Idle Chitchat? Please Hang Up

The Venerable White has further plans regarding this man in black. Venerable wants to obtain the complete <Thirty-Three Beasts Innate Unity Qi Technique> from him, as well as some auxiliary cultivation methods related to the technique.

Therefore, after capturing the man in black, Song Shuhang wanted to call Venerable White to ask how to deal with him, so as not to disrupt Venerable White's plan—after all, Song Shuhang himself was the biggest beneficiary of this plan.

"Watch out for a sneak attack! They're at your level on the left! Hehe, they're pretty fast." Yu Jiaojiao's laughter rang in her ears.

Song Shuhang quickly dove forward, moving two spaces ahead, while simultaneously slashing his Overlord Shatter Saber, towards the spot to his left.

Bite!

As the knife and hammer clashed, the man in black reappeared.

His stealth technique makes him visible the instant he attacks.

Moreover, since they are currently underwater, the man in black can become invisible when he uses his concealment spell, but he will leave water trails when he moves, greatly reducing the effectiveness of the concealment spell.

"A flea-like fellow." The man in black attacked repeatedly, but Song Shuhang dodged them all, which enraged him.

Even though he was poisoned, it would be a laughing stock if word got out that he, with his Third-Grade cultivation, couldn't even defeat a Second-Grade cultivator in half a day.

Since that's the case, don't blame me for being ruthless.

"I only intended to capture you... but now, I'm going to smash your hands and legs to pieces. I want to see how you escape now!" Because he was underwater, the man in black didn't move his mouth, but his voice was still transmitted directly to Song Shuhang's ears through his true energy.

The next moment, the man in black threw the small hammer at Song Shuhang: "Storm Hammer!"

After the hammer flew out, it burst into lightning. If someone were hit by it, they would definitely feel terrible.

At the same time, the man in black gripped the short blade with both hands. "Boar's Fang!"

A gigantic phantom of a wild boar materialized around him and charged towards Song Shuhang.

Storm Hammer in front, Boar's Fang behind.

This time, we're absolutely going to cripple this flea-like creature.

"Ugh ugh ugh~~" Song Shuhang hadn't learned 'Secret Voice Transmission' yet, so he couldn't make a sound underwater.

However, Yu Jiaojiao, hidden in his hair, had already heard his shout.

She emerged from Song Shuhang's long hair, extending her cute little paws, which mimicked the shape of a pistol, and made a sound, "Pia~"

The next moment, the seawater surged up and transformed into a giant dragon head, meeting the black-clad man's Storm Hammer and Boar's Fang!

This dragon head isn't some kind of Daoist magic or demonic art; it's simply Yu Jiaojiao talent for water control.

However, this faucet is rather large.

The twenty-meter-tall dragon head slammed into the Storm Hammer. Just like a train running over a bedbug... the small hammer, imbued with the power of lightning, was pulverized by the seawater dragon head.

Immediately afterwards, the seawater tap, still with its momentum, slammed into the man in black.

The man in black was shocked. "How is this possible? This kind of spell couldn't possibly be cast by a Second-Grade cultivator!"

At the same time, he immediately prepared to abandon the 'Boar's Fang' and avoid the seawater tap first.

But just as he was about to dodge, a wave of drowsiness unexpectedly washed over him...

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The underwater world is Yu Jiaojiao's domain. All her attacks are enhanced. Even a simple water control attack can unleash the power of Fourth-Grade -grade spell.

Boom...

The man in black was rammed by the dragon head and repeatedly pushed away into the distance.

The short blade in his hand shattered instantly.

Next came his hands; the skin on his arms suddenly cracked open, and his hands twisted grotesquely, spurting blood.

"Aaaaaaah!" the man in black screamed, spitting out a string of bubbles.

Immediately afterwards, his clothes began to flash with magical light. This was his magical robes automatically protecting him and neutralizing the destructive power of the seawater faucet.

However, the power of the sea dragon head is immense, and the black-clad man's magic robe won't withstand it for long. Once the defenses on the robe fail, the black-clad man will likely be smashed to pieces.

Song Shuhang quickly took out his phone, opened the text messaging function, and typed. "Jiaojiao, don't kill him, spare his life."

"I understand," Yu Jiaojiao replied, her small eyes filled with doubt.

The opponent is Third-Grade- grade cultivator. Although the water Dragon Might, its speed was actually not fast.

The opponent could have easily abandoned the 'Boar's Fang' attack midway and escaped using the speed of Third-Grade Cultivator. Why did they stupidly stay in place and take the hit of the water dragon head-on?

Despite her doubts, Yu Jiaojiao still reached out her claws and hooked the water dragon away.

At this moment, the man in black was covered in wounds and bleeding profusely. Moreover, the pain from his wounds being immersed in seawater increased by 1.

"Damn it, alpacas, alpacas!" The man in black was extremely frustrated!

He could have easily avoided the water dragon at his current speed.

But... at that crucial moment, drowsiness suddenly surged up.

The drowsiness came so suddenly and so intensely. In an instant, his eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and he couldn't keep them open at all.

