Chapter 67 - Gardening by the Riverside (1/2)

The three Qi Practitioners exclaimed out in shock, that ship was one of the strongest soul weapons in the water stockade. It was the vehicle that the Shui Tu Clan used when visiting the other clans, after generations of refinement, its strength and toughness were beyond doubt!

This ship was even used as a warship to defend the clan members from countless assaults of soul weapons and techniques. Every trial it endured in the past had never left so much as a scratch on its hull and yet, it was now cleaved into half by a fang!

The three Qi Practitioners quickly sheathed their soul weapons. They said, "Careful! This blade is too strong, don't let it touch you…"

Zhong Yue leaped into the air, he swung his dragon tail and swept one of the Qi Practitioners away, the impact caused the Qi Practitioner to spurt out blood in mid-air. But Zhong Yue did not stop there, he aimed at the Qi Practitioner's chest and launched a hefty punch at it!

The other two Qi Practitioners quickly turned and started to escape in fear, but lightning crackled beneath the Xiang Dragon and with a flash, it had caught up to them. Two dragon claws and two Qi Practitioners were slammed away by Zhong Yue.

Three deafeningly loud booms could be heard as the Qi Practitioners crashed into the Shui Tu Clan water stockade. They were slammed into the wooden defense wall with only their legs exposed out in the air. The broken wood splintered into their bodies creating wounds and forming rivers of blood that trickled out like streams of water.

They were afraid of using their soul weapons, but if they were to engage in direct combat, none of them would be able to stand against Zhong Yue!

The broken wood prickled into the muscles of the three Qi Practitioners, one of them bellowed, "Awaken the Hebo, awaken the Hebo!"

In the water stockade, the Shui Tu Clan members quickly knelt down and prayed to the Hebo. Standing in the middle, he grew bigger and taller, around him were totem carvings that could be clearly seen, water around the stockade started to swirl around and form a humongous whirlpool with water dragons soaring and fluttering in the water. They were dreadful and fully materialized, seeming like dragon kings of the water!

Zhong Yue stopped abruptly, he gazed at the Hebo from afar, his heart was palpitating, he could feel the strong and dreadful aura that flooded the water stockade.

Shui Tu Clan's totem spirit, Hebo, was worshipped by the clan members for millions of years, a totem spirit with unimaginable strength and prowess—his existence was like a living god that guarded the water stockade!

His aura was strong and dreadful, his existence alone caused the water level to rise higher and higher. Even the sky turned gloomy, the heavy rain poured down, and as the lightning flashed across the sky, the body of the great Hebo was shown to be even more majestic!

With Zhong Yue's current prowess, he would definitely be crushed into ash if he dared to charge into the water stockade!

The Hebo walked around the water stockade and released a few howls of anger. His speed was incredibly fast, but he never stepped out of the water stockade.

The top ten clan is indeed strong. With this Hebo as their guardian, ordinary Qi Practitioners could never stand a chance in front of him! I suppose only the magnates can penetrate through its defenses and barge into the water stockade?

Zhong Yue could not help but praise in his heart. Only the top clans with thousands and millions of years history could have possessed such a strong totem spirit; whereas for his home clan, the Zhong Shan Clan, there was not even a single Qi Practitioner, not to mention the totem spirit.

It seems like the Hebo can't walk out of the water stockade?

Zhong Yue glanced at the Hebo and was ready to leave, although there was hatred between him and Tian Myriad Mother, it had nothing to do with the Shui Tu Clan members, he was only releasing his anger on them as they had attempted to capture him the last time.

"Quick, inform the elder and have this monstrous creature captured! We must not let it escape!"

The three Qi Practitioners stood up, one of them stood in mid-air, his voice was filled with wrath. "This Xiang Dragon dares to humiliate us. After the elder captures him, I want to whip it and tame it like a dog. I will let this creature know what I am capable of doing!"

Immediately, a pool of water appeared above the water stockade, a few Shui Tu Clan members trod on it, and they flew toward Swords Gate to inform and Elder Shui Zian over.

These few members were not Qi Practitioners. They were only former disciples of the upper house that had failed to manifest their spirit before the age of sixteen. They were repatriated back to the clan, relegated to the primary force that guarded the tribes.

Zhong Yue was planning to leave, but he changed his mind upon hearing those words, he snorted, and lightning burst out around him, he leaped into the air and flashed over to the Shui Tu Clan members treading on the water.

The next moment, the few Shui Tu Clan members were falling down from the sky—Pu-pu-pu—their bodies pierced into the ground with only their heads exposed above like helpless moles.

People were flying out from the water stockade, and moments later, another row of heads appeared beside the river. The Shui Tu Clan disciples were all planted into the ground. One after another, they looked at the Xiang Dragon in mid-air who was continuously capturing their martial siblings and planted them into the ground. Their eyes were filled with fear, and they didn't dare to move a single inch.

Someone attempted to escape, and the flash of a lightning bolt immediately struck at the riverbank. Every Shui Tu Clan disciple had a taste of electrocution. They were charred, and their hairs were stood upright like bristles.

The others then stopped their fruitless attempts at escape and stayed stock-still, dare not to move at all.

"Barbarous beast!"

The three Qi Practitioners saw his actions and were furious, they looked at one another, and one of them said, "I will fake an attempt to fly toward Swords Gate, and the two of you dive into the water. This beast's intelligence is not high enough to notice anything at all. I will keep it busy while the two of you go and get the elder here. As long as the elder arrives, we can do anything we'd like to it!"

The other two Qi Practitioners nodded and dived into the water. They would swim along the river toward Swords Gate while the third Qi Practitioner flew into the air and shouted at Zhong Yue, "Barbarous beast, come and get me!"

Zhong Yue crossed his arms and sneered.

The Qi Practitioner's heart suddenly thumped in fear. He cursed in his heart as he saw Zhong Yue dive into the water. Not long after, the water surface was agitated with ripples as a Xiang Dragon slowly walked out with a Qi Practitioner in its claws, the Qi Practitioner was heavily wounded, and the beast planted him on the riverbank.