The genius who counterattacked the mainland

The Ice Princess waved her wand, summoning massive ice spikes. Under her control, the spikes shot out like sharp blue arrows, aiming at the water beast's injured horn. Bringing a biting chill, the spikes penetrated the cracks in the horn. The cold magic spread rapidly, and the water beast's horn was instantly covered in frost. The frost spread along the horn toward the water beast's head, slowing its movements and revealing a look of pain in its eyes.

The mysterious figure quickly formed hand seals, and the forces of darkness and light merged into a massive ball of energy. This ball of light, imbued with the power of mysterious laws, was flung towards the water beast's head. As it approached the beast, it suddenly split into countless smaller balls. These spheres swirled around the beast's head, continuously releasing energy shockwaves, further weakening its defenses.

The man in white played his flute faster and faster, the sound transforming into a flock of shimmering birds of light. Small yet incredibly fast, they rushed towards the water beast's eyes like a shower of brilliant light. With their sharp beaks and claws, they attacked the beast's eyes, attempting to blind it and disrupt its attack.

Xu Tiancai seized this opportunity and unleashed his Star Sword Technique once again. The star power radiating from the Star Demon-Breaking Sword shone like the Milky Way as he thrust it towards the water beast's belly. The blade sliced ​​through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound. As it approached the water beast, the star power transformed into tiny blades of light, bypassing the beast's defenses and piercing its relatively soft underbelly. The scales on the beast's abdomen were ripped open, and blood oozed out, staining the surrounding lake red.

The water beast, severely wounded, roared in anger. It thrashed its body wildly, trying to escape the attacks. The surrounding lake water surged, forming massive waves that swept toward the crowd. The waves, like white walls, carried a powerful impact that was intimidating.

"Everyone, be careful!" Xu Tiancai shouted. He spread the power of the stars, forming a circular light shield that enveloped everyone's heads. Stars flickered on the shield, resisting the impact of the waves.

A-Gang, Lin, the Ice Princess, the mysterious figure, and the man in white all poured their power into the light shield to strengthen its defenses. Waves crashed against the light shield with a deafening roar, and ripples appeared on its surface. However, thanks to the combined efforts of everyone, it was temporarily prevented from being breached.

"We can't just passively defend ourselves all the time. We have to find a way to fight back!" Agang shouted, gripping his battle axe tightly, a determined glint in his eyes.

Lin concentrated her mind and cast wind magic. She manipulated the wind element to form a massive vortex around the light shield. This vortex countered the waves, sweeping some of the water high into the air, where it transformed into a shower of water droplets. Simultaneously, she created a series of wind blades, shooting them towards the water beast in the waves. Despite encountering some resistance as the blades pierced the waves, some still struck the beast, leaving fresh wounds on its scales.

The Ice Princess waved her wand, summoning a shield of ice beyond the shroud of light. The shield was covered in intricate runes, emitting a chilling aura that froze the waves upon contact. The frozen waves formed into ice sculptures of various shapes, some resembling birds with outstretched wings, others like galloping horses. These sculptures shimmered in the sunlight with a shimmering light. The Ice Princess also continuously summoned ice spikes, which shot through the gaps in the shield toward the water beasts, deterring them from approaching.

The mysterious figure rapidly formed seals with his hands, veins bulging on his forehead. He fused the forces of darkness and light to a new level, forming strands of black and white energy around him. These energy threads, like serpentine snakes, coiled around the water beast in the waves. Once they made contact with the beast, they released powerful energy, attempting to restrain its movements.

The white-clad figure's flute became more passionate, and the sound transformed into enormous luminous beasts. There were kirins ablaze with flames, phoenixes soaring with wings spread, and majestic lions. The luminous beasts broke through the waves and pounced on the water beasts. The kirin's flames scorched the water around the beasts, evaporating vast quantities of water vapor; the phoenix attacked the beasts' heads and backs with multicolored flames; and the lions rammed the beasts' bodies with powerful force, engaging them in close combat.

Under the crowd's counterattack, the water beasts' attacks were gradually suppressed. But the water beasts did not give up. They adjusted their attack strategy and began to attack from different directions. Some water beasts dived to the bottom of the lake, trying to break through the light shield from below; others gathered together, forming a huge water ball and rolling it towards the light shield.

"Pay attention to attacks from below and the front!" Xu Tiancai reminded. He concentrated the power of the stars on the bottom and front of the light shield to strengthen the defense.

A-Gang, Lin, the Ice Princess, the mysterious figure, and the man in white each adjusted their attack and defense directions. A-Gang stood to one side of the light shield, ready to respond to any water beasts that might break through from below. Lin manipulated the wind element to form wind barriers at the bottom of the shield, preventing the water beasts from approaching from below. The Ice Princess summoned more ice cones and ice shields from the front of the shield. The mysterious figure extended energy threads in all directions of the shield, forming a tight protective net. The man in white directed the light beasts to split into two groups: one to guard the bottom of the shield, and the other to defend against the water ball attacks from the front.

Just as everyone was nervously preparing for the situation, a powerful suction suddenly emerged from the depths of the lake. Like a massive whirlpool, it sucked the water, the aquatic beasts, and everyone else towards the bottom. The light shield began to shake violently under the suction, and everyone felt as if their bodies were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, unable to break free.

"What's going on?" Lin shouted in horror.

"Everyone, don't panic. Concentrate your strength and stay steady!" Xu Tiancai shouted. He exerted the power of the stars to the extreme, trying to resist the suction.

Everyone exerted all their strength, trying to steady themselves. But the suction grew stronger, and cracks appeared on the light shield. It looked like the light shield was about to break, and everyone was in danger of being sucked to the bottom of the lake.

