EBE #393 - Sea beasts
#393 - Sea beasts
They even had small magical formations arranged on them, allowing them to cast minor spells against enemies under Li Chengfeng's control.
This research took half a year.
Meanwhile, the Life Realm space finally arrived at the Sea Union Sea Area. This was a vast sea area, composed of countless islands, with a total area comparable to that of a country.
On the islands, the plants were bizarre and diverse, spirit beasts leaped among them, and all sorts of strange insects flew everywhere.
A large number of rogue cultivators also gathered here, collecting spiritual herbs, slaying sea beasts, and seizing demon cores in order to improve their cultivation.
Li Chengfeng stood in the front yard, looking at the unknown sea area in the distance, his heart full of anticipation.
He knew that it would be a new stage for him to display his insect demon strength and collect more rare resources.
Li Chengfeng did not rush out first, but continued to use his divine sense to explore the surroundings. Now, the range of his divine sense had expanded to 1,800 miles, its vastness beyond simple words.
Only existences of equal power could compete with it.
This meant that his chances of escaping from danger had significantly increased.
Looking around, he saw no traces of high-level beings, only sparsely distributed cultivators in the early to late stages of the Foundation Establishment realm, which made him feel a little relieved. Then, with a thought, he appeared in reality.
He took a deep breath of the fresh air outside, mixed with a slightly salty sea breeze. The spiritual energy here contained a rich ocean power, giving him an unspeakable feeling, as if a special melody was echoing in his heart.
His first self-created spell was called the Blood Reflection Technique: "Blood sea billows rise, illuminating the underworld moon; seven swords claim souls, piercing ten thousand miles."
All of this revealed his deep longing for the sea. Although his divine sense was currently limited to exploring within a range of 1,800 miles, as a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was absorbing the surrounding surging spiritual energy into his dantian for refinement.
During the process, he noticed that this power was complex and changeable, but it did not pose a problem for him.
The cultivation technique he practiced was the Unity of All Laws, which required all kinds of spiritual energy attributes. Whether it was demonic energy, wind power, or lightning power, he could easily control them, as if it were a gift from heaven.
He was dressed in a black robe, his aura eerie and deep. His eyes were full of ruthlessness and viciousness, and the half-mask he wore made him look even more mysterious. His black hair fluttered in the wind, revealing a demonic demeanor.
In this area, rogue demonic cultivators often appeared. They either hunted sea beasts for resources or went to the Profound Light Continent to slay demons in exchange for merit points and spirit stones.
Li Chengfeng also planned to embark on this path and go to the Profound Light Continent.
Time passed quickly here, and six or seven years had passed. The environment was complex and chaotic, and even if the outside world's wanted orders were transmitted here, the locals would not care.
They had few illusions and were more resourceful and decisive, far from being as simple as cultivators from other continents. Everyone here was a ruthless character who licked blood from their blades, and they would fight to the death at the slightest disagreement.
Just as Li Chengfeng stepped into this land, hundreds of squid-like sea beasts suddenly broke through the air in front of him. This was a unique flying and aquatic sea beast found in the Kai Union Sea Area.
They came in groups, numbering more than five hundred, and each one had the strength of the tenth level of Qi Refining. Their momentum was so fierce that even high-level cultivators had to temporarily avoid their edge.
Faced with this group of flying fish sea beasts, Li Chengfeng smiled slightly, secretly thinking that this was a good opportunity to test the power of his Visual Hearing Insects.
With a slight thought, the sea beast swarm suddenly shook, and then, with a whooshing sound, five hundred Devouring Sky Insects broke through the air, forming a confrontation with the other side.
These sea beasts were huge, each one half a zhang long, with scales shimmering with a cold light, making them even more terrifying when soaring in the air.
In comparison, Li Chengfeng's Devouring Sky Insects were slightly inferior, but under his control, they showed an astonishingly ferocious momentum.
The few head insects he had carefully trained were particularly important. By controlling them, he could command these five hundred Devouring Sky Insects as easily as using his own arms.
