Sealing the Sea with Eight Trigrams, the Power of One Cauldron

Crash!

White waves rolled, churning up sand and silt.

Three figures slowly emerged from the shallows.

As they appeared, their once-concealed auras climbed steadily, and all three bodies began to swell.

At this rate, one wrong word would set off a slaughter.

Big Black, sprawled on the beach, felt his heart sink at the sight.

"Damn it. I didn't even notice anyone following me on the way back."

Traveling deep beneath the sea was discreet by nature, so Big Black could hardly be blamed.

The Demon Spider Crab Clan was especially keen-sensed, and its members were first-rate at concealing their auras.

Tian Xuan looked listless. In a clear human voice, she said, "Big Black, my mana has been suppressed. Go help Master fight."

She could see plainly that all the newcomers were Third Order Demon Kings. The thin Demon Spider Crab at their head had an even stronger aura, seemingly at the Mid-Third Order.

If the three joined forces, Master would likely suffer badly.

If Big Black could hold off one or two enemies for Master, they might yet turn the tide.

But—

At her request, Big Black could only pour out his troubles.

"I want to!"

"But I used almost all my Demon Power rescuing you. How am I supposed to fight?"

He was telling the truth.

Breaking through a giant Demon Hunting Ship's defensive array under the noses of seven Golden Core Cultivators and forcibly rescuing Tian Xuan was no simple feat.

Big Black had relied entirely on the Devour Demon Art he had awakened earlier.

But he had awakened that demon art only a year or two ago and had yet to master it. Ordinarily, he could only throw his weight around against little fish and shrimp.

Unleashing it on such a scale had drained his Demon