And then, that was it.

The water dragon mercilessly crashed into him, crippling him instantly.

"I refuse to accept this! I refuse to accept this!" the man in black shouted in his heart, then everything went black and he fainted.

Seeing that the man in black appeared to be a corpse, Song Shuhang typed on his phone: [Dead?]

"He's not dead, he just passed out. This guy... seems a bit weak," Yu Jiaojiao said. "Shuhang, go up and grab him, take him back to the ship."

Song Shuhang nodded, put away his phone, swam over, picked up the man in black, and began swimming back to the surface.

On the sea.

The luxury cruise ship continued its slow voyage, its passengers completely unaware that several Superman battles were raging nearby.

Song Shuhang carried the man in black and quietly climbed back to the top of the cruise ship—luckily, Yu Jiaojiao helped him, and with the help of the waves, he even managed to swim back to the cruise ship.

Young Master Phoenix Slayer has not returned yet, and the Black Horse Spirit is, after all Fifth-Grade Great Demon; he won't be defeated so quickly.

The golden Demon-Catching Space hasn't dissipated yet, and the difference in strength between the Demon Catchers and the Sea Urchin Warrior isn't too great, so it's likely to be a tough battle.

"I didn't expect to be the first to take down the opponent here," Song Shuhang said with a smile.

Just then, a dry towel was handed over.

Song Shuhang turned his head and saw the captain of the luxury cruise ship standing beside him, smiling at him. There was a fluctuation of true qi from the captain's body, indicating that he was at the Second-Grade of cultivation.

Song Shuhang smiled gently and took the dry towel.

He spotted the captain as he boarded the cruise ship, partly because the captain wasn't concealing his presence.

This ship is the private cruise ship of the 'Manor Lord Seven Lives Talisman', and it's not surprising that the captain is a cultivator.

"Mr. Shuhang's strength is beyond my imagination... I am Captain Jiang Zhang." The captain smiled and said, "After I noticed the battle between Young Master Shuhang and the man in black, I rushed out of the ship to lend Mr. Shuhang a hand. But I didn't expect that you would have already dealt with the man in black before I even came out."

The battle was over by the time he ran out of the ship. No wonder he's a cultivator who can befriend the Lord of the Manor; even with only Second-Grade cultivation level, his combat power is so formidable.

"Haha, just luck. Besides, something's not right with this man in black." Song Shuhang dried his hair with a towel and said, "Captain Jiang, are there any sturdier rooms on the ship? I need to lock this guy up."

"No problem, Mr. Shuhang, please follow me." Captain Jiang led the way.

Song Shuhang glanced at the golden Demon-Catching Space again.

Then, he dragged the man in black and followed Captain Jiang.

The man in black woke up quickly, not because he had slept enough... but because the intense, unbearable pain all over his body forced him to wake up.

In fact, he woke up shortly after Song Shuhang dragged him to a private room.

When the man in black woke up, he found himself bound like a dumpling, hanging from the ceiling and spinning.

Two sailors were bandaging his wounds.

He was only wearing a pair of shorts... His night clothes and all his belongings were neatly placed to one side.

The black night-clothes were a set of magic robes with good defensive capabilities, but unfortunately, the robes were almost completely destroyed by Yu Jiaojiao's attacks.

In addition, there was a bottle of antidote pills; ten grade Third-Grade Spirit Stone; and a dozen yellow talismans. These talismans are auxiliary mediums for casting spells, allowing cultivators to save a lot of true energy, spiritual power, and mental energy when casting spells.

There was another item that stood out from the other items belonging to the cultivators: a gold chain. It looked just like a cheap, cheap fake gold chain, rough and bulky.

Upon closer inspection, however, each link of the gold chain is engraved with an animal image. There are cows, sheep, horses, donkeys, deer, as well as camels, pigs, dogs, cats, and so on.

The gold chain has 33 links in total.

"The pattern of the Thirty-Three Beasts." Song Shuhang knew in his heart that this chain was probably related to the <Thirty-Three Beasts Innate Unity Qi Technique>.

"Damn it!" The man in black glared at Song Shuhang.

If the poison hadn't acted at such an inopportune time, he wouldn't have been captured.

"Hehe." Song Shuhang smiled at the man in black, then reached for his phone and dialed Venerable White's number.

It's time to ask Venerable White how to deal with this man in black.

After the call was made, Venerable White's gentle voice quickly came through: [Fellow Daoist, welcome to call A-White Hotline, but I'm sorry, I'm currently exploring the ruins... For non-urgent matters requiring a message, please press 1... For moderately important matters requiring remote summoning of a phantom clone, please press 2... For extremely important matters requiring human assistance, please press 3... For casual chatting, please hang up.]

Song Shuhang: "..."

Did I dial 10086?

After thinking it over, Song Shuhang considered pressing button 3 to switch to human assistance. But then he thought it might be inappropriate to disturb Venerable White's exploration of the ruins.

So, Song Shuhang moved his finger to the number 2 and pressed it lightly.