It's late at night.

The forest was silent and most of the insects had stopped chirping.

Lucius and the other two closed their eyes and rested. The fire on the ground gradually died down, leaving only a tiny bit of bright red light, which was flickering in the breeze.

Lucius and Sheng Wu were both resting on the same tree trunk, while Rosaya remained in the position she was in after being knocked unconscious by Sheng Wu, falling to the ground covered with mud and leaves closer to the river.

"Gugu..."

Occasionally, an owl would hoot softly, but perhaps because it was tired from the journey, the sound became more and more hypnotic.

The moonlight casts a shimmering light on the river surface, causing occasional ripples. Gradually, the ripples become regular and concentrated in one place.

The atmosphere was quiet and eerie, and gradually, the ripples approached the river.

Drop, drop...

The slightest sound was drowned out by the wind.

“Crash!!!”

Suddenly, a loud sound of water coming out was heard.

Sheng Wu's eyes, which had been sleeping just now, opened in an instant, shining with a sharp light.

"court death!"

After she finished speaking, a beauty bone fan suddenly appeared in her right hand.

Lucius was awakened by the loud noise. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a ball of water with a diameter of one meter flying towards them!

"careful!"

Lucius' pupils trembled, and without thinking, he subconsciously wanted to push Sheng Wu away first.

“Get out of the way!”

However, Sheng Wu thought that Lucius was blocking her from performing her duties, so she kicked him away with a swift kick. Lucius was instantly hit in the waist and fell to the side.

On Sheng Wu's side, she held the beauty bone fan in her right hand, and with a smooth flipping movement, the tip of the fan glowed with a faint scarlet light.

Just as the water ball was about to rush in front of Sheng Wu, Sheng Wu swung her right hand forward, and the beauty bone fan flew out of her hand in an instant, and countless sharp thorns suddenly broke off from the joints on it.

Rush straight towards the water ball and pass through it!

"Bang!"

"Ah!!!" A sharp and piercing scream like a ghost.

As for the water ball, it was shattered the moment it passed through the joint and instantly turned into water mist and evaporated!

When the mist evaporated and the beauty bone fan returned to Sheng Wu's hand, she looked up and saw only a patch of strange light green blood on the muddy ground and leaves by the river!

"Oh no! Rosaya is missing!"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Wu frowned slightly and looked over. Rosaya, who was originally some distance away from them and closest to the river, was gone.

"This thing even knows how to make a feint to the east and attack in the west."

However, Sheng Wu was not in a hurry. She just put away the beauty bone fan in her right hand, walked to the river with a fierce look on her brow, knelt on one knee, stretched out her left hand and picked up a leaf stained with light green blood.

"This is not the blood of the elves."

Sheng Wu's pupils narrowed, revealing danger.

She had sucked Lumina's blood and was extremely sensitive to the smell of blood. Naturally, she could also tell whether the blood carried the scent of the elves' unique tree of life.

Lucius walked over with a frown. After making sure that Sheng Wu was fine, he looked towards the river.

Suddenly remembering something, he said in a deep voice.

"Some books record that in the forest rivers, there exists a water monster called Votianoi. They appear late at night, abduct passing girls and drown them in the water, then dress them up and marry them off as their brides. Rumor has it that Votianoi is extremely terrifying, with a frog face and a fish body, and sharp claws on all four limbs. They are extremely ferocious and specialize in paralyzing their enemies with water mist."

"The thing just now was able to move freely in the water and had magic. The mermaids are still some distance away from the dragons, so it's most likely Votianoi. Rosaya is in great danger if he kidnaps her, because elves can't stay underwater for long periods of time or they will drown."

Lucius began to think of a solution anxiously, but no matter how he thought about it, the biggest problem was that neither he nor Sheng Wu could go into the water. Humans are not very good at swimming, especially when fighting against water monsters that live underwater, they are at a disadvantage.

Listening to his words, Sheng Wu's brows showed a hint of impatience. She looked at the quiet rippling water surface and directly took out a medium-sized bead from her space.

He opened his mouth and swallowed it directly.

"What did you eat?"

Lucius caught a glimpse of her movements and suddenly looked worried, fearing that she was going to do something dangerous.

"You stay here and I'll go down and get Rosaya out."

Sheng Wu did not answer, but walked sideways to the river and left a word. She used the word "fish out" instead of "save", which means that she didn't care about Rosaya's life or death at all, but Lumina asked them to take Rosaya to the dragon clan.

Isn't it the same as carrying a corpse?

Hearing this, Lucius quickly grabbed her wrist before she jumped into the water, "Wait!"

"No matter how strong you are, underwater is the domain of water monsters. You are still a human being, and your water ability is simply not enough to support it."

Although he also wanted to save Rosaya, he didn't want Sheng Wu to take the risk, so he would rather go down himself.

Sheng Wu raised her eyebrows lazily and glanced at him holding her hand. Lucius looked in her direction, his fair and handsome face blushed a little, but he still didn't let go, for fear that she would go down directly.

Seeing his persistence, Sheng Wu frowned slightly, and directly shook off his wrist with a cold and silent voice.

"Have you forgotten that a mermaid princess once gave me a mermaid pearl? Also, don't think I'm going to save Rosaya. Without her, even if that foolish water monster dared to provoke me, I wouldn't let him go."

Besides, the thing was hit by her, and there was a smell of blood under the water, so it couldn't run far.

Hearing this, Lucius suddenly remembered the mermaid Yas in the second world. She had indeed given her mermaid pearl to Sheng Wu, which allowed people to move freely underwater and have the ability to control water!

Seeing that she had said so, if he said anything else it would only make her angry, and he would be beaten and then she would go down again, so Lucius had to let go of her hand.

With a gentle voice of relief, "...Okay, then I'll wait for you here. Be careful."

"Um."

Sheng Wu waved her hand impatiently and then looked at the river at her feet. Fortunately, the river water was clean and clear, and after she ate the mermaid pearl, she could feel a kind of familiarity with the water.

"Plop!"

Sheng Wu jumped directly into the water.

Lucius could only stand anxiously on the shore and wait. In order to prevent any wild beasts from attacking, he lit the firewood again.

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