Immortal Martial Saint, something's wrong with my entry.

New author, new book. Welcome all readers.

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Less than half an incense stick's time after Li Youan submerged in the river, Pingyu and the other two arrived at the riverbank.

"Wait, be careful this kid doesn't try anything funny." Pingyu stopped the two henchmen who were about to jump into the river after seeing the corpse on the bank.

"You two idiots, haven't you had enough of the traps you fell into last night? Have you forgotten how many monsters roam the river?"

Pingyu's mood worsened when he thought about how he almost got his face smeared with rabbit demon's droppings last night.

"Young Master Ping, if this little brat doesn't jump into the river, how can he cross it? It'll be dawn soon, and then his biggest advantage will be gone." One of the henchmen seemed to have some sense.

"What if this is what he wants you to think? This happened several times last night."

"Let's cross the river and see. If he has crossed the river and we chase after him along the river, he will get away."

"And if he goes into the river, given the river's current," Pingyu said, kicking a stone into the river.

thump.

Before the stone could sink into the water, it had already been swept more than ten meters away by the current.

"Going against the current is impossible. We just need to go downstream to find where he got off the river." Pingyu looked at the turbulent river with a gloomy expression.

"Walk."

Before he finished speaking, Pingyu had already jumped onto the river and run towards the other side.

Pingyu was the first to reach the other side of the river. He lightly touched the ground with his toes and jumped up again, finally landing on the top of the tallest tree on the bank.

Swoosh, swoosh.

Yu Fei and Ruan Huai'an quickly stood beside Ping Yu, and the three of them observed their surroundings to prevent Li You'an from setting any more disgusting traps.

After a careful search, the three of them found only the carcass of a black-winged bird in a thicket.

The three stood in the bushes, looking at the monster's corpse before them, their faces extremely grim. Li Youan had now left the problem to the three of them.

"What do you think is the meaning behind me deliberately leaving this monster's corpse here? Am I trying to trick you, or am I pointing you in the right direction?"

Yu Fei thought for a moment and muttered the difficult problem left by Li Youan.

"Should we continue chasing forward, or follow the river downstream?" Yu Fei looked at Ping Yu and asked the question that disgusted the three of them.

"Forget it, this kid better make it to the front-line base alive. I'll see if he really dares to wait for me in the arena. I'll give him a good welcome then."

Pingyu's forehead veins bulged as he gritted his teeth and struggled to suppress his anger, barely managing to control himself with reason.

"We've been led around by him all night, and the arena match is coming up soon. He can't run away from the temple, so he'll eventually go to the front-line base. We'll wait for him there."

"Let him know the difference between us peasants and us! Let's go!"

After smashing the bushes with a single blow to cover the corpse of the black-winged bird, Pingyu turned and ran into the depths of the forest.

Yu Fei and Ruan Huai'an exchanged a glance and hurriedly followed.

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Let's turn our attention back to Li Youan.

After entering the water, Li Youan swam quickly downstream along the riverbed, clinging to the side of the riverbed.

After dodging several riverbed rocks, Li Youan realized he had stumbled into the territory of a group of fish-like monsters.

"This is a silver-scaled scorpion fish. I need to be careful. If things get too dangerous, I'll have to go ashore." Li Youan identified the name of the monster as he looked at it in the distance.

"Anyway, it's been so long, those three idiots shouldn't be able to catch up."

Just as Li Youan was about to quietly pass through from one side of the riverbed, a water arrow shot out from behind him, piercing through the silver-scaled scorpion fish that was closest to him.

Because it happened so fast, the silver-scaled scorpionfish was still swimming forward due to inertia, but blood gushed out from the hole in its body, forming a red streak in the water.

The stench of blood immediately attracted the attention of the other silver-scaled scorpion fish. Upon discovering the death of their companion, the entire school of fish became agitated, quickly pinpointing their location and swimming towards Li Youan in unison.

Of course, when passing by the injured silver scorpionfish, to prevent its kind from suffering for a long time, it was eaten directly.

Looking at the densely packed silver-scaled scorpion fish in front of him, and being stared at by hundreds of eyes, Li Youan felt a chill run down his spine.

"run!"

