Chapter 123

The god worshipped by the Mermaid Clan is named Juying.

However, the title of "god" is one bestowed by the Mermaid Clan out of humility and reverence; in reality, it is merely a mysterious divine existence of the seabed.

But even so, divine creatures capable of sleeping on the seabed are themselves extremely formidable. Their mystery is something many clans cannot imagine, and their power is even more so.

Before the arrival of the God's Remnant Face, the Eastern Wanggu Continent and the surrounding endless seas, although they had sea monsters, were far from what they are now. It was the arrival of the God's Remnant Face that changed all living beings.

Consequently, in various places, existences possessing the origin aura of the God's Remnant Face in the sky began to appear one after another. These types of existences are called divine creatures.

And as for their predecessors, some clans have researched them, and it seems they are evolved from the anomalies within forbidden zones.

Juying is one of them.

Even for the mundane, it... indeed counts as a god.

These types of divine creatures have occupied the pinnacle for many eras, worshipped as gods by countless small clans, and even large clans are wary of them.

However, today, after experiencing many eras, the races that have managed to struggle and survive in this world each have different means of countering divine creatures.

Some clans are even capable of deterring ordinary divine creatures, and there are large clans that can battle the emperors of the forbidden lands within this world.

And the human race, although scattered in many places, is itself one of the large clans.

At this moment, as the sea surface rumbled and Juying walked on the seabed toward the Mermaid Clan island, Seventh Uncle, standing on the Great Wing in the mid-air above the Mermaid Clan island, looked down at the deep sea.

"Zheng Zheng Kaiyi, Juying's arrival will surely stir up a bloody storm. There is no need for your sect and my clan to wage war like this. We are allies; my clan is willing to continue being allies and hand over all interests. My clan can even help you attack the Sea Corpse Clan." The Mermaid Clan ancestor on the side, breathing rapidly, spoke quickly.

"Your clan knelt too late." Seventh Uncle spoke calmly, ignoring the Mermaid Clan ancestor. With a wave of his hand, his voice spread in all directions.

"Summon the Human Race Battle Flag!"

As soon as his words were spoken, the lizard-dragon transformed from the Great Wing beneath him roared toward the sky. The thirteen elders around him bowed their heads, their expressions respectful, and the hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators did the same.

Amidst their respect, following the lizard-dragon's roar, a huge flag suddenly rose from the highest building on its back.

This flag was a full hundred feet in size, its fabric a mottled color, stained with countless amounts of fresh blood. It looked very tattered, as if it were a corner of a great flag.

As it fluttered in the wind at this moment, an earth-shaking, peerless malevolent aura erupted from it.

The strength of this aura caused the sky to seem to solidify and the ocean waves to seem as if they had been stilled.

It seemed capable of suppressing all eternity, suppressing all clans, and suppressing all existences. Even divine creatures had to bow their heads before it.

The mottled blood on the flag also revealed an intense sense of divinity; it seemed that the number of divine creatures slaughtered on this flag was countless. Especially within those mottled bloodstains, there was even a drop of extremely pure, golden blood.

The existence of this drop of blood actually gave one a feeling that it had transcended divinity and was infinitely close to the God's Remnant Face of the sky!

"The Human Race Battle Flag! It is impossible for the Seven Blood Children to possess such a human treasure, even if it is only a corner... This is an item of the Seven Sect Alliance of the Eastern Wanggu Continent!"

The Mermaid Clan ancestor's face turned pale instantly, and he lost his voice in despair while trembling.

Just as the Mermaid Clan ancestor's miserable voice echoed, following the fluttering of the battle flag, a force of suppression erupted from it. A phantom finger actually extended from within the battle flag.

This finger contained the sense of infinite ages, as if it had risen from the long river of eternity. Manifesting through the battle flag, it did not emit any pressure, but everyone who saw it felt their minds go blank for an instant.

It was as if this finger represented the Heavenly Dao. At this moment, it extended slowly and pressed down slightly toward the ocean from across the air.

Instantly, a full hundred thousand miles of sea surface evaporated, forming a huge hole and revealing the figure of Juying, which was emitting shrill roars inside.

All the eyes on the tentacles outside its body opened to resist, but it was to no avail. Amidst the rumbling, most of the tentacles collapsed, the fish-bone robe on its body shattered, the tongue behind it withered directly, and the rot all over its body accelerated in an instant.

Half of its body exploded violently, turning into countless flesh and blood. Amidst the shrill screams that spread in all directions, the remaining half of its body retreated rapidly, fleeing toward the depths of the ocean!

This scene could not be seen by the other three Mermaid Clan islands; only Juying Island could see it, because of the weakness of the barrier there earlier, allowing the cultivators on the shore to see clearly.

But the disciples in the undersea world could not see it.

Unless they used special methods or certain strange items, they could not allow cultivators in the undersea world to view everything happening outside.

For example... the Eye of Spirit Rhinoceros.

At this moment, in the undersea world, Xu Qing's eyes were wide open, staring at the Eye of Spirit Rhinoceros in front of him, his mind churning with monstrous waves.

Within this eye, the Great Wing in the sky and that flag were reflected, and it also mirrored Juying, whose half-body had collapsed after that finger pressed down, and the evaporation of the hundred thousand miles of sea surface.

However, this was already the limit of the Spirit Breath Eye. The next instant, the eye could not withstand the terror of the scene it was observing and exploded violently.

And at the moment it exploded, the Captain did something that shocked Xu Qing's heart and left Zhang San dumbfounded.

