Am I sure I... won?
The rippling water paused, and the Mirror Water Beast stared at the human not far away.
He didn't know much about the other humans, but the jing. shui. shou in front of him clearly wasn't the type to speak without reason.
So, does he really think so?
Why?
Somewhat confused, the Mirror Water Beast scanned the humans not far away several times to confirm that they indeed had little ability to resist.
Filled with increasing confusion, the Mirror Water Beast looked in other directions.
Black snowflakes drifted down, and all around was quiet; there was nothing there...
Suddenly, the Mirror Water Beast paused just before withdrawing its gaze, then looked back again before finally looking away a moment later.
Even if that human who went to deal with the Hard-Armored Salamander came, it would be pointless. At most, he could just take them away, and the chances of him taking so many people away right in front of him were too slim!
The Mirror Water Beast looked at the human standing at the very front not far away, puzzled.
What other tricks do they have up their sleeve? Or is saying this just a way to deceive themselves and give them more time to recover?
The Mirror Water Beast thought about it and felt that neither of these two scenarios was very likely.
If they had a backup plan, they would have used it long ago; they wouldn't have waited until now.
Deceiving yourself is pointless. Given their current state, even if you multiply that time tenfold, it would still be a drop in the ocean for them.
What was the purpose of that?
It gazed at the human opposite it, pondering whether it should ask a question, but...
"No, forget it..."
The Mirror Water Beast's body swayed heavily.
If the other side has other tricks up their sleeve, then we'll have to face them sooner or later.
If there are no other backup plans and the goal is simply to buy time, then acting now is undoubtedly the best course of action!
However, considering the opponent's potential counter-move...
The Mirror Water Beast, having regrouped, extended another tentacle from its body.
The tentacles grabbed a nearby Calamity Beast corpse and hurled it heavily towards them.
Looking at the corpse that had been thrown heavily towards him, Shen Heng let out a soft breath.
Because of the Mirror Water Beast's earlier nonsense, he didn't intend to use the small amount of Origin Power he had reserved to buy time.
Raise your right hand, Origin Power...
"Hiss--"
Shen Heng suddenly took a light breath.
The cracked meridians, when faced with yet another surge of Origin Power, emitted a pain as if their tendons were being pulled out and their bones were being ripped out.
For this reason, the 'boom' did not immediately take shape in Shen Heng's hands.
The next moment.
"Bang!"
The Calamity Beast's corpse slammed into Shen Heng Shen Heng, sending him flying backward.
The sudden turn of events startled everyone slightly.
"No, Brother Shen Heng!"
Cao Mingyu turned his head in disbelief and looked in the direction of the flying figure.
He instinctively wanted to run over and check the situation, but remembering that the Mirror Water Beast was still watching them from ahead, he forcibly stopped himself.
Beside them, Gu Lingxuan and Lin Zhaoran also looked worriedly at the black snow falling and splashing behind them.
They knew from Shen Heng that he was in poor condition, but they didn't expect it to be this bad—he couldn't even withstand the Mirror Water Beast's tentative throw of something?
Under the watchful eyes of the group, a hand rose from behind the corpse of the Calamity Beast that had been smashed to the ground.
"Yes, I'm fine!"
Shen Heng responded, then lowered his raised hand and grabbed the corpse of the Calamity Beast that was pressing down on him, using it to climb upwards.
He was indeed unharmed. The Mirror Water Beast was merely testing him to see if he had any backup plans; it hadn't used any force. The pain from being thrown was nothing compared to the tearing pain that came from mobilizing his Origin Power in his meridians.
That's why he didn't forcefully continue to draw upon the Origin Power.
but...
Shen Heng climbed out from under the corpse of the Calamity Beast.
He glanced at the Mirror Water Beast, then looked towards the side of Frontier-Pacifying City.
It's time to end this...
"Bang!"
The sound of splashing echoed in the distance.
The Mirror Water Beast gazed at the raised arm in the distance, its body swaying slightly.
Was he truly deceiving himself? Or was his backup plan not with him? Or perhaps, the backup plan was indeed with him, but he wanted to deceive him until he could activate it later?
Several thoughts echoed in the Mirror Water Beast's mind.
It pondered for a moment, then glanced at the other people, deciding to test them first.
The cracks on its body slowly opened, paused slightly before the newly developed water bullets were launched, and then closed again.
The Mirror Water Beast turned its head and looked to the side—no, it looked to the sky to the side.
It seems... something is approaching?
It was getting dark, making it difficult for him to see the specific situation.
However, this did not deter the Mirror Water Beast. It just stared at that spot, and for some reason, unease quickly filled its heart.
Suddenly, its body stopped in place.
Then, without hesitation, the Mirror Water Beast turned and flew off to the other side.
" Sixth Tier... human? How is that possible?"
The Mirror Water Beast's heart trembled slightly, its pupils filled with shock.
Weren't there only one Sixth Tier human in the Erosion Zone? And he'd been staying at the Light Gate connecting to their world the whole time! Why is he out now?
The Mirror Water Beast didn't understand, and there was no time for it to figure it out.
Its figure flew forward rapidly, and at the same time began to Division, one into two, two...
"Whoosh whoosh--"
A fierce wind swept rapidly into the battlefield.
Cao Mingyu breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"Has Daoist Master Li finally arrived?"
No one answered; everyone stared in the direction the Mirror Water Beast had fled.
A sudden gust of wind swept past, enveloping the Mirror Water Beast that had Division into several.
Before it could retaliate, the gale that had been restraining it suddenly contracted, and the Mirror Water Beast's body was rapidly elongated in the process.
Then, one after another, fine slash marks suddenly began to appear on the various clones of the Mirror Water Beast.
"Damn it! Damn it!! Damn it!!!"
The Mirror Water Beast roared incessantly in its heart.
Pure attacks of this kind can't do much damage to it, but it will still need to expend its Origin Power to repair its body, not to mention... the opponent is Sixth Tier being!
"We have to escape, otherwise... we'll die!!"
Hearing the roar beside him, Shen Heng slowly withdrew his gaze and looked at the figure floating in mid-air beside him.
Master Daoist Master Li robe was as loose as ever, but his expression was more serious than before.
However, this seriousness doesn't seem to be directed at the Mirror Water Beast.
Because, after realizing that his slash seemed ineffective against the Mirror Water Beast, he didn't become more serious; instead, he was slightly surprised.
Before Shen Heng and the others could remind him, he raised his withered hand.
With a slight, loose grasp in his palm, he flipped it over to the front.
Then, after a pause, it rose.
The next moment.
The originally simple wind blade quickly acquired a faint glow.
soon.
"Puff!"
The first clone disappeared.
Then came the second, the third...