Chapter 254: The Purple-Clad Young Lady

Just as the purple-clad young lady's autumn-water-like eyes gazed toward the flying vessel, others felt nothing, but Nanxuan Laozu shuddered violently.

As his Divine Sense swept toward the giant ship below, a look of shock appeared on his face; there were very few gazes that could make him feel uncomfortable, especially one emanating from the eyes of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"The people below are not simple!"

These words were merely what Nanxuan Laozu thought to himself; he did not speak them aloud. If one were to discuss pure cultivation, there was absolutely no one on the giant ship below who surpassed him.

The purple-clad young lady only watched for a while before returning to the ship's cabin. The flying vessel in the sky remained behind the giant ship, and the people on the deck were constantly observing the changes in the sea.

Just as they reached the sixth day of following, something finally happened. The originally calm sea surface began to ripple, as if something was rapidly rising from the seabed!

Upon seeing this, Nanxuan Laozu revealed a faint, cold smile and said to the people around him:

"Watch! The good show is about to begin!"

Hearing this, Zhang Nuo and the others also focused their gazes downward. They saw that within a radius of several dozen miles, the water was churning. At first, these splashes were only half a foot high, but in the blink of an eye, they turned into water columns shooting into the sky.

At this moment, the cultivators on the giant ship emerged from their cabins one after another, looking at the sea with nervous expressions. The purple-clad young lady's bright eyes rippled like autumn water, and with a brief glance, she knew that a demon beast had appeared in the sea.

"Everyone, be careful! The demon beast appearing this time will not be of a low rank!"

Hearing the young lady's voice, everyone on the giant ship stood ready, holding their Magic Treasures in their palms, waiting only for the demon beast to appear to deliver a fatal blow.

"Splash!"

On the left side of the giant ship, a water column about four zhang high rose from the sea without any warning, and the splashed water revealed a seven-colored rainbow under the illumination of the sun!

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a thick object within the water column struck directly toward the giant ship! The green-bearded man was quick-witted and fast-handed; before the object could fall, he let out a loud shout and unleashed his Flying Sword. The Flying Sword, which was only a few inches in size at first, grew to be fully three zhang long as it met the wind, slashing horizontally toward the object emerging from the water column!

"Clang!" As if it had struck metal, the green-bearded man's Flying Sword failed to injure the object, merely slowing its downward momentum.

Retreating several steps, the green-bearded man gasped! Although his Flying Sword was not some supreme treasure, it should not have been this ineffective.

"Not good!"

Seeing this, the white-haired elder let out an exclamation, his face deathly pale with fright! From the force of the green-bearded man's strike just now, it was not hard to see that the demon beast under the water was extremely formidable, at least a Sixth-Rank existence.

At the same time, the purple-clad young lady also realized this. Seeing that the Flying Sword could not block it, she lifted her fair wrist slightly and unleashed a bronze mirror. The surface of this bronze mirror flowed with Golden Light, and in a flash, it rushed toward the object in the water column.

"Boom!"

After a burst of Golden Light flashed, the object that was about to smash into the ship's side was forcibly knocked away by the bronze mirror unleashed by the young lady! A catastrophe of a destroyed ship and lost lives was averted.

All of this happened extremely quickly, in almost just two or three breaths of time. However, from this brief display, it was not hard to see that the purple-clad young lady's cultivation was formidable, not at all proportional to her delicate appearance.

The people on the flying vessel also saw this scene! They could not stop marveling at the young lady's dominance! But what happened next left them no time to think. They saw that on one side of the giant ship below, the seawater seemed to boil. With a "swish" sound, a massive demon beast emerged from the sea. The lower half of this demon beast was still submerged in the water, but its upper body alone was over a dozen zhang high, significantly taller than the giant ship.

The purple-clad young lady's delicate body trembled slightly, her beautiful little face drained of all color. Previously, they had guessed that the demon beast they encountered this time would be around the Sixth-Rank, but when they saw it, they discovered that the Spirit Power fluctuations emanating from its body were actually those of a Seventh-tier Demon Beast.

This demon beast resembled an octopus and had three eyes on its head; what had attacked the giant ship just now was exactly one of its tentacles!

"Increase the sailing speed!"

In such a chaotic situation, the other cultivators on the ship were already trembling with fear, but the purple-clad young lady remained calm and composed. After one shout, she awakened the panicked cultivators, who immediately drove the magic disks in their hands to make the giant ship sail at its maximum speed.

"Awoo!"

The octopus-like demon beast, not having seen human cultivators for who knows how many years, was unwilling to let them go. It did not submerge back into the sea, but moved both tentacles in unison, grabbing the giant ship that was sailing at full speed and holding it fast.

The spiritual light that had just risen from the entire ship was instantly and forcibly suppressed by it. Upon seeing this, the white-haired elder leaped high into the air. While in mid-air, he formed hand seals, and with two soft "humming" sounds, two long swords as white as frost were unleashed from his sleeves.

