78: Beat up the bird that fell into the river

Returning against the current alone, Qin Shi was even faster, arriving back at An Qian’s location in less than twenty minutes.

Just like that, Qin Shi, either carrying or pulling, once again sent the three people to the small town twenty li away.

Now, if he could just send An Qian over, they would basically be able to escape the Great Peng Bird’s surveillance.

An Qian’s body trembled slightly, “I can’t swim at all, you must protect me.”

Qin Shi teased, “Didn’t you say women are made of water? How come you can’t even swim?”

An Qian said sheepishly, “I used to not like wearing swimsuits, so I’ve never been to a swimming pool.”

Qin Shi smiled, “Come on, let me, the Sea King, save you, the landlubber.”

As soon as An Qian jumped into the water, she immediately clung to Qin Shi like an octopus.

“Don’t be afraid, pay attention to your breathing.” Qin Shi patted An Qian’s back, signaling her to relax.

Then he held her and dove down, submerging themselves.

The murky river water did not hinder Qin Shi from diving towards his destination at all.

He only surfaced for a breath every few minutes, and the Great Peng Bird high in the sky could not notice the heads emerging from the surging river water.

Qin Shi swam more agilely than a fish in the river.

An Qian, who was clinging tightly to him, also gradually relaxed all her muscles and turned her head to look around, but unfortunately, the murky and turbulent river water prevented her from seeing anything.

Suddenly, she felt Qin Shi’s left hand, which was holding her, tighten, and then she saw Qin Shi take out the Jinghong Sword.

An Qian was startled, had the Great Peng Bird discovered them?

Then she felt a rapid current of water hit them from the left.

Qin Shi took her and met that current, she could vaguely see that the enemy was a crocodile over four meters long.

Are there crocodiles in this river?

Are they ordinary crocodiles or mutated crocodiles?

Will I affect Qin Shi’s sword strike?

Can Qin Shi defeat a crocodile in the water?

Various thoughts flashed through An Qian’s mind.

Just as she was considering whether to move to Qin Shi’s back to allow him to strike better, she suddenly felt Qin Shi pat her back again, and then he took her to an area full of a bloody smell.

Is that it?

An Qian sighed, “Qin Shi, this Sea King, truly lives up to his name.”

“Whoosh!”

Just as Qin Shi was collecting the crocodile and the treasure chest it dropped, a cry suddenly came from above his head.

Oh no!

It must have been the crocodile’s ability that attracted the attention of the Great Peng Bird in the sky.

Qin Shi dove down and quickly swam away from this area.

“Bang!”

Several golden energy balls exploded at their previous location.

Qin Shi held An Qian and sank to the bottom of the river, motionless.

The murky river water concealed their figures.

The Great Peng Bird only flew here because there was an energy fluctuation, and after firing a few energy balls and finding no abnormalities, it flew high again and circled, but did not go far.

Qin Shi, however, secretly groaned, because another crocodile swam over.

He must kill it with one blow.

Qin Shi moved like a swimming dragon, avoiding the crocodile’s bloody maw, and his Jinghong Sword smoothly sliced from the crocodile’s lower jaw all the way to its belly.

The surrounding water was instantly dyed red by the crocodile’s gushing blood.

However, no treasure chest was found, this was just an ordinary crocodile.

Suddenly, a rapid current of water came from behind him.

Not good, another mutated crocodile, and one that had already launched an ability attack.

“Whoosh!”

The Great Peng Bird in the sky had already noticed the commotion here and was rapidly swooping down.

Qin Shi quickly dealt with that crocodile, and with a movement of his body, he prepared to swim away.

A golden light flew over their heads, and the tube An Qian was using to breathe was now only a short section.

As a string of bubbles rose, water immediately poured into An Qian’s mouth from the upper end of the tube.

An Qian choked and swallowed two large mouthfuls of murky river water.

Qin Shi quickly reached out and removed the tube still in her mouth, then kicked off and swam forward.

Golden energy constantly flew past them, and the currents they stirred up made their skin tingle with pain.

They had been Lock-On!

Qin Shi tried his best to swim deeper into the riverbed, hoping to shake off the Great Peng Bird’s Lock-On.

“Gurgle gurgle!”

A string of bubbles rose, and Qin Shi felt An Qian’s arms around him tighten even more.

An Qian was running out of air!

In desperation, Qin Shi kicked off again and rushed out of the riverbed.

“Huff huff!”

As soon as she surfaced, An Qian gasped for fresh air.

“Hold your breath!”

Qin Shi dove down again, taking An Qian back to the riverbed.

Golden energy balls grazed his back and flew into the river, killing several fish that happened to be swimming by.

An Qian patted Qin Shi, then shifted her body and moved to his back, allowing Qin Shi to better deal with the current dangerous situation.

Qin Shi moved quickly along the riverbed, not letting the other party Lock-On his position.

Golden energy balls rapidly plunged into the river, like exploding shells, sending up columns of water and killing countless unlucky fish.

“Gurgle gurgle!” An Qian on his back again exhaled a string of bubbles.

Qin Shi had no choice but to rush out of the river again.

Perhaps feeling that the energy balls couldn’t harm Qin Shi and An Qian, the Great Peng Bird lowered its head and rapidly approached the river surface like a giant meteorite.

Qin Shi’s heart stirred, and he took out a rocket launcher, handing it to An Qian behind him.

“An Qian, aim carefully.”

An Qian tightly wrapped her legs around Qin Shi’s waist, raising the rocket launcher with both hands and aiming at the rapidly approaching Great Peng Bird.

Qin Shi maintained his balance while taking out his Jinghong Sword, waiting intently.

The Great Peng Bird was getting closer and closer.

An Qian gently pulled the trigger, and the rocket propelled grenade, with the “Breach” enchantment, rapidly flew towards the Great Peng Bird thirty to forty meters away.

A golden energy ball flew from the Great Peng Bird’s mouth, striking the rocket propelled grenade.

The rocket propelled grenade passed through the energy ball unharmed, continuing to fly upwards.

The Great Peng Bird was clearly stunned. Then, its wings flashed with golden light and gently flapped forward, its body tilting to avoid the rocket propelled grenade.

However, their distance was simply too close, and the base of its massive wing inevitably grazed the rocket propelled grenade.

The Great Peng Bird originally didn’t care about a tiny rocket propelled grenade, but who knew that the rocket propelled grenade would break through the golden light on its body with irresistible force, directly hitting its wing.

“Boom!”

Accompanied by a loud bang, the Great Peng Bird’s body tilted, and like a crashing airplane, it stumbled and crashed towards the river surface.

Qin Shi moved swiftly, diving far away.

“Bang!”

The Great Peng Bird plunged into the water like a giant rock, sending up a splash over ten meters high.

A huge current surged from behind, instantly pushing Qin Shi and An Qian even further away.

The Great Peng Bird flapped its wings, trying to fly back into the air, but because its left wing was injured by the shell, it couldn’t balance its effort, always tilting to one side and unable to take flight.

Strike while the iron is hot!

Qin Shi had just avoided the impact from the Great Peng Bird’s crash, and with a turn of his body, he swam back again.