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With a splash, Chu Qiu burst from the water, carrying the corpses of two Wave-Chasing Shrimp Demons back onto the deck of the Calyx Flower Boat.

But he found that Xu Changqing's expression was somewhat off.

Chu Qiu tossed down the shrimp demon corpses and asked, "What happened?"

Xu Changqing briefly recounted what had happened. "It was like this..."

Chu Qiu was stunned after hearing it. "How did Zhao Wuji discover it?"

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Xu Changqing pondered it. "Did you forget?

That bastard has a dragon beast!"

Only then did Chu Qiu realize. "Right, it's a Thunder Kui Dragon Beast hatchling!"

Though it was not a True Dragon, it was still a hybrid variant born from Thunder Kui and an Earth Dragon.

Because of Thunder Kui's innate talent, it was naturally attuned to lightning.

Perhaps the Thunder Kui Dragon Beast had caught the scent of the Dragon-Whiskered Koi and Golden-Finned Dragon Carp, which was why Zhao Wuji had seized that spot.

As for why he had offended the disciples of the Dongting Immortal Sect, perhaps only he himself knew.

Xu Changqing said gravely, "He's heading this way now."

Chu Qiu raised a brow. "He wouldn't actually try to fight us, would he?"

Xu Changqing sneered inwardly. That would be perfect!

Sure enough, before long, a large ship came crashing through the waves.

The ship was roughly ten zhang long, its entire body sleek and streamlined.

Its main hull was fashioned from dark brown Mystic Iron sunken wood, silver-gray lightning scars embedded within the grain and gleaming with a metallic chill beneath the sunlight.

Most eye-catching were the lightning patterns covering the hull. They wound from bow to stern, converging into a thunder-character seal. Whenever spiritual power flowed through them, they shone with silver-violet radiance, as though countless tiny snakes