Mortal Mirror

They had barely reached West Temple Plaza when they saw a crowd gathered.

As soon as the crowd saw Li Ergou and the others approaching, they immediately parted to both sides, making way for them.

Li Ergou immediately asked, "What's going on? Why is everyone gathered here?"

An old man immediately stepped forward and said, "Officer, our old well in West Temple Plaza is also producing fish. Everyone came to see the spectacle, but strange things have been happening these past few days, and now no one dares to eat the fish anymore."

Li Ergou nodded slightly and walked to the well, wanting to see what was going on inside.

He looked down, and good heavens, the well was filled with densely packed fish heads sticking out of the water, as if waiting for people to catch them.

Li Ergou frowned slightly, reached out, and sucked a foot-long fish into his palm.

This was a white-scaled fish, a species unique to Fish Dragon River, known for its delicious taste and tender meat. Li Ergou usually loved to eat this kind of fish.

But now, he saw that the fish's eyes were dim, as if lacking vitality. He narrowed his eyes, feeling that something was not right with the fish.

Suddenly, he exerted force on his hand and directly crushed the fish. Everyone was startled and retreated.

However, Li Ergou extracted a fingernail-sized white larva from the fish's body. The larva's eyes flashed with green light, and it struggled constantly, surprisingly strong.

When Ma Han saw the larva, he exclaimed, "It's a ghost-sucking worm!"

"Ghost-sucking worm? What's that?" Li Ergou asked, puzzled.

The surrounding people also exclaimed when they saw the worm. An old man immediately said, "It is said that this ghost-sucking worm can control people's minds. No wonder those people threw themselves into the well. It turns out this is the culprit. Legend has it that our Fish City's five ancient wells are connected to Fish Dragon River. Could it be that those people were lured away by the River God?"

For a time, everyone discussed it animatedly.

Li Ergou didn't believe in any River God. It must be a monster causing trouble, but Bai Su had already sent people to investigate this matter, so he shouldn't say too much.

So he dispersed the crowd and continued to collect dues with the constables. That day, fighting sounds constantly came from West Temple Plaza and Wind Shelter Pond. Li Ergou arrested over a hundred people in one go, with more than a dozen seriously injured and countless slightly injured.

In just one day, he wiped out the criminal elements in these two places, immediately winning the cheers of the people in both areas, who wanted to present him with plaques.

When he went to the yamen the next morning, he realized that the atmosphere inside was not right. After inquiring, he learned that some monsters had emerged from the ancient well yesterday and killed many people in the city.

Now the chief constable was furious and ordered his subordinates to quickly deal with the matter. Bai Su had no choice but to prepare to take action personally. A large number of troops were now ready.

At this time, Chen Bajin found Li Ergou and told him to quickly prepare, and follow him to West Temple Plaza to guard the area later.

Night fell, and tonight was destined to be an unusual night. Three second-rank constables came to West Temple Plaza. Li Ergou followed Chen Bajin, and asked with a puzzled face, "Brother Chen, what exactly came out last night?"

Chen Bajin sighed and said, "Just some aquatic monsters. They were fish with legs. It was the first time I saw something like that. It's really unexpected."

Li Ergou was slightly surprised. He had never seen a fish with legs before, and didn't know what it looked like. Suddenly, he thought of a question and said, "Could this matter be related to the Blood Beast Sect? They love to create these monsters."

Chen Bajin shook his head and said, "This, it's hard to say, but the relationship shouldn't be great."

The two chatted and talked, and in the blink of an eye, the moon rose to the middle of the sky, and it was already midnight. But the well was still very quiet. Just when everyone thought nothing would happen tonight.

The well water in the ancient well actually began to churn, and then a huge column of water spewed out from the ancient well, reaching a height of five or six zhang in the sky.

While everyone was surprised, one after another fish-bodied monsters suddenly jumped out of the water column.

Li Ergou was also slightly stunned when he saw those monsters. These fish monsters were really ugly and hideous.

They were about two and a half meters tall, with fish bodies and fish heads, but they had legs like oxen, and six arms grew on their bodies. The arms were holding various weapons, clubs, stones, knives, and swords.

The fish heads were extremely hideous, and countless sharp teeth could be seen inside their mouths as they opened and closed.

As soon as these guys came out, they charged towards Li Ergou and the others.

Li Ergou told everyone to be careful. Ye Wanwan stood beside Li Ergou and said, "Brother Ergou, these monsters are so scary."

Li Ergou nodded and said, "Find a good position in the back and support me with your bow and arrows."

Feeling that this was not safe enough, he waved his hand and called Ma Han over and said, "Don't rush up either, protect Wanwan by her side."

Ma Han's eyes lit up. He was naturally eager not to have to rush up and fight, and immediately nodded and agreed, telling Li Ergou to rest assured.

Ye Wanwan felt a warmth in her heart, but didn't say much, because the fighting had already begun. The fish monsters were fierce and had immense strength, and their methods were extremely cruel.

As long as they were caught by them, these guys would directly bite off your neck, and there would be no way to save you.

There were quite a few fish monsters in the water column, and more than a hundred of them jumped out in one breath.

Li Ergou and the others, the three second-rank constables only brought less than fifty people. For a time, the numbers were vastly different. Fortunately, none of these people were idlers, and each was extremely powerful.

Although those fish monsters were powerful, they were not invulnerable. They only relied on their great strength and height advantage.

However, everyone was evenly matched. Some of the fish monsters had already run towards the nearby houses. Fighting was not their ultimate goal. Capturing people was what they wanted.

Li Ergou blocked a fish monster. The fish monster made a gurgling sound in its mouth. Li Ergou naturally didn't know what it was saying, but he saw it charging towards him.

Its six arms waved, each hand wielding a weapon. Li Ergou pulled out his Wild Goose Feather Saber. Under the moonlight, it shone with a cold light. The icy blue blade seemed to be covered with frost.

Li Ergou didn't waste any words, jumped up, and swung his saber. In mid-air, he heard a whooshing sound, and a streak of icy blue light flashed, shining like a meteor.

Li Ergou slashed five times in mid-air. After hearing a series of clanging sounds, all five arms of the fish monster were chopped off.

The fish monster wailed in pain and swung its last arm to grab Li Ergou. Li Ergou sneered, thinking that this fish monster was nothing more than this.

Before he could act, he saw a streak of light flying over from afar. It was a sharp arrow that instantly pierced into the fish monster's head. The fish monster collapsed powerlessly to the ground, its eyes wide open, dying with grievances.

Li Ergou looked in the direction from which the arrow was shot. It was none other than Ye Wanwan.

Li Ergou gave her an encouraging look and rushed to the front of the crowd. It must be said that Li Ergou's combat power was indeed strong. With his addition, the pressure on many people was greatly relieved.

The Wild Goose Feather Saber was extremely sharp. Although the scales of these fish monsters were also tough, they still couldn't resist the sharp blade.

And Xiao Qi, Zhao Hu, and Liu Sanmazi, were all around Li Ergou not far away, guarding and attacking each other. After Li Ergou injured the fish monsters, they were responsible for finishing them off, cooperating quite tacitly.

Although the fish monsters were powerful, they were ultimately no match for these constables. After a bloody battle, the fish monsters were cut down one after another.

But before everyone could be happy, a loud bang suddenly came from the ancient well, and a huge thing drilled out of the ancient well. Seeing this thing, everyone was extremely horrified and dumbfounded.