Puppets

Though the enemy was certainly cunning, under the current lockdown of all prefectures, commanderies, and counties in Ying Province, they were like birds caught in a net. Trying to escape with their lives was harder than climbing to heaven.

Liang Zhaohuang immediately directed the Black Lotus Ship to turn and give chase southward.

Though the enemy's various escape arts were exceedingly swift, they ultimately could not match a seagoing ship's speed.

Before they had chased for two hundred li, the Liang Family's Black Lotus Ship had already caught up to the fleeing enemy.

ROAR!

This time, Liang Zhaohuang did not even need to activate the ship's grand formation for battle. With a tiger's roar, the demonic tiger formed by the Black Tiger Sword had already lunged out impatiently.

Sharp, fierce Sword Qi intertwined with blazing, corroding demonic qi. As the demonic tiger pounced and churned, it tore apart a patch of undercurrents beneath the sea.

The seawater in that patch of undercurrents shattered directly beneath the churning and erosion of Sword Qi and demonic qi, revealing a figure from within the broken currents and seawater.

Divine ability: Water Escape Art!

The enemy had used the divine ability of Water Escape Art to flee, merging their body into seawater as they escaped. It could evade the sight and Spiritual Sense of most cultivators at the same level, making them difficult for outsiders to detect.

But before the Giant Whale Demon—at the peak of the third rank, whose comprehension and mastery of Water Element Dao Rhyme had reached the limit, allowing it to control an entire sea region as a "domain"—the enemy's body hidden in the seawater was glaringly conspicuous, with not the slightest concealment.

Naturally, Liang Zhaohuang, whose consciousness was linked to the Giant Whale Demon, also knew the enemy's position