Immortal Path to Heaven

The next morning, Ou Yangming left Canghai City with the others and headed to the shoal mentioned by Hong Feiyu.

Ou Yangming was familiar with formations. Needless to say, even if someone set up a formation in this world that lacked spiritual power, it could not have exceptionally powerful effects. Normally, cultivators would rather invest their time and effort in cultivation than wasting them on formations, which was a bottomless hole.

As for the foreign cultivators in this realm… They probably did not know what formations were at all.

Nonetheless, since the spirit beast came from the upper realm, the situation was naturally different. Besides, among the Aquatics, the Turtles were considered as one of the more intelligent races, so perhaps a spirit turtle knew some wonderful formations. Of course, as marvelous as it could be, it would be extremely difficult for it to make a difference in this world.

Unless it was similar to the Birds Formation, which was formed by gathering the powers of countless birds and transferring nature"s mightiness, it could not release earth-shattering effects.

If a formation was fixed in one spot, it would not have any tricks even if plenty of aquatics were a.s.sembled.

Those were what the little red bird claimed, and Ou Yangming received confirmation from Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk too.

Therefore, he ordered the two gigantic beasts to hold the line behind while he brought Big Yellow, the little red bird, Hong Feiyu, and the two young ladies to the sh.o.r.e by the vast ocean.

As said by Hong Feiyu, it was a shoal, where there were undersea traps nearby cl.u.s.tered by dark reefs. Perhaps the Aquatics loved those spots, but they were nightmares for fishing boats.

Nevertheless, once Ou Yangming and the others arrived at their destination, they first felt a long sea breeze, causing them to feel lazy under the scorching sun. They felt like they wanted to cast aside their worries and have a good nap on the beach.

Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows and asked, “Brother Hong, is this the formation"s power?”

Hong Feiyu smiled bitterly. “Yes. The spirit turtle is quite capable, so it set up two formations here. One is a formation to increase its water-mastery spell"s power while the other is meant to weaken the Humans" willpower. That said, the spell is only useful against cultivators below Spirit Grade.”

"Spirit Grade—the term for being above Extreme Grade." Ou Yanming was moved.

Such a being was known as a spirit beast among the Beasts but was known as a spirit cultivator among the Humans. Even so, cultivators were also separated into casters and warriors in the upper realm.

Ou Yangming looked at Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei, who were thrilled as though the peculiar formation map did not affect them at all. On the contrary, he vaguely felt like he was shot and wanted to sleep right away.

This was not because Ou Yangming"s willpower was inferior to that of Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei, but because formation maps would affect people differently. Moreover, the effect of a formation map would also vary according to one"s mental state.

Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei knew they were about to face a spirit beast, thus they were in extreme excitement. As such, the little effect caused by the formation map was driven away by their exhilaration long ago.

On the other hand, Ou Yangming encountered more than one spirit beast. Given that the spirit turtle could not do anything to Hong Feiyu, he figured that it was not a threat to him at all. Hence, the young fellow was very relaxed and came here with the mindset of going on a trip, which was why his reaction and the young ladies" reactions were polarized.

“Alright, let"s not care about the formation map.” Ou Yangming waved his hand. “Where"s the spirit turtle? Let"s find it and get rid of it, then we"ll go back.”

Hong Feiyu hesitated for a while before he warned Ou Yangming, “Brother Ou, you mustn"t underestimate the spirit turtle. It"s not fast, but its defensive power is unordinary, and it has great stamina as if it won"t run out of energy at all.”

Although Hong Feiyu was defeated by Ou Yangming and Big Yellow, he was rather afraid of the spirit turtle. After all, he was incredibly troubled by the spirit turtle"s notable defense. If they could not break the defense, their attacks would end up being useless.

Ou Yangming smiled. “I understand. Brother Hong, please.”

Hong Feiyu felt helpless. He had reminded Ou Yangming but it was out of his control whether the young fellow would accept his help.

He looked into the distance and stated in a deep voice, “That spirit turtle is smart, but it"s a sleepy head. Every time it orders the Aquatics to attack but suffers a setback, it"ll immediately lose patience, and it actually came here because it"s more convenient for it to sleep. Finding that turtle is easy—we just need to make sure it"s not sleeping.” Following that, he lifted his hand and let out a deafening whistle.

His whistle sounded like rumbling Heavenly Thunderbolts. When the repercussions reached the waters, they even caused visible ripples to be seen.

