Boom!

A cone-shaped shockwave emanated from his fingertips, propelling the retreating soldiers forward and simultaneously slowing the impact of the man-eating water ghosts.

According to his original plan, he intended to use this ability to slow down the man-eating water ghosts after the soldiers fired their guns, but the appearance of the drowned ghosts completely disrupted his plans.

After stepping back, Huang Yuanlong finally breathed in fresh air. He coughed up the water and picked up one of the two straight swords on his back.

Huang Yuanlong is a cultivator at the Dan realm, and he can easily defeat these water ghosts. He's here to turn the tide of the battle.

With a breath held in his chest, Huang Yuanlong strode out and returned to the battlefield.

His gaze immediately focused on the most swollen of all the man-eating water ghosts.

The giant water ghost was vaguely visible right in the center of all the man-eating water ghosts.

Huang Yuanlong moved swiftly, like a seagull breaking through the waves, rushing straight towards the giant water ghost.

Therefore, Song swordsmanship prioritized thrusting, a skill honed through battle. When surrounded by comrades, thrusting was the best option. Similarly, Song martial arts emphasized charging into enemy lines, taking the enemy general's head amidst the chaos of battle—another skill developed through battlefield experience.

Upon reaching the Dan realm, warriors can learn several powerful martial arts related to charging into battle formations, and this is one of them.

Using all his strength in one go, Huang Yuanlong, moving at high speed, put all his power into this one strike, and the blade pierced through the chest of the giant man-eating water demon.

Although Huang Yuanlong used up all his energy in one go, he knew that as long as he killed the drowned ghost, the drowned ghost's ability to transform air into water vapor would also disappear.

Even after the giant man-eating water ghost collapsed, Huang Yuanlong still didn't feel the moisture around his nostrils and lips dissipate.

Could it be that they weren't completely killed?

Huang Yuanlong swirled his sword around on the corpse a few more times, but it still had no effect.

Could it be that after a drowned ghost dies, it takes some time for it to stop converting air? Huang Yuanlong wondered as the oxygen dwindled and he felt increasingly suffocated.

No, no...

He looked at the two man-eating water ghosts rushing towards him, then looked past them at the one standing at the very back of the group of man-eating water ghosts, the one that hadn't charged forward to fight.

There's another one! Or rather, that one is the real drowned ghost!

...

Maintaining his Assassin's Eye and holding the Heavenly Heart, Chen Jing quietly approached from the side and saw red lights on the bodies of those man-eating water ghosts, each representing a weakness.