At this critical moment, Xu Tiancai discovered that the suction force at the bottom of the lake seemed to have an energy core. This core was located in the center of the lake, a sphere emitting a faint blue light. The energy around the sphere swirled like a tornado, forming a powerful suction force.

"Attack the energy core at the bottom of the lake!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

Everyone understood his intention and launched an attack on the energy core at the bottom of the lake. Xu Tiancai wielded the Star Devil-Breaking Sword, and the power of the stars transformed into a massive lightsaber, piercing the energy core. The lightsaber streaked through the lake like a meteor, leaving a dazzling trail.

Agang boosted his fighting spirit to its limit, a blazing golden flame igniting from his battle axe. He slashed at the energy core with all his might, and the power contained in the battle axe triggered a powerful energy wave in the lake, scattering the surrounding water.

Lin cast a forbidden spell of wind magic, compressing the surrounding air into a massive air bomb. Under her control, the air bomb flew towards the energy core, exploding as it approached, sending a powerful impact force towards the energy core.

The Ice Princess waved her wand, summoning a massive Ice Giant. The Ice Giant strode toward the power core, each step causing the surrounding lake water to plummet in temperature. The Ice Giant swung his massive fist and smashed it against the power core. The cold magic from his fist interacted with the lake water, forming flakes of ice crystals.

The mysterious figure quickly formed seals with his hands, and the forces of darkness and light merged into a huge energy ball in his hands. This energy ball contained the power of mysterious laws. He threw the energy ball towards the energy core, and the ball released powerful energy into the lake, illuminating the entire lake bottom.

The man in white played the flute, and the sound of the flute transformed into an enormous light beast, resembling a dragon. The dragon-like light beast radiated a rainbow of light and rushed towards the energy core, impacting it with its powerful body and light.

Under the combined force of their attacks, the energy core at the bottom of the lake was subjected to a powerful impact. Cracks appeared on the surface of the energy core, and the surrounding suction began to weaken. As the final attack landed on the energy core, it finally gave way and shattered with a loud bang.

The suction disappeared, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. But before they could rest, the injured water beasts attacked again. The beasts seemed enraged, charging at the crowd recklessly, their eyes gleaming with ferocity.

"These guys are really troublesome, we have to get rid of them completely!" A Gang roared, waving his battle axe and rushing towards the water beast in the front.

Everyone braced themselves and began to fight the water beast once again. This time, with their previous experience, their attacks were more targeted. Xu Tiancai, Agang, Lin, the Ice Princess, the mysterious figure, and the man in white coordinated their attacks, attacking the water beast's weaknesses from different angles.

In the fierce battle, the number of water beasts gradually decreased. Their attacks became increasingly weaker, and their wounds continued to increase, dyeing the lake red with blood. Finally, the last water beast fell to the water under the attack of the crowd, and the lake gradually returned to calm.

Everyone stood tiredly by the lake, with injuries on their bodies, but they knew they couldn't stay here for too long and had to move on.

"Let's find a place nearby to rest and recover our strength before setting off again." Xu Tiancai said.

Searching for a place to rest in the valley, they discovered a dense forest. The trees within were tall and ancient, their trunks etched with the marks of time. Their interwoven branches formed a natural sunshade, and sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, creating patches of golden light.

At the edge of the woods, there stood a massive ancient tree. Its trunk was so thick that it would take more than a dozen people to hug it. Inside, a massive hole formed. The entrance to the hole was obscured by vines and branches, making it barely visible.

"This tree hole looks very secluded. We can rest in it," said Lin.

They approached the tree hole and parted the vines and branches. The hole was spacious, its floor covered with soft hay and leaves, like a natural bed. Glowing moss covered the walls, emitting a soft glow that illuminated the interior.

"It's quite comfortable here, let's rest here." said the Ice Princess.

Everyone entered the tree hollow and found a comfortable spot to sit or lie down. They began to circulate their inner strength, healing their injuries and restoring their physical and magical powers. As they rested, they sensed a mysterious aura within the tree hollow, a presence that filled them with both comfort and curiosity.

"This tree hole is not simple. It seems like something is guarding it." The mysterious figure said softly.

"No matter what it is, we need to rest now and explore it after we recover." Xu Tiancai said.

After resting for a while, everyone's injuries gradually improved, and their physical strength and magic power also recovered a lot. They began to carefully observe the environment inside the tree hole, trying to find the source of the mysterious aura.

Lin cast a wind elemental spell, allowing it to travel through the tree hole and detect the surrounding energy information. The information brought back by the wind element showed that there was a hidden space at the top of the tree hole, where the energy fluctuations were the strongest.

A Gang stood up and knocked lightly on the wall of the tree hole with his battle axe, trying to find the passage to the hidden space at the top. In the process of knocking, he found that the sound coming from one side of the tree hole was a little hollow, as if there was a secret room behind it.

The Ice Princess waved her wand, releasing a wisp of icy magic that drifted toward the wall where the sound had been hollow. Upon contact, frost patterns appeared on the wall, gradually spreading to form an icy pattern. The icy pattern echoed the original texture of the wall, seemingly hinting at something.

The mysterious figure and the man in white also stepped forward, observing the changes on the wall from the perspective of energy and music. The mysterious figure formed hand seals, sensing the energy fluctuations within the ice pattern. He discovered that these fluctuations resembled an ancient sealed energy. The man in white played a flute, and the sound resonated in the tree hollow. When the flute sound resonated with the energy fluctuations within the ice pattern, a faint light appeared on the wall.