Heavy Losses

They had never imagined that Zhang Wuchen would use herself as bait, risking being killed by them to set up a scheme within a scheme.

Most of the Zhang Family's affiliated forces and Core Formation Cultivators had fallen into an ambush, and many Core Formation Cultivators had been killed or wounded. That was precisely why they had been tricked.

"Trying to leave at a time like this? Don't you think it's a little too late?"

A somewhat cold female voice suddenly rang out. The seawater below churned violently, forming a massive whirlpool more than ten miles wide, while a powerful air current appeared out of thin air.

Dozens of Foundation Establishment Cultivators were swept into the massive whirlpool by the powerful air current, transforming into a vast cloud of blood mist.

At the same time, a deep-blue Blue Water Curtain suddenly appeared, enveloping the surrounding sea for dozens of miles.

Rumble—

A deafening rumble rang out as a Blue Octopus more than a hundred zhang in size surfaced from the sea.

The Blue Octopus had more than a dozen thick tentacles, each over a hundred zhang long and covered in pale-golden Spirit Patterns. A vicious male face grew on its head.

Judging by its aura, it was a Fourth-Order Spirit Beast.

The Blue Octopus wildly waved its dozen-odd tentacles, transforming them into a dozen thick iron rods that smashed viciously toward the cultivators high in the sky.

The cultivators hurriedly summoned their Magic Treasures to block the Blue Octopus's attacks.

The Nascent Soul Cultivators were fine; the Blue Octopus's attacks could not injure them. The cultivators below the Nascent Soul Stage, however, were not so lucky. The thick tentacles sent them flying, people and Magic Treasures alike. Foundation Establishment Cultivators were smashed into snowy mist by the tentacles, while Core