Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 377 Fighting the Demon King
"Ok?"

Upon hearing Li Yunjing's words, the Five Elements Master raised an eyebrow, pondered for a moment, and understood the boy's intentions.

However, after thinking about it, the Five Elements Master realized that Li Yunjing staying in the East Sea to develop the "Star Moon Trading Company" was also a way to expand the influence of the "Divine Firmament Dao Sect" in the East Sea.

This would definitely be very beneficial for the "Shenxiao Dao Sect". Moreover, this kid's combat strength is not low; he is capable of killing Golden Core cultivators. Staying in the East Sea can also help take care of "Shenxiao Island".

It would be a waste to keep such a powerful person in Yingtian Prefecture.

"Alright! I will personally issue the order! I hereby instruct the abbot of Shenxiao Temple, Li Yunjing, to be responsible for guarding Shenxiao Branch Temple and expanding the influence of Shenxiao Dao Sect, effective immediately."

The Five Elements Master glanced at Li Yunjing with a half-smile and said, "The deadline is the day you step down as the abbot of the Shenxiao Temple!"

"Thank you, Master!"

Li Yunjing was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly.

The Five Elements Ancestor is really giving me face!
His words solved Li Yunjing's biggest problem!

What does it mean to be responsible for expanding the influence of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" in the East China Sea?
Isn't this just giving yourself the authority to move freely in the East China Sea?

There are absolutely no restrictions!

There's no need to stay on "Shenxiao Island" forever, guarding that Taoist temple in vain!
"Hehe! Li Yunjing, it seems we'll have to continue our cooperation! You should lend a hand, don't keep this old man busy with these trivial matters!"

Elder Wu Cheng said with a smile.

Li Yunjing was a capable assistant, and with this person helping him on "Shenxiao Island", his life became much easier.

Wu Cheng comes from the "Hall of Enforcement". This time, he was chosen to stay behind. He was accompanied by two disciples, both of whom were acquaintances of Li Yunjing.

Xu Xun and Jiang Feilong, one in charge of "Shenxiao Island" and the other in charge of the market!
Now, with the addition of Li Yunjing, there are a total of three capable assistants, so Wu Cheng doesn't need to worry too much on a daily basis.

"Hehe! It is a disciple's duty to share the elder's burdens!"

Li Yunjing responded with a smile.

"Alright! Li Yunjing, do you want to come along? I'll go back and see Master Feiyun, Fairy Shengyin, and the others, then I'll take the rest back to the sect!"

The Five Elements Master asked the question.

"No need! This disciple will train for a while longer! After that, I will return to 'Divine Firmament Island'!"

Li Yunjing rejected the proposal.

At this moment, the East China Sea battle is nearing its end.

That doesn't mean there's no more profit to be made!
Besides Mingxin Temple, Yuhun Sect, and Kuxing Sect, the Bodhi Alliance also includes a considerable number of large, medium, and small sects and families.

Including the affiliated forces of the "Soul Control Sect" and the "Ascetic Sect", there are at least hundreds of sects and families.

With so many forces at stake, the "East China Sea Alliance" would need to spend a considerable amount of time encircling and suppressing them everywhere.

Li Yunjing planned to take advantage of this last opportunity to make a fortune and fill his wallet.

"Alright! Be careful!"

The Five Elements Master nodded, then led the others onto the "Divine Firmament Warship" and disappeared into the horizon.

The Five Elements True Man wasn't worried about Li Yunjing. He had personally witnessed Li Yunjing kill a Golden Core cultivator. In addition, the boy was very clever. In the East Sea, as long as he didn't provoke those Nascent Soul cultivators, his life would be safe.

Li Yunjing looked relaxed as he watched the "Shenxiao Battleship" sail away.

When he was left alone, he could do things more smoothly, without anyone to restrain him.

Immediately, Li Yunjing changed the style of his "Great Sun Robe".

From his appearance alone, it would be impossible to tell at first glance that Li Yunjing is a member of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect".

Next, Li Yunjing went to the island where the battle had taken place.

After a series of recent battles, several of his magical artifacts have been damaged.

At this point, repairing his magical artifact became an urgent matter.

Of course, this fix is ​​not a full-scale fix, but only a temporary one.

