Chapter 1333

Golden eyes like fire, scorching body and mind.

Three fingers pressed together like a razor, tearing through the water flow, drawing out a silent vacuum. The fresh blood oozing from the wound on the fingertip, having no time to seep and merge, was pulled into three straight pink threads, rapidly approaching in the Hai Ya Wang's pupils, infinitely enlarged, overwhelming fear descending.

No, cannot, absolutely cannot let it slash down!

Will not die, but more terrifying than death.

Hai Ya Wang's crimson eyes, scarlet as blood.

A series of swift moves, nearly stunning it; it had thought it might be beaten, but never imagined being beaten so cleanly, so strangely, so perilously intensified!

It did not know what Bai Yuan was doing or intending, but instinct resisted and struggled. An unprecedented will to survive mixed with a roar erupted like volcanic magma.

The skull pressed by Bai Yuan's large hand, the jaw pressed by the knee, up and down, firmly locked; Hai Ya Wang could not open its mouth no matter how hard it tried, could not spit out the hard object lodged in its throat, so the side fins swiftly reached back, gripping the neck, crushing bone, sharp spines piercing flesh, pulling hard, tearing out its own esophagus!

Amid the terrifying cracking sound, exposed seeds mixed with minced flesh flew out, turning a large amount of fresh blood into a pink mass.

Lady Hai Yun turned pale with fright.

"Ah.!!!"

In an instant, losing the suppression of 【Divine Might】, Hai Ya Wang's retreating momentum violently surged back. In the frenzied roar, it stubbornly bore Bai Yuan Wang and retreated three steps.

The violent swaying and struggling demon king's body tore the earth, a corner of the North Water Wang Gong collapsed.

Caught off guard, Liang Qu only felt he had grabbed a slippery eel in a swamp, struggling desperately to slip free from its grasp, three fingers slightly misaligned.

Just this brief respite, Hai Ya Wang seized the opportunity to press the attack, its entire body covered with thousands of scales polished like silver mirrors, each piece comparable to a top-tier spiritual weapon in sharpness, suddenly exploding outward!

Originally the "divine weapon" of domineering aura in the eyes of the Sword Shrimp clan, in an instant covered in wounds, its smooth, radiant body instantly dimmed, bursting open countless scales, leaving behind fine small holes after scale loss, revealing ugly, wrinkled, toad-like damaged fish skin.

Thousands of silver scales, carrying blood smoke, shot out rapidly; under Hai Ya Wang's sacrificial strike, they actually withstood the weakening of the Yinglong Killing Experience, broke through the protective golden light, shallowly pierced into Bai Yuan's body, drawing countless blood traces.

But it was useless.

Trivial injury, trivial struggle.

Bai Yuan's body was as if cast from copper and iron, not moving a muscle; he instantly seized Hai Ya Wang's fish head and twisted around, shifting from facing off to standing side by side, one arm embracing and locking around Hai Ya Wang's fish head like a rear-naked choke on a wild dog, his hand movements unhurried, his brow furrowing deeply as the "Chuan" character was largely etched into his forehead, lacking only the final stroke.

However——

"Lady Hai Yun!"

Hai Fangzhu cried out in alarm, rushing from the palace, two azure wrist-feet infinitely elongated, intending to grab Lady Hai Yun.

Earlier, to let Hai Ya Wang drink the wine containing the 【Dew Seed】, Lady Hai Yun had to press close to Hai Ya Wang, offering fine wine and delicacies. Until Bai Yuan suddenly appeared, seized the wine cup and pressed it onto Hai Ya Wang's head, brief combat ensued; although she had tried to flee, she had not yet put sufficient distance between them, now standing nearby, as a second-rank great demon, directly facing Hai Ya Wang's sacrificial strike.

Thousands of silver scales, fired from all angles.

Bai Yuan can block them, but Lady Hai Yun cannot!

"This water is indestructible!"

Bai Yuan issued the decree.

The mirror-like scales paused for a moment, having not passed the decree's water wall, erupted in a violent shockwave and vacuum band, as if smashing through an invisible barrier, continuing to fly.

Useless!

Hai Ya Wang rejoiced greatly.

Lightning-fast.

Yet there were fish faster than Hai Fangzhu and Bai Yuan by a step.

Behind Lady Hai Yun, the water flow suddenly surged.

A black giant fish appeared out of nowhere, the fat fish opened its huge mouth, violently sucking in wind; Lady Hai Yun caught a terrified glimpse of A Fei in her peripheral vision, immediately wrapped her wrist-feet around it, and rammed headfirst into A Fei's big mouth.

Bang!

Scales sliced through a large mass of black smoke; the fat fish's buttocks ached, daring not to delay, it gripped Lady Hai Yun and rushed desperately into the marshland.

Boom boom boom!

