Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 180: The Demonic Horn Domain takes action, the Linglong Secret Realm opens
In mid-winter,

The wind was cold and the undercurrent was surging outside the northeastern defense line.
The beast horde from the Storm Ocean began a full-scale invasion of the defenses of the Thousand Star City area. The composition of this beast horde was quite complex, mainly divided into three parts:
First, there is the fourth-level demon clan force headed by the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest. Although the strength of these fourth-level clans varies, they are undoubtedly the absolute superiors in the beast tide.

On weekdays, they rarely take action themselves, but rather play the role of driving away and controlling the beast tide, like manipulators behind the scenes, controlling the overall movement of the beast tide.

Secondly, there are those third-level beast groups that exist in the form of tribes. The kings of these beast groups, regardless of whether they were wild monsters before, are now under the command of the fourth-level monster king.

In order to preserve their own tribe as much as possible, they had to obey the orders of the Demon King and become the vanguard of the Demon King's charge, playing an important role in the beast tide.

The last and largest part is the wild monsters, those wild monsters that are truly not under any rule.

Some of them were forced by the harsh natural environment, and some were swept here by the tide of beasts, which included a large number of low-level monsters and solitary monsters.

Although they are part of the beast tide, they are like cannon fodder on the battlefield, being ruthlessly pushed to the front line. Their sacrifice does not arouse any emotion from those in power, and their orderly sacrifice is even part of the plan.

"We're launching simultaneous attacks from four directions: the Silver Strait, Mo Yuan, Fengdushan Outpost, and Akabane Island. I want to see not only the casualties of the beast tide, but also the results of the victory, especially the specific damage statistics on the human side. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

The Black Snake Demon King of the Green Water Black Snake Clan personally directed the attack route of his subordinates in the central military tent, wanting to show off his battle achievements in front of the Heavenly Wisdom Dragon Lord.

Tianhui Dragon Lord himself led the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest headquarters to confront the troops of Thousand Stars City.

The beast tide had just begun, and both sides seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding. Neither of them acted rashly, but wanted to control the intensity of the war within a certain range. However, the demon kings of the other four tribes received orders to attack fiercely, requiring them to kill humans at all costs.

Despite the fierce attack, these demon kings were not stupid people. They would certainly not let their tribes die in vain.

The unified strategy is to drive away the beast tide and let them launch attacks from various defense lines. As long as they can use cannon fodder to consume the human foundation-building and golden elixir cultivators, it will be a victory for them.

Today, the Ocean of Storms is in the midst of a species explosion, with all races and ethnic groups thriving, making everyone's living space increasingly crowded.

The demon tribe naturally also has historical records of the Millennium Wave, and some demon kings have even personally experienced the last Millennium Wave. They naturally understand that this is a good opportunity for development and expansion.

In order to seek further development, the big clans have to consume some small clans and encroach on their living space. At the same time, they can also screen out potential subordinates from them and recruit them.

The beast tide that occurs once every thousand years undoubtedly provides them with an excellent opportunity for smelting, without which nothing can be made.

At Dushan Outpost,

Before the beast tide came, this was just a third-level fairy city built with an outpost as its core.

However, as the call-up order was issued, the outpost was quickly transformed into a solid sea fortress, as solid as a rock.

This solid fortress, isolated on the sea and defended by several Jindan monks, is just a small node, and there are countless such small nodes along the entire defense line.

There are big nodes above the small nodes, and cardinal fairy cities above the big nodes. They are connected to each other, forming a tight net to catch the "big fish" passing by.

In fact, the monsters can completely bypass the "mesh" on the seabed between the nodes and avoid the front line of defense.

But generally speaking, unless forced into a dead end, a smart demon king would not choose to do this.

"A new wave of sirens is coming, beat them hard!"

"Don't be frugal with your supplies, there's no end to the spiritual stones!"

Boom boom boom~
A large number of second- and third-order psychic cannons, large demon-hunting crossbows and other long-range weapons installed in various parts of the fortress poured out firepower like crazy raindrops. In front of the powerful weapons of the human race's immortal civilization, the flesh and blood bodies of ordinary demon beasts seemed extremely fragile.

Boom ~

Suddenly, a huge wave surged in the sea. This huge wave turned into a water curtain, blocking a large number of attacks from the city defense weapons. It tried to buy more time for the charging sirens to get close to the fortress's defense formation.

As long as the monsters attack and break through the defensive formation, the humans hiding inside will be nothing more than lambs to be slaughtered.

"Evil beast! Stop being so presumptuous! Break the waves and slash!"

The Jindan cultivators guarding the city reacted quickly and immediately controlled the fortress's attack formation to specifically resolve the huge wave.

The one or two monsters hiding behind the huge waves were instantly exposed to the dense barrage of bullets.

Puff~Puff~Puff~

Level 2 and 3 psychic shells exploded near level 1 and 2 monsters, directly shattering a large area.

Those monsters that were blasted into blood mist and dust returned to the sea and became part of the marine ecosystem.

