It was simple: Sky Demons and the Sea Nation were mortal enemies. The fact that the two demons, Duanyu and Tiancan, were standing alongside that dragon shadow without fighting already spoke volumes.
“Jiao Run! You sneaky, stupid bastard! If you had faced me in a fair fight today, I wouldn't despise you so much!
I spit on you! Truly a despicable lowborn, a loach that should be crawling in the mud. Even if you survived the lightning tribulation to transform into a dragon, you are still beneath contempt!”
The Dragon Girl’s eyes flared with murderous intent as she erupted in fury.
Three hundred years ago, when the Sky Demon variants first appeared in the Wuwang Sea, the Sea Nation’s territories were frequently lost until they were forced to retreat to the Four Pillars and the twelve nations of the four directions.
The Dragon Clan and the Sky Demons were sworn enemies. Moreover, with Zong Zheng and others from the Wuwei Sect present, Jiao Run’s actions were equivalent to throwing the Dragon Clan’s dignity on the ground and trampling it!
“Ao Mingzhu, you have monopolized the Rakshasa Sea Market for five hundred years. The Dragon Clan has long been filled with resentment against you. Even if it weren't me today, another Lord Jiao would eventually strike at you.”
Within the clouds, the dragon spoke in a booming, muffled voice:
“Your bloodlust is too great. The Wuwang Sea could have been divided and shared with the Sky Demons.
After you die, I will take over the Rakshasa Sea Market. The two demon lords have already agreed to ensure the safety of the twelve nations for five hundred years.”
“Is your head filled with mud?! If we don't destroy the Sky Demons now, are we supposed to wait five hundred years for them to sweep across the North Province, destroy the Rakshasa Sea Market, and slaughter our Sea Nation people?!”
Ao Mingzhu hissed through gritted teeth:
“Sky Demons are born to devour spiritual energy. Plotting with them is like making a deal with the devil.
You dare to commit such an atrocity. When I return to the palace, I will report this to my father and ensure you take a trip to the Dragon Slaying Platform!”
“Hahaha! Ao Mingzhu, you don't even know. The Heavenly Court has met with disaster, and the gods and Buddhas are paralyzed. That Dragon Slaying Platform can do nothing to me!”
The dragon shadow circled a few times before urgently prodding the two demons:
“Demon lords, quickly lend me your aid! Kill this woman! Once I take over the Rakshasa Sea Market, the twelve nations will never be enemies with the Sky Demons again!”
The two Sky Demons glanced at each other. Their faces remained expressionless, but they simultaneously flew forward. One landed before Zong Zheng, while the other moved to face the Dragon Girl.
Seeing the opportunity, the old dragon in the clouds immediately released a talisman. Three White Bone Heavenly Maidens appeared in mid air, walking through the sky.
They scattered flowers, petals drifting and butterflies fluttering. Yet beneath this beautiful imagery was a sky full of killing intent, surging directly toward the treasure ship!
Jiao Run intended to silence everyone!
Zong Zheng’s expression darkened. His whisk flew out, transforming into two spheres of spiritual light to block the maidens.
With another palm strike, he cut down the three maidens. The stunning beauties turned into piles of white bones and plummeted from the sky!
“Lowborn! You dare to collude with Sky Demons!”
Ao Mingzhu, currently locked in combat with a Sky Demon, let out a roar. The water blue four clawed dragon lunged into the clouds, dragging out a slightly smaller Jiao dragon. As the two dragons fought, the clouds rolled, and lightning crashed!
...
Boom!
Boom!
Above the clouds, lightning flashed as the two dragons chased and tore at each other. Drops of bloody rain fell with the wind, filling the air with the scent of iron.
Below the ship, the three people were exhausted. Seeing that the Golden Core demon was dead, Hai Ying felt like a deflated balloon. The red light covering her body faded as she reverted to her normal sea dragon form.
The sword cultivator had tried to fly away on his sword, but his blade suddenly wobbled uncontrollably, nearly causing him to fall into the black mist.
Surprisingly, the young sword cultivator refused to abandon his sword and flee. He focused entirely on chasing the spiritual blade, even as he was about to be swallowed by the Sky Demons!
“You want your sword more than your life? Are all you sword cultivators this stubborn?!”
Nan Zhi swallowed a Qi Augmenting Pill and instantly unfastened the Vermilion Bird Lock from her waist. Gathering her strength, a ball of heavenly lightning surged in her palm!
In the next second, she dove into the swarm of Sky Demons. Numerous demons had their heads blasted apart, their half destroyed corpses falling straight down.