If all efforts are devoted to repairing it, by the time he finishes all that, there will be no more war in the East China Sea, and Li Yunjing won't even have a chance to drink soup.

After repairing the magical artifact, Li Yunjing flew over the sea and visited five islands in succession: Sunlight Island, Gunfish Island, Changbai Island, Lingshan Island, and Hundred Flowers Island.

These islands are all subordinate forces of the "Bodhi Alliance," mostly family-owned.

Originally, these forces were preparing to withdraw as soon as they received news of the defeat at the front.

However, there are many messy things in the family, and it is difficult to reach a consensus.

In addition, they were weaker and didn't know where to flee to.

That's why Li Yunjing came knocking on their door and suppressed them one by one.

Li Yunjing didn't carry out a large-scale massacre of these forces; he simply plundered the five islands' wealth using the same methods he used against "Autumn Leaf Island," and then moved on to find the next easy prey.

“The wealth of these five islands is too little! But when I went to rob Golden Core cultivators, my weapons were damaged and I couldn’t fight them. If I were to use the ‘Creation Divine Eye’, I’m afraid the ‘Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal’ wouldn’t last long either.”

Li Yunjing flew on the sea, weighing the gains and losses in his mind: "As for using forbidden artifacts, those Golden Core cultivators may not be able to provide me with much benefit!"

Generally, Foundation Establishment Realm experts have limited wealth unless they encounter a fortuitous event.

This resulted in very little benefit for Li Yunjing's actions. The only valuable gains he made were the sea charts of the five forces and some pill formulas.

Apart from these, all other cultivation methods are not worth mentioning. It can be said that they have no use other than being sold in the "Star Moon Trading Company".

While Li Yunjing was searching for his target, on the other side, a dozen spirited young cultivators formed a team and appeared in the nearby sea area, riding on auspicious clouds.

"Hehe! Interesting! I never expected that a major battle involving hundreds of forces would break out in this sea area!"

The leader, a senior brother surnamed Zhang, sneered.

"Senior Brother Zhang, this is a great opportunity! This sea area is in chaos. We can take advantage of the confusion, slaughter these weak forces, and collect resources!"

Behind him, a fellow disciple said with a smile.

"That's right! Senior Brother Yu is absolutely right! Senior Brother Zhang, this time, we're going to make a fortune in this sea area!"

Another fellow disciple complimented with a smile.

The others burst into laughter, their eyes gleaming with greed.

The direction these people were flying in was actually the same as the direction Li Yunjing was flying in!
While these people had a smoother journey, Li Yunjing encountered trouble.

Recently, the surrounding seas have been in chaos, with countless battles erupting and countless cultivators falling, drawing the attention of the sea creatures to the situation here.

"Boom!"

Just as Li Yunjing was flying over the sea, suddenly, a huge curtain of water shot out from the sea. Li Yunjing cried out in surprise and rushed forward to avoid it.

"What is that? A giant whale?"

Li Yunjing's eyes widened in disbelief. This was the first time he had ever seen such a colossal monster in his time in the South China Sea and the East China Sea!
"Ow..."

A colossal beast, three hundred feet long, leaped out of the sea and pounced upon us, almost indistinguishable from a mountain.

Faced with the oppressive presence of a mountain, Li Yunjing naturally chose to avoid it. Before understanding the strength of this giant whale, he did not dare to confront it head-on. He leaped over its head and flew past!

At the same time, Li Yunjing retaliated and unleashed a "palm thunder" that struck the giant whale on the head!

"Boom!"

As expected, the "palm thunder" struck the giant whale's head, sending sparks flying, but it didn't even break a single inch of its skin. Clearly, this level of attack was no different from a tickle to the giant whale.

"Amazing!"

Li Yunjing couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, secretly wondering what kind of strength this giant whale possessed.
He couldn't tell the difference at all!

"Boom!"

The giant whale hovered in the air for a short while before falling into the sea.

A massive wave surged high into the air!
The air vibrated and exploded, creating a water curtain and a hurricane with immense power. The air was blown apart, and ripples appeared in the surrounding area.

"call……"

Li Yunjing dodged again and let out a long sigh of relief.

This attack nearly suffocated him; the surrounding air was completely sucked away, creating a vacuum. Li Yunjing simply couldn't believe that this behemoth possessed such power!

