Chapter 538: Sealing the Sea Bagua, the Power of One Cauldron

Splash!

White waves rolled, mud and sand churned together.

In the shallow sea, three figures slowly emerged.

As they appeared, their previously hidden auras began to climb steadily, and their bodies began to expand continuously.

With such a posture, it was clear that if they didn't see eye to eye, they would start a massacre.

The Black-Scaled Jiao, lying on the beach, felt its heart sink uncontrollably at this sight.

"Damn it, I didn't even notice anyone following me when I returned."

Deep-sea navigation was inherently extremely stealthy, so this couldn't really be blamed on the Black-Scaled Jiao.

Especially since the Demon Spider Crab clan had keen senses and were top-tier experts at concealing their auras.

The Tianxuan Fighting Gull looked listless and spat out a crisp human voice: "Big Black, my magic power is suppressed; you go and help Master fight."

She saw clearly that the newcomers were all Tier 3 Demon Kings, and the thin Demon Spider Crab leading them had an even more powerful aura, looking like a mid-stage Tier 3.

If the three of them joined forces, she feared Master would suffer a great loss.

If the Black-Scaled Jiao could hold off one or two enemies for Master, perhaps the situation could be turned around.

However.

Facing her request, the Black-Scaled Jiao couldn't help but complain bitterly.

"I'd like to!"

"But to save you, my demon power is nearly exhausted; how can I still fight?"

He was stating a fact.

Breaking through the protective array of a giant demon-hunting ship and forcibly rescuing Tianxuan right under the noses of seven Golden Core cultivators was no simple matter.

The Black-Scaled Jiao had relied purely on the devouring demon art he had awakened earlier.

But that demon art had only been awakened for a year or two, and he hadn't mastered it well; usually, he just used it to show off in front of small fish and shrimp.

Triggering it on such a large scale was a devastating drain on his demon power.

Being able to bring Tianxuan back had already completely exhausted the demon power stored in his demon core.

Seeing the three Demon Spider Crabs poised for action, the Black-Scaled Jiao gritted his teeth: "Fine, when the time comes, I'll go up and fight hand-to-hand, trying my best to entangle one enemy to create an opportunity for Master. Anyway, I have thick skin and sturdy flesh; as long as I don't die, Master will definitely save me. Maybe he'll even reward me with two more bottles of Di Liu Jiang."

Having made up his mind, he swam his huge body toward Luo Chen's direction.

However, he only swam a few steps before stopping his body.

"Go back, leave this place to me."

Luo Chen, with his back to the Black-Scaled Jiao, waved his hand, his large sleeves fluttering with composure.

The Black-Scaled Jiao was stunned, flicking his snake tongue as he wanted to say something, but in his mind, he subconsciously recalled the battle at the Feiyan Islands several years ago.

That stunning palm strike!

With a Master who could rival the sixth-layer Golden Core Wu Qi, why should he worry?

Holding onto his anticipation and belief in Luo Chen, he slowly retreated to the side of the Tianxuan Fighting Gull, attempting to undo the seal of the Demon-Suppressing Talisman for her.

On the seashore.

The seventh elder of the Demon Spider Crab clan looked at the man opposite him with suspicion.

"So, this evil Jiao and thieving gull are your spirit beasts?"

Luo Chen said calmly: "So what if they are my spirit beasts?"

The seventh elder's two large eyeballs rolled around, "That makes sense; the Tianxuan Fighting Gull and the Black-Scaled Jiao are natural enemies, yet they could join forces—so you were the mastermind behind the scenes."

Speaking of this, he had a hateful expression: "In other words, those children of mine actually died at your hands?"

A Demon Spider Crab?

Luo Chen's mouth curled slightly, his sleeves fluttering lightly.

"To tell you the truth, I have cultivated for over a hundred years and have eaten many delicacies. But the crab paste in the skulls of you Demon Spider Crabs is truly a rare human delicacy!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the seventh elder was furious.

"Demon!"

Luo Chen's expression turned cold, "Monster! My realm has broken through, and I was just looking to try the taste of a Tier 3 Demon Spider Crab. Since you came uninvited today, it's just right to serve as a celebration for me!"

As he spoke, he stomped one foot and charged toward the three demons with a boom.

Before anyone knew when, a black-red great sword was already in his hand.

Its speed was so fast that one only heard a sonic boom, and in the next moment, it had arrived before the Seventh Elder.

A sword shot out suddenly.

Swish!

Facing this fierce sword strike, the seventh elder put away his rage and retreated.

Boom!

A large spray of waves exploded, and endless water droplets fell.

The seventh elder looked at the long sword that had plunged into the sea, and the tight string in his heart relaxed by three points.

