The road is vague

Chapter 358 Outer God Invasion
On the vast ocean, Li Mo rode a white jade flying chariot at high speed.

He dared not approach any spirit islands along the way, heading straight for the starfish island in the deep sea area.

The map of the Thousand Treasures Sea in his hand was obtained from the Twin Fiends. From this map, the entire Thousand Treasures Islands sea area is shaped like a shoe.

among them.

The waters around Xuanwu Island are located in the southernmost part of the Qianzhen Islands.

Qianzhen Island is located in the northernmost region, where the only official teleportation array connects directly to the Wansui Dynasty established by the Misty Blood Dragon Clan on the Lost Continent.

Between the Thousand Pearl Islands and the Lost Continent lies the dangerous Kowloon Islands.

The Kowloon Islands are entirely ruled by a group of dragons who have cultivated the Daoist lineage of the Hundred Scales, unlike the mixed rule of the Thousand Pearl Islands.

Before transforming into dragons, most of these creatures were snakes, insects, fish, and beasts, and were inherently cruel. Therefore, the Kowloon Islands were quite dangerous to outsiders.

After confirming the direction, Li Mo looked at the starfish island that was specially marked on the nautical chart.

"We should arrive in about two weeks at most, but let's be careful."

After muttering to himself, Li Mo put away the Thousand Treasures Sea Map and the White Jade Flying Chariot, and instead plunged into the world of theft, using the Treasure-Stealing Rat to cover the next two or three days' journey to avoid being tracked by the divination.

that's it.

Every two or three days, Li Mo would step out of the world of theft to get used to his surroundings. He eventually arrived at the Starfish Island area marked on the sea chart. After searching the sea for a while, he found a huge island with lush vegetation. There were many fishing boats drifting around it, presenting a thriving scene.

"It's truly amazing that there are islands in such deep waters."

Li Mo's face lit up with joy; his nearly two months of travel had not been in vain.

But then he seemed to make another discovery. After activating his spiritual eye and looking at the starfish island, he was shocked to see two spiritual veins converging there!
"No wonder the Twin Fiends planned to establish a secret base here. This is not only a spirit island, but it also likely contains spirit stone mines, which is quite a surprise. Anyway, I still need to deduce my self-created formation, so I'll just stay here in seclusion for ten or eight years. Once things calm down outside, I'll find a way to leave this sea area..."

Next, Li Mo traveled around several coastal cities on Starfish Island.

After confirming that there were indeed no Golden Core cultivators stationed on the island, he confidently ventured deep into the island, carved out a secret cave dwelling, and set up concealment and protection flag arrays to completely hide the cave dwelling.

Finally, he released the hunchbacked giant combined attack puppet and the corridor bees to form a tight defense for the cave.

After all this was done, the stone door of the cave slammed shut with a loud rumble.

The secluded cave became completely quiet.

From then on, the inside and outside of the cave seemed to be separated into two different worlds. No matter how the world outside turned upside down, Li Mo could sit here calmly and comprehend the Great Dao. He was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

With such a major event occurring within the Seven Star Corridor, he knew without a doubt that the True Demon Avatar would no longer be able to reappear in the Thousand Treasures Islands waters.

As for myself.

Because he revealed some special relationships on Treasure Island, it might be discovered, but fortunately, as a human, he is not allowed to move around freely here. In addition, there are money-stealing rats that can interfere with divination, and the island is quite secluded, so there shouldn't be too much of a problem.

With this in mind, Li Mo came to the chessboard deep inside the cave. Following his master's wife Wang Xiyue's example, he stood barefoot on the chessboard and kept placing white pieces, playing against the order of heaven and earth.

The process of deduce and construct the formation can be described as a natural progression.

In just half a month, Li Mo successfully deduced and created a set of formations.

In this way, the formation consists of forty-nine array bases, and the complete formation will be enough to trap and kill a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

Li Mo can be considered a true master of formations.

Influenced by this, his spiritual eye faintly saw the more hidden forces of heaven and earth, and he gained a special spiritual perception.

This is the lifelong goal for countless array masters. Even the vast Lingmu Sect only has two externally hired array masters to serve them.

But Li Mo was not satisfied with this.

He knew that his talent for array formations was not limited to this, but he had been hindered by the secrets of heaven and never dared to explore it too deeply.

Now that he has advanced to the Golden Core stage and is protected by the Misty Box, his natal magic treasure, his soul has undergone a fundamental improvement in its ability to withstand the backlash from the heavenly secrets. Thus, he finally has time to continue exploring in depth. Naturally, he will continue to sit in front of the array plate and continue to deduce, intending to develop his array talent to a higher level.

Spring goes and autumn comes, the four seasons cycle.

Three years passed by in a flash.

Li Mo sat motionless in the closed cave, holding a white chess piece, deep in thought. He had maintained this posture for nearly a month.

His mastery of formations has progressed rapidly over the past three years.

After continuously deducing and creating four sets of grand formations, he actually planned to push his formation Dao to the ultimate level of ninety-nine eighty-one formation bases in one go. This is the highest level of flag formations. Anything above that can only appear in the form of grand formations.

Li Mo encountered many setbacks during this period.

He was still playing white. At the beginning, he made his moves very quickly, but after making dozens of moves, he would only make his move after careful consideration every few hours, and his speed became slower and slower.

Now, he has been racking his brains for a month, but has not made any progress.

At this moment, he seemed to have entered another world; his pupils lost focus, and his gaze became deep and lingering.

Sudden.

Li Mo, who hadn't moved for a month, suddenly narrowed his eyes. He felt as if the world was filled with fantastic colors, and all the structures in his eyes became straight and horizontal, as if a flash of inspiration had struck him and he had an epiphany. Finally, he was able to place the white piece in his hand.

