CHAPTER 1082: CHAPTER 1079: STIRRING UP A HORNET’S NEST

Lin Tian feigned surprise as he said, "Those clumps of water grass, don’t they look like heads with white hair?"

"Now that you mention it, they do look a bit like that, but it should be fine, it’s just water grass," Ning Luoxi replied.

"To be safe, I’ll shoot a javelin in a bit to test it out. You act accordingly," Lin Tian reminded. After saying this, he lifted the waterproof bag from his back out of the water, took out the javelin inside, and sealed the bag again.

He dove underwater again and went to the bottom, where the clumps of water grass lightly swayed like heads covered in hair rolling around. Lin Tian felt a wave of nausea and quickly took aim with the javelin, pulling the trigger.

This shot wasn’t random; Lin Tian aimed precisely at the hole behind the water grass. The powerful mechanism shook violently, sending the javelin flying.

The javelin, attached to a rope, shot through the pond water, piercing into the water grass. This javelin was made to embed into rocks for climbing, so its penetration power was strong. However, after entering the water grass, it became stuck, only piercing halfway before stopping.

Damn, what kind of water grass is this tough? Lin Tian exclaimed in his mind, trying to pull the javelin back with the rope. Suddenly, something bizarre happened.

The water grass clumps started wriggling, and then the silver water grass rapidly grew, wrapping around the javelin, bending the alloy-made javelin easily.

And that wasn’t all; the water grass nearby also responded, all of them wriggling and then growing madly. Innumerable strands of water grass, like hair, quickly entwined along the rope, seemingly trying to find the culprit who fired the javelin.

The water grass wrapped around swiftly; in the time of a breath, it had entwined halfway. Lin Tian didn’t manage to pull it back, when a shadow dashed through—it was Ning Luoxi, moving swiftly with a dagger in her hand. She sliced through the javelin’s rope in one stroke.

Lin Tian understood Ning Luoxi’s intention: the water grass was too strange and should be avoided.

He grabbed Ning Luoxi’s arm and shot toward the water’s surface. Just as they were about to break through, a huge force suddenly pulled Ning Luoxi, along with Lin Tian, back to the bottom of the water.

Lin Tian turned to see Ning Luoxi, finding her feet entangled in water grass. Ning Luoxi didn’t panic; she bent down and precisely sliced with her dagger at the water grass below.

The sharp dagger could cut through tough rope. Lin Tian fully expected it to chop through the water grass easily, but to his surprise, the water grass remained unscathed after the dagger swiped through.

Both of them froze for a moment, not expecting the water grass to be so resilient. In that brief pause, more water grass wrapped around Ning Luoxi, pulling her further down.

Lin Tian wasn’t much better off. Since he was diving headfirst, his hands also got entangled with water grass. The water grass wrapped along his arms quickly, reaching his face and trying to enter his mouth and nose.

The thought of this eerie, hair-like water grass entering his body made Lin Tian’s skin crawl. He quickly grabbed the water grass before him and yanked with force, but it didn’t break.

Filled with annoyance, Lin Tian pulled harder. With a "bang," he managed to snap a bunch of water grass, though it shocked him that mere water grass could be tougher than steel wire.

Once the water grass was snapped, it lost its vitality instantly, floating in the pond water. Lin Tian had no time to study it, kicking forcefully toward Ning Luoxi.

At this moment, Ning Luoxi was already surrounded by water grass, her dagger nowhere to be found. She, like Lin Tian, had to rely on brute strength to break the water grass.

But there was too much attacking water grass. No sooner had she snapped one bunch than more sprang up, eventually binding her hands and feet tightly. More water grass grew, trying to enter Ning Luoxi’s mouth and nose, just as it had with Lin Tian.

Lin Tian finally realized that these water grasses were trying to grow into people’s organs and brains through the mouth and nose, ultimately draining them from the inside. A gruesome and strange parasitic method, more chilling than sharks tearing apart prey.

Unable to break free, Ning Luoxi gritted her teeth, about to unleash her power. Lin Tian couldn’t let her go berserk, wondering what might happen underwater if she did.

Lin Tian kicked once more, the massive thrust launching him like a torpedo, shooting him right in front of Ning Luoxi. He grabbed a bunch of rising water grass with one hand, pressing Ning Luoxi’s shoulder with the other to stop her from unleashing her inner energy.

Ning Luoxi, eyes red, nodded slightly; she had been on the brink of bursting, her eyes bloodshot. Lin Tian violently tore the water grass from his hand.

Yet more water grass grew, as if the whole pond had been activated, aiming to engulf and transform these two intruders into its growth nutrients.

A dark, cold gleam flashed in Lin Tian’s eyes. He swept his hand across his waist, producing a crescent-shaped blade—his long-cultivated Crescent Blade.

At this moment, the Crescent Blade was no longer a pure moon-white, but tinted with a faint crimson. Under the cold illumination, it appeared even more hauntingly beautiful.

Ning Luoxi’s eyes glittered with surprise upon seeing the Crescent Blade in Lin Tian’s hand. She had fought alongside Lin Tian before, knowing the origins of the Crescent Blade. At that time, it was a pure moon white, but now it seemed to have absorbed a bizarre, magical aura.

Lin Tian didn’t have time to explain. He swiftly slashed with the Crescent Blade, a crescent-shaped streak appearing, instantly severing the water grass binding Ning Luoxi’s right hand.

Lin Tian never doubted the sharpness of the Crescent Blade. Even Xu Feibai praised it, proving it was no ordinary blade.

He slashed up, down, left, and right, severing all the water grass binding Ning Luoxi and destroying the rising water grass in the process. Countless strands of water grass floated in the water, like numerous severed strands of hair.

Clearing the surrounding water grass, Lin Tian wrapped his arm around Ning Luoxi’s waist and with a mighty kick, they burst through the water like a Black Water King Snake, exploding onto the water’s surface and flying out toward the pond’s edge.

"Luoxi, are you alright?" Lin Tian quickly stood up, asking anxiously.

Ning Luoxi removed the equipment from her head and shook her head, "I’m alright, it’s just that the water grass was too tough and numerous. I couldn’t eradicate them as quickly as they grew and got restrained for a moment."

"That’s true, it was like we stirred up a hornet’s nest, and they all swarmed at us. I don’t even know what strange thing this is. If the Black Water King Snake were here, it probably wouldn’t fare well either," Lin Tian remarked in awe.

Ning Luoxi didn’t comment, glancing at the Crescent Blade in Lin Tian’s hand with curiosity, "Can I take a look at your Crescent Blade? It seems different now."