Chapter 401

Boom!

Underwater, slender and huge figures crossed each other.

Tuanzi bumped into a tough guy, and its body flew backward.

And Gao De, who entered the water, had already blessed 【Ocean Touch+】 at the first moment, taking advantage of Tuanzi briefly dragging the opponent, and approached the water beast.

In the second half of the night, and still in the water, the vision was doubly obstructed.

So even with the Mandola Magic Eye and extremely high dark vision ability, Gao De only saw the appearance of this water beast clearly after swimming for a short distance.

That was a huge water beast, six or seven meters long, winding and swimming in the deep lake water, emitting a chilling aura.

Its body was as thick as an adult man's waist, and the surface of its body was covered with a layer of pitch-black scales, each scale presenting a diamond shape, arranged closely, as if a set of sturdy steel armor was attached to its body.

The edges of the scales were extremely sharp, like a saw.

And Tuanzi, in the collision just now, had already been scratched by these scales, and wounds appeared on the surface of its highly resilient skin.

This water beast's head was broad and flat, presenting a triangular shape, and on it, a pair of vertical pupils were dark green, flashing with fierce light as they looked at Tuanzi.

The most eye-catching thing was that there was a pair of black fleshy wings on the back of this water beast.

The fleshy wings extended from below its neck and covered the position close to the tail.

The wing membrane was wide and tough, covered with black veins.

When it swam in the water, this pair of fleshy wings flapped slightly, driving the surrounding water flow to form dark currents, pushing its body to move forward at a very fast speed, and it was also extremely flexible when turning, just like a bat soaring in the night sky, coming and going freely in the water.

The edges of the fleshy wings also had sharp serrations.

This appearance was undoubtedly the Esmer Lake serpent monster he had been searching for so hard.

And it was a second-rank Black-Winged Scaled Snake, not a first-rank Thin-Winged Water Snake.

Gao De's breathing was slightly held, and his spirit was highly concentrated.

This would be a tough battle.

A faint blue light flashed and disappeared around his body.

That was the sign that the rune construct 【Winter's Arrival】 was activated.

"Let's use you to test my current combat power." Gao De gripped the North Wind in his hand.

Compared to the battle with Du Wei, his magic power had now increased to 53 drops of liquid, and he had practiced hard in Encheng for several months, his sword skills had initially entered the threshold, and he had also mastered several new battle spells.

Most importantly, the Ice-Sealed Blade had also been upgraded to the second rank, and its power was rare even among second-circle spells.

The strength was a visible improvement.

As Gao De approached, the Black-Winged Scaled Snake also noticed it and temporarily shifted its attention from Tuanzi to Gao De.

It raised its head in the deep lake water, its scarlet tongue flicking rapidly.

Immediately afterward, it twisted its slender and powerful tail, and the nearby water flow instantly became chaotic.

At the same time, the fleshy wings on its back flapped, driving the dark currents to form, pushing its huge body forward without appearing clumsy at all, and the whole person rushed toward Gao De with the sound of whistling water flow.

The fierce flames rose to the sky.

"Well done!"

Gao De whispered in his heart.

There was no fear in his eyes, and his fighting spirit was high.

A point of cold light had already flown out from his ear like lightning.

【Ice-Sealed Blade+】.

With a "whoosh," the ice crystal fragments shot out in the lake water.

It was only the size of a silver needle, but the water flow it brought up was as astonishing as a tornado.

The surrounding lake water was stirred up by this powerful impact, and transparent water bubbles formed one after another, outlining the trajectory of its high-speed flight.

As an ice element spell, the Ice-Sealed Blade, whose power was already extremely terrifying, could also receive the additional power bonus of 【Intermediate Ice-Blessed Body】.

And as the Ice-Sealed Blade approached, the rushing Black-Winged Scaled Snake finally noticed the strange aura.

A trace of panic flashed in its dark green vertical pupils, and then it opened its blood-basin mouth, and a black water flow instantly condensed in its mouth, spraying out with a strong decaying aura, trying to block this fatal blow.

But it was too late.

The ice crystal fragments, like ice needles, were already astonishing in hardness, and with powerful impact, they pierced through the black water flow that was sweeping over, and shot straight into the open mouth of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake.