Winding path, the mirror-like scales mercilessly pierced through the black mist, scattering some tail flames, embedding deep into the earth's depths, black smoke emerging from countless holes, shattering the palace simultaneously, mercilessly shattering Hai Ya Wang's joy.

In the depths of despair, amidst the escort of myriad sea wolves, as Hai Fangzhu's wrist and ankles rebounded, Bai Yuan twisted his wrist, and the "Chuan" character flicked rightward, completing the final stroke.

Hua.

The blood seal burst forth with a hazy red light.

The instant the "Chuan" character took form, both Liang Qu and Hai Ya Wang felt as if their brains had been struck by a heavy hammer; their pupils rolled white, and they both fainted simultaneously, collapsing motionless.

The fierce clash, strangely subsided.

"Great King!"

Myriad sea wolves anxious, never expecting Bai Yuan to be so ruthless, they gathered into the Cloud Wolf Great Formation, charging forward toward the immobilized Bai Yuan and Hai Ya Wang; in the distant waterweed thicket, the long-waiting Da Pang and Jian Xia, seeing this, immediately waved their large anchors and forehead swords, leaping out to assist.

In fact.

There was no need for them at all.

On one side of the great formation, the azure wrist-feet extended, interwoven and waved, drawing out vast vacuums, easily tearing apart the Cloud Wolf Formation; many great demon sea wolves vomited blood, smashed onto the riverbed, raising great mounds of silt.

Lang Yu hurriedly blocked and struggled to hold formation with the clan fish.

Those present today, however, include three demon kings; even if their fish numbers are countless, and the opponent's promotion time is short, without Hai Ya Wang leading, there is no chance of victory whatsoever.

"Hai Fangzhu! Why must you do this!" Lang Yu angrily shouted, "My great king harbors no harmful intent toward fish! He merely seeks your affection, loves you, must he consign fish to death? If you are fond of Bai Yuan, why not say so early? Or are you deliberately doing this.

Merely being unaware and seeking your affection, must we fight to the death? Bai Yuan Wang has only brute strength, unreasoning, domineering, becoming the ruler of the Jianghuai waters as such a narrow-minded beast—who in the world could submit? Even the Whale Emperor says, love is free, merely a single initiative, even life must be sacrificed?

Or do you think only you have helpers, my great king has none? If you can release your perception, take a look—does my great king have helpers, does he have friends!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Fangzhu immediately released her perception, sensed again the movement and change of the "River-Middle Stone," her heart startled, yet her expression unchanged, her voice still gentle.

"The ape king acted hastily in anger, or perhaps there was some misunderstanding, merely wishing to teach a lesson, yet had no intention of consigning your great king to death; I apologize on behalf of the ape king to all present; upon the second king's awakening, the misunderstanding resolved, I believe we shall surely reconcile."

"Reconcile? How reconcile? My great king's injuries are so severe, he has even used his sacrificial strike—how long will these scales take to regrow?"

"Exactly, my great king's sincerity toward you—how could he end up like this?"

"After Hai Ya Wang awakens, the misunderstanding cleared, I and the ape king will certainly compensate fully."

Lang Yu is a great demon, not a demon king, unable to sense the position of the "River-Middle Stone," unaware when the previously promised help will be fulfilled, also unaware of the great king's condition.

Even though the Sea Warden is famous for his good temper, the demon king is ultimately a demon king; a simple dispute of a few sentences, he would never dare to utter harsh words, merely cursing silently that the Southwest's wolf-driving and tiger-swallowing had somehow turned into its current state, while also hoping the demon king promised earlier would hurry over to ease the present situation.

The scene fell into a momentary silence, with all the beasts gazing toward the central White Ape and Sea Tooth King.

At the center of the water, the White Ape maintained the posture of one arm holding the Sea Tooth King's head; the unaware truly thought the two beasts were close brothers.

The Sea Warden waited anxiously, only hoping Liang Qu could awaken quickly before the new "River Stone" arrived.

In fact.

Both the Sea Tooth King and the White Ape remained conscious, merely having shifted the battlefield.

The Sea Tooth King felt dizzy and blurred vision, clutching his bleeding, painful occiput as he struggled to rise from the ground; looking around, he was astonished to find himself on a vast, boundless expanse of windless, waveless water, its surface as clean as an endless mercury mirror—this was—his sea of consciousness?

What happened? What on earth is going on?

How did it end up here?

No fish could answer the Sea Tooth King's question; only a flash of light appearing on the horizon made him suddenly look up, seeing that light continuously approaching like a meteor, the meteor gradually becoming clear, finally stirring great waves in his heart, within which rage and fear arose.

"Ape King! What exactly have you done to me?"

"Sea Tooth King, is the Southwest's great elixir of fortune tasty?"

