Chapter 1426: Chapter 1426 - 1411: True Forms of the Three Saints
Along the way, Ye Zhen passed through a total of five water territories, completely traversing two of them. A common factor among these five water territories was that the closer to the Water Mansion, the stricter the inspections became.
Especially when approaching about a hundred thousand li near the Water Mansion, the inspections became incredibly strict.
In general, most Water Demons could command those ordinary, yet spiritually undeveloped members of the Water Clan to serve as eyes and ears. Once an outsider approached, a patrol of Water Demons would promptly arrive with a large group to conduct inspections.
At the very least, some Water Demons would trail from a distance, tracking the intruder’s movements.
While traversing one such Water territory, Ye Zhen accidentally entered the hundred thousand li alert zone, and was immediately met by a large group of Water Clan members conducting inquiries.
By their posture, if Ye Zhen had shown no background or credentials, he would have been killed on the spot.
The situation forced Ye Zhen to flee for tens of thousands of li before shaking off their pursuit, yet even then, a Water Demon continued to trail from afar, watching Ye Zhen leave their Water Mansion’s realm before finally stopping.
However, in the water domain controlled by the Great Sage of Jinghai and others, even when Ye Zhen entered within a hundred thousand li of the Xiansheng Water Mansion, there were still no patrolling Water Demons.
Even when Ye Zhen sped up to penetrate the surrounding ten thousand li of the Xiansheng Water Mansion, there was still no change.
With the abilities of the three Great Saints of Jinghai, even something like the Heavenly Wing Island in those days was tightly controlled, leaving no room for error. Under normal circumstances, the Xiansheng Water Mansion should be no exception.
Given the current situation, Ye Zhen had only one thought—something had happened!
Something definitely happened!
Immediately, Ye Zhen increased his speed, and within just half a quarter-hour, Ye Zhen arrived near the Xiansheng Water Mansion on the seafloor.
With just a quick survey, Ye Zhen understood the situation.
External invasion.
Currently surrounding the Xiansheng Water Mansion were over fifty thousand Water Clan members, primarily composed of those low-level Water Demons forcibly awakened to spiritual awareness at the Vein Forging Realm, very common.
But leading them were two men transformed from Water Demons, each over three meters tall, with notably high cultivation.
Among them, an extremely ugly bald man had a cultivation at the First Stage of the Dark Palace Realm, while the other, holding a trident, boasted a cultivation at the Peak of the Ninth Stage of the Divine Communication Realm.
Additionally, behind these two men were over thirty Water Demons with cultivation around mid-stage Divine Communication Realm, and these were the ones tightly sealing the doors of the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
Several Water Demons, under the orders of the two commanding Water Demons, were hurling insults, spewing foul words continuously.
Moreover, there were another two Divine Communication Realm Water Demons, each leading ten thousand Water Demons, frantically excavating on the east and north sides of the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
Nearby, large deep pits had been excavated, indicating they had been dug for quite some time.
Seeing those dozen or so pits of varying sizes dug near the Xiansheng Water Mansion, Ye Zhen understood what was happening.
Cutting off the veins!
These Water Demons, unable to break into the Xiansheng Water Mansion after prolonged attempts, were preparing to cut off its earth veins, depriving the Mansion’s Grand Formation of the continuous spiritual power supply from the seafloor, leading it to collapse on its own.
However, this should not be happening.
The three Great Saints—Jinghai, Fug Hai, and Sea-Breaking—possessed astonishing innate divine abilities and combat power. Despite their not-so-high cultivation, they had full sets of soul artifacts refined by Ye Zhen for them, and even Great Sage of the Overturning Sea possessed a life-bound soul artifact.
Against these Divine Communication Realm Water Demons, even when faced with the current Dark Palace Realm First Stage Water Demon, the three should feel little pressure.
Watching the formation of the Water Demons encircling, Ye Zhen began to plan how to break the formation.
After all, this was underwater, ten thousand meters deep. His most powerful Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire was greatly restricted, and the Bone-attached Phosphorous Fire, which was effective against large numbers, was useless here in the ocean.
After all, underwater combat is completely different from fighting on land.
Among these fifty thousand Water Demons, as long as ten thousand of them were commanded by those leader Water Demons to attack Ye Zhen at once, it would be enough to make him flee in a panic.
Just when Ye Zhen was considering looking for an opportunity to eliminate the Dark Palace Realm First Stage Water Demon, the gates of the Xiansheng Water Mansion suddenly burst open.
As the gates flung open, an awe-inspiring five hundred meters long Profound Ice Sword Light blasted out of the Xiansheng Water Mansion gates.
The moment the Sword Light erupted, the Water Demons hurling insults, as if they were prepared, quickly retreated.
Although they retreated fast, the Profound Ice Sword Light flashing out from the Xiansheng Water Mansion gates slashed out hundreds of quick strikes in the blink of an eye.
Each slash carried a chilling cold, and with every strike, the areas touched by the Sword Light immediately froze. Within just the span of a breath, more than a hundred strikes completely froze the ten li sea area at the gates of the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
Between the Xiansheng Water Mansion and the fifty thousand Water Demons, a clever fan-shaped ice wall separated them.
