In his previous life, Yan Liqiang was not a good swimmer. He just knew how to swim, and his level was about the same as that of ordinary people. At the beginning of this life, his swimming ability was also average and not outstanding. What really made him evolve from an ordinary person to a fish in water was the time when he was in the Deer Garden of the Imperial Capital City, when he was shaking his spear underwater and practicing his real spear skills.
In order to shake the gun underwater and avoid drowning, one must first learn to hold his breath underwater. Yan Liqiang’s breath-holding time was not very long at the beginning, but because he stayed underwater for a long time, he naturally learned to hold his breath, and the time of holding his breath became longer and longer. In order to shake the gun and maintain the body’s balance in the turbulent flow under the waterfall and the water flow stirred by the shaking of the gun, one must learn to control the balance of one’s body in the water while holding one’s breath, learn to sense the changes in the water flow, and maintain control of one’s body in the water.
In this way, when Yan Liqiang was shaking the spear underwater, he was actually practicing his water skills. When his real skills with the spear were mastered, Yan Liqiang's water skills had been strengthened to a very terrifying level without him realizing it. Not to mention anything else, Yan Liqiang could move around underwater for more than an hour just by taking a breath.
The moment he dived into the Baicao Lake, it was destined that the people of the Ebony Tribe would have no chance of catching him in the water.
The water in Baicao Lake looks emerald green and clear from a distance, but when he actually entered the water and was more than twenty meters away from the shore, Yan Liqiang found that the water here was quite deep, at least hundreds of meters deep. The bottom of the lake was basin-shaped, and there were many colorful water plants in the lake. The sun's rays shone from the lake surface into the lake water, and the floating water plants were like colorful flags flying in the wind, swaying left and right, and looked very beautiful.
In addition to the water plants, there are also a lot of rocks at the bottom of the lake, and many fish are swimming around in the lake, free and easy...
Yan Liqiang carried the Horned Python Bow on his back, which freed his hands and feet and made it easier for him to move underwater. The bow body and bowstring of the Horned Python Bow were made of special materials and were not afraid of water. As long as they were not soaked in water for a year or two, there would basically be no impact on them, so Yan Liqiang did not have to worry.
Yan Liqiang paddled gently in the water. The strength and agility brought by his strong body made him as flexible as a loach in the water. In just a short while, he dived to the bottom of the water and swam a distance of more than 2,000 meters, completely leaving behind the warriors of the Ebony tribe who jumped into the water to chase him.
Yan Liqiang didn't even look at what was happening to the people chasing him, because he knew that they couldn't catch up with him even if they went into the water, so he just needed to swim forward.
A full hour later, Yan Liqiang emerged from the water and took a deep breath.
Here, they are more than 10,000 meters away from the lakeside and have entered the deep water area of Baicao Lake. The waves here are a bit big. Yan Liqiang looked around and saw rippling waves all around. There were no people on the lake. The Flame Eagle was still circling in the sky. From the information sent by the Flame Eagle, it can be seen that the army of the Ebony Tribe has left and returned.
“Hahaha, this trick really works. The future plot of the Shatu Seven Tribes in Gulang Grassland is really exciting…” Yan Liqiang laughed. He knew that he had succeeded this time. The Wumu Tribe would definitely hold the blood debt of the assassination of Ugusa on the Uli Tribe and the Shatu Alliance. There would be no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides. Within the Wumu Tribe, there might still be some disputes over which of Ugusa’s sons would inherit the position of patriarch. But no matter who would inherit the position of patriarch, if that person could not avenge his father and establish his own prestige in the tribe, then he would not be able to sit on the position of patriarch for long.
Yan Liqiang didn't care who would inherit the position of the chieftain of the Wumu tribe. He also didn't care whether the Wumu tribe would be the opponent of the Wuli tribe in the end or whether they would be destroyed. As long as he could keep the fire on the Gulang grassland burning and make the seven Shatu tribes unable to take care of themselves for a short period of time, his goal would be achieved.
It is not dark yet. The army of the Uli tribe and many masters who are participating in the peace talks are now gathering around Baicao Lake. There are still many eyes in the sky. Although the Fire-Eyed Golden Eagle is powerful, it is impossible for it to cover everything. If you go ashore during the day and are discovered by masters and surrounded by the army on the grassland, then no matter how powerful you are, you will be in great danger. Therefore, it is best to wait in the water for a few more hours, go ashore after dark, and then quickly leave Baicao Lake. That way, the chance of being discovered is smaller. Even if you are discovered, the chance of escaping is greater and you will not be surrounded by the army on the grassland. This is the evacuation strategy that Yan Liqiang had decided before.
