A Blood Condensation cultivator's divine sense couldn't detect a jade slip inscribed by a Core Forging Enlightened Master. Liu Ziyuan failed to detect the jade slip and instead triggered the warning talisman sealed in the jade slip.
Liu, Du, and Fang quickly called for everyone to leave. If they were too late, they might encounter a Core Forging Enlightened Master.
The cultivators ran south in panic, but they were too late. In just half an hour, a deep roar came from the sea. The roar got closer and more frequent.
The roar was like a command. While the group was escaping, monster beasts jumped out of the sea to block their way. Even though these demonic beasts were only in the Blood Refining Realm or Early Blood Condensation Realm and were easily killed by the group, they still managed to slow down the group's speed.
Finally, after Liu Ziyuan killed a mid-stage Blood Condensation Realm crab, a green-clothed cultivator appeared on the sea behind them.
Eight azure tentacles danced behind Brother Tsing Yi as if he was taking a stroll in the park. He only took one step, but the distance between him and the group was shortened by a large margin.
Liu Ziyuan's pupils shrank. He looked at the blue tentacles behind Brother Tsing Yi and said coldly, "Divine sense manifestation. He really is a Core Forging Enlightened Master!"
Seeing that Brother Tsing Yi was about to catch up to them, Liu Ziyuan shouted, "Formation!" At the same time, he took out a sound-transmitting magic sword from his storage bag, whispered a few words, and threw it out.
The magic sword flashed in the air. It was obviously a Core Forging Enlightened Master's weapon. Brother Tsing Yi didn't stop it. Instead, he walked to the front of the formation and asked, "Did you kill the Golden Jiao Island's messenger?"
A huge aura pressed down on the group. Everyone's breathing stagnated. Lu Ping had faced the aura of a mid-stage Core Forging Enlightened Master, Xuan Jing. He was much stronger than Brother Tsing Yi, so he didn't mind.
Liu Ziyuan said solemnly, "Junior and the others have indeed killed several shark monsters."
Brother Tsing Yi said, "Then the jade slip that Golden Flood Dragon Island Master gave me is also with you?"
Liu Ziyuan knew these things and couldn't deny it, so he said, "Yes!"
When Brother Tsing Yi saw Liu Ziyuan's straightforward answer, he chuckled and said, "You do have some guts. Now, I'll give you two options. One is to return the jade slip to me. If I'm happy, I might take you as my servants and let you live. The second option is to use this formation to exchange blows with me. You just sent out a Sound Transmitting Magic Sword, so you should be asking for help. Let's see if you can persevere under my attack until help arrives."
Liu Ziyuan didn't even think about it and said, "This junior chooses the second option!"
Brother Tsing Yi was still smiling, "I knew you wouldn't shed a tear until you see the coffin!"
He had only just said that when the cyan-robed cultivator casually waved his hand and the eight blue tentacles waving about behind him abruptly merged into one. The merged tentacle suddenly elongated and it smashed towards the cultivators within the magic array.
Liu Ziyuan controlled the formation, and the arcane energy of the fifteen people converged under the effect of the Three Elements Five Elements Formation. Liu Ziyuan's Ninth Layer Blood Condensation Realm cultivation rose steadily, and his aura grew stronger and stronger. When he saw the blue tentacle coming towards him, he used his top-grade Mountain Splitting Axe and chopped at five different parts of the blue tentacle. His aura was no less powerful than Brother Tsing Yi's.
The cyan-clothed cultivator let out a cry of surprise. Clearly, the power of this magic array had exceeded his expectations. However, the cyan-clothed cultivator did not mind. His blue tentacle nimbly shook off the mountain-splitting axe's attack and swept towards Hu Lili, who was inside the magic array. Clearly, the cyan-clothed cultivator had discovered that the injured Hu Lili was the weakest link of the magic array.
The formation quickly changed. Liu Ziyuan pointed at the seawater, and a stream of seawater turned into a water snake that coiled around the blue tentacle.
The blue tentacle fiercely shook, shattering the water snake into a rain of water. However, the blue tentacle was blocked, and Liu Ziyuan had already directed the array formation to move away from the blue tentacle's attack range. The blue tentacle's attack missed.
"Oh," the green-robed cultivator said, "So it's the Zhen Ling Sect's Dao soldier formation, the 'Three Elements Five Elements Formation'. This is interesting. If you hand over that jade slip to me, I'll let you go. How about it?"
Brother Tsing Yi was clearly afraid of Zhenling's power, so he took a step back.
Liu Ziyuan said resolutely, "Please forgive me, Senior. This is impossible!"
Brother Tsing Yi's expression changed, "You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. Do you really think I can't do anything to you, Zhenling's formation?"
Brother Tsing Yi was angry, and the eight blue tentacles behind him were immediately wrapped in a layer of greyish-white. The eight tentacles suddenly lost their previous power as they waved.
Liu Ziyuan said with a dignified expression, "It's actually the 'One with the Tool and Will'. It seems that this Yao cultivator has not condensed a magic weapon. However, the power of the 'One with the Tool and Will' is not inferior to the power of a magic weapon."
As soon as Liu Ziyuan's voice fell, the eight tentacles danced chaotically, and smashed toward the Three Elements Five Elements Formation from different directions.
Liu Ziyuan chopped horizontally with his Mountain Splitting Axe, and blocked two tentacles in a row. The greyish-white tentacles were weak, and although the power of the Mountain Splitting Axe was huge, the tentacles were not damaged at all.
