Chapter 40

Everyone on the boat was hoping that the sword-wielding master would come and rescue them soon.

There were about a dozen people riding swords in the dark clouds, and their figures became clearer and clearer.

Everyone on the boat couldn't help but show joy, but before the joy appeared for a while, an even more shocking scene appeared.

The surging sea water suddenly bulged, and when it looked almost as high as the sky, the sturgeon shark king beast's hide, which was like a rugged coral stone, suddenly jumped out of the sea and let out a deep roar.

The roar was like a substance, falling on everyone, as if it was a weight of tens of millions of pounds pressing down on them, forcing them to kneel or lie prone, their faces flushed red.

The king beast jumped out of the sea and swooped down into the air, swallowing all the more than ten monks who had just revealed their figures into its mouth. Those under its huge teeth were bitten in half, half of them were trapped in the tightly fitting shark teeth, and the other half fell into the sea.

There was complete silence on the deck - no one dared to make a sound, for fear of attracting the king beast's attention and becoming its next prey.

Jitang noticed that the king beast had opened its eyes.

The vertical pupils were thinner and longer than the last time I saw them, and the whites of the eyes were redder, covered in bloodshot, giving off a murderous aura.

This person doesn't look like someone who is devoted to seeking enlightenment and ascending to heaven. Instead, he looks more like a murderer who has fallen into the evil path.

The hope that had just risen up in the crowd was shattered again. Compared to the raging wind and thunder, the sturgeon shark king beast was even more terrifying.

The sea dragon boat suddenly became an empty ship. Apart from the wailing of the boat body, there was no other sound.

Ji Tang simply used Wanyin Cover to protect the two of them.

The last time something unexpected happened, Ji Tang was so flustered that she had no time to summon the Myriad Hidden Cover. Now, although she used the Myriad Hidden Cover to hide the two people, once they fell into the sea and there was no oxygen, she was still helpless.

Now we can only take it one step at a time.

A dozen cultivators were probably not enough for the Sturgeon Shark King Beast to fill its teeth. Its pupils turned vertically and quickly landed on the Sea Dragon Boat.

Several monks could no longer bear the pressure and jumped into the sea shouting.

They obviously attracted the attention of the king beast, but the king beast did not go into the sea immediately. Instead, it stretched its neck and reached above the sea dragon boat.

Its huge head completely blocked the sea dragon boat. In the shadow, everyone tried their best to curl themselves up into a ball, burying their heads very low, and they all became ostriches.

The coral-like protrusion under the king beast's mouth scratched the upright boat pole, and the pole broke in the middle and hit the stern. The sound was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The monks could no longer stay and jumped off the sea dragon boat.

The coral stone passed by Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou.

At such a close distance, the Wanyin Covering Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou seemed to sense something and suddenly vibrated.

Su Jinzhou looked at Jitang in confusion. His body was tense, ready to take her away at any time.

Ji Tang's expression was stunned, and then quickly turned into shock. She looked at the sturgeon shark king beast, moved her lips, and was about to speak, but realized that now was not the time, and then gently shook her head at Su Jinzhou.

She was really too surprised.

The last time Wan Yin Zhao vibrated like this to remind her was when she obtained the nightmare token left by her parents in Qingmang Yanyue Mountain.

In other words, the spiritual seal imprinted on her natal magic weapon was reminding her that the soul that was supposed to appear on the Haijinyunjian Island, for some unknown reason, now appeared on the sturgeon shark king beast.

Ji Tang wanted to find some breath of nightmare or spirit from the king beast, but the king beast was too huge. Even if she looked at the farthest position, she could only see the uneven coral stones on the king beast's hide.

Jitang tugged at Su Jinzhou's sleeve.

Su Jinzhou approached her.

The two of them swiftly climbed over the railing, and Ji Tang fixed himself on the outside of the sea dragon boat with his nightmare energy, waiting quietly.

They were not within the King Beast's sight, and were protected by the Ten Thousand Hidden Shield. They could only be noticed by the King Beast when they were moving. Although it was risky, it was better than being a fish on a chopping board.

There are only a handful of Sturgeon Shark King Beasts that have reached the fusion stage in the entire cultivation world, and the mention of each of their names is enough to make people tremble.

Their actions were nothing but a show of skill in front of the King Beast. They just hoped that the King Beast would not take them seriously and leave early.

After waiting for a long time, the sturgeon shark king beast showed no intention of leaving. Instead, it grabbed the sea dragon boat in its mouth, apparently wanting to throw it out.

However, the king beast underestimated the power of its shark teeth. Before the sea dragon boat could be thrown out, it was torn to pieces by its terrifying bite force and sharp teeth.

Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou followed the broken parts of the sea dragon boat into the sea. Ji Tang separated some nightmare energy and quietly pushed the fragments behind him, trying to get away from the king beast.

She moved slowly, pushing along the waves.

At this moment, Su Jinzhou suddenly grabbed her hand.

Ji Tang raised his head stiffly and met the gaze of the man who suddenly appeared in front of them.

Her whole body was shaking, her scalp was numb, and she even stopped breathing.

There are so many scattered fragments of sea dragon boats in the sea to distract the king beast's attention. Their piece is also intentionally controlled by Ji Tang. It is already very inconspicuous, but the sturgeon shark king beast can still find the exact location in the first time. Ji Tang can't help but wonder if the nightmare card on the king beast's body has some effect on her and attracted the king beast.

Ji Tang didn't dare to breathe. She saw Su Jinzhou was about to make a hand gesture to control the sword, so she hurriedly stopped him and said word by word, "I'll do it."

The giant beast's eyes closed and opened again, and its vertical pupils became slightly rounder.

