A Fierce Battle in the Tianji Sea
Soon, Venerable Yaoguang and his companion returned. They glanced at the mortal islands affected by the turmoil and their expressions changed slightly, but only briefly before returning to normal.
"Junior Brother Cangkong, you and Jixing Brother Ji Xing stay here together. Also, send more people over to repair the breach." But as soon as he finished speaking Venerable Yaoguang shook his head and rejected the idea, "Forget it, we'll go together. We'll talk about other things after the breach in the formation is repaired."
Soon, the Yaoguang Manifest Immortal Sect dispatched another batch of people to the East Sea Gate, but this time there were not many Foundation Establishment Realm; they were mostly Golden Core experts.
Moreover, most of them were Golden Core from their own sects, with only a few Rogue Cultivator.
Fairy Miaoyin didn't go; she returned to Sea Spirit Island immediately. After all, they were friends, and Shen Ge and Zhang Lingyu, fearing she might encounter danger, followed her.
Looking at the devastated Sea Spirit Island, the three of them couldn't help but grim. Limbs and torsos were everywhere, blood flowed like streams, and many pieces of corpses floated on the surface. The entire Sea Spirit Island was like a living hell!
"Let's split up and search; there might still be survivors." Zhang Lingyu sighed, then flew off.
Neither Shen Ge nor Fairy Miaoyin spoke; they simply chose a direction at random.
About fifteen minutes later, the three met at the former Thousand Sounds Workshop. Shen Ge had a cold face and had come up empty-handed. Zhang Lingyu's expression was equally unpleasant, even cold.
But the Fairy Miaoyin was holding an infant in her arms, an infant whose leg was broken.
"I'm afraid he's the only survivor out of the 300,000 people on the entire island. Sigh..." Zhang Lingyu sighed, her expression slightly sorrowful.
"I have to go now," Shen Ge said before leaving.
In the waters around Tianji Island, the Demon Beast tide surged forward like waves, and it was already close to Tianji Island.
Venerable Tianji was furious as he watched the battle below, but he was powerless to do anything about it. Seven fourth-tier Demon Beast had gathered on this battlefield, especially the Blood Shark King that had arrived earlier, which had directly killed one of their Nascent Soul Early Stage experts.
Although the Kaiyang Sect sent reinforcements, they only sent two Nascent Soul, both at the early stage. Combined with their own two, they were no match for the Demon Beast ' lineup.
Moreover, and most importantly, they lack magical Spirit Treasure, making it impossible for them to gain any advantage.
Although the Kaiyang Sect brought the Spirit Treasure Ruler, they only had one, and it could only be used twice.
"Senior brother, we can't wait any longer, let's retreat! We don't want this sea area anymore! Really, just listen to me, if we keep fighting we won't be able to leave!" A Nascent Soul Early Stage from the Tianji Pavilion transmitted his voice, his tone extremely anxious.
"Do you think I can't see the current situation? Do you think these Demon Beast will retreat just because we run away?!" Venerable Tianji roared back, "They won't! They'll only chase after us and keep killing us. They'll turn the entire Tianji Sea into a dead zone!"
"So be it, a dead zone! It's still better than us dying here!" The person who had just transmitted the message shouted. "Those mortals are irrelevant, even the disciples are the same. As long as we're still here, as long as the Cultivation Method and secret arts in our Storage Bag are still there, we can completely rebuild the Tianji Pavilion! Senior brother, let's go!"
A flicker of hesitation crossed Venerable Tianji's eyes, but the next moment, the sword in his hand suddenly plunged into the body of his junior brother beside him. He grinned cruelly and said, "Junior brother, there's nowhere to run. Luo Heaven Sea is doomed sooner or later."
"Oh, is this infighting?" Behind the Demon Beast horde, Blood Shark licked his lips. Although he really wanted to make a move, he didn't dare to act rashly because of the threat posed by the Kaiyang Sect's Spirit Treasure.
He had witnessed the power of the Spirit Treasure there before; he definitely couldn't withstand that level of attack.
Thinking of this, Blood Shark looked down at the octopus shrouded in Sha Qi and suddenly had an idea.
"Senior brother, why... why?" Venerable Tianji's junior brother looked at Venerable Tianji with great confusion and bewilderment. He couldn't understand why his senior brother, with whom he had been together for nearly a thousand years, would attack him.
The flying sword pierced his abdomen, immobilizing his Nascent Soul. Although it wouldn't kill him, it restricted his movements.
The two from the Kaiyang Sect also retreated a distance, both staring coldly at Venerable Tianji, seemingly waiting for an explanation.
A faint look of guilt appeared on Venerable Tianji's face as he whispered in his ear, "Don't blame your senior brother. Who told you to be so cowardly? Those are millions of our own kind! How could I just stand by and watch them become food for the Demon Beast!"
"Besides, this is my home. Do you even know what a home is? I'm afraid you've forgotten the concept of home over the past few centuries."
"Since you're unwilling to face it and are thinking of running away at the last minute, then your senior brother will have no choice but to force you to face it."
As soon as he finished speaking, a rumbling sound suddenly rang out from Tianji Island behind them, and then a huge puppet tortoise flew over.
Blood Shark's expression was slightly solemn. He glanced at the large tortoise not far from him and said with a slight smile, "Hegemon Turtle, if I'm not mistaken, that looks like a corpse from your clan, right? It looks quite old."
The enormous, jet-black tortoise known as the Hegemon Turtle moved its massive claws, then transformed into human form with mysterious golden markings on its face. Its expression was grim as it said, "He was our clan's king five thousand years ago, about to break through to the Fifth-Tier Demon Beast, when he was betrayed by the humans."
"This puppet seems quite powerful." Blood Shark cautioned, "Be careful. He's your responsibility, you and Heaven-Devouring Fish. You just need to hold him off."
The Hegemon Turtle nodded, not refusing the suggestion. After all, this was a powerful member of their clan, and they had an obligation to retrieve his corpse.
On the opposite side, Venerable Tianji led his junior brother into the opening in the belly of the giant tortoise. As the opening closed, he looked at the two from the Kaiyang Sect and said, "Fellow Daoists, please use your Spirit Treasure!"
Venerable Kaiyang nodded, glancing at Blood Shark opposite him without saying a word.
Blood Shark grinned maliciously at Venerable Kaiyang, seemingly in a provocation.
"Do it!"
At Blood Shark's command, the giant octopus swiftly attacked Venerable Kaiyang and his companion, while the Hegemon Turtle transformed back into a mountain-sized turtle and charged towards the puppet turtle opposite them.
At this moment, all seven demon Demon Beast of the Demon Race moved, seemingly determined to win the battle.
"Snort!"
Venerable Kaiyang snorted coldly, and immediately cooperated with his junior brother to activate the Spirit Treasure he had brought.
A scroll painting of heaven and earth unfolded, burning with raging flames. With a sudden pull, the giant octopus at the forefront and an extremely ugly Sea Demon were sucked inside.