The Empress's First Running Dog

Chapter 660 Strong Suppression
Such a loud tone?

On the deck of the sailboat, Zhao Du'an looked down at the threat posed by this group of "natives," feeling no tension or fear whatsoever; instead, he felt a little amused.

He turned his head, looked at the old Celestial Master with a slightly mocking expression, and chuckled as he teased:
"Don't be ungrateful when they ask you to."

Zhang Yan rolled his eyes, not wanting to talk to him.

Clearly, these natives did not know Zhao Du'an and were not qualified to see Zhang Yanyi's true appearance.

The reason they were still somewhat "polite" was only because of the old Celestial Master's divine robes.

They only recognize clothes and not people.

As for the threat to kill the priest, it wasn't entirely untrue.

This is not the territory of the Yu Kingdom. If it were an ordinary priest, he would certainly have to be wary of the threat from the Thousand Islands sorcerers. But the priests on the ship are not ordinary priests...

"Heh, so your name is Aoki?"

Zhao Du'an rested his elbow on the railing, a half-smile on his face:
"So you're the one who chased after Ji Yue back then?"

Elder Aoki frowned, scrutinizing the young man, assuming he was some noble scion, and patiently said:
"Jiyue is a traitor to the Thousand Islands. I am an elder jointly elected by all the islands, and I have the power to punish all the people of the Thousand Islands who have committed wrongdoings. Young man, I don't care what your relationship with her is. If you don't want to cause trouble today, I advise you to be smart."

Zhao Du'an smiled faintly, speaking slowly and deliberately:
"I don't care about your bullshit rules here. I only know that all land under heaven belongs to the king, and all people within the borders are his subjects. Jiyue is now under my command, and there is absolutely no reason for her to be bullied by outsiders."

Aoki's face darkened:
"So, you've chosen to be an enemy of the Thousand Islands? I advise you to think it over carefully."

Zhao Du'an chuckled and said with a smile:
"No, no, no, it is you who should think this through. I am being merciful and giving you a choice as well."

He pointed to the dozen or so East Sea sorcerers behind Aoki and said:

"If you capture this damned elder and hand him over to me, I will spare your lives today."

The crowd was in an uproar.

A burly man, wielding an iron fork, cursed:

"This brat is incredibly arrogant! Elder, stop wasting words with them and make your move!"

The others, united in their hatred, began to shout:
"Yes, let's get started!"

During the Angry Moon, the power of the sea gods in the surrounding seas is unprecedentedly strong. This means that the local cultivators will receive a huge boost, while outsiders will be severely suppressed.

Suddenly, a discordant voice rang out. It was the youngest female sorceress at the back of the group, the one who had recognized Ji Yue first. Panicked, she pleaded with Aoki:

"Elder! Ji Yue's matter is in the past, so please release her."

A woman glared at her, then suddenly slapped the sorceress, knocking her to the ground, and sneered at her:

"Shui Bei, everyone knows that you and that traitor both come from Red Coral Island. If you utter such nonsense again, we will arrest you and send you to be sacrificed to the gods!"

The young sorceress panicked, slumped down, and trembled.

Zhao Du'an watched the play indifferently from the boat.

The dozen or so sorcerers quickly reached a consensus, their bodies enveloped in magical power, while the bone whale underwater spewed out a jet of turbulent white water.

Aoki completely lost his patience and shook his head:
"Out-of-towners, you've brought this upon yourselves. Don't blame me when you get to the underworld!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly slammed the iron fork in his hand down on the ground.

Zhao Du'an's ears twitched slightly, and his divine sense spread, vaguely sensing that seven or eight slightly smaller black shadows were rapidly approaching from underwater.

On the sea surface, pale blue fish fins were visible.

"It's a shark!"

Jin Jian gasped softly, the girl unable to hide her excitement; this was the first time in her life she had ever encountered a shark.

"They're going to use sharks to ram our ship!" Ji Yue said expressionlessly.

The sea god sorcerer also has the ability to control fish.
Yes, unlike water god sorcerers, the concept of sea god is more about "region," and fish in the sea also belong to the region... Zhao Du'an was greatly impressed.

Ji Yue took a step forward, calmly extending her hands, palms open, her wet red clothes trembling, her black hair dancing wildly, and her pure white eyes radiating magical light.

She simply grabbed with both hands and then let go.

Nearby, seawater condensed into exaggerated water blades, which shot out like cannon fire.

Ferocious sharks, each powerful enough to capsize a small boat, were sliced ​​in two by the water's blades, their thick blood staining the sea red.

Like seven or eight red flowers bursting open underwater in an instant.

"The world's sorcerers, this traitor has actually grown to this level!" a native exclaimed.

Elder Aoki was also slightly taken aback, but not overly worried:

"A mere trick, no wonder you dared to come back. So you've grown too big for your britches. Today I'll show you that there are always people more capable than you, and there's always a higher level to reach!"

The next moment, the patrol elder's robes swelled up as if inflated, and massive streams of magical power surged forth, causing the surrounding sea to rage violently.

A massive wave slowly lifted everyone up, and the majestic power of the heavens caused the fish within a radius of several miles to quickly dive down, and the fish that could not avoid it were all stunned.

Elder Aoki raised the iron fork in his hand, and pale blue magical power, like electric snakes, coiled and wrapped around the iron fork.

He threw the pitchfork with all his might!
"Whoosh!"

The iron fork, imbued with immense magical power and capable of blasting open a city gate, shot towards Zhao Du'an like a meteor!

He had already realized that this arrogant young man was the true master of this fleet.

Capture the thief first and capture the king!
"How dare you! Disrespect your master!"

