A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 467 Overturning the Sea Flag

Above the sea, severed limbs mixed with demon blood rained down, filling the air with a stench.

Luo Ming's face was gloomy. While manipulating the Wind-Escape Shuttle to dodge and attack, he also quickly replaced a high-grade spirit stone that had been completely used up.

These individual monsters posed little threat to him, but their sheer number and relentless attacks severely slowed him down and continuously depleted the Wind-Escape Shuttle's spirit stone reserves and protective energy.

He had to rush out as soon as possible. If his speed was slowed down and he was caught up by the Golden Flood Dragon King behind him, and then trapped in this sea of ​​monsters, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Almost there, the density of monsters ahead is decreasing, we'll be breaking through soon—" Luo Ming scanned the area ahead with his divine sense, feeling somewhat relieved.

However, just as he was about to break through the last densely populated area of ​​monsters, a sudden change occurred!

About a thousand feet ahead, above the sea, without warning, the void rippled like water, and two figures enveloped in blue spiritual light suddenly appeared! It was Blood Howl and the blue-armored girl!

The moment the two appeared, they tossed their small blue flags into the air almost without hesitation!

"rise!"

With a low shout, the two small flags, each about a foot long, swelled in the wind, instantly transforming into two gigantic blue flags, dozens of feet tall, their fluttering banners seemingly capable of holding an entire ocean! On the flags, the surging wave pattern seemed to come alive, with crashing waves and a giant whale hidden...

Now.

Two giant banners slowly rotated in the air, their energy intertwined. A heavy, vast, and terrifying pressure, seemingly capable of suppressing the entire world, descended with a deafening roar, like an invisible curtain descending upon the Wind-Escape Shuttle where Luo Ming was located. "Not good! What kind of magic weapon is this? Such terrifying suppressive power!"

Luo Ming's expression changed drastically. He felt as if the Wind-Escape Shuttle had sunk into an invisible quagmire, its speed plummeted, and the shuttle made a creaking sound as it was unable to bear the weight. The protective light of the shuttle flickered violently, as if it would be crushed by that invisible force at any moment!

What made him even more uneasy was that this suppressive force was not simply gravity, but also had a strange effect of sealing space and solidifying magic power, which made the flow of magic power in his body a bit sluggish!

This feeling was strikingly similar to the effect of his Profound Origin Heavy Water Grand Array.

In a flash, Luo Ming made a decision. He abruptly withdrew his magic seal, and the azure-gold light of the speeding Wind Shuttle vanished as it was instantly drawn back into his body. At the same time, his blood and energy erupted like a volcano, booming and rumbling, with a dark golden light flowing beneath his skin!

"roar!"

With a deep roar, Luo Ming's body suddenly expanded, radiating golden light. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a towering giant with a golden body that was hundreds of feet tall, as if cast in dark gold, with bulging muscles and an endless sense of power!

Luo Ming clearly intended to use his golden body to withstand the terrifying suppressive force!

The golden giant stood on the void, his blood and qi rising like smoke, barely managing to stand firm in the force field shrouded by the blue giant banner, but his movements were clearly hindered, as if he were carrying a mountain of ten thousand feet on his back.

Beyond the blue force field, the figures of Xue Xiao and the blue-armored girl appeared. Xue Xiao gazed at the dark golden giant within the force field, its aura powerful and its blood energy surging to the heavens. A flicker of surprise and greed flashed in its crimson eyes: "Such robust blood energy! It's practically comparable to a body-refining demon cultivator of the same level! If only I could devour it—"

The girl in blue armor beside him trembled almost imperceptibly when her gaze fell on the blurry yet vaguely discernible face of the golden giant. Her clear, cold eyes flashed with extremely complex emotions—shock, astonishment, a hint of bewilderment, and some indescribable fluctuation.

She recognized him. Although his size had increased dramatically, his facial features and eyes were still the same—it was "him"!

The human cultivator Luo Ming, who once left a restriction on her soul but then accidentally set her free in the Inner Star Sea, allowing her to advance and transform into human form, had a complicated feeling for a long time!

"How could it be him? How could he be here? And being personally chased by the Golden Dragon King?" Countless questions flooded Qing'er's mind in an instant.

At this moment, Luo Ming, trapped within the "Overturning Sea Banner" barrier, heard Yin Yue's urgent and solemn voice transmission in his mind: "Brother Luo, be careful! This is the Overturning Sea Banner! Moreover, it's a complete set of imitation spiritual treasures, divided into Yin and Yang banners. Once trapped by its Overturning Sea Barrier, it's like being trapped in an endless ocean, with immense pressure and stagnant space. Even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to escape easily! We must break free as soon as possible!"

"A replica of a magical artifact? The Sea-Covering Flag?" Luo Ming's heart sank, and his face became even more grim.

While he was using his body-refining technique to resist the terrifying pressure that was omnipresent around him, his eyes were like lightning as he scanned the thick, solid barrier light shield around him, which was constantly churning with the phantom of blue waves.

"There's no time for slow probing, the Golden Flood Dragon King will be here soon!" A fierce glint flashed in Luo Ming's eyes, and he clenched his right hand in the air.

"Buzz!"

Golden light converged, and a huge battle axe with an ancient design and a blade that gleamed with a dark, cold light took shape in his palm. The axe was tens of feet long and exuded a fierce aura that could cut through anything!

Immediately afterwards, Luo Ming opened his mouth and spat out seventy-two "Mysterious Yuan Pearls" that were flowing with golden and blue light. They were not arranged in an array, but rather seemed to have a life of their own, and they all disappeared into the huge dark gold battle axe!