These Devouring Sky Insects were extraordinary after Li Chengfeng's modifications. Not only did they have the blessing of formations, but with a flap of their wings, the light flickered, and they even used the art of teleportation.
Small vortexes instantly appeared behind each insect, and they instantly attached themselves to the flying fish, beginning to devour them frantically.
The flying fish lost their direction because their spiritual thoughts were devoured, and they floundered like headless flies, helpless against the tiny Devouring Sky Insects.
The devouring ability of these insects was dozens of times greater than that of the Spirit Devouring Insects. Although they were small, they could firmly bite the flying fish, and with a single吸, the flying fish's spiritual power, blood, and even soul would vanish, and then the corpses would be quickly devoured.
In just two or three breaths, all five hundred flying fish were killed.
Li Chengfeng nodded in satisfaction, and those Devouring Sky Insects seemed to be still unsatisfied, excitedly rotating around him, like a rolling black cloud.
Li Chengfeng laughed loudly and waved his hand gently, and these insects obediently entered his spirit beast pouch.
Li Chengfeng was extremely satisfied with the power displayed by the Devouring Sky Insects. Compared to when they were untrained, their power was now completely different, increasing several times.
Even more surprising was that after devouring the flying fish, their strength had subtly improved again, which made him even more aware of the indispensability of Green Kai.
This was precisely the unique value of talent to Li Chengfeng.
He flew leisurely, searching carefully. Once he encountered sea beasts in the sea, he would drive the swarm to attack, even at the cost of using the Seven-Colored Divine Butterfly for experiments.
In an instant, all the sea beasts within a hundred miles around were killed. Among the demon cores he harvested, there were many essences of second-order sea beasts. As for third-order sea beasts, he had not yet considered touching them.
This was because third-order sea beasts were comparable to human Core Formation stage experts, and as sea beasts, they were powerful and had different forms. Some were as huge as mountains, while others were treacherous and unpredictable. Li Chengfeng was new here and did not want to be too ostentatious.
Continuing forward, he suddenly saw five or six cultivators, all looking like rogue cultivators, with their cultivation levels roughly in the late stage of Qi Refining, with no obvious differences between them.
They were working together to besiege a huge second-order sea beast, obviously having set up a formation to trap it, taking turns using flying swords, thunder fire, and other spells, causing the sea beast to roar in pain.
The leading old man was about fifty years old, with sharp eyes, encouraging everyone: "If we work together, we will definitely be able to kill this beast. Its bones, acupoints, and skin can all be sold for a good price. Remember not to be careless, lest we attract more trouble."
However, their worries were superfluous.
Li Chengfeng had quietly cleared the sea beasts in the nearby hundreds of miles of sea area. This beast was just a fish that slipped through the net.
He watched the situation, taking the opportunity to learn about the local customs and practices so that he could integrate more quickly.
He remained calm and watched the situation, knowing that although the sea beast was trapped by the formation, it was actually accumulating power in secret, and its injuries were just a trick to deceive its opponents.
Once the power was gathered and it broke out of the formation, these Qi Refining rogue cultivators would probably be doomed.
What made him even more curious was that there were indeed seven or eight cultivators hiding not far away using an inverse formation. These cultivators were all rogue cultivators, with bright eyes and ruthless expressions, obviously not good people.
The leader was a bald man, with a wretched appearance. He chuckled.
"When they have consumed almost all of that second-order sea beast, we will take action and capture both the people and the goods."
"Boss, you are still the smartest," another person praised. "This concealment formation is really useful. As long as we hide in it, no one will be able to detect our whereabouts."
Their conversations and actions had obviously been detected by Li Chengfeng's divine sense. Li Chengfeng knew that this was a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, and that the people here were more cunning than each other.
But how the situation would ultimately develop still depended on the disparity in strength between the two sides.
Although the second-order sea beast could escape, these cultivators might not have any backup plans.
Sure enough, the sea beast accumulated power and suddenly erupted, and a roar shook the earth, and the formation that trapped it instantly collapsed.
It opened its huge mouth and spewed out four huge water columns, sweeping in all directions.
Those disciples with shallow cultivation were unable to avoid it and were blown away by the water columns, spitting out blood.