But the spammers—the Sea Urchin Warriors, puppets, and others—were in for a disappointment. The newly ascended Profound Sage Winter Melon seemed not to hear their shouted messages at all.
In the Profound Sage Lecture, Winter Melon Sage Lord stood with both hands resting on his sword. He formally began his lecture, explaining his Defensive Dao to the cultivators of the Myriad Heavens and Realms.
Sea King was puzzled. Strange. I've got thousands upon thousands of Sea Urchin Warriors shouting at him. With all that noise, there's no way Winter Melon Sage Lord couldn't hear them.
Which part went wrong?
Were the Sea Urchin Warriors not loud enough? Was there something wrong with their pitch? Or was the signal bad because we're underwater? Damn it, where did it go wrong?
Sea King fell deep in thought.
After a long while, he suddenly considered another possibility: had Winter Melon Sage Lord turned off the function that let him hear the cultivators of the Myriad Heavens and Realms?
That seemed highly likely.
Winter Melon Sage Lord had already begun his lecture.
He could hardly lecture while listening to cultivators across the Myriad Heavens and Realms heckle him. What if they distracted him?
The thought left Sea King miserable.
Then my Sea Urchin Warriors shouted themselves hoarse for nothing?
Countless puppets and a number of Limitless Demon Sect disciples shared his misery.
Winter Melon Sage Lord's lecture continued. His Defensive Dao sounded rather dry and was anything but flashy, yet it was remarkably practical.
He covered how to get the most out of armor, how to use its strongest points to block an enemy's attacks, and how to protect a cultivator's vital areas. These were the basics of defense, but they were precisely what Song Shuhang lacked.
Song Shuhang had the formidable