Profound Weapon Displays Its Might!
What a complex terrain.
Liang Qu gathered his Qi Concealment and looked around.
Under the cover of night, the surrounding area was filled with low mountains, no more than a hundred feet high, densely packed together. After crossing one mountain, there was another, and there was no way to find an exit.
All the low hills are divided by rivers of varying widths, with water area and land area each accounting for roughly half.
No wonder they say even a fish would get lost here; the maze-like terrain is indeed an excellent hiding place.
It's a pity it didn't rain.
It would be so nice if it rained.
Liang Qu reminisced about the Plum Rain Season that had just passed.
Even though it doesn't see the sunlight, it gives people a sense of security.
The shadows of the mountains loomed.
The Wide Belly Boat left trails of water on the river, and the long oars moved horizontally from side to side underwater, making almost no sound.
Several Martial Master licked their lower lips, feeling their throats dry and their hands gripping their weapons feeling weak.
The excitement of wanting to achieve great things on the ship seemed to flow away from the body along with the water pushed by the oars.
Only now did they realize that Great Merit were not so easy to obtain, but unfortunately, there was no turning back once the arrow was released, so they could only grit their teeth and move forward.
Dozens of small boats dispersed according to the pre-arranged formation, and Liang Qu's boat, along with two other boats carrying a total of more than sixty Martial Master, turned into a branching channel.
Separated from the main group, the surroundings became increasingly quiet, so quiet that the calls of partridges on the island could be heard.
The waves on the Jiang Huai Great Marsh are blocked by the outermost islands. The deeper the ships go, the calmer the water becomes, and the dark, tranquil underwater world inspires contemplation.
A large gray back approached the water's surface, but disappeared again before it even surfaced, startling a Martial Master who grabbed a nearby person's clothes and cried out.
"Something underwater! Silver Horn Shark! Silver Horn Shark is coming!"
Xiang Fangsu took a step forward and slapped the Martial Master hard across the face, leaving a handprint on half of the Martial Master's cheek.
"You idiot, it's our River Dolphin!"
Upon hearing this, the Martial Master lowered his head in shame, and the veins on the side of his face that hadn't been slapped bulged, turning a deep crimson like blood.
The others chuckled and sneered at the man's cowardice.
Xiang Fangsu just stared coldly, and everyone composed themselves, no longer daring to laugh, and the small boat returned to calm.
Liang Qu's fingertips brushed across the water's surface, sensing the invisible spread that reached the mountain walls and schools of fish.
River Dolphin swim faster than boats and act as scouts underwater to detect and prevent accidents.
The Da Shun had Water Beast, and so did the Great Qian Dynasty.
Unlike Da Shun, which breeds Great Qian River Dolphin, Da Qian raises Silver Horn Shark and Gold Horn Shark.
Individually, they are more ferocious, far stronger than River Dolphin in a one-on-one fight.
However, the price of their strength is that they are more difficult to tame and more expensive. Moreover, Silver Horn Shark and Gold Horn Shark sharks are solitary creatures, lack the instinct to cooperate, and are significantly less intelligent than finless River Dolphin, so they can do far fewer things.
The Shun Da Shun, which inherited the legacy of the Great Qian dynasty, tried it for a while, but after discovering the more useful River Dolphin population, it immediately abandoned the time-consuming and laborious Gold-and-Silver Horn Shark and turned its attention to cultivating the River Dolphin porpoise population.
Of the shark populations cultivated back then, only a very few local River Conservancy Office still use them today, preserving them as breeding stock.
After the defeat of the Great Qian army, they retreated to the Great Marsh. Lacking the resources to start over, they could only make the best of a bad situation, knowing that having something was better than having nothing.
After traveling for a while, the surrounding terrain changed dramatically. The Wide Belly Boat rolled over low mountains, and a long chain of islands appeared before everyone's eyes.
Most of the mountains on the island chain have no peaks, as if a section of them had been artificially cut off.
Ran Zhongshi raised his hand, and the three wide-bellied boats slowly came to a stop.
