E Shenyu

The moment Li Fan saw E Shenyu, he realized the seriousness of the situation. He initially thought it was named after a great crocodile monster that was sealed on the island. But seeing it with his own eyes made him understand.

This is actually a roundabout, and in the shallow bay in the center of the roundabout, there is a reef that looks like it was formed by a volcano. It is not clear from a distance, but once you fly closer, you will see that it is not a volcano at all. The whole island is clearly the remains of a huge crocodile lying on its head!

Goblina, wow!

Li Fan roughly estimated that if stretched out from head to tail, it would probably be a thousand feet long. This is much larger than Gobila, and it is a prehistoric monster. If it is not a naturally born alien species with a mythical bloodline, it is impossible for it to grow to such a size!

Fortunately, the crocodile behemoth's grave was overgrown with grass, and at first glance, it resembled a crocodile-shaped rocky island. However, upon closer inspection with Divine Sense, it was clear that it was the remains of a giant beast, Fei Mountain. Furthermore, judging from the flow of the earth's veins and the obvious aura of the array set up by the Shi Family, the sealed crocodile god demon should not refer to this long-fossilized dead crocodile. That incarnation of the great demon should be sealed within the mountain, somewhere inside the ancient crocodile remains.

These reefs, formed from the remains of crocodile ancestors, were probably originally the habitat of the crocodile demon race. But if their true form could grow this large, even high-powered attacks wouldn't be effective; at least an Ultraman would have to descend from the sky to take them down...

"The Profound Heaven Sword Intent said, 'What's so difficult about that? Giant beasts are actually quite easy to kill. Look at how big this thing is; you don't even need to aim. Just keep throwing your Cultivation Method at its joints, eyes, and rear. If its skin and bones are too tough to penetrate, just burrow into its body and attack its internal organs. Anyway, there's always a weak point; otherwise, how could it have died here?'"

Oh, so it's the 'Sister-in-law, open your mouth, I'm coming in' tactic, right? Hmm, maybe it really works... And I don't know how it was before, but in this era, the gravity environment doesn't support the survival of giant beasts that big, so the Crocodile God probably wouldn't grow that big after breaking free of its seal. But just looking at the size of this prehistoric crocodile, the Crocodile God's potential is limitless. Perhaps those monsters came to attack the Shi Family for this reason, trying to break the seal?

When Li Fan arrived, the island was in complete disarray, filled with the smell of blood. Many ancestral homes and similar buildings had been burned to the ground, indicating that the fighting had probably ceased for some time.

E Shenyu is a remote place, not close to the main merchant shipping routes of the Ten Continents and Seven Islands. It is only close to the exit of Lei Marsh. It is probably because although the Crocodile God Clan hunts in the South China Sea, they lay their eggs in Lei Marsh Swamp. They built their nest at this sea estuary for the convenience of traveling between Lei Marsh and the South China Sea.

The people living here today are probably the Shi Family and a few other Cultivation Family, including their relatives and servants. To be frank, the Shi Family once had five Nascent Soul Stage cultivators and more than twenty Golden Core cultivators. Judging from the villages, harbors and shipwrecks around the island, one can deduce that E Shenyu was probably once a stronghold with tens of thousands of people, comparable to a small or medium-sized sect in the Central Plains.

But now all human dwellings have been destroyed in the fierce battle, with no trace of living people left. They were probably either scattered or devoured by the attacking monsters. There are large patches of blood and lingering demonic energy on the ground, and occasionally you can see scattered pieces of flesh and human bones. It seems that the island's inhabitants are in grave danger.

It's a pity that these righteous men, who guarded the Crocodile God for the people of the South China Sea, have now perished. I hope that besides Shi Kai and the other two, someone else can survive...

Li Fan descended from the clouds, riding on his Sword Light. The island was small and completely exposed. There were no monsters lingering outside; they had probably all gone into the mouth of Crocodile God Mountain to unseal the Crocodile God inside the mountain.

However, even though Shi Kai has been free for three days and Li Fan has been flying over for most of the day, the Crocodile God still doesn't seem to have been unsealed. Li Fan can clearly see that the light from the magic array supporting the demon-sealing restriction hasn't faded, and the aura of the restriction sealing the Nascent Divine Transformation level giant demon is still circulating and effective. But are these Divine Transformation demon kings really that hard to kill? Is sealing them the only option? If they had been extinct earlier, none of this would have happened...

