Chapter 126

The severity of this injury was unprecedented for Xu Qing.

And this was only after he had barely resisted by using the magic boat's two layers of defense, combined with the divinity to counter it, using the bow of the boat to block, and even consuming multiple talisman treasures, as well as the power of his own physical body perfection.

But even so, he had almost lost half his life.

Even with the purple crystal's recovery, Xu Qing felt that it would still take some time for this injury to fully heal; at the same time, a lingering fear also emerged intensely in his heart.

Xu Qing felt that if he had been even slightly short of one defense just now, he would likely have perished by now.

"But, it was worth it!"

Xu Qing gritted his teeth to endure the intense excruciating pain in his body and checked his consumption.

The talisman treasures were one thing, but more importantly, the magic boat he had worked so hard to save money to build; the divinity on it was now extremely scarce.

And half the boat body had collapsed and disintegrated; the cost to go back and repair it would likely be even more astonishing.

But even so, Xu Qing was still incredibly exhilarated in his heart, feeling that it was worth it, he had made a huge profit!

"And the imitation spirit-breath lamp is still here!"

"No wonder the Captain goes all out; it turns out that once it succeeds, the harvest is so astonishing..." Xu Qing thought of the Captain, but he felt that this was not a good habit; one day he would get himself killed.

At this moment, taking a deep breath, Xu Qing suppressed the exhilaration and excitement in his heart, barely operating his cultivation base, attempting to make the purple crystal's recovery faster.

After all, he could not move now, and staying here for long would definitely be dangerous.

Just like that, time passed, and soon half an hour went by.

At this time, at some distance from Xu Qing, but still within an area of the temple complex, the ground there had been dug into a tunnel by someone, and the flesh and blood of the divine statue were hidden inside, while Zhang San sat to the side, vigilantly watching the exit.

Outside the exit, he had set up a large number of one-time self-destruct items, and there was even dense poison lingering in the surroundings, making this place a crisis at every step; wanting to kill their way in would be extremely difficult.

Going out also required being especially careful, and one could only walk the specific path he had left behind earlier.

But Zhang San did not know about these things, and he was still somewhat uneasy; in the tunnel, he even spread out his silk threads, permeating the four directions. While being careful and cautious, he also occasionally turned his head to look at the divine statue's flesh and blood, sighing continuously.

"Captain, you didn't really play yourself to death inside, did you?"

"You said, why bother? Living a good life, you insisted on playing with your own little life; wouldn't it be better to play with the senior sisters and junior sisters of the sect..."

"That is Juying, after all; although it is not a true god, it is also a terrifying divine creature. In the entire Mermaid Clan, who is bigger than him? I reckon except for that Mi'e, whose existence is unknown, there is no one else."

"Don't die; if you die, my investments over these years... will be a huge loss."

Zhang San sighed and lamented; he had been guarding here for almost two hours, and in his heart, he felt that the Captain had likely died.

At this moment, shaking his head helplessly, he decided to wait for another stick of incense's time; if the Captain still hadn't come out, then he truly had no way to continue waiting.

So he scanned the surroundings, and just as he was pondering whether to carve off a piece of this flesh and blood to keep as a memento before leaving, suddenly the divine statue's flesh and blood vibrated violently, and from within came bursts of roars that made Zhang San's heart and spirit shiver.

Zhang San's expression changed, and he immediately retreated; the silk threads in the surroundings retracted rapidly, shrouding the divine statue's flesh block.

At the same time, following the vibration, the cracks on the flesh block contracted rapidly, sometimes big and sometimes small, as if breathing; the roars coming from within became clearer as it opened and closed.

It felt as if some terrifying existence was frantically approaching within this flesh and blood passage; this scene made Zhang San horrified, and he retreated again, until he reached the exit, prepared to flee immediately if things went slightly wrong.

Not long after, amidst Zhang San's nervousness, from the crevice where the flesh block was wriggling, a hand covered in fresh blood suddenly stretched out; on this hand, three fingers had lost most of their flesh, leaving only a trace, and the bones were clearly revealed.

After stretching out at this moment, it grabbed at the flesh block outside, using the force to support itself and gaining the strength to continue crawling out; soon, more than half of the Captain's body crawled out from within this flesh and blood crevice.

His hair was gone, his whole head was covered in fresh blood, and a lot of flesh and blood on his face had been corroded; the exposed parts were mostly a blur of flesh and blood, looking not like a human form.

And the number of those dense wounds was even more shocking; the deepest few seemed to be about to pierce through his torso.

But his right hand was clutching dead-set a piece of wriggling golden flesh and blood; a terrifying fluctuation carrying astonishing divinity was radiating from within this flesh and blood; that was... Juying flesh and blood!

Its appearance immediately caused the surroundings to twist, as if countless shrill roars were echoing, making Zhang San's mind buzz, his seven orifices bleed, and his body became unstable.

"Give me a hand!"

The Captain seemed to have used all his strength on crawling; at this moment, with anxiety in his expression, he spoke rapidly toward Zhang San.

Zhang San barely supported himself, and with a wave of his hand, the silk threads in the surroundings coiled around the Captain's body; with one pull, this half of the Captain's body fell directly from that crack.

His lower body was already gone.

Only the upper body was in this blur of flesh and blood, looking very tragic.

"Quick, let's attack together and smash this flesh door; there is something chasing from behind!

