Ambush

Time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. In the Sword Bamboo, Shen Ge suddenly opened his eyes, and a powerful aura emanated from his body, causing the entire Sword Bamboo to rustle.

Once his breathing had stabilized, Shen Ge's face lit up with joy, and he murmured, "Finally, I've reached the Late Golden Core Stage."

This was all thanks to the fragment of the pill he had snatched in the secret realm. Otherwise, even with the abundant Spiritual Qi here, Shen Ge wouldn't have been able to break through to the Late Golden Core Stage in just ten years, even though he was already at the Peak Middle Golden Core Stage stage.

After leaving the Sword Bamboo, Shen Ge thought for a moment, then turned around and pulled up all the Sword Bamboo that were over a thousand years old.

Since we're not coming back after this anyway, we might as well take these things with us and maximize our profits.

These thousand-year-old Sword Bamboo are perfectly capable of being used to forge top-grade Swordsmanship. Even three or four thousand-year-old ones, if the auxiliary materials are of good quality, can be forged into Law Treasure without any problem. Although Shen Ge looked down on these things, they would be worth at least 300,000 Spirit Stone.

Looking at the empty Sword Bamboo, Shen Ge smiled, then turned around and stood on the teleportation array. After placing the Spirit Stone, he left in a flash of white light.

However, he did not notice that in the mountain beneath this Sword Bamboo, a Sword Bamboo, half a person's height and dripping with blood red, stood proudly. This was a Sword Bamboo that was over 100,000 years old, and the entire Sword Bamboo above it was its descendant.

Shen Ge didn't notice it, nor did the Ji Household member back then. The treasure was hidden, and neither of them had the fortune to discover it.

The red Sword Bamboo swayed gently, and a pure Sword Intent burst forth from the mountain, waving in the air.

After absorbing the Sword Intent, the Sword Bamboo below rapidly increased in age, and soon several of them broke through to over a thousand years old.

Upon returning to the small island, before Shen Ge could even react, five attacks were launched.

"A sneak attack?" Shen Ge immediately spotted the five people not far away. Four Middle Golden Core Stage, and one Late Golden Core Stage. The attack came suddenly, and there was no way to dodge it. But Shen Ge didn't really dodge. The Mountain and River Cauldron appeared above his head, and he just watched the five attacks come at him.

"Bang!"

A golden light shot out rapidly from the smoke after the explosion.

"Imprisonment!"

A flash of golden light, and the Middle Golden Core Stage standing closest to him was instantly beheaded by a single sword strike, without even having time to react.

The woman at the Late Golden Core Stage realm, who seemed quite presentable, immediately turned and ran without pausing.

Sensing the wind behind her, she crushed a Ten-Thousand-Li Teleportation Talisman without a second thought.

Even if the location is unknown, even if it means being teleported to Demon Beast's lair, it's better than staying here—that was the woman's thought.

Shen Ge glanced at the spot where the other person had disappeared, and said with a regretful expression, "They ran really fast, what a pity."

He then dashed off to chase after another Late Golden Core Stage cultivator. After about half an incense stick's time, Shen Ge cornered him.

"Your team is really unprofessional; you ran away so quickly after only one death."

"To be honest, I had a chance to be surrounded and killed by the remaining four of you, but unfortunately, your eldest sister is a coward. She ran away as soon as she saw me heading towards her."

The other two Middle Golden Core Stage, seeing that Shen Ge had gone after the Late Golden Core Stage cultivator, showed no intention of coming to help and instead ran in the opposite direction.

The Late Golden Core Stage cultivator who had been caught up by Shen Ge looked at Shen Ge with a grim expression, saying nothing, but instead summoning his mid-grade defensive Law Treasure to become alert.

"It's also your own fault for being cowards. My spell to Imprisonment people has a cooldown period," Shen Ge said with a faint sneer. "Otherwise, if the four of you had ganged up on me, my 300,000-plus yuan fortune might have been yours."

"Fellow Daoist, how about we compromise?" the man said in a deep voice. "I'll trade you the corpse of a third-tier Demon Beast."

Shen Ge smiled faintly and said nothing more. He swung his sword, and a black and white sword light shot out directly at great speed.

Although the person was equipped with a mid-grade defensive Law Treasure, they didn't dare to take the hit head-on and quickly dodged to the side.

However, this black and white sword light was just a disguise by Shen Ge. It was just an ordinary Sword Qi and not the Life and Death Sword at all. When the opponent dodged, Shen Ge Morning Longing his sword, and a Sword Qi Long River rushed over directly, with extremely great power.

The man's expression changed, and while desperately dodging, he also launched a counterattack.

He made a hand Hand Seals, and suddenly, tentacles resembling octopus tentacles appeared in the sea and slapped towards Shen Ge.

"Kid, don't go too far. I admit, it was wrong of us to ambush you, but if you're going to fight me to the death, I'll make sure you get nothing."

Shen Ge casually dodged the tentacles' strikes, occasionally unleashing a burst of Sword Qi to restrict their movements.

"It doesn't matter. I don't care about your wealth, so it would be best if you died."

"Is that so!" The man dodged Shen Ge's Sword Qi and said with a crazed expression, "Then let's die together."

After saying that, he scattered a large bag of powder and used his spiritual power to blow it around.

"This is... Beast-Luring Powder?" Shen Ge stopped and looked at the man, asking, "Aren't you afraid of dying? Why did you run so fast just now?"

Without waiting for his reply, Shen Ge spread his Sword Yi, instantly closing the distance between them.

"Imprisonment!"

The man still fell for it and was immobilized by Shen Ge.

He looked panicked, but fortunately, he had a defensive Law Treasure to protect him, so he wouldn't die anytime soon.

Shen Ge knew he couldn't kill him in a short time, so he didn't intend to. Shen Ge simply formed a hand seal, and a Yin-Yang Diagram pressed down directly.

"You can continue playing here, I'm leaving now."

Shen Ge spread his Sword Yi and flew towards the horizon like lightning.

Although it would take some time to kill that person, that bastard had just thrown away Beast-Luring Powder. If this were in the Inner Sea, Shen Ge wouldn't care, but now they were in the Outer Sea, and moreover, about 200,000 miles away from the Inner Sea. Shen Ge didn't want to stay and feed the Demon Beast.

Sure enough, after flying a little over five miles, three or four powerful auras appeared in that sea area. Shen Ge swept them with his divine sense, and his expression changed slightly.

Two Tier 3 fish, one Tier 3 giant crab, and one Peak Third Tier Sky-Soaring Eagle.

Good heavens, they've attracted four Golden Core Stage Demon Beast in such a short time. The Outer Sea truly lives up to its Outer Sea; it's terrifying.

Shen Ge couldn't help but feel a little relieved. Luckily, he left early. If he had stayed even two or three minutes longer, he would definitely be being chased by that Sky-Soaring Eagle.

Moreover, putting aside the possibility of escaping, being hunted in the Outer Sea means the chances of survival are slim. Being exposed in the Outer Sea without any cover is practically free prey for those Demon Beast.