Just as He Ping used the puppet pangolin to escape by water, a dark cloud drifting in the sky suddenly pressed down, followed by a thunderous boom!
Everyone subconsciously looked up and saw a large patch of dark golden light falling from the sky, from which emerged a giant ship that radiated a dark golden hue and resembled a flat boat.
"You Rogue Cultivator have quite the nerve, actually wanting to fight the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce."
A powerful, tornado-like surge of spiritual energy swept across the sky. This single surge of spiritual energy, transformed into a wave, triggered terrifying pressure akin to a natural disaster.
On the deck, everyone felt the air around them grow cold and suffocating, as if it had frozen all around them and into their hearts.
"A Dao-entering expert?"
Upon seeing the scene before him, the middle-aged scholar was so terrified that his heart skipped a beat. Like him, the two Lu brothers were also gripped by fear, their facial muscles twitching uncontrollably, beads of sweat streaming down their foreheads. Both brothers even found it difficult to breathe at the same time...
The others present were in similar states of tension, with the grandmother and granddaughter trembling slightly. The man named Chang Shihong and his women were deathly pale, and the shipowner's body shuddered.
He nearly fell to the ground, and the other sailors were also filled with fear, their mouths agape as they gasped for breath.
Within this dark, gilded flatboat hidden in the clouds, a pair of cold eyes calmly observe everything below.
These eyes held neither sorrow nor joy, only an unchanging indifference. Although no one could see the owner of these eyes, their powerful aura could transform into an invisible pressure, making the rogue Rogue Cultivator feel pressured and the mortals feel fear.
"Escape! We can't stay on the ship, we have to get out!"
The cultivators were parched and knew that if they didn't escape now, disaster would befall them. One by one, they used their escape techniques to flee the sinking ship.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Several ships in the distance began firing again. Amidst the roar of cannon fire, the middle-aged scholar felt the deck beneath his feet shake violently, knowing that the cabin was probably leaking and the ship wouldn't last much longer.
"Let's get out of here first!"
The man touched the deck with his feet, and his body swung in the air, about to take flight.
Swish swish swish swish!
The moment he moved, several sword lights swirled and flew towards him, about to slash at him.
The middle-aged scholar was also taken aback. He flicked his fan, and the willow leaves painted on the fan emitted a green light. Suddenly, a whirlwind swept in, and the green leaves spun like knives under the strong wind, forcing away the sword light that was circling around him.
"The Lu brothers are courting death!"
He flew through the air using the " Xun Wind Art," turned around to look behind him, and found the Lu Twin Heroes staring at him with vicious expressions.
"Hehehehe, even experts at the Dao Realm have arrived. There's no way we can escape now. Let's capture all the cultivators on the ship and apologize to the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce!"
"We two brothers are still somewhat capable. At worst, we can join the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and serve as their slaves for ten or twenty years. Perhaps then we'll have a sliver of hope!"
The two brothers had ferocious expressions. On one hand, they used their swords to deal with the middle-aged scholar, and on the other hand, they released several other sword beams to stab at the other passengers.
Before Chang Shihong and his female companion could even beg for mercy, their heads were severed by two flashes of sword light. These two were not cultivators, but a pair of notorious thieves from the martial world who came overseas only to avoid trouble. Who would have thought they would encounter this? It seems they were destined to suffer this calamity. They were killed on the spot by flying swords.
Another beautiful woman in a plain white dress also screamed sharply, and the green smoke and flames protecting her became even more intense.
" The Lu Twin Heroes, I am not the person the Four Seas Alliance is looking for. Don't make things difficult for me!"
"You lowly wench, stop your nonsense! Once my brother and I have severed your body and seized your soul, the truth will be revealed!"
The two brothers unleashed the most formidable swordsmanship of Great Venerable Fort. Each of them could wield thirty or forty flying swords, their sword light swirling like white smoke in the air. The flying swords were all imbued with the souls of martial arts masters, the vast majority of whom were swordsmen in the martial world. In addition, there were five of the most powerful swords, which were former fellow disciples and external enemies who had been enemies of the two brothers, and they had all been forged into flying swords by the two brothers.
