Chapter 1465: 除妖

The Golden Gull Sea was cloudless, with the blazing sun directly overhead.

A team of cultivators patrolled high in the sky, their expressions tense and vigilant.

Leading them was a tall, middle-aged man at the ninth level of Core Formation.

Behind him were six more Core Formation cultivators, including Liu Wuya, who carried a long red saber on his back and was missing an arm.

Liu Wuya had operated in the Five-Dragon Sea for many years. After the great war between humans and demons, the number of demonic beasts sharply declined, making hunting them more challenging. To make a living, he and his cultivation partner joined the Rogue Cultivator Alliance. By chance, they entered the Five-Dragon Secret Realm to seek treasure, unexpectedly becoming embroiled in a conflict between the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and the Wang family.

His cultivation partner died at the hands of Wang Youwei while covering for him. Liu Wuya fortunately obtained the inheritance and a large amount of wealth from the Five-Dragon Palace. For years, Liu Wuya had diligently cultivated, reaching the sixth level of Core Formation. He was now stuck at a bottleneck and, to break through, had to venture out to sea to hunt demonic beasts.

In recent months, a Tier 4 demonic beast had appeared in the Golden Gull Sea, attacking cultivators indiscriminately. The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Golden Gull Sea organized a hunting party, but they not only failed to capture it, they suffered losses, and one Nascent Soul cultivator was even injured by the beast.

"I heard True Monarch Zhao was also injured by that beast," Liu Wuya sighed. "I hope we don't encounter it, or we'll be in serious trouble."

Liu Wuya sighed, not wanting to get involved in this dangerous situation. However, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Golden Gull Sea had forcibly conscripted them, and disobedience meant they would no longer be able to make a living there.

The Golden Gull Sea was remote, far from the Five-Dragon Sea, so the Wang family's influence did not reach this area. Liu Wuya, with no other option, had to agree.

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "We have a full set of puppet constructs made by the Wang family. Even if we encounter this beast, we can retreat safely. I've also heard that Senior Jin of the Golden Gull Sect has arrived, so it's certain we can eliminate this beast."

"Heh heh, Fellow Daoist Sun is truly well-informed. You are indeed worthy of being the Sect Master of the Flowing Cloud Sect."

"I heard Brother Feiyang was fortunate enough to meet True Monarch Taihao in his early years, and True Monarch Taihao even saved your life. No wonder you managed to acquire a full set of puppet constructs."

Sun Feiyang smiled and said, "How could I afford a full set of puppet constructs? Senior Jin took these from the treasury, and we'll have to return them after we eliminate that beast. If I didn't have them, I wouldn't dare venture out to sea."

Just then, the calm sea surface violently erupted, and a gigantic demonic beast abruptly leaped out of the water.

The beast had the head of an ape and the body of a dragon, covered in pale green scales. A pair of blue, fleshy wings, over ten zhang wide, sprouted from its back, and a large red fleshy crest adorned its head, making it appear exceptionally ferocious. This was a low-grade Tier 4 demonic beast.

"Oh no, it's that beast! Quickly, use the puppet constructs to trap it!"

Sun Feiyang shouted, hastily releasing two gigantic golden eagles. Each eagle sprayed out dense golden threads, entangling the beast's enormous body.

The other Core Formation cultivators each summoned a bird-shaped puppet construct, which also sprayed fine threads, entangling the beast.

The beast suddenly spewed raging flames, instantly snapping all the threads. Its thick, long tail violently slammed the sea surface, causing it to erupt and send hundreds of foot-long blue water arrows flying directly towards them.

Liu Wuya slashed his red long saber towards the void, unleashing a thirty-zhang-long crimson saber qi that flew to meet the attack.

The others also cast spells to defend against the blue water arrows.

A series of booming sounds rang out, and multicolored spell lights flared high in the sky.

A loud roar suddenly erupted, and Sun Feiyang and the six others felt as if their heads had been struck by a heavy object, leaving them disoriented.

"A soul attack! This is a mutated demonic beast!"

