After Lu Ming and his group departed, the Grand Elder and the rest of the crowd had just returned to the Heavenly Demon Sect's quarters.
Suddenly, his entire aura shifted.
A terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire area.
Diao San and the others paled, taking half a step back in unison, their minds shaken to the core.
Many felt their knees go weak and nearly collapsed to the ground.
Niu Lansan wondered in his heart, Just how strong is this Grand Elder?
He felt even more terrifying than Fu Yunshen.
Just then, the Grand Elder's voice rang out:
“From now on, you are all to focus entirely on your cultivation. Your Great Sect Master's future enemies are bound to be incredibly powerful. Do not hold him back...”
“Yes, sir!!”
Diao San, Niu Lansan, and the others replied in unison.
Afterward, Diao San sent a sound transmission directly to Fei Jiujin and the others, telling them to return.
They began to dedicate themselves fully to cultivation, leaving the task of gathering information to the former Blood Fiend Tower disciples managed by Mu Linsen.
In truth, Diao San and the others had also realized that, aside from Fei Jiujin, those of them still at the Golden Core stage were already struggling to keep up with the three Sect Masters.
Subsequently, the disciples of the entire Heavenly Demon Sect threw themselves into a frenzy of cultivation.
Using the techniques provided by the Grand Elder, their cultivation progressed at a breakneck pace, advancing by leaps and bounds daily.
“Woohoo! Brothers, look, the ocean!”
“Woof!!”
“Eldest Senior Brother, that's a lot of water!”
After passing through a mountain forest, Lu Ming and his group finally caught sight of the Wuwang Sea.
Standing on the spirit boat, Lu Ming and the others stared wide-eyed at the distant horizon where the sea met the sky.
For a moment, Lu Ming couldn't tell if they had reached the ends of the earth or the edge of the sky.
“If the ocean could bring back a love once lost, let me spend a lifetime waiting. If you no longer yearn for those passionate memories, let them drift away with the wind...”
Lu Ming closed his eyes, passionately singing the only song he knew about the ocean.
Beside him, Big Yellow couldn't help but sigh.
Boss is missing his late fiancée again!
The other spirit boats nearby flew alongside Lu Ming's.
Hearing Lu Ming's singing, Wang Defa shook his head.
“What kind of nonsense is he singing? It sounds awful...”
“A touch of red...”
Promptly, Wang Defa began humming his own favorite ditty. This was much more spirited.
Bao Duoduo turned to ask Fu Chen, “Has the Great Sect Master been dumped before?”
Clutching his sword, Fu Chen said coldly:
“Do not let me find out who she is! She will die.”
To dare make the Great Sect Master sad—she must have a death wish.
Bao Duoduo's lip twitched. Good grief, what is wrong with these people? Threatening death over nothing.
...
“Prepare the barbecue!”
Just then, Lu Ming turned around and shouted.
“You got it!”
Big Yellow barked in agreement, pulling dry firewood from its storage bag and starting to prep the fire.
With perfect tacit understanding, Huang Tianbao pulled out various seasonings and made preparations.
Meanwhile, Lu Ming retrieved his Weapon Vault. With a mere thought, the vault transformed into a massive net.
Lu Ming nodded in satisfaction. This Weapon Vault truly was a divine tool for both travel and slaughter.
“Hurry, hurry! Come help!”
Lu Ming cast the net directly at a passing school of fish.
“Coming!”
Big Yellow ran excitedly to Lu Ming's side.
“Right away!”
Huang Tianbao stopped what he was doing and quickly ran over to help.
“Hahaha!”
Lu Ming laughed heartily as he hauled the massive net out of the seawater.
The net was filled with all kinds of plump fish, turtles, shrimp, and crabs...
Sizzle...
A mouth-watering aroma filled the air. As the various seafood items were roasted to a golden, crispy perfection, Lu Ming sprinkled seasonings over them.
“Delicious!”
“Mhm, mhm!”
“So fresh!”
Soon, the two men and one dog began to gorge themselves.
...
As they ventured deeper, various sea beasts and sea birds began to attack their spirit boat, though they were mostly low-rank creatures.
However, as they pressed onward, the attacking sea beasts grew increasingly stronger.
Yet, for Soul Transformation stage cultivators like them, this was no issue at all. They could easily handle it with a wave of their hands.
Traveling was a tedious affair. In the days that followed, they took turns keeping watch while the other two cultivated.
One day, the weather was exceptionally fine. None of the three were cultivating; instead, they sat on the spirit boat, drinking tea and chatting.
Just then, the winds suddenly rose, and clouds began to gather.
The sky, which had been clear for thousands of miles just a moment ago, was suddenly covered by dark clouds within the span of a single breath.
A howling gale swept in, plunging the entire sky into darkness.
Not far away, the spiritual light protecting Wang Defa's spirit boat flickered violently under the assault of the gale.
“Run!”
Sensing the terrifying force within the gale, Lu Ming's face fell as he bellowed.
He could sense that the storm contained power exceeding the Unity stage.
Even his divine sense was torn to shreds by the winds.
Lu Ming took control of the spirit boat and immediately boosted the protective barrier to its maximum level.
At the same time, he steered the boat to make a hasty escape.
Boom!
Before they could escape, the raging storm enveloped them completely.
The entire spirit boat began to tumble and spin wildly within the tempest.
He raised a Soul Transformation-level spiritual light shield and barked,
“Activate your defenses! This storm isn't right!”
Simultaneously, he activated a defensive magical artifact.
Without a second thought, Huang Tianbao and Big Yellow also activated their own defensive magical artifacts.
Over the next moments, Lu Ming felt as if he had been thrown into a washing machine.
Safe within several layers of protective barriers, they tumbled and spun violently along with the spirit boat.
“Eldest Senior Brother, how much longer is this storm going to last?”
Huang Tianbao asked.
Lu Ming's expression was grim. He also had no idea when this violent tempest would begin to subside.
Boom! Boom!
Just then, the terrifying storm grew even more violent.
The horrific force within it caused the spirit boat's barrier to warp and distort violently.
Crack!
At that exact moment, the wildly spinning spirit boat completely lost control.
It was swept spinning into the upper atmosphere, and its protective barrier shattered right after.
Lu Ming and the other two were instantly thrown out.
The moment he was flung into the air, Lu Ming prepared to raise another barrier.
Thud!
A sea turtle demon beast enveloped in a black barrier was swept up by the storm and slammed directly into Lu Ming.
Spurt!
Lu Ming spat out a mouthful of blood, his body spinning uncontrollably in the storm.
He couldn't help but curse in his heart, Dammit, what rotten luck!
“Boss! Eldest Senior Brother!”
Lu Ming seemed to hear the shouts of the other two.
However, he could no longer afford to worry about them at this moment.
Intense pain racked his entire body, making him feel as if he were about to be torn to shreds.
If not for his body refining technique, he suspected he would have already been reduced to mincemeat.
Gritting his teeth against the excruciating pain, Lu Ming forced open a spiritual shield.
Pop!
The moment the shield formed, it was instantly torn apart.
Boom!
Just as the spiritual shield was about to rip open, Lu Ming activated another defensive magical artifact.
Before the storm could tear through it, he activated three more defensive magical artifacts in rapid succession.
When they had set off on this trip, these were the items they had brought in the greatest abundance.
Lu Ming lost track of how many defensive magical artifacts and protective array disks he had used before he finally felt the storm's power begin to wane.
Once the tempest's fury subsided, Lu Ming began searching for Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao.
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