Death of the Sea Butterfly
Suddenly, Cui San and Cui Gu saw a tiny Gu Worm approaching them, carrying a Jade Slip Gu Worm in its mouth.
Both of their expressions turned rather grim.
The appearance of the Gu Worm meant that the Bandit Cultivator was nearby and had been secretly observing them, yet they had failed to detect any trace of him.
The Gu Worm tossed the Jade Slip far away and turned to leave.
Cui Gu took the Jade Slip with a gloomy expression and discovered that it was a Message Jade Slip.
[Kill the Abyss Sea Butterfly and exchange its corpse for Cui Qiao.] This is the content of the Message Jade Slip.
"How can I be sure that Cui Qiao is still alive?" Cui Gu replied.
Believe it or not, the decision is yours.
After conveying this message, no matter how much Cui Gu pressed for details, the Jade Slip did not reply with another message.
Cui San also read the information in the Jade Slip. He looked at Cui Gu and waited for Cui Gu to make a decision.
"Attack! Kill the Abyss Sea Butterfly!"
Cui Gu's tone was filled with intense killing intent, though it was unclear whether it was directed at the Abyss Sea Butterfly or at Song Wen was hiding behind the scenes.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Gu summoned a Ghost Banner, on Ghost Banner the images of countless fierce ghosts appeared and disappeared.
With a gentle wave of his hand, Cui Gu unleashed a torrent of ghostly energy, turning the seawater as black as ink.
The ghostly energy coalesced into several giant ghostly pythons, roaring as they rushed toward the Abyss Sea Butterfly.
A ghostly creature leaped out from the banner. This ghostly creature was over three zhang tall and held a ten-zhang-long guillotine. It was Ghost King at the peak of the third rank.
As soon as the Ghost King appeared, it pounced on the Abyss Sea Butterfly below.
After seizing the jade box, the Abyss Sea Butterfly had no intention of letting the Toad Shark go.
Its five tentacles, from five different directions, coiled around the Toad Shark.
Just as one of the tentacles wrapped around one of the Toad Shark's legs, Cui Gu made his move.
Seemingly aware that its opponent was not easy to deal with, the Abyss Sea Butterfly forcefully flung the Toad Shark away like a cannonball, sending it hurtling straight towards the Ghost King.
The Ghost King held a knife in his right hand and slashed out.
A jet-black blade of energy shot out from the blade, hurtling towards the Toad Shark with lightning speed.
A look of panic flashed in the Toad Shark's eyes. It opened its mouth and spat out a tongue shaped like a giant mace.
"Puff!"
The sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh.
Blood streamed down his long tongue, which was nearly cleaved in two by the black blade energy.
The Toad Shark used the immense impact of the sword energy to neutralize the power exerted on it by the Abyss Sea Butterfly, regaining control of its body. It quickly pushed off with its legs and dodged to the side.
The Ghost King's target was the Abyss Sea Butterfly. It ignored the fleeing Toad Shark and continued its descent into the seabed with its sword.
After throwing out the Toad Shark, the Abyss Sea Butterfly wanted to return to its cave on the seabed.
However, several gigantic, pitch-black pythons of ghostly energy had already arrived.
Seeing that it couldn't dodge the giant python of ghostly energy, the Abyss Sea Butterfly could only wave its five tentacles and lash out fiercely at the ghostly energy.
The seawater churned violently, like boiling water.
The giant serpent of ghostly energy was shredded by its tentacles, turning into black ghostly energy that drifted in the sea.
The Abyss Sea Butterfly was also suffering, as these ghostly energies contained an extremely sinister aura.
Its tentacles were corroded by ghostly energy, becoming a bloody mess.
This delay allowed the Ghost King to arrive.
The Ghost King wielded the guillotine and unleashed a series of slashes, the black blade energy carving cracks in the seawater.
The Abyss Sea Butterfly waved its tentacles to defend itself, shattering the black blade energy one by one, but the wounds on its tentacles also increased.
