Two figures, one azure and one blue, sliced through the waves and plunged into the battlefield like a pair of meteors.
It was none other than Han Xingmo and Chu Bai, who had just arrived!
"Han Xingmo?! Chu Bai?!"
Pang Song stared at the two reinforcements who had just descended, his face alight with the ecstatic joy of a survivor. Even if it made him seem incompetent, what was a little lost pride compared to his life!
"Captain Pang, is this what you called ’foolproof’?"
Chu Bai hovered in the water, a faint Spiritual Light Protective Shield enveloping him. He looked at the bedraggled Pang Song, a hint of mockery in his voice.
Pang Song’s face flushed, but he couldn’t be bothered to retort. He could only grit his teeth and say, "This beast is a Late-stage Qi Cultivation Water Monkey! It’s too difficult to deal with in the water! And this Array..."
"An Array?"
Han Xingmo held the River Patrol Order and sneered. A brilliant blue light erupted from him, making him look like a River God descending to the mortal realm. "Playing with water in front of me? How audacious!"
"Be subdued!"
With a wave of the Token in his hand, the water in a hundred-zhang radius instantly froze in place.
The currents, which the Water Monkey had controlled as easily as its own limbs, suddenly broke free from its command. Instead, they transformed into heavy shackles, pressing in on the monster!
This was the authority of the River Patrol Warriors! Upon the great river, even those with weaker Cultivation could mobilize the immense power of the heavens and earth!
"SKREE?!"
The Water Monkey clearly hadn’t anticipated such a turn of events. The underwater advantage it prided itself on was gone in an instant, replaced by a suffocating pressure.
"Junior Brother, now!"
Han Xingmo roared, focusing all his power on maintaining the Water Vein Seal.
"Right!"
Chu Bai’s eyes narrowed, his Divine Thought instantly locking onto the panicked Water Monkey.
"Nowhere to run!"
He formed a hand seal as the Five Elements Spiritual Power circulated within him.
*Spirit Water Needle* activated!
This time, however, the Spirit Water Needle didn’t transform into Golden Sharp Qi. Instead, it merged with the surging river, becoming tens of thousands of intangible Ice Soul Cold Needles that surged toward the Water Monkey in an overwhelming wave.
The battle erupted in an instant!
Pang Song had never been in such a sorry state. His proud Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer Cultivation felt like that of a great beast mired in mud. Every slash he made seemed to lose a third of its power to the river water, while the all-pervasive, demonized seaweed coiled around him like vengeful spirits intent on claiming his life.
"This beast..." Pang Song roared, but only a stream of bubbles escaped his mouth.
Just then, a streak of intertwined gold and blue light shot in from the side. Wherever it passed, the once-violent currents obediently parted, as if welcoming their Monarch.
Chu Bai strode through the water.
His movements weren’t fast, yet they held a profound, mystical rhythm.
The Fourth-Layer Qi Cultivation *Guiyuan Technique* circulated furiously within him. The Little Five Elements Cycle turned, self-sustaining and endless. With each revolution, the five types of Spiritual Power in his body grew a fraction more refined.
Deep within the great river, he felt no discomfort at all. On the contrary, he could feel the tidal wave of Water Spiritual Qi joyfully surging into his apertures.
"Junior Brother, I’ll stabilize the Water Vein! You just focus on attacking!" Han Xingmo’s voice was muffled yet powerful beneath the water. The River Patrol Order in his hand shone with a brilliant blue light, like the legendary Stabilizing Needle.
"Thank you, Senior Brother!" With a thought, Chu Bai’s gaze locked onto the Water Monkey lurking in the shadows.
Chu Bai traced an arc with his hands, activating his Perfection Level *Spirit Water Needle*. This time, however, the tips of the needles were no longer purely transparent. Instead, they emanated a chilling, deep blue light.
The Five Elements cycle turned to the water phase, then instantly borrowed the sharpness of the metal phase. The once-soft river water instantly condensed at his fingertips.
Tens of thousands of Spirit Water Needles, as fine as hairs, shrieked as they pierced through the water, propelled by his Magical Power!
