Chapter 3015: Undersea Volcano

Lei Ming and the others dared not strike those electric eels, fearing the blood scent would attract more sea beasts.

Li Qingyang and Chang Yuxing, seeing their performance, were also wary in secret. Li Qingyang outwardly praised them a few words, then continued to lead the team forward.

The ordinary bandits all cast admiring glances.

"Awesome!" Liu Yan gave Ye Liuyun a thumbs‑up.

On the desolate sea, danger was constant.

Ye Liuyun and his group had been walking for seven days; over fifty members had already died, yet Li Qingyang still seemed unable to locate a concrete reference point.

On the boundless sea surface, there was no reference object, making it indeed hard to find direction.

The bandits were also exhausted; not only had their Soul suffered severe loss, but their True Essence was also depleted. Without finding a place to rest, they feared they could not hold on any longer.

Just as everyone was about to collapse, Li Qingyang shouted in triumph, "Found it!"

That shout not only made all the bandits' eyes brighten, as if they had all seen hope.

Chang Yuxing and the others immediately rushed to the front of the team to verify, and all nodded in confirmation.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil also looked underwater, discovering that this place resembled an underwater reef, at least allowing the group to rest here briefly. As for whether there was any treasure, he could not tell at the moment.

Li Qingyang immediately gathered everyone and said, "We'll rest here for half a day. Then after another two months of travel, we should roughly reach the treasure‑hiding location!"

"So it was just a reference coordinate! Why the excitement, making me rejoice in vain!" Ye Liuyun muttered inwardly.

Not only he, but the other bandits also wore faces of disappointment, having all thought they were about to reach the place.

"What do you know! In such a vast ocean, finding a coordinate in such a short time is already impressive! This isn't on land."

Li Qingyang explained to them, then reminded everyone, "Even while resting, don't completely let your guard down; danger still remains here."

But this time, he did not assign the bandits to keep watch; instead, he sent strong fighters to guard several directions, then released three Flying Boats, allowing the group to enter them for safe recovery.

Everyone calmly cultivated for an hour. With the underwater reef shielding them, it was indeed much safer.

But after an hour, the sound of battle roared outside the Flying Boat.

Ye Liuyun and the others immediately exited the Flying Boat, and Li Qingyang's group first retracted the Flying Boat to prevent it from being damaged.

The strong fighters were bombarding some octopus tentacles, likely because an octopus was attacking them. Yet judging by the number of tentacles around, it seemed more than one octopus.

Li Qingyang, seeing little danger, ordered the bandits to go help. Ye Liuyun and the others immediately rushed forward to slash the octopus tentacles.

Their eagerness was also to have Ye Liuyun grill some seafood for them. They had been in the desolate sea for several days, had seen many sea beasts but never had a chance to kill any; now that they had the chance, they certainly didn't want to miss it.

Li Qingyang still thought these people were especially war‑like, so he just smiled and didn't mind.

Each octopus tentacle was about the size of a giant python. Ye Liuyun, with Tang Xinyao and others, cut down more than twenty, enough for a meal for the group, then slowly stepped back, leaving some for others.

After dispatching those octopuses, they released the Flying Boats again to continue cultivating and recovering; Ye Liuyun, with Tang Xinyao and others, went back to grill the octopus tentacles.

Long Nv, seeing the tentacles, asked about their origin. Hearing Ye Liuyun's description of the underwater reef, she guessed that there might be an Undersea Volcano here.

She told Ye Liuyun, "These gray reefs are likely formed by an Undersea Volcano eruption."

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and indeed seemed to sense Fire Flame Power. Yet earlier he had thought the fire source was still far away.

"Undersea Volcano eruption"

When it erupts, lava can be spewed far underwater. Moreover, there are undersea currents that can shift reefs, so the fire source could indeed be far away," Long Nv analyzed.

Ye Liuyun didn't speculate; instead, he had Long Nv and Qiong Qi conceal their aura, and he led them outside the Flying Boat to survey the situation.

In the end, Long Nv and Qiong Qi both confirmed that the reef was created by an Undersea Volcano eruption. Qiong Qi even, using his sensitivity to the fire source, locked onto its direction.

Qiong Qi, of course, didn't want to miss any flame and was about to go collect it. Ye Liuyun, calmly, first retracted them and secretly told Qiong Qi, "If they don't head toward the fire source, I'll let my clone go with you to retrieve it."

Long Nv, seeing the outside environment, wanted to step out immediately. Ye Liuyun could only let her endure a bit longer, fearing her unique aura would be detected by the strong ones under Chang Yuxing. If those people let Long Nv scout, he would be too late to refuse.

He only wanted to know the Treasure Vault's location, not to let these people scout the way.

Nevertheless, when he led people out to investigate, it attracted Chang Yuxing's and Li Qingyang's attention, and they promptly sent Liu Yan to question Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun didn't hide anything; he guessed the treasure they spoke of was certainly not the fire source. A single fire source wasn't worth such a clash, so Ye Liuyun told Liu Yan directly.

After Liu Yan reported back to Li Qingyang, Li Qingyang immediately consulted Chang Yuxing, and they finally decided to let Ye Liuyun's group find the fire source themselves.

They wanted to use this chance to divert Ye Liuyun and his group, so they wouldn't have to guard against them.

Having already found the coordinates, they knew roughly what dangers lay ahead on the remaining journey and didn't need Ye Liuyun and his few companions.

Moreover, once Ye Liuyun's group left, they might attract some members of the Dragon Head bandit troupe to follow, easing pressure on them.

Thus Li Qingyang directly called Ye Liuyun over.

"I heard from Liu Yan that you discovered a fire source. So I applied to the leader and got permission for you to detach from the team and go collect the fire source. As for our expedition here, you need not follow any longer, sparing you from danger.

If you finish early, you may go to the planet of the Huo Yin Star System where we're staying and wait for us, or you can return directly to our own planet in the Bridge Crossing Star System."

Upon hearing that, Ye Liuyun realized Li Qingyang intended to shake them off.

"These guys, once they find a place, they start guarding against us—how cautious!"

But he couldn't show it; he had to thank them repeatedly with a grateful face.

"We're all comrades, so no need to be formal! I promise to protect you, and I'll definitely do it," Li Qingyang pretended to be magnanimous.

Ye Liuyun could only thank them again, then stepped back, greeted Liu Yan, and led Tang Xinyao and the others out of the Flying Boat.

Their early withdrawal even drew envious looks from Liu Yan and the other bandits.