“Catch!”
Hai Ying, from above, swung her iron chains, but the sword cultivator didn't reach for them. He stubbornly dove toward the black mist to retrieve his sword!
Nan Zhi stepped off the ship’s hull and grabbed the man. With a thrust of her knee, she kicked him a hundred feet away, then whipped her chain out to barely pull back the shimmering spiritual sword!
It was a close call!
Seeing that Nan Zhi had recovered his spiritual sword, the sword cultivator immediately looked over, a hint of gratitude appearing in his usually calm eyes.
“Get up there first!”
Looking at the dense cluster of red named monsters appearing on her map, Nan Zhi made a split second decision to run!
The three of them fled back onto the ship. As expected, the Splendid Platform was already surrounded by Sky Demons from the Wuwang Sea!
Wanniang and Hongluo should still be in their rooms. The ship had a powerful defense formation; as long as the Splendid Platform wasn't destroyed, they would be safe!
But if the Dragon Girl and Zong Zheng lost, and the ship was damaged...
The dragon roars in the sky had been heard clearly by everyone present.
Naturally, they now knew of Jiao Run’s collusion with the Sky Demons and his plot to seize the Rakshasa Sea Market.
Dragon roars echoed from above. Nan Zhi looked up just in time to see two dragons, one large and one small, tearing at each other as they plummeted straight into the Wuwang Sea!
In an instant, thousands of Sky Demons swarmed them, submerging the two dragons like a tide. Everyone’s face turned pale!
The Wuwang Sea was the Sky Demons’ nest and the source of the black mist.
No cultivator had ever crossed the Wuwang Sea and lived!
The two dragons were fighting and heavily injured; falling into the sea meant certain death.
Clang!
High in the sky, Zong Zheng’s sword struck Tiancan. Seeing the two dragons fall, he immediately sacrificed a talisman. In an instant, the power of the deity transformation stage enveloped the area, and a single sword strike sliced off half of Duanyu’s head!
As the son of a sect leader, Zong Zheng possessed secret life saving methods that allowed him to unleash a strike at the deity transformation stage, though the cost was immense.
With one demon dead and the other wounded, Zong Zheng did not pursue them. He spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately turned back to protect the ship!
The Dragon Girl’s fall into the sea was a settled fate.
The black mist devoured spiritual energy; even a deity transformation stage cultivator would find it difficult to escape from its depths.
He was currently heavily injured. Who knew if the Sky Demons would return in greater numbers?
The only option now was to flee the battlefield immediately and protect the lives of the cultivators on the ship!
Feeling the Splendid Platform suddenly accelerate, Nan Zhi looked back. A thought suddenly occurred to her.
The Rakshasa Sea Market needs the Dragon Girl Mingzhu, not Lord Jiao, Ao Run!
The Dragon Girl cannot die.
Could the chaos in the Rakshasa Sea Market five hundred years from now be related to the death of the market lord?
The Dragon Girl must not die!
The Four Provinces Continent must not fall into chaos and repeat its past mistakes!
After only a moment’s thought, she formed a hand seal, sending a paper figure to inform Hongluo and Wanniang that they would meet again at the Rakshasa Sea Market. Then, she abruptly leaped into the Wuwang Sea!
“Ma Jiu! What are you do—”
“Fellow Daoist!”
She was so fast that neither Hai Ying nor the sword cultivator could stop her!
The Splendid Platform’s formation activated, and it vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving only Nan Zhi to ride the wind, heading straight into the depths of the Wuwang Sea.
...
What exactly was inside the Wuwang Sea?
Nan Zhi had once thought about this question very seriously.
When she had descended earlier to slay demons, she realized that the black mist of the Wuwang Sea didn't have much of an effect on her.
Aside from an initial sluggishness in her spiritual energy circulation, she actually felt like a fish in water once she grew accustomed to the mist, feeling a strange sense of familiarity.
Beneath the black mist, it wasn't an endless sea level as she had imagined.
The interior of the black mist was more like a disorganized multidimensional space. Sometimes the seawater was above, sometimes islands floated in the sky, and sometimes the sea surface surged with waves rolling from low to high ground.
Sky Demons traveled in packs through the black mist. Nan Zhi moved carefully, hiding within the mirage mist as she advanced at a steady pace.
The Wuwang Sea was truly vast.
Nan Zhi searched for over seven days before finally finding the Dragon Girl on a rocky island. She was in her true form, gasping for her final breaths.
Beside the Dragon Girl lay the corpse of a Jiao dragon, its white bones exposed, already dead.
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