It was quite amazing that a human"s voice could be so mighty, but the little red bird was scornful. "How dare you show you incompetence if that"s all you can do? If my kind did the same thing, you"d be so terrified that you won"t be able to move at all.

The thunderous whistling lasted for 15 minutes without a stop.

Ou Yangming looked at Hong Feiyu in shock, and he knew the scholar must have cultivated a secret technique to be able to do this. "These powerhouses that can advance to Spirit Grade in the upper realm have useful qualities too."

All of a sudden, the sea in front of them split as a humongous creature slowly emerged.

It was a gigantic aquatic, whose build was not as exaggerated as Multi-armed King Kong"s but was much larger than the goshawk. Having said that, the ma.s.sive creature was very slow as compared to the king kong, and they could be described as an obtuse person and a normal person, respectively. In fact, one would feel anxious by looking at the creature itself.

Despite that, Ou Yangming"s eyes lit up because fighting against such a giant creature was undoubtedly the best choice.

Hong Feiyu stopped whistling and noted in a deep voice, “Brother Ou, this is the creature.”

The giant turtle had finally floated completed. It stuck out its long neck from its sh.e.l.l and let out a booming roar. “Human, you"re here to disturb my sleep again. You really deserve to die!”

“We"re from different races and can"t coexist, so I"m obviously not going to let you live well.” Hong Feiyu sneered. He turned around and lowered his voice as he said, “Bother Ou, I"ll take the lead.” He had gained enough experiences after exchanging blows with the giant turtle several times. Even though he knew his attacks could not break the creature"s defense, he had to at least show Ou Yangming and his companions.

Seeing was believing. Perhaps Ou Yangming would change his original thought after he witnessed the giant turtle"s defensive ability.

However, just as he flashed, Ou Yangming reached his hand out to stop him and said with a smile, “Brother Hong, please wait and watch; someone will go against it.”

Hong Feiyu was stunned, and he instantly looked at Big Yellow. He remembered he was defeated by the big yellow dog. Though Ou Yangming was a.s.sisting on the side, it was how a caster and a warrior should cooperate, so he did not find fault in it.

That said, Big Yellow ignored him and stuck out its tongue as it lay on the beach. It did not seem to care about him or the spirit turtle in the distance at all.

Just as Hong Feiyu was feeling confused, he noticed two figures going past him. They charged at the giant spirit turtle on the water like wind and fire.

Hong Feiyu"s face changed. When he looked, he recognized them at once.

They were Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei. When the young ladies followed Ou Yangming here, Hong Feiyu initially thought they were here to broaden their knowledge. Who knew, they went forward eagerly after seeing the spirit turtle as if they were afraid someone would s.n.a.t.c.h the opportunity from them.

“Oh no, Brother Ou, you…” Hong Feiyu turned to look at Ou Yangming, only to see that the young fellow was smiling calmly with his hands behind his back as though he did not see anything.

“Brother Hong, what"s wrong?” Ou Yangming asked.

“Huh? U-uh…” Hong Feiyu smiled bitterly and looked into the distance. He finally swallowed his questions.

Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei were already on the water and were heading toward the giant turtle.

The giant turtle gazed at the ladies but did not pay any attention to them. The enormous creature would only care about Hong Feiyu, who was in Spirit Grade. As for the other people, it would not care about them at all.

In actual fact, the situation would be different if Ou Yangming and Big Yellow released their auras.

Given that they did not expose their true ident.i.ties, the giant turtle did not bother about them too.

Large, pillar-like legs were extended out from the turtle"s sh.e.l.l, allowing the turtle to paddle and charge forward. Its target was Hong Feiyu, and it figured that the two incoming little humans… Would probably be doomed after it crushed them.

Nonetheless, just as its body went past the two little humans, it suddenly sensed a chillness.

Ni Yinghong held her longsword and activated the skill on it.

It was true that she had not broken through the world"s limit, but her mental power was not to be treated lightly. Once she went all out, the water around the giant turtle turned into huge blocks of ice.

The giant turtle halted and turned to look at Ni Yinghong in shock.

It was not puzzled by the ice-mastery magic art, but it was in disbelief because the spell was too mighty.

"Given that this world lacks spiritual power, it"s quite unlikely for such a potent caster to be born.

"But if this person can unleash such force from the spell in this realm, wouldn"t she be able to defy nature in the upper realm?"

The giant turtle struggled hard. Its thick legs seemed to contain endless powers.

“Crack.”

Soon enough, the blocks of ice around the giant turtle shattered. Nonetheless, it slowed down and finally looked at Ni Yinghong seriously.