Chapter 366

The underground river rushed through the cavern, filling the space with a deafening roar, and the sudden human voice made the pupils of Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe shrink violently.

When did he get there?

But before the two could think, Liang Qu's thoughts stirred, and the winding underground river instantly twisted into a raging water vortex.

Long Pingjiang failed to turn in time, catching only a glimpse of the man behind them waving his forearm. The entire underground river seemed to come alive like a long dragon, rising up and roaring.

Liang Qu stood upon the water's surface as the great river surged beneath him, never ceasing.

In the living, flowing water, 【Water Manipulation】 could exert miraculous effects. From the pond to the Great Marsh, the entire mile-long path was completely "awakened," rolling up layers of foam like white scales that scraped against the rock walls and collided with dull thuds.

In the pond, the old giant clam felt the tremors beneath the earth and hurriedly clamped its shell shut.

"Sir, it's a misunderstanding!"

Long Pingjiang felt the vast, majestic power of heaven and earth and was terrified to his core. He let out a roar and reached out to grab the rock wall to stabilize himself, but the water flow was far faster than he had imagined. In the blink of an eye, it engulfed them both, sweeping them along the path toward the exit.

Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe thrashed and kicked, struggling desperately.

Yet no matter where their hands or feet touched, the water would automatically recede, leaving them nothing to leverage against—how could they stabilize themselves?

Being in the water felt like falling from a great height; there was nothing above, below, or on any side.

What kind of strange technique was this?

The two were terrified out of their wits.

As Liang Qu's control over water volume and precision grew, he could do more and more. Even compared to water beasts born and bred in the marsh, he could still be called a master of his home turf.

Swimming, floating, and moving in water ultimately relied on the reaction force between the body and the water. Once contact with the water was severed, all power turned into nothingness.

And severing that contact didn't require isolating a vacuum region—that would consume too much energy and be inconvenient to manipulate.

As long as the opponent wasn't a Grandmaster, didn't possess strange abilities, or didn't have raw power that exceeded Liang Qu's reaction speed, he could simply manipulate the water to flow in the direction of their limbs, completely neutralizing their force.

With the old force spent and the new one yet to be generated, he only needed to apply a tiny bit of force to their torsos to leave them at his mercy.

Liang Qu called this move the "Flush."

The Dragon Men were like two goldfish poured into a toilet bowl. Liang Qu pressed the button, and the torrent surged, sweeping them out of the underground river mouth and rolling them into the Great Marsh, kicking up large clouds of silt and silver bubbles.

Beneath the pond, Liang Qu performed a water leap and arrived at the cave entrance in a breath.

He stood in the water, arms crossed, looking down at the Dragon Men, with the Fubo spear riding the water current behind him, hovering horizontally before him.

Cannot-Move, the Fat Catfish, and Fist lined up behind him, glaring menacingly.

The finless porpoises in the Great Marsh received the signal and rushed over from all directions.

The moment they were flushed out of the underground river mouth, the two Dragon Men had already exposed their own auras.

Their strength was significantly higher than Cheng Chong's—not quite Hunting Tiger Realm, but their aura density was slightly superior to Brother Lu's, similar to Xiang Fang Su's.

Two experts at the upper stage of the Wolf Smoke Realm!

By rights, with such strength, if they had deliberately hidden their auras, an ordinary Galloping Horse martial artist would never have discovered them unless they had specifically practiced a high-level detection technique.

But Liang Qu didn't need to sense their auras; he only needed to use his underwater perception to detect two "massive" humanoid creatures in the underground river beneath the pond!

The rock walls of the underground river were eroded by the current year-round, and most of the stones were flat. In the few places where the water level was low year-round, stalactites formed, making the walls slightly rugged, but the shapes were basically fixed.

Mixing in two moving humanoid shapes was simply too unique.

If this were on land, it must be said that Liang Qu would have had a hard time dealing with even one Cheng Chong unleashing his True Qi.

Encountering two Dragon Men far more powerful than Cheng Chong, Liang Qu would have turned and fled. But underwater, he wouldn't say he had them in the palm of his hand, but it wouldn't be a life-or-death struggle either.

