The Array Activates
The gushing water and the strange phenomena at sea attracted the attention of countless people.
Many fishing boats kept their distance from that chaotic area, only daring to peek cautiously at the column of water that seemed to connect heaven and earth.
On the viewing platform of Subdue the Sea Shipyard, Qian Wencong gazed at the place where the strange phenomenon had occurred for a long time without saying a word.
Inside the Beast Soul Sect, Jing Huan's gaze shifted back and forth between the treasure ship carrying Dong Fuzhu and the water column, seemingly realizing the connection between this matter and them.
In Blue-Green Village, the village chief and others gazed at the huge waves surging in the sea, and couldn't help but worry about their two benefactors who had been missing for a long time.
"Village chief, do you think this strange phenomenon is related to our two benefactors?" Zhang Ping'an asked in a low voice.
The village chief simply said, "Whether it's related or not, we'll pretend we don't know anything. There's likely to be more trouble at sea in the next few days. Give the order to tell the villagers to stay home and cultivate in peace, and not to go fishing for the time being."
Hopefully, they can find refuge in this corner and escape the impending chaos!
On the treasure ship, Dong Fuzhu and others had already gathered on the deck. Bai Kejin took over the reins from Dong Fuzhu and struggled to stabilize the ship.
They had retreated quite far, but the whirlpool still seemed to affect their ship.
Bai Kejin deployed the formation left by Sang Ying, directly isolating the area to prevent any other small boats from being swept into the vortex.
Dong Fuzhu's grip on the railing tightened little by little. In the distance, the water column had already connected with the low-lying clouds, making it look as if a dragon in the clouds was absorbing seawater.
She asked, "My senior sisters must have succeeded, right?"
"Yes, it must have succeeded!" Lan Fusheng's voice was filled with undisguised excitement.
This is the Upper Realm! If she succeeds, then Senior Sister will definitely be the first cultivator in the past ten thousand years to enter the Upper Realm at the Nascent Spirit Transformation alone.
Suppressing her excitement, Dong Fuzhu asked again, "Then they will definitely come back safely, right?"
"Yes!" This time, it wasn't just Lan Fusheng who answered her, but everyone on the ship.
At the bottom of the Endless Sea, the Jin Liner whipped their tails to create a barrier, preventing sea creatures from being sent flying into the sky by the immense force.
Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue in front of her were already enveloped in a white pillar of light. The array, which had been modified and repaired over several months, slowly lit up, illuminating most of the dark seabed.
After thinking for a moment, Jin Liner flicked its long tail again, and a golden scale fell directly into Sang Ying's arms. "Take this, and I'll be able to sense your return!"
After all, these were the first Human Race friends she had made, Jin Liner hoped to know that they had returned safely, rather than perishing in the Upper Realm.
Sang Ying carefully pinched the golden Jiaoren scale and put it into her Storage Bag.
"Don't worry, senior, we will return safely!" She seemed to see through Jin Liner's thoughts at a glance.
But Jin Liner pouted and said, "I'm not worried about you not coming back, that's not it!"
Sang Ying didn't say anything more this time, but smiled at Jin Liner together with Jiang Zhuoxue.
The array shone brightly, forcing Jin Liner to turn her head away. By the time she tried to look up again, despite the stinging in her eyes, the array had returned to normal, but the two familiar figures were no longer in front of her.
The seabed returned to calm, as if everything before had been a mere dream.
The sudden loss of Sang Ying's voice made Jin Liner feel much more relaxed, yet she also felt somewhat uneasy.
Looking at the array depicted with strange patterns, an emotion she had never felt before welled up within her. "I'll wait for you to return, Human Race, I'll wait for you..."
Anyway, she's gotten used to waiting for others.
The Upper Realm, near the Teleportation Array.
The boy, with two white dragon horns still on his head, sat down angrily next to the altar. This was a deserted place that had been abandoned for many years, and Bai Xia had only found it by chance.
Ever since he found this secluded spot, whenever he was bullied by other members of his tribe, he would secretly come here and confide his troubles to the long-abandoned altar array.
The same applies today.
"So what if I can't retract my dragon horns? So what if I hatched with my mother's help? Why do they always bully me? Even the clan leader said that the former goddess of war Bai Qinglong, didn't hatch on her own, just like me, but she still became a hero of the Dragon Race. Why do they still think I'm an outsider?!" The boy became more and more indignant as he spoke.
Sometimes he loathed the dragon horns on his head, and often thought that perhaps cutting them off would make life easier for him and his mother.
But whenever Bai Xia recalled his mother stroking his dragon horns and praising them as the most beautiful horns in the world, Bai Xia hand, which had been gripping the dagger tightly, slowly loosened.
"If only I could be as powerful as the God of War Bai Qinglong," he murmured.
"Hmph!" A mocking laugh suddenly rang out. "You actually believed the old patriarch's nonsense? His granddaughter isn't some kind of war goddess at all. She was just born at a lucky hour, so the Dragon Race threw her out to sacrifice herself in the formation. To cover up the truth, the Dragon Race gave her the title of war goddess. If you ask me, she even lost the Dragon Abyss Sword; we're being kind by not criticizing her!"
Bai Xia turned his head and saw a group of brightly dressed teenagers who had somehow followed him and also entered the abandoned array altar!
"What nonsense are you spouting?! Even your Azure Dragon Clan acknowledges Bai Qinglong as the God of War!" Bai Xia roared at the boy in the middle. He could tolerate being bullied by these people, but he would never allow them to insult Bai Qinglong!
The young man opposite, Qing Yi, sneered, "So what if we admit it? Your War God is nothing but a sacrifice. Our Azure Dragon Clan's War God is the true owner of the Dragon Abyss Sword! Unlike your trash, who only sealed a demon and even lost the Dragon Abyss Sword, causing us to suffer repeated defeats on the Gods and Devils Battlefield."
Bai Xia ignored all of that; he only believed his Lineage's words. "You're just envious of our White Dragon Tribe's current good reputation, and you're jealous that Young Master Bai Nianchou is more powerful than your brother!"
Although Bai Xia was somewhat weak, he wasn't stupid. He naturally understood that the enemy's strategy was aimed at him, not just because of his similar experiences to Bai Qinglong.
The boy was immediately enraged, as if someone had touched a raw nerve. He suddenly brandished his claws. "Grab him! I'm going to break off his two filthy dragon horns!"
The other teenagers following Qing Yi immediately stepped forward, tightly binding Bai Xia's hands and pinning him to the ground. Bai Xia was completely unable to move, and Qing Yi's claws had already landed on his two horns.
"I told you long ago, you shouldn't have said things that upset me!" Qing Yi's claws began to exert a little force, and a bloody mark immediately appeared on the horn that looked like it was made of ice and snow.
Bang!
A massive surge of energy erupted from the array in front of them, instantly drawing in the surrounding Spiritual Power as if it had been swept away.
A young man holding Bai Xia was nearly swept into the formation by the Spiritual Qi, but fortunately, the person next to him caught him in time at the critical moment.
Upon seeing this, Qing Yi became unusually flustered. "What is this thing? Bai Xia, where did you lead us?!"
Bai Xia was too preoccupied to answer his question at that moment. He was looking at the array patterns that were lighting up inch by inch in front of him, his eyes filled with surprise and interest.
So, this is what a battle formation is?