The Second Volume Chapter 5 (Part 2) Using an Ox Knife to Kill a Chicken

  "With a 'ting' sound, Gan Ning's long sword was out of its scabbard. The beautiful rainbow flashed and disappeared, several sea beasts didn't even have time to let out a sad cry, just like snow in the hot sun, quickly melting."

  "'Cow' is just one word!" I exclaimed loudly, Gan Ning's Three Thousand Weak Water Sword was really formidable, such a huge and ferocious sea beast couldn't withstand her single strike.

  Gan Ning shook his head: "It's really using an ox knife to kill a chicken, I couldn't have imagined that one day the 3000 Weak Water Swords would be unsheathed just to deal with a few sea beasts."

  Hai Ji let out a wry smile: "These sea beasts aren't anything to worry about, but gathering together like this is indeed a headache. Fine, I'll expend some of my spiritual energy and get rid of them all."

  I doubted and asked: "Can you make it?"

  The mermaid smiled proudly, blew the conch shell, and the meridian net flew out, shining with golden light, covering the surrounding sea surface. The meridian net slowly sank into the seawater, fluctuating with the waves, and the sea surface was like being drawn with thousands of golden lines, distributed in all directions. The sea creatures felt something unusual, roared angrily, and tried to rush over, but the golden threads were like a fishing net, tightly locking up the entire sea area, no matter how hard the sea creatures struggled, they couldn't swim over.

  "Pulse, meridian, grand, exchange, shift." Hai Ji took a deep breath, her voice like shattering gold and stone. She raised her palms above her head, crossing them dozens of times before slapping them down sharply.

  "Boom", the sky shook, as if a thunderbolt had struck on a clear day. Thousands of water columns shot up into the air and then crashed down, massive waves exploding open. The entire sea, along with thousands of sea creatures, was completely lifted up by the net, turned over, and sank back into the ocean. I watched in awe, wondering what it meant to "turn the seas upside down", now I know.

  By the time the sea surface had returned to calmness, the sea creatures had already disappeared without a trace.

  Gan Ning sighed, "The Great Pulse Shift is indeed a powerful move, worthy of being the ultimate technique of the Pulse Temple. I was fortunate enough to witness this move many years ago when I competed with Qing Xutian and Luo Shengtian."

  "I cried out in dismay: 'Haixi, you could have used this ultimate move a long time ago, why did you wait until now?'"

  Hai Ji didn't say a word, her face as pale as paper. Gan Ning calmly said: "She's severely injured now and needs to rest, don't bother her with conversation."

  "I'm fine, just need to rest for a bit." After a while, Haixi said in a low voice, her eyes which used to be full of energy now looked somewhat weak and feeble.

  "Hahaha!" A loud, maniacal laughter echoed from afar. A wave rose up and took the shape of a person, with handsome features and semi-transparent long hair that danced wildly in the wind. It was none other than Mizuro!

  "Damn it! It's really this bastard who is playing tricks!"

  Mizu Rokurou smiled faintly: "You three are really something, in just one day you've killed at least tens of thousands of ferocious sea beasts. I think you're all quite tired, why not take a good rest?"

  Jade-like waist twisted and turned, giggling: "What are you saying? I didn't quite catch it, why don't you come closer to talk?"

  Mizu Rōrō hummed, his eyes gleaming with a fierce light: "One day's time is enough for me to set up the Condensed Water and Frozen Ice Great Formation here. Open your eyes and take a look around!"

  I only just realized that the seawater nearby had suddenly solidified, not moving at all. Thin wisps of white mist rose from the surface of the sea, transforming into thin sheets of ice that condensed in the air, with the layer of ice growing thicker and thicker at a speed like lightning, spreading outwards, and forming a large milky-white ice sphere around us, enveloping us inside.

  The chill was intense, and I couldn't help but shiver. Outside the ice rink, Mizutani's figure had already become quite blurry, and his voice was faint and hard to make out.

