Chapter 3035: Wang Ruyi in Danger

A terrifying bloody hole had burst open in the silver squid's head. The area around the wound was frozen, its blood completely congealed by ice.

Wang Qingxiao descended from the sky, landing in front of the silver squid. His expression was cold, and there were some bloodstains on his body.

Six Void Refinement cultivators had attacked. Wang Qingxiao had killed five of them, but their losses were also significant. Wang Mianmian, Tao Hao, and over thirty Spirit Transformation cultivators had been killed.

"Qingxiao, are you alright?" Wang Qingcheng and Sun Yuejiao flew over from a distance, landing in front of Wang Qingxiao.

"I'm fine, but many clan members were killed or injured," Wang Qingxiao replied, his face grim.

The enemy had used special thunder pearls, then deployed a complete set of Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures to break through their formation. They also temporarily disabled the teleportation array, which prevented clan members from teleporting away, leading to such heavy casualties.

"Didn't we have a teleportation array? How could the losses be so severe?" Wang Qingcheng asked, his brow furrowed in confusion.

"They used a secret talisman to disable the teleportation array. I performed a soul search on a Void Refinement cultivator. The Silver Shark Clan intends to severely damage our Wang family to establish their prestige," Wang Qingxiao explained, frowning. He noted that the Silver Shark Clan sought to assert dominance over the Wang family, which was why they resorted to secret talismans and special thunder pearls; otherwise, the Wang family's losses wouldn't have been so significant.

"Assert dominance over our Wang family?" Sun Yuejiao frowned, realizing this was not good news. Then she remembered something: "By the way, where's Ruyi? Is she safe?"

Wang Ruyi was also on Purple Clam Island, which had a teleportation array that could send people to Snow Clam Island or further back. However, the enemy used a secret talisman to disable the array, preventing Wang Ruyi from teleporting away. The secret talisman used to disable the teleportation array was very valuable; the Silver Shark Clan had clearly invested heavily to deal with the Wang family.

As the saying goes, 'fame invites trouble, a fat pig gets slaughtered.' The greater the Wang family's reputation, the more likely foreign races would target them to establish dominance if a racial conflict erupted in the sea region.

"She escaped using an escape technique. We must go find her quickly; she absolutely cannot be harmed," Wang Qingxiao said, his face filled with worry.

Wang Ruyi had stayed on Purple Clam Island to consult him about the growth of flood dragons. If anything happened to Wang Ruyi, Wang Qingxiao didn't know how he would explain it to Wang Changsheng.

"Don't worry! Ruyi has a protective spiritual talisman on her. Since father dared to let her participate in the battle, he must have given her a seventh-tier talisman, so she shouldn't be in too much danger. Let's go find her immediately! Yuejiao, you go inform the others to send more people to search for Ruyi," Wang Qingcheng suggested.

Sun Yuejiao agreed, and the three of them split up.

In a vast, boundless blue sea region, a streak of red escape light streaked across the sky at an incredibly high speed.

"Where do you think you're going, wretched girl? Leave your life behind!" A cold male voice echoed, reverberating through the heavens and earth.

As soon as the voice faded, the sea surface violently churned. A towering wave, hundreds of feet high, rose up and crashed towards the red escape light. The red escape light was sent flying backward, slamming heavily onto a deserted island.

The escape light dissipated, revealing Wang Ruyi's figure. Her face was pale, and she was covered by a shimmering red light barrier. Her eyes were filled with terror.

She had been on Purple Clam Island consulting Wang Qingxiao about flood dragon cultivation when, unexpectedly, powerful enemies attacked. She had intended to use the teleportation array to escape, but it had been disabled. Wang Qingxiao and the other two had intercepted the Void Refinement cultivators, buying them time to escape. A foreign Void Refinement cultivator at the early stage had targeted the Wang family's Spirit Transformation cultivators, resulting in dozens of clan members being killed. Wang Ruyi, protected by a spiritual talisman, narrowly escaped, but was still targeted by the foreign Void Refinement cultivator.

The sea surface churned violently, raising a towering wave. A short, stout old man in a blue robe, with a round face and small eyes, stood atop the monstrous wave, his face filled with murderous intent.

He was disheveled and covered in blood. Wang Ruyi's use of a seventh-tier talisman had forced him to expend a substitute talisman.

Wang Ruyi possessed a protective spiritual talisman and a seventh-tier talisman. She was undoubtedly a core disciple of the Wang family. Capturing her would certainly be a great meritorious deed.

