Chapter 117: Struggling to Cross

The group looked at the hundred-meter-wide big river in front of them and couldn't help but feel awe. For a moment, they were all a bit hesitant to move forward.

"What? Scared already?" Tian Xiong stood behind the group, his voice full of disdain.

"When I was a soldier back then, I conquered the Yangtze River by going against the current. Don't tell me you guys don't have the guts and are even afraid of this earthworm-like small river?"

Earthworm-like small river? Chen Fan and the others were a bit speechless. This river was a full hundred meters wide, and the current was rushing, with waves several zhang high. They were in iron armor, afraid they would be swallowed by the river in an instant.

Tian Xiong patted Chen Fan on the shoulder, grinned, and said: "As the captain, set an example for everyone!"

Chen Fan was helpless and could only jump up and jump into the river with a thud.

Sure enough, as he thought, his body sank rapidly and sank to the bottom of the river in an instant.

"Exert strength with hands and feet at the same time, rush up!"

Tian Xiong's voice was like a bell, directly passing through the water depth of more than 20 meters and into Chen Fan's ears.

Chen Fan didn't panic. He used his hands and feet to slap the river water. The powerful explosive power brought his body rushing up. However, just as his head emerged from the water surface, his body fell rapidly again!

The buoyancy of the water was simply non-existent to him.

"Control the frequency of slapping the water. After your body emerges from the water surface, you need to slap more than 50 times in one second to ensure that your body can float on the water surface!" Tian Xiong's voice sounded again.

Chen Fan tried decisively. Under high-frequency explosion, his hands and feet were sore and swollen, but it was indeed as Tian Xiong said, he successfully extended his head out of the water surface.

"Coach, I can't hold on for a minute in this state!" Chen Fan shouted to Tian Xiong on the shore.

"That's why I allow you to use your abilities to assist first!" Tian Xiong said.

"Then I'll try!" After Chen Fan shouted, the ability stored in his body spilled out from the spinal great dragon and instantly spread to every cell in his whole body.

His strength rose instantly, and swimming in the water became much easier, but to say swimming to the Changan urban area, the difficulty was still very great!

"This way of doing things is extremely tempering to the physique, and there are many benefits to sticking with it!" After Tian Xiong finished speaking, he urged the group to go into the river.

The group didn't dare to delay and jumped into the river one after another.

"Alright, set off, swim 15 kilometers in half an hour!" Tian Xiong's voice was unquestionable.

In the water, the five lined up in a row, struggling to twist their whole bodies and go against the current!

Having had the experience of coming here, the group's willpower was clearly much stronger. They gritted their teeth and persisted, like five big fish, their speed was very fast, comparable to the speed of an ordinary person's extreme running.

Tian Xiong didn't abandon the group and leave, but "walked" on the shore leisurely, while his gaze was always observing the state of the few.

Not long after, little fatty Wu Yue suddenly screamed, and his body sank under the water in an instant.

The group was shocked, only to see a giant crocodile with a body length of a full 10 meters biting Wu Yue's legs, dragging him toward the bottom of the river tightly.

"Copper-Toothed Violent Crocodile? Be careful!" Chen Fan turned his body, thunder condensed in his hands, ready to take action to rescue!

However, Tian Xiong scolded him.

"Just a tiny second-tier early-stage strange beast, if he can't solve it himself, he might as well die!"

Chen Fan was helpless and could only withdraw his hand.

Wu Yue quickly woke up from the panic. His whole body's ability exploded, and two thick mud flows rushed up from the bottom of the river, binding the giant crocodile tightly.

One person and one beast entangled together in the water. The Copper-Toothed Violent Crocodile had strong combat power and occupied the advantage in the water. For a time, the two fought evenly.

With Wu Yue's strength, on land, he could contend with ordinary second-tier late-stage strange beasts, but in the water, his Son of the Earth ability was clearly much weaker, plus a Mysterious Heavy Armor binding him, making his strength greatly reduced.

But fortunately, it was no problem for ability users to hold their breath in the water for a few minutes.

Wu Yue was bitten on his legs and couldn't break free for a while, but he was extremely smart. He controlled the two mud flows to drag the violent crocodile toward the bottom of the river.

The two sank to the bottom of the river. The moment Wu Yue's body touched the land, his strength soared instantly. The mud at the bottom of the river began to churn, and his body was full of strength. Immediately after, he exerted strength with both hands and forcibly pried open the crocodile's mouth.

Wu Yue broke free, and two earth dragon thorns broke through the soil and instantly pierced into the giant crocodile's heart.

The giant crocodile stopped struggling. Wu Yue hurriedly controlled the mud pillar to lift it out of the water surface. He panted heavily, clearly the battle just now, which lasted only a minute, consumed him greatly.

"Not bad!" Tian Xiong commented expressionlessly and said to the group again:

"The upper reaches of this river connect to Jufeng Pass, and the lower reaches connect to Wanggu Pass. Both of these are entrances to other-dimensional spaces. Half a month ago, Jufeng Pass just erupted with a beast tide! Therefore, it is inevitable that strange beasts will lurk in the water of this river."

"But don't worry, the stronger strange beasts have long been cleaned up several times, and the remaining fish that slipped through the net are just some small fish and shrimp."

"As long as you cheer up a little, you won't be successfully ambushed like Wu Yue!"

Wu Yue heard that he was named, and immediately felt his face burning. Just now everyone was struggling to paddle, who would pay attention to the movement behind them.

But he didn't dare to quibble and could only listen silently.

"Alright, continue forward!" Tian Xiong ordered again.

Having had Wu Yue's experience, the group all divided some attention to pay attention to the surroundings, but this undoubtedly increased their difficulty.

In just ten minutes, the team encountered three strange beasts, but fortunately, their strength was not strong and they were easily taken down by the few.

However, when the group had just swum half the distance, a monstrous wave rose in front of the river channel.

"Roar!" A dull roar sounded, and immediately after, a silver creature rushed into the sky from the water.

The group was shocked. That creature had a pair of fleshy horns on its head, its whole body was covered with silver scales, and its momentum was even more terrifying. The aura it emitted made Chen Fan and the others unable to breathe.

"What is that? How can there be such a terrifying creature in this river?" The group shivered, their backs feeling cold.

Tian Xiong on the shore was also shocked. This creature looked like a dragon but not a dragon, like a snake but not a snake, like the flood dragon that people passed down by word of mouth!

"Seventh-tier strange beast?! Those guys at Jufeng Pass are becoming more and more unreliable. Such a strange beast rushed out, and they even dared to hide it and not report it!" Tian Xiong's facial muscles twitched, clearly extremely angry.

At this moment, the gaze of this strange beast also turned toward Tian Xiong, its chilling killing intent fully revealed!

"Protect yourselves!" Tian Xiong ordered the group, his whole body's momentum soared, and he instantly turned into a demon bear with a body size of 10 meters. It was his beast transformation ability, S-rank Swallowing Heaven Demon Bear!

"Beast, die!" The Swallowing Heaven Demon Bear shot out, and the giant fist with a diameter of a full meter carried an incomparable momentum and rushed straight to the silver flood dragon in the water.

The flood dragon was not afraid at all, its huge tail whipped into the air and collided with the bear fist. The shock wave formed instantly set off a monstrous wave on the river surface.

"Let's go ashore first!" The river water was rushing, slapping the group. Chen Fan made a prompt decision and shouted for the group to swim to the shore.

However, before the group could take any action, dense silver sword arrows appeared in the water and rushed toward the group.

The group was shocked. When the silver sword arrows rushed to the front, they realized that they were silver water snakes! ===== CHAPTER 118 =====