Chapter 1996: Four Seas Spirit-Controlling Formation and Breaking the Ban

Deep under the sea, tens of thousands of feet down, two blue lights suddenly flared, revealing Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

They both simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief, their backs drenched in cold sweat.

Fortunately, Wang Ruyan had crafted a Sky Veil Talisman for concealing their forms; otherwise, their chances of survival would have been slim.

"It seems both the Blood Shark Clan and the Golden Scale Clan are looking for us. They even sent Void Refinement cultivators; they must think highly of us."

Wang Ruyan said with a frown. Logically, they were only Spirit Transformation cultivators, so it was truly strange for the Golden Scale Clan to dispatch Void Refinement cultivators to find them.

If the escaped sea beast had been of noble status and died from severe injuries, it would be understandable for the Golden Scale Clan to send Void Refinement cultivators. The problem was, if they were hunting demon beasts, their status couldn't have been very high.

"Perhaps she was just passing by, or maybe they weren't chasing us, but Jiao Yao and Gui Shisan."

Wang Changsheng analyzed, remembering Jiao Yao and Gui Shisan. According to Jiao Qing'er, they were also headed to Mystic Turtle Island. If they had caused significant trouble, it wouldn't be surprising for the Golden Scale Clan to send Void Refinement cultivators.

"Jiao Yao and Gui Shisan? That's possible. Could their objective be the same as ours?"

Wang Ruyan proposed a bold guess, her brows furrowed deeply.

Logically, Mystic Turtle Island was within the Golden Scale Clan's territory. For Jiao Yao and Gui Shisan to travel all the way there, there must be something amiss.

Jiao Yao and Gui Shisan were unwilling to take them along, possibly because they considered this point and thus didn't include them.

"Never mind them. Even if their objective is the same as ours, as long as we reach the destination first, the treasure will be ours."

Wang Changsheng shrugged it off, took out a yellow jade ruyi, and infused it with magical power. A yellow light shot out, transforming into a thick yellow light barrier that enveloped both of them.

Wrapped in the yellow light barrier, the two rapidly moved through the ground.

In a certain sea area, the surface of the ocean suddenly burst open, and two somewhat disheveled figures flew out, landing on a desolate island. It was Jiao Yao and Gui Shisan. Their bodies were covered in wounds, blood stained their clothes, and their aura was weak.

They had been cautious all the way, avoiding members of the Golden Scale Clan. After reaching the clan's inner territory, they encountered a Golden Qilin. A fierce battle ensued, and while they managed to destroy the Golden Qilin's physical body, they were also severely injured.

"Damn it, we actually ran into a Golden Qilin. It seems we'll have to fly over the surface now."

Jiao Yao cursed, her face revealing unwillingness.

"There's no other way. The question now is, could the two fellow cultivators have the same objective as us? Their journey all the way to Mystic Turtle Island is truly suspicious."

Gui Shisan said with a frown.

"Don't worry, they won't reach Mystic Turtle Island so easily. The Blood Shark Sea teems with Blood Shark Beasts, which are ferocious and bloodthirsty. Furthermore, even if their objective is the same as ours, with only the two of them, it's impossible for them to break through the restriction."

Jiao Yao appeared confident.

Gui Shisan let out a soft sigh and said, "Let's find a place to heal our injuries first and get to our destination as quickly as possible! I hope their objective is different from ours."

The two found an uninhabited cave and meditated to heal their wounds.

Mystic Turtle Island was named for its resemblance to a mystic turtle, measuring over 5,300 li from east to west and over 4,200 li from north to south.

The waters near Mystic Turtle Island were home to a large number of turtle and tortoise-like demon beasts, and other races often came here to hunt them.

Ten thousand zhang beneath the sea, a five-zhang-long blood-red shark pursued a completely black giant turtle. The black giant turtle's escape speed was incredibly fast, so the blood-red shark did not give chase.

After a while, the blood-red shark stopped. Not far away was a colorful coral reef, and the seabed was uneven, with numerous sea turtles and softshell turtles swimming around. As the blood-red shark passed, all the demon beasts scattered to avoid it.

