Chapter 1335: First Sound Seizes the Fish (Beginning of the Month, Seeking Monthly Votes, Combined)

The northern waters of the Jianghuai River, the Stone of No Feeling in the Little Horse King River shattered, splashing waves.

The southeastern sea, a new Stone of the River burst from the water, towering and majestic!

"Dead?"

The East Sea, the Iron-Head Fish King was shocked and dismayed, unaware of the Jianghuai situation, not knowing that several demon kings had gathered to do something, now finally confirming it was a fight. It was a slaughter, and then ecstatic joy.

Fight! Fight!

Blood flowed like rivers!

Where is the Great Horse King of the Sea Horse Clan? Its realm is higher than yours, the little overlord of the southeast sea, charge up and beat that white-haired monkey!

"But who is that newly emerged one?" the Iron-Head Fish King suppressed the urge to seek the flood dragon.

Several demon kings, the Jianghuai melee, the Horse King's death———

The situation changed so fast that even the flood dragon, lying in wait in the East Sea for an opportunity, determined to strike a killing blow, felt moved—only that last hesitation held it back.

One rise, one fall, one ascent, one descent, one having and one lacking—Nanjiang, Beiting, Dashun, Daxueshan, overseas nations, the East Sea demon kings, the South Sea demon kings, the North Sea demon kings, humans and beasts alike were astonished, as if the Little Horse King who had been battling the White Ape in the Jianghuai northern waters had not died, but had suddenly leapt across millions of li and returned to his homeland.

But this is utterly impossible.

What divine power in the world could possess such ability?

The 【Water Passage Over a Thousand Li】 technique, having undergone the Dew-Seeding enhancement, with Jianghuai favor added, its maximum teleportation distance is no more than one thousand seven hundred li at a time. The Little Horse King's feat surpasses Liang Qu by a thousandfold—could it be that he has cultivated the teleportation divine power to the eighteenth stage? But why then lie here?

Cultivating the Golden Body to the third stage is extraordinarily difficult.

Liang Qu secretly shuddered in his heart, clearly seeing the Little Horse King's corpse still in the vortex center, yet he stopped his steps, dare not approach rashly: "Hai Ya King, what's going on? How did another River Stone appear in the southeast? Is that place the Sea Horse Clan's territory?"

"It is the Sea Horse Clan's territory, the River Stone———I———I don't know." Hai Ya King stared wide-eyed, gazing at the white current swirling in the vortex, the Little Horse King's faintly visible form, a flash of inspiration: "Could it be that the Little Horse King died, and in the Sea Horse Clan's territory, it just so happens that rumors say the Sea Horse Clan's Little Three King, who was in seclusion attempting to break through to demon king, has ascended? Heaven above, is Heaven so favorably disposed toward the Sea Horse Clan? If the heavenly gods had acted a few breaths later, the Sea Horse Clan, would it not be able to produce the Great Horse, the Middle Horse, and the Little Horse—three kings appearing together?"

"Nonsense about the Great Horse and Middle Horse, selling milk tea? Large cup, medium cup, small cup drinks? Is there also a super-large cup, a thousand-year-old slumbering Furnace Horse King behind it?" Liang Qu cursed, "New replacing old, seamless transition—how could it be so coincidental?"

Hai Ya King chuckled sheepishly: "My subordinates are dull-witted; the only result we can think of is this———"

Liang Qu frowned, the White Ape's five senses tensing with solemnity.

Did the Little Horse King succeed in his ascension?

He does not believe worldly affairs could be so coincidental, for he thought of himself.

During the Wolf Smoke era, he had the divine power 【Water Passage Over a Thousand Li】; during Tiger Hunting, he had several divine powers, 【Summoning Spirits】, 【Dew-Seeding】, death and rebirth, his strength doubled at midnight and noon, the Blood Slaughter divine power allowing him to feign being a River Stone—he is precisely the expert who uses all kinds of unimaginable means to challenge the foundations of cultivation knowledge, exploit information gaps, and secretly stir up trouble.

Only after being caught in the rain does one know the sky will rain.

Only after having pit someone does one know there will be those who pit you.

Rather than say it is an unbelievably coincidental seamless transition of old and new, Liang Qu would rather believe the Little Horse King used some unimaginable means, left behind his corpse, and truly and indeed crossed millions of li, stealthily escaping!

