155: Water Surface Slash Five Stars

In the wilderness outside Luofeng City.

Team after team of Martial Artists looked at the chaotic yet empty forest before them, momentarily puzzled.

"This is truly strange. What on earth is going on?"

"I've been wandering in the wilderness for a full half hour, and I haven't seen a single Demonic Beast. Is this haunted?"

"Could it be that these Demonic Beasts heard of my might and went into hiding?"

"Stop spouting nonsense. With your pathetic look, you'd be scared to death if you ran into a Demonic Beast. Who would hide from you?"

"Sigh, it seems this trip was a waste of time. We haven't encountered a single Demonic Beast."

It was as if someone had taken a vacuum cleaner to the area, leaving them with no Demonic Beasts at all.

Meanwhile, Li Canglan's Realm was rapidly improving, built upon piles of countless Demonic Beast cores.

In the middle of an expansive, boundless lake.

Li Canglan was stepping on lotus pods, locked in a fierce battle with a blue water snake.

The once crystal-clear lake surface was now floating with dense clusters of Demonic Beast corpses.

Blood had stained the lake red.

A thick scent of blood rose into the air.

These Demonic Beasts had all died miserably in the aftermath of the battle between Li Canglan and the water snake.

Some had even died in their sleep, not having woken up yet while in the lake.

The fangtian halberd in Li Canglan's hand moved as if it were an extension of his own arm; every strike against the water snake left a wound over a dozen centimeters deep.

Electric currents remained within the wounds, continuously paralyzing the water snake's body.

Hiss!

In pain, the water snake continuously stirred up massive waves to attack Li Canglan.

But Li Canglan unleashed his Meteor Cloud Steps, which had reached a state of pure perfection.

His movements were light, allowing him to dodge continuously across the lotus pods and Demonic Beast corpses on the lake, easily evading the water snake's attacks time and time again.

"This five-star water snake is truly difficult to deal with."

After stabbing the water snake's body with another strike of his halberd, Li Canglan quickly put some distance between them.

Five days had passed since he left the city.

Although his Fire Attribute was still at the Middle Stage of four stars.

His Thunder Attribute and Wind Attribute had both similarly reached a Breakthrough to four stars.

Even his relatively weak Earth Attribute had reached the Peak of three stars!

His overall strength was definitely no less than the Peak of four stars!

Coupled with the fangtian halberd and his high proficiency in Martial Skills.

If it weren't for the fact that this place was the water snake's home turf.

It would likely have already perished at his hands.

As Li Canglan's thoughts raced, the water snake suddenly let out a high-pitched hiss.

The lotus pods under Li Canglan's feet suddenly seemed to come alive.

They scrambled to cling to Li Canglan's legs, attempting to restrict his movements.

Li Canglan, holding the fangtian halberd, swept it out fiercely.

Rip!

The air tore open, and mixed with a terrifying aura of thunder, he sliced all the lotus pods apart.

He looked up and saw that a cage made entirely of pure water had already enclosed him.

The water snake raised its body; its frame, several zhang high, resembled a tall building, giving people an indescribable sense of oppression.

Watching the destructive aura brewing in the water snake's mouth, Li Canglan's body couldn't help but tremble.

This wasn't fear, but excitement!

"This is the perfect chance for me to try out the feeling of a full-power strike!"

Li Canglan let out a low roar, and the muscles on his arms and thighs suddenly bulged.

His form-fitting armor expanded accordingly, and Li Canglan's body grew to about two and a half meters in one go!

His bulging muscles radiated endless power.

The fangtian halberd shimmered with a cold, piercing light.

As Li Canglan gripped it tightly with his right hand, several bolts of thunder erupted from his body, circling around him and the halberd.

The flowing thunder made Li Canglan appear as if a god of thunder had descended to the world.

"Thunder Crescent Slash!"

Over the past few days, the proficiency of Li Canglan's Thunder Crescent Slash had reached the stage of mastery!

With what seemed like a casual sweep of his halberd.

He slashed out a thunderous image of the halberd that was a hundred meters long!

The edge of the halberd tore through the air, bringing with it a sharp whistling sound.

The water snake spat out an unremarkable water ball from its mouth.

The water ball struggled continuously, like an unstable bomb that could explode at any moment!

Boom!

The image of the halberd collided with the water ball with a roar, forming a terrifying shockwave that exploded across the lake surface.

Under the sweep of the gale, Li Canglan's body was blown back a full several hundred meters.

The blue water snake let out a miserable hiss, and blood droplets the size of fists slowly dripped down.

Amidst the rain produced by the explosion, it appeared bewitching and bloody.

Li Canglan knew that the water snake's vitality was extremely tenacious.

This one strike alone was not enough to kill the opponent.

Taking advantage of the fact that his enlarged body hadn't shrunk yet, he used his halberd to flick several Demonic Beast corpses off the lake surface.

As light as a swallow, he used the corpses to quickly close in on the blue water snake.

A few minutes later, the water snake's massive body fell down unwillingly.

It crashed into the lake, creating a huge splash.

And Li Canglan, stepping on its corpse, was also covered in blood.

However, none of this blood came from Li Canglan himself; it was almost entirely from the water snake.

Using the fangtian halberd to cut open the water snake's body, Li Canglan dug out a fist-sized crystal core from within.

Afterward, he tossed the corpse into his spatial ring.

Although the water snake's body was massive, the spatial ring given to him by City Lord Zhang Nanbo was large enough to hold thousands of Demonic Beast corpses.

Just as Li Canglan was preparing to leave, he suddenly felt a faint attraction coming from the bottom of the lake.

It was drawing Li Canglan to go and investigate.

Li Canglan hesitated for only an instant before taking a deep breath and diving into the bottom of the lake.

A Martial Artist's physical fitness is not only stronger than that of an ordinary person.

Their abilities in various aspects, including holding their breath, have also been enhanced.

A deep breath allowed Li Canglan to hold his breath under the water for at least five minutes.

Li Canglan swam in the direction the attraction was coming from, and finally, after more than two minutes, he saw the source of the attraction.

It was a small complex of buildings that was vast to the extreme!

It was just completely submerged underwater, resulting in no signs of life surviving.

"Is this a city from before the Great Cataclysm?"

This place was already several hundred miles away from Luofeng City.

As far as Li Canglan knew, Luofeng City was a city rebuilt after the Cataclysm.

He didn't have much understanding of the city clusters from hundreds of years ago.

However, Li Canglan couldn't hold his breath for too much longer now, so he had to leave first and come back to investigate later.

However, just as he was about to swim upward, a ripple in the water suddenly rushed over from the distance.

Li Canglan jerked his head to the side, and an invisible water arrow shot past his ear.

Li Canglan immediately broke out into a cold sweat; water attacks in these deep waters were truly impossible to guard against.

He looked in the direction the water arrow had come from and discovered a Water Demon hiding in a water trough?

This Water Demon looked similar to a human in form, but its body was covered in emerald green scales.

It looked extremely ugly, and its head was covered in hair that looked like seaweed.

It stared at Li Canglan with a violent gaze, muttering unknown syllables in its mouth.

It seemed to want to drive Li Canglan away.