"But with just these, it's still not enough to bridge the gap in power between us!"

Gripping the Cold Blood Blade, newly reforged, he suddenly dived forward, slicing horizontally towards the forehead of the Red Carp Monster.

Sshh...

Seeing its threat failing, the Red Carp Monster's ferocity was fully revealed. A cold mist rapidly gathered in its throat, transforming into a white arrow that suddenly shot towards Xia Hong.

At the same time, its gold gills on both sides of its face gently twitched, causing the river water beneath it to speed up violently, converging into a massive wave in an instant, breaking through the ice surface, and forming a tens-of-meters-high ice wave that pounced towards Xia Hong.

Boom...

Xia Hong's body trembled fiercely, flames that usually surrounded him suddenly flared open violently, and the temperature in a one-mile radius instantly rose, forcefully evaporating more than half of the ice wave.

Clang!

At the same time, Xia Hong swung his saber to cut off the white arrow spat out by the Red Carp Monster, continuing to fly forward, quickly closing the distance to less than twenty meters from the Red Carp Monster.

The white arrow, after being flicked away, pinned to the riverbank, instantly freezing the surrounding hundred-meter radius, even the snow mist in the air didn't escape, quickly solidifying into ice crystals and falling to the ground.

Screech...

Even as the massive wave was evaporated and the white arrow flicked away, the Red Carp Monster refused to be outdone. Its gold gills on the sides of its face shook violently, a larger wave rapidly gathered again, rolling from behind, and once more pounced on Xia Hong.

"Finally, some real challenge. Let's see how capable you really are. Thinking you can dominate this stretch of water, it's not that simple!"

Seeing the massive wave behind the Red Carp Monster reaching over a hundred meters, almost covering its body, Xia Hong's eyes tightened slightly, feeling the terrifying power of the wave. Though his dive didn't stop, his grip on the saber tightened significantly.

Whoosh...

As the massive wave surged in, Xia Hong changed to a two-handed grip on the saber, slashing down at the Red Carp Monster's head. Behind him, a thousand-zhang bone appearance illusion rapidly formed, mimicking his every move, and in the illusion's hand was also held a several-hundred-zhang long crimson saber, seemingly proportionally enlarged.

Boom...

As the saber slashed down, intense heat quickly expanded, accompanied by the falling blade, clashing violently with the icy wave created by the Red Carp Monster. The instant of hot and cold collision formed vast white vapor waves, instantly enveloping the three to four-kilometer riverbank area.

Crack...

"Got it!"

Xia Hong burst through the white mist, feeling his saber strike the target, and his pupils showed a hint of excitement as he instantly rushed forward, attempting to expand his victory.

Only when he charged forward, he merely collided with a slippery golden fish gill. Lifting his hand to grasp the over-thirty-meters-long gill, he looked towards the river surface again, and saw no trace of the Red Carp Monster.

"Just escaped like that!"

Looking down at the dark black water surface beneath the ice, Xia Hong furrowed his brows, directly giving up the idea of diving underwater for pursuit.

"Not only does it have a massive home field advantage and significantly higher intelligence, but it also possesses such powerful water control abilities. It seems Water Cold Beasts are much more troublesome than Land Cold Beasts. I just wonder how dense the Water Cold Beasts are."

Looking at the fractured ice surface below, Xia Hong's expression shifted slightly.

With the Red Carp Monster driven away, he could now safely explore the underwater species.

"The Dragon Carp Pill from Jiangxia Town and the Green Cod Pill from Bashang Town should both come from aquatic species. With such a large water area, these two Dan Medicines should soon be abundant in Great Xia. Moreover..."

Xia Hong turned his head to look at the unidentified precious aquatic vegetation along the riverbank, a smile breaking across his face.

In the second year of Great Xia, June, when he first came to the riverbank, he saw these precious aquatic plants. When driven away by the Red Carp Monster, he hastily pulled out five identical plants, later identified as Green Lotus Grass.

Xia Hong still remembers the description of the Green Lotus Grass: Beast-type Spiritual Medicine, can assist beasts in gaining intelligence, enhancing strength, and is also usable in human alchemy, though currently has no established formula.

The description alone indicates the absolute rarity of the Green Lotus Grass, and anything growing alongside such precious Spirit Grass would naturally be extraordinary.

"The character '荥' truly fits the occasion today!"

Turning to look at the countless precious spirit plants of various kinds along the riverbank, Xia Hong's eyes were full of joy.

Just at that moment, Li Xuanling walked over with two children in tow.

"Daddy chased away that big fish monster. So amazing!"

"I always knew Daddy would chase it away."

Hearing the cheers from the two children, Xia Hong's face was filled with a smile. Turning, he saw the little ones running towards him and went forward to meet them.

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