"The Xuan Sword Intent said, killing is not difficult, but killing directly will only result in a pile of rotten flesh. If one is not proficient in crafting and alchemy, or if one eats it while it is fresh, then many materials will be wasted if the spiritual energy dissipates over time."

However, setting up arrays to seal these demon gods and gradually weaken them to death is not difficult, and usually few demons can break free on their own. They can also extract their materials and Dao Breath for their own use. Sects and clans, for the sake of development, will seal them when conditions permit.

Look at how many Nascent Soul Stage the Shi Family has produced; they've certainly benefited from the crocodile's help. While guarding it, they're also using this Divine Transformation demon for cultivation, observing its demonic body, collecting its scales, and using the true energy squeezed from the demon to train their own skills.

That's true. Ink Bamboo Mountain, located in the Ten-thousand-mountains, also sealed two powerful demons at the Transformation Stage in its nourishing array and medicinal garden. Just like the Transformation Technique, if you can suppress these demons, you will naturally benefit immensely; if you can't, then you will suffer calamity.

However, could it be that these monsters don't really want to release the Crocodile God, but simply want to seize the Shi Family's island as their own cultivation base? But then it doesn't make sense to let Shi Kai and the others escape to seek help, right?

Judging solely from the injuries sustained by the Golden Core cultivator escorting Shi Kai, these monsters could easily have wiped out the entire Shi Family without a trace. Moreover, given how powerful the sailfish was, and how easily the Sea King manipulated it, wasn't it luring rogue cultivators from the South China Sea to Crocodile God Island? Could there be some grand conspiracy at play?

' The Profound Heaven Sword Intent is definitely problematic. I can't detect the state inside the mountain either; a killing calamity must be brewing within.'

Another massacre?

Li Fan flew to the gaping maw of the crocodile fossil mountain to inspect it, and sure enough, he found it blocked by a barrier of air, making it impossible to enter. As someone who faced death every day, he had rich experience. He immediately understood that the appearance of this kind of barrier, isolating the inside from the outside and leaving without a way out, meant that a killing spree had been triggered inside the mountain.

However, it's probably not a sect duel anymore. Instead, the remaining members of the Shi Family are guarding the Crocodile God's restriction. Seeing that disaster is imminent, they simply activated the Killing Tribulation Formation to compete with the Demon Race for destiny and fight to the death. Outsiders cannot interfere.

In this way, unless the Demon Race wiped out the Shi Family members inside, they naturally wouldn't be able to break free from the killing calamity and unseal the Crocodile God for the time being. It's likely that the Shi Family had anticipated this situation and prepared this contingency plan in advance, so they immediately sent out Shi Kai, the most promising member of their family, at the cost of his life. The remaining members probably didn't intend to live anyway, hoping to stall for time until the cultivators from the South Sea arrived to help.

Li Fan frowned. The Shi Family were indeed heroes, but now he couldn't go in to help them. Wasn't he just supposed to watch them die in battle, waiting for the Shi Family to end before going in to exorcise the demon...?

Is there any way for sword intent to break into the killing calamity?

"The Profound Heaven Sword Intent said, if you could just barge in so easily, would that still be called a calamity of slaughter? To trigger the opportunity, there must at least be a struggle for destiny at the level of a sect, family, or nation. The Shi Family has staked their entire fate on this, so it should only be triggered after enough people have died."

But you're not a member of the Shi Family, you're not subject to the flow of energy, how could you possibly get involved in someone else's karma?

But last time when he was trapped in the killing calamity, Kun could jump around freely, right?

"Profound Heaven Sword Intent said, 'Kun? There are two possibilities. One is that Kun is your Dao Companion with whom you have a contract, which is also considered part of the cause and effect. The other is that it is an anomaly created by nature, not bound by ordinary rules, so it can enter and exit the formation without any hindrance.'"

However, this is indeed the first time I've ever seen a live Kun, so perhaps... you could give it a try.

But Kun isn't here either, how can I try...?

'The Profound Heaven Sword Intent says, even if Kun is not here, you can transform.'

Huh, huh?? Holy crap? Theoretically, this seems possible!

