Mortal: The Number One playboy of the Chaotic Star Sea

Chapter 236 Man-Eating Python

Qingfeng never expected that he would encounter a transformed demon beast just by asking for information.

As he saw through the identity of the transformed demon beast, on the second-floor corridor, the white-haired old man Liu walked to the corridor railing, his expression revealing a hint of panic.

"Fellow Daoists! For this trade fair, the Crimson Flame Sect has prepared many precious items."

However, before we begin the exchange, I would like to introduce you all to a distinguished guest.

He stepped aside and guided his hand toward the burly figure.

"This is Senior Hai from Qiyuan Island and Blackstone City. Some of the best treasures at this trade fair were provided by Senior Hai."

As soon as Old Liu finished speaking, a murmur of discussion arose in the hall.

"Qiyuan Island? Wasn't it destroyed by the beast tide?"

"Senior Hai? I've never heard of him."

"Judging by that aura, he doesn't seem like a rogue cultivator, but there aren't any powerful figures from the Hai family on Fire Spring Island either, are there?"

The cultivators in the main hall looked at each other, many with doubt in their eyes.

Li Yuanhao, standing next to Qingfeng, sniffed and his expression changed drastically.

That smell—it can't be wrong!

"Senior brother, what's wrong?"

Fang He noticed her senior brother's unusual behavior and asked softly.

Li Yuanhao did not answer or transmit his voice, but instead held his junior sister's hand and wrote a few words on her palm.

It's a monster, don't make a sound.

Fang He's face turned pale.

My senior brother said that the person upstairs is a demon beast, a powerful demon in human form!

Don't show your fear, let's slowly back out.

The words on her palm calmed Fang He down.

At this moment, the burly figure known as Senior Hai spoke.

"Hmm, what delicious human cultivators! Excellent, excellent, these are all good ingredients for Foundation Establishment cultivators. Perfect for giving to Brother Wu."

His voice was deep, and every word he spoke carried a terrifying sense of oppression.

As soon as the words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze.

"Human cultivators—delicious ingredients, what is this senior talking about?"

"Mr. Liu, what does this senior mean?"

Among the cultivators on the first floor, several cultivators at the Pseudo-Core stage and the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage bowed and asked the elder of the Crimson Flame Sect on the second floor.

"Fellow Daoists, we are sorry, but we have no other choice."

Old Liu took out an array plate and immediately infused it with spiritual power.

"wrong!"

Some Foundation Establishment cultivators who reacted quickly immediately realized something was wrong and retreated rapidly, trying to rush out of the hall.

However, it was too late.

"Charge!"

With a sharp shout from Elder Liu, the other two Core Formation elders of the Crimson Flame Sect simultaneously formed hand seals, and crimson pillars of light shot into the sky from the four corners of the main hall!

The entire Crimson Flame Pavilion trembled violently, and a visible crimson light shield instantly enveloped the entire hall, even blocking the streets outside.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator who rushed to the entrance of the main hall crashed headfirst into the light barrier, was bounced back and flew backward, spitting blood as he fell to the ground.

"This is—a trapping formation!"

"Crimson Flame Sect, what are you doing?!"

The hall erupted in commotion as dozens of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators drew their magical artifacts and looked towards the second floor.

"Fellow Daoists, do not try to stop a chariot with your bare hands. Senior Hai is an eighth-level transformed demon beast. Quickly give up resisting."

The middle-aged female cultivator surnamed Zhao, with a cold and stern face, stepped forward and said expressionlessly.

Eighth-level transformed demonic beast! These words were like a bucket of ice water poured on the hearts of every cultivator.

That's equivalent to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in the human race!

The highest cultivation level among the cultivators present was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Let alone facing a transformed demonic beast, they couldn't even defeat the three Core Formation elders of the Crimson Flame Sect.

"Elder Liu, Elder Zhao—you three are betraying us, betraying the human cultivators!"

A Confucian scholar with late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation stepped out from the crowd, glaring angrily at the three people and one demon on the second floor.

Although his voice trembled as he questioned him, the fact that he dared to step forward and confront him at this moment showed that he was true to the righteous spirit he had cultivated.

"I have cultivated for hundreds of years to reach my current level. I do not want to die, so it is you who will die."

Old Liu remained silent for a moment, a ferocious look flashing across his aged face.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall turned deathly pale.

"Liar! You use the pretense of fighting the beast tide to hold a trade fair, gathering us here to feed the monsters! You—are you even human?!"

"Beasts! Beasts of the Crimson Flame Sect!"

Angry curses rose and fell, and some radical cultivators even activated their magical artifacts, blasting them towards the Core Formation elders on the second floor.

However, this magical attack couldn't even break through their protective aura.

"Overestimating one's abilities."

The black-robed Elder Sun snorted coldly, and with a flick of his sleeve, he sent the cultivators who had attacked him flying backward, spitting blood, and crashing into the protective barrier of the magic array.

At this moment, Senior Hai slowly walked to the railing of the corridor.

"I do not like to eat dead things. Only the flesh and blood of living prey are delicious."

He spoke slowly, his vertical pupils sweeping over every face below, as if selecting food.

"Yes, we'll capture them alive and feed them to the adults."

The three elders of the Crimson Flame Sect hurriedly and respectfully said.

"No need, I prefer foods that are rich in qi and blood. Here's what I'll do, I'll give you a chance."

Ten breaths. You have ten breaths to escape. You may hide in any corner of the city.

Ten breaths later, the demonic beasts outside the city will swarm in to hunt you down. Those who survive to the end will be allowed to leave.

His lips slowly parted into a grin, his voice carrying a perverse pleasure.

Watching his prey struggle desperately is his greatest pleasure.

"Senior, is it really necessary to remove the trapping formation?"

The female cultivator surnamed Zhao asked in surprise.

"Crack!"

Her response was a gaping maw; the senior sea creature revealed the head of a sea serpent and bit off half of her body.

"Quickly! Disperse the trapping formation and activate the city-protecting formation in reverse."

Old Liu's voice trembled as he hurriedly with Deacon Sun to remove the trapping formation and activate a larger city-protecting formation.

The reverse activation no longer blocked the demonic beasts, but the human cultivators who were fleeing in all directions.

"Run!"

"Run separately! Running separately gives you a better chance of survival!"

"Damn the Crimson Flame Sect! Damn beasts!"

Terrified screams rose and fell, and in the blink of an eye, only a handful of people remained in the hall.

"Xiao Cai, let's go!"

Having already noticed something amiss, Li Yuanhao grabbed Qingfeng's sleeve and pulled his junior sister Fang He along, rushing outside.

Qingfeng obediently let himself be dragged out of the Crimson Flame Pavilion, but his divine sense had already quietly covered the entire Fire Spring City.

In his perception, the area outside the city was already teeming with demonic beasts, all of them low-level, first or second rank.

However, a dozen or so level 5 or 6 monsters were allowed to enter through the four city gates.

For the cultivators on the island, whose highest level was no more than Foundation Establishment, this was a massacre.

Meanwhile, the level eight transformed sea python was still in the Crimson Flame Pavilion, devouring the "traitor" Elder Zhao.

"Crunch, crunch—"

He spat out two bones, and his body returned to human form.

"Feng hope's approach is really awkward; Brother Wu's style is much more comfortable. Brother Gui is about to undergo his tribulation; let's capture more human cultivators as congratulatory gifts."

The transformed sea serpent's vertical pupils looked at the remaining two elders of the Crimson Flame Sect.