The spiritual ship suddenly shook, causing everyone to fail to react for a moment.
It seemed as if something had struck the hull, making the ship unstable.
Bai Yuqing hurriedly steadied herself.
"Could it be... Are there cultivators blocking the way for a surprise attack again?"
Everyone staggered, stabilized their positions, and quickly inspected below and around the ship, their faces showing a look of panic.
All of this happened too suddenly, they didn’t want to encounter a pirate attack again.
Soon, after their investigation, they discovered several giant figures prowling in the endless blue sea, surrounding the spiritual ship.
Those figures, like shadows, moved through the sea; their bodies were about the size of a small boat, and judging by their contours, they seemed to be a type of fish.
The fins and tails of these creatures were quite sharp, as if they had grown some barbs, and they had limbs, short yet sturdy.
Their overall outline resembled that of a turtle.
A figure leaped out of the sea, creating a huge wave. Its dark, massive body caught everyone’s eyes, with its scales and unusually large head particularly striking.
The rest of its kind stirred up trouble underwater, wielding spiritual power to lash the sea surface, causing the calm sea to suddenly become turbulent, churning up large waves.
These waves were quite unusual, as they rose and transformed into water walls, enclosing the entire spiritual ship.
"Water Wave Cage, this is... Water Spirit Turtles!"
Within the Bai family’s team, Bai Yuanming’s sharp eyes immediately recognized the origin of these creatures and exclaimed, his face carrying a look of bitterness.
In the vast sea, beneath the boundless waters, after tens of thousands of years of reproduction, who knows how many exotic treasures and Heaven and Earth spirit essences it has nurtured, with tens of thousands of demon and spirit beasts, the numbers are beyond counting.
There are astonishing Great Demons that have survived since ancient times, as well as low-tier demon beasts with no intelligence and weak cultivation.
Both strong and weak, in this vast sea, the silhouette of demon beasts is everywhere.
Although, speaking of this Qingli Sea area, it has already become the dominion of sea cultivators, but it is also a paradise for demon beasts.
The prosperity and grandeur showcased by the Qingli Sea Cultivation Realm are actually built upon countless demon beasts.
The presence of top-tier demon beasts makes formidable land enemies intending to invade the sea to think twice, not daring to step in lightly.
Those weak demon beasts, in the eyes of cultivators, serve as raw materials for refining magical artifacts and spirit medicine, as well as the most effective way to obtain Spirit Stones.
Every native sea cultivator, throughout their life, has done one thing the most, which is battling with sea demon beasts.
Either become a meal to a demon beast or hunt demon beasts for their bodies and demon pills to exchange for cultivation resources, thereby benefiting oneself step by step and continuously strengthening.
This behavior diverges from the land cultivators who often engage in human-to-human conflicts to seize treasures by killing their kin, thus highlighting a characteristic of the sea cultivators.
Meanwhile, due to the hidden dangers everywhere in the sea and demon beasts everywhere, sea cultivators have also evolved extremely developed paths of alchemy and artifact refining, resulting in the flourishing of the Alchemy Dao and the Artifact Dao, which persist over time.
After all, demon pills themselves serve as excellent alchemy materials, and the sea lacks nothing more than demon beasts.
The Bai family’s rise also started from hunting demon beasts to obtain cultivation resources, gradually stepping onto the path of cultivation.
The demon beasts appearing before them, upon just a glance, could let the Bai family members discern their origin.
Water Spirit Turtles, this is a Tier One aquatic demon beast, fond of meat, frequently attacking ships at sea, a relatively rare demon beast in the aquatic region.
The probability of encountering them is even lower than being attacked by sharks.
Generally, an adult Water Spirit Turtle’s strength can rival that of a Seventh-Layer Qi Cultivation cultivator, and it possesses innate underwater advantages.
Among the many demon beasts, perhaps the Water Spirit Turtles do not count as the strongest, only considered as low-tier demon beasts, but they are adept at hunting in groups, making them formidable.
Upon hearing the word Water Spirit Turtle, Bai Yuqing and the others’ faces shifted.
Born in the Qingli Sea, they had already heard of such underwater predators, clearly understanding the intent of this group of Water Spirit Turtles.
Evidently, they were being regarded as prey, and the hunt was underway.
With their current strength among the Bai family members present, only three were cultivators, with the highest cultivation level being a Fourth-Layer Qi Cultivation, let alone dealing with a group of Water Spirit Turtles, even just one would be a severe challenge.
What should they do now?
In a split second, Bai Yuqing and the others’ gaze fell again on Lu Changfeng and the three others.
In this situation, it might be only these four cultivators from the Cyan Mountain Sect who could resolve it.
"Water Spirit Turtles, are they trying to prey on us?"
Just as Bai Yuqing and others were tense, Zhang Nianchuan, observing the Water Spirit Turtles in the seawater, his eyes focused, as it was his first time seeing Water Spirit Turtles.
Even though he had ventured into the aquatic region several times, he knew little about the countless demon beasts in the sea and had conducted no research, finding them quite novel after a few glances.
The exclamation from the Bai family elder revealed the aquatic demon beasts’ origin, which he naturally heard.
"Fellow Daoists, be careful, the Water Spirit Turtle, a water attribute demon beast, can, when employing its divine techniques, shoot out sharp water needles from its mouth. These are hard enough to match a Tier One spiritual artifact and can break through the defense of a Tier One Middle Grade spiritual artifact!"
At this moment, Bai Yuanming, who recognized the Water Spirit Turtle, looked at Lu Changfeng and the three standing on the ship’s deck and promptly raised his voice to warn them.
"Moreover, the Water Spirit Turtle’s defense is not to be underestimated. Breaking through it will be laborious and time-consuming; even demon beasts one tier higher won’t provoke it easily!"
These demon beasts, which seemed utterly unfamiliar to Lu Changfeng and others, were well-known to him.
"Hmm, it seems that this group of Water Spirit Turtles aims to hunt us."
Song Minghui spoke softly, calmly drawing out her Cyan Bamboo Sword, preparing to respond.
"Grand Elder, shall we take action?"
She inquired of Lu Changfeng.
Lu Changfeng didn’t reply verbally but answered with his actions.
With a sweep of his sleeve, a stream of light shot out from the storage bag, and the Sun and Moon Heaven and Earth Sword appeared in front of him, emitting a clear light.
The answer was self-evident.
Witnessing the spiritual ship where a group of human delicacies neither fled nor hid, gathered together, the blood-red eyes of a mature Water Spirit Turtle beneath the sea were filled with greed.
Its limbs suddenly slapped, stirring a massive wave while its sizable body leapt from the water, opening its gigantic mouth towards the Bai family members.
This tremendous burst of power made its speed no less, creating a howling wind, its vast form overshadowing like a dark cloud.
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