He could guarantee that within a radius of three hundred feet around him, there was already a vacuum, and all kinds of primordial energy between heaven and earth had disappeared.

Li Yunjing had encountered many demonic beasts, including several third-tier demon kings, but he had never seen such a terrifying behemoth before.

"Roar……"

Seeing that Li Yunjing had dodged again, the giant whale surfaced once more and roared.

It opened its blood-red maw, and a tremendous suction force formed a vortex, trying to pull Li Yunjing into its mouth and swallow him whole.

"Huhuhu..."

A massive vortex formed, swirling around it like a towering hurricane. Li Yunjing retreated again, and if he hadn't been fast enough, he would have been swallowed up this time.

"You beast! You think I'm afraid of you?!"

After being attacked repeatedly, Li Yunjing's anger flared up. He went all out and unleashed the Five Thunder Orthodox Technique. In his hand, the "Five Dragon Wheels" flew out and transformed into five dragons.

The five dragons used the Five Elements Thunder Techniques—"Gui Water Divine Thunder," "Yi Wood Divine Thunder," "Bing Fire Divine Thunder," "Xu Earth Divine Thunder," and "Geng Metal Divine Thunder"—to form a powerful array and bombard the enemy in succession!

"Boom!"

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and five kinds of divine thunder, triggered by the "Five Dragon Wheels," bombarded down in succession with tremendous force and deafening thunder, which was extremely terrifying.

Seeing such power, even the giant whale below was somewhat startled, its aura exploding, the power of the king of demon beasts almost causing the sky to tremble.

Clearly, this third-tier demon king was already on high alert, ready to meet the onslaught of lightning magic.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One after another, divine lightning bolts struck down, and the giant whale roared in pain. It had actually been injured by the Five Elements Divine Lightning, its skin torn and flesh torn open.

However, these wounds were not considered serious injuries to the massive body of the whale king.

The giant whale king was still full of energy. With its immense strength, it broke free from the blockade of the five dragons. With a flick of its huge tail, the magical artifact "Five Dragon Wheels" was overturned.

"Wow, that's amazing! This guy is a third-tier demon king!"

After several battles, Li Yunjing finally confirmed the strength of the Giant Whale King and summoned the "Five Dragon Wheels" back.

Two treasures, the "Ten Thousand Poison Banner" and the "Blood Demon Seal," appeared in his hands!
Faced with this giant whale king, magical artifacts were no longer sufficient.

"puff……"

Blood was flowing from his body. The whale king's expression changed. He opened his huge mouth, and a flood of waves surged towards Li Yunjing!

As the king of the sea, controlling the seawater is an essential ability. With this move, the seawater surged into the sky, trapping Li Yunjing inside the water curtain.

"Hehe! Luckily, I'm also proficient in water-based magical abilities, otherwise I really would have been trapped!"

Li Yunjing's figure flashed, and his aura transformed into water-based energy. His body merged with the seawater into one, and in the next instant, he reappeared outside the tsunami.

"Go on! Come again!"

With his top-grade Five Elements Spiritual Root, Li Yunjing was able to counter the Giant Whale King's water-based supernatural powers. With this confidence, Li Yunjing roared and attacked again!

"Humans! I never imagined that such a tiny ant could possess such abilities!"

The giant whale king's eyes flashed with ferocity, and its body swayed, shrinking continuously until it became a size of ten feet.

Finally, a monster with a human body and a fish head appeared!

Third-tier demon kings can all transform into human form, but these demon kings have their own pride and usually appear in their true form, rarely manifesting in human form.

When the Giant Whale King fought Li Yunjing, its body was too large and not agile enough to seriously injure Li Yunjing. Therefore, it had no choice but to transform into a monster with a human body and a fish head to prepare for close combat with Li Yunjing.

"Alright! I'll see what you're made of!"

Seeing the Giant Whale King wielding a trident and charging towards him, Li Yunjing showed no fear and took the initiative to meet the attack, swinging his fist and charging forward.

"Bang bang bang..."

On the sea surface, the sounds were dense and the waves were crashing. Li Yunjing kept moving around the giant whale king, exchanging blows with it.

