Chapter 65

Xiao Yu was already very decisive, and her movements were quite nimble.

When the Wave-Moon Loose Practitioner Zhou Lang ran away in a panic, she guessed that the Monk Miao intended to flood the military camp.

She immediately ran away.

But she had ultimately underestimated the power of Daoist methods.

At the beginning, the rainwater was still normal rainwater.

By the time she picked up Kong Zan's head and was calculating to loot the corpse—she hadn't had time to do so leisurely before because Zhou Lang was guarding nearby.

The raindrops fell beside her feet, instantly expanding into a mass as large as a quilt.

One mass of water could fill the bathtub in her home from her previous life.

Countless raindrops hit the ground and expanded countless times; almost in an instant, she was buried by the great flood.

The water was not only abundant but also possessed powerful kinetic energy and impact, rushing toward the valley entrance.

If it were an ordinary person, this wave would have finished them off directly.

Even if they didn't drown in the water, they would be like fallen leaves in a tornado, helpless, rushing and crashing with the current, losing all direction and control over their body.

Xiao Yu, however, was a "black strip at the bottom of the waves" in the Liushahe—white was too dazzling in the murky black water bottom, so she usually wore black hemp clothes or real fish-skin clothes when diving to avoid encountering demons.

If there were no demons in the Liushahe, then she, "Sha Man Yu," was the "Little Overlord of the River West."

Xiao Yu couldn't explain why she was so formidable either.

Anyway, she had been playing by the Liushahe since she was two, and the first time she tried diving, she could hold out for over ten minutes.

She thought "everyone in the World of Gods and Demons is a superhuman," because some Sha Man warriors could also dive for over half an hour.

But as she kept trying, her limits were constantly being broken.

It wasn't as difficult or minuscule as an Olympic athlete breaking a world record; breaking her limits was extremely easy for her.

To give an example with data: the first time she dived, she held her breath for over ten minutes; half a month later, she could hold out for half an hour; before she was three, she could already stay submerged at the bottom of the water for an entire afternoon.

What was even more exaggerated was that she wasn't sitting in meditation at the bottom of the water to reduce oxygen consumption.

She could perform heavy and complex underwater activities in extremely harsh water conditions.

At first, she was very excited, thinking she was naturally gifted and had awakened bloodlines like "Diving Sacred Body" or "Water Monkey Body."

But no matter how good she was at diving, the Sha Man's gaze toward her and their evaluation of her were always "plain and unremarkable."

Sha Man warriors might not be as good at diving as her, but their physique and speed had long since broken the common sense she brought from her previous life.

As time passed and she saw more, Xiao Yu herself felt that this diving talent really didn't count for much.

The Liushahe water was "light" and easily whipped up into high waves by the wind.

Those were truly great waves, hundreds of meters high, like a mountain peak crashing down from the sky.

Xiao Yu had experienced and grown accustomed to such great winds and waves.

Monk Miao's great flood, regardless of scale or impact, was not small, but neither was it comparable to the Liushahe.

Therefore, Xiao Yu's return to the Marquis of Lieyang's camp was not difficult.

She was only afraid that the Western Eight Immortals would add some "seasoning" to the flood, such as Lei Yuanzi's Nine-Nine Fire Wheel Thunder.

The Marquis of Lieyang did not disappoint her either.

The ten-foot-five Great Qin giant pinched a seal with both hands, actually propping up a "water membrane" that covered most of the camp.

"Bang bang bang!"

Xu Huier pounding the "water membrane" with her fists, she raised her right hand and waved it toward the ten-foot-five giant.

Bao Shengshui was shocked in his heart.

He was using the Water-Avoidance Technique to protect the camp and knew very well how fast the flood was and how strong the impact was.

Even the stones on the mountain and the foundations of the inn were washed up, slamming into the "water membrane" like cannonballs.

She was actually able to stabilize her figure in such a turbulent current and swim over to wink and ask for help... Wait, she wasn't just winking; what was she holding in her hand?

Seeing her waving right hand, Bao Shengshui was once again dumbfounded.

Xiao Yu's right hand was clutching a bun of hair, and the bun came from a human head.

That face of a person who died with eyes wide open—wasn't it the Banner-Hunting Immortal Kong Zan?

"You killed the Banner-Hunting Immortal?" he exclaimed.

Xiao Yu nodded vigorously.

"Good heavens, the Banner-Hunting Immortal Kong Zan is actually dead, killed by this little girl... She is the daughter of the criminal Guan Huchen, right? How old is she? Could she be lying?" The soldiers in the camp were also shocked.

—At least the Banner-Hunting Immortal's head was not fake.

Bao Shengshui hesitated for a moment, spat out a spell, and pinched seals on his hands one after another.

"Pop!"

Xiao Yu pushed a bubble inward from the water membrane in front of her; the bubble detached from the membrane and burst upon hitting the ground.

Accompanied by a splash of clear water, she nimbly flipped forward, landed on her feet, and stood steadily.

