Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 490 - 431 Azure Sea Tide Rises + - 432 Waves Unpredictable_2

Chapter 490: Chapter 431 Azure Sea Tide Rises + Chapter 432 Waves Unpredictable_2

"If you’ve understood this Supreme Body Method from the True Form Diagram, why don’t you try it in the water? I bet you haven’t tried diving to the bottom yet."

Yu Changsheng seemed to have forgotten the setbacks from before.

Instead, he was brimming with excitement as he dragged Zhou Ping’an to the riverside, looking on with anticipation.

In fact, she only thought it looked somewhat similar to the legendary movement technique of her sect, but since she had never seen it before, her curiosity was piqued, as if there were seventeen or eighteen cats scratching at her heart.

"Right, the Cloud Water Sect, how could we stray from the water?"

Zhou Ping’an thought it made sense; he had always assumed that martial arts and movement techniques should primarily focus on speed, and being able to fly was of course better, but he had a set mindset and had never thought about going underwater.

During the Demon Subduing Trial, Su Pengju hadn’t entered the water either, misleading him as well.

As soon as he thought about it, he did it.

His figure flickered, turning into a wisp of smoke, concealing his form, and with a plunge, he darted into the water.

"Ah!"

As soon as he entered.

Zhou Ping’an felt something was off.

It was as if he had entered "fake water."

There was no sensation of pressure around him, nor any feeling of dampness.

Even more, moving forward and backward, side to side, he didn’t feel any resistance.

It was almost no different from being in the air.

If one ignored the murkiness of the vision.

One could even say he hadn’t entered the water at all.

His figure flickered, and from ten zhang beneath the water, he flashed and was immediately beside Yu Changsheng.

This time, he didn’t completely conceal his presence, and one could see a wisp of azure smoke dash over like lightning.

"Good, just as I thought."

Yu Changsheng clapped her hands.

"With this, we don’t have to be afraid of that Old Crocodile escaping to the riverbed. This time, we must catch his shadow, take advantage of his injury, and claim his life."

This was the second time Yu Changsheng had mentioned the Old Crocodile.

She sounded somewhat angry.

Zhou Ping’an felt that something was amiss.

"Could it be that the Demon Chief has caused trouble again?"

"It’s more than just him. Along one hundred fifty li of the coast, traces of Water Demons have been found. Thirty-seven villages along the coast have been attacked to varying degrees."

Yu Changsheng shook her head, "At the beginning, the Defensive General and Wei Liancheng from Dongshan City could handle it; they killed many Little Water Monsters and Fish Demons, but later, those Water Demons began to employ tactics; advancing here, retreating there, attacking before and after, charging into the populated areas irrespective of their own lives. Even if many were killed, there were still quite a few injuries."

"Of course, what really caused the damage was that Old Demon. Two villages on Lakeview Slope and Songshan Ridge, with a total of more than four hundred households, were devoured. The Shanhe Army suffered seven hundred ninety-eight casualties."

"When did this happen?" Zhou Ping’an turned in surprise.

He hadn’t heard this news.

’It’s right, after sending off the Chen Family and Zeng Family Heads, and my master-uncle Wu Changsong, I instructed the servants in the mansion that unless it was a matter of utmost importance, no disturbances were allowed.

Then, after going through the Demon Subduing Trial and then resting to recover my body and practice my movement technique, a day and a night had passed, so it is understandable if my intelligence is not up to date.’

"It’s been these past two days. It is also my fault for not being able to arrive in time. Otherwise, if I had restrained that Old Demon and sent out a signal, we could have surrounded and killed him while he was wounded."

Yu Changsheng was clearly not pleased.

She then spoke of the previous battle situation.

That Old Demon, for some unknown reason, had performed a feint twice in succession.

First, he incited a large number of Water Monsters and Fish Demons to land and attack villages from more than ten areas with gentle water currents.

The Defensive Generals from Pinghu and East Mountain immediately dispatched troops to kill the Water Demons, but they didn’t expect that the real target was among the other twenty-seven villages.

The Old Crocodile secretly came ashore, devouring humans and livestock, and his injuries recovered rapidly.

Before Yu Changsheng could arrive, he had already slipped back into the water.

"I hadn’t noticed before, but this Old Demon has an exceptionally remarkable sense of awareness. He sensed danger from afar and escaped in advance without a fight."

"The last time, I finally caught up with him at the riverside and exchanged blows, but I ended up at a disadvantage... It seems that the Old Crocodile is recovering quickly, and if this happens a few more times, he might fully recover and might even attack the city."

Yu Changsheng didn’t say it out loud, but in the early morning, she personally went to the backyard of the County Yamen but did not sense Zhou Ping’an’s presence.

She could only suppress her anger, staying near Pinghu City and practicing her swordsmanship by the Lishui bank.

Hoping that at the critical moment, she could go a step further, at least stand her ground against the Old Crocodile and not just run away if she couldn’t beat him, because that would be utterly useless.

"Where were the villages attacked by the Old Demon located?"

Zhou Ping’an listened and felt it was a tricky situation.

After being tricked and suffering a major loss, the Old Crocodile seemed to have evolved, becoming extremely cunning.

He even employed strategies like dividing forces for concerted attacks and deception.

Moreover, his purpose was very clear: to devour Blood Food and rapidly heal his wounds to seek vengeance.

"We cannot delay, we will cover one east and one west, betting that the Old Crocodile is blinded by hatred, mainly locking down the fifty li to thirty li area outside Pinghu City. This time, I won’t make a move until the critical moment."

"Let’s do that."

Yu Changsheng’s eyebrows flicked up, she gripped her twin swords, and nodded in agreement.

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Chapter 432: The Sinuous Clouds and Waters

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"Does he take me for a fool?"

In the depths of the Li River, where water plants entwined and a dilapidated wooden boat lay overturned, revealing its pitch-black cabin, suddenly, a few bubbles appeared.

A pitch-black crocodile, the thickness of an adult’s wrist, shot out silently like an arrow, reaching the riverbank in no time. Just three feet from the water’s surface, it keenly sensed all around, then leapt from the water.