newbobooks Chapter 438 Sea Gourd
Chapter 438 Sea Gourd
The worst part is, they're slowly moving towards that place now.
Judging by appearances, they probably won't last another fifteen minutes.
At this critical moment, the merman, who was being protected in Jiang Liqian's arms, suddenly let out a painful groan, as if something was eroding her body, causing her excruciating pain.
Jiang Liqian tried to channel spiritual energy into her, but it had no effect. In fact, because the lightning spiritual energy was too domineering, it caused her to vomit blood.
"This is bad. The demonic energy here is affecting her too deeply. If she stays here any longer, she will die," Stone said in a heavy voice.
He walked over and used his spiritual power to soothe the mermaid's pain.
Time is running out!
Jiang Liqian's gaze swept quickly around, and in front of everyone, she summoned the afterimage of the Shitian Sword.
A long, jet-black sword gradually appeared in her hand. Even though it was only half a shadow, one could feel the oppressive aura emanating from it, and faintly smell the bloody scent of ancient battlefields.
What a powerful sword!
What a vicious sword!
People like Jiang Liqian thought the sword she used would be a righteous sword that could suppress all evil spirits in the world!
But this sword looks both righteous and evil. Rather than a sword of the righteous path, it looks more like an evil sword, with an overwhelming killing intent attached to it.
That's incredibly arrogant!
It seems to be the only sword in the world.
Su Yanqing's pupils constricted, and he almost blurted out the name of the sword.
The divine sword that his people had been searching for so desperately was actually in Jiang Liqian's hands! But it seems that she hasn't been able to completely tame this sword?
Ignoring the astonished or bewildered expressions on Shui Lian'er's and the others' faces, Jiang Liqian handed the merman to Shui Lian'er, gripped her sword, leaped up, took three steps in mid-air, and amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, slashed her sword at the fleshy wall of the sea monster.
The purple lightning, carrying a chilling sword aura, forced back the surging demonic energy with a single strike, tearing a large hole straight through the sea monster's belly.
Countless drops of seawater rushed in through the opening.
Jiang Liqian stirred the shimmering snow and light, then escaped through the hole in the seawater.
Shui Lian'er immediately activated the Soft Cloud, leading everyone to fly towards the sea.
The siren's lair was very close to the seabed, and countless lesser demons, drawn by the siren's blood, surged in from all directions. The siren, in pain, curled up its fins and thrashed violently in the sea, large swaths of crimson blood engulfing the crushed and mangled corpses of the lesser demons, slowly rising to the surface.
Fortunately, Shui Lian'er and the others were fast enough that they soon flew back to the sea surface; otherwise, they would have been among those torn to pieces.
The single sword strike nearly depleted all of Jiang Liqian's spiritual energy. After emerging from the sea, she barely uttered a word before swallowing a Spirit Gathering Pill, closing her eyes, and meditating to quickly restore her spiritual energy.
Qin Beiyao and the others naturally took on the responsibility of protecting her.
Shi Tou unfolded the sea map his master had given him and looked at it, feeling reassured.
"After crossing a body of water covered with sea gourds, and then going down the sea waterfall, we should be able to find traces of the merfolk there. Then we can return her to her tribe."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness, we're not far now. It seems to be thanks to that sea monster. The sea monster swam fast and didn't deviate from their original route. Instead, it brought them here safely by some twist of fate.
“Sea gourds love to eat meat. Although there are no living creatures in that area, we can’t let our guard down. We have to be careful that they don’t suddenly attack and sweep us down.” Jiang Liqian finished her breathing, opened her eyes, and reminded them.
Although sea urchins are not monsters, sometimes it is the things that seem harmless that are the most deadly.
Except for Shui Lian'er, everyone here knew more or less about the power of the sea gourd, and each person wore an extremely cautious expression, not daring to be careless.
Although Shui Lian'er didn't know what a sea gourd was, she could tell how powerful it was from their serious expressions, so she was even more careful when controlling Rouyun.
The sea urchin is best known for using its long stems to weave a fine, dense net, trapping its prey inside and then slowly sucking out the mucus that softens their bodies.
Besides their roots and stems, their most remarkable feature is their extreme sensitivity to sound. They can distinguish their prey from the mere sound of waves crashing by observing how their leaves respond to sound.
When Rouyun entered the waters of the sea gourd, everyone held their breath in unison. Shui Lian'er controlled Rouyun, carefully passing over the heads of those green creatures, not daring to breathe loudly.
After finally making it past most of the way, and just when they were about to cross the waters safely, the sea monster that had swallowed them earlier suddenly caught up with them, followed by a group of smaller monsters attracted by the smell of blood.
Its broad, thick tail lashed out at the sea, instantly stirring up a storm.
The once quiet sea urchin suddenly became agitated, its long roots extending out of the water and thrashing about, catching any food that was brought to its doorstep!
Upon seeing this situation, Shui Lian'er disregarded the noise and propelled Rouyun to its maximum speed, desperately dodging the attacks of the sea gourd while rushing towards the waters controlled by the sea gourd.
The sea monsters that were unwilling to give up and pursued them never expected to end up in such a troublesome area of water. Even though their bodies were large enough, they were entangled by the sea gourds, and their bodies were covered with shocking wounds.
The taste of blood further fueled the sea urchin's frenzy, making it greedily want to eat more.
They won't let any food that comes their way go to waste.
Jiang Liqian made a quick decision and said to Shui Lian'er, "Lianlian, don't hide, just rush over and we'll cut these sea gourds in half!"
Shui Lian'er nodded, no longer distracted by dodging the sea gourd, and directly propelled the soft cloud to move swiftly in the shortest distance.
Qin Beiyao, Shi Tou, and Su Yanqing all drew their weapons and cut down all the sea gourds that were attacking them.
Jiang Liqian stayed behind to deal with the roots and vines that were trying to entangle Rouyun, and occasionally resisted the attacks of the sea monster.
The lush green waters of the sea urchin suddenly became like a tireless slaughterhouse, relentlessly shredding the creatures within, tearing apart blood, corpses, and flesh.
It was bloody and disgusting.
Suddenly bursting out of the water, Shui Lian'er could no longer hold back and leaned over Rou Yun's side, vomiting incessantly, almost bringing up bile.
This was the first time she had ever witnessed such a bloody scene; it was enough to give her nightmares for three days straight.
Seeing how uncomfortable she was, Qin Beiyao quickly handed her a handkerchief and put a fragrant incense pendant under her nose to dispel the strong smell of blood.
Jiang Liqian was also afraid that she couldn't bear it, so she patted her back gently and comforted her that it was okay and that she should try to forget what she had just seen.