There were hundreds of those fish and shrimp.
In their center was a silver-white High-Headed Spirit Sturgeon, its cold eyes looking down at Qian Duoduo and the others.
This High-Headed Spirit Sturgeon was fifty zhang long, its head even larger than that of the giant snake.
Its Aura was comparable to a Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
This should be the Sect Leader among the fish and shrimp.
To the left of the High-Headed Spirit Sturgeon were the Giant Bone Spirit Fish and the Nine-Whiskered Spirit Catfish; to its right were the Spirit Martial Red Salmon and the Ghost Gar.
These four fish all exceeded thirty zhang in size, and together with the High-Headed Spirit Sturgeon, they completely blocked the sky above the river.
Dugu Yunshan seemed excited, letting out a long roar and stomping hard in the Void Realm, accelerating his body as he charged towards the High-Headed Spirit Sturgeon.
A Duck-Billed Eagle Fish, shaking its four thick whiskers, charged towards Qian Duoduo, and before it got close, it opened its mouth and shot out three bone spurs, which spun as they flew towards Qian Duoduo.
Qian Duoduo raised his Golden Rooster Sword, dodged two bone spurs, and used the sword tip to block the remaining one.
At the same time, Qian Duoduo threw a Wolf Fang Black Iron Hammer into the Duck-Billed Eagle Fish's mouth.
As the hammer entered its mouth, Qian Duoduo silently roared in his heart, “Explode!”
The Duck-Billed Eagle Fish tilted its head, fell heavily into the river, and transformed into a God-Slaying Giant Crossbow.
After dealing with it, Qian Duoduo looked forward.
Dugu Yunshan was riding on the High-Headed Spirit Sturgeon, one hand already plunged into its spine.
The High-Headed Spirit Sturgeon’s cold eyes had turned white.
The number one fierce man truly lived up to his reputation.
Cao Yueying was currently entangled in a fight with the Giant Bone Spirit Fish.
She threw out a red ribbon, binding the Giant Bone Spirit Fish’s large mouth.
Her red longsword continuously emitted sword light, striking the Giant Bone Spirit Fish’s belly.
Although the Giant Bone Spirit Fish had thick skin and tough scales, the sword light was drawing blood with every strike, and it would be pierced through sooner or later.
The constantly dodging Deng Feihong was targeted by the Nine-Whiskered Spirit Catfish.
Nine long whiskers formed a net, slowly approaching Deng Feihong.
Deng Feihong knew the Nine-Whiskered Spirit Catfish’s intention but deliberately didn’t flee, chuckling as he led the Nine-Whiskered Spirit Catfish towards Cao Yueying.
No Disciple participating in the battle was hiding their strength anymore; some wielded swords, others set up formations, and those with reliable support even launched joint attacks.
Seeing an opportunity, Qian Duoduo skimmed the water surface through a gap, intending to slip ahead.
Suddenly, his heart tightened, a sense of danger spontaneously arising, and just as he was about to raise his Golden Rooster Sword, a pair of red and yellow intertwined large pincers had already struck the Golden Rooster Sword’s disc.
The large pincers, each hook faster than the last, continuously struck the Golden Rooster Sword.
The immense tremor traveled to the soles of his feet, and Qian Duoduo was nearly knocked over.
This was a giant Mantis Spirit Shrimp.
Its large pincers, when swung, could easily shatter a Cultivator’s protective armor.
Spiritual Qi was injected into the sword tip, and the Golden Rooster Sword let out a long hum, a thick sound wave blasting the Mantis Spirit Shrimp’s blue eyes, which were as large as lanterns.
The Mantis Spirit Shrimp immediately couldn’t see clearly, its large pincers losing direction and striking the air wildly.
With a “ding” sound, Qian Duoduo shot out a Yin and Yang Scissor, which passed through the Mantis Spirit Shrimp’s open mouth and pierced into its heart located in its head.
The Mantis Spirit Shrimp’s large pincers continued to strike aimlessly, but its body had floated to the surface, subsequently revealing its Blood Battle Flying Shuttle true form.
“I almost capsized in the gutter.”
Qian Duoduo’s back was covered in cold sweat.
If he were eliminated, Zhangzuo Dajiu would truly throw him into Little Dragon Valley to reflect.
The Golden Rooster Sword became a flash of lightning, and Qian Duoduo flew forward with all his might, his Spiritual Awareness fully unleashed, his left hand clutching three Yin and Yang Scissors, and his right hand never leaving the Golden Toad.
