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Chapter 385 Good boy, you're actually an obedient little sea bream

Xiao Chen cultivates both physical and magical abilities, possessing immense strength.

This matter was no secret to the cultivators and great demons present.

After all, he had already demonstrated his powerful physique at the Eight Directions Arena.

Related intelligence, and even a photographic stone from the scene, had long been reported to the sea race by human traitors.

The problem is that Xiao Chen is clearly only at the third level in body cultivation.

Where did he get such strength?

At that moment, both humans and sea creatures felt as if they had seen a monster.

It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make any sense at all.

Moreover, putting everything else aside, just considering the time involved, Xiao Chen didn't have the time to break through twice in a row.

He had clearly embarked on the path of magic cultivation and had displayed astonishing magical talent.

How come he can still exert strength comparable to a fourth-level body cultivator?
All the previous situations can be explained by comprehending a Dao or by a reclusive Daoist lineage.

But that's something that really doesn't make sense.

The True Lords stood there dumbfounded, unable to understand the reason despite their centuries of experience and knowledge.

I've never seen anything like this in my entire life.

The secret here is actually not complicated; it's a common-sense fact that's almost universally known.

That is, the strength of a body cultivator is directly related to the total amount of their Qi and blood.

Just like how the power of a mage's spells is directly related to the quality of their mana.

Several years ago, Xiao Chen already possessed strength far exceeding that of a Golden Core cultivator at the Great Perfection stage.

Later, he absorbed a lot of blood crystals, and with his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage through cultivation, his total blood and qi became several times stronger than before.

Therefore, although he is not yet a fourth-level body cultivator, due to his exceptionally rich blood and qi, he still possesses strength almost comparable to that of a fourth-level body cultivator.

Although he cannot cultivate fourth-tier martial arts techniques.

However, when simply breaking things apart, he is almost indistinguishable from a fourth-order body cultivator.

The reason why everyone was confused was that the method to increase a cultivator's total blood and qi was, if not unique, certainly rare in the world.

For most people, obtaining one or two special spiritual items to increase their total health and mana is already considered a stroke of good fortune.

Throughout history, almost no one has been able to use such a large amount of blood crystals on their own like Xiao Chen.

It should be noted that even within the various witch tribes of that time, there were extremely complex procedures and clan rules regarding the specific ownership of blood crystals.

Even the saintess herself and the high priest can only manipulate a portion of the blood crystals' uses, not specifically for any individual.

Therefore, even within the witch clan.

For the sake of the overall prosperity of the clan, there has almost never been a situation where Xiao Chen alone continuously consumed dozens of blood crystals.

As for human body cultivators, that goes without saying.

They simply have no way to reliably obtain rare spiritual items that can increase their total Qi and Blood.

Therefore, even after searching through ancient books, no precedents were found that could be used for reference.

So much so that no one expected that the truth was so simple and unadorned.

"To have that much strength, you're definitely not human!"

After a moment of stunned silence, Haihong's eyes widened suddenly: "I know, you're a demon beast too!"

"It's just that you are a half-human, half-demon hybrid, and on the surface you look no different from a human."

"Actually, you inherited a very precious bloodline, which is why you are able to possess multiple skills."
"Powerful spells, because they are actually your bloodline spells."

"That's why you have such great strength, and your body is full of energy."

"Because you are actually a great demon, born with a total amount of vital energy far exceeding that of humans."

Ok?
Now it was Xiao Chen's turn to be dumbfounded.

Am I half-human and half-demon?

How come I didn't know about this?

That's absolutely outrageous!
Xiao Chen couldn't understand how Hai Hong came to this conclusion; she really dared to think that way!

"Xiao Chen, I don't understand why you want to act as a lackey of the human race?"

Haihong seemed to have come to believe her own speculation: "But your beastly act of harming your own kind will be punished sooner or later!"

“I urge you to realize your mistake and come with me to see His Majesty, and ask him to forgive your previous errors.”

Xiao Chen chuckled: "It's not even dark yet, why are you already daydreaming?"

"Half-human, half-demon? I think you've completely lost your mind!"

