In the evening, when the sun sets, the red sunset glow dyes the sky red like a raging fire. The afterglow of the sunset falls on the sea, reflecting the sea surface in red and sparkling.
In the waters near Sanxian Island, a black whale hundreds of feet long floated on the sea, with thousands of high-level cultivators standing on its back. The one with the highest level of cultivation was a woman with beautiful and elegant features. She was wearing a lotus-colored dress with long sleeves trailing on the ground, and a white jade belt around her slender waist.
Song Yan, the leader of the Three Immortals Island, is in the early stage of transformation.
"Calculating the time, Fellow Daoist Zhao and Fellow Daoist Li have also set off, so it's time for us to leave too."
Song Yan waved her sleeves, and the black whale spewed out a huge wave hundreds of feet high. Its huge body twisted and it sneaked quickly. Wherever it passed, the sea water rolled violently, forming a channel for the black whale to pass through.
The black whale moved towards the sunset, and soon it turned into a black dot and disappeared into the vast ocean.
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Penglai Island, in the northwest corner of the island there is a towering black peak. The mountain is steep, and the area above the halfway point is shrouded in thick black fog, which is looming and gives people a sense of mystery.
On the top of the mountain sits a black stone square covering an area of ten thousand acres. Thousands of monks gather in the black stone square. In the center of the square stands a square platform over a hundred feet in size. A middle-aged man with a sallow complexion and as thin and tall as a bamboo stands on the square platform.
The middle-aged man was wearing a black Taoist robe, had sunken eyes, and exuded a strong murderous aura.
Li Zhixuan, the leader of Penglai Island, is in the middle stage of the Spiritual Transformation.
"This is a great opportunity for our race to expand our territory. Those who have made contributions will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. Follow me."
Li Zhixuan waved his right hand, and a black light flew out. It turned out to be a flying boat with black light constantly flowing. There was a hideous skull pattern on the boat, and runes were flashing. It was actually a flying magic treasure.
His figure flashed and he suddenly appeared on the black flying boat.
Tiansha Zhenren and others boarded the black flying boat one after another. After everyone was on board, Li Zhixuan changed his magic spell, and the skulls on the surface of the black flying boat made a "woohoo" ghost crying sound and turned into a black light and flew towards the sky.
Not long after, the black light disappeared.
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Jinchan Island is located at the border between the human and demon races, right next to the territory of the Righteous Alliance. There is a fourth-level spiritual vein on the island.
Ying Shisan was in charge of the Golden Toad Island. He was a half-demon and had endured countless hardships before he cultivated to the early Nascent Soul stage.
The monsters that transform into human form are the monster clan. Without transforming into human form, they cannot open their spiritual intelligence. There is a big difference in strength between the monster clan in the early stage of Nascent Soul and the fourth-order lower-grade monsters. The former is the master and the latter is a human.
The demon clan plundered human monks, and their offspring were born half-demon, which helped the demon clan control the territory.
Ying Shisan's mother was a human and died long ago. He was the thirteenth child and was named Ying Shisan. Among his many brothers and sisters, he was the only one who cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage and was highly valued by his father Ying Xiaotian.
Ying Shisan is stationed on Jinchan Island, and he has five fourth-level monsters and hundreds of third-level monster birds at his command.
Jinchan Island is adjacent to the human territory, and no major war has broken out there for thousands of years. However, Ying Shisan still regularly sends his men to patrol the area to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
A vast and boundless sea, with white clouds above the blue sky.
Dozens of demon birds flew over the sky. A young girl in a green skirt with delicate features sat on the back of a giant green crane. There was a pair of green wings on the back of the girl in the green skirt. She was actually a half-demon. Judging from her cultivation level, she was only in the late Jindan stage.
Ying Qing'er, like Ying Shisan, was born a half-demon. She grew up in the demon clan and had no sense of belonging to the human race.
Ying Qing'er was patrolling with dozens of third-level demon birds, and a salty sea breeze blew.
