It was simple: Sky Demons and the Sea Nation were mortal enemies. Yet now, the two demons Duanyu and Tiancan stood together with the shadow of the Jiao-dragon without fighting, which already explained everything.
“Jiao Run! You cowardly, incredibly stupid bastard! If you had fought me fairly today, I wouldn't look down on you so much!
Pah! You really are a despicable, lowborn wretch—a loach that belongs crawling in the mud! Even if you survived the trial of heavenly lightning and transformed into a dragon, you still can't show your face in polite society!”
Hostility flared in the Dragon Girl's eyes as she flew into a furious rage.
Ever since the strange Sky Demon species emerged in the Wuwang Sea three hundred years ago, the Sea Nation's territories had repeatedly fallen, until they eventually retreated to the Heavenly Pillars, residing in the twelve nations of the four directions.
The Dragon Clan and the Sky Demons were locked in an endless blood feud. Furthermore, with Zong Zheng and other members of the Wuwei Sect present, Jiao Run's actions were equivalent to throwing the Dragon Clan's reputation onto the ground and trampling on it!
“Ao Mingzhu, you have monopolized the Rakshasa Sea Market all by yourself for five hundred years. The Dragon Clan has long been filled with grievances against you. Even if it weren't me today, other Dragon Lords would have made a move against you eventually.”
From within the clouds, the dragon spoke in a low, booming voice:
“Your killing intent is too heavy. The Wuwang Sea could have been divided and ruled alongside the Sky Demons.
After you die, I will take over the Rakshasa Sea Market. The two Demon Lords have already agreed to guarantee the safety of the twelve nations of the four directions for five hundred years.”
“Is your brain filled with mud?! If we don't destroy the Sky Demons now, are we supposed to wait five hundred years for them to sweep through the North Province, destroy the Rakshasa Sea Market, and slaughter our Sea Nation's people?!”
Ao Mingzhu gritted her teeth:
“Sky Demons are born to devour spiritual energy. Plotting with them is like making a deal with the devil.
You actually dare to commit such a heinous crime against the world! Once I return to the palace, I will definitely lodge a heavy complaint against you with Father King and have you take a trip to the Dragon Slaying Platform!”
“Hahaha! Ao Mingzhu, you still don't know? An accident has occurred in the Heavenly Court, leaving the gods and Buddhas completely paralyzed! What Dragon Slaying Platform? In the end, it can do nothing to me!”
The dragon shadow circled a few times and impatiently urged the two demons:
“Two Demon Lords, hurry and lend me a hand to slay this woman! Once I take over the Rakshasa Sea Market in the future, the twelve nations of the four directions will never make an enemy of the Sky Demons!”
The two Sky Demons exchanged a glance, their faces devoid of expression. However, they flew forward in unison, one landing in front of Zong Zheng and the other in front of the Dragon Girl.
Seeing that the opportunity had arrived, the old dragon in the clouds immediately released a talisman. Three White Bone Heavenly Maidens appeared, strolling through midair.
The heavenly maidens scattered flowers, with petals drifting and butterflies fluttering. Yet beneath this beautiful scene lay a sky full of killing intent, charging straight toward the treasure ship!
—Jiao Run had indeed resolved to silence everyone!
Zong Zheng's expression turned solemn. The whisk in his hand flew out, transforming into two spheres of spiritual light that directly blocked the heavenly maidens.
With another strike of his palm, he cut down the three heavenly maidens. The stunning beauties turned into handfuls of white bones and plummeted down!
“Despicable wretch! You dare to collude with the Sky Demons!”
Ao Mingzhu, who was locked in combat with a Sky Demon, let out a roar. Her aqua-blue, four-clawed dragon form suddenly pounced into the clouds, dragging out a slightly smaller Jiao-dragon. As the two dragons clashed, clouds rolled and thunder crashed!
...
Rumble!
Rumble!
Above the clouds, lightning flashed and thunder roared as the two dragons chased, coiled, and tore at each other. Droplets of bloody rain fell amidst the howling wind, filling the air with a heavy metallic scent.
Below the ship, the three people were already exhausted. Seeing that the Golden Core demon was dead, Hai Ying deflated like a punctured balloon. The red glow enveloping her body faded, and she reverted to her usual sea dragon form.
The sword cultivator was about to fly off on his sword, but the flying sword beneath his feet 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 was completely focused on retrieving his spiritual sword, and was on the verge of being swallowed by the Sky Demons along with it!
“You want your sword more than your life? Are all you sword cultivators this stubborn?!”
Nan Zhi swallowed a Qi-Augmenting Pill, instantly unfastened the Vermilion Bird Lock around her waist, and gathered her strength. A ball of heavenly thunder surged in her palm!
In the next second, she flew straight into the swarm of Sky Demons. She blasted the heads off countless demons, their partial corpses plummeting straight down—
“Catch!”