He refused to believe that these artisan artifacts transformed into fish and shrimp could withstand the self-destruction of Dan artifacts.
Dugu Yunshan’s silver figure, Cao Yueying’s red figure, and Deng Feihong’s earthy yellow figure sped ahead of Qian Duoduo with the sound of rushing wind.
Finally, as dusk approached, Qian Duoduo saw another river island.
This island was much smaller than the previous one.
A light barrier still stood before the island, blocking the path ahead.
There were still quite a few tripods by the island.
Dugu Yunshan was by the island, washing his hands clean by the river, and as he rubbed his hands together, a chilling metallic sound was produced.
Cao Yueying’s red ribbon had broken at some point.
She simply tied two knots in the red ribbon and tied it around her waist, cinching it to reveal a slender waist that could be grasped with one hand.
Instead of sitting and resting, she swayed her wasp waist gently in front of Deng Feihong.
Deng Feihong sat on the ground, took out a red thread from his Storage Pouch, tore it, threw it on the ground, then took another, and tore it again.
Qian Duoduo noticed that Deng Feihong had no waist; his figure was a standard square shape.
The whistling sound in Qian Duoduo’s ears was continuous.
Those were the participating Disciples who had successfully passed through the fish and shrimp blockade.
When the whistling stopped, Ping Yundan’s voice rang out in the sky: “The second section is over; rest for one night.
Tomorrow morning, there will still be three bell rings to begin the third, and final, section.
Passing through the light barrier is the finish line.”
“There’s more!”
Some participating Disciples collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.
Qian Duoduo roughly checked and found that there were only over a hundred participating Disciples left on the island.
He wondered if there would still be a hundred people left after the third section tomorrow.
Most of these more than a hundred Disciples were injured.
Yan Boyuan was no longer among them.
The bearded Xu Fa limped over to Qian Duoduo, “Bu Huan Senior Brother, can you help me?”
He handed over a longsword.
The longsword was a mid-grade artisan artifact, with a crack at the tip.
“Can you help me repair it?”
His cultivation at Condensing Qi Stage Level Eight, yet he could use an artisan artifact, showed his profound magical power.
Seeing Qian Duoduo look up at him, Xu Fa bowed to Qian Duoduo, “Consider this matter as Xu Fa owing Senior Brother a favor; in the future, if Senior Brother speaks, I will certainly do my utmost to fulfill anything I can.”
Seeing that he misunderstood his reluctance to help, Qian Duoduo quickly said, “Brother Xu is too polite, it’s just a small matter.”
Lighting the furnace fire, Qian Duoduo put the longsword into the tripod, melted the sword body, added profound iron, and re-forged and shaped it.
A quarter of an hour later, Qian Duoduo took out the longsword and handed it back to Xu Fa.
Xu Fa received it with both hands, held it above his head, and bowed to Qian Duoduo.
He waved the longsword, and it first flashed with a golden light, then spat out four beams of sword light, completely repaired.
Xu Fa put away the longsword and deeply cupped his hands to Qian Duoduo again, “Senior Brother’s great kindness is etched in my heart.”
Qian Duoduo repeatedly waved his hands.
Xu Fa retreated and found an empty spot in the center of the island, where he sat down cross-legged to rest.
Looking at the dark river bottom, Qian Duoduo thought that there were still fish and shrimp hiding in the river, and he needed to catch some.
The furnace fire lit by Qian Duoduo was the only light in this area.
The participating Disciples were all fully recovering their Spiritual Qi, keeping far away from Qian Duoduo.
“It’s coming.”
In Qian Duoduo’s Spiritual Awareness, a not-very-large fish slowly swam closer, about a zhang away, sometimes facing south, sometimes facing north.
It was here to warm itself by the fire.
Qian Duoduo secretly chuckled.
Fish generally like light.
The fish was neither too far nor too close, making it truly difficult for him to catch.
Just as he was thinking about how to trick the fish to come a little closer, a water arrow suddenly appeared on the river surface, and a black shadow darted straight towards the fish warming itself by the fire.
The fish warming itself suddenly glowed all over, but then appeared dozens of zhang away, and then disappeared.
The fish’s true form, whatever Magic Treasure it was, definitely had a speed-boosting effect.
After the black shadow missed, it surfaced, took a look, then opened its large mouth and spewed out a stream of water, shooting it towards Qian Duoduo.
The stream of water hit the Golden Claw Armor, and Qian Duoduo took advantage of the momentum to fall, half his body plunging into the water.
The black shadow did not hesitate at all, it swung its giant tail and lunged fiercely at Qian Duoduo.
