Thirteen, Fighting the Demon Fish

  "Suddenly, a sudden change occurred in the 'Magic Sky Pool', and a strong water column rushed into the sky. The crowd was laughing at Xiao Yao just a moment ago, but the next moment they all had tense expressions, taking out their magic treasures to focus on the movement of the water column."

  Immediately after the water column fell, the water splashed and dispersed, a silver fish demon dozens of feet long appeared in the air, looking down at the crowd with its body covered in sharp thorns like a hedgehog. A blue single horn grew on the fish's head, emitting dazzling light under the moonlight, as if a divine being was gazing at the mortals.

  Min Mengjiao and Nan Ziyang were waiting for this moment, to seize the initiative, both threw out their magic treasures with lightning speed. A fishing rod with a jade hook and a golden rope appeared in the air, gradually growing larger, emitting a brilliant light unique to treasures in the darkness, intersecting and rushing towards the Wanren Fish. Almost simultaneously, the golden rope wrapped around the fish's tail, while the jade hook on the fishing rod firmly hooked the fish's horn. Both were struggling in mid-air, each trying to pull the Wanren Fish to their own side!

  Nan Ziyang strained with all his might to pull the rope, sweating profusely as he gazed at Min Mengjiao and the fishing rod on the other end. A sinister glint appeared in his eyes as he said, "I wondered why you suddenly became so confident - it turns out you borrowed Zhao's 'Taigong Fishing Rod'!"

  Meng Yao manipulated the fishing rod with great effort, but didn't back down, saying: "Hmph, aren't you also using 'Shu Ling Fu' borrowed from Yu Jian Mountain Villa? Using this treasure will consume a lot of yuan energy. Now that you're already drenched in sweat, I wonder how much longer you can hold on!"

  "Ha! You think you're any better?" Nan Ziyang sneered, "The treasure in your hand is also a Bronze Rank item, and its consumption won't be any less than mine. Let's see who can last the longest! What are you still staring at? Leave two to guard me, and the rest of you, hurry up and go kill that Wan Zhen Fish!"

  His last two sentences were said to his fellow disciples who were still stunned and had not reacted, at which point a group of people finally came to their senses and rushed into action. On the other side, the Autumn Rain Pavilion was in the same situation, having just regained their composure from the battle for the treasure, and sent a batch of people to kill Wan Renyu. In an instant, the sky was filled with magical light, and the sound of clashing artifacts was endless. The "Magic Sky Pool" was a scene of chaos.

  From start to finish, only Xiao Yao stood still by the pond, unmoving, with his spiritual sense tightly fixed on everything around him. On the other hand, Baozi, seeing the battle unfolding, couldn't help but get excited, temporarily forgetting the pain of his broken leg, and shouted: "Xiao Yao, go! Take them down in one move, kill them all! If not, let me take the stage!"

  Compared to his excitement, Xiao Yao only replied with a sentence, "Do you want your leg broken again?"

  The leopard immediately disappeared, its expression wanting to be angry but not daring to speak. It believed that if it took action in front of people at this moment, Xiang Yao would definitely take back the leopard skin, and might even stop giving itself a physical body in anger!

  His anger turned into resentment, and he finally complained: "I just made a suggestion, do I deserve to have my leg broken? Besides, aren't you going to kill the Wanren fish? The competition above is so fierce, don't you worry that if you act late, you won't be able to get anything?"

  "It's not the right time yet, and there should be more than one demon fish in the pond. If all else fails, we can wait a few more days," said Xiao Yao, continuing to watch the battle above. At this moment, if she were to rush up, both families would definitely turn their spears towards her. After all, among the three forces, she seemed to be the weakest and most isolated, whether they dealt with her first or later made no difference in their eyes.

  "Leopard son sneered, 'Afraid of their hands and feet? These people don't seem to have much strength, you're afraid of them like this?'"

  Xiao Yao didn't bother to explain, and instead focused solely on the Wan Zhen fish that was locked in place by two magical treasures. Since it appeared in the air, it hadn't moved a single inch, not even when it was being attacked or restrained. It was extremely unusual.

  As time passed, Min Mengjiao and Nan Ziyang were still locked in a stalemate in mid-air, but using the magic treasures that exceeded their own endurance limits made both of them somewhat exhausted, with sweat dripping from their bodies, and they had to constantly rely on yuan crystals to replenish themselves just to barely maintain the power of the magic treasures.

  On the other hand, Xiao Yao was also noticed again by the two people who were still suspended in mid-air.

  "Hmph, thinking of reaping the benefits without doing any work? Not a chance!" Nan Ziyang coldly gazed at the people below, then called out to one of his disciples standing beside him: "Keep an eye on that female cultivator, don't let her come up here and stir up trouble again."

  It's not just him who has such thoughts, the opposite Min Mengjiao also quickly called out a disciple, closely watching every move below.

  In an instant, Xiao Yao felt two divine senses falling on her body, and she couldn't help but laugh: Don't these people realize that Wan Zhenyu is unusual? After attacking for more than a moment, they can't even hurt the fish demon at all, yet they still have the leisure to worry about other things.

  Actually, both sides had already noticed that their attacks were ineffective against the Wan Jian fish. Isn't it said that even a 4th-grade spirit artifact can't hurt this fish? How come not even a single scale was cut off?! With doubts and no countermeasures, they could only grit their teeth and continue attacking.

  After several rounds of attacks, both disciples were somewhat overwhelmed. One of the disciples said: "Brother Nan, we can only lock it up, but cannot kill it. If this continues, it won't work."