"Don't worry, this beast only has the fourth-layer Golden Core realm, but it's just a temporary breakthrough; the realm is not yet stable, and the control of magic power is not satisfactory."

"His magic treasure flying sword is of poor quality, too."

"Let's all attack together and take him down quickly!"

As he spoke, the three demons rushed toward Luo Chen from three directions.

Pop...

Luo Chen landed lightly on the water, looking at his wrists, his brows slightly furrowed.

In the path of Qi Refining, breaking through in the heat of battle is always this troublesome.

Previously familiar methods become relatively unfamiliar due to the new realm, stronger magic power, and spiritual sense.

To exaggerate, it's like a child suddenly wanting to wield a big knife to hack people, unable to weigh their own true strength.

Failing to injure the enemy, it's easy to suffer a backlash instead.

This is also why most cultivators spend a period of time in seclusion after breaking through a realm to stabilize the new realm.

The purpose is not just to stabilize, but also to familiarize themselves with combat methods in the new realm.

Clearly, this time the enemy did not give him that opportunity.

His two eyeballs rolled left and right, his spiritual sense permeated the surroundings, looking at the enemies rushing from three directions, Luo Chen's mouth curled slightly, but in the eyes of the enemies, it looked like a ferocious devil's smile.

"Do you think I only have these few tricks?"

While muttering to himself, a pair of crimson wings suddenly unfolded behind his back.

"Just right, let me use you to test how strong my Tier 3 late-stage Desolate Ancient physique really is!"

With a ferocious smile, his wings trembled.

The next moment, Luo Chen suddenly flew into the high sky.

Seeing this, the enemies did not hesitate and each opened their mouths to spit silk.

Thick ribbons, like white rainbows, shot toward him in unison.

Luo Chen moved and shifted in the air, his figure agile like a swimming dragon, dodging the three attacks by a hair's breadth.

Then, he turned into a streak of light and pounced directly at the weakest of the three demons.

Seeing that Luo Chen not only didn't keep his distance to fight but instead wanted to engage in close-quarters combat.

That Demon Spider Crab couldn't help but laugh loudly, "You are truly seeking death by engaging in close-quarters combat with our demon race."

Amidst the wild laughter, two giant pincers covered in ferocious velvet hair slammed toward Luo Chen.

Luo Chen's eyes shone with spiritual light to the extreme, allowing him to ensure the precision of his physical attacks even under high-speed movement.

Seeing the ferocious giant pincers, he was neither afraid nor worried, stepping out with an explosive step, and another boom sounded between the sea and sky.

In an instant, his whole body rushed forward dozens of feet, and then he struck out with a palm.

With one palm strike, the muscles in his arm bulged, expanding more than several times.

His five fingers were solid, slightly curved, grabbing down like claws.

This palm was not the Qingyang Great Handprint, but the Cloud-Exploring Divine Claw!

Originally, when Luo Chen was in his human form, the power of the Cloud-Exploring Divine Claw was only three or four out of ten compared to when he was in his Heavenly Peng true form.

If it wasn't a necessary moment, he wouldn't use this move in his human form.

But with the "Ten Thousand Daos Convergence" reaching perfection, and his physique reaching the late stage of Tier 3 Desolate Ancient, he had mastered the technique of local physical changes.

At this moment, when he swung a claw, there was almost no difference from when he was in the Heavenly Peng true form state.

And what would be the power of the perfected Cloud-Exploring Divine Claw?

Fairy Xuanji, everyone saw it.

Crack! Crack!

An abrupt claw grabbed the two giant pincers head-on, and then pulled violently.

Under the terrified eyes of the Demon Spider Crab's many compound eyes, the two strongest giant pincers were actually torn off alive, revealing the extremely delicious white tender meat.

The largest crab pincers also possessed the most tender crab meat!

By this moment, the afterimage left by the explosive step slowly dissipated.

"Ah, it hurts so much!!!"

Amidst the screams of intense pain, the three demons focused their eyes again, landing on the white-robed man, their shock and rage completely impossible to hide.

Luo Chen pinched the two giant crab pincers and licked his lips with his tongue.

"This meat is truly delicious!"

"It's just that this screaming sound is not suitable for accompanying wine."

"Then, I'll slaughter you first and make a delicious full-crab feast!"

As he spoke, he erupted with extreme speed again.

This time, the seventh elder quickly responded, shouting fiercely: "This demon's physique is even stronger than our demon race's; we must not clash head-on with him, use the Thousand Spider Ten Thousand Demon Hands!"

The other two demons got the hint and immediately understood his meaning.

