Chapter 218: Seizing

The distance was too far.

Even though Xia Daoming's eyesight was astonishing, there were no obstructions to his line of sight, and he was looking from a high vantage point, what he saw were only some streaks of brilliant light and the figures of spirit beasts, which were many times smaller due to the distance, constantly clashing; the scene was blurry.

However, from the streaks of brilliant light constantly lighting up and extinguishing, Xia Daoming could roughly infer that the Foundation Establishment cultivators must have suffered heavy casualties.

But that giant dragon phantom soaring and leaping in the red sky was a fatal temptation that Foundation Establishment cultivators could not refuse.

Streaks of brilliant light lit up from above the sea, cutting through the air rapidly toward the direction of the island.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators seeking opportunities in this sea area were all attracted by the giant dragon phantom in the red light, like moths to a flame, rushing toward the island one after another.

Suddenly, a roar of a dragon fish demon came from the seabed.

A gale blew on the sea, and giant waves surged.

Looking from afar, a dragon fish demon that seemed even larger in size rushed out of the sea, rolling up clouds and mist, riding the clouds toward the island, with an astonishing momentum.

"Cultivation is not easy!" Xia Daoming saw that it had indeed alarmed other dragon fish demons, and he was both glad that he had not been blinded by greed and could not help but sigh.

Once this dragon fish demon arrived, the casualties of the Foundation Establishment cultivators would inevitably be even heavier.

Sure enough, this dragon fish demon was still riding the clouds in the air when it casually slapped down two streaks of brilliant light that were rushing toward the island.

It was unknown what level of Foundation Establishment cultivators those two streaks of brilliant light represented.

"Sigh! I won't watch, I won't watch; anyway, it has nothing to do with me."

Xia Daoming watched the battle for a while longer, but he couldn't see clearly and could only roughly judge that the battle situation was even more tragic. He soon lost interest, shook his head, climbed down from the peak, and started searching for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass.

While Xia Daoming was searching for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass, the battle between humans and demons became increasingly tragic.

A Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator took advantage of the fact that two dragon fish demons were fighting with more than fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators, ten of whom were Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators, and rolled up a streak of brilliant light, attempting to bypass from the side and rush rapidly toward the direction where the red light shot into the sky.

But one of the dragon fish demons closest to him seemed to have eyes all over its body; its tail, dozens of zhang long, suddenly abandoned the others and fiercely whipped toward that cultivator from across the air.

"Boom!"

The tail struck with violent demon power.

The brilliant light shattered, and the cultivator fell out from it, his whole body a bloody mess, already devoid of life.

"Kill! Everyone kill this demon together, only then is it possible to rush up this mountain and fight for the True Dragon Blood Pearl based on our own abilities!" A Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator saw this and roared loudly.

This person was exactly the Shentu Xiao of the Shentu family mentioned by Mo Yongzhi, with astonishing strength, and could barely withstand the dragon fish demon's attack.

It is just that the dragon fish demon was not only abnormally powerful but also particularly sensitive to the aura of powerful Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators, and it actually stared at him fixedly, making him unable to break through.

He could only incite everyone to exert their strength together.

"Everyone kill together! Only by rushing up can we have a chance to seize the opportunity." Another Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator roared.

He was also specially cared for by the dragon fish demon.

On the contrary, for those Foundation Establishment mid-stage and late-stage cultivators, the dragon fish demon seemed to be much friendlier to them.

However, once any of them attempted to take a detour and rush to the place where the red light shot up, they would immediately be specially cared for, just like the Foundation Establishment cultivator just now.

Even so, there were still cultivators below the Foundation Establishment perfection level who held a fluke mentality and attempted to take a detour.

Red light dyed the sky.

More and more cultivators were attracted.

Xia Daoming honestly searched for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass on the nearby islands and shallow seas, occasionally looking up at the brilliant light streaking across the sky, and then shook his head with a sigh.

"Another one going to their death!"

Then, he continued to look around and search.

Two days later.

The sky in the distance was still full of blood light.

From time to time, people rushed to that forbidden zone one after another.

The roar of the spirit beasts was like thunder, shaking heaven and earth; even though Xia Daoming was far away, he could still vaguely hear it.

However, Xia Daoming no longer had the heart to pay attention.

In two days, he had found some valuable spirit herbs, and even found two stalks of Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass, but none had reached the three-thousand-year age.

The Dragon Fish Sea Ancient Ruins has a rule: cultivators other than those from the Changhe Sect and the Blood Blade Sect not only cannot stay inside for more than a month, but can only enter once within two years.

Now, eighteen days have passed.

This also means that, counting the return journey time, there is not much time left for him to search for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass.

And if he misses this time, he will not be qualified to enter the Dragon Fish Sea Ancient Ruins again within these two years, and can only pin his hopes on other special places to see if there is any hope of finding Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old in a short time.

The third day, the nineteenth day of Xia Daoming entering the Dragon Fish Sea.

The fighting on the forbidden zone island was still going on fiercely.

Xia Daoming was still burying his head in the hard search for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass.

He decided that if he couldn't find it today, he would set off for the next forbidden zone tomorrow.

If he couldn't find it near the next forbidden zone, then he would have to return to the exit immediately.

At dusk.

Xia Daoming still searched hard without success.

"Cultivation is not easy, opportunities are hard to find!" Xia Daoming couldn't help but sigh with great emotion.

Just as he was sighing, Xia Daoming suddenly felt that something was wrong somewhere.

Then, he seemed to remember something, turned his head abruptly, and looked toward the forbidden zone.

