Forge your destiny and become an immortal, starting with hunting demons in the deep sea.

The burly man trembled, the light in his eyes gradually faded, and his body collapsed limply onto the deck.

As for the female cultivator, although she was severely injured by Chen Ye's two Spirit Annihilation Finger strikes, she did not die immediately, but fell into a coma due to excessive blood loss.

In a few breaths, Chen Ye swiftly and decisively dealt with the two cultivators, and also roughly grasped his true strength.

Without using soul attacks, relying solely on other means, one can easily kill even cultivators who are a level higher than oneself.

Compared to when he faced Qiao Guanjiang at the sixth level of the Spirit Gathering stage, although there weren't any major setbacks, it still took some effort.

If the Soul Suppression Technique is used, then it can fight against anyone below the Secret Realm!

Then, Chen Ye leaped onto the other party's spirit ship.

"Buzz~~"

The Queen Bee flapped its wings and landed on Chen Ye's shoulder, making continuous "squeaking" sounds from its mouthparts, as if it were trying to curry favor with Chen Ye.

Although these kinds of demonic insects are not very intelligent, they can still express some simple emotions to their masters after a master-servant contract is formed through the demon-suppressing technique.

"You want to devour flesh and blood?"

Upon sensing the intent transmitted by the Queen of the Devouring Bees, Chen Ye frowned.

Although the burly male cultivator had become a corpse, essentially no different from a demon corpse, it was still somewhat strange that he could use his own kind to feed his pet.

"I'll hunt down a few demonic beasts for you when I have time," Chen Ye said, refusing the Queen Bee's request. He opened the spirit insect pouch, flicked his finger, and sent the queen bee inside.

At this time, the number of Devouring Bees in the pouch had recovered to more than two hundred. They were all hatched by Bai Miaozhu over the past few months. However, these spirit bees were not of high level and were still in the growth stage, so they did not have much combat power.

Chen Ye casually tossed in a dozen or so spirit stones, put away the spirit insect pouch, and then went to the female cultivator's side.

The female cultivator was still unconscious, but the gruesome wound on her abdomen was still bleeding. If left untreated, she wouldn't live much longer.

Chen Ye glanced at her, first channeling a wisp of spiritual energy into her body to protect her heart meridian, ensuring that she would not die in a short time, and then raised his palm and brought it down hard without any mercy!

"Clap clap clap!"

Several slaps were delivered in a wide arc, and the female cultivator's face immediately swelled up, and she slowly regained consciousness.

"Teng...Brother Teng!"

Upon opening her eyes, the female cultivator saw her Daoist companion's corpse with its skull lifted up, and she couldn't help but let out a wail.

"Your name is Zhou Yulian, right?"

A cold voice came from behind him. Chen Ye was toying with a jade token in his hand, which he had just taken from the female cultivator.

"You, you dare kill me! The Zhou family will never let you get away with this!"

Zhou Yulian threatened Chen Ye with a look of hatred on her face.

"Heh, how many members of the Zhou family have died at my hands?"

Chen Ye sneered upon hearing this. It should be noted that he had accumulated enough resources by killing members of the Zhou family one after another, and had cultivated to his current level.

"Tell me, what are you Zhou family members doing in the Gong family's waters?"

Chen Ye demanded in a deep voice, then stepped on the woman's severed hand and crushed it forcefully.

"Hiss... I... my third uncle will avenge me."

Zhou Yulian clenched her teeth and refused to utter a sound.

Cultivation forces bound by blood ties tend to be more united, especially when facing rival families.

"Not going to talk? Then we'll use some methods."

Chen Ye spoke indifferently, and directly unleashed a stream of spiritual energy imbued with crimson flames and poison, which burrowed into the wound on Zhou Yulian's lower abdomen.

"ah!!"

The poison was like molten lava; once it entered the woman's body, it would rush around along her meridians, but it would never enter her lungs or internal organs to take her life.

Zhou Yulian's face contorted in pain, as if insects were burrowing into her body and gnawing at her flesh.

"I'll talk... I'll talk!"

She gasped for breath and stammered.

"We received information that members of the Gong family were passing through these waters on their way back to Golden Willow Island, so... we came to intercept and kill them..."

Chen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

"Didn't the Qiling Sect send elders to reprimand the two Zhou Palace families? How dare you still carry out such an ambush?"

Zhou Yulian gave a halting reply.

"The Upper Sect... the Upper Sect only strictly ordered the experts in the Secret Realm to take action; as for those below the Secret Realm level... the Upper Sect doesn't care..."

For a Golden Core sect like the Qiling Sect, the hidden cultivators within its territory are somewhat valuable, while the Spirit Gathering cultivators are no different from ants in their eyes, and no matter how many die, it will not cause chaos in their territory.

"So, among the cultivators you sent to intercept us, the strongest is only at the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage, right?"

Chen Ye asked in a low voice, and seeing Zhou Yulian nod in pain, he pressed her for the number of people who came to intercept and kill him before ending her life with a single sword stroke.

"The five people consist of a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Gathering Realm, two at the Ninth Level of the Spirit Gathering Realm, and this couple."

As Chen Ye took out the storage bags from the two corpses, he pondered in his heart.

This lineup is by no means weak, especially the cultivator at the Great Perfection of Spirit Gathering. Even some small cultivation forces might not have such a powerful figure in charge.

As for who exactly they were trying to ambush, the two men didn't know; they were only responsible for guarding the perimeter. The real operation was carried out by three other people.

"For the Zhou family to send so many powerful individuals, they must be a core member of the Gong family."

A series of figures flashed through Chen Ye's mind, but he had no intention of joining in the fun.

Although he believed he had a certain degree of confidence in facing cultivators at the ninth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm, or even those at the peak of the Spirit Gathering Realm, he had never actually encountered one before.

Besides, who knows what kind of strength that Gong family member who was intercepted was? What if he had already been killed? If Chen Ye rushes over so recklessly, wouldn't he be facing a situation of fighting three against one?

"This place is dangerous, let's take a detour."

Chen Ye shook his head, controlled the spirit boat to change direction, and activated the water control formation at full speed, speeding away as fast as possible.

Inside the cabin, Chen Ye used his divine sense to break through the marks on the two storage bags, opened them, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Every time he encountered a cultivator from the Zhou family before, he was able to provide him with a large amount of spoils, and this time was no exception.

The female cultivator's storage bag contained over eight hundred spirit stones. Including the pills, talismans, and the mid-grade magic sword, the total value exceeded one thousand spirit stones.

There were even more burly cultivators, almost twice as many as female cultivators!

The two of them together had more than three thousand spirit stones, which quickly filled Chen Ye's somewhat depleted storage bag.

When leaving Cangji Island, Chen Ye gave Bai Miaozhu some spirit stones and pills. After all, he had taken her body and asked her to help take care of the Nine-Tailed Jade Kun Beast Egg, so Chen Ye couldn't possibly refuse to give her anything.

"The Zhou family is just kind-hearted; they always offer resources whenever we're in need..."

Chen Ye sighed, but at that moment, his expression suddenly changed, as if he had noticed something, and he looked out through the porthole.

In the night sky, a sword light as dazzling as a shooting star was hurtling toward his spirit ship!