In an instant, the velvet hair on the crab legs beneath them began to grow continuously, turning into strands of white sharp thorns, and they opened their mouths to spit wildly, with large masses of spider silk spitting out from their mouths.

Luo Chen flashed with an explosive step, descending in front of another demon beast, and swung a claw.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Masses of spider silk wrapped around his arm.

At the same time, the two giant pincers swung over with extreme hardness.

"First use spider silk to overcome hardness with softness, then use giant pincers that are invincible?"

Luo Chen sneered and also opened his mouth to spit.

Sizzle...

A wisp of green flame drifted out.

In just an instant, it wrapped around the endless white spider silk.

With the green and white colors intertwined, undoubtedly, the Tier 4 Withered Glory True Fire won completely.

Large masses of spider silk turned into ashes and fell to the ground.

Loosening his palm and gaining freedom, Luo Chen's two giant claws simultaneously gripped the two giant pincers.

One man and one demon began to wrestle.

"Give it to me, open!"

Luo Chen gave a low shout, and with endless giant force added, he actually forcibly pried open the two giant pincers.

And he himself, having gained an opening, leaned in close, face-to-face with that Tier 3 demon crab.

This is the end!

Once face-to-face, it wasn't just as simple as breaking legs and pincers.

Luo Chen suddenly struck out with a palm, the surging giant force capable of splitting mountains and cracking stones.

Boom!!!

Blood appeared suddenly, and a Tier 3 Demon Spider Crab was actually blasted to death on the spot by him.

Even the protective light shield couldn't block it in the slightest.

As flesh and blood scattered across the sky, Luo Chen's peripheral vision caught the other Demon Spider Crab, whose pincers he had broken earlier, pulling back to retreat.

"Want to run?"

With a cold snort, he flicked his finger.

Three streaks of black light flew out suddenly.

It was exactly the Soul-Breaking Three Nails!

That Demon Spider Crab's expression changed drastically, and it suddenly dived under the sea surface.

But the next moment, a scream was emitted.

"Ah!"

Bang!

The water surface exploded, and a giant sword light, piercing the Demon Spider Crab's chest, leaped out of the water and rushed toward the sky.

This was clearly the Profound Fire Sword that Luo Chen had struck into the seawater earlier.

He hadn't retrieved it earlier, just holding it without firing.

Under his multi-tasking control, it delivered a fatal blow.

By this moment.

In a short time, with the speed of a rabbit and a falcon, two demons were already one dead and one heavily injured.

Luo Chen turned his head and looked at the "thin" Demon Spider Crab that had been standing still.

Mid-stage Tier 3.

"It's your turn."

A human-like compassion flashed on the Demon Spider Crab's face, probably not expecting his two companions to suffer such heavy injuries.

He said with a hoarse throat: "Yes, it's my turn. You fought one against three, and at the very first moment of the battle, you used the method of breaking them one by one; your combat talent is truly unparalleled."

Luo Chen's brows furrowed slightly.

This demon beast was somewhat extraordinary.

The human language it spoke was clear and logical, almost no different from a cultivator.

"But you forgot why I stood still."

"It's not that I'm cold-blooded and ignore the tragic death of my clansmen."

"In fact, it's because I must kill you!"

By the end, his compassionate tone became impassioned and angry.

The next moment, he leaped up, white silk turning into clouds to set off his body, holding a brown compass in his hand.

It was also at this moment that Luo Chen discovered something wrong.

"Where are his legs?"

Crabs have eight legs, but what he saw now was that this Demon Spider Crab seemed to have no legs at all.

It was also at this moment that giant water columns shot up from the water surface.

As the water flow fell, it revealed eight black crab legs covered in white patterns.

Luo Chen's expression changed slightly, "An array?"

Eight legs form an array, sealing the sea and forbidding movement.

The moment the array took shape, endless blood-colored spider silk shot toward Luo Chen from all directions.

In the sky, the seventh elder of the Demon Spider Crab clan fiddled with the compass, his expression calm.

"My name is Zhu Qi. When I was young, I had a fortuitous encounter and received the inheritance of a human Golden Core cultivator on an overseas immortal island. Since then, I have cultivated all the way to the mid-stage of Tier 3 with a congenital deficiency, ranking as the seventh elder of the Demon Spider Crab clan."

"This array is called the Sea-Sealing Bagua Array, also obtained from that inheritance."

"I integrated it with my racial talent, making its power even more powerful; its sealing power cannot be broken by ordinary Great Demon Kings."

"Human, before you die, report your name! In the future, when I reach the fourth-tier transformation and achieve the status of Demon Emperor, you can be a unique memory in my cultivation career."

Sea-Sealing Bagua Array?

