193: An uncrossable river

Although the river was not turbulent, its depth was unknown.

With their abilities, they could easily fly across.

However, Star Moon Elder did not do so.

Because according to its past experience, there was definitely a Vicious Beast lurking in the river.

If they flew at high altitude here, they would likely fall into the Vicious Beast's trap.

When they last visited the Tian Yuan Secret Realm, they had encountered a similar situation.

It and a few companions had come across a river.

Although the river was not wide, it was bottomless.

Furthermore, there were some piranhas that would jump out of the water, mouths agape to bite people.

Therefore, Star Moon Elder and the others decided to fly across.

But when they reached the river, a Vicious Beast appeared.

The Vicious Beast they encountered back then was a water snake.

Its length was unknown; it surged out and snatched one person away.

Fortunately, there was only one water snake.

If there had been more, many more people would likely have lost their lives.

Thus, seeing this river now, Star Moon Elder recalled that scene.

Consequently, it did not let everyone fly across.

Yue Lingxin, not understanding the reason, pursed her lips and asked, "Why can't we go across?"

"If we don't fly over, how else can we get across?"

"Do you know some earth-tunneling technique?"

"Even if you knew it, we wouldn't."

Star Moon Elder glared fiercely at the little one.

If they weren't in the Tian Yuan Secret Realm, it would have punished the little one by making her face the wall in repentance.

Star Moon Elder explained its past experience to everyone.

Some Disciples were scared pale and nervously asked Star Moon Elder what to do.

They couldn't fly over, nor could they go underground; did they have to take a detour?

But if they took a detour, who knew how far it would be.

Because every environment in the Tian Yuan Secret Realm was like a Small World.

And every Small World was isolated.

The place they were currently in was within a Small World.

It was highly likely that this river connected from the other side of the world.

If they were to take a detour, they would certainly return empty-handed.

This was a very common occurrence, and something everyone knew well.

Therefore, taking a detour was basically unfeasible.

No matter how much they detoured, they would ultimately end up facing this river again.

The only way was to find a way to cross.

Star Moon Elder said helplessly, "We definitely have to fly across, but we need to carefully study how to do so."

"If we just fly across recklessly and there really are water snakes inside that snatch you away, what then?"

"If there's only one, that's one thing; it only takes one person, and the others would be safe."

"But what if there are many underneath?"

Yue Lingxin elbowed Yang Yi and said with a grin, "Then let Yang Yi go into the river and take a look."

Yang Yi retreated while waving his hands, "Don't count on me for this. I can't swim."

"You just don't want to go down there."

Yue Lingxin saw through Yang Yi's thoughts instantly.

Whether this guy could swim or not didn't matter.

With Yang Yi's current abilities, he could block out all the water; even if he couldn't swim, it wouldn't be an issue to go into the water.

He could set up a defensive barrier around himself.

After pondering for a moment, Star Moon Elder said, "There's no need to go into the water."

"That's too dangerous. I think we should do this."

"The river isn't wide; it only takes a minute to fly across."

"I'll fly over first to test the waters."

"You all prepare to attack from below."

"If something lunges out of the water, just attack."

"I'll entrust my life to you."

When it finished speaking, it specifically looked at Yang Yi.

Then it added, "If something happens to me, you all must listen to Yang Yi."

The Disciples nodded, fully focused.

Star Moon Elder said nothing more, sighed softly, and prepared to leap over the river.

Suddenly, Yang Yi shouted, "Wait. Let me go test it instead. You prepare to attack from below."

Star Moon Elder smiled gently, "That wouldn't be very good."

Yang Yi rolled his eyes and thought to himself: What if it's not very good? If you die, I'll really become their servant.

Yang Yi was not willing to let that happen.

It was better to risk himself. Let Star Moon Elder continue to serve them so he could enjoy that treatment himself.

Subsequently, Yang Yi flew over the river's surface.

Because he wanted to test if the river surface was dangerous, Yang Yi hovered and did not fly forward.

After flying for a while, there was no movement on the river.

Yang Yi felt the danger within the river was definitely more terrifying than what Star Moon Elder had described.

He didn't believe the river was safe just because it was calm.

He believed the Vicious Beast in the river was too clever.

It probably knew there were many people on the bank, which was why it hadn't shown itself.

It would wait until everyone flew together; that would be its best opportunity to strike.

If the Vicious Beast was truly that clever, it would be terrifying.

To continue testing, Yang Yi slowly lowered his body.

He didn't believe the things inside would remain unmoved.

When his feet were only a meter or so from the river surface, the water finally changed.

This change occurred because Yang Yi released a massive amount of Qi.

This power caused the fish and shrimp in the water to become restless.

Some piranhas tumbled out of the water, mouths agape, trying to bite Yang Yi.

However, they jumped too low and couldn't reach him at all.

Yang Yi deliberately lowered himself further and kicked a piranha that had jumped up right in the mouth.

That piranha flew directly in front of Yue Lingxin, its mouth still open, trying to bite her.

Yue Lingxin was startled and slashed the piranha in half with her sword.

Although it was decapitated, the piranha still wasn't dead and was still opening its mouth to bite Yue Lingxin.

Yue Lingxin stomped on it hard with her foot.

With a crack, the piranha's head was crushed, and it finally went quiet.

But Yue Lingxin couldn't stay quiet; she pointed at Yang Yi and cursed loudly.

Just as her cursing began and Yang Yi was smiling at her, the water suddenly splashed.

A water snake, like a sharp sword, shot toward Yang Yi at extreme speed.

Even though Yang Yi was strong and his reaction was fast enough, because he was too close to the water's surface, one of his legs was ensnared by the water snake.

By the time he wanted to break free, it was already too late.

At the same time, Star Moon Elder launched an attack first.

With a single sword strike, the water snake's body was severed into two pieces.

The half of the water snake that had wrapped around Yang Yi slowly fell off his leg.

As for the other Disciples, although their attacks also came, they were much too late.

If he had waited for them to attack, Yang Yi would likely have been snatched away by the water snake.

Furthermore, the accuracy of this group of Disciples' attacks was not very good.

Several attacks nearly hit Yang Yi, scaring him into shouting, "You all be careful! Don't hit me."