  Mizu Rokurō circled the ice ball, walking and clapping his palms towards the sea. Dozens of small ice balls quickly rose to the surface, floating in mid-air, surrounding the large ice ball, scattered and forming a strange formation. After doing all this, Mizu Rokurō jumped onto the large ice ball like a big frog, coldly laughing at us: "With your strength, it will take at least a day and night to break through the Condensed Water Ice Array. Hehe, I've already sent a message to Mazoku Heaven, as long as I can hold you back for a day, the Demon Lord will arrive in person. At that time, all of you will be finished."

  After finishing speaking, he transformed into a transparent wave and slid down the iceberg, silently merging into the ocean.

  "Bang!", Haiji's palm chopped onto the ice layer, leaving only a faint white mark, without even splashing out any crushed ice fragments.

  A transparent lotus burst forth from his forehead, and Gan Ning took a closer look with his lotus-heart eyes and said, "This is a mysterious ice formed by demonic energy, which is impervious to swords and knives."

  I supported Hai Ji: "You'd better not show off, you've just consumed your vital energy, it's best to rest and nourish yourself first. Let the task of breaking the formation be left to Ju Danmei and Gan Ningzhen. Alas, unfortunately there is no old hen here, otherwise I would stew some chicken soup for you to supplement."

  Hai Ji's mouth corner revealed a hint of a smile, and she said softly: "Little scoundrel, you still have some conscience."

  "I exclaimed exaggeratedly: 'You just know? My conscience is as clear as the sky and earth, and can be reflected in the sun and moon!'"

  "In her beautiful sapphire-like eyes, full of warmth and gentleness, she said: 'Little scamp, you always know how to make people happy.'"

  The ice got thicker and thicker, and soon we were surrounded by a hard layer of ice, leaving only a small patch of open space. The three beauties had no choice but to squeeze together with me. Qiu Danmei was the most comfortable, as no one dared to get close to her. Of course, I was also quite comfortable, although it felt very cold, with Hai Ji squeezed on my left and Gan Ning tightly pressed against me on my right, warm and fragrant. If it weren't for the demon king's arrival, I would have really had to thank Shui Liu Lang for giving me such a great opportunity to enjoy myself.

  "We were focused on killing the sea beast and temporarily neglected Water Six, who took advantage of us and secretly set up a Condensing Water Ice Array." Qu Danmei said regretfully. Nine scorpion tails protruded from her buttocks, with black scorpion hooks on the ends pointing at the ice layer, rapidly rotating like a top, trying to drill through the ice ball.

  Gradually, a small hole appeared on the ice layer, and Gan Ning's long sword came out of its scabbard, piercing through the small hole. "Ka", the small hole expanded slightly, and several pieces of broken ice fell off. I shook my head secretly, at this speed, it was unknown when we would be able to break through the ice. My gaze swept across the outside of the large ice ball, where dozens of smaller ice balls were swirling and dancing in mid-air; once Ju Danmei stopped chiseling the ice, these small ice balls also came to a standstill.

  "Achoo!" I let out a sneeze and pointed at the small ice ball, shouting: "What's going on here?"

  "This is an array. The small ice balls and large ice balls outside resonate with each other, connected in breath, and through the rotation of the small ice balls, they neutralize the destructive force we applied to the large ice balls."

  "Water Six said it right, if the three of us work together, we'll need a whole day and night to break this formation. By then, I'm afraid it will be too late."

  Gan Ning fell silent for a moment before saying, "I can break this formation immediately, but it will exhaust me too much. I won't be able to move for an hour."

  I shook my head: "Haixi has just exhausted her vitality, if you can't move again, only Tudanmei will have the power to survive. If Shui Liu Lang and others suddenly arrive, it's over. Ah-choo!" Damn it, it's getting colder and colder, my hands and feet are a bit numb.

  Gan Ning thought for a moment and asked: "Is the Demon Lord really that formidable? The three of us joined forces, but we still couldn't defeat him?"

  "Who knows, but if he can make the likes of Su Liu Lang and Huan Meng Lou submit to him, how powerful must he be? The Demon Lord has emerged, sweeping across the Northern Realm, fulfilling a destiny prophesied by Mo Sha Tian thousands of years ago. Who can resist fate?"

  I am anxious in my heart, unable to break through immediately, nor can I sit and wait for death, it's really a dilemma.