Yan Liqiang floated on the water for a while, took a few breaths, and was about to dive underwater again for an hour or so. Suddenly, he found that a lot of fish jumped up from the water in the lake in the distance.
The fish that jumped out of the water was a small silver flying fish in this lake. It was the size of a palm, with large pectoral fins and pelvic fins. After jumping out of the water, it could use its pectoral fins and pelvic fins to fly seven or eight meters above the water before landing in the water.
The jumping little flying fish sparkled in the sun, and splashed countless water droplets when they landed on the water, reflecting a rainbow-like light in the sun. The little flying fish flew up one after another and fell down one after another, and the silver and rainbow colors rose and fell, reflecting each other, just like a performance, which was very beautiful to see.
"I didn't expect to see such a unique scenery in Baicao Lake..." Yan Liqiang murmured to himself, and suddenly stopped to admire this wonderful scene on the water without diving into the water again.
But after watching for two seconds, Yan Liqiang frowned slightly, because he found that the direction in which those large groups of small flying fish jumped out of the water seemed to be facing him, coming towards him. In just a few seconds, all the small flying fish in a straight line of nearly 100 meters on the water surface in the distance flew up, and that straight line was facing his current position...
“No…” Yan Liqiang’s expression suddenly changed. Those small flying fish flew up from the water in large numbers, not for performance, but out of biological instinct. They discovered something dangerous approaching, so they flew out of the water.
Thinking of this, Yan Liqiang lifted his body upwards and slapped the water with his hands. The waves on the water surface suddenly rushed up to more than ten meters high. Under the reaction force, Yan Liqiang jumped from underwater to seven or eight meters in the air.
From his high vantage point, Yan Liqiang finally saw that in the distance, below the lake where the small flying fish were flying, there was a huge black shadow more than 20 meters long, rushing towards him rapidly like an arrow. Wherever the black shadow passed, the small flying fish below were frightened and flew up from the water.
Damn, what the hell is that.
The speed of the black shadow underwater was too fast. If it was on the shore, Yan Liqiang would definitely be faster than it. But underwater, even if Yan Liqiang was a brave warrior, he was no match for the black shadow in terms of speed.
With a "plop..." sound, Yan Liqiang didn't have wings after all, so when he jumped out of the water to see the black shadow clearly, his body still fell back into the water with free fall.
In the blink of an eye, the black shadow had approached within a hundred meters of Yan Liqiang. Yan Liqiang, who was in the water, finally saw what the black shadow was.
It was a leech. Yes, it was a leech. It was nearly twenty meters long, two meters wide, pitch black, and huge beyond imagination. Yan Liqiang could even clearly see the deep horizontal lines on the surface of the leech's body, and the leech's mouthparts that were like a huge suction cup.
The huge leech was swinging its body up and down in the water, rushing towards Yan Liqiang with great momentum.
At this moment, Yan Liqiang's head was numb. Although he didn't look in the mirror, he knew that his face must have turned pale.
How many years does it take for a leech the size of an ordinary finger to grow to such a large size? There is no doubt that this leech is definitely an aquatic monster that lives in Baicao Lake. Even though Yan Liqiang has been in this world for many years, he has never heard of a leech that can grow so big and so scary.
Yan Liqiang had thought of everything for this operation and ambush, including the time, place, method, ambush arrows, and retreat route. The only thing Yan Liqiang did not expect was that he would encounter such a ghost thing in Baicao Lake.
The leech rushed towards Yan Liqiang, which was frightening. From the looks of it, it definitely didn't come to say hello to Yan Liqiang...
There was no time for Yan Liqiang to think any further, because the leech rushed to Yan Liqiang with a torrent of water.
Yan Liqiang didn't even think about it. When the leech rushed in front of him, his whole body floated up again. He slapped his hands on the water surface again and soared into the sky from the water. While in the air, Yan Liqiang instantly took off the horn python bow on his back, put on the last black rune arrow he carried with him, and instantly drew the bow.
The water surface was surging with waves, and the huge leech rushed out of the water directly. Its terrifying body, which was more than 20 meters long, swept towards Yan Liqiang.
A black rune arrow shot out, entering the leech's suction-like mouthparts, and then shot out from the other side of its body and penetrated into the water.
The leech's huge body trembled and fell into the water.
Yan Liqiang, who shot an arrow in the air, also fell into the water.
As soon as he fell into the water, Yan Liqiang felt an overwhelming force coming from the water. The leech's tail swept over him like a mountain of flesh, and there was no way to avoid it...
With a bang, Bai Shi's Horned Python Bow was swept down, and Yan Liqiang's whole body rolled over, and was thrown more than 20 meters into the water by the huge force...
(End of this chapter)