Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 504 - 403: The Great River Battle_1

Chapter 504: Chapter 403: The Great River Battle_1

The speed of the rainbow-colored spiritual light was so fast, that even Wu Zhiqi could not react in time to shift his elemental body.

The pupils of Wu Zhiqi contracted, subsequently dividing a portion of the Taiyin Zhenshui from his mystery body, forming a storm water shield with a ten zhang circumference next to his body.

"Nothing in the world is softer than water, yet it can overcome the hardest things!"

This water shield rotated rapidly, and with the infinite compression of centripetal force, it forcibly blocked those rainbow-colored spiritual lights outside the shield, preventing them from making any headway.

However, the water shield suddenly froze the next instant.

That was courtesy of Earl Chengyi, Li Chengji, who from a distance, with a single distance-cutting blow, turned the vortex water shield formed by the Taiyin Zhenshui into icy cold frost in a moment. It then exploded into icy powder under the impact of the ’Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnet Miejue Needle’.

Wu Zhiqi only had time to glance diagonally at Li Chengji before his entire body was shattered by the multicolored spiritual light.

He was obviously seriously injured. When his elemental body shattered, blue blood sprinkled onto the surface of the river.

At this moment, another silver-armored puppet flew overhead. With a punch, it bombarded the surface of the river. The huge impact shook the surrounding three zhang of the river, and a huge amount of tidal water surged up to fifty zhang into the sky.

However, these tidal waters then wound around the body of the silver-armored puppet like water snakes and infiltrated into the puppet’s body.

"Unsouled Frost Soul, Cut!"

The figure of Li Chengji flew again above the river, his pure white knife light bombing deep into the bottom of the river. Simultaneously, deadly water-spears flew out from under the water.

The collision of the overpowering martial intents of the two persons, the bombardment of Zhenyuan Gangqi, turned this world into a world of ice and snow within ten li.

The blow from Li Chengji, who came with all his strength, not only froze the six li long stretch of the river into fine ice powder but also shattered the water snakes entwined around the silver-armored puppet.

As for Li Chengji himself, he was bleeding from his seven orifices, his body was sent flying three hundred zhang high into the sky due to Wu Zhiqi’s unparalleled strength. He then froze in place, with his knife pointed at the river. However, for the next ten breaths, Li Chengji could not find Wu Zhiqi.

Only half a moment later, with a gloomy face, Li Chengji rode the air back to his flagship.

"Thank you, Yurou. If it wasn’t for you this time, even if I could repel Wu Zhiqi, I would have lost half of my life."

Leng Yurou didn’t speak, she just looked at Li Chengji with questioning eyes.

Li Chengji was quite helpless when it came to this maid of his who didn’t like to speak. But he understood Leng Yurou’s look, so he gave her a bitter smile: "I’m not seriously injured, it’s just that my five major organs have been somewhat shaken. With the help of some elixir and some breath regulation, I will be fine. By the way, Yurou, you just used the fourth-level Peacock Secret Method, how many of those do you have left now?"

Although Wu Zhiqi was heavily injured and defeated in this battle, Li Chengji could sense that its strength had not reached its peak yet.

As the water level of the Han River continued to rise, this demon ape’s injuries could not only heal rapidly, its strength could also greatly expand, even to two to three times of before this battle!

"I only have one left!" Leng Yurou took out a silver needle tube and shook it in front of Li Chengji.

She had only taken over the Shenqi Union twenty days ago, and she simply didn’t have time to forge a fourth-tier ’Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnet Miejue Needle’. The two she had had just completed many key components during the time she was in the Earl’s mansion over the years, so they had been assembled before this battle.

Li Chengji couldn’t help but taste bitterness in his mouth, he wondered, when would the Court’s support arrive?

Without two or three heavenly level figures stationed here, it would be hard to withstand Wu Zhiqi’s edge.

About fifteen minutes later, three hundred miles upstream from the Han River, Wu Zhiqi’s body solidified again. Then it frowned at the large hole in its chest.

It was the injury caused by the ’Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnet Miejue Needle’, and until now, Wu Zhiqi had been unable to heal it, thus it was unable to recover a complete body.

"I told you so." At this moment, a figure clad in black robes appeared before Wu Zhiqi. He looked at the pitifully shaped water ape and smirked, "That Li Chengji may be weaker than his ancestors, but the current Earl Chengyi’s Mansion is not simple."

Hearing this, Wu Zhiqi looked back coldly, "If you’d joined forces with me just now, the outcome would not have been the same."

"But how would it have been different if we’d joined forces? Would we have been able to destroy the Court’s naval forces, or kill Li Chengji and his son? There was no need for such probing battles; they only expose our intentions."

The black-robed figure coldly responded, "With a single fatal strike, leave Li Chengji with no escape. That’s what I want. Master Wu, why don’t you be a little more patient until your strength reaches its peak? Then we can make our move."