Without pausing, he flashed past Haihong and returned to the human formation.

The other human True Monarchs, of course, would not believe Haihong's nonsense.

Although they couldn't understand how Xiao Chen had done it, they would never doubt that his identity was questionable.

Or rather, in the current situation.

Even if Xiao Chen transforms into a demon beast in front of everyone, and then transforms back again.

As long as he doesn't personally admit that his identity is problematic, everyone will tacitly turn a blind eye.

Those who can fight together against the sea creatures' invasion are our own people.

In stark contrast is the Zhaokong faction, who, despite being human, became traitors.

Xiao Chen has already proven with his actions that he stands on the side of the human race.

"Stop!"

Haihong persisted, swinging its giant pincers to try and grab Xiao Chen back.

However, this time, before the giant pincers could fall, they slammed into the spirit shield and bounced off with a "bang!"

It turned out that after realizing that True Monarch Hanchuan had been repelled, True Monarch Heming simply summoned two spirit shields by himself.

They also specially set up one side to come to the rear, specifically to provide auxiliary defense against Haihong.

"We can't let him go!"

Haihong roared, and then her whole body flashed red light as she charged forward.

Its move was clearly unusual, subtly carrying the flavor of martial arts.

"Boom~!"

A dull thud followed, sending the fourth-tier spirit shield flying dozens of feet away, and the spiritual light on the shield began to sway.

It is clear that it suffered some damage in the collision.

A flicker of heartache flashed across Crane Cry True Monarch's eyes, but he continued to urge the spirit shield to reset.

He scoffed, "Silly crab, I didn't realize you were so stubborn."

"Come on, come on, let's see if your head is harder or my shield is harder."

However, Haihong was also feeling unwell at this moment.

Not only was the red light on its body dispersed in the collision, but a dent about the size of the spirit shield was even left on its carapace.

I saw stars and my ears were ringing.

They didn't even quite hear Crane Cry True Lord's taunts.

It's already difficult to break through a spirit shield with flesh and blood, let alone a custom-made spirit shield passed down through generations of Chongzhen Temple, which uses several rare defensive spiritual materials.

"Phew~!"

Although the Seven-Star Streaming Snapper in the distance had suffered two consecutive defeats, it had not given up and once again unleashed a stream of pink light.

Its bloodline magic is truly domineering, almost bordering on supernatural powers.

It gracefully arced through the air and landed directly on Xiao Chen, completely unaffected by Crane Cry True Monarch's spiritual shield.

To be honest, this ability is really strong, extremely strong.

The fact that it can ignore spiritual energy barriers and bypass spiritual shields alone is enough to achieve an almost 100% hit rate.

This is enough to leave many cultivators helpless.

If the Seven-Star Streamer were to ambush a lone human True Lord in the wild, it feels like nine out of ten people would fall victim to its wrath.

At the same time, its pink aura is also very special, with the effect of captivating the soul and specifically capable of disturbing the mind.

When you encounter a cultivator whose spiritual sense is not strong enough or whose will is not firm enough.

Just by taking such a picture, you can instantly make the other person distracted, filled with distracting thoughts, and completely at your mercy.

However, when it fell on Xiao Chen, it was immediately confiscated by the Divine Blessing Veil.

It was completely ineffective.

That is, before the battle, everyone had already obtained information about the Seven Star Streamer Snapper.

Otherwise, if people ask Xiao Chen how he felt after being infected, he wouldn't know how to answer.

I didn't feel anything at all.

"Good boy, you are actually an obedient little sea bream."

The Seven-Star Streamer called softly to Xiao Chen, "Come here, come over here, come back to my side quickly."

It said all this simply to complement the aura and achieve a better interference effect.

But to Xiao Chen's ears, it sounded strange: "Have you caught Haihong's nonsense? Why are you talking nonsense too?"

"How did the sea tribe produce such an odd couple as you two?"

Seeing that Xiao Chen's expression remained unchanged, showing no signs of being affected.

The Seven Star Streamer was dumbfounded. How could this be?

Could it be that this despicable human cultivator possesses a spiritual object that can resist soul-capturing techniques?
It's important to know that this ability is actually different from illusion.