Liu Ziyuan was shocked. Each tentacle was a top-grade magic weapon, and the eight tentacles were eight top-grade magic weapons. Under the unity of the Green Robed Immortal's Divine Thoughts, the power was equivalent to eight magic weapons.
Liu Ziyuan hurriedly turned his head to look at the others.
Du and Fang worked together to block two tentacles, but they were shocked by the strange power of the tentacles, and the mana in their bodies was tumbling, and they almost lost control. Yao Yong, Du Feng, and the others worked together to block three of the remaining five tentacles, but each of them was bleeding from the corner of their mouth. Obviously, they had suffered internal injuries. However, they did not leave their positions, so their injuries were obviously not serious.
Lu Ping's Soaring Wing Swords danced in the air and a strong arcane energy surged into his body. Lu Ping knew this was the power of the array formation. It allowed everyone in the array formation to temporarily borrow the arcane energy of others to block attacks from outside the array formation.
The Soaring Wing Swords were like two fluttering butterflies, flying around one of the tentacles that was coming for Hu Lili. The sword lights shuttled back and forth like fluttering snowflakes, flickering with a sparkling luster as they stuck to the tentacle.
The tentacle was abnormally agile. Every time the Soaring Wing Sword came into contact with it, it would be bounced back. However, after over a hundred sword beams slashed at the tentacle, the tentacle finally deviated from its target and swept away nothing.
Just as Lu Ping repelled a tentacle, he heard a few screams behind him. Lu Ping's heart skipped a beat, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Niu Dazhuang, Zheng Jie, Zhang Zicheng, and Hu Lili working together to resist the last tentacle, but they were whipped away by the cyan-robed man.
Niu Dazhuang and Zhang Zicheng were the first to bear the brunt of the attack. Their mouths were full of blood in the air, and the two magic artifacts they used to resist were also shattered. Zheng Jie and Hu Lili were slightly better off, only their magic artifacts were broken, and Hu Lili was protected by her inner armor, so her injuries were the lightest.
Just as the four of them were about to be caught by the waving tentacle, suddenly, eight tentacles made of seawater rose from the surface of the sea. These eight tentacles wrapped around the incoming tentacle, and in an instant, the eight pillars of water were broken. However, it was at this moment that Niu Dazhuang and the others were rescued by Liu Ziyuan and the others.
With the crystal bowl in hand, Lu Ping quickly met up with Liu Ziyuan and the others. The "Tri-Elements Five Elements Formation" had been broken, and Niu Dazhuang and the others were seriously injured. Lu Ping could only form a broken formation with Liu Ziyuan and the others.
Lu Ping used the top-grade crystal bowl that he had obtained from Yuan Shikong of the Overflowing Oceans Sect to launch a surprise attack from the side, but he could only entangle one tentacle for a moment.
The green-clothed Daoist Master saw that Lu Ping and the others were still stubbornly standing in formation. He sneered disdainfully, "Ignorant fools!" The eight tentacles behind him attacked from different directions. This time, he used his full strength.
Just as everyone was preparing to fight to the death, a sudden clap of thunder sounded in the sky. The eight waving ash-gray tentacles were struck by lightning falling from the sky, and began to tremble as if they were convulsing.
The green-clothed Daoist cried out in alarm, and retreated one after another. The surface of the eight ash-gray tentacles flashed with blue light, and the spasming tentacles immediately recovered. They danced in front of the green-clothed Daoist, protecting him.
Lu Ping and the others were planning to fight to the death, but who knew that after a burst of lightning, a three foot long peach wood sword would appear in front of everyone. The sword's tip flickered with lightning, and it pointed at the green-clothed Daoist from afar.
"Who is it?" The green-clothed Daoist asked in a stern voice.
"Humph!" A cold snort sounded, and a streak of light flashed in front of everyone. A Zhenling cultivator in his thirties had already appeared in front of everyone. The peach wood sword let out a light hum, and it spun happily above the newcomer's head.
Lu Ping and the others were overjoyed. The newcomer was Daoist Yang Xuanmu, whom they had met on Huang Li Island.
"I am Yang Xuanmu, a cultivator of the Zhenling Profound Wood Mansion. You must be the North Sea Demon Cultivator, Daoist Zhang Bao? You actually dared to attack a Blood Condensation cultivator? It seems that you are disregarding our agreement! "Daoist Yang Xuanmu coldly said.
"What a joke!" The green-clothed Daoist said sternly. "Killing a few Blood Condensation Minor Repairs is nothing. If you want to stop me today, I will kill you as well!"
With that said, the eight tentacles behind the green-clothed Daoist swept towards Daoist Yang Xuanmu. The eight tentacles moved in an orderly manner, as if forming a formation, surrounding Daoist Yang Xuanmu in the middle of the eight tentacles.
Two majestic auras soared into the sky, scaring away the clouds in the sky. Liu Ziyuan shouted, "Retreat!"
Lu Ping pulled Hu Lili to his side. The other injured cultivators were also supported by Yao Yong and the others, and they quickly distanced themselves from the area where the two Daoists were fighting.
Just as everyone retreated a hundred zhang away, a deafening roar of magic came from behind them. The aftershock of the battle spread out, and the coral island that everyone had just rested on completely collapsed into the sea. The seawater was pushed by a powerful force, forming huge waves that were tens of zhang high, chasing after everyone like a tsunami.
Lu Ping and the others retreated a distance of five li before they were able to avoid the area where the two Daoists were fighting. At this time, there were no traces of the two Daoists on the surface of the sea. Only eight huge tentacles could be seen waving in the sky like whips. At the same time, a ball of lightning kept flashing in the middle of the tentacles.
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