Chapter 21
Temporary Team
Seeing this, Chen Xianhe also became nervous.
The tiger-eyed fish’s corpse was less than ten feet long. Given the size of this first-level demon beast, it would take no more than a minute to finish eating it.
He originally thought that, this time around, he would only be cheering and supporting the Zhou clan from behind. He did not expect to encounter such a crisis.
Thinking this, Chen Xianhe instructed, “This demon beast shouldn’t be able to fly. If you aren’t a match for it later, abandon the ship and run for your life!”
At this time, Chen Daoxuan would not try to show off. After all, his cultivation was only at the third level of the Qi refinement realm.
Even though he had experienced three epiphanies on the way to Guang’an Prefecture, which had resulted in his mastery of the wind chasing sword technique reaching beyond the large success stage, it was still far from enough to deal with this huge demon beast.
Unless…
He was willing to use the Flying Snow sword, which was his trump card.
However, using the Flying Snow sword would consume too much true Qi. If he did not succeed, his true Qi would be exhausted, and he might even lose the ability to escape; that would quickly turn into a tragedy.
While he was hesitating, a familiar voice entered the ears of Chen Daoxuan and the others.
“Everyone, this is a late-stage first-level demon beast, the blood-spotted sea snake. Its cultivation is equivalent to a late-stage Qi refinement realm cultivator. If we don’t stop it in time, given the destructive power of this demon beast, I’m afraid that our ships will soon be destroyed by it!”
As he spoke, an old man in a black robe floated in mid-air.
Chen Daoxuan recognized at a glance that this person was the black-robed elder who sold him the water spirit pearl at the itinerant cultivator market.
He did not expect that his cargo ship was also nearby.
After listening to the black-robed elder’s explanation, everyone understood that the only way to protect their ships was to kill this blood-spotted sea snake.
Very soon, including the black-robed elder, the seven Qi refinement realm cultivators nearby came to an agreement to work together to kill this demon beast!
However, among the seven Qi refinement realm cultivators, only the black-robed elder had reached the ninth level of the Qi refinement realm. As for the others, the one with the highest level of cultivation was actually Chen Xianhe, who was a mid-stage Qi refinement realm cultivator who had reached the sixth level of the Qi refinement realm.
It was hard to say whether such a team, assembled at the last minute, could kill this demon beast.
However, for the sake of their own cargo ships, these itinerant cultivators had no other choice but to give it their best shot.
Glancing at the crowd, the black-robed elder seemed to recognize Chen Daoxuan. After nodding slightly at him, he set up the strategy to kill the blood-spotted sea snake.
“Everyone, not only is the blood-spotted sea snake huge, it is also a kind of poisonous snake commonly seen in the sea. When we attack the demon beast later, remember to take an antidote pill in advance.”
Hearing this, a cultivator who was only at the second level of the Qi refinement realm said with an embarrassed expression, “Senior, I… I don’t have an antidote pill.”
Hearing this, the black-robed elder took out a jade bottle, took out a green transparent pill, and threw it into the hands of the second-level Qi refinement realm cultivator.
“Thank you for your kindness, senior!”
The black-robed elder nodded, glanced at the crowd, and asked, “Who else doesn’t have an antidote pill?”
“I… I don’t!”
“And me!”
“…”
Everyone chimed in.
In the end, other than Chen Xianhe and Chen Daoxuan, this uncle and nephew pair, no one else in this team had antidote pills.
Of course, it might not be the case that everyone did not have antidote pills; perhaps some people just wanted to take advantage of the black-robed elder.
The black-robed elder was well aware of such a possibility. However, in order to protect his valuable cargo ship, he had to pay such a price.
Otherwise, it would be very difficult for him to kill the blood-spotted sea snake by himself.
After a brief pause, the black-robed old man continued, “In a moment, I will use the ice binding spell with all my strength. I will be able to at least trap this beast for three breaths of time. During this time, you can take the opportunity to kill the demon beast together. Are there any problems?”
Seeing that someone was willing to take the lead, everyone naturally did not disagree and nodded in agreement.
After reaching an agreement, the black-robed elder did not waste any time and immediately cast the ice binding spell.
Once the spell was cast, everyone saw a huge ice vine, that was nearly a thousand feet long, appearing from the black-robed old man’s hand. It directly froze the blood-spotted sea snake that was still eating.
The power of the ice binding spell was shocking. Not only did it freeze the demon beast, but it also froze the surrounding seawater as well.
“Why aren’t you all attacking?!”
The black-robed elder’s face turned red as he shouted.
