A while ago, on the other side while Shucao was exploring the small courtyard, after a short rest, Zhang Huaiyu stood in front of the two again.
“This guy is injured now. It probably won’t dare to emerge rashly from the water. Should we go underwater to fight it? No, underwater is this guy’s home field. Looks like we can only use high-power methods to force it out.”
Thinking this, Zhang Huaiyu once again pinched incantations with her fingers. Surging spiritual energy erupted from her body.
She used that giant sword summoning spell once more, but unlike before, this time she directly summoned three giant swords flickering with red light.
After activating the technique, Zhang Huaiyu immediately said to Bai Qiushui and the other.
“Help me restrain it. Watch me blast it straight out!”
“Okay!”
The two responded loudly. They once again took out several talismans from their storage pouches and threw them toward the area near the Cold Water Flood Dragon.
The talismans turned into many ice spikes in midair. As they pierced the water surface, they froze part of the water surface and the underwater area, restricting the Cold Water Flood Dragon’s movement.
Seeing this, Zhang Huaiyu immediately launched one of the summoned giant swords.
Boom!
After the giant sword entered the frozen area, it directly exploded. The violent shockwave shattered the frozen lake water. Even the entire cave began to tremble.
The Cold Water Flood Dragon within the explosion range was also blasted out of the water by the impact and slammed into the cave’s rock wall.
Seeing this opportunity, Zhang Huaiyu no longer held back. She directly launched the two giant swords hovering beside her toward the Cold Water Flood Dragon’s weak points together.
Having witnessed the power of those giant swords, the Cold Water Flood Dragon didn’t dare to be careless. After sensing the strong spiritual energy approaching, it immediately turned its body. At the same time, it used its divine ability to control the surrounding water flow, condensing a thick water barrier in front of itself.
After the giant swords stabbed into the barrier, Zhang Huaiyu immediately felt a strong resistance hindering their advance. She had no choice but to increase her spiritual energy output. After letting the giant swords penetrate deeper into the barrier, she directly detonated them.
Another huge explosion. The two giant swords detonated simultaneously inside the water barrier. The barrier was blasted to pieces, stirring up a cloud of thick smoke around them.
“Did we get it?”
Seeing this scene, Bai Qiushui said from the side.
Such a violent explosion, even with some defensive isolation, should still cause considerable damage.
Suddenly, a blue light flashed in the smoke. A deep-blue ice pillar drilled out from the smoke and shot rapidly toward Zhang Huaiyu. Zhang Huaiyu, who had just detonated the technique giant swords, had no time to dodge. The ice pillar pierced through her arm.
“Ungh!”
Seeing her arm injured, Zhang Huaiyu unhesitatingly gathered her spiritual energy there, wanting to treat the wound urgently. But when she tried to channel spiritual energy through her meridians to the wound, she was shocked to discover that the meridians at her shoulder seemed to have lost all sensation. Spiritual energy couldn’t pass through no matter what. Only by fully circulating the spiritual energy in her body could she possibly force back the coldness in her meridians. Moreover, she discovered that this coldness was even continuously eroding toward her other meridians.
“Damn it, I was careless! What kind of divine ability is this? I had no idea!”
Zhang Huaiyu stared tightly at the direction the ice pillar came from. As the smoke cleared, the Cold Water Flood Dragon’s figure also appeared. It was curled up, its scales covered in wounds. It seemed it had found an opportunity before the explosion to use its hard scales to block part of the damage. At the same time, it stared at Zhang Huaiyu in the air with sharp eyes.
Although both sides had suffered some injuries this time, clearly Zhang Huaiyu’s side had taken greater losses. The erosion of the cold poison prevented Zhang Huaiyu from fully exerting her strength. This suddenly left them short one peak Qi Refining combatant, while the opponent was a demon beast about to break through to the second rank. Even injured, it wasn’t something two mid Qi Refining cultivators could withstand.
Thinking this, Zhang Huaiyu’s expression suddenly turned ugly. She immediately said to Bai Qiushui and the other.
