Chapter 227: River Monster Making Trouble in the Three Gorges

"There is something underwater!"

Lu San's face was pale, his eyes full of shock.

This was the first time Li Yan had seen him so nervous. He pressed down on Wang Daoxuan, who was about to fall, and asked urgently, "What is it?"

"I don't know!"

Lu San gritted his teeth. "All the fish and shrimp in the water were scared away. That thing has cultivation, I can't hear anything, I only know it's huge!"

Before the words fell, there was a boom, the waves on the river exploded, and the rolling river water surged up.

At the same time, a pitch-black thing emerged, like a reef, covered with scales, water algae, and armor, the size of a passenger ship.

Boom!

A merchant ship in front was immediately smashed into pieces, wood boards splashed, and many people screamed and fell into the water.

In the blink of an eye, blood surged up.

"My goodness!"

Sha Lifei was so scared that his face turned white. "What kind of monster is this!"

At this moment, they were all on the boat. The waves in Xiling Gorge were big, and encountering this thing, they had no power to fight back at all.

Seeing this, Lu San grabbed the edge of the boat with one hand, pinched the magic formula with the other, and spoke in the upper language, staring at the water surface.

Clearly, he wanted to communicate with the water monster.

This kind of thing was not the first time he had done it. When he was a guest at the Cao Gang, he helped the Cao Gang solve several similar incidents.

However, this time he encountered a bigger guy with higher cultivation, who didn't pay attention to his communication at all, and couldn't see whether it was a fish or a turtle.

Seeing this, Li Yan knew he couldn't drag it on any longer.

He hurriedly looked around and immediately saw a large bundle of ropes at the stern of the boat, which was used to pull the boat when encountering shallow beaches.

Li Yan did not say a word, took out the armor horse and tied it to his legs, and at the same time stepped on the Gang step, pinched the formula and chanted: "Nuogao! Six Jia Nine Chapters, Heaven is round and Earth is square. Four seasons and five elements, the sun and moon are light..."

Whoosh~

In an instant, Yin wind whistled around, rain mist was rolled up, as if forming a small tornado beside him.

Li Yan jumped out, grabbed the fiber rope, and roared: "Get ready, go ashore first!"

After saying that, dark strength erupted under his feet, his body soared into the air, and he jumped out ten meters or so. Just as he was about to fall into the water, he stepped on the water surface with force again.

Boom!

A loud noise, water splashing.

If it were ordinary times, no matter how big the water wave was, people would fall into the water, but he used the armor horse at this moment and was already light as a swallow.

Borrowing this force, he jumped out ten meters or so again.

The Xiling Gorge waterway is narrow, and two jumps brought him close to the shore, where he could see messy reefs under the water surface.

Li Yan stepped on the reefs in the water, borrowed strength again, and jumped to the shore, wrapped the fiber rope around a giant rock, and his arms exerted force, the rope immediately tightened straight.

However, a whole wooden boat plus the people on the boat, plus the pulling of the water waves in the river, even if his whole body's strength was condensed into one strand, how could he pull it?

"Li Li Shaoxia, pull tight!"

On the boat, seeing this, Company Commander Yuan also picked up another bundle of fiber ropes, jumped, and jumped onto the tightened rope.

Li Yan only felt a force in his hand, and hurriedly pulled tight.

Company Commander Yuan's skill was also extraordinary. Carrying another bundle of fiber ropes, he walked quickly on the rope like walking on a rope, then jumped and also arrived at the shore.

He also tied the fiber rope to another giant rock, gave a roar, dark strength erupted, and pulled the rope backward.

Both sides exerted force at the same time, and the wooden boat finally deviated from the direction.

"Brother Lu, do it quickly!"

On the boat, Sha Lifei also gave a roar, and together with Lu San and the boatmen, they pulled the rope with all their might.

With the joint efforts of both sides, the speed of the wooden boat became faster and faster.

Wang Daoxuan didn't have enough strength, so he didn't go up to add chaos, grabbed the edge of the boat tightly, his face full of tension, looking at the surroundings.

Suddenly, his pupils shrank.

I saw a water line on the water surface in the distance coming straight towards them, the river water rolling, white waves surging, but he could also faintly see the shadow underwater.

If that thing was allowed to chase, everyone on the boat would not escape.

"Monster!"

Wang Daoxuan gave a roar, stood up directly, took out the gold coin sword from his arms, bit his fingertip, and swiped across the sword.

Seeing that thing getting closer and closer, he pinched the formula in his hand and threw the gold coin sword out fiercely.

The Daoist's hands and feet were not refined, and he didn't learn any hidden weapon techniques, but that thing was really too big, plus the gold coin sword had already been opened, it actually plunged into its body with a puff.

"Roar!"

A giant roar, water waves surged.

Everyone saw a behemoth jump out of the water.

On the river, many people opened their mouths.

At this moment, everyone saw clearly that it was a sturgeon, but its body was unusually large, and the scales on its body were ferocious and protruding, like roots of inverted halberds, like dragon armor, and there was a huge bronze chain on its tail.

However, the bronze chain had already broken.

This move of Wang Daoxuan, although not fatal, had so many hidden evil-dispelling and blessing-receiving coins, which had already formed a situation, with Gang Qi lingering, inserted into the river monster's body, making it extremely painful.

Boom!

The heavy body of the water monster fell, immediately triggering huge water waves.

The wooden boat fluctuated violently, Wang Daoxuan's lower plate was unstable, and he was thrown up, falling towards the water surface.

Just then, Sha Lifei suddenly stepped forward, reached out and scooped, grabbed Wang Daoxuan's arm, and pulled him back into the boat.