Without waiting for him to speak further, Chen Daoxuan took out his Red Shadow flying sword and slashed at the frozen demon beast.
As he used the wind chasing sword technique, the Red Shadow flying sword emitted a terrifying aura, causing Chen Xianhe to briefly glance at it.
“This is… the wind chasing sword technique at the large success stage!”
Chen Xianhe was shocked.
Chen Daoxuan’s attainments in the wind chasing sword technique seemed to be even greater than his, but… how was this even possible?
He clearly remembered that his nephew had only obtained the wind chasing sword technique from him before he came to Guang’an city. Chen Daoxuan had only been in contact with this sword technique for a month.
Within just a month, he had actually managed to cultivate this sword technique to this level… to the large success stage?
Impossible!
This was the only thought that buzzed in Chen Xianhe’s mind. Since he was distracted, the speed of his sword attack even slowed down a little.
The others were not aware of Chen Xianhe’s thoughts.
Everyone tried their best and used their unique skills to attack the blood-spotted sea snake.
For a moment, the air was filled with flashing sword lights, dancing fireballs, and bursts of lightning…
The scene looked extraordinary.
However, other than Chen Daoxuan, Chen Xianhe, and a few others who could cause some damage to the blood-spotted sea snake, because the cultivation levels of the other cultivators were too low, and the quality of their spiritual artifacts was too poor, it was difficult for them to cause any damage to the late-stage first-level blood-spotted sea snake.
The most exaggerated one was the cultivator with the lowest cultivation level in the team, whose cultivation was at the second level of the Qi refinement realm.
It seemed that not only were his skills inadequate, but the “spiritual artifact” he used was a black iron flying sword that he had crudely made and refined himself.
When Chen Daoxuan saw the flying sword, he was nearly stunned senseless.
All along, he had treated the crude refining of black iron by itinerant cultivators as a joke, truly believing that no one would actually do something like that in real life.
When the second-level Qi refinement realm cultivator controlled the black iron flying sword to slash at the body of the blood-spotted sea snake, it did not even scratch its skin, leaving only a string of sparks in its wake. It really shocked everyone.
Seeing this scene, the black-robed elder was anxious and angry.
He kept cursing everyone in his heart for being useless, but he didn’t have any good ideas to resolve the issue either. He needed to constantly channel true Qi into the ice binding spell to freeze this ferocious sea snake.
Otherwise, once the blood-spotted sea snake broke out of the ice, even if everyone could fly and escape with their lives, their ships would definitely be completely destroyed by this crazy blood-spotted sea snake.
This was an outcome that the black-robed elder could not tolerate.
“Ka ka ka!”
Perhaps because he was concerned about the battle situation, the black-robed elder’s speed of channeling true Qi slowed down slightly.
Cracks actually started appearing on the layer of ice that covered the blood-spotted sea snake.
“Not good! This demon beast is about to break free! Everyone, attack with all your might, otherwise we won’t be able to save any of our ships!”
Just as he finished speaking, the layer of ice covering the blood-spotted sea snake’s tail cracked and fell off.
A cylindrical black shadow broke out of the layer of ice on the surface of the sea. Chen Daoxuan could even see the blood-colored stripes that were the size of a human head on its tail.
“Boom!”
The huge tail of the blood-spotted sea snake smashed into a cargo ship next to the Canglong.
Instantly, the cargo ship was broken into two pieces by the demon beast.
Countless bits of sawdust and shattered debris floated on the surface of the sea.
“Ah, My ship! Go to hell, you vile beast! Go to hell!”
A cultivator in the team saw the situation unfold and went crazy. He controlled his flying sword and attacked the blood-spotted sea snake crazily.
However, his cultivation was only at the third level of the Qi refinement realm. In addition, the power of his flying sword was insufficient. No matter how angry he was, he lacked the ability to deal significant damage to the demon beast.
Seeing this scene, Chen Daoxuan’s expression darkened.
Chen Xianhe even made preparations to retreat. In his eyes, the Canglong was important, but it was far less important than the safety of his nephew.
If Chen Daoxuan suffered any damage, it would be a devastating blow to the Chen clan of Shuanghu Island.
With this thought in mind, Chen Xianhe shook his head slightly at Chen Daoxuan and gave him a look, indicating that he should retreat when the time came.
Chen Daoxuan understood the meaning of Chen Xianhe’s gaze.
However, he thought about the fact that he still had to rely on the Canglong to transport the supplies. Without the Canglong, without even mentioning the loss of spirit stones, the process of returning home would become very troublesome.
After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, Chen Daoxuan’s gaze became firm.
“Thirteenth uncle, I want to give it a try!”