“Senior, let us help you!” The four Ascendant Immortals quickly moved forward. By not allowing the opposing Earthen Immortals to form an encirclement around them, they would still be able to leave.
“It"s dangerous! Hurry up and retreat!”
Patriarch Hegemon Sword"s face suddenly changed. Opening his mouth, he sprayed out sword energy and the water yaos before him were all killed, reduced into a mist of blood. Following that, he grasped and swung with his hand. As a result, the four rookie Ascendant Immortals re-appeared somewhere tens of thousands of li away from their original positions.
A water yao the size of a small mountain had emerged from the ocean. Opening its large mouth, it revealed a black hole within. Energy currents rotated within the black hole to release strands of light. Like a net, the strands of light rapidly wrapped up Patriarch Hegemon Sword. No matter how dazzling the sword light that Patriarch Hegemon Sword unleashed in response was, it was incapable of cutting apart the net in one attack.
“What is this?” Chen Feng was shocked. He knew that he had to take action immediately. Thus, he fired out a clump of flames at it. As expected, in the face of the flames, the black threads of the net immediately softened. Next, Patriarch Hegemon Sword"s body pulsed, sending countless sword beams out from his body and all the threads wrapping his body were cut.
Boom!
Chen Feng appeared, the Mad Bloodfiend Blade in his hand. With a swift slash, he sent forth a ma.s.sive astral blade – wreathed in flames – at the mountainous water yao.
Suddenly, the black hole that had been exerting a suction force fired out a stream of energy instead. This move from the water yao managed to block the astral blade that Chen Feng sent forward. It was as though the sun had fallen into the ocean and sparks flew about. The shockwaves from the collision affected countless water yaos.
“Island Lord!” Patriarch Hegemon Sword could still feel fear in his heart due to what happened earlier. That water yao had nearly devoured him. Should that happen, it would be very hard for him to escape.
“Greetings, Island Lord!” The four Ascendant Immortals did not rush over. Instead, they stayed where they were, saluting respectfully from far away.
“Mobilize the members from the various forces to set up a defensive circle three million li away from East Dragon Island"s borders!” Chen Feng gave them an order.
“Affirmative!”
The four Ascendant Immortals quickly left. Truth be told, there had been no need for Chen Feng to give the order. The East Dragon Island Alliance had already taken action. At any rate, an ocean yao wave of this scale was very rare. Thus, the Ascendant Immortals were no longer able to simply stay idle. Even the other ocean forces there were running around frantically. In Chen Feng"s opinions, some other ocean forces would definitely come join forces with East Dragon Island. Should they fail to handle this beast tide from the far-ocean region properly, it could translate into a serious trouble for them all.
Chen Feng, on the other hand, did not want to just kill them. He wondered if it was possible to peacefully resolve the situation.
Even though that was Chen Feng"s opinion on the matter, the situation was something he could not control. The number of water yaos was simply too high. He could also sense several formidable auras that were in no way weaker than him.
After the attack was stopped, the mountainous water yao did not retreat. Neither did it stop. Instead, it continued attacking.
From what Chen Feng could see, this water yao was only at the starter-level Ascendant Immortal stage. It did not even have the qualifications to be called a Yao Overlord yet. However, it innately possessed a tough fleshly body and was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with blood energy. Not even a hundred human cultivators could compare with it. Additionally, by relying on some special skills, this yao beast could fight human cultivators that were of a higher level. One such example was Patriarch Hegemon Sword. He was someone who believed that sword energy was something with no equal. But in the face of this mountainous water yao, he dared not claim that he could emerge victorious.
Opening its large mouth, the mountainous water yao locked on to Chen Feng and Patriarch Hegemon Sword"s auras with its suction force. Additionally, thick tentacles were also emerging from the ocean. It was yet another water yao at the Ascendant Immortal stage.
“Cut!”
“How troublesome.”
The Longevity Wings unfurled from Chen Feng"s back and he easily evaded the restraining attempts from the other party. Next, Chen Feng"s figure spun a few times to cut each of the tentacles into two.
