Not as Good
The scene suddenly became eerily calm. The yellow pus and blood overflowing from the Flood Dragon's body enveloped it, transforming it into a viscous armor. Meanwhile, Zhou Chu was panting heavily, recovering his strength. Lu Li opened a hole in the shadow, releasing the stale air and letting in fresh air. At the same time, he stood in the shadow, recovering his Shadow Magic. After the ordeal just now, his magic power was also running low.
"Make a potion to suppress the snake eggs," Lu Li instructed the Snake Woman who was swimming up from the side. Lilith nodded, gathered magic in her hand, and made a syringe. Lu Li took it and threw it to Zhou Chu, saying, "Witch Potion. Stick it into your arm, press the back, and push the medicine in."
Zhou Chu had no doubts and, following Lu Li's instructions, injected the medicine directly. He then felt a surge of energy rapidly repairing his damaged body. The blow from the Flood Dragon's tail had also been healed by this energy. As for other things, he couldn't worry about them now.
Seeing the broken spear in the Flood Dragon's eye, Lu Li wanted to detonate the Thorn, but found that because the spear was broken, Lu Li could no longer control the explosion. The Flood Dragon extended its transparent, viscous tongue, placed it on the broken spear where its eye was, and forcefully pried it out. The Flood Dragon then swallowed the eye with its viscous tongue, and the remaining eye looked at Zhou Chu and the others with an increasingly cold gaze.
"Die, human!" The Flood Dragon charged at Zhou Chu like lightning. Now that Zhou Chu had broken off one of its horns and blinded one of its eyes, he had replaced Lu Li as the object of his hatred.
Zhou Chu snorted coldly and nimbly leaped to the other side, grabbing the broken horn of the Flood Dragon in his hand. He thrust it directly at the Flood Dragon's body, only to find that the Flood Dragon's armor, which was like a mucous membrane, was slippery and extremely tough. Zhou Chu had observed that the broken horn was very sharp, but it could only penetrate a little. Seeing that things were not going well, Zhou Chu had no choice but to immediately withdraw and retreat, engaging the Flood Dragon in combat.
As the battle raged on, Zhou Chu discovered that the Flood Dragon's defense had risen to an abnormal level, but its agility had also decreased considerably. The Flood Dragon could still move very fast in a straight line, but its movements such as turning around had become slower.
So the situation became deadlocked once again. Zhou Chu could not harm the Flood Dragon, and the Flood Dragon could not catch Zhou Chu. Lu Li, in Avatar shadow giant form, once again condensed a huge shadow spear and rushed towards the Flood Dragon with the spear. The river wind passed through the hole in his body and made a wailing sound. The aura of fear spread to the surrounding area from the source of this sound.
Zhou Chu frowned upon hearing the voice, but his Fearless Spirit overwhelmed him, ignoring the aura of fear. The Flood Dragon looked at the approaching shadow giant with some irritation; the voice seemed to be instilling fear in him. Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't be a problem, but this guy was very similar to the one before, giving him the exact same feeling.
The Flood Dragon involuntarily recalled memories from decades ago, memories that filled it with terror. The Flood Dragon's movements faltered, and Zhou Chu seized the opportunity, using all his strength to plunge Flood Dragon's broken horn deep into its body.
With a flick of his wrist, Lu Li launched the giant shadow spear, aiming directly at the Flood Dragon's other eye. However, the Flood Dragon shook its head, and the shadow spear grazed Flood Dragon skin before flying away and embedding itself in the riverbank in the distance.
The Flood Dragon moved once more, its tail lashing out like a whip at Lu Li's shadow giant, sending it flying. The giant glanced at the shadow spear in the distance, then charged directly at the Flood Dragon, nimbly dodging Flood Dragon tail. When the Flood Dragon 'Flood Dragon tail lashed out again, the Flood Dragon leaped up to meet it, using its momentum to fly away and land beside the shadow spear.
Lu Li got up and realized the gap between himself and Zhou Chu. Although he had learned the footwork of Assassin and had been in many battles, in terms of martial arts alone, Zhou Chu was far superior to him. The shadow on his body receded, revealing Lu Li's figure. He looked at Zhou Chu, who was raising a giant spear, and made a decision after a moment's thought.
The shadow behind him moved directly in a plane towards Zhou Chu, enveloping Zhou Chu and Avatar into a shadow giant. However, Zhou Chu did not want Lu Li to be able to connect with the shadow and share vision, so Lu Li only showed his head.
Feeling the support from the shadow, Zhou Chu nodded to Lu Li, picked up the giant shadow spear, and charged directly at the Flood Dragon.
Watching Zhou Chu charge towards the Flood Dragon, Lu Li narrowed his eyes. Although the mission prompt was to assist Zhou Chu in killing the Flood Dragon, Lu Li had always considered himself one of the main forces. However, at this moment, Lu Li realized that most of the damage to the Flood Dragon came from Zhou Chu. Although he didn't want to admit it, he was indeed inferior to Zhou Chu. That's why Lu Li handed over his shadow to Zhou Chu to assist him.
Enveloped in shadow, Zhou Chu charged towards the Flood Dragon, spear in hand. Seeing the Flood Dragon's tail lash out, he flicked his wrist, slapping Flood Dragon spear to the side and deflecting the tail. Using the force, he jerked the spear away, sending it spinning towards the Flood Dragon's head.
Yellowish-purulent blood splattered as the spear pierced the Flood Dragon's remaining eye. Upon Lu Li immediately detonated the spear, unleashing countless Thorn that embedded themselves in the Flood Dragon's brain.
The Flood Dragon howled in agony, its body thrashing wildly. It roared angrily at something, but finally collapsed helplessly. Zhou Chu walked over and looked at the Flood Dragon lying on the ground, still writhing. He clenched his fist, which was shrouded in shadow, and punched it again and again until the Flood Dragon's head was a bloody mess. Only then did Zhou Chu collapse to the ground and burst into laughter.
After the Flood Dragon died, Lu Li felt an aura on his body. This aura had a strong deterrent effect. The animals would instinctively fear Lu Li and try to avoid him. His body fell backward, and the overflowing river water submerged most of his body.
Lilith quickly wriggled her snake tail and rushed over, placing Lu Li on her tail. On the distant water, something slowly floated by— the Oil-Paper Umbrella.
Perhaps because the Flood Dragon was dead, the saliva lost its effect, and the umbrella broke free, floating face down on the water. Lu Li propped himself up and, with Lilith's help, walked over and picked up the Oil-Paper Umbrella. It had been corroded by the saliva, leaving streaks, but it wasn't completely broken yet.
"It seems we don't need to look for a new umbrella." Lu Li raised the Oil-Paper Umbrella and muttered to himself as he walked towards Zhou Chu. Now that the second scourge, the Flood Dragon under the Yixing River, had been eliminated, it was time for the third scourge: Zhou Chu.
"Are you here to kill me?" Zhou Chu also stood up and asked Lu Li.
"Perhaps!" Lu Li waved his hand, and Zhou Chu's shadow began to wriggle.