Chapter 2178: Angering the Mad Beast

The martial cultivators on Ye Liuyun's side also launched an attack, and just as the protective shields of both ferries were shattered, they directed their attack at the opposing cultivators.

A combined attack by twenty Ninth Layer Late Stage martial cultivators emitted a ball of white light, which surged from the collision's aftermath toward Ling Tao and the martial cultivators beside him.

"Attack together!"

Ling Tao steadied his stance, let out a loud shout, and ordered his subordinates to join together and intercept.

Here they have more than twenty Ninth Layer Late Stage martial cultivators, giving them a numerical advantage.

However, the tremors from the violent collision of the two ferries and the sudden suction that arose below after their protective shields vanished made it difficult for them even to keep their balance.

Even if some people lashed out hastily, their efforts were disjointed and could not block this combined strike at all.

Even Ling Tao himself, many people were blasted apart, flesh and blood flying.

The two ferries' prows smashed completely together, unable to be separated.

Without the protective shields, the dark seawater quickly flooded the cabins and corroded the hulls.

Both ferries were sinking rapidly.

Ye Liuyun, those twenty martial cultivators, and the ferry administrator had now steadied themselves and were adapting to the suction of the Boundless Sea.

Ye Liuyun and his clone were each being held up by two Ninth Layer Late Stage martial cultivators, flying together into the air.

He had not forgotten to, together with his clone, implant slave seals on the opposing Ninth Layer Strong cultivators, and then took the opportunity to subdue the two of them.

Once those two were under his control, they immediately lashed out at nearby people, injuring the martial cultivators beside them.

The other martial cultivators around Ye Liuyun also rushed forward at this time, attacking the remaining forces of the enemy.

In the Boundless Sea, even if uninjured, one must exert full effort to resist the suction; once injured, one's fate is almost certainly to sink.

Several injured martial cultivators fell straight into the sea.

A few more were barely holding on, but continued to descend without stop.

On the opposing ferry, only three martial cultivators managed to escape, flying swiftly toward the shore.

His clone fired three bolts of white light, taking out each of those three.

By then, the two ferries that had collided had sunk together below the sea surface.

Above the sea, the martial cultivators hovering in the air had no opponents left besides themselves.

Ye Liuyun then produced a miniaturized ordinary ferry, gave it to the administrator to enlarge and float on the sea surface, so everyone could board that ferry.

"So the master had prepared this all along! I was terrified!"

The administrator, still shaken, kept patting his chest.

He was a Ninth Layer Mid Stage cultivator, still worrying that he wouldn't make it to shore.

Who would have thought Ye Liuyun still had a ferry.

Although it was just an ordinary ferry, at this position it was already enough to guarantee their safety.

But Ye Liuyun suddenly stared at the seabed and urged the administrator: "There's a monster under the sea—quickly activate the shield and retreat at full speed!"

"Huh?"

The administrator let out a cry, immediately took control of the ferry to activate the shield, then personally took the helm and had Ye Liuyun arrange people to replenish the divine crystals.

Ye Liuyun immediately sent people to carry it out, and their ferry also began to open slowly.

At that moment, the water's surface churned with waves, and a monster's huge hand reached out from the water.

It was in the process of dismantling the two ferries that had collided, separating them.

Then it extended its tentacles inside, capturing the martial cultivators' corpses for food.

The monster's other tentacles also coiled around several martial cultivators' corpses and golden cores, sending them toward its mouth.

Fortunately, those things attracted it, giving Ye Liuyun and his group a chance to start the ferry.

It was probably drawn here by the lingering vibrations.

On the distant sea surface, monster tentacles also stretched out, likely belonging to monsters rushing toward this location.

"Quick!"

Ye Liuyun urged the administrator.

The administrator had no time for anything else; now, as long as there was energy supply and directional control, it was sufficient.

The ferry gradually accelerated, sailing away from this sea area.

"Faster, it seems a monster is chasing us!"

Ye Liuyun kept observing the sea's movements, discovering that several monsters had gathered at the wreck's position, and then he saw a monster's tentacle suddenly appear behind them.

"Ah?"

"We're already at full speed!"

The administrator was also terrified.

"This ordinary ferry's speed is far inferior to that of a high‑speed ferry!"

Ye Liuyun, helpless, resorted to casting the Nine Nether Prelude, hoping the monster would no longer pursue them.

But the monster merely hesitated for a moment, then leapt out of the sea, paddling with multiple tentacles and rushing toward them at great speed.

Helpless, Ye Liuyun released his clone again, which fired a bolt of white light that struck the monster's head squarely.

"Howl!"

Even after being hit by the white light, the monster still let out a sharp scream from its mouth.

Several other monsters in the distance heard it and all turned their gaze this way.

Seeing the monster lose vitality with his and his clone's Golden Pupils, Ye Liuyun used Space Translocation to shift the monster into the Space World, intending to study it later.

The other monsters, meanwhile, all let out sharp screams and chased after their ferry.

The administrator had already been frightened into collapsing beside the helm.

Having provoked these creatures, they would certainly not get off easy.

"Master, abandon the ferry and flee!"

He immediately suggested to Ye Liuyun.

"Wait and see!"

Ye Liuyun only had his duplicate ready to attack; he wasn't planning to abandon the ferry yet.

These monsters moved swiftly across the water surface, and underwater Ye Liuyun could also detect them, because a ripple appears on the surface that reveals their positions below.

At this moment the duplicate shot a Technique, killing the nearest pursuing underwater monster.

He then immediately used the Universal Cauldron to replenish Mysterious Origin.

At this point the remaining monsters suddenly slowed, as if frightened by Ye Liuyun's Technique, daring not to approach, only trailing from afar.

The ferry could now see the distant shore; if they held on another hour or two, they could land.

Ye Liuyun and his duplicate dared not relax; he used his Golden Pupil to watch the distant monsters, while the duplicate monitored the water beneath the ferry.

Suddenly the duplicate emitted another Technique, striking toward the bottom.

"Aoo!"

A sharp screech rose from the depths, and a monster with a huge hole in its head leapt out of the water.

Although that monster was dead, a tentacle swung down toward the ferry; if it hit him, the protective shield might not hold.

Ye Liuyun instantly used Space Translocation, pulling that monster directly into the Space World, allowing the ferry to evade the blow.

But several monsters in the distance, seeing this, let out another screech, then two above water and two below surged toward the ferry together.

"Sealing Demon Tablet, Magic Vine, let's see if they can handle these things!"

Ye Liuyun deployed the Sealing Demon Tablet and Magic Vine for assistance.

The Magic Vine tried the seawater but couldn't resist its corrosion, so he could only extend the Magic Vine to block monsters attacking from the surface.

The Sealing Demon Tablet pressed against a monster beneath the surface, yet it dared not go underwater.

Because a distance separated them, it could only barely control the monster, slowly siphoning its energy.

The monster, being clever, immediately sank deeper, making the Sealing Demon Tablet lose control over it.

But the Sealing Demon Tablet locked onto it firmly, moving along the surface with it, preventing it from approaching the ferry.