At the same time, Ye Zhen’s third brother, the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, whose face was as pale as death, burst out from the gate of the Xiansheng Water Mansion in an instant.
In that moment, thousands of black threads shot out like lightning, targeting the Water Demons beside the Water Mansion who were digging the Earth Vein in the seabed.
Ye Zhen knew this was the Sea-Breaking Great Saint’s Innate Divine Ability. These thousands of black threads flashed into the Water Demon group digging the Earth Vein, swirling around them, and at least three thousand huge heads flew off simultaneously.
Almost simultaneously, a low undertone, like a water howl, resounded from the eastern side of the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
A giant white whale, over a thousand meters long, covered in wounds and with a massive injury on its back exposing the bone, roared at the Water Demons digging on the east side, creating a horrifying vortex in the sea bottom out of thin air.
Most of the nearly ten thousand Water Demons digging on the east side were involuntarily caught by the terrifying vortex, screaming miserably as they were sucked into the blood-red mouth of the white whale, the Great Saint of Jinghai.
However, just as barely a thousand Water Demons were swallowed by the true form of the Great Saint of Jinghai, the leader, an ugly bald Water Demon, suddenly puffed up its belly and let out a shocking angry roar, then opened its mouth!
In a flash, over a thousand dark green Water Turbine Blades spewed from its mouth, crashing into the seawater that Sister Liao Feibai had just frozen less than a breath ago.
A piercing roar was heard as the dark green Water Turbine Blades screeched into the frozen seawater, cracking it open.
At that moment, the terrifying water pressure at the bottom of the sea took effect. The seawater Liao Feibai had just frozen with great effort cracked open in the underwater currents and pressure and shattered!
"Big brother, third brother, retreat!" Almost simultaneously, Liao Feibai shrieked, and the Profound Ice Immortal Sword in her hand slashed out like lightning again, this time targeting the dense Water Turbine Blades fired by the bald Water Demon.
The Sea-Breaking Great Saint, in humanoid form, was small in stature. With a flick of his fingers, black light scattered, and he quickly darted into the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
But the Great Saint of Jinghai, who revealed his true form to kill enemies, now seemed clumsy in action, especially with those shocking wounds across his body; each movement caused copious amounts of blood to gush out, making him a living target for the thousands of Water Turbine Blades.
Seeing he was about to be blasted into a sieve, a blue Command Banner flew out from the Xiansheng Water Mansion. With a sweep, it absorbed most of the thousands of Water Turbine Blades into the Overturning Sea Command Flag of the Sea-Breaking Great Saint.
But having absorbed just over half, the Overturning Sea Command Flag suddenly trembled, instantly shrank to palm size, and retracted back into the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
A faint sound of someone spurting blood came from inside the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
"Sister-in-law, quick!"
In the Sea-Breaking Great Saint’s urgent shout, the remaining two hundred or so Water Turbine Blades all turned towards Liao Feibai in a frenzy. Ye Zhen was shocked.
The change happened too fast, and Ye Zhen was too far away to provide any assistance.
Seeing Liao Feibai about to be bombarded into oblivion by those two hundred Water Turbine Blades, the white whale tail of the Great Saint of Jinghai, half-retreated into the mansion, suddenly reversed and swung towards the Water Turbine Blades charging at Liao Feibai.
When the Great Saint of Jinghai’s tail was raised, it was like a small mountain.
This swing shielded Liao Feibai completely, but the sound of Water Turbine Blades tearing into flesh continued incessantly.
In the blink of an eye, nearly all two hundred Water Turbine Blades pierced into the tail of the Great Saint of Jinghai, causing him to let out a blood-curdling scream.
With this blow, at least twenty deep bone-exposing wounds were opened on the tail of the Great Saint of Jinghai.
In one spot, successive blows from more than a dozen Water Turbine Blades nearly severed the tail in two, leaving it hanging by mere flesh.
Under the protection of the Great Saint of Jinghai, Liao Feibai fully retreated into the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
But the sinister laughter of the bald Water Demon echoed at that moment.
"Haha, you’ve used this trick four or five times. If I let you succeed again, then I might as well give up!" As the sinister laughter rang out, the bald Water Demon and a Ninth Stage Divine Communication Realm Water Demon holding a trident took the opportunity to quickly close in on the still open door of the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
"Boys, kill them! Charge inside, and the position of the Xiansheng Water Lord will be ours!"
Amidst their roars, over thirty Divine Communication Realm Water Demons, just slightly behind, laughed and charged towards the open doors of the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
At the same time, Ye Zhen moved, also rushing like lightning towards the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
"Dream on if you think you can get into the Water Mansion!"
The voice of the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, domineering yet filled with icy coldness, suddenly sounded. Over thirty huge black tentacles, like black lightning, reached out from the closing doors of the Xiansheng Water Mansion.
With a single strike, they strangled the bald Water Demon who had just rushed in, the trident-wielding Water Demon, and the fast-approaching thirty Divine Communication Realm Water Demons to death!
"Die!"
Liao Feibai’s angry shout resounded, as a Profound Ice Sword Light slashed towards the head of the leading bald Water Demon like a swift bolt of lightning, intending to decapitate the bald Water Demon with a single strike.