Chapter 96: Water Monster (2)

After some searching, everyone found nothing. Frowning and looking for a long time, Su Lun, who had no results, could only temporarily put this aside and turned to Harrison to say, “Issue weapons to all the fishermen. Also, from today on, all fishermen must return to the city to spend the night. No one is allowed to rest outside the town at night.”

“Yes,” Harrison replied.

Before they knew it, it was already noon. The sun was about to reach its highest point in the sky. Sunlight shone on the water surface, making it glimmer. Suddenly, Su Lun saw a huge shadow emerge from the bottom of the water.

“Get away from there!” Su Lun hurried a few steps and shouted loudly at the soldiers who were searching for clues on the water. Hearing Su Lun’s warning, these soldiers did not bother to look back and clumsily rowed toward the shore.

“Ding, a Water Monster has been discovered. Please resolve it as soon as possible, Host!”

The shadow in the water grew larger and larger. Suddenly, the monster burst out of the water. Under the sunlight, Su Lun saw the monster’s appearance clearly for the first time. It was a creature with several huge tentacles. The monster had limbs similar to a human’s, but below the joints, the limbs turned into fish-like fins.

Its head looked very ugly. The entire monster was massive; those tentacles were at least eight or nine meters long. After spotting the fishing boats, it swam directly toward them. Although the Water Monster was huge, it moved very quickly in the water. In just a moment, it was about to catch up to the last fishing boat.

The astonishingly long tentacles swiftly flew toward the fishing boat. If the tentacles wrapped around it, the soldiers on the boat would easily be pulled underwater.

“Swish!” Just then, a spear instantly flew over and directly struck the Water Monster’s tentacle. The tentacle was knocked aside. For some reason, the spear did not pierce the Water Monster’s tentacle but slid off to the side.

The soldier who had narrowly escaped quickly moved away from the Water Monster’s range. The attacked Water Monster roared angrily at Su Lun. The next second, several green water jets, each about ten meters long, rushed toward Su Lun’s direction.

“Damn, is that an Acid Arrow?” Looking at the Acid Arrow coming at him, Su Lun couldn’t help but say. A normal Acid Arrow was only about half a meter long, but this one was more than ten times that size.

“Profound Ice Slash!”

A chilling cold emanated from Su Lun’s body. Three ice blades were instantly summoned and, under Su Lun’s control, quickly turned the surrounding river water into ice. Then, with a flick of his spear, a huge ice shield appeared in front of him, just in time to block the Acid Arrow.

The Acid Arrow hit the ice shield, and acid splattered everywhere. The reeds and water plants around instantly withered and turned black. Even the mud became black. The ice shield, struck by the impact, quickly developed cracks like a spiderweb, but it was frozen again by the cold air Su Lun released.

With a shake of his spear, the huge ice shield shattered instantly. Countless ice fragments scattered, refracting colorful light under the sun’s rays. Without hesitation, Su Lun made the cold around him even more intense. One ice blade after another rapidly appeared and then swiftly shot toward the Water Monster. The ice blades passed over the river surface, and wherever they went, the water instantly turned to ice. In the blink of an eye, three ‘ice paths’ appeared on the river.

The Water Monster’s tentacles stirred up a huge wave and charged toward the three ice blades. The ice blades collided with the wave, turning the wave into an ice mountain, which was then smashed by the following wave.

Su Lun’s figure flashed, and he directly rushed onto the three ice paths on the river. In a moment, he arrived in front of the Water Monster. Seeing that Su Lun actually dared to charge at it, the Water Monster became even angrier. All six tentacles swung at Su Lun together. Su Lun swept his spear horizontally, knocking the six tentacles away, but it felt to Su Lun as if the force had been misdirected, making it very uncomfortable.

After the Water Monster’s tentacles were knocked back, they circled around and swung at Su Lun again. Su Lun let out a roar, pushed off with his feet, causing the ice path to instantly collapse. Su Lun leaped several meters into the air and delivered a sweeping strike at the Water Monster.

“Bang!” The Water Monster’s huge body was actually sent flying several meters by Su Lun. This time, he finally saw it: the Water Monster’s body was covered in a layer of transparent liquid. It was precisely because of this layer that many of Su Lun’s attacks were dodged when they landed on it.

The Water Monster’s body flew backward and landed on the water with a loud “bang.” Although most of the force had been dissipated, it still caused the Water Monster to cry out in pain. The stimulation of pain made the Water Monster even more chaotic.

Its tentacles flailed, continuously attacking Su Lun. Huge waves, several feet high, surged on the surrounding river. Fortunately, those fishing boats had already fled far away. Otherwise, under such waves, they would have been destroyed and everyone would have died instantly. The cold around Su Lun grew heavier, and the solid ice under his feet remained firm and unmoving under the massive waves.

“Profound Ice Slash!” Three ice blades froze the huge waves. Su Lun pushed off with his feet, and his body instantly leaped high into the air, dodging the successive waves crashing below. With twenty-nine points of agility, his body was exceptionally flexible and nimble. Using the floating ice on the river, Su Lun directly jumped onto the Water Monster’s tentacles.

“Lightning Spear!” Blue electric sparks appeared all over Su Lun’s body, and the spear in his hand continuously flickered with lightning.

After a few jumps, Su Lun arrived in front of the Water Monster. Upon realizing Su Lun was close, the Water Monster’s tentacles frantically tried to wrap around him. However, faced with the alternating lightning and ice, all the tentacles became paralyzed by the electricity upon contact, and were then frozen by the ice. The paralyzing effect of the lightning slowed the Water Monster’s reaction speed by several beats. By the time the tentacles broke free from the ice, Su Lun had already rushed past.

“Profound Ice Slash!”

Su Lun did not give it a chance to fight back. The cold energy within his body instantly erupted. One Profound Ice Slash after another was released continuously. In the blink of an eye, the chilling ice blades swept across, freezing the surrounding river surface. As numerous Profound Ice Slashes converged, a huge ice mountain formed on the river, and the massive Water Monster was frozen within it, powerless to resist.

The ice mountain glittered under the sunlight. Inside the light blue ice, a Water Monster with a body about four meters tall was frozen in a terrified expression. Its several long tentacles were frozen as well, still poised menacingly.

The soldiers who had just reached the shore looked at Su Lun with admiration. They had faced the Water Monster’s overwhelming ferocity earlier, but they never expected that this creature, which seemed incredibly powerful to them, was so easily dealt with by Su Lun.

“Ding, congratulations, Host. You killed the Water Monster and gained 13,252 Experience Points.” The System’s prompt sounded in his ear.

“Ding, congratulations, Host. Your level has increased. You gained two Free Attribute Points, two Skill Points, and one Silver Treasure Chest.”

“Ding, you killed the Water Monster. You gained a lot of reputation. Your fame spread across the Wasteland. Your soldiers support you even more. Fame +1.”

“Congratulations, Host. You successfully killed the Water Monster. Your Territory’s security +2, Popular Support +5.”

Su Lun did not open the attribute panel to check. Instead, he directed the soldiers to transport this huge block of ice back to the Port.