Do You Think Water Can Be Poisoned?
The only way is to climb the stairs, one step at a time.
Su Zhan took a deep breath.
"Then let's fight."
He rushed towards the first step of the stone platform.
The moment the foot stepped on it—all four Water Guardians, from level one to level four, simultaneously raised their swords.
Su Zhan's right fist was already poised.
The Blazing Dragon Venerate's crimson True Fire enveloped his fist, along with a wisp of white high-level True Fire swirling around the outside of his fist.
He punched the first guard in front of him.
"Pfft!"
The fist pierced through the guard's chest.
Crimson flames exploded inside the guardian's body. Its water-based form boiled violently under the intense heat—bubbling and gurgling.
But it didn't break.
The Water Guardian's body rapidly flowed and repaired itself after being pierced. Flames evaporated thirty percent of its volume, but the remaining seventy percent reformed within a breath. The piercing wound in its fist was filled with water.
Su Zhan's fist was enveloped by the guard's body.
The liquid Principle of water squeezed his fists and forearms from all sides—attempting to break down his defenses with the corrosive power of the water Principle.
The Wisdom King Armor Skin showed slight wear due to the corrosion from the water flow. It's not dangerous, but it's annoying.
The swords of the other three guards had already come slashing down.
Three blue sword beams slashed towards Su Zhan's neck, waist, and knees from three directions.
Su Zhan withdrew his fist—tore off a large chunk of the guard's body in the process.
The water, once separated from the guardian's body, immediately lost its support of the Principle and turned into Ordinary Grade water droplets that scattered all over the ground.
Su Zhan stepped onto the step with his right foot and forcefully shifted two steps to the side, avoiding the two sword flashes. The third one—the one aimed at his knee—he didn't dodge.
The Immovable Wisdom King Wall formed a palm-sized dark gold light shield in front of his calves.
The sword light struck the light shield.
Ding-- Ding--
The water sword shattered the moment it touched the dark gold light shield. The water of Principle was dispersed by the force field of the Immovable Wisdom King Wall, turning into splashing water droplets.
"Things made of water can't be broken. They'll even replenish themselves after evaporating," Su Zhan concluded in his Sea of Consciousness.
[Nine Heavens Divine Lightning]: Conducts electricity using thunder and water.
Su Zhan switched his attack method.
Left hand—the purple-gold lightning arcs of the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning exploded simultaneously on all five fingers.
He placed a palm on the head of the Water Guardian in front of him, who had self-repaired to 70%.
"Crackling and popping--!"
Lightning arcs entered the water.
The common knowledge that water conducts electricity also holds true at the level of Principle.
A purple-gold arc of electricity instantly drew countless lightning channels through the Water Guardian's body. The Guardian's body resembled a water sphere electrified with high voltage—the entire "humanoid" form trembled violently, with dense steam and electric arcs emanating from its surface.
The power of Three-Dragon Rank's lightning arc is no joke.
Two breaths later, the water's cohesive force was completely shattered from within by the lightning. The deep blue liquid Principle water "splashed" into a puddle.
The water that had spilled onto the steps did not regroup.
The lightning arc burned away the structural Principle that maintained the guardian's form.
"It's effective, but the consumption is high—one guard consumes about 20% of my lightning arc reserves. Using lightning on all eighty-one isn't enough."
Su Zhan glanced up—the other three alerted guards were readjusting their formation, flanking him from the flanks and rear.
"Dragon Lord, you deal with the one on the left. Old Wall, keep defending. Old Poisoner—you think you can poison the water?"
[The Myriad Poisons Divine Farmer's Canon]: Principle, the laws of water are unaffected by chemical toxins. However, the Law-Eroding Poison can corrode the structure of the Principle —I just looked, and these guarded water bodies maintain their form by the origin of the water Principle. If I use the Law-Eroding Poison to destroy the Principle nodes that maintain their form, the effect might be similar to that of the lightning arc.
"Try it."
Su Zhan slammed a ghostly green poison bullet into the face of the guard on the left.
The poison grenades exploded on the surface of the water body being guarded. The green venom seeped into the blue water—like a drop of ink in clear water—and spread rapidly.
The Law-Eroding Poison begin to erode the Principle nodes within the water body.
The results were better than expected.
The guard's body began to "cramp"—his limbs deformed and twisted, and he could no longer hold his sword steadily. After the Principle nodes were corroded, the structural forces maintaining his human form collapsed.