The next second, Tuoba Weizhi flew into a rage. The dark-skinned priestess's pure black cloak billowed up, and she was launched like a cannonball. In mid-air, her pupils were already pitch black. Tuoba Weizhi simply threw a punch. His fist slammed hard into the sharp tip of the iron fork, and then, a scene that shocked everyone appeared.

With a mournful cry, the iron fork seemed to have struck an impenetrable wall; its tip immediately bent, and the fork shaft behind it visibly bent and twisted due to inertia.

The spells that were attached to the surface vanished completely, as if they had no effect on the dark-skinned priestess at all.

Tuoba Weizhi, who was immune to magic, snorted coldly and casually threw the twisted iron fork into the sea like scrap metal.

Then, to the astonishment of the East Sea sorcerers, it fell like a meteorite.

A punch aimed straight at Aoki!
Aoki was shocked. He formed hand seals, creating layers of water shields to protect his body, but Tuoba Weizhi's fist, as heavy as a mountain, ignored all defenses.

With a "bang," the elder's head, which had just been swaggering, was smashed open like a rotten watermelon!

Red and white splattered onto the terrified faces of those around them.

Aoki's headless corpse, still in the hand seal posture, fell straight down!
"Ah! A monster!"

The middle-aged woman screamed, then stopped abruptly, as Tuoba Wei kicked her to death.

Seeing that things were not going well, the big man next to him turned to leave, but after only a few steps, a fist that came from behind pierced his heart. He looked down in astonishment at the fist that had burst through his chest.

"Bang bang bang..."

Tuoba Weizhi left a trail of afterimages, and in a few breaths, he had annihilated all the remaining dozen or so sorcerers who were still standing.

At this moment, the huge bone whale beneath them seemed to sense fear as well, and began to tremble and sink!
Tuoba Weizhi frowned and said in a low voice:

"Beast!"

Then, she suddenly raised her right leg and stomped down hard!
"boom!"

The surrounding sea surface erupted with waves several feet high. This enormous creature, whose true form was unknown, only spat out a stream of blood before floating motionless on the surface of the sea.

He was trampled to death!

The entire process took only a few breaths before the battle ended.

On the native side, only the sorceress from Red Coral Island, who had hidden the furthest away, survived, sitting slumped in her seat.

She was clearly terrified, staring at the scene in extreme horror, trying desperately to escape, but her legs went weak and she couldn't move at all, and glistening water seeped out from under her legs.

"Master, it's resolved."

Tuoba Weizhi bowed respectfully to the ship.

Sure enough, there was no need for Lao Zhang at all for a team of this caliber; Xiao Wei handled it all by herself… Zhao Du'an nodded, glanced at the dazed Ji Yue beside him, and smiled:

"Is the remaining one your fellow villager? Should we kill him?"

"Don't kill me...don't kill me..." The remaining warlocks all cried.

Ji Yue snapped out of her daze, shook her head, and bit her lip, saying:
She is my... friend.

Zhao Du'an's eyes lit up. He was just looking for someone who knew the situation, so he signaled Tuoba Weizhi to bring the person over.

The dark-skinned priestess picked him up, leaped onto the deck, and tossed him aside.

"Thump!" The sorceress from Red Coral Island trembled.

Zhao Du'an took a closer look at the woman for the first time.

She was about the same age as Jiyue, with a beautiful face. She wore a loose blue robe that was more like a man's style, with long hair flowing down her back. She had a plump figure, full cheeks, and delicate, cute ears.

Yes, she is slightly chubby, and what is particularly rare is that her lower body is extremely stable. She has a typical pear-shaped figure, which does not conform to the mainstream aesthetic of the Yu Kingdom.

"Your name is Shui Bei?" Zhao Du'an looked her over with interest.

The sorceress named Shui Bei nodded nervously, glanced at Zhao Du'an, and then looked at Ji Yue beside her with a complicated expression, feeling both afraid and excited.

She was still in a state of profound shock.

Throughout the entire Thousand Islands, Elder Qingmu, whose magical power consistently ranked among the top five, was utterly powerless to resist and was killed by a single punch from the maid of this Yu Kingdom prince.

This is simply unbelievable.

What kind of powerful figure could kill Elder Qingmu, a high-ranking expert in the world, with a single blow, and also have the advantage of terrain?
He should at least be a martial artist at the "half-step Celestial" level, right?

How powerful must the master be to take such a strong person as a slave?

Celestial Realm, or even higher?

Shui Bei felt like she was suffocating, and her gaze towards Zhao Du'an grew increasingly fearful, as if she were seeing a god.

His heart was filled with immense confusion, unable to understand what kind of experiences Ji Yue had gone through in the past few years that made her so fortunate as to submit to such a powerful figure.

The Thousand Islands of the East China Sea are not inland, and here, people have an almost obsessive reverence for the strong.

"Hehe, don't panic. I am not one to kill innocent people indiscriminately. Those people just now only had themselves to blame."

Zhao Du'an chuckled softly:
"I've come to ask you, why is martial law suddenly declared in the East Sea, or rather, why did the Sea God awaken earlier this year?"

Shui Bei snapped back to her senses, humbly prostrating herself before Zhao Du'an, her forehead pressed to the ground, her plump buttocks raised, striving to show respect for the powerful:

"Reporting to Young Master, we also do not know why the Sea God is like this this year. The elders on the island only have some guesses, believing that it may be related to the female demon who has been running rampant in the East China Sea recently."

A female demon who dominates the East China Sea?

What kind of setting is this?
Zhao Du'an and the old Celestial Master exchanged a strange glance.

(End of this chapter)