Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 486 Blood Mist Crisis

Ten days later.

The East China Sea stretches as far as the eye can see, with no islands in sight.

Although the Lu family's ships were not as good as the Dragon King's ships, they still traveled tens of thousands of miles over ten days before finally stopping in the vast ocean.

The sea was calm, but on the deck of the ship lay several enormous sea monster bodies, and the crew was dissecting the sea monster corpses.

These were all sea monsters at the Innate Realm, encountered on the ship's journey, and ultimately killed by the group.

With Lin Chen and his group's strength, they naturally wouldn't care about the corpse of a sea monster that had just entered the Innate Realm. However, for martial artists below the Innate Realm, the flesh and blood of sea monsters could increase their Qi and blood. Especially for these Innate Realm sea monsters, the flesh and blood of a single sea monster could sell for one or two hundred Flame Coins.

"Young Master Lu, have we arrived at our destination?"

When the boat came to a stop, Shao Chaozong spoke slowly.

Lin Chen looked at Shao Chaozong. During the ten days on the ship, everyone introduced themselves to each other. Shao Chaozong was the one who had shown a look of fear after Zhu Ru revealed her background.

"Yes, the location is on this seabed. I'll rest..."

“Young Master Lu, we don’t need to rest. Now that we’ve arrived, let’s set off immediately.”

Another middle-aged man, Zhang Sheng, also spoke up, glancing at Lin Chen and the others after he finished speaking.

“Indeed, there is no need to rest. I have rested enough during these ten days on the ship.”

Zhu Ru stretched, her languid yet alluring demeanor, as she rose from the cabin and walked towards the deck, her figure swaying gracefully.

"I don't need a break either."

Another young man, Xu Siyuan, echoed this sentiment. Lu Feng looked at Lin Chen, and when he saw Lin Chen nod, he smiled and said, "In that case, I will tell you about the situation at the bottom of the sea."

"Below this sea area is a canyon, which is dozens of miles deep. There are many sea monsters roaming in the canyon. After we enter the canyon, we should try not to disturb these sea monsters. If we are discovered by the sea monsters, we should kill them quickly and not let them hold us back."

After Lu Feng finished speaking, he took out a scroll from his pocket and spread it out on the table. At the same time, Zhu Ru, who had walked onto the deck, also came back.

The scroll depicts two towering mountains, with a canyon between them. At the bottom of the canyon, there is a circle drawn in red. On these two underwater peaks, numerous sea monsters are also marked.

Throughout the mountain, the deeper you go, the stronger the sea monsters become, including several that are equivalent to the second level of the Innate Realm.

"The place marked in red is our destination."

Hearing Lu Feng's words, Zhang Sheng frowned: "Young Master Lu, the strength that we martial artists can exert at the bottom of the sea is not as great as that of the sea monsters. If we are discovered by these sea monsters, we will probably be in grave danger."

“If the tempering sand were so easy to obtain, Brother Lu wouldn’t have invited us to come along.”

Xu Siyuan sneered, which made Zhang Sheng's face turn cold. He glanced coldly at Xu Siyuan, but did not argue.

"There is definitely danger, but as long as we are careful, we can avoid these few Innate Second Realm level demonic beasts. The person who sold the tempering sand to my auction house said that when they were a group of seven, they accidentally discovered this canyon and found the tempering sand inside. But in the end, only he escaped back. That's because all seven of them were only Innate First Realm. Apart from him, the other six had only recently entered the Innate Realm."

Lu Feng offered an explanation, and Zhang Sheng didn't say anything more. The others were the same; they had already prepared themselves before coming. The place where the crystal sand was nurtured definitely had risks, otherwise Lu Feng wouldn't have invited them.

The fact that they were invited to go together indicates that the place is dangerous and Lu Feng is not confident in going alone.

As for not inviting experts at the third level of the Innate Realm, the reason is quite simple. Lu Feng himself is at the second level of the Innate Realm. If an expert at the second level of the Innate Realm is invited, he can control the situation. However, if an expert at the third level of the Innate Realm is invited, the ownership of the tempering sand will be uncertain.

"These are water-repelling beads, which I purchased from the Thousand Machine Domain. Each of you may have one."

Lin Chen took the water-repelling bead from Lu Feng. He knew about water-repelling beads; when placed on his person, water within a one-foot radius around him would automatically repel it, but as he went deeper into the sea, this water-repelling area would continue to shrink.

Water-repelling beads also have different grades. The price doubles for every mile underwater. This single water-repelling bead costs as much as fifty Flame Coins.

"Everyone, let's go!"

