Chapter 45: One Down
If Adrian wasn’t so terror-stricken already, he would have noticed an excited glint in the beast’s eyes. It wasn’t often that it would have so much food at its disposal.
It opened its mouth and hundreds of serrated teeth came into view, as it let out an ear-piercing roar. The lake shook as the sound waves sent Adrian and his associates flying.
However, this was to their advantage as they were sent flying upwards towards the surface of the lake.
The roar woke Adrian up out of his terror, and he started swimming madly towards the surface. The others who were previously still in shock saw him and immediately snapped back to reality. Even Bryce, who was flung away earlier, joined them.
However, no matter how fast they swam, how could they swim faster than the Stoneveil Crocodile?
The first person to get caught was Andrea. She reacted later than everybody else and was thus at the bottom of the group when the crocodile arrived.
"Water bullet!" She pointed her longsword and yelled just as the crocodile was about to reach her. This was the martial skill she had purchased just before embarking on this mission. She had spent most of her sect points before finally being able to obtain this silver-rank martial skill.
The skill condenses the water qi in the dantian before shooting it out at a very high speed. The longer one condenses qi, the more powerful the skill will be. Of course, there were limits. The amount of Qi present in the body of a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator wasn’t much.
Also, condensing that amount of Qi would require a long time. An opponent would obviously not wait for you to complete the activation of the skill.