Riding Their Faces, Striking It Rich in the Black Sea

"They came so fast..."

Alarm flashed in Zhu Yu's eyes.

This place was only a thousand li from Huaiyu Town. He had been prepared for the Lord of a Thousand Eyes to notice when he activated Lord Huogonghua's Divine Ability Talisman, but he had not expected it to arrive so quickly.

Scarlet clouds churned in the distance, and the pressure on the surrounding space kept mounting.

Zhu Yu hesitated no longer. He took from his sleeve the Sea Demon Nuli Algae fruit bearing Lord Sea Demon Nuli Algae's Divine Ability and sent his divine sense into it. Sensing the vast will preserved at the Divine Ability's core, he said respectfully, "May I trouble Lord Sea Demon Nuli Algae to intervene?"

The will awakened. The Sea Demon Nuli Algae fruit bloomed with a dim purple light, forming the phantom of a Big-Nosed Elephant Beetle as large as a mountain in midair. Its gentle, watery eyes swept across the surroundings, and unmistakable disgust filled them.

"What an ugly, filthy world..."

Lord Sea Demon Nuli Algae ignored Zhu Yu, who stood respectfully behind him. He raised his head toward the churning scarlet clouds, seeming to see the approaching Lord of a Thousand Eyes through their heavy layers. He made no effort to hide the revulsion in his voice.

"Filthy, revolting bug..."

As he spoke, the Sea Demon Nuli Algae fruit shattered with a bang and merged into the manifested body of Lord Sea Demon Nuli Algae. His form grew visibly solid, and a crushing pressure even more terrifying than the Lord of a Thousand Eyes' spread outward.

Lord Sea Demon Nuli Algae's figure slowly faded.

The next instant—

Boom! A roar and a shriek rang out.

The thunderous noise sounded like a mountain collapsing. The thousand-li expanse of clouds seemed to take a