With everything prepared, Lu Feng was the first to step off the deck and plunge into the sea. The moment his body hit the water, the seawater parted to form a whirlpool.

Huh, huh, huh!
The others followed suit. Lin Chen wasn't in a hurry and waited until everyone had gone down before he went down as well.

The six entered the sea and headed straight down. Lin Chen also released his divine sense the moment he entered the sea, avoiding the monsters on the seabed.

Five li, ten li...

At this depth, Lin Chen's divine sense could already perceive the mountain peaks on both sides, as well as the sea monsters lingering on those peaks.

The next moment, Lin Chen flashed to the left and then quickly fell. Just after he had fallen a hundred feet, a huge sea monster that was ten feet long slowly appeared in the sea area where he had been.

In this underwater world, the range of his divine sense was only three hundred feet, and the range of his divine sense continued to decrease as he went deeper.

boom!
Lin Chen sensed the ripples in the seawater and immediately extended his divine sense to the left. He saw Zhang Sheng smash an octopus demon with a single palm strike, but Zhang Sheng's own clothes were also torn.

After killing the octopus demon, Zhang Sheng pocketed its demon core and quickly headed downwards without stopping.

"They all had their own trump cards after all."

A glint flashed in Lin Chen's eyes. He had carefully observed the others, and Zhang Sheng's soul was the weakest to him. Yet, at this moment, in the seabed, Zhang Sheng was able to kill a sea monster at the second level of the Innate Realm with a single palm strike, which was enough to demonstrate the extraordinary nature of this person.

Even on the surface of the sea, killing a sea monster of the same level with a single blow is not an easy task, let alone underwater.

"We cannot be complacent or underestimate others."

Lin Chen reminded himself that his soul was far beyond the second level of the Innate Realm, but he couldn't have the mentality of "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind." Those who could cultivate to the second level of the Innate Realm and dared to come even knowing that there was danger in searching for the tempering sand all had their own trump cards and reliance.

Fifteen minutes later, Lin Chen suddenly stopped, a look of surprise in his eyes.

In his divine sense, Zhu Ru was strolling down a hundred feet to the right, and there were several sea monsters around her. Although these sea monsters were not as powerful as the octopus monster that Zhang Sheng had defeated earlier, they were all at the Innate Realm.

The innate realm sea monsters acted as guardians, protecting Zhu Ru as she descended.

"Is it because the Pingxiang Sect's techniques are rather unique, or does Zhu Ru herself possess the ability to enslave sea monsters?"

Lin Chen blinked, but did not move closer to Zhu Ru. Instead, he maintained the same distance and continued downwards.

An hour later.

A violent energy fluctuation suddenly came from behind him. Without any hesitation, Lin Chen accelerated and headed downwards.

Not only did Lin Chen speed up his descent, but he also noticed that Zhu Ru did the same; neither of them intended to stop or look back to see what was happening. They all knew that the path from the surface to the underwater canyon was the most dangerous; encountering a sea monster would simply be their bad luck.

There is no rule that you must help your companions defeat the siren.

With his powerful divine sense, Lin Chen descended very quickly and didn't have to worry about encountering sea monsters.

A quarter of an hour later.

As soon as Lin Chen landed, his divine sense detected a cave at the bottom of the canyon seabed, and he flashed toward the cave.

Stepping into the cave, without the obstruction of the seawater, although the light was dim, it was still possible to see some things. Just as Lin Chen was about to use his divine sense to explore the cave, a fire lit up behind him.

"I didn't expect Brother Fang to be the first to arrive."

Behind him was Lu Feng's voice. At that moment, Lu Feng was holding a torch, which was obviously hidden in a box.

Lu Feng also handed Lin Chen a torch. Lin Chen took the torch and lit it, replying, "I was just lucky; I didn't encounter many sea monsters blocking my way."

“Lucky…”

Just as Lu Feng spoke, another figure rushed in through the cave entrance. After entering, Shao Chaozong saw Lin Chen and Lu Feng in the cave, and especially when he saw Lin Chen, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Just a few breaths after Shao Chaozong entered, Zhu Ru also walked in.

"I just sensed an energy fluctuation; someone is being entangled with a sea monster."

Zhu Ru frowned, a look of worry on her face: "It seems that it must be Brother Zhang and that Young Master Xu."

Just as Zhu Ru finished speaking, Zhang Sheng, covered in blood, appeared at the cave entrance.

"Xu Siyuan has attracted a large number of sea monsters, and they are heading this way!"

Upon hearing Zhang Sheng's words, everyone present changed their expressions simultaneously. Lin Chen's divine sense also immediately extended towards the outside of the cave entrance, and the next moment he moved his feet slightly, standing at the very back.

