Not long after Liu Changxu and the others set out to sea, they discovered an immense horde of sea monsters more than five hundred thousand li from South Cape Island, sweeping toward it in a tide that blotted out the sky and sea.
Among this horde were not only great numbers of enormous sea beasts swimming beneath the waves, but also many demon birds soaring above them.
There were also quite a few fourth-tier sea-demon kings among the horde. Liu Changxu alone spotted more than a dozen.
And they were heading straight for South Cape Island.
If this immense horde of sea monsters reached South Cape Island unimpeded, it would undoubtedly spell disaster for the Human Race there.
Jiang Xuefeng therefore ordered Liu Changxu and the other twenty-odd Nascent Soul True Lords to attack at once. She had only one demand: kill the dozen or so fourth-tier demon kings within the horde.
Without the fourth-tier sea-demon kings driving them onward, such an enormous horde would soon fall apart.
Upon receiving the order, the twenty-eight Nascent Soul True Lords aboard the Silver Sparrow Boat swiftly flew out and raced toward the sea-monster horde.
Liu Changxu and his wife, Yang Qingxue, left the Silver Sparrow Boat along with their fellow Nascent Soul cultivators. When they were less than a thousand li from the horde, Liu Changxu was the first to unleash his Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords, and the battle began.
The twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords flew from Liu Changxu's mouth, each as fine as a hair, then rapidly swelled in the wind. In moments, they became twelve awe-inspiring giant swords more than three thousand zhang long, blazing with fierce flames as they slashed toward the sea-monster horde.
This was one of the great benefits of advancing to the Nascent Soul