Immediately afterwards, a black chess piece, influenced by the order of heaven and earth, also landed on the chessboard.

Immediately, the huge chessboard seemed to be experiencing some kind of contradiction or conflict, and began to tremble slightly at a high frequency. With a "snap," all the black pieces on the board suddenly shattered!

A rare smile finally appeared on Li Mo's lips.

He let out a long breath and slowly stood up.

"Finally, we have been able to deduce the Nine-Nine Return to One Spirit Gathering Array. We are only one step away from becoming a master of array formations."

This step may be an insurmountable barrier for other array masters, but for him, it will be a natural progression once he advances to the Nascent Soul realm.

After a light laugh, Li Mo left the chessboard. A flash of inspiration appeared in his hand as he took out the ebony wood from his spatial ring, as well as many basic materials he had purchased from the Tianzhen Pavilion on Zhenhai Island.

Ebony wood exhibits a multicolored black hue.

Each time the ebony is cut, it is accompanied by the sound of a dragon's roar, which is to say that it is a fine material containing a lot of the order of heaven and earth.

Next, he will use this as a basis to refine a matrix puppet shell composed of forty-nine basic puppets. As for the core array required for this matrix puppet, he will have to wait until he returns to the Central Continent and has enough metal essence to refine the relevant magical artifacts and treasures.

Before we knew it, another five years had passed.

Li Mo, who had been hiding there for eight years, was naturally unaware that the gods of the Thousand Treasures Islands had gone to great lengths to capture him, even going so far as to invite a fortune teller to perform divinations several times, but still could not find his whereabouts.

But the gods did not give up; on the contrary, their interest grew even stronger.

In particular, the Thousand Treasures Shell God of Thousand Treasures Island, after searching in vain, decided to spare no expense to invite the Eye-Hunting Blood Dragon King from the Lost Continent, intending to use his Eye of Retrospection to discern the location of the target.

Although this Blood Dragon King with the Eye of the Hunter was not highly skilled, his talent for the Eye of Retrospection was quite famous in the Longevity Dynasty.

After being invited to the Thousand Treasures Islands, this Blood Dragon King with the Eye of Hunting started his investigation from the Four Treasures Sea Area where Li Mo had stayed. Even though several years had passed, he was still able to follow Li Mo's original route and arrive at the deep sea area.

However, since Li Mo entered the world of theft here, even with the Eye of Retrospection investigating, Li Mo's identity has become blurred.

"Eye Hunter, how's the situation?"

The speaker was a stunningly beautiful woman inside a colorful seashell. She was languid, with a cold and beautiful face, a graceful figure, and skin that seemed to be coated with pearl powder, shimmering and glowing.

The Eye Hunter King is a giant humanoid man with a dragon's head, covered in blood-red scales. He is a natural mutant with a third eye growing on his forehead.

"He seems to have used some kind of secret technique; his presence has vanished here."

"What? Even your powerful Eye of Rewind can't track this person down any further?"

Upon hearing this, King Hunter sighed.

"If I am willing to pay any price and expend my vital energy, this person will naturally have nowhere to escape. The question is whether this person is worth it. The terms we agreed on are probably not enough to pay the price I would have to pay."

Upon hearing this, the Goddess of the Thousand Treasures' eyes gleamed.

After a moment of silent contemplation, she seemed to have made a decision.

"Then how about adding another Holy Pearl to the existing one? With this pearl, I believe it will be enough to further enhance your scale armor defense and greatly increase your strength."

King Hunter was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"The Pearl of the Holy Temple, is this truly true!"

"Of course I take it seriously."

"Hahahaha! A single Holy Pearl is indeed enough to compensate for the vital energy I have expended for it. I accept this mission!"

Just as the two had agreed on the terms and the Eye Hunter was preparing to continue searching for Li Mo's whereabouts at all costs, a sea monster suddenly leaped out of the sea, opened its mouth full of fangs, and attacked the honor guard in the air.

"Humph!"

The powerful members of the honor guard immediately shot out dozens of beams of spiritual light, which sent the giant sea monster flying and crashing into the sea.

Qianzhenbei Shen glanced at it indifferently, not paying any attention to it.

"I'm sorry to make you laugh, King Hunter. This is the open sea, after all, where there are countless ferocious deep-sea beasts. Even my honor guard cannot deter these savage creatures."

The Blood Dragon King with the Eye of Hunting laughed heartily.

"As long as it's not the legendary invasion of extraterrestrial gods, that's fine. I've heard that you overseas islands suffer from an invasion of extraterrestrial gods every few decades or centuries, and sometimes even terrifying beings at the Spirit Transformation level appear, which are no less powerful than the army of the Hundred Races across the Forbidden Sea. Is that really true?"

The Goddess of the Thousand Treasures chuckled softly, revealing her exquisite beauty within the seashell.

"King Hunter is joking. These Outer Gods are ultimately just trying to devour the popularity of the various Spirit Islands. They've also split into many factions, with numerous conflicts between them. How could they possibly compare to the hundred-race army that the Longevity Dynasty faces..."

As she was speaking, she suddenly stopped, her face showing disbelief, and looked out at the distant sea.

Countless densely packed deep-sea monsters, like towering tsunami waves, rolled in from the distant horizon. Thousands of enormous sea monsters could be vaguely seen mixed among them, roaring in unison as they surged closer and closer.

The honor guard on Chienchin Island was immediately alarmed and lost their composure.

"A swarm of deep-sea monsters!"

"It's an Outer God invasion!"

"Run away..."

More than eighty years after the last invasion by Outer Gods, the Thousand Pearl Islands are about to face a new wave of Outer God invasions, and the scale of this one seems to far exceed that of the last one.

(End of this chapter)