"Xiao Zhuang, what's the situation? Isn't the Sea Horse King dead yet? Isn't it over?" Hai Yun asked A Fei.

A Fei opened his big mouth, mumbled two sounds.

"Hai Ya King, you, go retrieve the Little Horse King's corpse." The White Ape pointed.

"Ah, me?"

"Hurry up!"

Hai Ya King did not know what the White Ape worried about, but keenly sensed something was amiss, looked left and right, fin-pointing at the Sea Wolves.

"General Lang Yu, you, go bring the Little Horse King's corpse to the White Ape King, the Great Monkey!"

"Yes!"

Lang Yu could not understand the shift in relationship between the great king and the White Ape, but he understood the two demon kings' "ignoring the rat to protect the vessel," cursed the two bastards, the higher the strength, the more they fear death—the White Ape is a top-tier demon king, feigning death once likely won't kill him, he surely won't die.

Nevertheless, as the king's vanguard, when the matter comes to a head, one cannot keep pushing back, ruining one's future, must go personally—Lang Yu summoned several Sea Wolf demon beasts, came to the vortex center.

"You few, lift!"

At the vortex center, the white current swirled and scoured, gathering into a circular high wall, like an arena.

The back's scale fins were torn and tattered, only a few remaining spines clustered together, the Little Horse King originally pale blue, for having swallowed the Water Dragon Piercing Clouds, his whole body stained with blood, tendons and bones broken inch by inch, demon king's will raging, where not covered by blood, already faded to a ghastly white.

The Sea Horse Clan, like some octopuses, also possesses color-changing ability.

"Little Water———"

"It's fine, Hai Fangzhu, just in case, don't leave my side for now."

"Alright."

Having calmed Hai Fangzhu, the White Ape's gaze locked dead on the demon king's corpse, his spirit firmly fixed on the sudden appearance of the River Stone in the southeast sea, the Sea Horse Clan's territory—that is another clue supporting his suspicion that the Little Horse King escaped.

The Little Horse King fell—why did the Great Horse King's River Stone not move?

Just happened to be in seclusion, spirit not scattered, didn't notice?

The soles sank into the mire, several Sea Wolves transformed into human form, flashing fish fins, working together, they lifted the Sea Horse King, slowly trudging toward the ruined plaza before the Northern Water Wang Gong.

The bricks and stones collapsed, the Sea Horse King's eyes dimmed.

Liang Qu's eyes flashed, he seized the water spear, jabbed it hard several times.

Is it alright?

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

"It hurts! So hurt! Don't kill me, Ape King! It's Nanjiang, it's Nanjiang, you go find them!"

"Big brother, save me! Save me!"

Miserable cries echoed through the Coral Palace, sound waves rebounding, bringing slight vibrations, bubbles continually drifting out from the coral crevices.

At the palace center, a mi-yellow, amniotic-sac-like spherical semi-transparent tissue gently swayed, similar amniotic sacs, there are three in total in the palace.

The left and right ones lie still and quiet, as if containing nothing.

The middle one, through a faint glow, one can see at the center of the amniotic sac, a creature like a small worm struggling, bellowing, twisting.

The small creature is incredibly fine, like a horsehair worm, headless and tailless, continuously fluffy matter floats out from the bottom of the amniotic sac, wrapping around, constantly growing!

Until the small creature initially takes shape, gradually transforming from a horsehair worm into a normal seahorse shape, the roaring ceases, as if regaining reason, escaping extreme pain.

Outside the amniotic sac, the azure Great Horse King saw this, raised his claws, with a puff, slit an opening, a pale yellow hot current wrapped a pink-white sea horse and unfurled it.

"Ah!"

The pink-white seahorse coughed violently, spewing fluid from its trumpet-like mouthparts, its dorsal fin clamped tight, twitching a few times, unable to move.

The Great Horse King produced a piece of emerald-green jade fruit, cut it in half, twisted it like squeezing a lemon, and squeezed the emerald-green juice onto the pink-white seahorse, the juice completely absorbed by the pink-white seahorse without a single drop wasted.

After a while.

Having spat out clear milky-yellow fluid, the pink-white seahorse breathed deeply.

Pink gradually faded from the seahorse's body, pure white revealing a barely perceptible hint of blue, the soft external cartilage gradually hardening, the trumpet-like mouthparts slowly splitting, beneath the neck two meat buds not belonging to a seahorse protruding, supported by these buds the seahorse's segmented fins flapped twice, and the seahorse immediately began jumping in place, growing ever more accustomed.

