My speed was great, and I was protected by the Ju Yang Zhu.
The corpse fish couldn't get close to me.
Using this opening, I quickly swam to the surface, but the corpse fish and specters behind me rapidly pursued.
As I neared the surface, I grabbed the middle-aged man and threw him ashore.
“Honey, honey…”
The middle-aged woman was ecstatic to see her husband thrown onto the shore.
I surfaced for air and said to the middle-aged woman:
“Give him CPR!”
At this moment, I still had to kill the fish-headed demon and ghost below and didn't have time to use the Soul Stabilizing technique.
The middle-aged woman was terrified when I spoke:
“I, I don’t know how…”
But I ignored her.
Turning, I submerged back into the water.
Even if this middle-aged man died, as long as I returned within an hour, I could save him.
Unless his time was up, his lifespan was meant to end today.
After I went back into the water, my eyes became fiercer.
I craved strength and looked forward to the great battle.
Only between life and death could I comprehend and break through my limits.
This was also why I hadn't summoned the Twelve Demon Souls at this moment.
When I submerged back to the bottom of the water.
The fish-headed demon and ghost floated in the water, enveloped in black energy.
Specters swarmed around, and corpse fish were dense.
“Foolish. You dare to return. It’s a good opportunity to stretch my muscles.”
His voice was muffled in the water.
With that, he lunged at me with his iron chain.
In the water, the fish-headed demon and ghost was incredibly fast.
Coupled with the assistance of the specters, and the geographical advantage, he had the clear upper hand.
However, in my eyes, this fish-headed demon and ghost was not invincible.
Moreover, I observed his cultivation to be only at the early stage of True Light, approaching the middle stage.
In terms of cultivation, the opponent suppressed me.
But I possessed Dharma treasures and secret arts that could fully compensate for my shortcomings.
Now, I would not hold back.
The Ju Yin Zhu was unleashed.
Yin and Yang united, circling around me, forming a barrier.
Even if I couldn’t use talismans, I was confident I could kill this fish-headed monster here.
The specters attacked fiercely, and the corpse fish surrounded me.
In the water, I continued to hack and blast.
Screams of specters rang out, and countless corpse fish died.
The fish-headed demon spirit also confronted me in the water.
This fish-headed monster was fast, and with his cultivation advantage, he almost had me suppressed.
But he also feared the Yin Yang Orbs around me.
The fight raged for ten minutes.
For an ordinary person, let alone fighting in water for ten minutes, holding their breath for ten minutes would have led to multiple deaths.
At this moment, I also felt the discomfort of oxygen deprivation.
However, in this state of life and death, I was constantly touching the door to the True Light realm.
The closer I was to the brink of death, the more apparent the feeling of breakthrough became.
If my martial uncle and master knew that I was seeking a breakthrough in such a reckless way, they would surely scold me for being rash.
But I understood that the path of cultivation was like sailing against the current.
Not advancing meant retreating. Without the determination to break through, without the will to seek the Tao, it was difficult to make any progress.
The fish-headed monster, seeing me fight more ferociously, and his corpse fish and specter subordinates becoming like nothing, became completely enraged.
“Damn human, don’t underestimate this king!”
With that, the fish-headed monster’s entire body erupted with waves of black energy.
The black energy surged, even spilling out of the water.
From the outside, the surface of the entire reservoir, besides the bubbling and surging water,
was also emitting black energy.
Passersby who heard the commotion came to observe but were too frightened to approach.
The fish-headed monster’s outburst caused its eyes to emit a faint green light.
I felt waves of chilling energy approach.
The next second, the surrounding water seemed to freeze.
My movements were severely restricted.
Moreover, the surrounding corpse fish continuously spat black water at me.
Attempting to corrode me.
The fish-headed monster also raised its iron chain in the water and swung it towards my head.
At that moment, the purple bone vine on my left hand and the twelve demon soul imprints all lit up.
Ready to come out and help me.
But it was precisely this external immense pressure, and this moment of life and death,
that I finally touched the glimmer of a breakthrough opportunity.
The door that had always been unopenable suddenly showed a crack.
On one side, I raised my hand to block.
The Yin Yang treasures, under my hand seals, swept outwards.
Forming swirling vortexes to ward off the corrosive black water.
Within my dantian, I gathered a breath and rushed towards the door of the True Light realm.
“Bang!”
The fish-headed monster’s iron chain struck.
Blocked by me, my legs sank directly into the mud.
The terrifying pressure made my tiger’s mouth ache.
It felt as if my bones were about to shatter.
But I gritted my teeth and held my breath.
I let out a muffled roar:
“Break!”
The breath within my dantian instantly surged towards the door of the True Light realm.
In that instant, that door blocking my breakthrough was instantly opened.
As if a meridian had been opened within my body.
Because it was a breakthrough of a major stage,
three strands of true qi condensed within my dantian once more.
All the cells in my body were also thoroughly activated in that instant, erupting with a powerful protective aura.
“Buzz…”
A vibration sounded in the water.
The surrounding water waves transformed into ripples, violently oscillating outwards.
The fish-headed monster that had been suppressing me was also overturned by this wave of energy.
The feeling of power made me feel unprecedentedly comfortable.
The restraint of oxygen deprivation also disappeared at this moment.
My body instantly broke free from the mud, and I let out a muffled roar:
“Break!”
Raising the peach wood sword, I unleashed a sword strike…