firmly hold the fish king basket in the river.

Chen Mu laughed and said, "Sun Chan noticed it immediately."

"It seems that Sun Chan has been keeping a close eye on Senior Brother Gong from beginning to end."

From Gong Yuzhou's left sleeve, the serpent quietly emerged, flicking its long, thin tongue.

A faint smile appeared on his lips. "Now that the bait has been cast, let's see who takes the bait."

"We have to put on an act, after all, if we're going to put on a show, we have to go all the way."

Gong Yuzhou raised a golden ring-shaped magical artifact from his hand and threw it into the water.

It rushed straight toward the black coffin, as if it wanted to pull it away.

On the bow of the warship on the other side.

Sun Chan's brows were furrowed with malice as he coldly scoffed, "Gong Yuzhou is indeed cunning."

"Secretly sending corpse retrievers to retrieve the coffin, hoping to reap the benefits without lifting a finger—there's no such thing as an easy way out!"

He immediately activated the Fish King Basket in his hand with all his might, and the magic weapon sank into the deep water, but he was in no hurry to retrieve the black coffin.

Instead, it went straight for the golden ring that Gong Yuzhou had summoned and attacked it.

The two magical artifacts collided with a loud crash.

The violent spiritual energy suddenly exploded, stirring up surging waves with tremendous force.

This attracted the attention of people from both sides of the river.

The underwater battlefield in the center of the lake dam presents a different kind of perilous scene.

A young man clad in red armor gathered immense magical energy in his palm, unleashing a series of sharp bursts of energy that slammed into the massive body of the water beast.

Opposite the water beast, a cold, hard humanoid puppet pressed closer, engaging in close combat. The sounds of their clashes echoed dully underwater.

With one person and one puppet, they had completely suppressed the ferocious water beast.

The water beast was covered in blood, at its last gasp, and on the verge of death.

Just then!

Suddenly, spiritual energy surged and rippled among the surrounding waters, and the magical artifacts lit up one after another, with strange fluctuations of spiritual power spreading outwards.

The armored youth frowned. This commander of Tianzhu Prefecture was named Zhuo Sheng. After carefully sensing the situation with his divine sense, he couldn't help but snort coldly:

"The Zhenhe Division really only knows how to use these underhanded tricks."

Zhuo Sheng understood that he and the puppets of the Mountain Patrol Hall were here to kill the Water Hou, while others had already secretly gone to retrieve the black coffin.

They want to reap the benefits without lifting a finger!

The humanoid puppet seemed to sense something as well, and the magical light flowing around it suddenly shone brightly, while the spiritual light of its mechanisms trembled slightly.

It immediately stopped bothering the injured water beast in front of it, and suddenly a surge of energy rose from the soles of its feet, propelling its body into a swift shadow as it headed in another direction.

The armored youth Zhuo Sheng did the same, his hands forming a hand seal, his whole body like a condensed line of water, shuttling away from the bottom of the water.

Then, the puppet and Zhuo Sheng left together.

Only the water beast, its scales shattered and its body covered in blood, remained, sitting alone in place, its ferocity surging, panting heavily.

Gu Zhao was leading a group of corpse retrievers, swimming towards the direction where the water beast was located.

Only here can they find a place to live.