She has patrolled this sea area for decades and nothing has happened.
When she flew over a deserted island hundreds of miles in size, a loud bang came from the island, and the earth shook.
Ying Qing'er frowned. Could it be that the human race was hunting monsters here? This sea area was rich in monster resources. Occasionally, human cultivators would come here to hunt monsters. Once they were discovered by Ying Qing'er, she would naturally not let them off easily.
Boom!
The ground at the northwest corner of the island suddenly exploded, and a thirty-meter-long yellow python emerged from the ground, its body covered in blood.
The giant yellow python fled quickly into the distance, but before it had gone far, it stopped and died.
Ying Qing'er opened up his spiritual sense and investigated the situation on the island, but did not detect any trace of immortal cultivators.
After a slight hesitation, she commanded a third-level Green Wind Crane to fly towards the deserted island. The Green Wind Crane picked up the giant python's corpse and flew back to Ying Qing'er.
She carefully examined the body of the yellow python and found a huge bloody hole in its abdomen and more than a dozen pinhole-sized holes in its tail. The blood was black, and it was obviously poisoned.
"Are there other monsters underground?"
Ying Qing'er muttered to herself, her hands turned into claws, and she grabbed the yellow python's head, intending to take out the demon pill.
At this moment, a pink round bead flew out from the giant python's belly without any warning, shining with light, obviously a magic weapon.
"Not good, human race!"
Ying Qing'er's face changed drastically, and she was about to cast a spell to resist, when the pink round bead spun around and a large cloud of sweet pink mist emerged.
“Ding ding ding!”
A low bell rang, and Ying Qing'er felt weak all over, dizzy, and pink mist flowed into her body through the pores on her body.
Dozens of demon birds were covered by the pink mist. They struggled hard, flapped their wings, and flew away.
Before they had flown ten miles, they lost control and fell from the sky, and Ying Qing'er was no exception.
A large mound of earth rose up on the ground of the deserted island. Han Chaoyang and thirty-one other monks crawled out from the ground, their expressions excited.
Han Chaoyang took out a green rope, which turned into a green light and wrapped around Ying Qing'er, bringing her back to his side.
Ying Qing'er's face was pale, and she couldn't mobilize any demonic power at all.
"It's you humans indeed!"
Ying Qing'er's face was filled with grief and anger, and her voice was weak.
Han Chaoyang didn't waste any words. He pressed his right hand directly on Ying Qing'er's head. A dazzling light flashed and Ying Qing'er let out a scream of extreme pain.
After a while, Han Chaoyang withdrew his hand and his expression became solemn.
"Ting Shisan, half-demon!"
Han Chaoyang said to himself that with his strength, it would not be a problem to capture Ying Qing'er alive, but there were too many demon birds and it was impossible to capture all of them. If he allowed them to escape everywhere, it might alarm the demon clan.
The fact is just as Han Chaoyang thought. The demon tribe has many patrol teams. Once they encounter a lone demon bird, the patrol team will immediately sound the alarm.
He searched Ying Qing'er's soul to learn more about the situation on Jinchan Island.
"Senior Han, what should we do next?"
Han Zhangxiang asked for instructions.
"Eagle Thirteen is stationed on Jinchan Island. He is a half-demon and is proficient in wind-related magical powers. He has several patrol teams and is not easy to deal with. It is impossible to sneak into Jinchan Island. We can only attack by force. When the time comes, you will help me activate Eagle Thirteen and injure or drive him away. With our strength, it is still difficult to kill Eagle Thirteen."
Han Chaoyang said slowly that if Ying Shisan tried his best to escape, they would not be able to stop Ying Shisan.
If they move forward from the bottom of the sea, they will easily be attacked by fourth-order monsters. If they move forward from high altitude, they will easily be discovered by monster patrols. They have no hidden treasures, so they can only force their way through. It will be enough to drive away Eagle Thirteen, and it is not necessary to kill Eagle Thirteen. Their strength does not allow it.