He propelled the small boat toward waters where the restrictions grew increasingly powerful.
With the ghost ship accompanying them, much of their trouble vanished at once.
Along the way, many cultivators fled the moment they sensed the black ship from afar, sparing them plenty of unnecessary trouble.
Even the enormous beasts in the sea were driven back by its ominous aura and dared not approach rashly.
Blue seas and azure skies stretched as far as the eye could see. The occasional waves that struck the ghost ship caused it no trouble.
Li Dao sat at the bow, leisurely taking in the scenery around him, and his heart gradually grew calm.
Ever since entering the Northern Sea, one crisis had followed another. Now that he could relax and enjoy the view, it had a charm all its own.
Meanwhile, Qing Shu sat quietly to one side, carefully grooming Black Fiend's fur as she held the creature in her arms, though her eyes kept darting toward Li Dao.
Time drifted by. Roughly two days later, the black ship slowly approached their destination, and the outline of an immense landmass at sea gradually emerged.
The black ship had already sailed deep into the Forbidden Sea, and more cultivators appeared along their route.
"Y-you-quick, look!"
Qing Shu spoke to Li Dao in a trembling voice, her pupils involuntarily contracting.
Li Dao rose and looked in the direction she indicated, his heart sinking slightly.
The black ship slowly entered a blood-red stretch of sea. The thick stench of blood hanging over it told them these waters had been stained with blood!
Thud-
The black ship shuddered slightly, as though it had struck something. Li Dao's divine sense surged outward like a mighty tide.
Beneath the bloody waters, he saw pallid corpses floating every which way,