Inside the blood-red shark, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stood side by side, their expressions excited, yet with a hint of apprehension in their eyes.

Wang Changsheng held a piece of green beast hide in his hand and nodded, saying, "This is it, no mistake."

He formed a hand seal, and a zhang-wide opening appeared in the belly of the golden shark. With a wave of Wang Changsheng's right hand, nine blue lights shot out, revealing nine Sea-Stabilizing Beads.

All nine Sea-Stabilizing Beads lit up brightly at once, causing the seawater to churn violently. Suddenly, a blue water barrier, about an acre in size, appeared. The seawater was pushed out from the blue barrier, and some demon beasts that crashed into it seemed to hit an impenetrable wall.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stepped out, their gazes solemn.

Wang Changsheng flipped his palm, and with a flash of spiritual light, a translucent small axe appeared in his hand—it was the Glazed Spirit-Slaying Axe.

He poured his immense magical power into the Glazed Spirit-Slaying Axe and swung it towards the seabed.

A piercing sound ripped through the air as a misty, colossal axe blade swept out, striking the seabed.

A tremendous rumble!

With a deafening boom, the seabed cracked open, faintly revealing a flash of white light. Runes flowed erratically, and a gigantic mystic turtle pattern could be clearly seen, moving constantly across the surface of the white light barrier as if alive.

No one could have imagined that a Void Refinement cultivator's immortal cave was hidden here.

Huang Lizhi had stumbled upon this ancient cultivator's immortal cave by chance, but was unable to break through its restrictions and was eventually captured by Wang Changsheng.

A dazzling blue light simultaneously illuminated Wang Changsheng's and Wang Ruyan's bodies. Wang Changsheng's aura surged dramatically, rapidly advancing to the late Spirit Transformation stage.

The Glazed Spirit-Slaying Axe in his hand erupted with blinding spiritual light as he swung it again at the white light barrier.

A blinding blue axe blade swept out, resembling a blue full moon, striking the white light barrier, which immediately caved inward.

The next moment, the gigantic mystic turtle on the surface of the white light barrier let out an extremely strange roar. The light barrier instantly returned to normal, deflecting the blue full moon, which then struck the blue water barrier and vanished without a trace.

"The Four Seas Spirit-Warding Array! It can reflect attacks! Truly extraordinary."

Wang Changsheng muttered to himself. The Four Seas Spirit-Warding Array could reflect all attacks, including spells, physical treasures, or brute force, possessing extremely strong defensive capabilities.

Wang Changsheng put away the Glazed Spirit-Slaying Axe and conjured a palm-sized blue jade bottle, glittering with spiritual light. The characters "Taiyin" were inscribed on its body; it was indeed the Taiyin Bottle.

This treasure was refined from Taiyin Divine Crystals and other materials, used to contain Underworld Moon Water.

Wang Changsheng channeled a hand seal into the Taiyin Bottle. It spun rapidly, its size expanding dramatically. With its mouth facing downwards, streams of bone-chilling Styx River Water poured out, splashing onto the white light barrier. Runes flickered incessantly on the barrier's surface, and the gigantic mystic turtle let out a series of extremely strange roars.

The white light barrier visibly froze, and the ice layer was black.

In less than ten breaths, more than half of the white light barrier had turned black.

Wang Changsheng took a deep breath. With a hand seal, the blue water barrier instantly expanded to thirty thousand acres. Simultaneously, the Glazed Spirit-Slaying Axe in his hand surged with spiritual light as he swung it towards the black ice layer.

A piercing blue axe blade swept out, accurately striking the black ice layer.

With a tremendous roar, the gigantic mystic turtle let out an extremely strange shriek, its body flickering in and out of view.

Wang Changsheng's aura weakened, while Wang Ruyan's aura surged to the late Spirit Transformation stage. Holding the Mortal World Flute with both hands, she began to play. A cheerful flute melody rang out, and an invisible sound wave swept forth, causing the void to vibrate and distort.

With a dull crack, a tiny fissure appeared on the surface of the black ice layer. Soon, however, the number of cracks rapidly increased.