Chapter 116: Killing the Fish!

The vast river wind brought water vapor and warmth to Huainan. Green, fuzzy fine grass poked out of the ground, like spring water surging from the depths of the earth.

Under the tree roots, orange flowers bloomed first, and dense moss spread along the narrow cave entrance to the deeper parts. After a winter of sleep, the thin snakes crawled out of the caves, slightly stiff.

The sound of birds flapping their wings approached rapidly from afar. An eagle folded its wings, extended its sharp claws, shuttled through the branches and leaves like a sharp arrow, hooked up a long shadow, and spread its wings to land on the tree trunk.

Its sharp beak tore open the snake's belly, and dark red blood dripped onto the small flowers along the branches.

The sound of fierce horse hooves tore through the calm, shaking down the hanging snake corpse, startling the eagle into fleeing the forest.

Liang Qu led the way, and the fine yellow flowers were trampled by the horse hooves, flying up and turning into fragments as they landed.

He tilted his head and glanced at the fleeing eagle. At the edge of his peripheral vision was Yang Dongxiong, wearing black iron armor and a square-headed straight sword hanging at his waist.

Further behind, the seven senior martial brothers were all dressed in tight martial arts clothes, riding large horses, following one after another, burying the fallen yellow flowers in the dust.

About a quarter of an hour later, Liang Qu reined in his horse.

Through the gaps in the forest, he could already see the lake surface shimmering in the sunlight not far away.

Yang Dongxiong raised his hand, and everyone obeyed the order.

"Is this the place?"

Liang Qu nodded: "It's the lake ahead. There are three sturgeon monster beasts patrolling the lake mouth. I didn't dare to go further inside, fearing an accident."

"You were right not to dare to go in. You are close to the water, so you should have good fortune, but there will also be danger."

Xu Zishuai drove his horse forward: "Did Master notice something?"

"A little, but it's not accurate. I estimate it's truly a monster that has opened its wisdom; it even knows how to restrain its Qi. Dismount!"

Everyone flipped off their horses, found a slightly further forest to tie the reins, and came to the lakeside.

The azure clear waves rippled, and the lake water was deep, showing its depth.

Yang Dongxiong measured the lake mouth; it was five zhang wide, a small opening.

He looked at the water level of the lake mouth river again. It had been raining frequently recently, but it was all drizzle, so the river water level hadn't risen much, far below the riverbank height. If it were another month, it would be estimated to be level, but now it was just right.

After weighing and considering, Yang Dongxiong had a decision in his heart.

"Yu Dun, Lu Gang, Zishuai, you three go prepare to block the lake mouth."

"Yes!" *3

The three separated after asking. Lu Gang and Yu Dun lined up on both sides of the lake mouth.

Xu Zishuai leaped to the opposite bank of the river, surrounding the entire lake mouth in a triangular shape.

"The rest of you, hide well along the river channel, protect yourselves, and if you see any fish that slipped through the net, take action to intercept!"

"Yes!"

Liang Qu carried his long spear on his shoulder and found a patch of withered yellow reeds in the upper reaches of the river.

In mid-March, it wasn't yet time for reeds to grow; they were all yellow grass left over from winter, crunching when stepped into.

Squatting in the grass, Liang Qu concentrated.

Dealing with monsters, they couldn't help much, but watching a Hunting Tiger powerhouse take action at close range was also very beneficial, which could greatly expand one's cognition.

Many things, just relying on book descriptions, couldn't be personally experienced.

Liang Qu restrained his Qi and focused, seeing Yang Dongxiong walk to the lakeside and stand still, his whole body's blood Qi restrained to the extreme.

If it weren't for knowing clearly that Yang Dongxiong was a Hunting Tiger martial artist, if ordinary people saw him, they might really treat him as a capable little old man.

"It's been a long time since I took action with full force..."

Yang Dongxiong placed his hand on the sword hilt, his five fingers pinching together, and took a deep breath.

Boom!

The rolling fine grass swayed violently, finally unable to persist, and was torn in half, floating in mid-air.

Whoosh!

The broken grass flying in mid-air was pressed back to the ground again, rolling dust spread, all plants were neatly pressed down, and the entire ground seemed to sink several inches out of thin air.

Yang Dongxiong exhaled a long breath, dropped his shoulders and elbows, took a step, and cleared all distracting thoughts.

The sound of tendons and bones rubbing and twisting was like a muffled thunder, and the blood surging and boiling was like the shape of a stormy sea.

Even though they were separated by a hundred meters, the substantial pressure still rushed toward them!

The long sword left its sheath, spitting out cold light.

Clang!

The substantial blade light of dark gold flew out slowly from the sword, as if fast and slow, as if swift and gentle; an indescribable palpitation suddenly rose in Liang Qu's heart.

Birds flew in panic for several miles, gophers abandoned their stored food in a panic, and even two miles away, the horses tied to the tree trunks neighed in fear.

Inside the simple "palace," the Sturgeon King, who was sleeping and resting, was awakened by the terrifying momentum. It flicked its tail, trying to escape, but it was already too late.

The sword roar exploded and arrived in an instant. The rolling gang wind whistled, piercing through the air and the lake surface, breaking everything, cutting everything, almost cutting the entire lake surface in half.

Liang Qu clearly saw a building that looked like it was piled up with chaotic stones, but could still be seen as a "palace," appear in the center of the lake. In the blink of an eye, the "roof" was cut off by the flying blade light, and it slashed straight into it.

The palace piled up with chaotic stones collapsed, and a momentum no weaker than the previous one rose from the lake. It was actually a huge sturgeon with a body length of over sixty meters!

A mouth several meters wide cracked open on the sturgeon's side, blood flowing out.

"There really is a monster!"

Liang Qu's eyes were bright; his guess was indeed correct.