A torrential rain of Ice Needles blanketed the reef where the Water Monkey was hiding.
The Water Monkey let out a terrified shriek. It had never seen a Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer Cultivator who could instantly mobilize such a vast amount of Water Spiritual Power.
It desperately brandished the Water-Splitting Needle in its hand, trying to block the attack, but the Ice Needles were too fine, too numerous, and carried a bone-chillingly cold poison.
Blossoms of blood bloomed in the water, only to be instantly frozen by the frigid river into tiny red beads of ice.
The Water Monkey cried out in pain, the green light in its eyes flaring. It realized the youth before it was even more dangerous than the burly man.
It suddenly opened its gaping, bloody maw and coughed up a pearl from deep within its throat that emanated a thick, black aura—the Drowning Pearl.
As the pearl appeared, the water for a hundred zhang around them instantly turned as black as ink. A deathly aura began to spread—the accumulated Resentment of countless drowned souls.
"Banner Inspector Chu, be careful! That’s the beast’s Divine Technique! It can ensnare a person’s Divine Soul and lure them to their death by drowning!" Pang Song shouted a hasty warning from a distance.
Within the inky blackness, countless small, pale hands reached out from the dark, accompanied by heartbreaking wails. The faces of children, bloated and discolored from drowning, cried and struggled as they clawed toward Chu Bai.
This type of assault on the Divine Soul was enough to make any mentally weak Cultivator suffer an instantaneous Magical Power backlash. Yet Chu Bai merely watched the scene with cold eyes, the rage in his heart building to a volcanic peak.
’Using the resentful souls of children for protection... You vile creature, you deserve to die ten thousand times over.’
Chu Bai stood his ground, perfectly still.
Faced with the swarming, wailing illusions of Resentful Spirits, Chu Bai did not retreat. Instead, he took a step forward.
As his foot landed, *Fire Step Ascension* erupted underwater. Fire creates Earth, Earth creates Metal. A vacuum-like Domain instantly formed around his feet, forcing the water away.
[Golden Eye Shattering Illusion!]
A layer of pure Dark Gold instantly coated Chu Bai’s eyes. Beneath his divine pupils, the menacing Resentful Spirits were revealed to be nothing more than empty husks woven from tainted Incense Fire and Demon Qi. And at the heart of the inky-black deathly aura, an ugly, twisted Water Monkey cowered behind the Drowning Pearl, preparing to launch a fatal ambush.
"Begone!"
An unprecedented killing intent erupted from his body. The moment the entangling, illusory tentacles touched this murderous aura, they dissolved like lingering snow under a scorching sun.
"SKREE?!"
The Water Monkey was utterly terrified; it had never encountered a human with such pure killing intent.
"Senior Brother Han, trap it!" Chu Bai barked.
"Leave it to me!" Han Xingmo’s eyes flew wide. Pressing his tongue to the roof of his mouth, he spat a mouthful of Essence Blood onto the River Patrol Order.
"Great Zhou Law, Sealed River Forbidden!"
In that instant, the entire Sanmu River seemed to stop flowing. The water for a hundred zhang around became as heavy as a mountain, like solidified amber, trapping the fleeing Water Monkey firmly in place.
Chu Bai knew his own Magic Techniques lacked the power to harm it. With a thought, he unleashed the Fire Wheel.
It was an Upper Grade Dharma Artifact, and its power, when fully unleashed, was considerable.
In a single instant, the wheel shattered the creature’s skull!
At the same time, Chu Bai felt a change stir within his Sea of Consciousness.
He summoned his status panel to take a look and saw that it had, indeed, changed.
[Acquired Fate Chart: Golden Seal Decree, Jade Scroll of Heaven.]
[Effect: Allows the user to absorb and accumulate the world’s Incense Fire Will Power and Karmic Force. Once a certain amount is gathered, it can be condensed into a Divine Dao Talisman Decree. This decree can be used to invest ghosts, gods, and spirits of the mountains and rivers, commanding them to protect a territory and serve you.]

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