Chapter 880: Confused Grandpa

Xu Qing sighed at the captain's insane actions, feeling no surprise. The senior brother's declaration about wanting the Sun of Dawn had revealed everything. Xu Qing knew he couldn't stop the captain's suicidal behavior; all he could do was escape to a safer distance.

At that moment, on the red frozen sea, madness gleamed in the captain's eyes and expression. He, who rarely bit others, had been bitten by a clam today, which he found incredibly embarrassing in front of his junior brother.

Thus, in his frenzy, the captain looked down at the clam and burst into laughter. "Do you know, I'm not someone you can just bite on a whim!" As he spoke, the Sun of Dawn in his hand activated, emitting an astonishing, spreading heat.

Wherever the heat spread, the clams went wild, and ripples appeared in the seawater. This terrifying temperature instantly enveloped the entire frozen sea. The very fabric of heaven and earth twisted. Even Xu Qing, who had fled thousands of feet away, could feel the intense heat radiating from behind him.

Although the captain was crazed, he seemed to possess a degree of self-control. Perhaps he didn't wish to perish, or perhaps the clam hadn't bitten hard enough. He merely activated the Sun of Dawn, careful not to let it self-destruct entirely.

This demonstrated the captain's apparent expertise in controlling the Sun of Dawn. After all, he had personally retrieved its ancient prototype from the Sacrificial Yin Long River.

Even so, despite the Sun of Dawn being a domain treasure of the human race, this particular one had been infused with Xu Qing's Crimson Mother flesh. Its power now vastly surpassed that of a normal Sun of Dawn.

Therefore, even the mere spread of this intense heat was astonishing, even within the divine realm. It caused the red frozen sea to ripple, then boil, and its frozen state melted, transforming it into a true ocean.

All the clams on the surface, as far as the eye could see, turned crimson, and the giant eagles within them trembled, their eyes still closed. Yet, under the blazing heat of the Sun of Dawn, even the anomalous sea was forcibly repelled, instantly transforming the area into the "Realm of Dawn."

The captain cackled wildly, his body a blur as he shot toward the clam that had bitten him. In a flash, he plunged in, extracted a divine pearl, and fled. Moving at incredible speed, he seized the opportunity while the clams were open due to the heat, darting about, extracting pearls, and proudly shouting triumphant words.

"You trash, wouldn't it have been easier to just let me take your pearls? You forced me to use my ultimate move. You wouldn't drink the toast, so you'll drink the penalty." "Back then, I could freeze you all and take your pearls freely, and you wouldn't dare make a sound. Even though my cultivation isn't what it was in that previous life, I still have ways to deal with you." "This time, I won't freeze you; I'll boil you!"

Feeling immensely satisfied, the captain yelled to Xu Qing, who was still gaining distance, "Junior brother, you're such a coward! Come on, help me collect these pearls!"

Five thousand feet away, Xu Qing accelerated his departure without a backward glance. Seeing this, the captain shook his head, thinking his junior brother still needed more training. He then hummed a little tune and continued digging for pearls. But just as he had collected over a hundred...

As the seawater boiled more intensely and the overwhelming heat spread further, from a distance, the entire frozen sea resembled boiling water. The clams within it reached their limit, and the giant eagles, stimulated to an extreme, burst open their eyes, revealing black glints and emitting roars.

Thousands of clams, perhaps even more, roared in unison. Their combined voices were deafening, echoing in all directions like the creation of the world. Their struggle reached its absolute peak; some clams even flapped so furiously they seemed to gain wings and began to fly.

The sea began to transform. Water, like fountains, suddenly erupted skyward, one column after another. This sight stunned the captain as he stared at the fluttering clams. "They can fly?" He recalled that this red frozen sea had never undergone such a change, nor had its clams ever flown.

In that bizarre moment, the sea roared. Countless clams all took flight with a whistling sound, and as they continuously flapped, the sea fully erupted, its waters rising into the sky.

The roars from the giant eagles became more fervent, and furious killing intent erupted from their eyes. They fixated on the captain, pursuing him at an accelerated pace.

If that were all, it would have been fine. A cold glint flashed in the captain's eyes. "Who are you trying to scare?" he snorted, about to make a move. But in the next instant, even he gasped in shock...

Because, amidst the roaring and ascending water, the entire sea began to float, and beneath its surface, numerous tentacles emerged. The captain froze. Instinctively, he retracted the Sun of Dawn and turned, sprinting frantically towards Xu Qing.

From a distance, Xu Qing felt the terrifying fluctuations behind him and couldn't resist glancing back. In his eyes, what was rising into the sky wasn't seawater at all; it was an incredibly colossal red jellyfish!

The jellyfish was immense; it had previously resided there, its head the very sea itself. Now clearly stimulated awake, it ascended and turned. Compared to it, the captain was but a speck of dust.

Staring at the terrifying jellyfish, Xu Qing's scalp tingled, and he turned, accelerating his escape. Behind him, the captain wailed, unleashing his full speed, and cried out to Xu Qing, "Junior brother..."

