Chapter 3013: Wasteland Sea World

The bandit group disembarked from their flying boats in formation and landed on the Wasteland Sea World. The leader, Li Qingyang, led five hundred bandits as the vanguard, followed by five hundred members of the expedition team, then came experts like Chang Yu Xing, and finally another five hundred bandits.

Meanwhile, Liu Yan's squad, where Ye Liuyun was, was at the rear of the column, with only another bandit group behind them.

Their formation stretched long, marching mightily into the Wasteland Sea World. This display also served to intimidate weaker martial cultivators, deterring them from causing trouble, and at the same time could intimidate some sea beasts.

If they had traveled by flying boat, they would easily be attacked by huge sea beasts and would not be able to show their strength.

Ye Liuyun took the opportunity to size up those experts—there were about thirty or more, of whom about ten could be considered masters. But he guessed that some might be hiding inside someone's Space World; the First Star Bandit Group could not possibly have only this much strength.

Afterwards, he gazed out; the Wasteland Sea World truly lived up to its name—an endless ocean exuding an ancient aura. Ye Liuyun stared at the ocean on the planet for a long time, but even his Golden Pupil could not see the seabed.

The sea surface was turbulent, the whole world gloomy, as if a storm could break at any moment.

Upon entering the Wasteland Sea World, they smelled the salty, fishy sea air, and the "boom-boom" of waves crashing made them feel uneasy; huge waves could swallow their entire group.

Although their group was not small, in the Wasteland Sea World they were no more than a bunch of ants, utterly insignificant.

They all stayed far above the sea surface, flying in the air, nobody daring to get too close. Each released their Divine Sense, vigilant for any movement underwater to guard against sudden attacks by sea beasts.

With a "boom," a monster fish whose head was larger than its body leapt from the water, its mouth full of sharp teeth, eyes bulging, it opened wide and lunged at the expedition team.

Given the volume of its head, that bite could swallow half the expedition team. Fortunately, the monster fish's charge was not fast; after the expedition team emerged, they all became cautious, instantly scattering and flying upward.

The monster fish's huge mouth, however, didn't catch a single person. With a "bang," it snapped shut and fell back into the sea. Seeing that no one had been swallowed, the experts did not move to intercept it.

"Guiyi Sixth Layer realm!" Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil immediately detected the monster fish's realm.

This false alarm also made everyone more vigilant.

Li Qingyang also sent a voice transmission to everyone: "Everyone, stay alert. Such incidents are common in the Wasteland Sea World; this monster fish is merely a relatively small sea beast, and you must remain constantly vigilant to preserve your lives."

After speaking, he led the unit to ascend a bit higher, increasing the distance from the sea surface.

However, this action merely gave everyone some psychological comfort, giving them more reaction time. If they truly encountered a larger sea beast, even if it were a hundred li away from the sea surface, it could still surge up.

Soon they were attacked by swarms of monster fish—just like the earlier kind, with heads larger than their bodies, leaping out of the water at various heights, all rushing to devour them, clearly regarding them as food.

The monster fish ranged in realm from Guiyi Third Layer to Guiyi Sixth Layer. Everyone then began to act, slaying the monster fish; if they did not act, someone would likely be devoured by them.

Thus the experts immediately joined the counterattack, blasting the monster fish to pieces; the scattered fish corpses fell into the sea. Ye Liuyun and his companions also acted, blasting two Guiyi Fourth Layer monster fish.

Meanwhile, the monster fish immediately began scavenging their companions' corpses in the water, no longer lunging at them, turning the sea surface into a bloody red.

Li Qingyang also promptly warned everyone, leading them to flee quickly from the area.

"Everyone accelerate; the smell of blood will attract even stronger sea beasts!"

But before they had gone far, Li Qingyang reminded everyone to flee at full speed toward the sky.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil also saw in the distance,

more than thirty black shark fins appeared on the sea surface, like triangular sails heading straight toward them.

Ye Liuyun, having dealt with sea beasts before, recognized them as shark dorsal fins. Moreover, his Golden Pupil saw those Tiger Sharks, each many times larger than the Tiger Sharks he had seen before, resembling colossal warships, and their realms were all Guiyi Fifth-Sixth Layer, obviously far stronger than the monster fish.

What's more, with such a huge sea beast, even without considering realm, relying solely on bodily strength they could not withstand it. So Ye Liuyun immediately joined the others in ascending, with no thought of fighting the Tiger Sharks.

The Tiger Sharks paid them no heed, continuing full speed ahead, clearly heading for the monster fish swarm. It was estimated that even all of them together would not be enough to satisfy one Tiger Shark's appetite.

They reached high altitude and looked down as the Tiger Sharks plunged into the monster fish shoal, beginning to devour them; one bite could tear apart several monster fish, and a flick of the tail could fling a few away.

The monster fish were also ferocious; instead of fleeing, they banded together to resist, desperately attacking the two Tiger Sharks with slightly lower realms.

The sea surface waves instantly surged, with True Essence, seawater, and beast blood spraying everywhere, the booming sounds unceasing. Relying on their numbers, the monster fish actually tore apart the two Tiger Sharks down to the bone, eventually killing them.

But the monster fish were soon completely devoured by that pack of Tiger Sharks, not a single one left.

After the Tiger Sharks finished devouring the monster fish, they immediately fled at full speed, discarding their companions' corpses. Some bandits wondered, but soon someone noticed another group of Black Sharks rushing from afar, their number clearly double that of the Tiger Sharks.

However, upon arriving, they only picked up two tiger shark corpses that were almost completely gnawed, swam in circles for a while, then slowly drifted away.

This sea beast battle also gave these bandits a reminder: future fights should be quick and decisive, fleeing immediately after.

The power and ferocity of those sea beasts also made them realize that one cannot judge their attack strength solely by realm. That kind of Tiger Shark, even if its realm were two levels lower than theirs, a single bite would certainly be fatal.

"Go!"

Li Qingyang gave a shout and immediately led everyone forward at full speed.

When the sea surface below became relatively calm, they lowered their altitude a little. Li Qingyang and others who had been to the Wasteland Sea before needed to find reference points within it; some of those references lay submerged. Without Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil, flying too high would prevent them from seeing what was underwater.