At this moment, Li Yunjing already knew that he was no match for the Giant Whale King in terms of physical strength. Apart from moving around, he dared not fight the Giant Whale King head-on!
The giant whale king seemed very uncomfortable with its transformed body, and was basically in a passive, defensive state, taking countless punches from Li Yunjing all over its body!
However, this guy was thick-skinned and tough, and minor injuries did not affect the giant whale king's fighting power at all, which made Li Yunjing quite painful. He could only carefully entangle with the opponent from the side.

Li Yunjing dared not allow himself to be hit hard by the other party!
It goes without saying that if you get hit, serious injury would be the best outcome.

"boom!"

The whale king's trident swept down again, but Li Yunjing dodged it once more. Instead, the whale king was struck by Li Yunjing's lightning attack, causing it to splatter blood.

"Damn human! You have utterly enraged me!"

The giant whale king roared in anger, but it just couldn't hit Li Yunjing. Apart from its furious roars, it didn't have many other options.

"hehe!"

A hint of disdain flashed in Li Yunjing's eyes. This kind of monster was no problem at all if the other party hit it!
And the opponent's water-based magical abilities couldn't trap him either!

Besides his physical strength, his supernatural abilities were crippled, reducing his power by half, which put him in a passive and defensive position during his battle with Li Yunjing.

If this were a cultivator with a non-water-based top-grade spiritual root, they would have been trapped by water-based supernatural powers and killed on the spot.

This is the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint among the Five Elements!
Without this talent, Li Yunjing would have had a hard time protecting himself.

Li Yunjing's disdainful gaze completely ignited the ferocity of the giant whale king. Regardless of whether it could trap Li Yunjing, it roared deafeningly and launched a fierce counterattack, its trident swirling relentlessly.

Hurricanes even rose up around the giant whale king!

Since water-based magical abilities can't defeat Li Yunjing, let's try wind-based magical abilities!
This move worked as expected, and Li Yunjing's movement was somewhat affected!
This slight impact would normally be negligible and wouldn't be of much concern to Li Yunjing. However, when fighting against a third-tier demon king, this reduction in speed immediately put him in a precarious situation.

"This beast is really hard to deal with!"

Li Yunjing's eyes flashed coldly. He narrowly avoided the attack, and just a hair's breadth away, the sharp trident would have cut him in two!

Li Yunjing waved the "Ten Thousand Poison Banner" repeatedly, releasing streams of emerald green poisonous gas that formed a highly poisonous light screen.

The giant whale king was enveloped in the dense poisonous gas.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yunjing repeatedly activated the "Blood Demon Seal," smashing it repeatedly until it created a hole in the head of the Giant Whale King.

"Zizzizi..."

The poisonous gas took the opportunity to seep into the giant whale king's body, causing him to let out a painful roar.

"Despicable! Human, you actually used poison!"

The whale king screamed in agony, its body retreating backward.

The "Ten Thousand Poison Banner" is a third-tier magical artifact containing extremely potent poisons. Once activated, it is incredibly powerful; even the Giant Whale King was severely poisoned upon encountering it.

"Hehe! There's something even more amazing!"

Seeing that he had severely injured his opponent, Li Yunjing produced a "Divine Firmament Thunderbolt" and threw it directly at the Giant Whale King.

Li Yunjing, on the other hand, retreated immediately.

When Li Yunjing appeared a thousand feet away, there was a loud explosion. The giant whale king could no longer maintain its human form and transformed back into a huge whale body.

This time, however, the whale's body was covered in wounds, one of which was the deepest—a huge hole that pierced almost from its abdomen to its back.

The flesh and blood were filled with emerald green poisonous gas.

The body of the giant whale king is being corroded!

Whale fall brings life to all things!
As soon as the giant whale king's body fell into the sea, a strong smell of blood spread, turning the entire sea surface crimson.

At this moment, the commotion around them had already attracted many other ferocious beasts and countless sea creatures, which were converging on this place from all directions.

The giant whale king was breathing in but not out. The strong smell of blood attracted all sorts of ferocious beasts. At this moment, the demon king's aura could not suppress the greed of the other demon beasts.

"Damn it! This is my spoils of war! It doesn't belong to these demonic beasts! Who dares to try and take the corpse of a third-tier demon king from me?"

Li Yunjing's expression changed, and with a "plop," he plunged into the sea.

(End of this chapter)