I instinctively drew my twin blades, but then I heard Xiao Hong shout sternly, "Don't move! Go back!"

The female corpses standing in the mud closed their eyes simultaneously and stood obediently in the water.

Xiao Hong said, "Back then, this is where we entered the secret chamber."

I peeked into the dark cave entrance, grabbed Lu Peng, and said "Let's go," before jumping into the waterway.

I slid down the waterway for dozens of meters before standing up, covered in mud.

As I reached out to grab Lu Peng, he suddenly swung an axe at my hand.

I heard the wind rise and quickly retracted my hand. The cold axe blade brushed past my fingertips.

Lu Peng missed with his first axe, and swung the second at my abdomen. I raised my hand and slapped his wrist, knocking the axe to the ground.

Before Lu Peng could react, I drew my blade and slashed at his arm.

After a scream, Lu Peng's right arm fell to the ground at the shoulder, and my curved blade was held against his neck.

Lu Peng looked at me coldly and silently. Ye Yang and the others then slid down.

To my surprise, Ye Yang wasn't covered in mud. When I saw Nie Xiaochun and Qin Xin holding Ye Yang's arms, I finally understood what was going on!

The two of them had helped Ye Yang slide down!

Helping Ye Yang? Couldn't just one of you do it?

Nobody came to help me, and I ended up looking like I'd been rolling in the mud!

These two spendthrift girls!

I didn't have time to argue with them, so I casually pushed Lu Peng forward. "Watch him!"

Nie Xiaochun had just taken out her dagger when Xiao Hong said, "I remember, after coming down, we should stick to the left. There's a stone path there."

I looked in the direction Xiao Hong was pointing. There was indeed a stone step about a foot wide on the wall. Below the stone step was a dark lake.

Just now, all the water pouring down from above had come here!

I stepped onto the stone steps and walked not far when I felt the lake water in front of me seemed to be churning.

When I looked closely, the lake water in front of me was boiling, with a large number of bubbles rising. A fishy smell rose with the bursting bubbles.

Ye Yang whispered, "The jiao is stirring!"

Lu Peng, who hadn't spoken all this time, sneered, "If the jiao is stirring, then we have to sacrifice to the river! Who's jumping down? Feeding the dragon?"

"Or, you can try going into the water to slay the jiao dragon?"

Xiao Hong also said, "I remember now. Last time we came, we ran into the jiao stirring and someone sacrificed to the river, which allowed us to run away."

"This time..."

Xiao Hong couldn't continue speaking.

Because she had already seen the slight chill in my eyes.

There are records of slaying jiao in the world of术道 (Shu Dao, the esoteric arts), but how easy is it to slay a jiao?

To slay a jiao, a sorcerer must not only set up an ambush in advance, but also find a way to lure the jiao dragon out of the water. Otherwise, they would have to fill the river and sea with a large number of lives.

To fight a jiao dragon underwater, not to mention Ye Yang and I couldn't do it, even if the entire Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) jumped into the water, they might not be a match for the jiao dragon.

If Wang Tu Fu (Butcher Wang) were here, we might be able to think of another way.

Now, we can only choose to fight the jiao dragon head-on, or sacrifice people to the river.

While I was hesitating, the sound of the lake water churning became louder and louder, finally turning into a deafening roar. The jiao dragon was getting impatient as it waited for a sacrifice.

I could even see the dragon scales turning under the water.

The python we saw when we first entered the Da Meng Xiang (Great Dream Village) was just a loach compared to this behemoth in the water.

With our current manpower, even if we all died, we wouldn't be able to compete with it.

I said in a deep voice, "Xiao Hong, call the female corpses down from above."

Xiao Hong shook her head and said, "No, they dare not come down. This is not a place for them!"

While Xiao Hong was speaking, a torrential rain suddenly fell in the tunnel.

The fishy rain spread throughout the river channel in a few seconds. The noisy rain, accompanied by the jiao dragon's roar, intensified in the river channel, and the waves on the water surface rose like an overturned sea.

That was the jiao dragon's last warning. If it didn't get a sacrifice, it would attack and hurt people.

Ye Yang gestured to me, meaning: he would go down as bait, and let me prepare to slay the jiao dragon!

I said softly, "No need," grabbed Lu Peng by the collar with one hand, and threw him directly down.

As soon as Lu Peng entered the water, he floated to the surface under his instinctive drive. Before he could make his next move, he was submerged in the churning waves. The next moment, pieces of clothing that seemed to have been shredded by something scattered where he sank.

The rolling waves in the river channel not only didn't stop, but became even more violent. The black waves crashed against where we were standing one after another. As the water splashed against the mountain wall passed before our eyes, I felt the fishy breath had moved to our feet.

The jiao dragon wasn't full. It was not only demanding sacrifices, but it even wanted to devour us all.