" After coming out, the Captain immediately shouted, forming seals and pointing at the flesh door behind him.

Zhang San knew the crisis, gritted his teeth and attacked; suddenly, the magic fluctuations in the surroundings were intense, and combining the power of the two, they struck the flesh door together, causing this flesh door to collapse immediately; as it shattered into pieces, there was faintly a roar of anger from within, leaking out a trace.

Just a trace was enough to make Zhang San's whole body shake violently, spraying out several mouthfuls of fresh blood; as his body retreated, clicking sounds came, and at least forty-plus jade slips collapsed to resolve it for him, but it still left him heavily injured and fallen to the ground.

At this moment, after struggling to take out elixirs and swallowing them, his complexion finally had a trace of blood color from its paleness.

The Captain also sprayed out fresh blood, and his half-body was rolled and fell to the side, but his right hand was still clutching the Juying flesh and blood dead-set, a trace of exhilaration appearing in his expression, and he laughed out loud.

"Who can compare to me? Ever since I knew we were going to attack the Mermaid Island, I started planning, and finally I managed to get the flesh and blood of this kind of divine creature; I'm rich, I'm rich, this time I'm completely rich!" The Captain was incredibly excited, and his laughter aggravated his injuries, making him wince in pain, and he hurriedly put away the Juying flesh and blood.

"Is it worth it? You've lost half your body." Zhang San looked at the Captain with a bitter smile.

"Worth it!

It's just half a body; I have specifically practiced a secret technique for limb regeneration, and combined with some great medicines from the sect, growing it back will only be a matter of a few months. Moreover, I have this Juying flesh and blood; by integrating it into my body and refining the divinity, I will recover even faster."

Speaking of this, the Captain looked around in his excitement.

"Where is my Vice-Captain?"

"Where is a stick of incense's time? It's been almost two hours. Junior Brother Xu guarded here for two sticks of incense's time, and seeing that you hadn't returned, he had other arrangements and left quietly. Before leaving, he left me a lot of poison powder." Zhang San spoke while eating elixirs.

"It's fine, I didn't expect it to take so long either; I almost didn't make it back." The Captain said, taking an apple from his body and starting to eat it; just as he was about to continue speaking, but at this moment...

The earth suddenly roared.

The entire Juying Island vibrated violently at this instant, as if the earth were moving and the mountains were shaking; all the buildings within sight collapsed instantly, and wisps of black gas emerged from the collapsed buildings, rose from the seaweed, and crawled out from the sea anemones.

At this moment, in the entire undersea world, a large amount of black gas rose from all items; these black gases gathered rapidly, turning into patches of black mist that roared and spread in all directions, intending to permeate the entire undersea world.

Within it, there was even more rich heterogenous substance contained; while it could erode everything, it also seemed to contain weirdness, making all the remaining corpses that had died in the undersea world move at this moment, as if they had been resurrected.

And as the black gas continuously formed, the range of the black mist also became larger and larger; as it rolled, it shrouded from all directions, making all the Seven Blood Eyes disciples in the Juying Island undersea world change their expressions; at this moment, they sped away instantly, running toward the exit.

The trembling of the earth was like a dragon turning over, making the Captain's half-body jolt up, and he almost didn't manage to bite the apple in his mouth; his expression changed even more, and he crawled rapidly onto Zhang San's back.

"This is the Mermaid Clan's trump card for mutual destruction; I came out too late. Quick, we must hurry and run out from the exit."

Zhang San's complexion changed, and amidst the emergence of the mist in the surroundings, he ran wildly at high speed, heading straight for the exit direction.

At the same time, in another direction of the temple complex, Xu Qing, who had recovered somewhat with the help of the purple crystal, also opened his eyes rapidly; he felt the roar of the earth and also saw the black mist rolling and rushing from afar, and his pupils shrank.

Without any hesitation, Xu Qing struggled to jump up and put away the magic boat that could not fly, gritted his teeth, and sped away forward; and not long after he left, the black mist in the surroundings shrouded over, and while permeating the place where he had been recuperating, it also invaded the dilapidated temple.

Only, in the mist, no one could see that on the blank wall of the dilapidated temple, the mural was continuously flashing, as if wanting to form again, but in the end, it still failed.

Only in the fleeting scene revealed, the carving of the Mermaid Clan's Emperor slowly weathered and dissipated as a whole.

At this moment, as all the Seven Blood Eyes cultivators in this undersea world were running wildly toward the exit, a change also appeared in the outside world.

It was not just Juying Island that had black mist; Yin Meiqi and Youcang, as well as Mi'e Island, all erupted with this kind of mist that seemed capable of devouring everything at the same time.

Looking from afar, a large amount of black mist rose from these four islands, permeating in all directions, as if this were the Mermaid Clan's final means.

In the sky, the Seventh Master on the great wing also lowered his head to look at the Mermaid Clan islands shrouded by the array; although the array blocked his gaze, he could still feel the changes appearing within.

But this change, far from making his expression heavy, actually made him smile at the Mermaid Clan ancestor to the side.

"Not bad, finally there is some decent means; I was still thinking earlier that this trial was too simple for those wolf cubs."

"Where is this a trial? This is clearly giving away resources; fortunately, you were up to the task and added some difficulty for them, so that this group of insidious wolf cubs wouldn't have it so easy."

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