Twilight Boundary-Chapter 841 - 812: Burning the Lake and Cooking the Jiao (5000 Words)_3

"Humph!"

"Ha!"

In an instant, a roaring Yang Thunder and a chilling yin qi interwove, like two parallel but entirely opposing rivers, rushing forward in unison, wreaking havoc among the loyal Black Armored Guards, causing many to stumble and fall.

The Food Protection Army followed closely behind, and where their sinister blades and spears danced, they swiftly eliminated Black Armored Guards one by one.

Beside them, Bald Zhang, who had originally raised his hand to reveal a trump card, turned his head upon hearing the commotion, and put his hand down:

"Since you hummed, I'll refrain from doing so."

"..."

Meanwhile, the three-headed Old Flood Dragon felt increasingly irked by the growing crowd around it, and seeing the Black Armored Guards already devastated, nearly covered in corpses, it became both scared and angry, wanting to unleash a fierce move to slaughter them.

Yet, being shrewd, it knew from the start that in terms of army strength, it wasn't a match for the Food Protection Army, which was why it used the commoners as human shields. Later, seeing how quickly the Food Protection Army breached the city, and its rain-summoning magic being thwarted, it realized there was an expert among them.

Suddenly alert, it noticed troops quickly moving outside the southern city by the lake, aiming to cut off its retreat to the lake?

Having stayed on the south side for the purpose of retreating into the lake, now it dared not fight recklessly. With an angry roar, its demonic aura shook, repelling those advancing towards it, and then disregarding others, it leapt over the city wall.

Diving headfirst into the lake, it underwent an immediate transformation; a gigantic form lurked underwater, occasionally letting out formidable roars.

The Food Protection Army reached the city wall, bending bows and releasing arrows, yet to no avail.

In the next moment, the lake's creature stirred, raising massive waves that crashed against the deliberately built low city walls by the lake, smashing into the city, it was unclear how many houses collapsed and soldiers were struck down.

Riding the surging waves, the Black Armored Guards too fled towards the lake, diving into the water.

Soon after, from all directions on the lake, traces in the water were endless, with countless hidden entities rushing to assist, forming a dark mass resembling an army, continuously raising waves towards the city.

Even these fierce generals from the Food Protection Army, having never witnessed such a scene, turned pale, retreating trembling like drenched chickens.

"Haha, with a thousand years of cultivation, reigning by the waters, how can your petty Path compete? As long as I'm in this lake, your dream of taking Huzhou will remain elusive..."

In terms of human age, he was only in his thirties, but knowing his origin, he referred to himself with the elder term.

This boast indeed made everyone present grimace. With Huzhou surrounded by water on three sides and peculiar terrain, if such an ancient beast lurked in the waters, keeping an eye day and night, even if Huzhou were taken, it wouldn't be easy to hold it.

This was the true asset of the three-headed Old Flood Dragon, having taken human form for thirty years, yet it retained its evil nature, its real force was in the water.

When the Food Protection Army was present, it hid in the lake; once the army left, it returned to reclaim the place, rendering defenses futile.

More crucially, finding a method to deal with it was challenging; being a celestial anomaly with a thousand years of cultivation, even Mrs. Lu's paper man might struggle to suppress its ferocity.

So how could one manage to deal with it?

...

...

"Such a thousand-year cultivation..."

Just when everyone sensed the ominous situation and felt helpless, from afar came a long laugh; Hu Ma appeared in a black robe, accompanied by Calculation carrying a banner, and Er Guotou on the wall, watching from a distance.

Both sides' troops, especially the leaders, mostly recognized Hu Ma and quickly moved aside, while Hu Ma proceeded directly to the city wall, gazing at the expansive, dark lake below, and laughed:

"I'd like to see how your thousand-year cultivation compares to my Ten Incense Sticks."

"..."

"What a wretch, get lost!"

The creature in the lake didn't recognize Hu Ma, feeling that the one who had set the altar and sealed the city just now wasn't him, and seeing his young age, dismissed him, stirring up waves seemingly intending to drag him into the lake as well.

"Bang!"

Hu Ma, however, struck backhand with the Big Stone Breaking Hand.

On the back of his hand, intricate and dense runes appeared, as he slapped the massive waves spanning tens of zhang wide and over ten zhang high, astonishingly pushing them back into the lake.

In the next moment, his soul light condensed suddenly, manifesting a three-headed, six-armed Dharma Form, with an ominous visage turning toward the front.

Facing the dark lake, the ten pillars of cultivation within him surged simultaneously, the head turning a faint crimson hue.

Subsequently, with mouth wide open, he abruptly roared, spouting torrents of fiery evil into the lake.

The evil dragon, already terrified when the waves got pushed back, quickly curled and twisted to the deep bottom of the lake, swiftly swimming toward the distance, resolved not to show itself easily.

Yet unexpectedly, the fiery torrents blasting into the lake generated surging steam, rapidly filling half the sky, rendering sight impossible.

Soon, bubbling sounds reverberated on the lake surface, and from within, countless aquatic spirits shrieked miserably, struggling to escape from the water.

Some turned red.

Behind, both the Food Protection Army and Calculation, along with Er Guotou on the distant city wall, were nearly dumbstruck:

"He... he's boiling the lake... driving away monsters?"

PS Recommended book: "Containment of Anomalies: I'm the Luckiest in the Cage," by author A Tentacle, supernatural sci-fi genre.