Outside the cave entrance, less than a hundred feet away, Xu Siyuan, pale-faced, was heading this way, but not very fast. Behind him, dozens of innate-level sea monsters were chasing after him.

"Gentlemen, we came together; we shouldn't stand by and watch someone die!"

Lu Feng's expression turned ugly, and he was the first to head towards the cave entrance. Seeing that Lu Feng was actually going to save Xu Siyuan, Zhu Ru followed closely behind: "Since we are cooperating, we should help each other."

Seeing Zhu Ru also follow them out, Shao Chaozong snorted, but still said, "No matter what, only Lu Feng knows what's going on inside this cave."

Shao Chaozong's meaning was simple: it was fine if Xu Siyuan got into trouble, but Lu Feng couldn't afford to get into trouble; entering the cave didn't mean they were safe.

Lin Chen nodded, and the three of them headed out of the cave. At that moment, a long spear appeared in Lu Feng's hand outside the cave. He swung the spear, cleaving through the waves, and blasted it towards the sea monster behind Xu Siyuan.

Lu Feng's goal was not to kill these sea monsters, but to prevent them from giving Xu Siyuan a chance to escape.

However, there were simply too many sea monsters. Seeing this, Lin Chen did not stand idly by. He unleashed his Myriad Manifestations Palm, and waves surged up, blocking the two sea monsters that were coming towards Xu Siyuan from the left.

As the group attacked simultaneously, Xu Siyuan distanced himself from the sea monster behind him. He then made no attempt to hold back and moved forward at lightning speed.

"go!"

Upon seeing Xu Siyuan approach, Lu Feng gave a soft shout and turned to head into the cave. In fact, he didn't need to say anything; Lin Chen and the others had already turned and entered the cave the moment Xu Siyuan was freed.

Rumble!
Just a few breaths after Lin Chen and his companions entered the cave, they were met with earth-shaking tremors and the roar of a sea monster.

"I hope these sea monsters didn't knock this cave down."

Zhang Sheng's face showed worry, not because he was afraid of being buried alive if the cave collapsed. As innate experts, even if a mountain collapsed, it wouldn't bury them. What he was worried about was that if the cave collapsed, the crystal-tempering sand would be buried deep in the sea.

Facing both the encirclement of sea monsters and the search for tempering sand is extremely difficult.

"The cave won't collapse, but sirens can get in."

Shao Chaozong said with a grim expression, and at that moment the rumbling behind him grew even louder, caused by the sea monster's enormous body crashing and breaking rocks in the cave.

Xu Siyuan's expression turned cold. He knew that Shao Chaozong was blaming him for attracting so many sea monsters.

"Since the sea monsters are chasing us, let's continue forward. This underground cave is relatively narrow, and these sea monsters are not fast, so we can shake them off."

Lu Feng glanced at Shao Chaozong, then at Xu Siyuan, called out to the others, and led the way into the cave.

A quarter of an hour, half an hour, an hour...

Just as Lu Feng said, the speed of those sea monsters was limited in the cave, and soon there was no sound coming from them.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to stop, Lin Chen suddenly punched the left rock wall.

Lin Chen's sudden action made the others look at him warily, but the next moment Lu Feng and the others looked at the left wall.

Lin Chen's punch shattered the stone wall, and a cloud of red blood mist exploded inside. Within this red blood mist was a reptile-like monster with two horns and tentacles.

"Blood Mist Beast! Oh no! Run!"

Upon seeing the monster's corpse, Shao Chaozong's expression changed drastically, as did the others.

Blood Mist Beasts are unique sea monsters found only in the East China Sea. Their individual strength is barely at the Innate Realm, and any Innate Realm expert can kill them. However, Blood Mist Beasts are social animals, and finding one Blood Mist Beast means there are at least thousands more around.

shhhhhh!
Just as everyone moved, puffs of red mist spewed out from the stone wall beside them, instantly blocking their path in front and behind.

"Young Master Lu, why didn't you mention that there are Blood Mist Worms here?"

Faced with Zhang Sheng's questioning, Lu Feng smiled bitterly: "The person who obtained the tempering sand did not encounter the blood mist worms here."

From within the crimson mist, the sharp roars of the Blood Mist Beast echoed continuously.

Shao Chaozong slapped a Blood Mist Beast to death with one palm and roared, "We must break out of the Blood Mist Beast's range, or we will all die here."

Those at the second level of the Innate Realm cannot achieve the infinite circulation of Innate Power. Once the Innate Power within their bodies is exhausted, only death awaits them.

(End of this chapter)