Beneath the water.
Watching Shi Xiaoyuan charge at him with the White Dragon Fish in hand, wielding it like a long whip.
Jiang Ning twisted his wrist and slashed out.
Five layers of force erupted at once.
With that slash, the flowing water was briefly split apart, as though he had carved a vacuum through the lakebed.
Shhk—
Before the incomparably sharp long saber, the White Dragon Fish, which had still been clinging to half a life, was instantly cleaved into two.
The saber's momentum did not stop, continuing toward Shi Xiaoyuan.
Shhk—
The blade sank into flesh, slicing through it as easily as tofu.
Shi Xiaoyuan's arm was severed at the sound.
"Roar—"
A low growl like a beast's roar suddenly came from his throat.
Blackish-red blood sprayed from his severed arm, making the surrounding water even murkier.
At that moment.
The intense agony from his severed arm also restored clarity to Shi Xiaoyuan's eyes.
"Something's wrong!!" The instant he came back to his senses, he muttered inwardly.
Recalling how he had seemingly lost his mind just moments ago, Shi Xiaoyuan immediately thought of a possibility.
Could there be something wrong with the divine bestowment?
At the same time.
Jiang Ning did not continue attacking.
Instead, he observed—observed whether the powerful healing effect granted by Shi Xiaoyuan's current unusual state could regenerate his severed arm.
Elsewhere.
Shi Xiaoyuan glanced at Jiang Ning, then immediately withdrew.
His heart was now filled with dread.
Having witnessed the sharpness of Jiang Ning's weapon, he knew that in his current state, he simply could not fight him.
A fast saber paired with a divine weapon that could cut iron like mud—there was no way to fight that.
Especially since the saber he had brought was still in the ship's cabin. Empty-handed as he