"Miss Yu~~"

Many black-armored knights and Western Sand guards in the camp who knew Xiao Yu couldn't help but exclaim.

"You are Guan Huchen's adopted daughter, Guan... Yu?"

At this moment, the Military Commander Cai Fengnian also walked over.

He was also unaccustomed to the inexplicably mighty name "Guan Yu."

Xiao Yu held the Banner-Hunting Immortal's head high above her, shouting at the top of her lungs: "I am Guan Yu, daughter of the late Great Shu Cavalry Commandant Guan Huchen. The traitor Kong Zan has been beheaded by me, and I have come specifically to present the enemy chieftain's head to the Marquis of Lieyang!"

—Don't treat me like a refugee fleeing disaster; I am here to present the head of a human immortal, I am a great hero!

Have you mortals ever seen the head of a human immortal in your entire lives?

Open your eyes wide and take a good look; this is the head of an immortal, and I killed him!

Xiao Yu raised her head, puffed out her small chest, and held Kong Zan's head high, looking down on everyone.

She hadn't wanted to be too ostentatious, but now and in the future, the Western Eight Immortals would hate her to death.

Since she was destined to have no fate with the Western Eight Immortals, she naturally had to try her best to form a good bond with the Eastern Great Qin.

To tell the truth, Cai Fengnian, as the number one person in the Fire Crow Army under the Marquis of Lieyang on the surface, had intended to manipulate her a bit.

Now, seeing her holding the enemy's head and showing off her achievements with such spirit, he didn't know what to say or how to face her.

Cai Fengnian rubbed his nose and asked, "The Banner-Hunting Immortal is a human immortal; how were you able to kill him?"

—I was just waiting for you to ask!

Xiao Yu's expression was serious, her voice crisp and loud, as she said: "Reporting to my lord, I am born with a Sword Bone, have eaten the Old Ancestor Qingsong's God-Connecting Elixir, and have been taught the Guan family's supreme art 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills' by my foster father, which I have already mastered to a small degree.

Today, my foster father bestowed the Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Elixir upon me, and after I ate the divine elixir, my Sword Bone reached Great Completion.

The traitor Kong Zan, in his eagerness to snatch the Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Elixir, was blinded by greed and actually treated me as an ordinary child. Caught off guard, he was stabbed in a vital spot by my counter-move, 'Tiger Tail Sword'."

—The divine elixir has been eaten by me, the divine elixir has been eaten by me, the divine elixir has been eaten by me! Did you hear that?

Important things must be emphasized three times!

Stop thinking about the divine elixir and stop plotting conspiracies.

Having proven her merits before all the soldiers, the Banner-Hunting Immortal's head was of no further use to Xiao Yu.

She solemnly handed it to Cai Fengnian.

"So that's how it is..." Cai Fengnian took the head nonchalantly, a flash of regret passing through his eyes.

He didn't have innate supernatural powers; arranging for Li Qing, Wang Bao, and that group to snatch the divine elixir was to curry favor with Gao Xianjue.

On the surface, he, this Military Sima, held the highest position in the Fire Crow Army.

But Military Sima was just a temporary steward arranged for the expedition to the West.

Once back in Great Qin and returned to the Fire Crow Army, he was just a commander of a hundred men.

Cai Fengnian didn't doubt Xiao Yu's words either.

Someone born with supernatural powers who also ate the Bone-Changing Elixir, yet was treated as an ordinary little girl by Kong Zan—his death was pathetic, but not entirely unjust.

"Guan Yu, since you are Guan Huchen's daughter, you barely count as a female general of the Shu Kingdom. I have recorded your battle merit in fighting Kong Zan."

"Thank you, General!" Xiao Yu imitated a martial general, cupping her fists and bowing, shouting solemnly: "Loyalty to the Marquis, service to Great Qin, long live the Human Emperor!"

The Human Emperor just died; what do you mean by shouting "Long live"?

Cai Fengnian's mouth twitched, and he asked again: "Where is your foster father? Is he still alive?"

"My foster father originally had one breath left and was placed by me in the wine cellar in the back courtyard. After I left, the traitor Kong Zan searched for him, killed my foster father, and then wanted to kill me, but was killed by me in return," Xiao Yu sighed.

"Since your foster father is not dead, why didn't you stay in the wine cellar to take care of him?" Cai Fengnian said.

"It is precisely because my foster father is not dead that I came out to look for the Red Smoke Steed. The Red Smoke Steed can travel three thousand li a day and can send my foster father to the pass to find a divine physician of the Shu Kingdom."

This was the truth.

Moreover, the story of venturing alone into the battlefield of human immortals to find a horse to save her father could further enhance her persona as a filial daughter.

So Xiao Yu spoke loudly and clearly.

But as soon as she finished speaking, the expressions of the Great Qin officers opposite her froze, and the atmosphere in the camp became very strange.

Xiao Yu was puzzled.

A faint voice came from the direction of the commander's tent, "Later, this Marquis will pursue and kill those remnants; I need a good horse to save energy. Once this battle is over, I will naturally return the warhorse to you."

