Jackie Chan: The Supreme Sorcerer, invited by his father to come out of seclusion

Chapter 176 Escape

She didn't know whether the other party was real or fake, a phantom or the residual power of the original, but Ximu's fate proved everything.

A head-on confrontation will only lead to certain death!
She had to hide, like a deep-sea fish, lurking in the vast ocean of the human world.

When this era passes, when these mortals turn to dust, when the traces of that terrifying being completely disappear...

Perhaps, when the next era arrives, she will have the opportunity to rebuild her water kingdom.

Although this means that the return of her kingdom is a long way off.

But staying in the human world is much better than going back to that sulfur-filled, eternally painful hell!

"Don't run!"

When Jackie Chan saw Basha run away, he immediately shouted and hurriedly chased after her with his father.

Tru and Sheriff Black remained behind, watching warily as the furious yet helpless Holy Lord stood there, along with the bewildered Black Hand trio.

Basha transformed into a stream of water that moved incredibly fast, meandering across the ground and leaving a wet trail.

Jackie Chan kept up with his agile skills, while his father prepared his magic as he ran.

Just as Bazaar was about to turn a street corner, an accident occurred.

Squeak-!
A speeding car, completely unaware of the unusual flow of water on the ground, ran right over the water that Basha had transformed into!
boom!
A soft thud.

The human-shaped stream of water was instantly shattered, turning into a large puddle of clear water that splashed onto the asphalt road.

The driver didn't even notice anything amiss, just muttered something and drove away.

"Stop!" Jackie Chan quickly stopped.

He looked at the puddle of water on the ground and frowned.

Dead? He was just hit by a car and died?
Cheng found it hard to believe that demons could be so fragile.

He cautiously approached the puddle of water, trying to assess the situation.

The old man caught up, panting, and had already taken out a shriveled pufferfish in his hand.

"Watch out, Jackie Chan! Demons aren't so easy to kill!" Uncle warned.

The words just fell!

The puddle of water on the ground suddenly began to wriggle and gather!
As if it had a life of its own, the water quickly reformed and transformed back into the form of the water demon Basha!
She appeared unharmed, only her face was colder.

"Oh my! I knew it!" Upon seeing this, the old man immediately raised the pufferfish in his hand and quickly chanted a spell.

"Demons and monsters, get out of here! Demons..."

Basha clearly recognized this magical item specifically designed to counter her.

A cold glint flashed in her eyes, and before her father could finish chanting the incantation, she suddenly flung her hand away!

call out!
Another, more concentrated and faster water jet shot precisely at the pufferfish in Dad's hand!
Snapped!
The pufferfish was hit by the water jet, slipped from my grasp, and fell to the ground.

Father's spellcasting was interrupted!
"Oh no!" Jackie Chan exclaimed inwardly, and was about to step forward.

Basha gave them no chance at all. Her body transformed into a stream of water once again, and with a nimble leap, she jumped directly into a decorative fountain pool by the roadside.

Pfft!
Water splashed up, and Basha's figure instantly merged into the pool and disappeared.

The pool is connected to the city's sewer system, like a fish entering the sea, making it difficult to track down.

Jackie Chan rushed to the edge of the pool, looked at the calm water, and sighed helplessly.

The old man picked up the pufferfish from the ground, looking quite annoyed.

"Damn it! She got away!"

Basha followed the city's pipeline system downwards, eventually merging into the cold, dark depths of the sea.

This was once the territory she ruled.

Guided by her memories, she arrived at the ruins of her former kingdom.

However, what came into view was no longer a magnificent crystal palace, but a scene of broken walls and ruins.

The former glory has long been buried by the passage of time and tectonic shifts, leaving only some vague outlines to prove that a powerful civilization once existed here.

Basha hovered above the ruins, a complex emotion appearing on her cold face for the first time.

Endless years have passed, and the world has changed beyond recognition. Even she, the immortal demon lord, could not stop the mighty power of time.

Her kingdom is gone.

Basha hovered silently above the ruins of her former kingdom for a long time.

Rebuild a new underwater kingdom?
The thought arose in her mind, but she quickly suppressed it.

She really wants to.

really want.

But that nightmarish figure, that sword of time that cuts through everything, made her dare not act rashly.

Ximu's fate serves as the best warning.

Before fully understanding the true nature of Lin Tian and whether the threat of that sword still exists, any high-profile behavior is tantamount to suicide.

She had barely escaped the prison of hell, and she must never repeat the same mistake.

We must investigate thoroughly first.

What exactly is going on with Lin Tian?

Was that illusory figure a remnant of power, or some kind of omen?

Will the sword of time ever reappear?
She couldn't eat or sleep until these questions were clarified.

Basha made up her mind to temporarily abandon the idea of ​​rebuilding the kingdom.

She transformed into an invisible stream of water, silently merging into the dark depths of the sea, completely concealing her presence.

She decided to lie low for now, using the omnipresence of water to slowly gather intelligence, investigate this era, and find out everything about Lin Tian and the Sword of Time.

……

On the other side, on the city streets.

Looking at the empty pool, Jackie Chan said helplessly to his father, "Dad, what do we do now? She's gone into the sewer."

The old man blew on his beard, his face full of helplessness and frustration.

"Oh dear! What can we do? This Basha is even more slippery than that coward Xiaofeng!"

He put away the pufferfish and sighed.

"Moreover, she already knows about... the existence of the Sword of Time." The old man's voice unconsciously lowered, as if mentioning the name itself carried immense pressure.

"Having experienced what happened with Ximu and learned about the power of this sword, Basha is probably determined to hide and will definitely not show herself easily."

Jackie Chan frowned: "Will she keep hiding? How long will she hide?"

"Yes." Dad nodded firmly.

"Demons have almost infinite lifespans; for them, decades or centuries are but a blink of an eye."

The old man looked at Jackie Chan with a solemn expression.

“She could have simply hidden away and waited until we all grew old and died. As long as she could stay in the human world, it would be much better for her than to stay in that hellish place.”

Jackie Chan's heart sank; this was indeed a big problem.

A water demon determined to hide, like a drop of water merging into the ocean, finding her is like searching for a needle in a haystack.

"We can't just let her stay in the human world, can we?" Jackie Chan asked anxiously. "Who knows what kind of trouble she might cause in the future?"

"Of course not!" The old man straightened his back, a resolute glint in his eyes.

"Dad, I'm going back right now! I'll search through all the ancient magic books and study the magic to track down demonic auras!"

He patted his chest.

"Even if she turns into a drop of water, Daddy will pull her out of the ocean! We must find Basha and then use the Bagua Mirror to send her back to hell!"

Jackie Chan nodded; his father's determination reassured him considerably.

"Okay, Dad, let's think of a solution together."

(End of this chapter)