Xu Ran's speed of floating was not slow, just a pedal swam nearly two-thirds of the height of the entire lake, seeing that the lake was in front of him, just when Xu Ran was about to infuse his soul power into his legs and swim out of the lake with a bang, there was a sudden feeling of extreme danger in his heart.

Without thinking about it, he twisted his body as best he could, shifting his position thirty centimeters to the right, and at the moment when he turned sideways, a long strip of unidentified creature almost rushed to the sky against his chest, and then he felt a tingling pain in his left ribs.

Xu Ran looked down and found that a wound of more than ten centimeters had been cut on the upper part of his left rib, although the wound was not very deep, but the blood still gushed out uncontrollably.

Covering the wound with one hand, Xu Ran wanted to surface first, only to find that the black shadow that had attacked him just now was hovering above his head.

The sunlight was blocked by the black shadow, and Xu Ran couldn't see what kind of species the other party was, but one thing he was sure of was that this was definitely a hundred-year-level soul beast, and it was not good.

The other party's speed just now was extremely fast, he only saw a black shadow, and he didn't even see his appearance clearly, if it wasn't for the sudden danger signal in his heart, he estimated that he would not be just scratched at this moment.

While looking at the black shadow, Xu Ran's heart was also puzzled.

You must know that most soul beasts will not take the initiative to attack, unless the other party intrudes into its territory, or poses a threat to it, it will attack in order to maintain its dignity.

Of course, this is only applicable to low-level soul beasts, like those high-level soul beasts that have already developed wisdom have their own ideas, and some are even smarter than people, if they really want to meet them, they can only ask for more blessings if they don't have strong strength to compete with them.

But it is obvious that there can't be a high-level soul beast in this small lake, and besides, when he was at the bottom of the lake just now, the other party didn't make a move, but waited until he was about to leave and sneaked up from behind, if he guessed correctly, the opponent's attack power should not be very strong, and he could only rely on speed to consume himself.

Time passed slowly, Xu Ran felt that the oxygen stored in his body was insufficient, coupled with the continuous bleeding from the wound, the temperature on the surface of his body also plummeted.

Because the black shadow hadn't attacked again since it launched a surprise attack on him, it was just circling around his head, Xu Ran thought about it for a while, and didn't intend to be tough with him.

The water is the opponent's home field, and he can't show his hands and feet in the water at all.

Therefore, thirty-six plans, go for the upper plan.

Taking advantage of the black shadow's circle, Xu Ran began to move his body carefully, and the range of his movements was very small, and he slowly swam to the side.

As he moved his body, his gaze was fixed on the black shadow above him, and he did not relax until he swam nearly fifteen meters before he stopped moving sideways and turned to float towards the lake.

His legs didn't move, but his feet swayed gently, and although he didn't rise quickly, he didn't attract the attention of the black shadow.

The ice in front of him was getting closer and closer, just when Xu Ran thought that he could successfully escape, but unexpectedly, the black shadow moved again, this time it was from top to bottom, and rushed towards Xu Ran obliquely, Xu Ran didn't have time to react at all, and when the black shadow passed close to him, he found that the upper part of the right rib was also scratched with an identical wound.

"My day!"

Xu Ran first took out a small and lightweight red-veined dagger, then lowered his head and searched for the location of the black shadow.

If the first wound was just an accident, then the second wound is enough to show that the other party intended to attack him.

Looking down from above this time, Xu Ran finally saw the appearance of the black shadow clearly.

This is a strange fish with a body length of nearly one meter, its body is very narrow, streamlined, there are yellow lines on both sides of the body, the fins on the back are like mountain peaks, the mouth is very special, a bit like a harpoon, two spikes are directly below the two eyes, flashing with a cold light.

"Lightning Fish!"

Xu Ran called out the name of this soul beast almost immediately, and at the same time, the sense of crisis in his heart also increased.

The lightning fish is a very cunning fish, very aggressive, it is called the lightning fish because of its two yellow lines that resemble lightning, coupled with its extremely fast speed in the water.

It is a carnivorous soul beast, and its main attack method is to use two spikes in its mouth to pierce the target.

Although the lightning fish looks very narrow in body, its mind is very flexible, and generally speaking, the IQ of a three-year-old child can be caught up in a hundred years.

And the body in front of him is nearly one meter long, it should be about nine hundred years, and the IQ is estimated to be equivalent to that of a ten-year-old child, which is also what Xu Ran is most worried about.

If you are not afraid that the enemy is too strong, you are afraid that the enemy is educated.

It is no exaggeration to say that the threat brought by this nine-hundred-year-old lightning fish in the water is no less than that of an ordinary three-thousand-year-old soul beast.

"Calm down, calm down."

Xu Ran forcibly suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart, and quickly thought about how to deal with it in his mind.

It's just that the lightning fish didn't give Xu Ran too much time to think, its eyes flashed with a ghostly light, if you look closely, you will find that there is a trace of ridicule hidden in the ghostly light, its body moves like a cunning rabbit, leaving a wound on Xu Ran's body again.

Putting down the dagger that was waving in the air, Xu Ran's face was very ugly, and sure enough, as he thought, although he had already reacted at the first time, he didn't even touch the shadow of the lightning fish with the full force just now.

At this moment, the lightning fish began to circle around Xu Ran again, it didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill the killer, but more like it was playing with its prey, leaving wounds on Xu Ran's body one after another.

Soon, Xu Ran had clearly felt tightness in his chest and shortness of breath, and seven wounds had been cut on his body, and the continuous loss of blood made his movements become more and more sluggish.

If this continued, Xu Ran knew that he would definitely die.

First forcing himself to calm down, he closed his eyes and stared, his mind quickly thinking about all the movements of the lightning fish just now.

"Left, right, left, right, left, right, left."

"The Lightning Fish launched a total of seven attacks, four of which attacked their left rib and three of their right ribs, and the left and right attacks were all crossed."

Thinking of this, Xu Ran looked at his upper body, which was already drenched in blood, and saw that six of the seven wounds were actually symmetrical, which means that the next blow of the lightning fish would most likely attack his right rib, and it was the position corresponding to the lowest wound on the left rib.

"It's now."

Without any hesitation, Xu Ran had already placed the dagger under his guessed right rib before the lightning fish attacked again, and as soon as his action was completed, the black shadow turned by the lightning fish flashed in less than a second.

Its rapid attack unexpectedly added an eighth wound to Xu Ran, but this time, it failed to retreat like the previous times.

A large wound stretched from its neck to its tail, and blood gushed out as if it were dying, staining a large area of water red.

After a few weak convulsions, the corpse of the lightning fish slowly floated to the surface.

Seeing this, Xu Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the corpse of the lightning fish with disdain on his face.

"A beast is a beast, and you dare to play games with me, don't you know that I am the first in the grade in mathematics every time I take the exam? Looking for a regular pediatric routine is tired of playing in high school. ”

Muttering in his heart, Xu Ran hurriedly broke through the ice above his head and surfaced.