Du Feng came out of the tent and stretched slightly to relax his body. Just as he was about to go up to the deck to take a look, he heard a commotion outside. The commotion caused many people to come out of their tents. Those who didn't live in tents had already started to walk up the stairs.
Everyone liked to watch a commotion, and even the martial artists were no exception. Everyone hurried up to the deck and looked in the direction of the commotion.
"Look, what's that?"
"Wow, its tentacles are so thick."
"Yeah, yeah, I think that ship is doomed."
Everyone was discussing. Du Feng also came out of the hatch and went up to the deck. He followed everyone's gaze. He saw a strange octopus-like animal wrapping its long tentacles around a passenger ship. This passenger ship was one of the 16 passenger ships in the last row.
It seemed like it was still dangerous to be at the back of the line, too far away from The Heavenly Palace.
Actually, the octopus's strength was not enough to destroy a passenger ship. But with its tug, the passenger ship swayed and lost its balance. More importantly, the other ships wouldn't wait for it. Everyone continued to sail forward and soon left the ship behind.
From afar, Du Feng could still see the desperate expressions of the passengers on the ship. They definitely wanted to live, but who could deal with a water monster on the Heavenly River? If the crew on the ship couldn't do it, it was even more impossible for the passengers. They could only watch helplessly as the ship was tugged more and more askew. It looked like it was about to topple.
"Hai!"
At that moment, a loud shout came from afar, and then a golden light lit up. A martial artist jumped out of the ship, holding a shining golden saber, and looked at one of the tentacles of the octopus. He was at the Golden Immortal Stage of Cultivation, and the saber in his hand was also a Connate Dharma artifact, so it was sharp enough.
When the saber slashed, a creaking sound could be heard. It was like using a knife to cut hard rubber. The resistance was very strong, but it was still possible to cut.
After some effort, he finally cut off one of the tentacles. This man was the captain of the passenger ship. He was also the martial artist with the highest Cultivation level on the ship. Even if it wasn't to protect the passengers, he had to protect his ship. Once the ship sank, he would suffer a great loss.
However, things were not as simple as he had imagined. Just as he was about to cut off the second tentacle, he was suddenly whipped by that tentacle. Like a shuttlecock, he was sent flying by the slap. A martial artist at the Golden Celestial Stage couldn't put up much resistance in the face of the massive strength of a large water monster.
In fact, the water monster was only at level 17, which was the same level as the Cultivation Level of a Golden Celestial Stage martial artist. However, its size was huge, and its strength was astonishing. Moreover, it was in the water.
The captain was lucky out of misfortune. He was only sent flying, but he wasn't caught. If he was entangled by the tentacles, he would definitely be eaten by the water monster. Now that it was sent flying, it happened to fly towards the fleet in front.
A rope was thrown out from one of the eight ships in front of him and wrapped around his waist. Then the people on the ship exerted their strength and pulled him out of the air. It could be said that he was saved. However, because the captain had suffered that blow, all the bones in his chest were broken. Some of the broken bones even pierced into his internal organs. Blood kept flowing out of his mouth. It seemed that his injuries were not light.
His little life was saved, but the entangled passenger ship finally collapsed. All the martial artists on the ship fell into the water. Of course, some people left the ship in advance and tried to fly to other ships to escape.
Things were not as simple as they thought. All the martial artists who left the ship and flew were attacked by a strange kind of small flying fish. They were all attacked by a strange flying fish. This flying fish was very small, about the size of a flying sword. However, it flew very fast. Usually, it hid in the shallow layer of the water.
Once it found someone outside the hull of the ship, it would immediately rush up. Like a flying sword, it would stab into the human body. When they were pierced, their bodies were hard and straight, no different from flying swords. However, once it was stabbed, its body would suddenly become soft.
This kind of small flying fish was very strange. Once it came into contact with warm, fresh blood, it would become soft. After it became soft, it would wander in the human body like a roundworm, constantly sucking blood and devouring internal organs.
No matter how strong a martial artist was, once his internal organs and blood were sucked dry, he would not be able to survive. He could only give up his physical body and try to escape with his soul. However, would things really go as they wished? Obviously not.
The river demons in the Heavenly River liked to collect human souls the most. Many river monsters looked seventy percent like human beings, and thirty percent like monsters. They carried a strange cloth bag and floated on the surface of the river. As long as a martial artist's soul escaped from his physical body, it would be sucked into the bag.
Uh … Du Feng could not help but frown when he saw this. This was because the way those cloth bags captured souls was very similar to his White Bone Banner.
Although the river demons did not participate in the battle, it was obvious that they were more intelligent than the water monsters. The water monsters were mainly responsible for physical labor, while the river demons commanded from the side and collected the souls of human martial artists. Just as Du Feng was watching carefully, one of the river demons suddenly turned his face and looked at him.
Their eyes met, making Du Feng shiver involuntarily. The river demon grinned and then continued to busy himself.
Damn, could it be that I am being targeted by the river demons? Du Feng scratched his head, feeling a little helpless. If he was really targeted by the river demons, they would definitely encourage the water monsters to attack the ship he was on. When the ship was in chaos, all the passengers would suffer.
Du Feng also thought of another possibility, which was that the river demons could sense his White Bone Banner. Because the cloth bag of the river demons had a similar function as the White Bone Banner, they both liked to collect lonely souls and wild ghosts. This was the same reason that the holder of the Black Blood Banner could sense the holder of the White Bone Banner within a certain distance.
Du Feng communicated with the male ghost cultivator of the Blossoming Flower City in the White Bone Banner and soon confirmed his idea. That's right, because the Generals in the White Bone Banner could also sense the presence of those River Demons. They could constantly sense those on the surface of the water, even those hidden under the water.
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