Chapter 28: Yin Qi Tide

As soon as Wang Yu rushed to the deck, the sound of explosions and sharp cries instantly entered his ears. After scanning his surroundings, he couldn't help but gasp.

The entire ship was now shrouded in a gray light curtain.

On the deck, many crew members were carrying iron forks and holding light crossbows, lined up in a circle, shooting wooden arrows with red talismans attached at the light curtain. As they landed outside, they turned into balls of fire and exploded.

Outside the light curtain.

Black fog rolled, Yin winds blew, and densely packed white bone fish of all kinds floated. They had no flesh or blood on them, yet they were still like living things, emitting strange cries from their mouths while desperately using their bodies to hit the gray light curtain.

The bone fish were of different sizes; the large ones were several feet long, while the small ones were only the size of a fist. But each one was entwined with black Qi. The fireballs that landed among them could only turn the bone fish in the center into ashes, while other bone fish nearby rolled in the black Qi and continued to hit the light curtain as if nothing had happened.

Fortunately, the giant green crossbows on the ship, operated by other crew members, shot out thick iron arrows, each of which could pierce through several bone fish and smash them to pieces.

Behind the numerous sailors stood more than a dozen cultivators in different attire.

Yu Bintian, Madam Yin, and others were all among them. He even saw the slender masked youth and the girl Qin'er from across the room, as well as several unfamiliar faces, but everyone's face looked bad.

"Listen well, fellow daoists. Although there are many filthy bone fish wrapped in the Yin Qi tide, they are not to be feared. I will control the Soul-Suppressing Banner to open a gap, allowing everyone to kill them in batches. As long as the number drops to a certain level, the Yin Qi tide will naturally be lifted."

"Ordinary filthy bone fish can be solved by ordinary crew members, but if any powerful variants appear, I hope everyone will take action together." Feng Lao's voice came from above the ship again.

Wang Yu looked up and realized that Feng Lao was sitting cross-legged under the black Soul-Suppressing Banner, one hand pressing on the banner pole, the other pinching a spell. Wisps of gray mist were flying out from the banner, continuously replenishing the gray light curtain, while the large smoking pipe that never left his hand was tucked into his waist.

These bone fish are called filthy bone fish. What are the variants?

Just as Wang Yu was a bit confused, a loud noise came from outside the gray light curtain, and a giant fish head the size of a water vat hit it heavily.

The entire light curtain and the ship trembled, and a black shadow as large as a small boat flashed past outside the light curtain and disappeared among the numerous filthy bone fish.

Seeing this, Wang Yu's scalp couldn't help but go numb.

"Brother Wang, be careful. Variant filthy bone fish can be regarded as mid-to-late stage Qi Refinement cultivators. If you encounter danger, you can move toward my side. If I have spare energy, I will naturally protect you." An old voice came from nearby. Wang Yu looked over and saw it was Madam Yin walking over with a black cane.

"Many thanks, Senior. I hope I won't encounter such a situation." Wang Yu cupped his hands and said, but he had some doubts in his heart as to why the other party was taking such good care of him.

At this moment, sharp cries rose from the filthy bone fish group outside. A gap opened in the light curtain directly in front of the deck, and densely packed bone fish swarmed onto the deck.

Although they had no hands or feet, their bodies could float freely in the black Qi, appearing unusually flexible. In the blink of an eye, they rushed to the crowd.

The crew members threw away their iron crossbows and swarmed forward with iron forks, frantically stabbing at the nearby bone fish.

The stabbed filthy bone fish emitted ear-piercing screams, the black Qi on their bodies dissipated, and they struggled and fell to the ground, motionless.

Only then did Wang Yu see that the tips of these iron forks were also attached with another kind of white talisman, emitting a faint white light.

At the same time, the cultivators behind were some pinching spells, some chanting incantations, and some taking out weapons, slapping talismans onto their weapons or directly onto themselves, and various magic art lights began to emerge in front of them.

Wang Yu gripped the iron-refined long knife in his hand and felt a bit embarrassed. He regretted not exchanging for two more defensive talismans a few days ago. At the moment, he only had one Golden Light Talisman prepared for saving his life, and he didn't know any protective magic arts at all, but it wasn't good to do nothing.

Thinking of this, he held the iron-refined knife horizontally in front of him, pinched a spell with his other hand, and chanted incantations.

He was lucky. After a wave in his divine sense sea, the magic art imprint was successfully condensed on the first try. Red light flashed on his fingers, and a red flame appeared, which was exactly the Firefly.

Some filthy bone fish had already rushed past the crew's obstruction and arrived in front of the many cultivators.

Several magic arts were sprayed from the hands of several cultivators, including giant fireballs the size of a head, ice cones the thickness of a finger, and several wind blades like curved knives, which instantly submerged the twenty or so bone fish in the front.

But the subsequent bone fish still rushed out of the coverage of the magic arts and shot straight toward the crowd.

Wang Yu flicked his finger, and the flame turned into a red light and shot out, accurately landing on a bone fish rushing toward him.

The bone fish was wrapped in raging fire with a "boom" and turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared under the high temperature.

