Paper Kites and Paper Fish

Jiang Yan rode the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle, looking down at the southeast corner from a high vantage point.

There, countless kites danced on the broken ground, densely packed and lingering everywhere.

A short while later, the ground there suddenly shook violently, and then a huge fish burst out of the broken ground.

Jiang Yan looked closely and discovered that it was actually a paper fish!

This paper fish was enormous, even larger than the Flowing Fire Octopus King!

It burst wildly out of the ground, soaring over countless kites, and then forcefully burrowed into the earth!

clack clack...

With a dull rustling sound, the paper fish darted rapidly underground, causing the earth to crack and mountains and rivers to shatter wherever it passed!

After the paper fish swam away, the densely packed paper kites also quickly flew away.

Jiang Yan was completely confused.

What are they doing?

Destroy the copy?

Or are they still searching for the Thunder Overlord?

But that's not right. Judging from the state of the altar outside, Thunder Overlord should have been sealed away by those Onmyoji. If he's sealed away, what are these Shikigami up to?

Or is it that the Thunder Overlord has simply gone into hiding and has not been sealed away?

"No matter what, killing these shikigami is definitely the right thing to do!" Jiang Yan immediately steered his eagle towards the densely packed countless paper kites.

Although the kites were fast, they were clearly not as fast as the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagles. After more than twenty seconds, Jiang Yan flew above the group of kites and then started his attack with zero frames!

Thunderous Dragon!

Chain lightning!

Ten thousand thunderbolts surge forth!

A violent bolt of lightning instantly surged into the flock of kites, and wherever it passed, countless scarlet damage spells emanated from the kites, making them resemble wild monsters!

In just a few breaths, a large number of kites' health bars reached zero and vanished into flames.

The remaining kites quickly scattered and flew away, rushing towards Jiang Yan from all directions.

"There are quite a lot of them." Jiang Yan looked around and saw kites that blotted out the sky, like four huge dark clouds, drifting in at high speed.

After casting a lightning shield around himself, Jiang Yan waved his staff again, and violent lightning surged up, rushing towards the surrounding 'dark clouds'!

Amidst the lightning and thunder, the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle also screamed and attacked.

It flapped its wings rapidly, creating two huge wind-blade tornadoes that swept towards the kite, while simultaneously veering up and down, left and right, desperately trying to evade the kite's pursuit.

Because of their speed advantage, although the man and the eagle were surrounded by countless kites, they did not suffer many attacks. Jiang Yan didn't even need to take medicine; he could deal with these kites by relying on his mana-absorbing attribute.

The Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle wasn't doing so well. Its health bar was rapidly depleted by the suicidal impact of the numerous kites. After a while, it couldn't withstand the onslaught and started squawking strangely.

Helpless, Jiang Yan had no choice but to take time out of his busy schedule to feed it medicine to prevent the eagle from falling.

After several hours of fierce fighting, Jiang Yan finally managed to destroy one-third of the kites.

The remaining kites seemed to have learned their lesson; instead of swarming at him, they broke into smaller groups and attacked Jiang Yan sporadically from all directions.

Jiang Yan paid even less attention to these sporadic attacks. However... he looked down at the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle beneath him. By now, the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle was showing signs of exhaustion, and even its speed had greatly decreased. On the other hand, the Paper Kite, being a shikigami, maintained its speed. With this back and forth, the two speeds were now almost equal.

Moreover, Jiang Yan was also reluctant to continue fighting, because there was no benefit to be gained from shooting these kites!

Yes, these kites not only don't drop equipment, they don't even drop experience points!

Jiang Yan, on the other hand, actually fed the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle pills worth tens of thousands of gold coins!

"This can't go on..." Jiang Yan sighed, then ordered the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle to find a place to hide.

But at this moment, the speed of the Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle could not be increased at all. No matter where it flew, it was surrounded by a large number of kites!