Being able to have a spirit monster guarding the door and living in harmony, there must be a big guy suppressing it!

Sixty meters, twice the size of the blue whale, the largest creature in the previous life!

Five rows of bone plates bulged on its body, like wearing armor, and its whole body was as condensed as glue. Ordinary people couldn't even breathe when looking at it.

If the fishermen of Yixing Town saw it, they might shout "Dragon King" and hold a River God Festival.

Such a sturgeon monster must have large tendons on its body.

Sturgeon dragon tendons: infants eating them can increase their talent, martial artists eating them can increase their tendons and bones, and the elderly eating them can nourish their marrow, strengthen their vitality, and increase their lifespan out of thin air!

Such a supreme treasure, how could it not make people's hearts move?

Moreover, the size of the entire lake was only half a mile, which was very small compared to the control range of ordinary monsters; it was completely living in a snail shell.

A Hunting Tiger powerhouse, without other reasons, would live in a cave?

There must be a bigger secret!

Ambushed and cut by a knife in his sleep, the Sturgeon King was naturally furious. As its long tail flicked, shockwaves spread, the earth was about to crack, and the lake water rolled in like a tsunami.

Seeing that the attacker was on the shore, it immediately changed its strategy and turned to flee into the water.

"What a smart beast!"

Yang Dongxiong laughed, and the branches and leaves of the trees on the shore were shaken off.

Xu's age was getting older, and it was the time when he needed this sturgeon dragon tendon to nourish himself. Want to escape? Did you ask the sword in his hand?

Yang Dongxiong flipped his wrist and turned his sword, and his thick blood Qi soared into the sky. In the blink of an eye, he slashed out several more times, the blade lights intertwining and intersecting, actually forming a fishing net that covered it from thin air.

Countless sharp edges pressed down, the entire lake surface suddenly dropped, and endless lake water poured back into the river, roaring like a tide.

The sword wind cut his face, and Liang Qu's eardrums were about to be torn.

The entire lake surface dropped by dozens of meters, and the center was close to a hundred meters, completely exposing the entire chaotic stone palace to the air.

Without water blocking, the blade light was even sharper. The back armor that the Sturgeon King was proud of couldn't play a blocking role at all, and several bone-deep wounds cracked open all over its body.

Blood mixed with lake water, and the sharp pain was unbearable. The four snout whiskers were like sharp whips, lashing the air and making sharp whistles.

A large amount of lake water poured into the river along the lake mouth, turning into two waves of water hammers rushing toward both sides of the river.

Yu Dun, Lu Gang, and Xu Zishuai knew the time had come, exerted their strength together, and used all their skills to collapse the lake mouth.

Mud and stones poured in from both sides, like an earth dragon turning over, forming an obstruction.

Then, under the continuous reinforcement of the three, a simple embankment higher than the river surface was quickly piled up.

The water flowing into the river couldn't flow back, and the water level dropped to less than half of the original.

A large number of small fish were minced into meat paste, turning into blood water and merging with the lake water.

Liang Qu also saw several spirit monsters with white bellies flipping and jumping on the "square" in front of the palace.

Even the edge of his feet was soaked by the lake water, and a lot of water flow didn't have time to seep into the ground and flowed back into the lake.

The edge of the entire lake pit surged with white water like a curtain. Liang Qu was dazed, as if he were standing at a waterfall landscape point.

Could this be considered the power of changing the terrain?

Looking at the water area that had been almost emptied, the Sturgeon King's body shape changed suddenly, and it actually grew four limbs!

The lake mouth was blocked, and it wanted to escape to land!

Monster transformation!

Liang Qu didn't expect the Sturgeon King to be able to do this.

Spirit monsters reaching the level of monsters have the possibility of transforming into human form, but often only great monsters can transform freely, and there are few examples of ordinary monsters being able to do so.

This transformation into human form is not turning into a handsome man or a beautiful woman in the storybook; that is completely meaningless. Who would want to turn into another species?

For love?

Monsters look at humans just like humans look at cats and dogs; perhaps they might feel cute, but they would never want to turn into a similar species to seek pleasure with them.

Except for a very few humans and monsters.

The reason is for strength.

Great monsters transforming into humans is to grow four limbs and gain the convenience of hands and feet, but they don't look like humans at all.

Monsters are not born with wisdom; it is the natural growth of intelligence after transcending the mundane, which determines that they have no sociality.

Without social attributes, it is extremely difficult to develop higher intelligence, just like the so-called "wolf child" in the previous life.

Raised by wolves from childhood, not growing up in society, the genes are no different from ordinary people, but the intelligence level shown is no different from wild beasts.

It is said that there is a monster court at the bottom of the Jianghuai abyss, where great monsters communicate with each other, and there is a prototype of society.

Besides that, most monsters simply cannot accumulate the experience of their predecessors, let alone create a martial arts system, and can only fight with their physical bodies.

Some monsters with intelligence will choose to transform four limbs, learn human martial arts, use weapons, in order to increase their strength, and at the same time try to get rid of the shackles of water and have one more way to survive.

It's a pity that the Sturgeon King in front of him is too far behind.

Even Liang Qu can see that it has no combat experience in leaving the water area at all. Transforming four limbs only makes it look neither fish nor fowl, and even more stupid.

Yang Dongxiong leaped into the lake, the sword edge pointing, unstoppable.

In the Jianghuai marshes, the Sturgeon King relies on the advantage of water, and it is unknown who will win or lose, but here, the ending was destined long ago.

This is a hunt, not a duel.

Like the eagle eating the snake seen on the way here.

Blood splashed everywhere, and the huge limbs were broken at the root.

The Sturgeon King couldn't hold on anymore!

Good stuff, start the pot and add oil! ===== CHAPTER 117 =====