“Qiushui, Xiao Si, immediately get away from that guy now. It has a special divine ability. After being hit, spiritual energy circulation gets obstructed. I’ve already been hit. We might need to retreat first and replan afterward.”
After hearing Zhang Huaiyu’s words, the two immediately flew to Zhang Huaiyu’s side, waiting for her next move.
“Go!”
Zhang Huaiyu shouted. She then casually shot out several fire bomb talismans. The talismans instantly turned into huge fireballs and attacked the Cold Water Flood Dragon. Although she knew they might not cause much damage, they could at least cover their retreat.
Having been beaten like this by the three of them, how could the Cold Water Flood Dragon just let them leave.
Seeing the three trying to leave, the Cold Water Flood Dragon’s eyes flickered with cold light. A number of water arrows far exceeding before instantly condensed from the lake surface beneath it and shot toward the three. At the same time, it suddenly leapt into the air. Using those water arrows as cover, it opened its bloody maw and charged toward the three.
Fire bombs and water arrows collided and exploded in the air. Although they could block some, facing the numerous water arrows, those few fire bomb talismans were completely insufficient. Thus, Bai Qiushui had no choice but to turn around. She used her four flying swords to block in front of them. At the same time, she activated her water-attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, forcibly interfering with the spiritual energy contained in those water arrows to weaken their power.
After some operation, Bai Qiushui barely blocked the incoming water arrows. But when she saw the Cold Water Flood Dragon also pouncing along with them, she quickly said to the other two.
“That Cold Water Flood Dragon is also flying over!”
After hearing what Bai Qiushui said, Zhang Huaiyu felt they were probably going to suffer a loss this time. She immediately said.
“Damn it, hurry and take out the teleportation jade token. If we really can’t escape, then teleport out.”
Just as she thought the Cold Water Flood Dragon was about to approach them, a pink streak of light suddenly rushed over from inside the cave and directly crashed into the Cold Water Flood Dragon’s head. The violent impact sent the Cold Water Flood Dragon flying backward, slamming heavily into the rock wall.
“Such a cool save! But I feel like your accelerating and ramming people move is getting more and more practiced. What’s going on?”
Seeing Shucao accelerate-fly to the side of the Cold Water Flood Dragon’s head and then deliver a flying kick that sent it flying out, An Qianhua couldn’t help but complain.
“Don’t actually turn into ‘Big Luck,’ okay, Shucao? We are magical girls!”
After hearing An Qianhua’s words, Shucao responded.
“Although I don’t know what ‘Big Luck’ you’re talking about, Sister Qianhua, let’s deal with this guy first.”
That figure was undoubtedly cool!
Bai Qiushui saw the figure appear in the air after the light disappeared. She said in surprise.
“Eh, Sister Shucao?”
After doing a bit of mental preparation, Shucao turned around and waved toward Bai Qiushui.
“Yo, long time no see.”
“For real?”
After hearing Bai Qiushui’s words, Shucao smiled and said.
“Of course it’s real!”
The other two, seeing this scene, also felt somewhat surprised. What surprised them first was that this suddenly appearing person who couldn’t sense any spiritual energy and was dressed very strangely had directly kicked that Cold Water Flood Dragon flying. Second was that Bai Qiushui actually knew this suddenly appearing person.
“Qiushui, is this fellow Daoist an acquaintance of yours?”
Zhang Huaiyu asked Bai Qiushui doubtfully.
“Mm. Back then in Qinglu Village, it was her who saved me.”
“I see.”
After Zhang Huaiyu showed an expression of understanding, she looked toward Shucao’s direction and cupped her hands.
“This fellow Daoist, this one is named Zhang Huaiyu. Fellow Daoist helped us once. This one will definitely repay you heavily in the future. Dare I ask if fellow Daoist is willing to tell us your name?”
Shucao, however, looked at the Cold Water Flood Dragon climbing out from the rubble pile and said.
“Things like greetings can wait. First, let me deal with this guy!”