Xiao Yu lashed out with a thunder-fire bomb, but his pupils constricted the moment he caught sight of the engraved pattern on the anchor’s fluke—it was a distress signal known only to the secret guards of the Prince's Estate.
At almost the same moment, the faint click of a mechanism echoed from deep within the reed marshes. Twelve pillars of water erupted into the sky, hoisting the three storied boats several yards above the surface.
"It’s the Princess Consort’s Water Dragon Chant formation!"
Chapter 101