Moreover, Jiang Yan noticed that there seemed to be more kites around him, whether it was his imagination or not.

He observed carefully and discovered that these kites would split every once in a while, from one to two, and from two to four!

In less than ten minutes, the third of the kite that Jiang Yanxin had painstakingly destroyed was refilled!

Looking at the kites that blotted out the sky, Jiang Yan felt a sense of despair.

The Sky-Splitting Wind Eagle simply gave up, gliding downwards with a strange cry, looking like it was about to be eliminated upon landing.

Helpless, Jiang Yan had no choice but to recall it to his pet space. Then, he used his shikigami, Flying Crow, to rush into the ground at lightning speed.

The earth had been shattered by the impact of that paper fish, and was riddled with potholes everywhere.

Jiang Yan randomly found a huge pit and flew down into it to avoid the endless stream of kites in the sky.

Upon entering the underground, Jiang Yan discovered that the ground seemed to be made up of countless irregular stones and mud, with cracks everywhere.

These gaps vary in size; some are large enough for a person to pass through, while others are only the size of a hair.

Jiang Yanhua traveled down through these narrow cracks, and only after confirming that he had gotten rid of the kite above did he break free of his lightning transformation state and settle in a small space supported by a piece of broken leaf rock.

"This instance is too strange!" Jiang Yan rubbed his temples. In the ancient sacrificial instance before, at least he had information, even if it was false. But here, let alone information, he couldn't even see an NPC!

No, there isn't even a single monster!

What's with this kind of dungeon?

The wrath of the overlord? I think... um?

The wrath of the overlord?

Jiang Yan suddenly raised his eyebrows.

In this instance, besides the kites flying in the sky, there are only paper fish swimming in the ground.

And this paper fish, which travels wildly underground and destroys the earth, is exactly the counterpart to the wrath of the overlord.

Could it be that the paper fish is the Thunder Overlord?

He had subconsciously thought that the paper fish was also a shikigami, but now it seems that he had been prejudiced.

Just then, the ground began to tremble slightly.

"It's that paper fish, it's coming over!" Jiang Yan's expression changed, and he quickly looked at his skill bar.

The cooldown of Thunder Clap is 120 seconds after being halved by the talent, and only 70 seconds have passed so far!

"I hope it doesn't come too soon." Jiang Yan waited quietly.

Time ticked by, and the surrounding tremors grew more and more intense. The shard rock above seemed unable to bear the weight and began to crack little by little, shedding large amounts of rock fragments.

"Hold on, 40 seconds left!" Jiang Yan looked at the leaf-strewn rock riddled with spiderweb-like cracks, a hint of anxiety in his voice: "35 seconds... 30 seconds... 25 seconds..."

Click click...

As the paper fish drew closer, the surrounding tremors intensified, and the shard rock rapidly collapsed. Then, countless mud, sand, and gravel poured down like a torrent!

At the critical moment, Jiang Yan hurriedly unleashed the Thunder Dragon!

"Roar!!" The Thunder Dragon exploded violently the moment it appeared in the confined space.

The terrifying shockwave from the violent explosion briefly halted the cascading mud, sand, and gravel.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Yan displayed his lightning-fast cinematic skills.

The raging pillar of lightning powerfully pierced through the shattered rocks and mud above, carving out a passage as thick as a basketball.

Jiang Yan hurriedly hunched over and stood up straight, but unfortunately, even if he hunched his shoulders, he, as an adult, could not become as small as a basketball.

Boom!

The next instant, the mud and sand gathered, and Jiang Yan felt as if his shoulders had been cut by a knife and axe. He instantly lost control of his arms, and at the same time, a damage of -20000 popped up above his head!

Fortunately, the cooldown of Thunder Strike ended at this moment!

Leave you!

Crack!

Jiang Yanzhou was covered in lightning. With a loud boom, he transformed into lightning and shot out wildly along the narrow gap towards the place where the tremor came from!