"Zhou Tai! Lead the defensive card creators and hold the city wall. Not a single fish is allowed to jump in!"
"Understood!"
The three men accepted their orders and left, their fighting spirit soaring to the heavens.
"Boys! Follow me into the water and catch those turtles!"
Zhang Shun roared, taking the lead. He actually leaped straight off the ten-meter-high city wall and plunged into the freezing river with a loud splash.
The Water Monkey followed close behind, transforming into a blue-black blur.
Ruan Xiaoqi, meanwhile, directed the fleet that had long been waiting, sending it shooting out of the sluice gates like arrows loosed from a bow.
The battle erupted in an instant!
The Deep Diver Cultists on the river had not even reached the shore before they were met with a head-on assault.
Their vaunted underwater combat abilities were utterly laughable before White Stripe in the Waves—like Guan Gong showing off a broadsword at the gate of Lu Ban.
The river churned as Zhang Shun moved through the water with the ease of an agile swimming dragon.
The trident in his hand became a deadly flash of cold light. Every time he struck, it pierced a Deep Diver Cultist's gills or eyeball with pinpoint accuracy.
The Water Monkey was even more vicious, specially targeting the larger elite monsters. Its sharp claws easily tore through the Deep Diver Cultists' tough scales.
The river was soon dyed an eerie color where deep green and dark red intermingled.
Ruan Xiaoqi's fleet was responsible for hunting down the stragglers. The card creators aboard unleashed all kinds of ranged attacks, working with specially made harpoon nets to pin the invading enemies down in the middle of the river.
Zhou Tai stood atop the city wall like an iron tower. Though he had not