The serpent monster reacted quickly and closed its mouth in a hurry.

Hiss!

Finally, the ice crystal fragments stuck on the face of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake, and a subtle but sharp sound came.

Blood splashed out.

Crack!

At the moment the ice crystal fragments hit, a violent cold current exploded at the point of collision.

【Ice-Sealed Blade】 has two stages of damage, one is piercing damage, and the other is freezing damage.

And the power of the latter is far higher than the former.

Centered on the part of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake's face that was hit, a thick layer of frost spread rapidly, covering most of its head in the blink of an eye.

The surrounding water flow seemed to be frozen, forming a piece of ice slag.

Due to the intense pain and sudden cold, the Black-Winged Scaled Snake's body began to twist violently, stirring up large splashes of water.

"It's now."

Cold light flashed in Gao De's eyes, and he cast the cantrip 【Water Manipulation】.

The lake water near his feet gathered and condensed rapidly, turning into a thick ice block.

Afterward, the power of 【Wolf Speed+】 had spread throughout his body.

Gao De's muscles were tense, he bent his knees slightly, and his feet kicked backward hard, just stepping on the two ice blocks.

With a "pat" sound.

The two ice blocks exploded into ice chips instantly, and Gao De himself bombed toward the Black-Winged Scaled Snake like a cannonball.

The resistance in the water was extremely great, and under the impact of Gao De's powerful force, the water flow was squeezed away, forming a spectacular water curtain.

The water curtain unfolded to both sides in a fan shape, and the surrounding lake water seemed to be compressed to the limit, forming ripples visible to the naked eye, spreading rapidly to the surroundings with Gao De as the center.

These ripples collided and superimposed, stirring the lake water into a turbid mess.

A powerful reaction force rushed toward him.

However, around Gao De, there was a layer of faint light lingering, making his body immune to water pressure damage.

【Shield】.

In an instant, Gao De had arrived at a position diagonally above the huge body of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake.

His aura was released without reservation, his left eye, the Mandola Magic Eye, had been completely unfolded, and he held the sword with both hands, slashing down toward the bottom.

The coldness in the sword was biting.

Wherever the sword blade passed, the flowing lake water was briefly frozen and fixed, presenting a crystal-clear state.

At the same time, a drop of liquid magic power flowed into the spell model deep in Gao De's brain, turning into powerful spell power, transmitted to Gao De's hand along the main magic power vein, and then flowed to the 【North Wind】 in his hand.

【Heavy Pressure Blade】.

When you use a melee weapon to attack an enemy, Heavy Pressure Blade will enhance their momentum and density.

Rich spell power lingered on the blade of the North Wind, presenting a faint light.

Clang!

Under the blessing of the spell, Gao De used all his strength to slash the North Wind toward the triangular skull of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake.

The scales of the Black-Winged Scaled Snake, as sturdy as armor, exploded instantly under the impact of this powerful force. The scales splashed around like broken tiles, setting off a mist of blood in the lake water.

But this was not the end.

A blue phantom, faint to the extreme, flowed out from the sword blade like a living thing. This phantom was initially like a wisp of light smoke, but in the process of breaking through the water flow, it expanded rapidly at an astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a perfect half-moon arc, like a cold moon in the water.

That was a cold and profound blue shadow; the moment it appeared, the temperature of the surrounding lake water dropped sharply.

Creak, creak.

There was a very thin ice layer covered with cracks spreading to the surroundings.

This half-moon arc slashed vertically downward.

The Black-Winged Scaled Snake, which had eaten a blow of Ice-Sealed Blade and a blow of North Wind Heavy Blade in succession, was now like a sculpture, not moving at all.

But if one observed carefully, one would find that transparent water flow condensed into ropes, just like chains, temporarily restraining it.

Intense pain and coldness exploded from its skull that had lost the protection of scales.

Hiss!

The serpent monster's body stiffened and didn't move.

Gao De breathed a sigh of relief.

The liquid magic power in his body was drawn away by thirty drops in such an instant.

This was still under the blessing of the set effect of 【Winter's Arrival】.

【North Wind】 (Enduring Zhenbing Magic Weapon): Driving this sword can emit Enduring Zhenbing sword energy, and the power and attack distance change with the consumption of magic power.

(End of chapter)