Crab Elder's appearance had come without warning. Even Lu Xuan had not foreseen it.
This was because he had been fighting in the sky, already far from the sea, beyond the reach of his Spiritual Sense.
Moreover, the Eye Aperture he had opened was not of the "see far and see minute" path. While fiercely battling the three monsters, he had never once looked beneath the sea.
And the Wave-Subduing Art formation still retained some of its force. The sea surface was like molten iron cast into shape; ordinary sea Spirit Monsters had no strength to enter or leave the water.
But Crab Elder was at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer. In a single instant, it shattered the Wave-Subduing Art, soared into the heavens, and pierced through the protective light screen cast down by Lu Xuan's Radiant Light Banner with its pincers.
"Buzzz!"
Fortunately, within Lu Xuan's Consciousness Sea, the Millet Pearl hung high. When Crab Elder rushed within thirty zhang of him, it forcefully caught its trajectory, buying Lu Xuan time.
"Whoosh!"
Without the slightest hesitation, all of Lu Xuan's qi surged forth. Even the scent of blood spread through his mouth and nose as he activated [Yang'a Cloud].
This cloud had been custom-made and suited his qi nature perfectly. When he drove it with all his strength, it possessed extreme speed, racing across the heavens.
Back at Lockmist Ferry, he had used this very cloud to cross a thousand zhang and forcibly behead a Qi Refining Third Layer demonic cultivator.
Now that his cultivation had advanced again, he drove the cloud even faster. At the instant the crab pincers descended upon him, he transformed into a streak of golden light and pulled away in a flash, avoiding being cut in half at the waist.
"Boom!"
He crossed a