Wu Zhiqi frowned, then gave a light laugh. Its enormous body once again turned into liquid and merged into the river.

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Meanwhile, outside Yichang City, a great battle was also coming to an end.

On the surface of the river, the hundred zhang long giant snake with nine heads, Xiangyue, was gazing at the black dragon coiling in the clouds, withdrawing slowly in a cautious manner.

At this moment, its body was punctuated with several traumatic injuries, some of which even went clean through. Three of its heads had tender red skin— a result of them being shattered not long ago, and yet to fully recover.

Only after the Xiangyue, with its massive body, retreated against the river current to a place ten miles away, did it coil up and submerge into the deep water.

With Xiangyue’s departure, the black dragon also descended from the clouds— while its body had previously been hidden in the mist, making it hard to perceive; once fully exposed, it was a sight to behold.

The black dragon’s body was marked with hundreds of deep bite wounds, which were all oozing venom.

When Ao Shuying assumed human form and returned to the hovering Red Thunder Chariot, her face was ashen and her body was shaky, barely able to stand.

"Defend me!"

She instructed Ao Gun, who was driving the chariot beside her, then immediately sat down cross-legged. Immediately, her entire body was wrapped in a tempest of thunder, trembling minutely.

Not long after, droplets of black blood began to seep from Ao Shuying’s wounds.

These droplets of black blood seemed to possess a will of their own, morphing into countless tiny nine-headed snakes. But soon, they were reduced to ashes under the bombardment of the thunder and lightning manipulated by Ao Shuying.

However, the inside of the Red Thunder Chariot was filled with a terrible stench.

Ao Gun was startled and looked worried, but dared not to interrupt.

He knew that Ao Shuying was using her unique skill, the ’Godslaying Bajiquan,’ to ’shake off’ the toxins from her body.

While this method was effective, it was also extremely dangerous. If not controlled properly, it could hurt oneself, so it couldn’t be disturbed.

After about two moments, Ao Shuying’s complexion gradually became rosy.

She then stopped shaking and turned her gaze, heavy with concern, toward the distance.

Seeing this, Ao Gun couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief; however, he still asked worryingly, "Second sister, are you alright now?"

"How can I be alright? The poison in my body won’t be purged for at least half a month."

Ao Shuying sighed, then gave her brother a sidelong glance, "You bunch of good-for-nothings, if any of you had achieved anything in these years, emerged as a True Dragon, I wouldn’t be in such a situation."

Ao Gun responded with an embarrassed smile, "I understand now, and I’ll work harder, I promise."

His tone then changed, "We are doing our best to disperse the rain clouds, but it just won’t stop. It seems the heavy rainfall might persist for half a month, and the water level is bound to rise, which will make Xiangyue even stronger. If this continues, second sister, you might not be able to hold on. Should we ask father for help?"

"So foolish! With father and elder brother holding down monsters in the East Sea, all of them depending on the East Sea Dragon Palace, do you think they have much to spare?"

Shaking her head, Ao Shuying replied dismissively, "That’s our last resort. We must not involve the Dragon Palace unless absolutely necessary, or it will bring endless trouble. For now, you all need to put in more effort, try your best to disperse the rain clouds until the day when the atmospheric humidity subsides."

"But we simply cannot hold them back! News has just come from Tongtian River that the water demons in the upper reaches of the Tongtian River have already begun to move south. Among them is your nemesis, Bashe Changze. If these two collaborate, you could be killed—"

Ao Gun forced a bitter smile, then his expression changed, "Actually, there’s another solution that might mitigate this flood. The terrain near Zhijiang City, about three hundred miles from here, is low-lying, suitable for draining water."

Ao Shuying glanced over, "What are you implying?"

"We could breach the riverbank, to lower the water levels."

As Ao Gun uttered this, Ao Shuying appeared to taken aback, he promptly added, "Of course not now, what I mean is we could start evacuating the residents now. After a few days, we can release the water. The Court could then offer disaster-relief later, compensating the local residents for their lost properties. By doing so, wouldn’t we be able to mitigate the flood damage?"

Ao Shuying’s expression softened a bit. She then turned her head to look towards Zhijiang City.

She knew the geography of that place; if water were to be released there, indeed, the water level in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River could drop by at least one zhang.

However, Ao Shuying couldn’t help but feel unease, restlessness welling up within her.

Shaking her head, Ao Shuying asked with a cold smile, "Who gave you this idea? You couldn’t have come up with it yourself."

"An ascetic from Nine Palaces Mountain," Ao Gun smiled, "Doesn’t matter who came up with it, as long as it works, right?"

Ao Shuying thought about it and found it reasonable. Pushing down the restlessness in her heart, she ordered, "Then notify the Zhijiang government to start the evacuation."

Strange as it may be, the moment she uttered these words, the unrest within her vanished without a trace.

What she didn’t know was, at this exact moment in Capital City, Li Xuan was awakening from his trance.