"Second brother?"

"Big brother!"

The seahorse clan has two kings, yet they are not blood brothers; blood brothers simultaneously becoming demon kings is too improbable, but among the clan, according to strength, they acknowledge each other as brothers.

The seahorse clan has only one second brother, and only one big brother.

Emerging from the milky-yellow embryonic membrane, it was none other than the Little Horse King!

Yet, upon reaching Jianghuai, the Little Horse King displayed draconic features, standing hundreds of zhang tall, while emerging from the embryonic membrane it was merely three chi in length, not even as long as a large green fish.

Hearing the response, the Great Horse King let out a mighty sigh of relief.

Success!

The human race's talent is innate wisdom, surpassing claws and fangs by a hundredfold, a thousandfold.

Nowadays, on the land, how many places has this clan occupied? The demon race likewise possesses its own talents, even varied kinds, myriad and diverse; at the same realm, cultivating the same category of divine abilities yields twice the result with half the effort, effects exceeding the norm.

As with the octopus clan's boneless body, fleshly transformation, their performance is extraordinarily exceptional; the seahorse clan, in the path of reproduction, possesses an innate gift unlike any other: in the world, it is always the female fish that gives birth, but the seahorse clan is different—it is the male seahorse that gives birth! The male carries pregnancy, provides nourishment, ultimately lays eggs, hatches baby seahorses!

The Great Horse King perceived this from the time of being a strange creature, and also felt it to be the true talent of the seahorse clan, a treasure bestowed by heaven, not mere color-changing or teleportation.

Therefore, the current two kings' household divine ability is not teleportation, nor the hundred-thousand-li water cannon, but rather removing the brood pouch to form an "external greenhouse"!

Using the external greenhouse to nurture demon king bodies, as long as the greenhouse remains, leaving behind the nurtured "eggs," even if the external physical body is destroyed, consciousness can still return to the greenhouse, aided by the "eggs," to rebirth a corporeal shell and continue walking abroad!

Except for the high cost of nurturing demon king bodies, each rebirth causes a drop of one rank, just like changing clothes, water cannons and teleportation have also become necessary constructions around the greenhouse, convenient for timely support should any mishap occur.

Only the Great Horse King did not expect Bai Yuan to be so swift and decisive, the second brother unable even to flee.

Fortunately, fortunately.

To be alive is good; to be alive is the greatest capital.

"Second brother, what exactly happened?" the Great Horse King pressed, "Did the Bai Yuan King strike you? What about the Hai Ya King? Why is he unharmed?"

"The Hai Ya King framed me!" the Little Horse King roared, his dorsal fin flaring, overcome with rage, "He secretly contacted us years ago, using the pursuit of the Hai Fangzhu as a pretext, but in truth had already defected to Bai Yuan, and even performed a farce before me, making me develop greed, join the battle, that Bai Yuan——————that. Bai Yuan————"

The Little Horse King trembled, his expanded dorsal fin tightly curled, merely recalling it felt as if Bai Yuan had opened its bloody maw, bared sharp canine teeth, and lunged at it with a savage grin!

"Speak slowly, speak slowly, you are safe now, Bai Yuan is in Jianghuai."

The Little Horse King drew a deep breath, weeping as he said: "One move, only one move, I died, it was too fierce, too fierce, wuwuwu————"

"Second brother, do not fear." Suddenly, a voice came from within the right embryonic membrane, "This is our first time using the greenhouse for rebirth; we must absolutely not expose our location and information; we should immediately relocate, your current situation, second brother, should be said as my successful seclusion, my river-mid stone, the old and new alternating.

If by chance we cannot conceal it, no matter how dire, we must also say it is the golden cicada shedding its shell, a single escape of a million li, changing head and face, to frame the setup, we must absolutely not expose the fact that we are not dead.

Therefore, second brother, you are already dead, big brother, you should now be angry, angry at your second brother's death, hurry north, go seek the Bai Yuan King for an explanation, firmly insist it was the Hai Ya King, Hai Fangzhu, and Bai Yuan King who set a trap, not the southern Jiang bribes seeking trouble, stirring the waters."

"Correct, the third brother speaks rightly."