Seeing the blue-robed old man, Wang Ruyi's face tightened in panic, and spiritual light flared around her as she flew rapidly into the distance.

She flew for dozens of miles. Suddenly, her surroundings changed; a large amount of white mist billowed from the ground, enveloping her figure.

"A formation!" Wang Ruyi's expression tightened. How could the enemy have set up a formation here? Did the enemy somehow know in advance that she would escape this way? That would be too formidable!

The blue-robed old man was slightly startled; he had personally seen Wang Ruyi suddenly vanish.

"I am Yin Miao. May I ask which fellow Daoist is here? Please, for the sake of the Silver Shark Clan, hand this person over to me," the blue-robed old man said politely, as if realizing something.

This area had always been the territory of the Silver Shark Clan. Most likely, a high-level cultivator had settled here, and Wang Ruyi must have accidentally stumbled into their formation. If it were a human cultivator coming to meet Wang Ruyi, they would have appeared by now.

Hearing this, Wang Ruyi's face tightened. She was already prepared to commit suicide. She would rather die than fall into the hands of a foreign race. If the enemy discovered her identity, they would surely use it to threaten Wang Changsheng.

"What is True Monarch Taihao to you?" A deep male voice entered Wang Ruyi's ears.

As soon as the voice fell, a handsome young man in a green robe materialized out of thin air, appearing before Wang Ruyi. It was Long Qingfeng, the youngest son of the former Palace Master of the Nine Dragon Palace.

"A Void Refinement cultivator!" Wang Ruyi's heart sank to the bottom. She said coldly, "Even if I die, I won't fall into your hands."

"Die? I didn't say I would kill you! Your body carries such a strong flood dragon aura. What is your relationship with True Monarch Ice Flood Dragon?" Long Qingfeng pressed for an answer.

The outside world believed Wang Qingxiao was a half-demon with a flood dragon bloodline. Combined with his mastery of ice-attributed divine abilities, they referred to him as True Monarch Ice Flood Dragon.

Wang Ruyi froze, her expression shifting. After a moment of thought, she asked, "Senior, do you know Ancestor Qingxiao?"

"I've heard of him. It seems your status in the Wang family is quite high. You must frequently see True Monarch Ice Flood Dragon, otherwise, the flood dragon aura on your body wouldn't be so strong," Long Qingfeng said meaningfully.

If he didn't possess the flood dragon bloodline himself, he wouldn't have been able to detect the flood dragon aura attached to Wang Ruyi. Simply put, only those of the same kind could detect it; ordinary cultivators could not.

"Flood dragon aura! Senior, are you...?" Wang Ruyi was slightly stunned. No one had ever mentioned that she carried a flood dragon aura.

"I'll take care of him first!" Long Qingfeng's body erupted in green light, transforming into a green flood dragon, and flew out.

"A sixth-tier flood dragon!" Wang Ruyi was astonished.

Not long after, agonizing screams echoed from outside, and the ground began to shake violently.

Long Qingfeng flew back, landing in front of Wang Ruyi. He took out a green jade bottle and tossed it to her.

"For the sake of True Monarch Taihao and True Monarch Ice Flood Dragon, I've saved your life. You may leave." Long Qingfeng issued an order for her to depart.

"Senior, this is, after all, the territory of a foreign race. If you don't mind, please come with me to meet our Old Ancestor; he will surely reward you generously," Wang Ruyi said cautiously.

"Generous rewards? I don't need them. I'm in a good mood today, so you should leave. If my mood sours later, I won't be so courteous to you." Long Qingfeng's tone grew cold, and he lifted the restriction.

The Wang family's cultivation of flood dragons was no secret, and Wang Qingxiao's existence was even less of a secret. Compared to the Silver Shark Clan, Long Qingfeng held a more favorable impression of the Wang family.

"Thank you, Senior, for saving my life. I will definitely inform our Old Ancestor, and he will express our profound gratitude," Wang Ruyi promised, transforming into a streak of red escape light and vanishing into the horizon.

Long Qingfeng watched Wang Ruyi's retreating figure and let out a light sigh. He muttered to himself, "It seems I'll have to find another place to live again. I can't even settle down."

On Snow Clam Island, in a secluded manor, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Xiao Wentian sat in a stone pavilion, enjoying tea and conversing. Wang Changsheng held a silver jade box. Inside was a silver demon core. It was Yin Peng's inner core, which Wang Changsheng had acquired by trading formation materials, intending to give it to the Kylin Turtle to consume.