Sun Feiyang was greatly alarmed. The Nascent Soul cultivators had not informed them that the beast possessed soul attack abilities, and even if they had known, it would have been of little use, as magic treasures capable of defending against soul attacks were extremely rare.

The beast's fleshy wings flapped fiercely, creating a powerful gale, and it suddenly appeared before them, opening its massive maw to bite a Core Formation cultivator.

A woman's scream pierced the air as she was swallowed whole by the beast.

Just then, a golden light suddenly flared above the beast's head, revealing a small, exquisite golden pagoda. A lifelike golden gull was carved into its body.

Following a sharp bird cry, the golden pagoda rapidly expanded in size, growing to over a hundred zhang tall and shimmering with golden light.

The golden pagoda sprayed out a stream of golden light, instantly engulfing the beast.

The beast's massive body rapidly shrank, swept by the golden light into the gigantic golden pagoda.

A golden light shone in the void, revealing a kind-faced old man in golden robes. A golden gull pattern adorned the old man's robes.

This was True Monarch Jinou, an early Nascent Soul cultivator and the Sect Master of the Golden Gull Sect.

The Golden Gull Sea was remote, with limited cultivation resources, so the number of Nascent Soul cultivators was small. The emergence of a Tier 4 demonic beast attacking cultivators had caused severe disruption, injuring even an early Nascent Soul cultivator.

True Monarch Jinou devised a plan: use Core Formation cultivators as bait and launch a sneak attack while the beast was consuming one. This strategy finally succeeded in capturing the beast.

Before he could rejoice, an enraged roar echoed. The sea surface violently erupted, sending waves dozens of zhang high, as an even larger beast flew out from the seabed. This was also a low-grade Tier 4 demonic beast, equivalent to an early Nascent Soul cultivator.

"How can there be another Tier 4 demonic beast? Impossible!"

True Monarch Jinou was dumbfounded. Generally, the appearance of even one low-grade Tier 4 demonic beast in the Golden Gull Sea was a rare occurrence, perhaps once a century; the appearance of two was truly unprecedented.

He didn't have time to think further. The beast opened its massive maw, spewing raging flames, and an overwhelming heatwave swept towards them.

True Monarch Jinou tried to dodge, but an extremely enraged roar sounded, making him dizzy and unsteady, nearly causing him to fall from the sky.

Boom!

Raging flames engulfed True Monarch Jinou. The beast's tail slammed the sea surface, raising hundred-zhang-high waves that transformed into hundreds of blue water arrows, flying directly towards Sun Feiyang and the others.

Sun Feiyang and the others hastily cast spells to defend, but two Core Formation cultivators could not dodge in time and were pierced through by the dense barrage of blue water arrows, their bodies plummeting into the sea.

The beast leaped out of the sea, opened its massive maw, and bit the golden pagoda, emitting a dull clang of metal colliding.

"You beast, this is not your place to act so presumptuously!"

A majestic male voice echoed from the horizon. Immediately after, a deafening roar reverberated, and the sea surface violently churned. A hundred-zhang-long blue water python surged from a distance, accurately striking the beast. The beast, along with the golden pagoda, was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the sea.

A loud whooshing sound filled the air as a white light streaked across the sky, flying towards them. Wherever the white light passed, a large amount of white ice shards appeared in the void.

With a dull thud, the white light struck the beast's head, which rapidly began to freeze.

Blue lights shimmered above the beast's head, resolving into the figure of Wang Changsheng. His hands gripped the Grand Clarity Spirit-Slaying Blade as he slashed towards the beast.

With a flash of golden light, the Grand Clarity Spirit-Slaying Blade plunged into the beast's head. It was not yet dead, struggling violently as its massive body attempted to dive towards the seabed.

Boom!

Following a deafening roar, the sea surface exploded, sending hundreds of hundred-zhang-high waves surging upwards. A powerful blast of air spread in all directions, faintly accompanied by a mournful wail.

After the colossal waves subsided, the beast was split in two, its corpse floating on the sea surface, blood staining a large area of the ocean. Wang Changsheng stood on the sea surface, holding the Grand Clarity Spirit-Slaying Blade, his expression indifferent.