Without a word, Xu Qing extended his right hand backward, making a grabbing motion in the air to lend power. In the next instant, the captain leveraged this boost, gaining even more speed and narrowly dodging a colossal jellyfish tentacle behind him.

Breathing heavily, the captain quickly threw his leather rope. Xu Qing grabbed it and pulled, instantly closing the considerable distance between them.

"Junior brother, this was an accident," the captain whispered as he drew closer to Xu Qing. Xu Qing remained silent, continuing his rapid forward movement.

Behind them, thousands of giant eagles screamed, and the enormous jellyfish floated, giving chase. Furious roars echoed, betraying an unyielding, relentless intent.

Luckily, there were spider webs. The jellyfish's immense body inevitably brushed against them as it moved, slowing its speed and hindering its flexibility.

Yet, this very impedance highlighted the jellyfish's terrifying power. Some of the spider webs snapped as it pressed forward, and some spiders instantly disintegrated upon being repeatedly struck by its swaying motion.

The sight made Xu Qing's heart tremble, and the captain was equally terrified. "When I was here in my previous life, this sea wasn't like this. This... this is actually a giant jellyfish!"

Xu Qing couldn't be bothered to say more; he gritted his teeth and sped onward. Days passed in this manner. Several days later, in the skies of this divine realm, another figure was also frantically running, just like the captain and Xu Qing. This person was Tuoba Shan.

Tuoba Shan was disheveled and looked quite miserable. Behind him, two large, plump whisker fish had locked onto him and were giving chase.

"Why am I so unlucky!" Tuoba Shan muttered, feeling helpless and anxious. Since entering this divine realm, he didn't know why, but after an initially smooth start, things had turned very sour.

He had even encountered the open "Eye of Annihilation." Had it not been for the old man within him assisting at the cost of falling into a deep slumber, Tuoba Shan would have been utterly annihilated by that Eye.

He had believed his misfortune was over, but then these two whisker fish had targeted him, and now the old man was once again in a deep sleep.

Tuoba Shan sighed. Unless he reached his absolute limit, he didn't want to forcibly awaken the old man, as he found it painful to exploit the old man's sacrifice.

"It's fine, there are other ways," Tuoba Shan murmured to himself. "The characteristic of these whisker fish is that they stop once they successfully hunt something." He quickly scanned his surroundings, intending to find someone to divert the danger to.

So, after a diligent search, an hour later, an increasingly disheveled Tuoba Shan spotted two figures whistling towards him from the distant horizon.

"Is that Xu Qing and someone else? Are they also human?" Tuoba Shan's eyes lit up. He felt a moment of conflict about whether to harm Xu Qing, but instantly, he gritted his teeth, thinking, "Better a dead comrade than a dead me; a man without venom is no true man."

"Ah, Xu Qing, Xu Qing, we have no deep ties. Since we've met at this moment... it can only be counted as your bad luck!"

With that thought, Tuoba Shan no longer hesitated. He exerted himself suddenly, activating his remaining strength with a surge of desperation, causing his speed to explode once more. Leading the two whisker fish behind him, he raced directly towards Xu Qing.

Xu Qing and the captain were now also physically and mentally exhausted. For the past few days, they had been relentlessly pursued by the giant jellyfish. Although they had deliberately sought out areas with dense spider webs to slow the jellyfish down, its speed was only gradually decreasing.

However, the pursuit was relentless. The "wordless" power they possessed seemed to have lost its effect against the perception of the two giant jellyfish.

"Our stealth isn't ineffective; it's locked by karmic ties," the captain quickly explained. "But if we can create a significant distance and remain undetected for a few hours, we can sever the karmic link." As Xu Qing nodded, he also spotted Tuoba Shan flying towards them in the distance, accompanied by two whisker fish. Xu Qing's eyebrow twitched.

Simultaneously, an earth-shattering roar erupted from behind Xu Qing and the captain. The giant jellyfish, still entangled in spider webs, was once again closing in, its immense form visible in the distance.

Its sheer size and imposing aura shook the surroundings.

Tuoba Shan's gaze had initially been fixed on Xu Qing, as he led the whisker fish toward him. Now, instinctively, he looked up, his eyes falling on the terrifying giant jellyfish, along with countless clams and eagles, visible on the distant horizon.

At just one glance, sweat beaded on his forehead. The two whisker fish behind him instantly froze, then without a moment's hesitation, they turned and vanished, disappearing into the void in an instant.

As Tuoba Shan's heart churned, Xu Qing and the captain were already approaching, their eyes fixed on him with a strange expression. They had both witnessed the life-threatening danger Tuoba Shan had been in moments earlier.

An idea instantly sparked in Tuoba Shan's mind. Without hesitation, his expression became righteous, and he declared loudly, "Fellow Daoist Xu Qing, I've come to lend you a hand!"

As he spoke, he forcibly stimulated the old man within him. With a wave of his hand, a brilliant light shone, and the old man's bewildered figure appeared, swept by the radiance directly towards the giant jellyfish.