Jitang suddenly heard a deep and steady voice——

It is the message from the king beast.

It said, "Ji Huai, save me."

Wang Shou mistook her for Wen Jihuai, her mother.

Ji Tang forced herself to calm down and barely attached herself to the wisp of spiritual consciousness that the king beast left in her sea of consciousness.

Her cultivation was not high enough, so she could not transmit sound directly with her spiritual consciousness. She could only rely on the king beast and use the king beast's spiritual consciousness as a connecting bridge to communicate with the king beast.

This is very risky. If the king beast wants to kill her, with the king beast's cultivation level, she can be wiped out on the spot by just using her spiritual sense.

"Senior, I am Wen Jihuai's daughter, Jitang."

The beast king did not answer immediately.

Dense beads of sweat oozed out of Ji Tang's forehead, and the sea breeze blew away, suddenly chilling his skin.

"Ji Huai...daughter..."

"Yes, Junior Jitang."

"I was secretly attacked, my cultivation was largely suppressed, and the poison penetrated my bones... My soul was controlled by him, sometimes lucid, sometimes drowsy. He possessed me, and I have no way to save myself."

Ji Tang hurriedly asked: "Who is controlling you, Senior? How can mother save you? I..."

If she can't find her mother, how can she get her mother to save her?

The King Beast's eyes were dazed for a moment, and he mistook Ji Tang for Wen Ji Huai again. "Ji Huai, save me..."

Ji Tang: "How to save him?"

The king beast's eyes closed slightly, "Kill me."

Ji Tang's heart seemed to be suddenly tightened, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

A hegemon who had guarded an area of sea and practiced in silence for thousands of years, wanting to ascend to become an immortal, was now reduced to the point where he could only barely maintain his sanity and begged her to kill him.

Ji Tang choked: "Senior... I can't do anything."

Although she felt reluctant, she also knew that it was better to die in a clear mind than to live in a state of selflessness. However, her cultivation was not enough, and she had no way of killing the king beast.

The beast king raised his eyelids, "Ji Huai... Ji Tang."

Ji Tang: "The junior is here."

The beast king seemed to have regained some consciousness, and his eyes became clearer. "Good boy, your parents left me a nightmare tablet."

Ji Tang had already guessed this, so he wasn't surprised. "Yes, Senior."

King Beast: "Can I borrow this nightmare energy for a moment?"

Ji Tang's pupils narrowed, "You want to do it yourself?!"

King Beast: "The nightmare energy of the Nightmare Card combined with my current available cultivation may be able to break through the power that man has restrained me, at least a little... I can give it a try..."

"Good boy, when you come back here, go to the Sea End Cloud Island. My inheritance is there, and you will pass it on to my people on my behalf."

Ji Tang said anxiously, "Senior, is there no other way to help you? The Wei Hai Palace has protected you for thousands of years. They might have a way. I'll go find them!"

The King Beast sighed softly, "With all the commotion, I'm sure they'll be here soon. After I leave, I'll let them go to the place where I inherited my legacy. There's a wisp of my divine consciousness left behind. Let them find the answer there."

"The dozen or so cultivators before..." Pain flashed in the king beast's pupils, "I..." Before he could finish his words, his vertical pupils gradually became extremely thin.

"...I...and your...parents...are close friends, but...it's only now..."

The vertical pupils kept changing, and Ji Tang could see that the king beast was fighting against the power that was controlling it. The words transmitted became intermittent and extremely difficult.

"Since I'm meeting a junior... naturally... I should bring a gift..."

Ji Tang couldn't bear it: "Senior!"

The beast king finally closed his eyes: "...Good boy."

As the beast king finished speaking, Ji Tang watched his huge body swell up, and in a moment it exploded.

Su Jinzhou stood in front of her, but found that the violent energy generated by the king beast's self-explosion did not affect them at all.

He looked carefully and found that there was a nearly transparent cover outside the Wanyin Cover. The energy in that cover was very thick, like thick glue that could not be dissolved, which blocked all the terrifying impact brought by the king beast's self-explosion.

Until the explosion ended, the sea water turned into blood, and the wind and thunder in the sea area stopped at some point, and the violent spiritual power in the sea disappeared without a trace.

The thick transparent cover condensed into a fist-sized energy ball in the air, with the Nightmare Card floating in it. Before Ji Tang could grab it, the energy ball entered Ji Tang's body first.

Su Jinzhou grabbed her shoulders and asked anxiously, "Does it hurt? Do you feel anything?!"

Ji Tang patted him, "I'm fine, senior brother." She had a complicated expression, "This should be the gift from the senior to me."

In the distance, dozens of sword beams were getting closer and closer to them.

Ji Tang raised his eyes and said, "People from Wei Hai Palace have arrived. Senior Brother, I will tell you more about this later."

Su Jinzhou was relieved to see that she was alright. He didn't really care about what happened. "Okay."

A group from the Wei Hai Palace flew on swords above the blood. Two cultivators came to Ji Tang, took them to the flying swords, and brought them to the leader of the Wei Hai Palace.

"Are you two fellow Daoists okay?"

Su Jinzhou couldn't tell the other party's cultivation level, but he knew it must be above theirs. He bowed and said, "It's alright, thank you for your concern, Senior."

The other party had finished his courtesy and asked anxiously, "I wonder what happened to the sea dragon boat you were on. Have you seen Senior Sturgeon Shark King Beast?"

As soon as the people from Wei Hai Palace arrived, they began to search everywhere for the monk who fell into the sea. At this time, the only two people who could communicate were Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou.

Ji Tang bowed again and said sadly, "Senior, the Sturgeon Shark King Beast Senior... has self-destructed."