To Chen Feng"s relief, the water yaos below the Ascendant Immortal stage had stopped attacking. Should the 10,000 plus Earthen Immortals there join forces to attack, they would have no issues killing off even an Ascendant Immortal.
“Fellows, let"s stop for now.” Chen Feng sent forth a formidable soul wave. However, the other party clearly did not think too highly of Chen Feng and Patriarch Hegemon Sword. As they fought, two more Ascendant Immortals emerged from the surface of the ocean.
One of them was a multi-coloured wyrm. On its head were two horns, which radiated lightning currents. The other one was a ma.s.sive tentacle monster. Countless tentacles swayed about ceaselessly. There was a potent poison within those tentacles.
The moment the lightning currents shot out, they formed a net that covered the sky. As for the tentacles, they sprayed out stream after stream of poison, which rapidly spread out into the ocean waters. Due to that, some of the water yaos that were too close to the affected area were poisoned to death.
Some of them were Yao Immortals.
“Looks like there is a need to put on some display of skills.” Chen Feng knew. In order to start talks with the other party, he would need to go all out. Chen Feng beckoned and the Treasured Ocean Pearl and Lightning Bead appeared at the same time. After breaking apart the enemy attacks, they then a.s.sailed the water yaos.
Patriarch Hegemon Sword attacked in tandem with them, firing out a stream of tangible sword light, one that shone with a life-reaping l.u.s.tre. It swept forward and the tentacle monster was hacked into pieces.
Weng!
The Blood Mustering Bead appeared. This was the best situation for the Blood Mustering Bead and the wyrms inside it to improve further. The Blood Mustering Bead"s strength kept rising and a b.l.o.o.d.y light enveloped the place to affect even the water yaos at the Ascendant Immortal stage. That was especially so for those with wounds on their bodies. Blood kept spraying out from their wounds.
“How can I not be part of this?!” Patriarch Heavenly Sword appeared as well. Sword cultivators possessed the strongest offensive power. When it came to those on the same level, the offensive power that Patriarch Hegemon Sword and Patriarch Heavenly Sword could wield far surpa.s.sed that of the others. That was also why these two were the first to take action.
Chen Feng made use of various magic treasures to attack and mess with the water yaos. As for the two sword cultivators, they unleashed killer moves with all their might. Due to the furious attacks, two water yaos at the Ascendant Immortal stage were killed off while the other two fled. The two Patriarchs, on the other hand, have not had enough. Thus, sword beams rampaged about to split the ocean and countless more water yaos died to the sword beams.
The happiest one there was Chen Feng. All those water yaos were ma.s.sive creatures with a great deal of blood essence. The Blood Mustering Bead had absorbed them all. While it would not be that easy for the Blood Mustering Bead to level up again, the nine Poisonous Vileblood Wyrms inside it had already reached the threshold for breaking through. If it weren"t for Chen Feng, who felt that their strength was growing too quickly and utilized a secret technique to suppress their cultivation bases, they would have emerged to undergo their tribulations.
“If not for the fact that those water yaos could pose a threat to East Dragon Island, I really want to just kill off all the water yaos here. All that blood would be enough to let the Blood Mustering Bead advance again,” Chen Feng said. He did not continue attacking. He could already sense a formidable aura coming from the bottom of the ocean.
Following the emergence of this aura, the surrounding water yaos spread out. Clearly, this fellow was no ordinary water yao.
“Even stronger than the previous one,” Patriarch Hegemon Sword said.
Sou! Sou!
Two cultivators appeared on Chen Feng"s side. One of them was Tu Jiao while the other was Gold Bead. They could be considered as rookies amongst the Ascendant Immortals. The two of them were native cultivators of East Dragon Island. Tu Jiao was an ordinary wyrm while Gold Bead was a spiritual bead from the bottom of the ocean. Since developing wisdom, Gold Bead had spent at least hundreds of thousands of years on his cultivation. If it weren"t for Chen Feng"s help, cultivating up to the Ascendant Immortal stage would have been quite difficult for him.
