Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 648: Underwater Melee

At the beginning, Wang Chongyang was also waiting by the river with everyone else for Guo Hao and Mao Cuicui to return, but partway through, he urgently needed to relieve himself and went off to find a place.

The result was that he never came back.

By the time Liu Kejun realized he was missing, nearly ten minutes had passed. Afterwards, everyone searched around the shore, calling out Wang Chongyang's name, but there was no response. It was as if Wang Chongyang had vanished into thin air.

The Level 5 Disaster Zone was indeed not as simple as they thought!

This was the first time Hou De lost personnel while clearing the catastrophe belt.

Although students were psychologically prepared before entering school to become Talisman Masters, knowing the dangers of clearing the catastrophe belt, and occasionally seeing news of Talisman Masters dying in the Disaster Zone in newspapers,

even Hou De's former Principal, Cao Jinhua, had perished in a Disaster Zone.

However, during Cao Jinhua's tenure, due to a lack of teaching strength and low student levels, there were rarely organized efforts to clear the Disaster Zones. Instead, students had always lived very securely, and no incidents of casualties had occurred in over a decade.

Once Ma Lu became the principal, he broke with tradition and began leading teachers and students on attacks all over, actively clearing the Disaster Zones. However, due to his own powerful abilities, there had been no casualties during these operations, and every time they had managed success without any mishaps.

It was only with Wang Chongyang's disappearance and seeing the group of parents who had lost their children before entering the Disaster Zone that Hou De's students truly felt how close they were to death.

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy, and just as people were becoming increasingly anxious, that familiar authoritative voice reached their ears.

"What is there to panic about, if someone is lost, we just have to find them again. There are no signs of struggle at the scene, which is actually good news. It means the fight ended quickly, or perhaps it never happened at all.

"Chongyang and the seven children who entered here by mistake earlier could all still be alive."

Principal Ma spoke up, allowing the students to once again find their key support.

The effect of the Dignity Candy was still in force, making his figure appear especially imposing at this moment.

And seeing that figure standing unyieldingly like a reef, everyone gradually calmed down.

Qiutong was the first to speak. She had experienced similar events before and was the most emotionally stable among the group, as she had started looking for solutions immediately.

"We have already searched the shore before. We didn't see any other monsters.

"That means the monster that attacked Senior Chongyang is highly likely to have come from underwater, dragging him into the water in a very short span of time.

"That's the only way we wouldn't have heard Senior Chongyang's cries for help. As for their whereabouts, it's not hard to guess—they should be in that area with the lush underwater plants."

Guo Hao, who had just come ashore, raised his hand and said, "I am willing to go and explore that area with the lush underwater plants again."

Mao Cuicui was not to be outdone, "I'll go too. We need to find Senior Chongyang and those missing children as soon as possible."

Seeing that the students were rallying once again, Ma Lu nodded inwardly.

Although Hou De had trained these students mainly for combat, over the past month they had mastered quite an arsenal of talismans, and their strength had greatly increased compared to before.

They were no longer just accessories to provide Physical and Mental Energy support for Ma Lu. Even with debuffs, they could still offer considerable combat power.

Challenging the Level 5 Disaster Zone, relying solely on his own power was still not secure enough; he also needed them to perform.

"Going under the water alone is too dangerous. Using a Water Repelling Talisman can maintain flexibility and extend the time before needing to breathe underwater, but this prevents using other talismans.

"If it's just one monster, that's one thing, but if there are more enemies, you won't be able to make it back to the shore. So this time, everyone will go underwater together."

Ma Lu had originally been considering slowly drawing the underwater monsters out, but now that Wang Chongyang had been abducted, there was no telling how long he could last. Naturally, they needed to rescue him as soon as possible.

Underwater was the home turf of those monsters, but Hou De's side could still gain an edge by using Water Element Talismans.

The most important thing was for everyone to descend together, only then would there be a chance to fight, otherwise it would be like the Calabash Brothers trying to save their grandfather, each going down one by one to meet their doom.

"Who knows the Water Dividing Talisman?" Ma Lu asked again.

The Water Dividing Talisman differed from the Water Repelling Talisman by only one word, yet it was a Mid-level Talisman, and more difficult to master.

Fortunately, at Hou De learning to master talismans never depended on their difficulty.

Half of the crowd raised their hands.

Ma Lu selected four people from the group, asking them to stand on the east, south, west, and north sides in turn, using the Water Dividing Talisman to part the river water and reveal the riverbed below.

The Hou De Virtue Teachers and Students walked toward the area rich in aquatic plants.

As they went deeper, the Water Dividing Talisman gradually couldn't control that much water anymore.

Thus, the originally still river began flowing again, but because there were people supporting all four corners, the divided river water eventually converged around one zhang above everyone's heads, forming a curtain of water, hanging there.

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This feeling was quite unique, reminding Ma Lu of walking through the underwater tunnel at the aquarium when he was a child.

Utilizing the characteristics of the Water Dividing Talisman, Hou De's side also constructed an underwater shelter at the seabed, enveloping everyone inside.

Just like Guo Hao and Mao Cuicui had said, the river bottom was so quiet it was abnormal, not a shadow of a fish or shrimp to be seen.

Through the blurry water waves, one could still see the dam standing in the distance in the middle of the river.

It wasn't until they approached the aquatic plant area that it became lively again.

From the aquatic plants, taller than a person, more than a dozen monsters burst out all at once.

There were the Shrimp Head Monsters that had previously come ashore and been killed, as well as Snail Monsters with huge snail shells on their backs, and various Fish Monsters, holding knives, spears, swords, and halberds, looking just like the shrimp soldiers and crab generals from 'Journey to the West.'

Each had their own special moves, the Shrimp Head Monsters were flexible, their spears striking like Dragons, and the Snail Monsters' shells shattered upon touch, exploding afterwards, indiscriminately firing in all directions!

One had to admit, this move was beyond the expectations of the Hou De Virtue Teachers and Students, but luckily someone had released a Water Shield Talisman in advance, blocking those shards.

The two Fish Monsters that had charged along with the Snail Monster weren't so lucky, directly taken out by their teammate's self-destruction.

As for the Snail Monster itself, without its shell, the remaining soft body couldn't survive the explosion and was sacrificed on the spot, dying quite unceremoniously.

Compared to the Snail Monster that seemed to be there for comic relief, there were still masters among the remaining Fish Monsters, a Snout Fish Monster that could release a Water Dragon Tornado by flicking its tail.

Although this Water Dragon Tornado couldn't harm people, it brought a lot of trouble to the four who were using the Water Dividing Talisman to pave the way.

The turbulent water caused their spiritual power to be highly taxed, and the water curtain originally parted by the Water Dividing Talisman also became unstable, some even had their clothes wet by the incoming waves.

The underwater shelter was on the verge of collapse.

The Snout Fish Monster needed to be dealt with first!

Ma Lu and Qiutong almost simultaneously made their moves, two Hand Palm Thunders striking towards the Snout Fish Monster, but due to the distance between them, the Hand Palm Thunders only exerted less than ten percent of their power when they hit the Snout Fish Monster.

The Snout Fish Monster was electrocuted and turned belly up, but it quickly regained consciousness and, seeing the situation going south, slid back into the aquatic plants.

Just as it was about to escape back to its lair, it unexpectedly encountered a Snail Monster coming to provide support en route.

As a Water Arrow hit the ferociously advancing Snail Monster, its shell on its back responded instantly, bursting open, not only taking its own life but also the escaping Snout Fish Monster.