Time rewound to ten breaths earlier.
A protective divine light shimmered around Li Kuangdao. He was like a razor-sharp saber, slicing through the thick, surging Killing Intent as he arrived above an enormous mermaid.
Without hesitation, he brought his saber down!
"Thirty breaths!"
"With my strength, I can hold these two mermaids off for thirty breaths at most. I hope some lucky soul can seize this chance and escape with their life~"
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
In an instant, a colossal saber shadow that blotted out the sky and earth descended, crashing into one of the giant mermaids.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Swish~ A deep saber wound appeared across the mermaid's back. Its scales shattered, flesh flew, and even its innards were faintly visible.
But Li Kuangdao had no time to follow up. He slapped his right hand toward the rear, conjuring a massive saber shadow as broad as a door.
The moment it appeared, an enormous fish tail swept toward it with the force of a landslide.
Crack! Crack!
Crack! Crack!
Under that tremendous force, the door-sized saber shadow exploded at once. His right arm burst apart, too, and every bone in his body creaked. In that instant, he had no idea how many had broken.
Pfft!
The next moment, Li Kuangdao was smashed hard into the water.
But once submerged, Li Kuangdao didn't panic. Instead, he used the impact to rapidly put distance between himself and the two mermaids, then prepared to counterattack.
But then, something unexpected happened.
Li Kuangdao had only just been slammed into the depths of the lake and hadn't had time to do anything else when he suddenly felt a chill all around him.
His back went numb. He whipped around and suddenly saw that, at some point, an even larger mermaid had appeared underwater. It