Inside the great array, Luo Chen's expression was suspicious.

Facing the terrifying spider silk shooting toward him, endless green flames erupted from his whole body.

However, the spider silk that had collapsed upon touch earlier was blocked this time.

Although it still couldn't advance an inch, it clearly underwent unique changes.

On the seashore.

The Black-Scaled Jiao couldn't sit still anymore when he saw this scene.

"Tianxuan, you retreat to the back island, I will go and help Master."

As he spoke, without waiting for Tianxuan's answer, he swam his huge body toward the white cloud in the sky.

Facing this scene.

Zhu Qi's expression remained unmoved, fiddling with the compass.

Immediately, a giant water column shot up from the sea, turning into a Demon Spider Crab water giant, all eight legs coming out to entangle the Black-Scaled Jiao tightly.

"This array was originally prepared for that thieving gull."

"I didn't expect her to have a master."

"That's fine too, I'll wipe you all out to exchange for the peace of my countless demon crab clansmen in the Xuanyan Sea area."

As he spoke, his movements manipulating the compass became faster and faster, with surging demon power injected into it.

And on the vast sea, water vapor surged, becoming more and more intense.

Inside the array.

Luo Chen's spiritual eyes turned rapidly, finally catching a glimpse of the truth.

No wonder this white spider silk could resist his Tier 4 Withered Glory Fire.

It turned out it borrowed the power of the sea, integrating endless water-attribute power.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Abandoning Gold, Wood, Earth, and mainly cultivating the Fire system had caused his combat power to soar.

But he just happened to come to this North Sea cultivation world, known as the Demon Sea.

The mainstream of cultivators in this world is water magic.

Water and fire are incompatible, and the mutual restraint is extremely severe.

But so-called restraint just depends on who is strong and who is weak.

However, cultivators in this world have countless seas as a geographical advantage, and relying on this, they can significantly improve their strength.

Yan Nantian was like this, and Wu Qi was like this.

I didn't expect that a demon beast could also bring geographical advantage to the extreme.

One can imagine.

As the array operates, its power will inevitably become more and more powerful.

And the source of this array's energy comes from the boundless sea, which can be called inexhaustible.

If this continues for a long time, his Withered Glory True Fire will lack follow-up power, and he will inevitably fall into a disadvantage until he falls.

Thinking of that scene, Luo Chen couldn't help but laugh.

Zhu Qi, who was hosting the array, was stunned when he saw this scene.

"Why can he still laugh?"

The next moment, in his line of sight, he saw Luo Chen take out an object.

That was, a cauldron!

The cauldron entered the array and grew with the wind.

Three feet square, looking like a small mountain.

The white-robed Daoist held the cauldron with one hand, green flames lingering on it, turning into a large fireball; looking from afar, it looked like the Daoist was holding a green sun.

He raised his head, looked at Zhu Qi, and opened his mouth to spit lightly.

"My name is Qingyang, fellow Daoist, walk well on the road to the Yellow Springs!"

After speaking, he turned sideways, bent his arms, and his locally enlarged arm bent into a crescent shape.

Immediately, he threw it with force!

In an instant, the giant cauldron flew out like a meteorite flying backward into the sky, rumbling and drawing a majestic trail.

Zhu Qi mobilized the power of the array, and the white spider silk gathered together, attempting to pull this green sun into the sea.

However, that terrifying giant force was unstoppable.

Not only that, when the giant cauldron spat out green flames, it was not affected by the sea water vapor at all, as if it were also a part of the sea itself, just like a fish in water, a dragon swimming in the deep sea.

Could it be that this Golden Core cultivator who is good at fire magic is using a water-attribute magic treasure?

Amidst the doubt, the giant cauldron got closer and closer.

Finally, boom!

The array barrier was directly smashed into a giant hole, and the giant cauldron rushed out.

Looking at the giant cauldron coming head-on, Zhu Qi, who had no eight legs, definitely couldn't escape that tracking trajectory.

His face was pale, and there was only one thought in his mind.

"My life is over!"

Bang!

Blood rain scattered, and scorching water vapor permeated the void.

Luo Chen flew out lightly, summoned back the shrinking Hunyuan Cauldron with one hand, and grasped the brown compass with the other.

"It's a pity for this mid-stage Tier 3 Demon Spider Crab."

I don't know if he was regretting the other party's flesh and blood materials, or that the other party's Demon Emperor dream had collapsed halfway.

Amidst the emotion, his gaze fell on the other Demon Spider Crab that had been heavily injured by the Profound Fire Sword and suppressed by the Soul-Breaking Three Nails.

Fortunately, it wasn't a total loss.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 539 =====