  Dào lǐ nán zǐ yáng xīn zhōng yě míng bái, xiǎng le xiǎng hòu, biàn yí kǔ yá, cóng chǔ wù dài nèi ná chū yī zhāng fú ruò jiāo yǔ nà míng dì zǐ dào: "cǐ fú bǎo nèi fēng zhe yī dào tiān shū zhōng jiē fǎ shù, nǐ ná qù duì fù wàn rèn yú!" ruò shì lián zhè fǎ shù dōu qǐ bu chū gōng xiào, nà jīn rì tāmen yòu zhǐ dé kōng shǒu ér fǎn le.

  Not long after he left, a loud noise came from under the belly of the Wan Ren Yu, shocking heaven and earth! The body of the Wan Ren Yu began to shake violently, and Min Mengjiao and Nan Ziyang, who were controlling the artifact, were also shaken back and forth with the fish's body. With great difficulty, they stabilized their figures, only to see that on the originally silver-white head of the Wan Ren Yu, a blood-red fish eye had suddenly appeared!

  Its eyes moved around in a circle before finally locking onto the disciple who had used the talisman to attack it, its pupils filled with pain and anger!

  The next moment, a shrill cry was heard, and a sharp fish blade instantly cut off the disciple's magic treasure and penetrated his body. A small, infant-sized figure flew out of the broken corpse and quickly escaped, but Wan Lianyu wouldn't let him go. The fish mouth sucked in, and the small yuan fetus didn't even have time to struggle before being swallowed into the fish's belly.

  Everyone was shocked! Min Mengjiao stared at the blood-red fish eyes, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over her head, and shouted: "Everyone quickly escape! This is not an ordinary Wanren fish, but the Wanren fish king..."

  Before she finished speaking, Wan Jianyu made a big turn and suddenly, the "Taigong Pole" and "Bundles of Spirit Binding" both lost control. The two were heavily flung out by this carp's tail swing, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood on the spot. Without the spiritual treasure binding it, its body became even more agile, and with another swing of its tail, countless sharp thorns shot out from its body, instantly piercing through the three nearest cultivators. The escaping Yuan Ying also couldn't escape being sucked into the fish's mouth, becoming fish food.

  From the moment Wan Jian's Fish King opened its eyes, in just a few short breaths, four people had fallen. This caused everyone to panic and scatter in all directions. The ones who ran the fastest were Min Mengjiao and Nan Ziyang. As soon as the Fish King released its sharp stingers to kill the others, they quickly grabbed the two scattered treasures and escaped, not even bothering about anyone else.

  Wan Jun, the Fish King, released a burst of sharp scales while chasing after the crowd, killing two more people along the way. He didn't stop until they had passed the hundred-mile range of "Mo Tian Tan", at which point he stopped his pursuit and turned back, shaking his fish tail.

  Just as it returned to the sky above the pond, ready to continue absorbing the heaven and earth's yuan energy, it discovered that there was still one person who had not left. Standing in mid-air above the pond, with a sharp weapon emitting dark purple light in front of him, he was quietly waiting for its return.

  Ten thousand fish king Hong Yan's eyes flashed with anger again, and hundreds of sharp thorns shot out at the same time. Xiao Yao didn't dodge either, manipulating the ghostly creatures to parry and deflect the thorns that were aimed at him. As their bones clashed, they struck out with waves of fire, producing a series of heavy metallic collisions, which shook the water's surface into turbulent waves.

  A wave of attacks came, and most of the sharp thorns were blocked, but some still brushed against Xiao Yao's hands, feet, and cheeks, leaving red marks where they scratched, with tiny beads of blood oozing out.

  Seeing that the opponent was unscathed under his own fish blade attack, Wan Yan Fish launched a second round of offense, with its fish mouth facing Xiao Yao and sucking forcefully, with strong winds blowing within a hundred meters.

  At this moment, Xiao Yao's first feeling was: What a strong suction! Previously, because she was relatively far away and the Wan Zhen Fish King did not directly absorb her energy, the sensation was not obvious. Now, at close range, she suddenly realized that she could not escape from this force! She hastily transformed into a lightning wing and flew in the opposite direction with all her might, but it only slowed down the speed of being pulled, and she was still pushed by the wind towards that dark fish.

  This Wan Jun fish king is indeed formidable! The leopard below looked up at the intense battle above, itching to try its hand, but Xiao Yao had given a death order: unless it was a matter of life and death, it was absolutely not allowed to intervene. So it could only hope that Xiao Yao would be swallowed by the fish's mouth, and then it would have the opportunity to show off its skills!

  It was just that its expectation was destined to fall short. Even now, in a disadvantageous position, Xiao Yao remained calm and composed, having experienced countless life-and-death situations over millions of years of cultivation, she had long been accustomed to unexpected events and fear, the more critical the situation, the more stable she became, even giving birth to a determination to reverse the unfavorable situation. Then, she was seen to be unhurried, urging the evil spirit to strike the belly of the Wan Ren Fish King with a fierce blow!

  This caught the attention of the Fish King, who didn't notice where the small ruler was going, and the place where Xiao Yao attacked was exactly where it was injured by Chunxi Tower's symbol just now. It can be said that it is adding frost to snow, and several roots of the abdominal fish blade were also cut off by the ghostly creature. After feeling pain, the mouth sucked in force and relaxed involuntarily.

  Xiao Yao immediately flew out of the fish's mouth, mobilizing one-third of his immortal energy to transform into a giant yuan-force axe, which he swung down fiercely at the head of the Wan Ren Fish King!

  Someone modified a bit of what I wrote earlier. Indeed, when writing while sick, my brain gets a bit muddled. Also, thanks everyone for helping me catch errors.

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