Each of these two large swords was fully a zhang long, and five-colored radiance flowed along both sides of the blades. As they rushed out, they caused the surrounding air to frictionally ignite into flames, as if they were wrapped in fire!

"Boom, boom!"

The two large swords slashed heavily onto the tentacle that was holding the giant ship. Although they did not sever it, the demon beast still let out a painful roar!

Feeling the pain, the demon beast released the arm that was holding the giant ship. With a "whoosh," the ship, freed from its restraints, instantly surged forward several hundred zhang, and then, with a flash of spiritual light, fled as if flying across the surface of the sea.

Seeing the giant ship escape, the demon beast let out a series of roars before its body submerged into the sea, disappearing in the blink of an eye. However, within the sea, everything was its domain!

Just as the giant ship sailed out over a thousand miles, the water surface churned again, and the previous demon beast reappeared. The purple-clad young lady furrowed her delicate brows; facing such a powerful demon beast, she also had no way to deal with it!

Suddenly, at this moment, the stern of the ship seemed to be struck heavily by something, almost causing the entire vessel to capsize right then and there!

Seeing this, the purple-clad young lady bit her red lips with her pearly teeth, her figure flashing as she rushed into the high sky. At the same time, she flipped her jade-white palm and took out that bronze mirror once again.

She reached out and cast two incantations into the Magic Treasure, and streams of golden mist rolled out from the surface of the bronze mirror. Subsequently, the young lady flipped her palm downward, and countless golden mists enveloped the entire giant ship. After a delicate shout, the speed of the giant ship, now wrapped in golden mist, soared!

With a "swish," it disappeared from where it was. The next moment, the ship appeared a hundred zhang away. Following this, the purple-clad young lady moved her hand seals in succession, and after the giant ship flashed several times in a row, it finally disappeared at the intersection of the sky and the sea.

Zhang Nuo and the others on the flying vessel were dumbfounded. They had completely not expected that the purple-clad young lady would have such means to use a Magic Treasure to instantly increase the giant ship's sailing speed.

Nanxuan Laozu lowered his head and pondered for a long while before speaking with extreme solemnity:

"If you meet this woman in the future! You must never become enemies with her! That Magic Treasure of hers is likely a peerless treasure!"

Since even Nanxuan Laozu had said so, everyone understood the situation! However, through following the giant ship these past few days, they also understood why the Laozu had chosen to fly from the sky!

The demon beasts within the Mist Sea were far more numerous than the avian demon beasts in the sky, and these demon beasts were relatively more powerful! If it had been them who encountered that Seventh-tier Demon Beast just now, perhaps they would not have escaped so easily.

The flying vessel flew slowly in the sky. Looking at the boundless Mist Sea, everyone felt a sense of fear in their hearts. This sea area was too vast, and the dangers within it went without saying.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed. Along the way, the people of the Nanxuan Sect saw many cultivators devoured by various powerful demon beasts, and they themselves experienced several life-threatening dangers! However, fortunately, with a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator like Nanxuan Laozu, they turned danger into safety every time!

Having flown aimlessly for such a long time, let alone the Immortal Illusion Continent, they had not even seen a single small island. Besides the endless seawater, there were only demon beasts that suddenly popped up.

Zhang Nuo stood alone on the deck, his surging thoughts appearing even more desolate under the glow of the setting sun! He missed Zhuge Qing; although it had only been two years since they parted, to him, it felt as long as several decades.

"Swish!"

A streak of escape light flashed across the edge of the horizon. Zhang Nuo looked up and saw a cultivator rushing back along the path they had come; it seemed he wanted to give up!

The hardships along this journey were more than many Loose Cultivators could withstand with their personal wealth. The Loose Cultivators who could survive to reach this point should not have been weak! However, facing the dangerous Mist Sea, their power was still too insignificant!

In the subsequent flight, Zhang Nuo saw dozens of cultivators rushing back along the return path, though many sects continued to press forward.

They were all powerful sects from the Tianyuan Continent, relying on their deep foundations to struggle on. Nanxuan Laozu had been sitting silently inside the flying vessel, his aged face showing no expression, though his occasionally twitching long eyebrows proved that he was pondering a problem!

When would they be able to find the Immortal Illusion Continent? All of this was too distant for them! Without a clear goal and without the slightest guidance, the flying vessel was like a lonely boat cast into the horizon, flying arbitrarily in the sky of the Mist Sea, though the direction of flight had never changed!

Forward! Always flying forward!

At this time, in another part of the Mist Sea, a massive black stone palace stood in mid-air. Inside the stone palace, the Demon Emperor had a gloomy face, his gaze fixed tightly on Qin Xiaofeng. The murderous intent on his face was exposed, impossible to conceal.

Yet Qin Xiaofeng still maintained that cynical appearance, holding a gorgeous woman in one arm. The woman was so frightened that her body was shaking like chaff, and her trembling jaw made the sound of her teeth clattering together!