He had flushed the Dragon Men out of the underground river just to avoid making too much noise, damaging his house, or attracting unwanted attention.

At the underground river mouth.

Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe spat out mouthfuls of silt, struggling to endure the disorientation and discomfort in their bodies and senses, and tentatively reached out to stir the water.

Silt flew, and the resistance against their palms was clearly real.

The sensation of falling vanished. Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe hurriedly climbed up, stabilizing their forms, yet the unease in their hearts did not dissipate.

Dragon Men actually feeling uneasy in the water!

Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe looked at each other, terrified, yet beneath the fear was excitement.

The reason was simple.

This move was exactly the same as the Dragon Lord's!

The person before them possessed such high control over water!

With the opponent's strength, this scale of water control could not possibly have been achieved through practicing martial arts.

Long Pingjiang looked around. The pig-headed dragon with the broken horn, the crab with the yellow patterns on its shell and the aura of the earth, the strange fish that had been catching crabs—there were three exotic species right before their eyes!

How could such a small place have so many exotic species!

Pointing to transform exotic species, mastering water control... the two combined...

As the Dragon Men pondered, Liang Qu likewise sized up the Dragon Men mentioned by the old giant clam.

From their appearance, the Dragon Men were indeed no different from humans; in fact, with their jade-like skin and handsome features, they belonged to the high-quality human category.

But while they didn't notice it while lying on the ground, once they stood up, the one on the left was over two meters and five centimeters tall, and the one on the right was slightly inferior but still an exaggerated two meters and thirty or forty centimeters.

Liang Qu's Lu Gang, who was born with a sturdy frame, was only two meters ten to twenty centimeters tall. Compared to ordinary people, saying the Dragon Men were half a head taller was no exaggeration at all; they were complete giants.

It was just...

Liang Qu's 【Spiritual Sense of Sight】 was fully activated, and he frowned slightly.

There were no fine needles or sharp thorns, meaning the Dragon Men didn't have much malice, but their gazes were far too fervent.

It was as if they were standing under a scorching sun.

"Speak. You two Dragon Men, why aren't you staying put? Why come ashore and steal two baskets of my crabs?"

The Fat Catfish flicked its fins, rubbed a long whisker against its neck, and gave a fierce look, its meaning straightforward.

A fish's revenge is never too late!

Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe saw the catfish's actions, and their expressions stiffened.

The two looked at each other, and without any hesitation, they knelt down with a thud.

"Please, Dragon Lord, return to the palace! Preside over the overall situation for our clan!"

Liang Qu: "?"

Water grass swayed, and the river bottom was silent.

The old giant clam carried its large shell and moved bit by bit out of the underground river mouth.

It couldn't suppress its desire to gossip, truly curious about what the two Dragon Men had come for. Who would have thought that as soon as it entered, it would see the two kneeling and kowtowing, and it was shocked.

What was going on?

Bowing down at first sight?

Liang Qu sat on the giant clam's shell, thrust the Fubo spear into the riverbed, and spoke bluntly.

"Don't skip the beginning and the end! Explain it to me properly!"

At the same time, the finless porpoises rushed over from all directions.

Round-Head had set out in the morning to search for treasure fish and hadn't gone too far, leading the porpoise clan to surround the Dragon Men who were pouring out their hearts.

Long Pingjiang saw Round-Head leading the team and became even more convinced of the reincarnation theory.

Four exotic species at a single river mouth, all submitting to one person—how could it be such a coincidence?

A quarter of an hour later.

Liang Qu scratched his temple.

"Dragon Lord reincarnation? Me?"

Yuan Tou set off in the morning to search for treasure fish, not having left too far, and led the group of porpoises to surround the narrating Dragon People.

Seeing the leading Yuan Tou, Long Pingjiang was even more convinced of the reincarnation theory.

A single river mouth, a full four exotic species, all submitting to one person, how could it be such a coincidence?

A quarter of an hour later.

Liang Qu scratched his temple.

"Dragon King reincarnation? Me?"