He saw that the sky, which had been dyed red by the blood color, had already turned into a patch of clear blue.

There was no red light, no soaring giant dragon phantom.

"How did it disappear? Did the True Dragon Blood Pearl return to the underground, or did someone take it away?" Xia Daoming's heart was shaken first, and then his mood became somewhat subtle and complex.

That was a great opportunity.

He suppressed the greed in his heart, watched it with his own eyes, and remained unmoved; now that it was very likely taken away by someone, it was impossible for his mood not to be affected.

"An innocent man is guilty of his own treasure; if the True Dragon Blood Pearl was taken by someone, that person will inevitably be hunted down. If they can escape to the passage exit, there are rules and order on the surface there, perhaps they can keep the True Dragon Blood Pearl; otherwise, this great opportunity will turn into a death calamity. It seems the Dragon Fish Sea is about to have another bloody storm!" Soon, Xia Daoming had another sigh, then withdrew his gaze and continued to search for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass.

After a while, Xia Daoming, who was searching hard, suddenly shook his whole body, his eyes staring tightly at a plant growing out of a cliff crevice dozens of zhang away.

The plant was like a red coral tree, red all over.

On the main trunk, it was covered with circles of patterns like dragon scales, dense and numerous, at least thirty or forty of them.

"Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass!" Xia Daoming's face was full of surprise, and he hurriedly stepped forward to collect this spirit herb.

——

Center of the forbidden zone.

Above the island, a figure surrounded by starlight was rapidly cutting through the air toward the south, the direction of the Ancient Ruins passage exit.

The red light and giant dragon phantom that had originally filled the sky had already disappeared.

"Damn it, someone took the True Dragon Blood Pearl!"

"It's Shi Tianji of the Ye Xingchen Moon Sect!"

"Leave the True Dragon Blood Pearl behind!"

The cultivators who were originally fighting with the two dragon fish demons all changed their expressions upon seeing this, roaring, and one after another shook off the dragon fish demons and chased toward the direction of the starlight.

The two dragon fish demons had been quite tired after fighting for two days, and there were dozens of corpses lying on the ground, emitting a rich and powerful blood aura, which was very tempting to them.

This time, the two dragon fish demons gave up chasing the cultivators who broke into their territory, but instead stretched out their claws to grab the corpses on the ground, stuffed them into their mouths, crack, crack, fresh blood splattered, and they began to feast.

Above the sea, a figure surrounded by starlight was speeding at an extremely fast speed, with dozens of streaks of various brilliant lights chasing relentlessly behind.

At this moment, everyone was fully urging their magic tools to speed, and no one cared that their mana was pouring out like a bursting flood.

They were all red-eyed with anxiety.

However, the Ye Xingchen Escape of the Ye Xingchen Moon Sect is one of the most famous secret techniques of the Ye Xingchen Moon Sect, and its speed is extremely fast.

Very few people in the Ye Xingchen Moon Sect can successfully cultivate this secret technique, and Shi Tianji is one of them.

Among the crowd chasing, although there were several Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators, not only could they not catch up for a while, but the distance was actually widening.

Shi Tianji had previously taken advantage of the fact that the two dragon fish demons were attracted by the crowd of cultivators, and the crowd of cultivators were exhausted, to fully urge this secret technique, and with lightning speed, rolled up a streak of starlight, bypassed the two dragon fish demons, found the place where the red light shot up, and took the True Dragon Blood Pearl.

In the starlight, Shi Tianji, with a pale face, felt both nervous and excited as he saw the distance from the crowd widening.

He knew that as long as he could dodge this wave of hunting, it would not be easy for them to find him in this vast sea.

At that time, he would quietly head to the passage exit.

As long as he reached the sea area around the island where the passage exit was located, he would be safe.

Fighting is not allowed in the sea area around the island where the passage exit is located; this is a rule set by the Changhe Sect and the Blood Blade Sect, and it is also a rule recognized by all major forces in the Great Liang Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom.

Although the True Dragon Blood Pearl is incomparably precious, it is not enough to make the two major sects slap their own faces and break the rules.

Moreover, the Ye Xingchen Moon Sect is the largest sect in the Great Liang Kingdom; if the Changhe Sect and the Blood Blade Sect break the rules, they must first consider the retaliation of the Ye Xingchen Moon Sect.

But just now in the battle on the forbidden zone island, Shi Tianji was attacked by powerful demon arts, the meridians in his body had already been injured, and he had consumed a lot of energy.

Now that he was using the Ye Xingchen Escape technique, the energy consumption was even more immeasurable.

If he could not shake off the crowd in a short time and stop to adjust his breathing, he would inevitably die of exhaustion.

Seeing the distance widening, the crowd was incomparably angry.

Especially those Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators, they were even more furious.

On this trip, they attracted most of the dragon fish demons' attacks, and even several Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators died because of this.

If this True Dragon Blood Pearl had been seized by a Foundation Establishment perfection cultivator, they would have felt a little better.

As a result, the benefits were actually seized by a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator; how could they be willing to accept this?

Seeing that the distance was still widening, in the crowd, a black-clothed man with disheveled hair, a face full of red whiskers, and half of his left arm broken, with bloody flesh and white bones exposed to the air, looking particularly shocking, showed a fierce and ruthless look in his eyes, bit his teeth fiercely, and the remaining upper half of his left arm actually exploded violently.

A cloud of blood mist permeated, wrapping the black-clothed man, turning into a streak of blood light, and chased toward Shi Tianji at a terrifying speed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 219 =====