Relatively speaking, being more proactive and forceful should have a stronger effect.

"Phew~!"

Seeing that Xiao Chen and the others were getting closer and closer to the edge of the formation, the Seven Star Flowing Light Snapper gritted its teeth and added another pink spiritual light.

But the result was the same as before; it had no effect whatsoever.

Now that things had come to this, it could only put aside its other little schemes and begin to continuously unleash crimson light at all costs.

He attempted to use a high burst of power in a short period of time to directly break through the Four Symbols Mountain-Suppressing Shield and behead Xiao Chen.

Unfortunately, it was too late for it to exert its strength at this point.

It should be noted that the human race entered this time with the intention of testing the waters, and did not delve too deeply into the formation.

At the same time, the speed of the Nascent Soul True Monarch was so fast that even though he was restricted by the defensive array, he could break free in just a few breaths.

In the brief exchange just now...

At the forefront, True Monarch Yunwo had already used his flying sword to force back the thousand-year-old sea turtle blocking his way, broke through the chain formation, and turned back to help the others break through.

Under his cover, the other human True Monarchs also broke free from the formation one after another.

Together they guarded the edge of the great formation, each using their own methods to resist the surrounding restrictions.

The combined attack nearly shattered all the array restrictions at the edge.

Although these invisible restrictions will be restored in less than a moment.

However, during this period, the suppression of Xiao Chen by the formation also suddenly decreased from 50% to 10%.

The already sturdy Four Symbols Mountain-Suppressing Cover suddenly became even more solid.

Nearly ten streaks of crimson light slashed towards them, but only left behind a series of sparks. Then, under the heartbroken and desperate gaze of the Seven Star Streamer, Xiao Chen, who was at the very back, also escaped the range of the great formation.

Thus, all eight human True Lords successfully broke through the encirclement.

Apart from Yinhao Zhenjun, who stood at the exit and withstood the attack of the Golden Overlord Crab to maintain his advantageous position, resulting in him being invaded by demonic energy and suffering some minor injuries.

The others only suffered losses in terms of external items such as magical artifacts, elixirs, and talismans.

It can be said that the result of this charge was a great success.

"Don't rush off!"

The moment Xiao Chen broke free of the formation, he shouted, "Keep an eye on my side!"

As he spoke, he gripped the mechanical grappling hook tightly and began selecting a target for his counterattack.

Having just been beaten up by the sea creatures with their chain formation for half a day, it's time to make them pay the price.

He had already set his sights on Haihong, but then hesitated.

Considering that this is the edge of the great formation, and that Haihong is a crab with a thick shell, it is worth considering that this place is the edge of the great formation.

Even if we manage to capture it, we might not be able to crush it in one fell swoop.

In the unlikely event of that, it would still have a chance to escape back into the formation to heal its wounds.

Therefore, Xiao Chen temporarily switched targets and chose the Seven-Star Streamer Snapper, which was constantly harassing him from a distance but had no protective shell.

"Did you think hiding in the back would work?"

Xiao Chen pointed at it and said, "Come here!"

Before the words were even finished, the mechanical grappling hook shot out, piercing through layers of array restrictions, heading straight for the Seven Star Flowing Light Snapper at the very back.

"Huh! Huh!"

Although it had just expended a large amount of its essence and blood, the Seven-Star Flowing Light Snapper dared not be careless and continuously activated two streams of light to save itself.

First, buff yourself with golden light to increase your speed and try to dodge.

At the same time, it used the turquoise light to form a spiritual shield in front of itself, trying to block the hook claw.

Unfortunately, all its efforts and attempts were destined to be in vain.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the mechanical grappling hook passed right through the center of the azure spirit shield, as if it were a non-existent illusion.

Then, at a speed more than ten times faster, they caught the fleeing Seven Star Streamer.

The next moment, the chain suddenly tightened, carrying its massive body as it smashed through all the array formations and restrictions along the way, dragging it directly outside the great array.

Finally, it stopped an arm's length away from Xiao Chen, and was gently punched by the hooked claw's clenched fist.

"They just grabbed it out like that?"

