Chapter 171: These Are Big Shots You Can't Afford to Provoke!

Xuangui Island.

The sky was just beginning to brighten. Su Ping, who had been sitting cross-legged by the Heavenly Pool all night, flicked his right hand and reeled in a small silver fish, ending his fishing session at this Second-tier Fishing Spot.

Su Ping had not caught anything at the Second-tier Fishing Spot in the water pool behind Emei Mountain on Water Blue Star.

After finding time to rush to this Xuangui Island fishing spot and fishing for a night, he had actually caught something.

Not only did he obtain a Flowing Pattern Golden Dragon Fish that increases Divine Sense, but he also fished out a Juvenile Xuan Turtle.

At the same time, his Fishing Experience also increased to:

【Current Fishing Level: Level 5 (950/5000)】

The Flowing Pattern Golden Dragon Fish was an item needed for the breakthrough of rare companions, but the drop rate for rare companions was simply too low. Su Ping only hesitated for half a second before choosing to eat the Flowing Pattern Golden Dragon Fish.

Thereby causing his own Divine Sense strength to be improved once again.

The most direct change was that the Greedy Wolf Divine Sense transformed from three heads into four.

During the process of his Divine Sense strengthening, Su Ping vaguely had a feeling that he seemed to be touching a certain limit, and once he touched it—

Not only his Divine Sense, but his own physical qualities in all aspects would also undergo a qualitative change!

After experiencing his own increased strength, Su Ping looked at the Juvenile Xuan Turtle.

He discovered that the Juvenile Xuan Turtle fished out this time had an additional fusion option.

Su Ping could choose to raise another Juvenile Xuan Turtle slowly, or he could choose to use this rare catch to fuse with the existing juvenile Xuan Turtle, thereby enhancing its innate abilities.

According to the information description, there was a very small probability of improving the quality of the existing Xuan Turtle, allowing it to gain new innate divine abilities.

Su Ping had provided no small amount of resources to help that previous Juvenile Xuan Turtle grow up.

The value of the Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts he fed it added up to well over five figures.

Furthermore, in the Cultivation World, unless the quantity is large to a certain degree, quality is still more important.

Su Ping chose to fuse.

Watching the icon of the excellent Xuan Turtle in his storage gradually blur and then dissipate.

He saw a piece of information pop up.

The juvenile Xuan Turtle fused with a portion of pure origin.

Its attribute growth was mentioned to have increased slightly.

Its Bloodline quality obtained a slight improvement.

Its affinity for the Dahai and volcanoes was slightly strengthened.

It became stronger...

Su Ping only regretted that the Xuan Turtle had been left by him to roam on the seabed of Water Blue Star, and he could not summon it immediately to see what changes there were.

He could only silently note this matter, and remember to check it next time he returned to Water Blue Star.

Su Ping stood on the highest mountain peak of Xuangui Island.

Facing the morning sun, he looked toward the direction of North Dipper Seven Stars Island.

Over there, that strange Secret Realm was still there.

Moreover, the Old Ancestor of the Artifact Heart Sect was indeed still stuck over there, unable to get away.

It was precisely because these pieces of intelligence were true that the prodigies of the Demon Heart Sect were led into the trap.

After thinking about it, Su Ping still gave up on heading to that Secret Realm.

One could tell just from the fact that the Artifact Heart Sect had found the Immortal Sect and the Great Golden Light Temple to set up the trap together.

That Secret Realm must have also been exposed to the eyes of more major powers.

As a result.

There were now too many big shots gathered over there.

Even with his Memory Illusion, it was not easy for him to continue fishing in troubled waters.

Who knew which big shot's Heavenly Net might just reveal his true body hiding in the sky or on the seabed?

"Better to go back early and cultivate properly."

Su Ping put away his fishing rod, and after transforming into the Memory Illusion of the Exorcist Mage Yunkong.

He began to fly through the air.

Just after leaving the sea area surrounding Xuangui Island.

Su Ping suddenly saw a large Tall Ship being chased by more than ten small merchant ships.

Sweeping with his Divine Sense, Su Ping saw that there were many Commoners inside the Tall Ship.

