Ling Tian was unaware that his elimination of the Rain Woman and a large group of Kappa had thoroughly angered the master of this water territory, the Umibōzu.
Ling Tian also knew that the approaching party was not friendly, and he had no desire to interact with these yokai. With a raise of his hand, a fire talisman shot out. A fireball the size of a fist flew directly towards the Umibōzu at the bow of the opposing ship.
Unexpectedly, the Umibōzu on the other side possessed some skill. When Ling Tian's fireball was still more than ten meters from the enemy ship's bow, a water wall suddenly rose from the lake's surface.
This water wall was two to three meters high, and the fire talisman collided with it.
"Boom!"
The fire talisman detonated, but before the flames could spread, the water wall suddenly enveloped them.
Instantly, the high temperature emitted by the fire talisman caused a large amount of water in the water wall to evaporate, creating swirling smoke all around.
Seeing this, a cold smile appeared on Ling Tian's lips.
"Sorcery? Interesting."
Since a single explosive fire talisman was ineffective, Ling Tian did not hold back. With a flash of thought, an entire book of fire talismans appeared in his hand.
Injecting his true essence into the talismans, over ten fireballs flew towards the Umibōzu at the bow of the樓船 (lou chuan) from different directions and at higher altitudes.
"Haha, let's see how high your water wall can fly!"
However, the Umibōzu's dead fish eyes, larger than grapes, did not even blink. It raised its staff again, and Ling Tian suddenly felt a fluctuation of spiritual power from the water surface.
Immediately after, dozens of water arrows shot out from the water's surface!
Each of these water arrows was as thick as an adult's arm, and the pressure with which they were shot was even greater than that of a fire department's high-pressure water cannon.
The more than ten fireballs flying in the sky were all hit by these water arrows and exploded in mid-air!
Ling Tian's expression became somewhat solemn. He knew that his opponent was not easy to deal with. Setting aside the creature's spiritual power, the mere ability to use sorcery to track more than ten erratically moving fireballs required extremely powerful mental strength!
Clearly, the monster before him possessed strong mental power and was a formidable spellcaster. Moreover, this was on the water's surface, which was essentially this creature's home turf!
However, although the vast majority of the fireballs were destroyed, one small fireball, under Ling Tian's control, dodged and weaved, evading several water arrow attacks, and then flew straight towards the bow, aiming for the Umibōzu.
But at this moment, an energy shield suddenly appeared around the Umibōzu's body.
The fireball exploded upon hitting the shield, and the scattered flames ignited two Kappa standing nearby. These two monsters, screaming in agony, immediately jumped into the water, and their corpses soon floated to the surface.
As for the Umibōzu, it remained unharmed, as if nothing had happened. Ling Tian focused his gaze and finally discovered that behind the catfish-headed creature were two clam spirits.
Clam spirits could release extremely powerful shields to protect their masters.
This Umibōzu was likely very afraid of death, as it had secretly equipped itself with two clam spirits behind it.
Ling Tian's successive attacks had completely enraged the catfish-headed creature. It was the overlord of this water territory, and this damned intruder, who knew where that ship came from, dared to kill its subordinates and even provoke it. How could it tolerate this!
Therefore, the Umibōzu raised its hand, and its staff released a large amount of spiritual energy. The previously calm lake surface suddenly began to boil. Immediately after, more than ten water spears, each as thick as a bowl, shot out from the lake's surface, directly smashing towards Ling Tian!
These water spears moved with incredible speed and carried immense force. Forget hitting a person; even hitting Ling Tian's ship would have created a hole in its hull.
Facing the fierce attack, Ling Tian remained unfazed. He formed a hand seal with both hands and pointed it at the water surface in front of him.
The water surface seemed to boil over. The lake water surged, and in an instant, a water wall over ten meters wide and ten meters high emerged from the surface!
The water spears released by the Umibōzu all struck this water wall.
The water wall was nearly a meter thick, and the water spears could not penetrate it, quickly becoming part of the wall.
A few seconds later, Ling Tian cut off the spiritual energy supply, and the water wall dissipated with a whoosh, leaving only surging waves on the water's surface.
The Umibōzu was stunned. As a great yokai with nearly a thousand years of cultivation, it possessed intelligence. It had not expected a human, such a young human, to master such powerful water-attribute sorcery!
In fact, Ling Tian's use of sorcery was not impulsive. Within the inheritance he obtained from the spiritual realm space, there were many sorceries.
Especially in the Myriad Laws Pavilion, which recorded thousands of sorceries, large and small.
When Ling Tian's cultivation reached a certain level, he learned several Five Elements sorceries, and today, he unexpectedly used them in actual combat!
Ling Tian also did not expect the defensive power of this water wall to be so monstrous. To penetrate such a water wall, one would likely need a main cannon with a caliber of at least 100 millimeters.
The Umibōzu was completely enraged. It raised its staff with both hands, chanting incantations. Its gaping maw opened and closed, looking quite comical.
At this moment, Ling Tian also felt a large amount of energy fluctuations occurring in the surrounding space.
In an instant, the lake water between the two ships began to boil again. This time, a large amount of lake water rose from the surface. Ling Tian saw nine water dragons, each over a meter in diameter and more than ten meters high, rising from the lake's surface!
The heads of these water dragons even simulated dragon shapes, looking extremely terrifying!
The nine soaring water pillars intertwined in mid-air and then slammed down towards Ling Tian's ship!
At the bow of the yacht, Ling Tian stared intently at the nine water dragons, a cold smile appearing on his lips!
Just as the water dragons were about to smash down and shatter Ling Tian's yacht, Ling Tian and his ship suddenly vanished.
Ling Tian directly collected the ship into his spiritual realm space. At this moment, the water dragons crashed down!
The nine thick water dragons, carrying immense power, struck the water surface, causing turbulent waves.
A minute later, the water surface calmed down. The Umibōzu looked at the water surface, where Ling Tian and his ship were no longer present. The yokai was extremely happy, believing that Ling Tian had perished without a trace this time.
And at this very moment, three more樓船 (lou chuan) sailed into view across the vast expanse of the lake!