Iron Fan True Lord's eyes widened; it was the first time he had ever seen this legendary 'talisman treasure' in person.

To be honest, the impact of witnessing it in person was far more shocking than the descriptions in the battle reports.

So much so that he was a beat too slow to react.

Fortunately, for some reason, the Seven-Star Streamer Sea Bream paused in place for a moment without reacting at all.

So much so that even though Iron Fan Zhenjun was somewhat negligent, he still used his custom-made iron fan as a large knife to chop down on the fish's head.

In contrast, True Lord Gangyuan and True Lord Hanchuan were much calmer.

The moment he heard Xiao Chen's shout, he guessed his intention and rushed forward in advance.

Within a short span of time, he delivered eighteen and sixteen punches respectively, each one landing squarely and striking the back with tremendous force.

At first glance, even the fish scales where the fist struck remained unharmed.

In reality, the internal organs of the Seven Star Streamer had been reduced to dust, leaving only a seemingly intact empty shell.

Of course, even this empty shell couldn't be kept.

Under the spells of the other True Lords, the demon infant was instantly reduced to dust, beyond any hope of survival.

"It's that infamous deadly hook again!"

Upon seeing this, the thousand-year-old sea turtle inside the formation hurriedly urged, "Lord Haihong, please quickly unleash your supreme treasure!"

As allies, the humans were more secretly shocked by the powerful effects of the mechanical grappling hook.

As enemies, they were terrified and almost wanted to run away.

The key issue is that nobody knows how many more times Xiao Chen can use his 'talisman treasure', or who he will target next.

This is absolutely terrifying!
"Damn it!"

Haihong's expression was ferocious, and the anger in her eyes was almost tangible.

Despite having the advantage of terrain and numbers through the interconnected formations, our side not only failed to capture any human True Monarchs, but also lost its strongest subordinate.

No one in command could accept such an outcome.

But now, no amount of anger can solve the problem.

Xiao Chen's deadly hook hung like a sharp sword over the heads of each of the great demons, ready to strike again at any moment.

Looking around, all the other great demons were trembling with fear, almost wanting to leave first.

With things having come to this, Haihong had no choice but to take out the Thirty-Six Turns Cold Smoke Golden Talisman bestowed by the Venerable One, infuse it with demonic energy, and then toss it into the sky.

"Bang! Smack!"

Two crisp sounds rang out in succession, like fireworks exploding.

The golden talisman exploded in mid-air, splitting into thirty-six fragments that then scattered evenly in all directions.

Immediately afterwards, each fragment exploded again.

In an instant, bursts of exceptionally dense, dark blue smoke erupted, instantly enveloping an area of ​​a thousand miles in a flash, perfectly covering the entire linked array.

But it's not over yet.

The thirty-six fragments continued to release smoke, expanding in all directions.

The speed was astonishing; it filled almost every inch of the sea with the naked eye.

"This is bad! This fog can interfere with divine sense! Retreat quickly!"

Gangyuan Zhenjun immediately probed into it with his divine sense, but unexpectedly it was immediately eroded away.

So they quickly shouted a warning and retreated into the distance.

Upon hearing this, the others also withdrew their divine senses and quickly distanced themselves.

You should know that spiritual consciousness may not seem very useful in normal times.

But in fact, from the Foundation Establishment stage onwards, everyone relies heavily on divine sense in battle.

This includes, but is not limited to, locking onto the enemy's location, sensing surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations to analyze the battle situation, guiding spells to change direction, and pursuing targets.

For cultivators, spiritual sense is almost as important as eyesight.

Once you find yourself in a place where you can't use your divine sense, it's almost as uncomfortable as being blindfolded.

Therefore, after learning that the dark blue smoke would interfere with divine sense, everyone instinctively chose to avoid it to prevent the sea creatures from taking the opportunity to rush out and launch a sneak attack.

After all, nobody wants to fight under those conditions.

"Something's not right, why is the fog still expanding?"

Qian Shu Zhenjun frowned deeply. A full quarter of an hour had passed, but the mist was still spreading outwards.

