Plop! Plop! Plop!

One by one, the family guards meticulously trained by the Li Family were submerged under the water surface, no matter how they screamed or struggled, no matter how they cried or wailed, they couldn't change the final outcome.

The bright moon hung in the sky, causing the waves of the water to surge. Li Xiaoyun stood at the bow of the ship, overwhelmed by sadness and despair.

The family guards he brought with him were mostly trained by his own hand, each an elite selected from hundreds. They had labored to reach this point, yet instead of dying on the battlefield, they drowned in the water.

This outcome filled him with grief and anger.

However, what was more despairing was the reinforcement on the opposite side; the boss from Three Immortals Mountain, the Mad Ascetic, and the second in command, the One-Eyed Mountain Eagle, had both arrived.

Among the three bandit leaders, the One-Eyed Mountain Eagle had the lowest martial arts skills, barely cultivating to the Nineteenth Layer, but he was one of the rare practitioners of archery.

Archery is easy to learn but difficult to master; those who can cultivate beyond the Tenth Layer are few in the Martial World, and those who reach beyond the Nineteenth Layer instantly make a name for themselves.

An outstanding archery expert is often a terrifying killer, capable of taking the enemy's life from a hundred paces, leaving them unguarded.

An archery expert, as long as they could create distance, could often battle beyond their level, with lethal efficiency.

If it were only the One-Eyed Mountain Eagle, it would have been fine; after all, Li Xiaoyun's Wind and Thunder Thunderbolt Palm had already been cultivated to the Twenty-Fifth Layer. The gap in cultivation between the two was too vast, and even archery couldn't bridge it.

But the most critical point was that even the Mad Ascetic was here.

Why could Three Immortals Mountain thrive at the intersection of three states for so many years without being eradicated, even if the patrons changed, the leader had never swapped?

It's because the Mad Ascetic is a truly top-notch master, having cultivated the Mad Demon Saber technique to the Twenty-Seventh Layer of Perfection. He even created the Mind-Calming Zen Beads hidden weapon Dharma Method based on the Mad Demon Saber's Inner Strength Heart Method and True Intent.

Unless a Half-Step Celestial Human intervenes, throughout the Thirteen States of the World, this person can roam as they please.

Even the elders of the Celestial Patrol Department, who can rival him, find it hard to defeat him, let alone kill him.

He is a genuine Green Forest Dominator, an Underworld Strongman, dominating an area for decades, enduring numerous sieges, yet remaining free and unfettered.

Li Xiaoyun, no matter how arrogant, didn't dare assume he could contend with the Mad Ascetic.

"Chengqian, you take the helm personally. Let's leave quickly.

"Before Li Xiaoyun's words were finished, he suddenly soared into the air, wind and storm gathered in his palm, and a thunderbolt exploded amidst his actions. An iron arrow tore through the night like a venomous dragon, roaring towards him.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Li Xiaoyun blocked with his palm, actually releasing three palm strikes in a row to fend off the iron arrow. This arrow, crossing dozens of feet, didn't lose its power; instead, it became wilder.

His palm was slightly numbed by the shock.

"Archery masters are indeed tough to handle!"

He descended from midair, but immediately two more arrows came down.

At the same time, Li Chengqian personally took the oar, giving it a sudden push. The small boat rapidly accelerated, suddenly surged up onto the lake surface, and darting away diagonally like a flying fish following the water current.

The two iron arrows that followed missed their mark.

Behind them, the five large boats sounded like thunder, spreading out into a formation to encircle and intercept, attempting to trap Li Xiaoyun and his group thoroughly on the river.

Li Chengqian, although with an injured arm, managed not to let it affect his rowing after simply stopping the bleeding. He maneuvered the oar in the river water with extraordinarily exquisite trajectories.

The oar suddenly trembled, creating a strong undercurrent, which collided with the bottom of the boat, making the small boat leap like a carp and change direction.

The oar extended and retracted, colliding with the river water, constantly altering the course while accelerating the boat's speed.

The One-Eyed Mountain Eagle fired three more arrows in succession, but all missed.

Li Chengqian was indeed quite exceptional; his methods of adapting to the enemy left people in awe.

The so-called Wind and Thunder Thunderbolt Palm requires a very subtle and profound control over one's True Qi to resonate with the external world, bursting with lightning and thunder.

At this moment, in his eyes, the vast limitless river water was no different from the clouds and wind in the sky, intangible and shapeless, gathering and dispersing at will. He became immersed in an extremely mysterious realm.

This realization touched his heart, giving him a new understanding of the Wind and Thunder Thunderbolt Palm, allowing him to manipulate the water's nature to speed up the boat more and more.

One splash of water after another was stirred up at the boat's stern.

Lu Chengfeng, seeing the distance between them grow ever wider, was unwilling to give up readily. He had set up such a grand formation, not just to kill a few lackeys.

If they couldn't kill Li Xiaoyun and Li Chengqian, this battle today would be considered lost.

He too seized the oar, started rowing personally, absorbing the blessings of a Half-Step Celestial Human. In terms of understanding the natural world and using True Qi, he was far beyond ordinary top-tier experts.

If Li Chengqian took the river water as clouds and wind, using the Wind and Thunder Thunderbolt Palm to make his small boat swim with agility and freedom on the river surface, moving forward like a fish.

Then Lu Chengfeng regarded this river water as flames, the surging water waves as the erupting sparks.

He even unconsciously recalled the Eight Desolates Divine Fire Dragon Grand Outline.

The Eight Desolates are the four corners of the world; the Divine Fire, from extreme Yin arises Yang;

The Dragon, capable of being large or small, rising or diving, ever-changing and impermanent.

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