On land, vicious ghosts generally had rows of jagged teeth like saw blades.
But after becoming sea creatures, their teeth grew like nails, uneven in length.
One bite from them felt like it could puncture an entire calf.
Could I let it hurt me?
I thrust my longsword downward and cursed angrily:
"Fuck!"
My sword pierced its head and blew it apart on the spot.
Another stream of pure true qi flowed into my body.
Over on Zhang Yuchen's side, he had gone all out, even using Divine Fire Talismans.
He had no intention of conserving his true qi, doing everything possible to reduce my consumption.
Several booms rang out. Amid flashes of firelight, quite a few sea-transformed vicious ghosts had already died.
At the same time, those sea-transformed water ghosts kept spewing watery, fiery qi.
As we continuously dodged, we killed off the last few sea-transformed vicious ghosts...
"Senior Yu, they're all dead."
Zhang Yuchen spoke.
Uncle Yu held the Dragon-Head Cleaver and determined the direction.
"This way!"
With that, Uncle Yu led us deeper in.
The standing water remained at calf level, neither deeper nor shallower. Within the vast white mist, only the splashing of our footsteps could be heard.
Though we encountered no more evil entities, the oppressive feeling around us and the fishy, salty stench only grew heavier.
We carefully continued forward for another ten or so minutes when a splashing sound suddenly arose.
We moved closer, and soon saw what looked like a fountain within the mist ahead.
That splashing sound was coming from the fountain.
"There's a fountain in a place like this?"
"Who knows!"
"Be careful!"
Uncle Yu warned us again.
We followed the pooled water forward. Once we neared the fountain, we discovered a breached pool ahead.
All this standing water had