Only this one word flashed through Li Youan's mind. He didn't even have time to think about the origin of the water arrow just now. He just glanced back and vaguely saw a flash of white.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

Li Youan swam quickly towards the surface of the water, and silver-scaled scorpion fish continued to gather from all directions.

While dodging, Li Youan used the reefs to avoid the attacks of the silver-scaled scorpionfish, some of which charged directly at him with their bodies, while others spat out water arrows from their mouths.

boom.

boom.

The stronger silver-scaled scorpionfish used its tail fin, which resembled a scorpion's stinger, to stab at Li Youan.

The bone whip left many afterimages in Li Youan's hands, continuously killing silver-scaled scorpion fish, but it had little effect on the huge school of fish.

The biggest advantage of having many fish demons is that, compared to Li Youan's enormous size, the Silver Scale Scorpion Fish cannot launch too many attacks at the same time, and some water arrows will accidentally injure their own kind.

Li Youan has only managed to hold on until now thanks to the cover provided by the silver-scaled scorpion fish's size; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to hold on.

Although the "Military Training Model Soldier" title allowed Li Youan to recover to some extent, the intensity of the battle consumed far more energy than it restored.

Moreover, the large number of fish did not lead Li Youan to the shore as he wished; instead, it led him to the center of the river, which was even further from the shore.

Without fighting, Li Youan discovered through walking his dog last night that he could hold his breath for three hours without any problem.

But now, with the fierce battle raging, Li Youan can only hold out for another ten minutes or so; this is his last chance to survive.

"I also said those three were idiots. I was also an idiot for thinking of escaping through the river. I just lack common sense in this area. I must reverse the influence of my previous life on the ordinary world. This is too dangerous."

While reminding himself of this, Li Youan searched for ways to survive.

These silver-scaled scorpionfish are not afraid of death at all, or rather, they are constantly replenished after being killed. With such disciplined cooperation and mobilization, the leader behind the fish school does not care about the casualties of its subordinates.

After being completely driven to the middle of the river by the fish, Li Youan became somewhat anxious.

Although the progress bar on the panel had reached 6.72%, after sensing the remaining energy in his body, Li Youan determined that he had to find a way out within five minutes.

Li Youan tried to break through in all directions, but was blocked by swarms of silver-scaled scorpion fish.

Having failed to break through, Li Youan forced himself to calm down; panicking wouldn't solve anything. After this escape attempt, Li Youan's operational space had shrunk to only a quarter of what it was before.

The riverbed was littered with the corpses of silver-scaled scorpion fish from Li Youan's battles.

The river water was also stained red with a large amount of fish blood, and the visibility of the river water around Li Youan became much lower.

Finally, Li Youan discovered a flaw that could hardly be considered a flaw.

Although there are many fish demons in all directions, the number of fish demons below Li Youan is the fewest.

It's possible that this slight opening was created because Li Youan's previous escape route didn't include the downward direction. Alternatively, it's possible they weren't worried at all about Li Youan continuing to escape deeper into the enemy territory.

After pausing for a moment, Li Youan wielded his bone whip and launched a fierce attack upwards. The bone whip left more than a dozen afterimages as it was swung, and the fish began to gather upwards in a targeted manner, further shrinking Li Youan's space to move.

Just as the two sides were clashing fiercely, Li Youan first lashed out with his whip, scattering the surrounding fish, and then quickly mobilized his inner energy, turning his gaze upwards.

Perhaps it was the leader behind them who noticed Li Youan's movements through the scarlet blood, and the fish began to gather above Li Youan.

However, while keeping his gaze upward, Li Youan shot the bone whip in his hand downward at an unusual angle.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

The bone whip was so fast that many silver-scaled scorpionfish remained in a defensive posture even after being pierced. The whip's rapid movement only left streaks of blood in the river water.

Upon seeing a passage appear below, Li Youan quickly rushed towards the opening.

Whoosh.

Li Youan swung his right hand backward, whipping the bone whip to accelerate himself, and rushed downward like an arrow released from a bow.

"Hmm? There's a hole."

I turned my head and looked at the silver-scaled scorpionfish that had caught up again, and some of them were even clashing with the bone whip again with their tail fins.

"Let's risk it and go in to take a look."

Li Youan gritted his teeth and swam toward the cave entrance.