The White Ape falling from the horizon stretched his limbs, flung open his arms, stood tall and straight like a general on horseback, forming an arc as he fell freely, white clouds clinging to his body and flowing, his long hair flying wildly, he laughed ferociously, baring his sharp canine teeth.

The Sea Tooth King's expression changed dramatically; he tilted his head back and retreated: "What are you saying? I don't understand! Between us contending for the Sea Warden, what does the Southwest have to do with it? If you're a true beast, then let us openly compete for the female fish's affection—don't use this base method of force to threaten! I and the Sea Warden are truly in love!"

"It's fine; you don't understand now, but you will soon!"

The meteor streaked across the horizon.

The White Ape violently smashed down; the Sea Tooth King panicked, limbs on the ground, crawling to dodge.

Boom!

Huge waves surged heavenward, the sea of consciousness violently trembled, the "mirror surface" rippled.

The Sea Tooth King was shaken so badly his feet slipped, he fell to the ground; taking this opportunity, the White Ape extended both hands into the waves, seized the Sea Tooth King's tail in one grip, violently lifted him, traced a semicircle in midair, and slammed him hard onto the ground.

The Sea Tooth King let out a miserable cry.

After swinging left and right several times, the White Ape bent his knees, rose and fell again, leapt onto the Sea Tooth King's head, clenched his fists, and violently pounded.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each round of pounding was like bringing one's feet together on a rainy day and jumping into a puddle, sending up a ring of water.

The ripples on the "mercury mirror" grew more and more, one ring after another, the previous ring not yet vanished before the next appeared, countless rings overlapping, expanding into even more ripples.

"Ah!!!"

The Sea Tooth King's head had already been struck by a water column, the skull cracked; under the White Ape's consecutive endless deliberate assault, the fissures multiplied, blood seeped through the skull's gaps, merging with the water surface, turning from silver to pink then to red.

No water conservancy edict, no Golden Body, no slaying of flood dragons—only fist to flesh!

This was Liang Qu's first time encountering such a situation during mastery; previously, mastery often meant diving into a colossal entity within consciousness, becoming two blurred clashing thoughts, pressing down to succeed; as he grew stronger, the clashing thoughts during mastery became smaller.

Today's situation should be due to mastering the demon king.

The demon king's extremely high cultivation made what was once a blurred clash of consciousness become tangible, like a child's consciousness in utter chaos while an adult's is perfectly clear—a dull blade becoming a sharp one, no flashy divine abilities, pure comparison of consciousness intensity.

Just fight!

Mastering water beasts requires establishing a mental link, which always occupies a certain amount of mental space, the size of which depends solely on the strength at the time of establishment; thereafter, regardless of changes in the water beast's strength, it remains unchanged.

Liang Qu's command includes many great water demon beasts, but the six great generals all rose from obscurity, most being ordinary beasts; their combined occupied capacity is less than that of a single great essence monster, and afterward there are the otter otter, Da He Li, Pai Xiao Xing, Chishan, many key-position Jiang Tun, dragon people, dragon sturgeon—

Adding them all up amounts to no more than the equivalent of two or three great demons, compared to Liang Qu's current Yaolong realm, a mere hair's breadth on nine oxen.

Not to mention he opened the mind-eye, his mental strength surpassing ordinary Yaolong by a notch, enough to accommodate another demon king—

More than enough!

The Sea Tooth King is indeed clever, "seeking salvation through indirect means," by pursuing the Sea Warden to achieve the Southwest's goal, while also obtaining the chicken-feather arrow of free love, thus openly avoiding direct offense to the Great Order and the White Ape.

Killing the Sea Tooth King would be making a mountain out of a molehill, disadvantageous for the White Ape's identity, offending the East Sea Demon King. Only thieves guard against thieves for a thousand days? No—there's no guarding against thieves for a thousand days; the Sea Tooth King is a precedent, and if the Southwest continues bribery, it would further allow the East Sea Demon King to directly use the excuse of indiscriminate killing of innocents and the Sea Tooth King's friends to prevent the Great Order from intervening, leading to a collective attack, at which point the Great Order would be exhausted from fleeing.

Not killing, the Sea Tooth King uses a little fleshly pain to exchange for the Southwest's great elixir of fortune, continuing to cling stubbornly.

If he insists on coming to the door, then—

Receive guests, behead.

Accept, serve as a dog!

Blue-veined snakes twisted, grip inch by inch rising, Liang Qu leaned back his upper body, fingers slightly loose, roaring, he mustered strength to hammer the flute, force penetrating the grip bones, drilling into the marrow.

Boom! Well! Boom!

Miserable cries one after another.

The Sea Tooth King desperately rolled, trying to shake off the White Ape, to no avail.

"Ape King, Ape King, spare my life, spare my life, it's Nan Yi, it's Nan Yi, it's my momentary greed, I shouldn't have coveted the Sea Warden, please let me go.