Although he almost fell into the water, borrowing this wave, the wooden boat also tilted violently, heading towards the river bank.

Sha Lifei got up again and pulled the rope with everyone.

Finally, the wooden boat approached the shore.

The shore of Xiling Gorge is all reef shallow beaches. As soon as the wooden boat approached, it immediately ran aground, and the bottom of the boat was also smashed by the reef.

But at this time, everyone didn't care about it, jumped into the water one after another, and ran along the reef while swimming.

"Brother Lu San, help!"

Sha Lifei gave a roar, carried the heavy luggage with Lu San, jumped into the water and swam towards the shore, and Wang Daoxuan followed closely.

The luggage contained their family property, which was worth a lot of money. They wouldn't feel at ease even if they put it in the inn, so how could they let it fall into the river.

However, the danger had not been lifted. The huge sturgeon struggled in the water, then flicked its tail and rushed towards the shore, the inverted halberds on its back splitting the water waves.

Lu San felt the danger and hurriedly pulled out the bone flower from his waist.

However, the gunpowder had been soaked, so how could it be triggered.

Just then, a figure came through the air, stepped on the reef in the water, as if walking on the waves, it was Li Yan.

He pulled out the Dust-Severing Saber with a clang, his eyes full of murderous intent.

He was powerless in the river, but how could he be afraid when he reached the shore.

"You go quickly!"

Jumping onto the nearest reef, Li Yan held the long saber horizontally, staring at the water surface, and gave a low drink.

Lu San and Sha Lifei didn't talk nonsense, carried the luggage together, and with Wang Daoxuan, they splashed and finally went ashore.

At the same time, the river monster also whistled.

!

Facing the reef on the shore, this thing had no fear at all and crashed into it directly.

With a loud bang, water waves and broken stones splashed.

Its hard skull was like a siege hammer, actually smashing the reef directly.

Li Yan was also taken aback, but reacted faster, turned over like a kite, jumped into the air, and stretched out his left hand at the same time.

Clatter!

The invisible Soul-Hooking Rope whistled out.

The river monster immediately stiffened all over.

How could Li Yan miss the opportunity, the Dust-Severing Saber slashed fiercely.

Clang!

The saber blade hit the fish scales, actually sparking fire.

Good heavens!

Li Yan was secretly surprised in his heart, the fish scales were so tough.

Of course, he used dark strength, and the Dust-Severing Saber is a magic artifact, so he also directly broke its fish scales and cut a crack.

Inside was all snow-white fine meat, and bright red blood seeped out.

However, Li Yan felt no joy in his heart.

The fish monster was quite large, and the crack he cut had no effect on it at all.

And after getting close, he saw more clearly that the fish monster was covered with cracks, and even half a rusted iron spear was inserted on it.

Clearly, it had been seriously injured a long time ago, but now it had fully recovered, and the fish scales at the scars were layered and tougher.

Fortunately, although its soul was fierce and bloody, it was about the same as the earth dragon encountered on Mount Qinglong, and it was also suppressed by the Soul-Hooking Rope.

Beside it, Wang Daoxuan's gold coin sword was also inserted on it.

Li Yan pulled out the gold coin sword, and at the same time held the long saber horizontally, directly stabbing into the sturgeon's huge eye.

Pfft!

The fishy pulp exploded.

This smell rushed straight to the heavenly spirit cover, and Li Yan's brain was stunned.

It was in this short moment that the sturgeon river monster finally broke free from the Soul-Hooking Rope, its body rolling frantically, mud and broken stones splashing.

Whoosh!

A whistling sound came, but it was the bronze chain behind the monster's tail, drawing towards Li Yan, fast as light and shadow.

Li Yan didn't react in time and was hit directly in the chest.

This huge force made his body soar into the air, falling towards the shore.

Li Yan felt pain, feeling that his chest bones had collapsed, the Great Luo Dharma Body operated, quickly repaired, and at the same time twisted his body, landing steadily.

And that sturgeon also had some spirituality. Although it suffered a loss, it didn't pursue, twisted its body, smashed the reef with its tail, and dived into the water waves again.

Just when they were entangled with the river monster, the surviving boats ahead had long since gone far away, and the boats behind were also embarrassed and withdrew from Xiling Gorge.

"Damn it!"

At this moment, Company Commander Yuan was also furious. "When did Xiling Gorge have a water monster?"

He looked at Li Yan, his eyes full of admiration. "Fortunately, Li Li Shaoxia made a move, otherwise we would all have fed the fish and shrimp today."

"No!"

Lu San on the side had a gloomy face and put his hand into the water. "All the fish and shrimp in the river have escaped, that thing hasn't left yet."

Before the words fell, there was a loud bang in the distance, and a wooden boat at the mouth of the gorge was smashed directly.

A figure jumped up from it.

Boom!

Smoke filled the air, and blood surged in the river.

New type of fire gun!

Seeing this, Li Yan and others immediately understood what it was.

The imperial court equipped each state with new fire guns, one for testing, and the other for summarizing combat experience, but the quantity was not large.

That boat should be the people of the Commandant's Office.

I didn't expect that Company Commander Yuan also brought one this time.

The new fire gun is powerful, even if the bullet shoots into the water, the speed is significantly weakened, but it also makes the river monster suffer.

However, it is still not a fatal wound.

This river monster is even more furious, rolling up and down in the water.

Soon, accompanied by screams, blood stained the river surface...

"Ah——!"

Company Commander Yuan watched with his eyes splitting, roaring angrily.

However, it was of no avail.

Not long after, there was no movement on the river surface.

Seeing such a tragic situation, those boats were scared and stayed away, all sailing towards Yichang Ferry.

Rain mist rolled, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 228 =====