Amidst the flashing swords, there was no restraint. Some sailors, seeing the chaos on the deck, tried to jump ship to escape, but a Sword-Ray behind them cleaved them in two. They were only halfway there when their legs were severed, leaving them howling on the deck.
These Lu brothers were ruthless and had no scruples whatsoever. At this moment, they unleashed their swordsmanship, and within a radius of twenty feet, their sword light was invincible.
The grandfather and granddaughter were also enveloped by the sword light. The old man in green twitched his ears, rolled on the deck with his granddaughter in his arms, and dodged the first sword light. Then two more sword lights swept across the sky and slashed down at their waist.
"Disease!"
The old man in blue pointed, and the boat owner let out a strange cry, flying through the air with exaggerated movements. He was cleaved in two by the flying sword, and he himself was a beat too slow. The sword light pierced his brain, and he died with his mouth agape, eyes wide open.
"Grandfather!"
The little girl next to him let out a heart-wrenching cry.
"Good, good, good, this test has revealed it; this old man is indeed a cultivator."
While the Lu brothers' flying swords slay the physical body, they also absorb the soul of the person being killed. As soon as the old man in green died, his soul floated out, and the sword light wrapped in the yin wind swirled and was absorbed into the sword.
"Brother, there was another person who managed to slip onto the boat during the chaos."
"It's alright. Unless he's a master cultivator, there aren't many water-based escape techniques in the world that can hide underwater for long. He might not be able to escape once he's underwater. However, our flying swords are also less effective underwater, so letting him go isn't a big deal..."
The two brothers were killing indiscriminately while communicating with each other through telepathy.
"But this person who escaped by diving into the water should also be a cultivator. What if he is the person the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce is looking for? Wouldn't all our efforts have been in vain?"
"We don't really need to capture that person. We just need to create momentum, show that we're willing to risk our lives for the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, and dare to defect on the front lines..."
The Lu Twin Heroes had their own plans, and they hardened their hearts to commit indiscriminate killing on the ship, harboring a vicious scheme in their hearts.
Suddenly, the black gold flatboat in the air burst forth with a beam of light.
With a whoosh, as if something had cleaved the air, streaks of crystal-clear white mist shot out, intertwining in all directions like long chains that descended from the sky, forming a giant fishing net that enveloped Baocanghong's ship and the surrounding sea.
" The Long Clan's Mirage Ten Thousand Star Lock! Oh no!"
The middle-aged scholar, relying on the Xun Wind Art, was still planning to break out of the encirclement when he saw the black gold flat boat releasing chains formed from crystalline white mist. He knew the situation was bad and was about to make a move when the white light chains, like fishing nets, tightened in all directions.
The middle-aged scholar was suspended in mid-air above the sea, in a position neither high nor low. He was only a beat too slow when the chains suddenly slammed into him, and his body was involuntarily pulled upwards.
With a loud bang, a cloud of blood mist exploded in the air. Before he could even scream, his soul was sucked into the chains and could not escape.
" Shendu Old Demon, as the fourth elder of the Qi Soul Sect, you roam over a hundred places across the world, a powerful and ruthless figure... Do you really intend to remain aloof from the world? Do you think I can't see through your true form?"
The expert in the black gold boat sneered.
"Ten years ago, all those experts who dared to enter the Mysterious Mysterious Palace on Nine Slaughter Island died, leaving only you. Originally, I was too lazy to meddle in your affairs while you were in the Great You, but you still planned to break into the Mysterious Mysterious Palace again. Do you really think you'll have a chance to escape this time?"
Provoked by his voice, the little girl who had been crying and clinging to the old man in blue twisted her face, and from her throat came a high-pitched old man's voice. " Long Tianyin, don't be too smug. This time I admit defeat, but if you think you can control me with your lousy net, you're dreaming!"