Li Fan had a very clear understanding of the Kun's appearance. Moreover, he had a 2100-point limit, so using Tai Su to transform into a Kun's Dao body was really not a big problem!

If he transforms into a Kun, he can easily jump into other people's killing sprees and get involved. Wouldn't that give him a stable way to reap the maximum emotional rewards? And if he gets tricked and ambushed, he can always transform into a Kun and escape!

Give it a try!

Without delay, before the Shi Family was wiped out, Li Fan sat down on the spot and began to visualize the Kun in his mind!

He began to gradually construct and shape the Dao body model of Kun. Profound Heaven Sword Intent also offered suggestions from the side. Fortunately, it had become familiar with Kun by hanging out with it and was quite familiar with its body structure and meridians. With the meticulous study and mutual verification of Li Fan and Profound Heaven Sword Intent, two people of exceptional talent, Kun's Dao body was quickly constructed and officially certified by the Dao System!

' Li Fan has refined the Kun Dao Body (childhood), consuming 100 points of his current mood cap, which is 2000.'

Well, now he has the transformations of Qiongqi, the Five Mountain Gods, the Thousand-Faced Immortal, and Kun—eight Tai Su Dao Body in total, and the upper limit is even rounded up to a whole number...

"Transformation into a Kun Technique!"

Li Fan casually shouted something, then rolled over and transformed into a seven-foot-long, jet-black catfish... Kun.

The Profound Heaven Sword Intent skillfully stuck the silver bamboo leaf onto Li Kun's head.

So the black Kun thrashed and jumped, actually leaping into the killing spree!

' The Profound Heaven Sword Intent Dao, actually I was just making things up, but the Tai Su transformation is just too convenient...'

Wow, can you be a little more reliable?! It's really thanks to Li Fan's extraordinary talent that he can master any kind of magic so quickly!

Obviously, it's obvious that the young Kun's form is not suitable for combat. Of course, fighting tofu would be a different story, cough cough. But the main characteristic of this Divine Beast body is that it is not bound by the barrier array, and the Profound Heaven Sword Intent helps with invisibility. So Li Fan was not in a hurry to change back into human form. He swam directly into the mountain to investigate the details of the battle inside and gather information about his opponent before launching a sneak attack.

By infiltrating the killing formation, the Profound Heaven Sword Intent could also detect the aura and strength of the demons beforehand. Following its guidance, Li Fan took a detour via a side path and stealthily reached the core of the sealing formation. Sure enough, there were two groups of cultivators, one human and Demon Race, locked in a tense standoff.

On the human side, led by three Nascent Soul Stage cultivators from the Shi Family, the last remaining inhabitants crowded in the center of the sealed altar. The casualties were heavy, and corpses were everywhere. Even the screams of the wounded could not be heard. Only three or four Golden Core cultivators could still stand, but they were all missing limbs and had probably no fighting ability left.

The Nascent Soul Stage cultivator who had initially held off the demons was also in a bad situation. Only the one with the highest cultivation and the oldest was left, still standing upright with a Zanma Knife, covered in blood. He was probably struggling to hold on, but his face showed no signs of fatigue. He looked like a tough guy who thought, "I can fight for another day." He must be the patriarch of the Shi Family.

But his two nephews and nieces, one sitting cross-legged with his head drooping, their fate unknown, and the other lying on the ground with a face as pale as paper, barely breathing and hanging by a thread, both appeared to have been defeated.

On the other hand, the Demon Race suffered no casualties. Moreover, the group of demons besieging the Shi Family consisted of only five, all of whom were Nascent Soul Realm in human form. They were four males and one female. Although they were also injured, seemingly having just fought a fierce battle and currently circulating their qi to heal themselves, they were all on guard against the Shi Family patriarch, clearly indicating that the Demon Race still held the upper hand.

The Shi Family were trapped in the center of the altar, while five demons confronted the Shi Family patriarch. Where was the Crocodile God?

Yes, in the sky.

Li Fan looked up and saw an old man with disheveled hair and dirty face hanging in mid-air like a ceiling fan, his collarbones locked and his limbs bound with fine gold chains. He was probably the incarnation of the Crocodile God.

