Chapter 1997: Fire in the Water

After Marshal Tianpeng finished speaking, he summoned his Nine-Toothed Rake and plunged into the Tongtian River.

Seeing this, General Wujing also brought out his Demon-Subduing Crescent Moon Shovel and dove into the water.

At this time, the old turtle stabilized its body, and Fahai, Sun Wukong, and the White Dragon Horse all landed on its back again.

Although flying is not a difficult matter for cultivators, they cannot fly or hover in the air indefinitely unless they have reached the level of a Quasi-Saint or Saint.

So now, the old turtle's back was their only foothold.

The three stood on the turtle back, staring intently at the river surface. Fahai held a ball of light in his right hand, illuminating the lake surface.

They didn't know how long they had waited, but Marshal Tianpeng and General Wujing still hadn't come out of the river.

"Eldest Senior Brother, could Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother have been harmed at the bottom of the river?"

White Dragon Watching Ao Lie looked a bit worried and said to Sun Wukong.

"..."

Sun Wukong looked at him and remained silent.

Strictly speaking, Marshal Tianpeng was the commander of the Heavenly River Water Army, proficient in the Thirty-Six Transformations of Earthly Fiends, and his cultivation was past the Taiyi True Immortal stage. General Wujing was also a close guard by the Jade Emperor's side, and his cultivation was about to break through the Taiyi True Immortal stage.

No matter how powerful the Inspiration King was, it probably wouldn't be that easy to defeat such two opponents.

"It has been more than an hour. I can't wait any longer. Why don't we go down together and see what's going on?"

Fahai also seemed very anxious and said.

Sun Wukong and Fahai were both not good at water. By comparison, Sun Wukong was even worse at water; Fahai could at least swim a little, while Sun Wukong was almost a landlubber.

Although the White Dragon was more at ease in the water than on land, his cultivation was too low. If they went down together, he wouldn't be able to provide much combat power.

"It's all my fault for causing you and your master to be in danger."

The old turtle looked sad at this time and said very self-reproachfully.

"This is not your fault, Old Turtle, you also had good intentions." Fahai looked at it and said calmly, "It seems that the demon in this Tongtian River must be eliminated."

After Fahai finished speaking, he looked at Sun Wukong. Clearly, his intention now was to hope that the three of them would go into the water together and settle the score with the Inspiration King.

Just at this moment, ripples suddenly appeared on the water surface.

"Splash!"

With a huge sound of water, Marshal Tianpeng rushed up from the water, his figure swaying.

And following closely behind, General Wujing also rushed out from the water surface.

Sun Wukong's eyes narrowed as he looked at the two, only to see that they were both in rags and covered in wounds.

"Tsk! Damn demon, couldn't you two lure him out? And you even got beaten up?"

Sun Wukong gritted his teeth in anger and said.

"That doesn't look like injuries from a beating. There are scorched marks on their clothes, and the wounds on their bodies should all be burns from fire."

Fahai frowned, looking serious, and said.

"How is that possible? That was underwater. Could there still be flames to burn them?"

The White Dragon clearly did not agree with Fahai's statement and said immediately.

Looking at Marshal Tianpeng and General Wujing, they flew down toward this side, both looking miserable.

When they landed on the turtle shell, they were still looking terrified, their bodies still shivering slightly.

"Is it really burns?" The White Dragon Watching Ao Lie took another look at the injuries on the two and said with shock, "The two Senior Brothers were really burned by fire at the bottom of the river. What on earth is going on?"

Marshal Tianpeng looked at him and said, "I don't know either. There was a hunchbacked old man wearing a yellow robe who was very powerful."

"He was holding a torch with white flames burning on it. It could actually burn in this water."

General Wujing also looked at Sun Wukong, his expression painful, and said, "This fire is simply too evil. We didn't even fight the Inspiration King; just that old man holding the torch alone beat us until we had no power to fight back." ===== CHAPTER 1999 =====