"Report! Another large group of disorderly wild monsters have bypassed the defense line!"

"Let them go. Tell the artillery to focus on the enemy's supervising monsters. Beat them until they hurt and kill them. As long as the supervising monsters don't dare to step forward to supervise the battle, this beast tide will be useless."

"Yes!"

"Report! We've detected a new round of beast reinforcements arriving. Based on their total number, there should be three to five demon kings secretly accompanying them. It seems they want to station their troops in preparation for a storming of the fortress."

"Inform the soldiers, hold on! No matter how tired or exhausted you are, you are not allowed to rest. Our reinforcements will arrive in ten hours. As long as everyone holds their posts, the beast tide will never get through. As long as the formation is not broken, we are safe."

"Yes!"

Human monks are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but they have other advantages. Human monks can hide in the fortress behind the formation, use spirit stones and spirit veins for energy, and activate various powerful psychic weapons for long-range attacks.

Not only will it be difficult for the opponent to get close, but their attacks will also be blocked by the defensive formation, and the attacker will have to pay a huge price.

In the later stage of Qi Refining, they can operate the second-level initial psychic cannon. They don’t need to worry about whether they can hit the target accurately, they just need to keep firing shells in the general direction.

Once the gun barrel is overloaded, it will be replaced immediately without considering the cost. There are several fourth-level immortal cities behind the Thousand Star City as material supply backup, so there is no need to worry about the consumption of materials.

"Coward! Aren't humans known as a superior race? How come you don't even have a single soldier willing to fight? If you're brave enough, come out and challenge me in a one-on-one fight, but all you can do is play these little tricks. What kind of ability are you?"

The beast tide is mostly composed of sirens and amphibious monsters, with a small number of flying monsters, while land monsters are extremely rare.

An Eagle King circled and roared in the air, trying to lure the human Jindan monks out to fight. This trick is useful for other races.

But it was ineffective against the human monks who were well-versed in various classics. His provocation received no response, and even the third-level psychic cannon didn't even look at him, as if he didn't exist at all.

"Hmph! Do you think you can be safe by hiding like a turtle? Wait until my army breaks through the fortress and see where you can hide. I will tear your bones and suck your marrow!"

In the sea, the Turtle King, who was resting with his eyes closed and waiting for the general attack, listened to the Eagle King's shouting. Although he felt a little dissatisfied, he could not refute it. After all, he was really a coward.

In the outer sea that has been occupied by the beast tide,

Suddenly, a gate opened in the sky, flashing continuously.
Immediately afterwards, like dumplings falling from a stream, third-level creatures continuously flew out. Among them were humans and demons. As soon as they appeared, they desperately fled in different directions, fearing that they would be pursued by each other. These people were all survivors who had participated in the Yunjin Forest Secret Realm. To have survived for such a long time in the secret realm, each of them was no ordinary person. They must have gained something, and it is even possible that some of them carried the opportunity to form a newborn.

"Why are there so few people?"

"Maybe it's because the fighting was too brutal."

"Never mind, let's split up and chase them!"

The exit of Yunjin Forest Sea is relatively fixed, so naturally there are people waiting here for an opportunity.

However, these people who were waiting for the opportunity were not the demon forces that had just occupied the outer sea, but a group of bloodthirsty and ferocious human monks.

Not only did they hunt the survivors of the demon race, they also attacked the human Jindan monks indiscriminately, acting without scruples and lawlessness.

"Oh no! There's an ambush!"

Some of the survivors were already injured and in poor condition, and it was not easy for them to escape when they encountered hunters who were well-rested and working in teams.

"I can't care less, blood escape technique!"

Those who were escaping did not hesitate to damage their origin again, and used the blood escape technique to turn into a blood-colored escape light. They had only one thought in their minds, that as long as they could escape within the defense line, they would be safe.

"Tsk tsk~ If I let you use the Blood Escape Technique to escape in front of me, wouldn't I be so embarrassed? Let me show you how the real Blood Escape Technique is used!"

The pursuer took out a blood pill, crushed it, and used the power of the blood pill to perform the blood escape technique. This blood escape technique not only would not harm himself, but was faster and more powerful.

“It’s you guys…”

Two days later,
The Thousand Star City began to welcome back the survivors of the Yunjin Forest. After statistics, the total number of survivors was less than forty.

We learned from these survivors that the Yunjin Forest Sea is extremely rich in resources this time, producing a large amount of third-level resources, and even several fourth-level resources, which is really enviable.

However, the competition was also extremely fierce. The survival rate of hundreds of Jindan cultivators from Thousand Star City and several nearby fourth-level immortal cities in the battle in the secret realm was less than 30%.

In the secret realm, not only are humans and demons fighting desperately, but human monks are also fighting each other. To be precise, after entering the secret realm, one will follow the pure laws of the dark forest, and every living thing encountered will be a mortal enemy.

Logically speaking, with a survival rate of less than 30%, there should be more than a hundred survivors, but the Jindan pirates from the Demon Corner Region set up camp in advance and intercepted many survivors in depressed conditions.