"Did you ask me this?" the White Ape spat a mouthful of blood foam.

"What should I ask then?"

The Sea Tooth King raised his head to ask, then was punched in the eye socket, as if his eyeball had been plucked out, his vision plunged into darkness, only hearing the White Ape's angry roar.

"Are the black forest big plums sweet?"

"?"

"Are the black forest big plums sweet!"

"Sweet! Sweet! Sweet!"

"Sweet your mother's head!"

"No—not sweet?"

"Die!"

The White Ape clasped his hands together, pressed his arms together, roared with bared teeth, and slammed down a cannon fist!

Crack! Boom!

Fish head gripped, unable to hold on any longer, completely shattered, carrying unparalleled spear force, embedded into the fish.

Liang Qu's entire upper body fully plunged into the fish flesh, arms swinging, exerting force to stir.

Heart-rending lung-piercing agony, Hai Ya Wang arched his upper body, only muscle spasms remained, swaying, then crashed down with a boom.

【Already subdued the Water Beast Sky Wolf Fish King, can evolve.】

Suddenly saw the courtyard blade cry out, body and head severed in an instant!

Ripples on the Water Commander's mirror surface gradually faded, returned to calm; in Liang Qu's sea of consciousness, a link astonishingly vast—several hundred, even thousands of times larger than the sum of all previously subdued water beasts—was established in orderly fashion, fiercely occupying forty percent of the space.

In an instant, Liang Qu felt as if returned to the state when he first subdued "Cannot Move," intense pain surged, nostrils heated, torrents of blood flowed out, directly feeding back onto the physical body.

The white ape gripping Hai Ya Wang suddenly bled from the nose, startling the worldly beasts.

Hai Fangzhu instinctively curled his wrist tip; later, the "River-Middle Stone" had already arrived at the Huai Fu entrance, growing increasingly tense.

The sea wolves gazed at the unchanged king, then at the white ape suddenly bleeding from the nose.

Could it be———

The white ape appears fierce as a tiger, but actually seizes the initiative to capture fish, a spent force.

Has our king gained the upper hand?

Joy surged unexpectedly; the sea wolves exchanged glances, thoughts drifting, ambitions swelling—originally just seeking mates, if they defeated the white ape, wouldn't their king be able to become the Huai Fu Water Lord? Are they the Water Lord clan fish?

As both sides' thoughts turned a hundred times, at the Huai Fu entrance, the newly arrived "River-Middle Stone" paused slightly, then suddenly "leapt" up, charging straight into the Jianghuai Great Marsh!

"Not good!"

Hai Fangzhu's heart sank, he hurriedly rushed toward the white ape.

Lang Yu exclaimed in shock, repeatedly shouting rebukes.

Within the sea of consciousness.

Hai Ya Wang, soul lost and spirit scattered: "I'm truly stupid, really—if I hadn't been greedy for the great elixir of fortune given by Nan Yi, I wouldn't have come to Huai Fu; not coming to Huai Fu, I wouldn't have encountered the heavenly deity; not encountering the heavenly deity—although following the heavenly deity isn't bad either, but the Eastern Sea Demon King enjoys even greater vastness of sea and sky———"

"You mean, before you came, you also contacted the Horse King?" Liang Qu suppressed his dizziness, asked sternly.

"Yes."

Hai Ya Wang regained consciousness, crawled on the ground, completely overwhelmed by the awe of the innate divine majesty, gasping for breath—despair, not blindness, hatred, even fear lost their space under this innate pressure, leaving only the essence of reverence: "Last year, Nan Yi not only gave me the great elixir of fortune, but also bribed the demon king who favors him; I only contacted the Horse King, agreed that, in the identity of my friend, I would come to support me, aid me in pursuing Hai Fangzhu."

"Horse King? What kind of king is the Horse King?" Liang Qu frowned.

"Even more demon kings leaked during the interception on the road?"

"He is of the Sea Horse clan, near the South Sea region; usually, they don't come to pay respects to the Fortune Whale Emperor; the Sea Horse clan has two demon kings, the Great Horse King and the Little Horse King, and there are rumors a third demon king is about to appear; the Great Horse King has tenth-level strength, the Little Horse King also has sixth-level, and the one I agreed with is the Little Horse King, who also possesses the ability to traverse space, possibly already arrived———"

Sea Horse?

Liang Qu narrowed his eyes.

He had heard of this thing———great tonic!

Hai Ya Wang cannot be killed; for now, the Little Horse King's assessment has changed.

Hai Fangzhu is outside, aware that Hai Ya Wang has other allies; Liang Qu dares not linger.

"Hai Ya Wang, do you want to be a stigma-testifying fish?"

"No———"

"Huh?"

"Yes! Stigma-testifying fish, who would I embrace if not you?"