From high above, Hai Ying threw a chain, but the sword cultivator did not reach for it. He stubbornly dove straight into the black mist to retrieve his sword!
Nan Zhi kicked off the ship's hull and rushed to grab him. Thrusting her knee forward, she kicked him a hundred zhang away, then whipped out her chain, barely managing to hook and drag back the cold, gleaming spiritual sword!
It was incredibly close!
Seeing that Nan Zhi had retrieved the spiritual sword, the sword cultivator immediately looked over, a trace of gratitude appearing in his otherwise calm, deep eyes.
“Let's get up there first!”
Looking at the dense cluster of red-named monsters spawning on her map, Nan Zhi made a prompt decision and fled immediately!
The three of them escaped back onto the ship, only to find that the Splendid Platform was already completely surrounded by Sky Demons from the Wuwang Sea!
Wanniang and Hongluo should be in their room by now. There was a grand defense formation on the ship, so as long as the Splendid Platform remained intact, they would be safe!
But if the Dragon Girl and Zong Zheng were defeated and the Splendid Platform was destroyed...
—The dragon roars from earlier had been heard clearly by everyone present.
Naturally, they also knew about Ao Run's collusion with the Sky Demons in his attempt to seize the Rakshasa Sea Market.
Dragon roars echoed from above. Nan Zhi immediately looked up, only to see two dragons—one large, one small—tearing at each other as they plummeted straight into the Wuwang Sea!
In the blink of an eye, thousands of Sky Demons pounced, submerging the two dragons like a tidal wave. Everyone present turned pale!
The Wuwang Sea was the nest of the Sky Demons and the source of the black mist.
No cultivator had ever crossed the Wuwang Sea alive!
With both dragons heavily injured and falling into the sea, they were undoubtedly doomed.
Clang!
High in the sky, Zong Zheng slashed Tiancan with his sword. Seeing that the fates of the two dragons were unknown, he immediately sacrificed a talisman. In an instant, the pressure of the Deity Transformation stage enveloped the surroundings, and his sword sliced off half of Duanyu's head!
As the Sect Master's son, Zong Zheng naturally possessed a life-saving secret technique that allowed him to unleash a Deity Transformation-grade strike, though the cost was immense.
With one demon dead and the other injured, Zong Zheng did not pursue them. Spitting out a mouthful of blood, he immediately turned back to protect the flying boat!
The Dragon Girl's fall into the sea was a settled matter.
The black mist devoured spiritual energy; even a Deity Transformation cultivator would find it difficult to escape from it.
He was currently heavily injured. Who was to say the Sky Demons would not return?
Under the circumstances, the only right course of action was to immediately flee the battlefield and protect the lives of the cultivators on board!
Feeling the Splendid Platform suddenly accelerate, Nan Zhi abruptly looked back, a thought suddenly flashing through her mind:
The Rakshasa Sea Market needed the Dragon Girl, Mingzhu, not the Jiao-dragon, Ao Run!
The Dragon Girl could not die.
Could the chaos in the Rakshasa Sea Market five hundred years later be related to the death of the Sea Market Master?
The Dragon Girl absolutely could not die!
The Four Provinces Continent must not fall into chaos and repeat the same mistakes!
After thinking for a mere second, she formed a hand seal, sending out a paper figure to notify Hongluo and Wanniang, agreeing to meet at the Rakshasa Sea Market. Then, she abruptly leapt into the Rakshasa Sea!
“Ma Jiu! What are you do—”
“Fellow Daoist!”
She was so fast that neither Hai Ying nor the sword cultivator beside her had time to stop her!
The Splendid Platform's grand formation activated, and in the blink of an eye, the ship vanished. Only Nan Zhi was left, riding the wind and heading straight into the depths of the Wuwang Sea.
...
What exactly was in the Wuwang Sea?
Nan Zhi had once pondered this question very seriously.
When she had gone down to slay demons earlier, she realized that the black mist of the Wuwang Sea did not have much of an effect on her.
Aside from her spiritual energy flowing a bit sluggishly at the very beginning, once she grew accustomed to the black mist, she felt like a fish in water, experiencing a strange sense of familiarity.
Beneath the black mist, it was not the endless sea level she had imagined.
The interior of the black mist was more like a chaotic multidimensional space. Sometimes the seawater was above, sometimes islands floated in the sky, and sometimes the sea surged with waves rolling from low to high.
Sky Demons traveled in swarms within the black mist. Nan Zhi moved carefully, concealing herself in the mirage mist as she advanced at a steady pace.
The Wuwang Sea was truly vast.
Nan Zhi searched for over seven days before she finally found the dying Dragon Girl in her true form on an island covered in jagged rocks.
Beside the Dragon Girl lay the corpse of the Jiao-dragon, already dead with its white bones exposed.
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