My Cultivation Starting from Archery

The offerings on the altar!

At the bottom of the river, a huge dark shadow started to move, flickering in and out of view.

It felt as if some ancient creature was gradually awakening under this grand ceremony, and as it moved, the mighty surface of the water began to churn and surge!

"Boom, boom, boom——"

Wave after towering wave rose, one zhang, two zhang, five zhang... ten zhang! Until they obscured the sky, until they became like a vast ocean tsunami!

Beneath these giant waves, even the massive tower ships were affected, swaying violently, with their sides pitching nearly ninety degrees, making the soldiers on deck feel as though they were walking on walls, with the world spinning and overturning!

The court's small boats, needless to say, were constantly on the verge of capsizing and sinking, with many soldiers losing their footing and falling into the river. Even though they hailed from the battle-hardened Jiangnan naval forces, once plunged into the frenzied river, they were like mired in swamps; no matter how good their swimming skills were of no use. They could only helplessly feel their bodies sinking, suffocating, the icy river water burrowing into them like poisonous insects until all went black.

All the soldiers who sunk into the river vanished like mud cows into the sea, leaving only puddles of red blood floating on the river's surface.

"There's a demon!"

"A demon that eats men!"

"..."

The Jiangnan naval soldiers, having never witnessed such scenes, were all terrified, desperately clutching onto anything on the ships that could secure their bodies, hoping not to fall into the man-eating river.

In contrast, the rebel army's sea falcon small boats were unscathed in the monstrous waves, appearing to have merged seamlessly with the violent Luoxiao River, remaining unaffected.

Even the Beiliang Army, with barely any experience in naval warfare, somehow felt "like a fish in water"; their weapons even seemed to be imbued with a certain power of water manipulation.

Great Formation, Dragon King Sacrifice!

While the court had array masters to assist, Beiliang naturally had the Heavenly Book to aid them!

"Activate the formation!"

"Activate the formation!"

"..."

The court's naval generals shouted loudly.

Inside those giant tower ships like "Feiyun" and "Gai Hai", spirit light flashed continuously, and one after another, the second-tier power of the Water Control Array rose, finally managing to stabilize the ship's balance.

But as the sea falcon small boats darted through, whirlpools began to form at the bottom of these giant tower ships, as if an ancient beast under the river had opened its bloody maw, attempting to devour these warships.

Under the Water Control Array's defense, the tower ships were prevented from sinking, yet they spun in place, unable to move, let alone advance further.

The Beiliang Army's soldiers, unable to deal with these towering warships borne of the Water Control Array, turned to attack other medium and small battlegrounds; away from the big ship's protection, these small boats no longer held any advantage.

And the Beiliang Army's sea falcon boats, resembling sea birds streaming through stormy waves, were fortified with iron plates on their sides for strong protection, with sharp iron spikes mounted at the bow, reinforced by the Great Formation Dragon King Sacrifice, akin to giant underwater crossbows.

"Boom!"

The sea falcon ship ridden by Wang Zhi smashed directly into an enemy Meng Chong battle ship, splintering it in half, while they were left unaffected.

The enemy Meng Chong battle ship began to rapidly sink, leaving the court soldiers aboard with two choices: either jump onto the Beiliang Army's warships for a deadly hand-to-hand fight or drown in the raging river.

Five hundred small boats.

At this moment, they inflicted great destruction on the Imperial Navy, leading to heavy casualties among Jiangnan soldiers.

And the crew aboard the "Feiyun" tower ship could only watch helplessly!

The Water Control Array was a one-way defense; people inside could leave, but once out, unless holding the core array flag, they couldn't go back in.

Thus the tower ship could hardly function, merely shooting arrows continuously over the river, struggling to hit targets precisely due to the excessive storminess, sometimes even accidentally harming friendly forces.

On board a Feiyun giant ship.

Zhou Rong stood behind the Water Control Array watching the brutal scene ahead, saying: "General Nie, you predicted it again; Chen Sansi could unleash such combat prowess with the Heavenly Book Array using just small boats."

"Indeed."

Nie Yuan leaned on his sword, struggling to stand: "He must have some treasure on him. Looks like our army can't advance any further today."

"The White Robe is tough to deal with, huh~"

Zhou Rong issued orders: "Direct the soldiers inside the big ship to take small boats out of the Water Control Array to assist, maintaining formation without chaos, fighting and retreating. For today, sound the call to fall back for now."

The order was swiftly executed.

As a mass of cultivators and military officers left the big ship to assist in the chaotic battle, the situation finally stabilized gradually, and afterward, the big ship slowly retreated under the Water Control Array's protection.

The second clash between the two armies.

The court lost over two hundred warships, with soldiers numbering over ten thousand dead, blood stained the river; broken ship parts floated everywhere.

The rebel army claimed a small victory and returned.

"Outrageous!"

Prince Qi threw the battle report on the ground, stomping on it hard: "I have forty thousand troops with countless giant ships! Yet today they couldn't play any role! Instead, those rebel army's sea falcon small boats drilled around like mudskippers, causing heavy losses to our troops, halting any further advance!"

"Indeed."

Yan Hongyuan said: "If they employ this formation in subsequent battles, not only will we fail to defeat them, but we might fall into great passivity!"