The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 269 Dragon Lady

It had been four hours since the Changhe Gang left the dock, and the ship had traveled a considerable distance, but it was still not far away from Qi Prefecture. No one expected that they would encounter the water demons at this time. It seemed that the Changhe Gang’s large-scale action really angered the water demons and was regarded as a challenge to their majesty.

The ship was shaking violently. Liu Zhiyan knew without looking that towering water columns were rising before the fleet. She immediately got up and asked for Li Ye’s permission with cupped fists, “Your Highness?”

Li Ye steadily lowered his hand which was holding a chess piece and nodded slightly. “Be careful.”

Liu Zhiyan took the order, waving her hand, and rushed out of the cabin with her men. When she saw the scene on the deck, her face fell even though she had expected it.

On the broad river, hundreds of white water columns burst up to the sky. They looked like beams of light connecting heaven and earth, very shocking. A cultivator of the demon clan was standing with his hands clasped behind his back on top of each water column, looking coldly at the fleet of the Changhe Gang.

The water columns didn’t fall but kept spurting upward, like a fountain. In this way, the cultivators of the demon clan could stand steadily on top of the water columns, and they wouldn’t fall unless they needed to attack.

The water columns varied in thickness and height, showing the differences in figures among the cultivators of the demon clan.

At this moment, on one of the 60-meter high water columns, a strong cultivator in armor, who was holding two large golden copper hammers, sneered. “We told you that Ji River is occupied by us and that none of the ships in the human world can sail in it anymore! But not only do you send ships on the river, but you also do it in such a big way. Do you turn a deaf ear to our words? It seems that the lessons given to you before are not enough! Well, I will teach you a lesson again, and let others know that Ji River no longer belongs to mortals!”

Liu Zhiyan knew this cultivator. The cultivators of the Changhe Gang who survived the attack mentioned him more than once. That was a crab demon, and his cultivation had already exceeded the Qi-refining Stage to reach the Spiritual Master Realm! He always claimed to be the general, so the cultivators of the Changhe Gang called him General Crab.

Raising the large golden copper hammers in his hands, General Crab shouted in a low voice, “Soldiers, destroy this fleet!”

The cultivators on the surrounding water columns took out their magic treasures in succession. They lived up to the name of soldiers. All of them wore armors and held the same weapon, a trident.

The appearance of these cultivators was quite characteristic. All of them had long hands, long feet, a slender body, and a sharp forehead. They looked weird.

The cultivators of the Changhe Gang also gave a special name to these water demons. Since they were the cultivators under General Crab’s command, they were naturally the “shrimp soldiers.”

After hearing General Crab’s order, the shrimp soldiers shouted at the same time. The water columns under their feet suddenly rolled out and rushed to the fleet of the Changhe Gang, with the shrimp soldiers standing on them.

“Fight them!” Liu Zhiyan shouted and took out two bright short knives from her waist. She jumped from the deck, leading the cultivators of the Changhe Gang with her and met the shrimp soldiers rushing down.

Although the shrimp soldiers could control the water columns, they basically adopted close combat. When they met the cultivators of the Changhe Gang, each began hand-to-hand combat.

The two sides were engaged in fierce fighting in the air, on the ship, and in the river. Spiritual Qi burst in all directions. Broken wood was flying and water was spraying everywhere.

The 30-meter high towered ship of the Changhe Gang was the main target of the water demons. Arrows and bed crossbows were useful for dealing with ordinary people but not water demons. The main forces of the battle were the cultivators at the Qi-refining Stage.

Li Ye and Su Emei came to the cabin door and looked out.

Like the demons Li Ye met before, these so-called shrimp soldiers were the cultivators at the Qi-refining Stage. Most of them had very high cultivation, and many of them were at high-level Qi-refining. There were no high-level Qi-refining cultivators in the Changhe Gang, so the cultivators in the Changhe Gang were at a disadvantage in the battle. Some got injured from time to time, and some of them died.

Li Ye frowned slightly. If there were only the shrimp soldiers and General Crab in front of them, then the strength of the water demons would be limited. General Crab was just the Spiritual Pool Spiritual Master. Li Ye didn’t fight rashly because he was waiting for the real leader to come out with his deadly attack.

On the deck, Liu Zhiyan had just killed a shrimp soldier before her when there was a great shudder at her feet which made her almost lose her balance.

General Crab fell on the bed crossbows from the air and smashed them directly. In the splintering and flying sawdust, he grinned grimly. “You’re the leader? How dare you, a cultivator at middle-level Qi-refining, disobey our water demons’ majesty! You court death!”

Before Liu Zhiyan could respond, General Crab raised his left hand. “Water attack!”

As the ship shook, a group of water columns rose under Liu Zhiyan’s feet. She couldn’t keep her balance, so she was swept up into the air. The water columns were not lethal, but they covered Liu Zhiyan and froze instantly. Liu Zhiyan was frozen directly.