Among them, there was actually that family from the fishing boat he had taken when he first went to Xuangui Island.

They were huddled together with terrified expressions, trembling in the ship's cabin just like many others, packed densely together.

And the Cultivators on the Tall Ship were desperately maintaining the ship's defensive Array so it would not be broken.

From time to time, a Cultivator would turn pale, vomit blood, and collapse to the ground, only to be quickly replaced by another Cultivator.

Just looking at the remaining rotating Cultivators, each one spiritless and withered, one knew that these Cultivators on the Tall Ship could not hold on for much longer.

Conversely, the Cultivators on the chasing merchant ships were each ruddy-faced and full of vigor, clearly still having energy to spare.

"Stop struggling! Surrender now, and I can guarantee you won't die!"

On one merchant ship, a skinny, bone-thin old man in green robes rose into the air, stepping on a mass of black Qi, and shouted at the Tall Ship a few times.

After discovering that the other side had no reaction, he hummed and pulled out a Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

After silently chanting a few incantations.

Dozens of ten-meter-long smoke-like evil ghosts emerged from the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, shrieking as they slammed into the Tall Ship, causing streaks of Golden Light to erupt.

At the same time, the Cultivators in the other merchant ships also each unleashed techniques or Dharma Artifacts to continue weakening the Tall Ship's defense.

And the Tall Ship's counterattack methods appeared much weaker.

Only one long-bearded elder with eyes closed was directing a Flying Sword, which would occasionally transform into a streak of green light to claim the lives of one or two pursuers.

It was just that those who fell for it were generally the ones with the lowest cultivation.

It did not compensate for the overall situation.

Su Ping watched the battle below, his Divine Sense sweeping over both sides, confirming that both parties were just "chickens pecking at each other" and that there was not a single Foundation Establishment cultivator among them.

"Interesting!"

Su Ping finished the fine wine in the bottle and put the bottle back into his Storage Bag.

His figure moved, and he appeared above the Tall Ship.

"It's a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

The elder inside the Tall Ship and the elder above the merchant ship both saw Su Ping at the first moment, and then almost simultaneously let out exclamations.

"Daoist..."

The elder who had taken out the Ten Thousand Soul Banner still wanted to say something.

Su Ping had already used a divine ability to transform into a large hand that passed through those evil ghosts and directly grabbed the opponent from mid-air.

In the blink of an eye, this elder had his physical body crushed before he could even let out a scream.

After the Ten Thousand Soul Banner lost its spiritual light, it was swept away by Divine Sense into Su Ping's hand.

Su Ping swept his gaze over the cultivators on those merchant ships who were still in a daze, and said lightly:

"A combination of Robber Cultivators and evil cultivators, and you dare to call me Daoist!"

"The Overseas Islands were supposed to be a place for ordinary people and cultivators to retire, yet I never thought they would all flee here, and you are actually still pursuing them relentlessly!"

"You all deserve to be punished!"

Su Ping extended his right hand and pointed toward the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the ultimate technique of Exorcist Mage Yunkong, Cold Cloud Frost Heaven Meteor Fall, appeared in the high sky.

This meteorite, containing immense cold energy, fell at the speed of light into the center of the merchant ship fleet.

In an instant, it completely engulfed those evil cultivators who were preparing to turn their ships around or were simply leaping from the decks in an attempt to jump into the water, within the exploding cold ice flames.

This caused these nearly one hundred cultivators to be wiped out in a single blow!

Even the Tall Ship was affected by the cold energy generated by this strike.

The Array carved into the bottom of the ship and the wooden planks of the cabin was broken in the blink of an eye.

The sound of the Array nodes bursting with "bang, bang, bang" was incessant.

Ah!

Those cultivators maintaining the Array vomited blood one after another and knelt on the ground.

That long-bearded elder with closed eyes took a few steps back, raised his head toward Su Ping's direction, and trembled in confusion:

"Daoist... what is the meaning of this?"

No one believed this was a misoperation by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, the Foundation Establishment cultivator before them, who appeared to be nothing more than an unremarkable white-haired youth.