"Big brother, do not go!" the Little Horse King cried in fear, "That Bai Mao monkey is not a beast, big brother you may not necessarily be its match."

"Indeed, hearing second brother's words, that Bai Yuan is truly formidable, one move to fell the foe, though unknown the consumption, but now big brother has already lagged by a move, better to go with the flow." The third brother said, "Just say it was me at the critical juncture of breakthrough, protecting the Dharma, upon hearing second brother's death news, joy and sorrow intertwined, a momentary blank, dazed and at a loss.

Remember, emphasize that you thought" second brother was going to Jianghuai to aid the Hai Ya King in courting the Hai Fangzhu, expecting no trouble, not expecting Bai Yuan to run rampant, domineering, violent and cruel, refusing to grant a title, still wanting to imprison the Hai Fangzhu, and by the time you realized it was already too late.

Afterwards, big brother you worry you are no match for Bai Yuan, thus temporarily inactive, before seeking Bai Yuan, first contact the other demon kings, all together heading north. After heading north, also do not speak of life-for-life, compensation, only say it is to seek an explanation, the less demanded, the more other demon kings will empathize, willing to lend aid, no one wishes one day Bai Yuan displeased, find a pretext to be beaten to death."

"Good! The third brother's words make sense, I go seek help————"

The words had not fallen, the Great Horse King's countenance suddenly changed, the Little Horse King even more painful and shrill, collapsing to the ground, rolling back and forth.

"Ah! Ah! Here it comes, here it comes, it has come, big brother, third brother, run quickly, run quickly!"

The third brother urgently asked: "Big brother, second brother, what happened? Who has come?"

The Little Horse King trembled, speech incoherent, within the nest swimming and colliding chaotically.

The Great Horse King utterly solemn: "Bai Yuan King, Bai Yuan King has descended first!"

"What?"

The Iron-Head Fish King stared wide-eyed.

The Great Horse King had not yet gone to Jianghuai to seek Bai Yuan, Bai Yuan first went to the southeastern sea to seek the Great Horse King?

Arrogant!

Too arrogant!

Relying on one's own formidable strength, occupying Jianghuai, lawless and wild, is that it!

Imperial Capital.

The Holy Emperor overlooked and observed.

Clerks rubbed the paper pages, swiftly recording "river-mid stone" changes.

Southern Jiang.

The tribal leaders fully focused.

Black Water Toxic Pregnancy Yan swallowed saliva.

The bribery effect, surprisingly good, so good that matters secretly surpassed control!

Jianghuai.

Jiang Tun tidied up the Little Horse King's remains, packed and sent to the Imperial Capital.

Hai Lang repaired the Northern Water Wang Gong, long since no trace of Bai Yuan!

"Little Shui, the Little Horse King is already dead, the deceased is paramount, you coming to the door like this, even if there is just cause, will also make other demons feel you are too overbearing, right but not forgiving demons, rabbit dead fox sad, they may proactively come to aid the Great Horse King, should they all rise and attack, you might fall into a bitter struggle, the Jiao Long King taking advantage to seize Jianghuai, then what should be done?"

The Little Horse King might not be dead.

Not dead?

Bai Yuan leapt and darted, his burly frame parting the briny currents, his golden eyes blazing: "Exactly, I suspect the Little Horse King shed his cicada shell, leaving only the demon king's corpse, and that new stone in the river is the Little Horse King!

If I were the Great Horse King, I would certainly conceal such an escape method, feign death even if alive, so he would surely come first to argue with us over the definition, muddying the waters—though I might be wrong, if true, it would be even more troublesome; better to strike first, seize the initiative, unleash emotion first, and define the debate!

The wronged will cry; whoever speaks faster, whoever has stronger emotion, everyone will instinctively believe them."

"I'll follow your lead."

"Good!"

Thus.

The Bai Yuan who had just killed the Little Horse King in Jianghuai did not dodge or evade, leapt swiftly, departed Jianghuai, and headed straight for the Great Horse King in the Southeast Sea—did he not feel shame, but instead radiated fierce fury?

Who, killed whom?

Amid the stares of all, bewilderment, and shock.

In the sea horse tribe's land, the little sea horse frantically hid underground, while his friendly demon king ally drew near in anger.

Above the Nine Heavens, the ferocious ape roared, layers exploding, waves surging, fish floating belly-up, beasts overturned.

"Great Horse King! Hand over the Little Horse King!"

Blessing