“Island Lord!” The two of them revealed a greater display of respect towards Chen Feng.
Chen Feng responded with a nod of his head. He had secretly summoned them. Tu Jiao and Gold Bead were both long-timers in the ocean region. As Chen Feng was attempting to negotiate with the other party, these two might prove useful.
Sou! Sou! Sou!
Additionally, three other Ascendant Immortals came as well. They were Patriarch Heavenswind, Heavenly Premier Aquafire and Mu Cang, who had only just broken through not too long ago.
With this, Chen Feng"s side became more confident. They lined up in a row and radiated a coercive atmosphere of majesty. Due to that, the tens of millions of water yaos who were advancing came to a halt.
In the beginning, some of the water yaos had still charged forward. But the Ascendant Immortals from East Dragon Island there attacked together to kill off over one million water yaos, turning the stretch of ocean there into a sea of blood. Seeing that, the water yaos fell still.
“Are there no leaders?” Chen Feng asked with a derisive grin.
As expected, the moment he said that, a total of six human-looking figures flew out from the ocean to hover before Chen Feng. Chen Feng could see that all six were water yaos. He could even determine their original bodies.
Chen Feng could see the strength within their bodies and the might of their fleshly bodies. It was astonis.h.i.+ng. Every single one of them was stronger than Tu Jiao. Rather, it was at the level where every one of them could go toe to toe with a veteran like Patriarch Heavenly Sword.
That said, Chen Feng also knew that these six cultivators were not all the Ascendant Immortals on the water yaos" side. They were also not the strongest. There were still several existences deep inside the ocean that were stronger than the six cultivators. They could not hide themselves from Chen Feng"s eyes.
“Do you fellows have a death wish? Hurry up and make way!” one of the six cultivators shouted.
“Enough, let"s not engage in pointless banter. I believe you fellows must have heard of East Dragon Island"s name before. I am East Dragon Island"s Island Lord, Chen Feng. How should I address you fellows? The way I see it, there is a need for a negotiation,” Chen Feng said.
“You"re the Island Lord of East Dragon Island? Ha ha ha ha!”
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Hearing Chen Feng"s words, the six cultivators instantly burst into a fit of laughter. In their opinion, even though Chen Feng possessed several Immortal artifacts, he was clearly an Earthen Immortal. As they were water yaos who respected might above all else, they did not think much of Chen Feng.
On Chen Feng"s side, he was aware that a deterring display of might was necessary in order for them to start negotiations. Thus, he secretly sent some vocal transmissions to Bi Qing and the others before bringing out the Essence Spirit Bead.
Excluding the Longevity Tower, the Essence Spirit Bead was the Immortal artifact with the highest grade in Chen Feng"s possession. It was a mid-grade Immortal artifact.
The Essence Spirit Bead swiftly flew out from Chen Feng"s hand. It did not grow in size. Instead, it locked down on the auras of the six cultivators and exerted a ferocious atmosphere of suppression towards them.
“A mid-grade Immortal artifact!”
The faces of the six cultivators sank sharply and they immediately joined forces to resist. Seeing that, Chen Feng scoffed. Various Heavenly Tribulation powers appeared on the surface of the Essence Spirit Bead. Yao beasts were even more fearful of Heavenly Tribulation than humans.
Due to the atmosphere of suppression, the six cultivators were flung down into the ocean. And that was only because Chen Feng had held back, otherwise he could have killed at least one or two of them.
“Fellows, come on out and have a chat. Or do you really want to fight our East Dragon Island?” Chen Feng waved his hand and the Essence Spirit Bead transformed into a stream of light to enter his body.
After that, the ocean waters began rising, pushed to their surroundings to roil about as a gigantic old tortoise appeared on the ocean surface. The old tortoise"s body was at least 500 kilometres long. One could have easily mistaken its body for an island in the ocean.
1 li = 0.5 km