The chains binding the crocodile god's limbs were held by four giant golden statues resembling divine generals, while a pair of jade hooks on its collarbone were suspended by thin silver threads, the ends of which were wrapped around the fingers of a relief of a flying goddess on the cave ceiling. The goddess relief even had a kind and benevolent expression, as if the silver threads in her hands were embroidery thread for sewing clothes for her lover. The altar beneath the crocodile god, suspended in mid-air, continuously supplied magical power to the four golden statues and the goddess relief in the sky.

' The Profound Heaven Sword Intent says, wow, Flying Immortal Suppresses Soul, Heavenly King Locks Body, this sealing technique is quite high-level, this crocodile is probably not weak either.'

If it's not weak, then it must be very strong... But this state of being worse than dead just looks so tragic...

The five demons showed no hurry to destroy the surrounding barriers and release the crocodile god. The old man the crocodile god had transformed into, however, showed no sign of joy at being freed from suffering. Instead, he coldly watched the battle between the humans and demons below, not even blinking, like a statue. Of course, he was a crocodile after all...

Li Fan looked down and carefully examined the five monsters. They smelled strongly of seafood, but they were quite human-like, with distinct features and no strange or unusual growths. They wore armor resembling shells and decorative accessories like coral. Although the magical artifacts they carried were trash, the materials were of excellent quality, probably rare treasures collected from the South China Sea, and their quality was clearly much superior to that of the Shi Family.

However, Li Fan had seen the Shi Family's level before. Among the rogue cultivators in the Central Plains, they were above average. If it were the monsters he had seen in Lei Marsh, they wouldn't have been able to force the Shi Family to this point of life and death simply by having more people and more treasures and launching a sneak attack. However, it seemed that they were using weapons rather than magic treasures, and they were probably all body-refining guardians. If they launched a surprise attack with flying swords, he wondered if they could cut off their heads.

"Shi Feng, your Shi Family is doomed today! I will ask you one last time on behalf of my lord! Will you surrender or not?"

The monster leading the pack, clad in red armor resembling a cooked crab, tried to persuade them to surrender, but before he could finish speaking, the old man named Shi Feng had already drawn his Zanma Knife and chopped it down on the head.

But the demon generals were prepared. Three demon generals attacked at the same time. Two of them joined forces to block the Zanma Knife, while one swung his sword straight at the old man's waist!

But when the three demons attacked together, Shi Feng twirled his longsword, flashing an arc of light, using offense as defense, and immediately forced the three demons back. He then reversed his attack, and it looked like he was about to behead them!

At that moment, the red-armored demon general thrust forward with his halberd, but Shi Feng did not fight it. With a flash of his blade, he dodged the demon general, flew back, and swept his blade energy, forcibly driving away the female demon who was preparing to take advantage of the fierce battle to attack the Shi Family.

This fierce battle, with its several exchanges of moves, was over in the blink of an eye, and the martial artists were back in their original positions, their weapons never even touching. Although it looked simple, the entire fight was filled with fierce winds, shifting positions, and the hidden, monstrous strength between the blades, exuding a chilling killing intent. Nascent Soul Stage below the Nascent Soul stage would be instantly reduced to ashes upon contact, and even a mere glancing blow from a True Person stage cultivator would result in either death or serious injury. It was truly extremely dangerous.

Li Fan noticed it too.

These monsters have been systematically trained. Not only are their killing moves and combat techniques purely battlefield skills, but they also know how to coordinate attacks, advance separately, and hold back some of their strength when attacking, using feints and diversions. They are completely different from those beasts in Lei Marsh who only care about charging forward. They are at least at the level of Nascent Soul Nascent Soul Stage Generals of the Immortal Palace!

The old man from the Shi Family used only his superb swordsmanship to repel the monsters. They couldn't even touch his weapon, being forced back with a few quick movements. This showed that his individual fighting style was indeed far inferior. However, his aura was off; he was clearly using technique, deliberately avoiding direct confrontation with the monsters. It seemed he couldn't exert force in his hands, or perhaps...

"Stone, you've been poisoned. Give me the knife, let me do it."

The one who suddenly spoke was the Crocodile God, who was hanging from the ceiling.

The demon generals were momentarily stunned; the demon god's reaction was clearly beyond their expectations.

Shi Feng merely wiped the black blood seeping from his nose, propped his knife on the ground to shield his family behind him, and stared silently at the demon general's weakness, like a stubborn rock.

Anyone could see that even if the entire Shi Family died here today, he would not release this demon god from the seal.