He actually took out a palm-sized piece of scarlet flesh and blood and pressed it fiercely onto the Juying statue to the side.

Instantly, this piece of flesh and blood melted, shrouding the entire statue as if devouring it, emitting strange sounds of swallowing. Afterward, it devoured the entire statue, turning into a huge lump of flesh and blood, with a gap torn in the middle.

Like a gate of flesh and blood.

At this moment, it was twisting and wriggling, very unstable, and the entire lump of flesh and blood was the same, as if it could wither and die at any moment.

The gap was pitch black, but looking closely, it seemed to be the depths of the seabed. Occasionally, some scenes flashed by, and one could see a large amount of severed limbs and broken flesh.

Those severed limbs and broken flesh were clearly what Juying's collapsed half-body had turned into. For the deep sea, this clearly possessed a huge attraction, causing terrifying auras to erupt from the seabed and surge toward the severed limbs, wanting to devour and divide them.

The strength of these auras was such that, through the flesh-and-blood gap, Xu Qing could clearly feel that any one of them seemed capable of crushing and killing him instantly. And the Seven Blood Children in mid-air seemed to have some reservations and did not come to participate in the contention.

But the Captain's eyes were glowing, his expression revealing unprecedented madness. After glancing at the flesh-and-blood gap, he turned his head with red eyes and spoke quickly to Zhang San and Xu Qing.

"I know what your goal is this time, and I didn't lie to you. I said I'd bring you to find treasures, so naturally, I'm finding treasures."

"Zhang San, is this what you want? The refining diagram for the Mermaid Clan's Flying Fish Armor?"

As the Captain spoke, he took out a red jade slip from his bosom. This item was quite extraordinary, emitting strange fluctuations. The item recorded inside seemed to possess spirituality, projecting a phantom of an armor outside the jade slip.

One look and it was clearly quite extraordinary.

Zhang San's eyes went straight, and he reached out to grab it.

"How is it with you!"

The Captain smiled and let Zhang San grab the red jade slip. Amidst Zhang San's excitement as if he had found a treasure, the Captain looked at Xu Qing again.

"Xu Qing, you want Foundation Establishment Pills, right? There are three here. Their quality far exceeds the ordinary, their value is higher, and they are extremely precious. They absolutely belong to the category of superior pills and cannot be compared to ordinary Foundation Establishment Pills." As the Captain spoke, he took out a jade box and threw it directly to Xu Qing.

"How about it? This is what you want, right!"

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. After catching it, he opened it and noticed three blue pills inside, filled with a strange fragrance. They even generated clouds and mist on their own, as if the pills themselves possessed life.

Xu Qing's mind was shaken. He put them away and looked up at the Captain.

He didn't believe the Captain would give these things to them so easily.

"I spent a lot of effort to help you find these specifically. I helped you, so you two have to help me too. Guard this place for me; it won't take long, just one stick of incense!"

"Just the time for one stick of incense. After I return, I'll share some of what I obtain with you! If I haven't returned after one stick of incense, you can leave on your own; don't worry about me."

"I'm going to snatch Juying's flesh and blood. That's the god of the Mermaid Clan! You'd better pray I don't die in there. Once I survive and return with the harvest, we'll be rich—we'll be super rich, you know!"

Hearing this, Xu Qing's heart churned with huge waves. He looked at the severed limbs and broken flesh in the flesh-and-blood gap and the terrifying auras that were rapidly approaching, then looked at the madness in the Captain's eyes at this moment. He felt that the Captain was either crazy or tired of living, so he wanted to play with his life.

Xu Qing had seen this type of person before; they belonged to two extremes: either they killed themselves, or... they obtained a huge harvest.

Xu Qing hoped the Captain belonged to the latter, so he asked a question.

"How can I increase the chances of you returning alive?"

The Captain smiled and spoke quickly.

"No way, it depends on fate."

Xu Qing nodded.

"What is fate for? Isn't it for playing with? I've played with it several times already. Charging in!" The Captain took a deep breath, the madness in his eyes intensifying. In an instant, he dove into the flesh-and-blood gap and crawled rapidly inside.

At this moment, besides madness, his eyes also carried a thick sense of ferocity. As if courting death, he rushed toward the place where Juying's half-body had collapsed.

At this moment, this huge lump of flesh and blood trembled violently, and signs of withering appeared around it, as if it couldn't last for too long.

Zhang San was silent, and after a long while, he sighed.

"Have you ever seen a Qi Condensation cultivator like this? This is fucking courting death..."

Xu Qing shook his head. Even if the Captain were to cut open his stomach and say he was a Qi Condensation cultivator, Xu Qing wouldn't believe it now, so he spoke.

"Are coffins in the main city expensive?"

"I prepared one for him before, but later it wasn't used, so I took it apart. Oh right, it was taken apart to refine the Dharma boat for you. At the time, there weren't enough materials, so I used everything from there. I'll build another one when I get back..." Zhang San sighed.

"..." Xu Qing was silent. After a long while, he raised his head, looked outside the temple, narrowed his eyes slowly, and spoke softly.

"Something is coming."

Almost the moment Xu Qing spoke, a sizzling sound suddenly appeared outside the empty temple, as if some substance was being corroded by poison.

This sound was extremely harsh, yet there was nothing outside.

Only on the ground, one trap after another that Zhang San had buried exploded with a roar.

Five chapters, sixteen thousand words released—this little newbie is going all out.

But today's release isn't over yet; there's more during the day!

I don't know how much I can write, but I'll just release as much as I write~~

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