Liu Changxu spent quite some time working over the sea before he had gathered nearly all the floating remains of the eighth-tier middle-grade Black Dragon.
Suddenly, he snapped his head up, sensing several terrifying auras surging toward him from the distant horizon at tremendous speed. They tore across the heavens like streaks of black lightning.
Liu Changxu inwardly cursed and swiftly glanced at the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon and the other three beasts, which were still frantically competing for food in the sea. They were feasting merrily, utterly unaware of the approaching danger.
Without hesitation, he released the Ruyi Lotus Palace from his dantian. In an instant, the palace blazed with light, and a powerful suction surged out, sweeping all four beasts inside in the blink of an eye.
As the auras drew closer, Liu Changxu finally made out the approaching figures. They were five enormous eighth-tier sea monsters, each radiating a pressure that struck terror into the heart.
At their head was a majestic eighth-tier upper-grade Azure Dragon. Its body resembled a moving mountain range, its scales gleamed with a cold, eerie light, and its slit pupils held a chilling sharpness and ferocity.
Seeing the five eighth-tier sea monsters bearing down on him, Liu Changxu knew that fighting them head-on while so badly outnumbered was no sound strategy.
Thus, just as the five eighth-tier sea monsters were about to close in, Liu Changxu flickered, slipping like a phantom into the distorted space. He vanished instantly, leaving only faint spatial ripples behind.
The five eighth-tier sea monsters let out furious roars at the sight, their voices shaking the surrounding sea into towering waves dozens of zhang high. The leading eighth-tier Azure Dragon's eyes flashed with bloodlust. It slammed its massive tail against the surface, throwing up a sheet of white spray,