Cui Gu made a hand Method Formula, and the Ghost Banner in front of him trembled slightly. The ghost energy that was wandering in the sea seemed to be summoned and gathered together again, transforming into several giant ghost energy pythons.
Although the Abyss Sea Butterfly had five tentacles, it still felt like it was outnumbered and could only barely hold its own.
While the Abyss Sea Butterfly was entangled with the Ghost Qi Giant Python, the Ghost King suddenly launched an attack, leaping out and dodging the flying tentacles to reach the top of the Abyss Sea Butterfly's head.
The guillotine shone with a brilliant dark light, like a spatial rift that devours everything, as it slashed down towards the head of the Abyss Sea Butterfly.
As the Abyss Sea Butterfly was about to perish under the blade, a sudden burst of blood-red light emanated from its lantern-like eyes.
The Ghost King, illuminated by the blood-red light, suddenly became dazed and froze in place, his giant blade momentarily halting in his hand.
The Abyss Sea Butterfly hurriedly flapped its fleshy wings, its body suddenly rushing forward, quickly widening the distance between itself and the Ghost King, while also getting closer and closer to the cave.
Just then, a flying sword suddenly shot out from the front.
This flying sword was entirely black, with no Sword Qi emanating from it, but its speed was terrifying.
It's Cui San!
He knew he was too weak to be of any help in the battle between Cui Gu and the Abyss Sea Butterfly.
So he remained hidden to the side, waiting for the right moment to strike.
The Abyss Sea Butterfly's attention was focused on the Ghost King and those giant ghostly pythons, so it was somewhat caught off guard by the sudden flying sword.
"Bang!"
The flying sword struck between the eyes of the Abyss Sea Butterfly.
The Abyss Sea Butterfly's skin was torn open, revealing its hard forehead bone.
Its speed also decreased sharply.
Driven by Cui Gu, the Ghost King recovered from its dazed state and came above the Abyss Sea Butterfly, slashing down with all its might with its guillotine.
A black blade of light sliced through the deep sea, creating a waterless vacuum.
The Abyss Sea Butterfly's body was split in two: the front part consisted of its head and half of its abdomen, while the back part consisted of half of its abdomen and five tentacles.
Blood and entrails flowed freely, staining a large area of the sea red.
The Abyss Sea Butterfly immediately died.
Cui Gu flew to the top of the Abyss Sea Butterfly's corpse, channeled his Law Power, and roared loudly.
"Ocean Butterflies is dead! Exchange Cui Qiao for it."
The sound waves reverberated on the seabed, causing the seawater to churn violently.
However, the other party did not make any move; instead, the Message Jade Slip was pulsating slightly.
[Fellow Daoist's strength is formidable; I admire it. Please seal Hai Die's corpse first. If the spiritual essence within the corpse is lost, we won't be able to exchange it for Cui Qiao.]
"Snort!"
Upon seeing the message, Cui Gu snorted angrily.
However, he still sealed the corpse of the Abyss Sea Butterfly as Song Wen requested.
[An hour later, we will make our transaction above the reefs.]
A new message arrived from the Message Jade Slip.
Cui Gu fully activated his Divine Sense, covering an area of thirty-two square kilometers.
"Cui San, search the area thoroughly! Since he was able to observe the commotion here, he must be not far away. He's likely hiding in some underwater cave using a concealment formation," Cui Gu said coldly.
Then he shouted loudly again.
"You clever little rat, you'd better hide well. When I find you, I'll tear you to pieces, extract your soul, seal it in Ghost Banner, and torment you every day."
The Message Jade Slip pulsed again.
[Since you have such refined tastes, then take your time searching. But I must remind you, don't miss the appointed time and delay the transaction.]
Upon seeing the information in the Jade Slip, Cui Gu was so angry that his veins bulged.
He simply couldn't understand why the other party, a Middle Golden Core Stage cultivator, was so fearless in the face of him, a Peak Golden Core Stage cultivator.