Infiltrating the Seabed
Enduring the pain, Shi Yue brought out a black round ball the size of a watermelon and tapped it with a magic arts. Amid a clatter of mechanisms, the black round ball transformed into a shark puppet several zhang long.
Shi Yue had hurriedly made this puppet in Palm Heaven Space. It was crafted from Thousand-Year Spirit Bamboo, and because of his limited skill, the shark puppet possessed only the strength of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator. Still, its defenses were nearly as strong as a Defensive Magic Treasure. He had made it specifically for a situation like this.
Now that a Nascent Soul Cultivator was on his heels, even releasing Jin'er wouldn't help him escape. He might be able to flee through the sea, but Jin'er and Yin'er couldn't use water escape techniques, so he'd made a shark puppet.
The Crimson Fire Wall blurred and transformed into a streak of red light, vanishing into Shi Yue's brow in a flash.
In the next instant, Shi Yue's figure blurred and disappeared inside the shark puppet.
The shark puppet lashed its tail through the air and plunged into the sea.
At that moment, the Azure Flood Dragon pounced on the black streak of escape light.
The black streak was Yu Xin.
Relying on the Jade Slip Lin Piaoxue had given him, he had made straight for the location recorded for the Space Node. Since he couldn't sense Shi Yue's presence, he'd thought his judgment was mistaken. But when he reached these waters, he suddenly sensed Shi Yue's location, much to his delight.
Seeing an Azure Flood Dragon pounce at him, Yu Xin remained expressionless. He turned his hand and took out a black short halberd, then flicked his wrist. The weapon flew from his grasp and slashed