When the survivors finally arrived at the defense line, they found that a tide of beasts was attacking the defense line. Not only was there no one to support them, they even had to face the sudden interception of the Demon King, resulting in some losses here again.

Fortunately, thirty or forty people still managed to return successfully. It is not even ruled out that some people deliberately did not return to the Thousand Star City, but chose to hide. Especially those who had reaped great rewards, they might choose to act alone and sneak to other places to break through.

After a large number of sacrifices, less than 20% of people actually survived. Perhaps among these survivors, someone will achieve a greater breakthrough and realize a major leap in rank.

"Devil's Corner~ These termites really know how to pick the right moment to strike."

The Devil's Corner is located in a special natural maze in the distant sea. Beast tides generally cannot reach there. Even if a small branch of the beast tide rushes in, they will only die in vain. Therefore, they can calmly set up ambushes.

In deep winter,

Lin Qianfan's cave was quiet and peaceful.

After partially renovating and upgrading the Yanglongwan Shipyard area, Lin Qianfan increased its production efficiency by 20%, and therefore had more time every day to devote to intensive physical training.

With the help of various first-level spiritual jades, Lin Qianfan accelerated his physical training and finally replenished the energy and blood required to advance to the fourth level of the "Principal Guiyuan Sutra".

"From the Jade Tempering Realm to the Stone Realm, today is the day!"

The first stage of "The Cardinal Guiyuan Sutra" is the Jade Tempering Realm. In addition to the normal scope of the first stage body refining, it can also further enhance the wound repair ability, the body's hematopoietic ability, and the ability to recover Qi and blood.

Moreover, this method can accelerate cultivation by absorbing various spiritual jades. For Lin Qianfan, the price of first-level spiritual jade is relatively cheap. In just one or two months, he replenished his qi and blood.

The second stage of "The Sutra of the Return to the Origin of the Cardinal" is the Rock Realm, which greatly enhances the defense capability and can even use the power of Qi and blood to form external armor to reduce the danger of the main body facing direct impact.

"Push it to me!"

Lin Qianfan used his skills to guide the surging energy and blood in his body to attack the level, and he had a smooth journey.

After building his foundation, Lin Qianfan's life essence has reached the second level, which is much simpler than a true first-level creature using the power of Qi and blood to upgrade.
What's more, he had reached this level not long ago, but he fell down because of insufficient total energy and blood due to changing his martial arts method. Now he is making a new breakthrough with ease.

"It's done!"

Lin Qianfan's originally jade-like skin gradually dulled and became as introverted as hard stone.

But if you feel the details carefully, you will find that its texture is more delicate and heavy, as if it contains infinite power.

"Now that my spirit, energy, and spirit have all been elevated to the second level, there are no more obvious shortcomings."

The three core dimensions of essence, energy and spirit are closely connected and inseparable.

Among them, the physical body seems to be the most useless and the most useless, but in fact it is not. The physical body is a container and a carrier. Only when the physical body becomes strong can the Dantian Qi Sea and the soul and divine consciousness be strengthened calmly, thereby increasing their upper limit.

Although the beast tide army failed to break through the defense line, with the continuous influx of first and second level monsters, all the sea areas in the four inner seas were filled with rich low-level monster resources.

Even in places like the Ichthyosaur Islands, where there is a strong human presence, many second-level monsters that rashly broke in were strangled.

Just as the nearby second and third tier forces were making the final inspection of their monster hunting ships and preparing to go to the northern ice field to participate in the ocean hunting,
The Linglong secret realm in the northern part of the Dark Sea, near the Bibo Water Palace, quietly opened.

The Dong family, which was closest to the Linglong Secret Realm, did not dare to hide the news at all. They immediately announced the news through the family propaganda channels and invited all the Jindan forces in the Western Regions to join in the event.

"Linglong Secret Realm?"

Lin Qianfan personally inspected the Wind Rider and reviewed the crew. After hearing the news, he began to recall all the information about the Linglong Secret Realm.

Linglong Secret Realm is a high-quality second-level water-attribute secret realm. Its entrance is located in the northern part of the Dark Sea, but its location is not fixed.

Generally speaking, the Linglong Secret Realm opens once every two hundred years, usually in spring. Compared with other terrifying and bloody secret realms, the Linglong Secret Realm is considered a relatively safe secret realm.

"It seems that this year's hunting trip will have to be postponed."

It’s not that the Zhang family is no longer organizing overseas hunting, but that the Wind Rider needs to go to participate in the Linglong Secret Realm.

The Linglong Secret Realm produces a large amount of water-attributed resources and spiritual objects. Even every time it is opened, a top-level Jindan spiritual object comparable to Jindan will appear. This makes it a place of opportunity for the major Jindan forces in the Western Regions to work together for mutual benefit but must also compete for supremacy.

Sure enough, not long after, Lin Qianfan received a notice from his family asking him to prepare a group to go to Linglong Secret Realm.

(End of this chapter)