Xiao Yu poked her head into the camp and looked, and her expression also froze.

A tall general in dark red armor with a sharp aura was holding a halberd and sitting on the back of the Red Smoke Steed.

The Red Smoke Steed was very obedient.

—That's the Marquis of Lieyang, right?

Oh, this is too awkward.

Xiao Yu's expression was natural as she said: "Marquis, please feel free to use it; my foster father is already dead..."

—Foster father, I tried my best, but the other party is the Marquis of Lieyang. If you know anything in the afterlife, curse hard, "Yu Yu, you little brat, you are not a son of man," don't blame me for not trying hard!

"Boom rumble~~~"

Xiao Yu was still thinking: Should I borrow flowers to offer to Buddha and simply give the Red Smoke Steed to the Marquis of Lieyang, so that he might take her in as an adopted daughter, seeing that her foster father had just died and she was alone and helpless?

Lei Yuanzi made his move.

Just as she had worried before, red-purple thunderballs the size of pineapples fell, illuminating the entire "underwater world" in purple-red.

The thunder and lightning didn't just travel through the water.

Bao Shengshui's Water-Avoidance Technique could only avoid water, not thunder.

Dense thunder and lightning passed through the "water membrane" and fell on the heads of the soldiers below.

The three-thousand Fire Crow Army formation had never been withdrawn, and all the thunder and lightning were blocked by the flame-shaped giant shields.

Even Xiao Yu was protected.

"Mar~quis~~"

Bao Shengshui seemed to have been struck by invisible thunder, and his face, which was larger than the foot basin in Xiao Yu's home, quickly lost its color.

His ten-foot-five muscular body also began to sway.

The key was that the transparent water membrane propped up by the Water-Avoidance Technique began to leak water on a large scale.

Lei Yuanzi's Nine-Nine Fire Wheel Thunder didn't hit him, but it greatly interfered with his Daoist technique—the Water-Avoidance Technique.

Xiao Yu suddenly remembered a plot in Journey to the West: Wukong clearly knew how to pinch the Water-Avoidance Technique, but he really disliked going into the water to fight people.

The Marquis of Lieyang pointed his halberd diagonally toward the northern sky, his voice spreading in all directions: "All soldiers, listen to my order, cast aside distracting thoughts, and charge with me!"

The Great Qin giants didn't hesitate at all and skillfully ran behind the Red Smoke Steed, setting up the formation for the charge.

The remaining Western soldiers, under the command of their leaders, also quickly cooperated with the Marquis of Lieyang to form a "spearhead formation."

—How to charge in the water?

Xiao Yu was puzzled, but her movements were not slow at all.

She spotted the Deer Lu Ye Wei cavalry camp's team at a glance, ran quickly to Song Changqing's side, and said: "You only have this many people left; there should still be quite a few warhorses left, right? Give me one."

Previously, the Banner-Hunting Immortal presided over the Eight Trigrams Heavenly Blade Formation, raining "Heavenly Blades" on the camp. Many Western soldiers who lacked faith in the Marquis of Lieyang had their connection to the three-thousand Fire Crow formation unstable, and Kong Zan found the flaw and killed them with the "Heavenly Blades."

The soldiers of other Western countries suffered heavy losses, but the Shu Kingdom was in the best condition, especially the Deer Lu Ye Wei cavalry camp, which had almost no losses because they had joined the Fire Crow Army with Huchen several months ago.

And the reason Xiao Yu said "only this many people left" was because she knew that at least Li Qing, Wang Bao, and the others were dead.

Then their warhorses must have become vacant.

"Miss Yu, there is no need for you to be with us." Song Changqing didn't move.

"Do you think I want to follow you?"

Now, besides following the Fire Crow Army in the charge, what other choice did she have?

"There are no extra warhorses." Song Changqing said.

Xiao Yu looked left and right and indeed didn't find any warhorses with empty saddles.

She didn't know that after she killed Kong Zan, the Marquis of Lieyang began to reorganize the army in preparation for the charge.

The Marquis of Lieyang himself rode Huchen's Red Smoke Steed, and the other soldiers also led their own warhorses.

The remaining warhorses, supplies, and the corpses of the soldiers who died under the Heavenly Blades had long been washed away by the flood.

"Charge!"

The Marquis of Lieyang had no intention of waiting for Xiao Yu to get ready.

The spearhead formation was initially formed, and he immediately spurred his horse to gallop forward.

"Water-Control Technique, rise~~~"

Bao Shengshui shouted, pinching the Water-Avoidance Technique and the Water-Control Technique at the same time; the water flow gathered under his feet, and his body began to rise rapidly.

And as the ground beneath him turned into a surging flood, the bubble propped up by the Water-Avoidance Technique also began to rise.

The water flow pushed the soldiers to rise, and with the Marquis of Lieyang leading the Fire Crow Army in the charge, the result was a "fire dragon" rushing out from the bottom of the water at extreme speed.