With each Xuan Yuan Pearl that entered, the battle axe solidified a bit more, and its weight and sharpness increased dramatically! At the same time, the immense magical power and blood energy within Luo Ming's body surged into the battle axe like a flood bursting its banks!

"Buzzing!"

Having absorbed the terrifying gravity of the seventy-two Xuan Yuan Pearls and Luo Ming's massive amount of magical power and blood, the dark gold battle axe trembled violently. The axe's light was restrained, yet it emitted a destructive aura that subtly distorted the surrounding space, as if it could split the heavens and the earth! At the axe blade, a dazzling golden light condensed, making people's hearts tremble at the sight of it.

Outside the barrier, Blood Howl, who was controlling a sea-covered banner and preparing to attack, sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the battle axe within the barrier—a aura so intense it stung his skin. His expression changed slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "Huh? This person actually possesses such abilities? The aura of this giant axe—it's making my heart pound! No, I can't let him continue to build up his power!"

He immediately shouted to the blue-armored girl beside him, "Qing'er, let's attack together and activate the 'Sea-Overturning Banner's' 'Vast Ocean Devouring'! Let's cripple this guy's power-up first!"

Having said that, he made a hand seal with one hand and suddenly pointed at the Sea-Covering Flag he was controlling.

On the flag, at the center of the wave pattern, a point of blue light rapidly lit up and spun. Then, a deep, ancient whale cry, full of wildness, came from the flag!

A gigantic phantom of a “sea-overturning whale”, as large as a mountain, formed entirely from pure water elemental power, with bone spurs on its back and a ferocious look in its eyes, slowly emerged half of its body from the flag.

It opened its enormous maw, large enough to swallow mountains, and with a terrifying suction force and immense water pressure that devoured everything, it viciously bit at the dark gold giant within the barrier! Wherever it passed, even the blue barrier rippled slightly.

Meanwhile, the blue-armored girl on the other side remained standing in place after Xue Xiao uttered his cry. Although she held another sea-covered flag in her hand, she did not make any immediate move.

Her clear, cold eyes, through the blue barrier, were fixed on the golden giant inside, who was wielding a terrifying giant axe with all its might and had a resolute expression. Her eyes flickered intensely, and the fingers gripping the flagpole tightened slightly.

"break!!"

Luo Ming's eyes widened, and he let out a thunderous roar! Contrary to Xue Xiao's expectations, he did not swing the dark gold giant axe, which had been imbued with terrifying power, at the oncoming phantom of the giant sea whale.

Instead, he suddenly exerted force from his waist and hurled the giant axe in his hand, which was fused with seventy-two Xuan Yuan Pearls, as heavy as a mountain and incomparably sharp, like a javelin, towards the thick and solid dark blue barrier light screen behind him!

The giant axe slipped from his grasp but didn't fly straight away; instead, it spun rapidly in the air! The axe blade sliced ​​through the air, emitting a fierce shriek and creating a turbulent vortex of airflow.

Even more astonishingly, wherever the giant axe spun, the spatial suppression force of the Sea-Covering Banner barrier, which was originally as stagnant as glue and as heavy as the sea, was forcibly torn apart and pushed aside, as if a red-hot iron had been cutting into butter, creating a brief and relatively "relaxed" passage!

The terrifying gravity created by the seventy-two Xuan Yuan Pearls contained within the axe body became a powerful tool to break through the "pressure" at this moment!

All these changes were due to the fact that, at the moment the giant whale phantom pounced, Luo Ming's divine sense keenly detected a slight fluctuation of spiritual energy in a certain part of the barrier behind him, which caused an extremely faint disturbance and attenuation!

Although he didn't know the reason, in a life-or-death situation, any flaw could be the only chance of survival! Without hesitation, he abandoned the idea of ​​confronting the giant whale head-on and chose to strike with all his might, aiming straight for the heart of the problem and attacking the weakest point of the barrier!

"Hmm?" Outside the barrier, Blood Howl, who was fully activating the Sea-Covering Banner and controlling the giant whale phantom, was taken aback when he saw Luo Ming suddenly turn to attack the barrier. Then, a disdainful sneer appeared on his lips.

"Fool! This Sea-Covering Banner barrier is refined with the essence of deep-sea mystic water. It is both flexible and heavy, and it also has the ability to seal space. How could you possibly break it with a single brute force attack? Unless it is a top-tier ancient treasure or spiritual treasure specifically designed to break restrictions—"

Before he could finish his sarcastic remark, a soft yet clear sound, like tough cowhide being ripped by a sharp blade, suddenly reached his ears!

Xue Xiao's cold smile froze instantly. He turned his head sharply and saw that the thick, solid barrier light screen, which was rolling with blue waves, had been torn open by the spinning dark gold giant axe, leaving a huge gap more than ten feet long with jagged edges!

At the breach, the blue aura of the barrier dissipated wildly like a flood bursting its banks, emitting a hissing sound as it dissolved!

"How is this possible?" Blood Howl's pupils shrank, his face filled with disbelief.

Although his imitation of the "Overturning Sea Flag" was not the original spiritual treasure, it was still refined with a large amount of rare Xuan Water and many rare materials. Its defensive and sealing power was enough to trap an ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator for a short time!

Although the opponent's giant axe was heavy, it was clearly just a power-based attack. How could it be broken so easily?

Just as Xue Xiao was stunned and lost in thought, a golden light flashed from the gap, and a figure shot out like lightning! It was Luo Ming!

The instant he threw the giant axe, he rapidly shrank his hundred-zhang golden body to a size of just over ten zhang, and at the same time increased his speed to the extreme. He followed closely behind the giant axe that broke through the barrier, and narrowly escaped before the gap began to repair and close itself!