The Terrifying Water Ghost King: Iron Cloth Shirt, Defense Broken!

The quiet of the water's depths was gone.

Hundreds of Water Ghosts, like a black tide, surged towards Lu Chen and the others from all directions.

They were astonishingly fast in the water, leaving trails of murky water in their wake, their sharp claws glinting menacingly.

"Defense! Form a circle!"

Zhao Gang couldn't shout in the water, so he desperately waved his hands, signaling his subordinates to gather.

But the Water Ghosts were too fast.

Before anyone could react, the first few had already reached them.

"Pfft!"

A skilled Water Ghost team member, who had just raised his trident, was tackled from the side by a Water Ghost.

The Water Ghost had immense strength. Its claws easily tore through the leather armor, and it bit down on his throat.

Blood gushed out, dyeing the river water red.

"Kill!"

Lu Chen moved.

He wasn't as agile in the water as on land, but he had strength.

Terrifying strength.

His feet pushed hard against the silt, and he shot forward like a cannonball, crashing directly into the middle of a group of Water Ghosts.

His Hundred Refinements Steel Saber swept out with the momentum of his charge.

This saber strike had no fancy moves, only pure power and speed.

Although the water's resistance dissipated some of the force, the remaining power was still enough to split mountains and shatter rocks.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Three Water Ghosts were cut in half.

Foul blood and internal organs exploded in the water.

Lu Chen didn't stop. He clenched his left fist, a vibrating force emanating from it.

He punched the head of the Water Ghost that had attacked him.

The Water Ghost's skull instantly caved in, its eyeballs were shaken out, and its body flew away like a broken sack.

"Roar--!"

The surrounding Water Ghosts were enraged. A dozen of them abandoned the others and swarmed towards Lu Chen.

They grabbed Lu Chen's arms, thighs, and back, opening their fanged mouths to bite down fiercely.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A series of teeth-grinding friction sounds.

The fangs, capable of crushing bone, bit into Lu Chen as if biting iron plates.

Other than a few white marks, not even his skin was scratched.

Instead, several Water Ghosts had broken their teeth from biting too hard.

Lu Chen grinned sinisterly.

This was the terror of a perfected Iron Cloth Shirt!

In the water, he was an invincible fortress!

"Scram!"

His muscles trembled, and the Force Dissipation trait activated.

A powerful rebound force surged out.

The Water Ghosts clinging to him screamed as if electrocuted, being thrown off by the shock.

Lu Chen seized the opportunity to swing his saber, creating another bloody storm.

Soon, a circle of Water Ghost corpses piled up around him.

Zhao Gang and the others watched in stunned silence.

It was a struggle for them to deal with two or three Water Ghosts together, yet Lu Chen, surrounded by over a dozen, was completely unharmed?

Was he even human?

Just as everyone thought the situation was stabilizing.

A loud explosion!

The silt in front of the palace gate churned.

A massive figure emerged from the darkness.

It was a giant Water Ghost, twice the size of a normal person.

Covered in thick black scales, its muscles coiled like a small mountain.

It had a single horn on its forehead and wielded a giant bone fork in its hand.

A terrifying pressure then enveloped the entire area.

Water Ghost King!

The ordinary Water Ghosts around it, upon seeing it, all retreated in fear, clearing a path.

The Water Ghost King's pair of blood-red eyes stared intently at Lu Chen.

It could sense that this human had the most vigorous Blood Essence and posed the greatest threat.

"Woooo—!"

The Water Ghost King let out a low growl and stomped its legs.

The rocks beneath its feet shattered.

Its massive body moved with lightning speed in the water, instantly crossing over ten zhang to appear before Lu Chen.

The bone fork in its hand carried an overwhelming force as it thrust down towards Lu Chen's head!

Too fast!

Lu Chen's pupils constricted.

This Water Ghost King's speed and strength had definitely reached the Meridian Connecting Realm!

And in the water, it was its home turf, its strength would double!

No way to dodge.

Lu Chen could only meet it head-on.

He gripped his saber with both hands, holding it horizontally above his head, circulating his Blood Essence to the extreme, his skin turning a deep, iron-black color.

Clang!!!

A deafening sound exploded in the water.

The shockwave spread outwards, kicking up all the silt and corpses.

Lu Chen felt an unstoppable force transmitted from the saber.

His tiger's mouth cracked, and blood flowed out.

He was like a nail struck by a heavy hammer, instantly smashed into the riverbed silt, half his body submerged.

So strong!

Lu Chen was inwardly shocked.

This Water Ghost King's strength was even greater than Li Qingyi of the Red Fish Gang!

If he hadn't had the Force Dissipation trait to absorb thirty percent of the force, this blow might have shattered his internal organs.

Before he could even catch his breath, the Water Ghost King's attack arrived again.

The bone fork thrust like a storm, each strike carrying a killing intent.

Lu Chen was in a desperate fight.

He struggled to pull his legs out of the mud, parrying and dodging clumsily.

But under the water resistance, his movements were always half a beat slow.

The bone fork grazed his shoulder.

His nigh-invincible Iron Cloth Shirt was finally breached.

Scales flew off, and a deep bloody gash appeared on his shoulder, the blood instantly dyeing the seawater red.

The intense pain stimulated Lu Chen's ferocity.

"You want to kill me? Not so easy!"

Lu Chen gritted his teeth.

He stopped passively taking hits, abandoning defense and choosing to trade injuries.

When the Water Ghost King's bone fork thrust again, he didn't dodge. He shifted slightly, allowing the bone fork to pierce his left rib.

Stuck!

Seizing the moment his muscles clamped onto the bone fork.

Lu Chen surged forward, his right hand wielding the Hundred Refinements Steel Saber and slashing fiercely at the Water Ghost King's neck!

Sparks flew.

This saber strike landed on the Water Ghost King's scales, but only penetrated half an inch before being blocked by hard bone.

Such tough skin!

The Water Ghost King roared in pain and kicked Lu Chen in the chest.

Lu Chen was sent flying backward.

After tumbling a dozen times in the water, he slammed heavily into the stone gate of the palace.

A dull thud.

Lu Chen felt like his internal organs were shifting, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

But just then.

The huge stone gate behind him, having absorbed the immense impact, actually made a "creak, creak" sound.

A pitch-black crack slowly split open between the two doors.

Whoosh--!

An aura a hundred times colder than the river water leaked from the gap.

The surrounding water instantly froze.

Even the Water Ghost King, which was preparing to rush over and finish him off, abruptly stopped upon sensing this aura, its eyes showing extreme fear.

It seemed to be afraid of whatever was behind the door.

Lu Chen leaned against the gate, feeling the bone-chilling cold, but his heart stirred.

This aura...

Yin Fiend Qi!

And it was extremely pure Yin Fiend Qi!

Isn't this exactly the catalyst needed to cultivate Profound Nether Hand?

A chance for survival in a desperate situation!

Lu Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at the Water Ghost King that dared not approach not far away, and grinned, a slightly manic smile.

"So... you're afraid of this too."

He gripped the hilt of his saber and slowly stood up, using the rebound force from the stone gate.

Since the gate had opened, it was time to change the situation.