"It has already covered nearly 3,300 miles, and there is still no sign of slowing down."

True Monarch Heming flew several hundred feet higher to make an assessment: "Judging from this situation, I'm afraid we'll have to relocate the formation."

The defensive formation previously set up by the human race was exactly five thousand miles away from the sea race.

I originally thought that such a long distance wouldn't be a problem, but I didn't expect it to be insufficient now.

Although the Golden Core disciples might not be able to reinforce the battlefield in time if they went any further, their role was already quite limited anyway.

Without much hesitation, everyone mobilized their forces in advance to begin the retreat.

As a result, this withdrawal actually took them a full 5,000 li away!
"It's stopped! It's finally stopped!"

Looking at the mist that had stopped expanding, True Monarch Yunwo finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's about time it reached its limit."

Crane Cry True Lord's expression was somewhat uncertain: "How could this be?"

"A single talisman can cover tens of thousands of miles and even block out divine senses along the way. This is simply... simply..."

True Monarch Qian Shu helped continue his guess: "It's practically like a fifth-tier talisman!"

Only a fifth-tier talisman can achieve such miraculous effects.

Realizing this, everyone was in a somewhat unpleasant mood.

What does a fifth-order talisman mean?
It's quite simple; it means there's a fifth-tier talisman maker, and most likely, the talisman maker himself is also a fifth-tier great demon.

In particular, the sea creatures kept saying that this was a method bestowed by the Supreme Being.

It's no wonder everyone has so much to think about.

"Don't overthink it, it's probably just an accident."

Gangyuan Zhenjun encouraged, "I believe there is more than one fifth-order great demon in the vast and endless sea."

"But there certainly weren't any of the sea creatures that invaded our Compassionate Sea this time."

"Otherwise, the war would have ended long ago, and it wouldn't have dragged on until now."

Iron Fan True Monarch chimed in, "Fellow Daoist Gang Yuan is right, and I dare say that there isn't even a fifth-order talisman maker among these sea creatures."

"It should just be that the Venerable One had some kind of extraordinary encounter and unexpectedly obtained a fifth-tier talisman."

"Otherwise, why would it need to use such a functional talisman to block our vision and consciousness?"

"They just unleashed a killing talisman and wiped us all out in one fell swoop."

While catching them all in one fell swoop is a bit of an exaggeration, his logic is indeed sound.

Since the sea creatures are willing to use fifth-tier talismans, given the choice, offensive talismans are definitely much stronger than auxiliary ones.

The two sides are enemies of different races, and there is no room for mercy between them.

Therefore, it is not difficult to deduce that the sea creatures did not actually have any talismans for killing or warfare, and could only resort to second-best options.

Thinking about it this way, everyone felt much more at ease.

"But what should we do now?"

Yinhao Zhenjun was still somewhat worried: "With this fifth-order talisman interfering, I'm afraid Fellow Daoist Xiao will no longer be able to use the 'talisman treasure' to capture the great demon."

The Thirty-Six Turns Cold Smoke Golden Talisman obscured the vision and divine sense within a radius of ten thousand miles, which indeed prevented Xiao Chen from using the mechanical grappling hook.

Since he couldn't even see where the enemy was, he naturally had no way to capture them.

"However, Haihong said it brought two supreme treasures, both specifically designed to deal with Fellow Daoist Xiao."

Yinhao Zhenjun's tone was clearly worried: "Then it must have another supreme treasure in its possession, and I wonder what kind of method it will use."

This definitely has a serious impact.

If the sea creatures still possess a powerful treasure, then forget about launching a counterattack; simply holding onto the Shallow Sky Sea would be a victory.

"It's okay, I think it's just bluffing."

Xiao Chen reminded her, "If Hai Hong really had a way to deal with me, then the moment she used the fifth-order talisman inside the formation just now was an excellent opportunity to make her move."

"Compared to it suddenly taking pity on me and letting me go."

"I think it's more likely that it deliberately lied to trick us."

"Besides, even if there are still other methods, weren't they specifically designed to deal with me? Let them come at me."

"I'd like to see what other tricks it has up its sleeve."

(End of this chapter)