Flashed in an instant before their ship master, and then threw a punch that blasted their ship master into a ball of flame.

No!

Under the flames, a zombie flew out and landed lightly on the stern.

By the looks of it, this zombie was almost identical in build to the long-bearded elder.

Its eyes were wide open, with no pupils, but instead, two green fires were burning within them.

"Zom... Zombie?"

"How is this possible! The ship master, Jinjia Laozu, is actually a zombie?"

"Evil Art, Jinjia Laozu must have practiced an Evil Art!"

Many cultivators from other families were stunned, and some even looked at other members of the Jin Family with unease.

Among those Jin Family members, the vast majority also revealed expressions of shock.

A small number, perhaps having long guessed that their Old Ancestor practiced an Evil Art to survive, naturally dared not say a word now.

"Flying Sky Blood Zombie Technique?"

"To be able to refine this Side Sect art, it seems you are also somewhat talented."

"But, the next step is to refine Blood Pills with the blood of tens of thousands of people, right?"

Su Ping said indifferently, also landing on the deck, his voice tinged with a hint of regret:

"The mortals in the cabin, and these cultivators, will all be the raw materials for you to condense your Blood Pill, right?"

"No, I'm afraid these alone are not enough. You had a strange scent of incense on your clothes earlier; did you collude with some evil cultivators of the Incense Divine Path?"

"Or have you already become an entry-level disciple of some Incense Divine Path?"

The people in the cabin heard the words Su Ping had spoken intentionally.

Even the most foolish person, having survived until now, already knew how evil the "Cultivator Masters" could be.

They had not expected that the kind and amiable Jinjia Laozu, who seemed to be the only one who viewed them as human beings, was actually thinking about how to exploit them!

These people became restless one after another.

"Immortal Master, save us!"

Someone kowtowed to beg for help, immediately triggering a chorus of agreement.

The green fire in the eyes of the zombie at the stern flickered even more violently.

"You Foundation Establishment cultivator, why not properly cultivate your Dao!"

"Why come to ruin my good deeds!"

The zombie let out a low roar, which could be considered a tacit admission of Su Ping's guess.

"Do you know that what you have ruined is the good work of my Blood God Path!"

"If you had pretended not to know, my Blood God Path would not have made an enemy of you!"

"Now... it is too late!"

As he spoke, a slit cracked open in the zombie's chest, and a blood-red single eye emerged from within.

However, just as this single eye looked toward the white-haired youth.

It suddenly paused.

It saw the various Evil-Warding Blessings swirling around the white-haired youth's body.

Just by looking at the fluctuations of the blessings, the master behind this single eye knew that this was a big shot he could not afford to provoke!

Then... the single eye closed, retracted back into the chest cavity, and vanished with a swish.

This caused the green fire in the eyes of the zombie, who had unleashed his trump card, to instantly freeze.

"Pseudo Blood God Eye?"

Su Ping looked at the zombie, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly:

"The Blood God Path from the Divine Dao lineage of Nanhuang has really been unable to resist running to the Central Region, has it?"

"To be able to unleash this kind of parasitic technique, at least a Main Priest with Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage cultivation must have come, right?"

"Do you know why I specifically gave you so much time for nonsense this time?"

"It was to confirm whether you had learned this Side-Door Path technique by pure coincidence, or if someone from the Divine Dao lineage I care about had come to give you a helping hand."

"Now it seems everything is clear."

After Su Ping finished these words.

The zombie that the Jinjia Laozu had turned into was already erupting with green fire all over its body.

Clearly, after being seen through, the person behind the scenes had already decided to let it self-destruct.

However, before the green fire could fully emerge and burn the zombie's entire body, a giant, semi-transparent greedy wolf head appeared out of thin air.

With even greater speed, it swallowed the zombie in one gulp, who was standing at the stern of the ship in a state of immense shock!

The greedy wolf flashed past.

The Tall Ship subsequently returned to calm.

Su Ping swept his Divine Sense across the battlefield again and took away all the ownerless items.

Afterward, he ordered the people on the Tall Ship to continue steering the ship back, then simply stayed in the ship owner's room to examine the guy's belongings...