Although General Crab was short of stature, he was the Spiritual Pool Spiritual Master. As he fought brazenly, Liu Zhiyan had no room to escape. When the water columns froze, General Crab raised the large golden copper hammers. A stream of yellow light shot up to the sky and headed directly toward the frozen Liu Zhiyan.

Of course, Liu Zhiyan couldn’t block General Crab’s strike. Moreover, she was frozen and couldn’t move. If this strike hit her, Liu Zhiyan will be fragmented along with the ice.

Liu Shibo was not far behind Liu Zhiyan. He was scared to death when he saw this. He shouted, “Big Master!”

He respected Liu Zhiyan very much. At this moment, his face was bloodless when he saw she about to die. But he only had low-level Qi-refining cultivation, so he couldn’t save her in time. In fact, he was totally unable to save her.

At this time, a stream of sword light suddenly appeared, like a meteor. It went past the transparent ice columns and stabbed directly at the rising General Crab!

While General Crab was fighting Liu Zhiyan, he suddenly felt a strong sense of danger and his heart couldn’t help pounding. He saw the sword light from the corner of his eyes and felt its power. He was so frightened that his eyes bulged. But at this moment, he couldn’t stop and had no way to cope with it!

This, however, should not have happened. Although General Crab was fighting Liu Zhiyan, he had observed the whole fleet in advance and didn’t find any powerful cultivator. At this point, even if any ordinary cultivator attacked him suddenly, he couldn’t hurt him.

But the sword light appeared, and General Crab felt a mortal threat!

There was only one explanation. That person he couldn’t perceive had higher cultivation than him! Even if he wasn’t the Yin Spiritual Master, he had reached the later realm of the Spiritual Pool Spiritual Master. Only such a master could make him, the cultivator at the middle realm of the Spiritual Pool Spiritual Master, fear when he just saw the sword light!

High-level Qi-refining cultivators had never appeared in this fleet, but now, a master in the Spiritual Master Realm was hiding in it! General Crab felt a shiver run down his back.

However, he was too late to react. The timing of the opponent’s sword was just right. General Crab tried his best to twist his body so that his heart barely avoided the sword, but the long sword pierced his shoulder!

It was Su Emei who launched the sudden attack. She frowned slightly. She originally thought that her sword could kill him, but she didn’t expect it to only pierced through his shoulder. However, her swordsmanship had been perfected. At this moment, her sword cut along the direction in which General Crab dodged and sliced off his entire right arm!

General Crab was seriously injured. He roared, covering his shoulder. He looked at Su Emei with his red eyes filled with hatred. But he knew he was no match for her, so he had to retreat.

General Crab wanted to flee, but Su Emei wouldn’t let go of him and went straight after him.

But then, something strange happened in the river.

An unusually huge water column rose straight up to 100 meters. A graceful female cultivator in blue was standing on top of it with a sword.

She had waist-long blue hair and a long icy blue sword. Even her pupils seemed blue. The moment she appeared, she pointed her long sword to the sky. A loud and clear voice, like thunder, was heard saying, “Waterspout Rain Attack!”

In the cloudless sky, boundless dark clouds suddenly rolled up. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Heavy rain poured down suddenly. In the turbulent river, a water curtain rolled up into dozens of meters and attacked the fleet fiercely, like rolling waves!

The shrimp soldiers were excited when they saw the female cultivator. Many of them even looked at her in adoration and obsession. “Dragon Lady!”

While the shrimp soldiers were excited, the cultivators of the Changhe Gang felt they were falling into an abyss. When the heavy rain fell, they felt cold all over. That was no ordinary rain, but similar to ice arrows. When the rain beat down on them, they bled! The cultivators quickly launched the Spiritual Qi Shield, struggling to resist.

The territory!

Wherever the heavy rain went, it was under Dragon Lady’s territory. Her territory was simple and direct. It was to use the rain as a sword to hurt people.

Besides, Dragon Lady also launched an attack of techniques. The water curtain, rolling from heaven to earth, arrived in front of the fleet! If the water curtain swept over them, not only the ship would be crushed, but the cultivators also wouldn’t have a good end.

Liu Shibo’s face was ashen. His cultivation was low, so he felt powerless to resist the heavy rain and ice arrows with the Spiritual Qi Shield. Now, when he saw the water curtain sweeping towards them, he was desperate. He couldn’t help but look at the cabin, the direction where Li Ye was standing.

“Prince An, are you here to watch a show? To begin with, you didn’t bring helpers with you, so the Changhe Gang is stuck in a bitter battle. After you got on board, you were playing chess. Now, do you know how powerful the water demons are? Even now, you’re still not fighting. Your Highness, you’re really high up in the air. We’re pitiful because we have to die with you today...”

These thoughts flashed through Liu Shibo’s mind, but suddenly, his pupils shrank because Li Ye was no longer at the cabin door. When Liu Shibo wondered if Li Ye had run away, he suddenly saw clouds rise and gather. Purple clouds spread out, making people seem like they were in a sea of clouds.

The pressure on him vanished.

Liu Shibo looked up in shock. Then, to his surprise, the falling rain and ice arrows had disappeared... because between heaven and earth, there were only boundless purple clouds!