But then another bone fish shot over from the other side, opened its sharp-toothed mouth, and bit down fiercely.

Wang Yu took half a step back, cold light flashed, and the long knife in his hand accurately cut the bone fish into two halves.

"Patta" "Patta"

The half-cut bone fish that fell on the deck, although unable to float, were still desperately flapping their bodies, looking as if they wouldn't die for a while.

Wang Yu witnessed this scene, his heart felt fuzzy, but his hands moved quickly, cutting two other bone fish into four pieces in the air, before he had time to look at the others.

After the previous wave of magic art attacks, no one wasted time continuing to cast attack magic arts. Each of them used their own unique skills to deal with the bone fish group, which opened Wang Yu's eyes.

Beside Madam Yin, who was closest to him, two black giant dogs with blurred bodies appeared at some point. All the filthy bone fish that approached were knocked to the ground by these two black dogs.

Madam Yin pointed with the black cane in her hand, and those bone fish that fell to the ground became stiff with frost on their bodies.

The purple-robed old man, Yu Bintian, held a copper mirror in one hand, and from time to time, balls of yellow light sprayed out from the white mirror surface, knocking down the nearby bone fish one by one.

That thin man, Gao Qi, held two dagger-like short blades, his figure drifting like a ghost near Yu Bintian. Wherever he passed, the filthy bone fish were torn apart.

On the other side, the monk's two arms were a circle thicker, and he waved a crescent-shaped Zen staff like a storm. Wherever he passed, large swaths of filthy bone fish exploded and shattered, like a humanoid tyrannosaurus.

The young Huang couple further away stood shoulder to shoulder. The woman pinched a spell with one hand, condensing a blue light shield on both of them, while the man waved a silver long sword, conjuring silver sword shadows, cooperating seamlessly, looking both defensive and offensive.

That masked youth also waved a crimson long spear in a corner. Wherever the spear tip passed, flames rolled, and a circle of charred bone fish remains had already fallen around him, but his gaze still looked toward the Huang couple from time to time.

As for the other few unfamiliar cultivators, they also used various means, which opened his eyes.

"Eh?"

Where is that green-shirted girl? She was on the deck just now, why can't I find her now?

Did she sneak away?

Wang Yu suddenly discovered that one person was missing from the crowd. Just as he was feeling surprised, he heard Feng Lao's loud warning from above.

"Careful, a variant has come in!"

The gap on the gray light curtain, which was not large originally, suddenly expanded. A giant filthy bone fish, two zhang long and the size of a whale, plunged onto the deck. Just by swinging its tail with rolling black Qi, it turned several crew members into meat paste.

Other crew members exclaimed and fled to the surroundings. Many cultivators were startled and looked at this behemoth in unison.

"I will fix it for a few breaths of time; the rest depends on the magical powers of you fellow daoists."

Feng Lao above the ship shouted, then chanted incantations, and large swaths of gray light threads flew out from the Soul-Suppressing Banner, turning into a large net to cover the giant filthy bone fish underneath.

"Boom"

The giant filthy bone fish's floating body hit the deck heavily like a small mountain. Although it struggled desperately by flapping its tail, it was unable to break out of the net for a while.

Other cultivators were overjoyed to see this. Some urged the magic artifacts in their hands, some threw attack talismans directly, and those who were good at close combat slashed and smashed at the giant filthy bone fish's huge body with their weapons.

That masked youth even let out a low shout and threw the long spear in his hand fiercely like a red light.

For a time, the sound of light and flame explosions on the giant filthy bone fish was loud, and the black Qi on its body rolled uncertainly.

A moment later, the giant filthy bone fish's huge body was covered with various wounds, and its head was nailed to the deck by the red long spear, looking like it was on its last breath.

Wang Yu also took the opportunity to slash twice. Although he didn't use all his strength, he felt that the giant filthy bone fish's body was much harder than ordinary bone fish, leaving only two knife marks.

He couldn't help but secretly be surprised that the masked youth's long spear could directly pierce the giant filthy bone fish's head.

I don't know if it's because the masked youth has extraordinary arm strength or because the red long spear is unusual.

"Haha, this is a variant. I feel like I could handle it alone." The monk seemed to have been fighting with excitement. After smashing the giant filthy bone fish's tail several times with the crescent Zen staff in his hand, he laughed wildly.

Other cultivators either glanced at the monk sideways or were indifferent.

Just at this moment, the giant filthy bone fish, which seemed unable to move, suddenly raised its head and let out a sharp cry, and then its body swelled crazily like a balloon.

"Not good, it's going to self-destruct!"

The crowd nearby saw this scene, and some exclaimed. Whether they were cultivators or ordinary crew members, they all ran away, wanting to avoid it from afar, but it was clearly too late.

Wang Yu cursed secretly, but subconsciously rolled on the ground backward.

A loud "boom" sound.

Wang Yu only felt the air waves rolling behind him, and vaguely, countless bone fragments brushed past from above like a rainstorm, and a series of screams came from nearby. ===== CHAPTER 29 =====