The sound of paddling disappeared, and the whole world became completely silent.
Everyone felt a chill run down their spines, realizing that the island chain before them was the Ghost Mother Sect's main stronghold.
The River Conservancy Office truly explored every nook and cranny. With such complex terrain, it would have been absolutely impossible to enter so smoothly without a detailed map.
Liang Qu sighed inwardly and gripped the bow handle even tighter.
Next, we just wait.
Only after Xu Yuelong and his men launched their attack could they get closer and charge Shang An.
Liang Qu felt like one of the four blind men in the story of the blind men and the elephant.
He didn't know how the whole plan was going to go, he only knew what he should do and what he could do.
A soldier's duty is simply to obey the general's orders.
Those who are not strong enough to become Great Martial Master can only be a pawn in the whole operation, a wave in the surging tide.
Not only him, but also the more than sixty Martial Master on the three ships, including Ran Zhongshi and Xiang Fangsu, were all like this.
Many people's palms unconsciously sweat, their nerves tense like a bowstring, becoming tighter and tighter.
About fifteen minutes later, many people began to breathe heavily, the intense pressure making it difficult for them to catch their breath.
Liang Qu keenly noticed that the ripples gradually forming around the hull were not caused by the rocking of the boat.
It's an island!
The island is shaking!
The tremors of the water grew stronger and stronger until even those around them began to feel them, and one by one they instinctively grabbed the edge of the boat.
The intense vibration traveled upwards along the bones, even causing the skull to tremble, as if the soul was being shaken away from the body.
Liang Qu was like a can of bubbly water being vigorously shaken, involuntarily opening his mouth and exhaling the air from his lungs.
The iron nails embedded between the planks on the wooden boat were slowly pulled out of the hull as the vibrations continued! Almost at the peak of the shock, a bright white light shot into the sky from the other side of the island, accompanied by two roars, and the pitch-black night sky was instantly illuminated!
The shockwave, visible to the naked eye, spread in all directions, clearing away the dark clouds.
Wherever it went, the wind began to reverse, and the sound of the wind carried the great tide, as if millions of people were riding wild horses and roaring across the sky, making people feel terrified and wanting to worship!
What's all this commotion? Martial Saint Profound Weapon?
Liang Qu's pupils dilated, and his breathing became labored.
The scene before him almost reminded him of the duel between the Toad and the Blazing Fire Bird.
White waves rose from the Kuroshio Current.
Xiang Fangsu suddenly jumped up, drew his sword, and slashed down.
The towering wave, several meters high, was cut in two by Xiang Fangsu's single stroke, rising suddenly like a majestic mountain range, only to shatter just as abruptly.
He turned his face, raised his sword to the sky, and shouted, "Charge!"
"Charge!"
The roar seemed to possess an invisible power that caused everyone's blood vessels to open, and blood to flow through their limbs and bones, hot as lava.
A surge of immense power swept across the Great Marsh, and Liang Qu roared as he and dozens of Martial Master leaped onto the island.
Dozens of ships suddenly appeared from all directions of the island chain, breaking through the surging waves.
The River Conservancy Office, along with the Demon Subduing Division, brought together hundreds of Galloping Horse Martial Master and over a thousand Martial Master to the island.
Countless Ghost Mother Sect, still asleep and reeling from the tremors, were completely unaware of what was about to happen.
Until several screams rang out at the same time, the hair on his body stood on end.
"Enemy attack!"
Xiang Fangsu took the lead, a flash of sword light appeared, and a shrill scream disappeared in an instant.
The members of the Ghost Mother Sect in a wooden house grabbed longswords and rushed out of the room.
Bang! A muffled thunderclap exploded in the air, and an arrow transformed into a silver-gray streak in the air, instantly piercing the man's chest and leaving a dark, bloody hole! His eyes widened as he saw that among the martial Martial Master charging onto the island, a handsome young man was lagging behind, carrying a long bundle on his back and holding a large bow drawn to its full extent!