Under the sea in the distance, an oval white stone the size of a palm moved.

Several lines appeared on the surface of the stone, and along the lines the stone gradually stretched out its two claws and eight legs, turning into a white crab.

Then all the rocks in the sea began to shake, and more and more crabs returned to their original form.

Guided by the bloody smell, they began to swim towards the direction where the bloody smell came from like a wave.

From the front, they look like a group of crabs with mimicry abilities, but if you turn them over, you'll find a face that looks like a devil's on the abdomen of these crabs.

When they get close to their prey, the ghost mask opens and uses the fangs and sharp teeth inside to tear into the flesh.

When the number is small, it is naturally nothing, but once this creature reaches a large scale, it will become very terrifying.

Not long after, next to the wooden boat that was salvaging shells, the water surface was still the same as before but a little more turbid, but the people on the boat gradually realized something was wrong.

"Hey, do you think they held their breath for too long this time?"

"They might be having a competition. These old guys are the most dishonest."

"Xiao An, go down and check the situation and tell them to stop playing."

These soldiers are the elite among the elite, all of them are warriors, and more than half of them have cultivated internal strength.

Although they are not as good as immortals, they can still be much stronger than ordinary people. For masters of internal martial arts who are good at water, it is not difficult to hold their breath underwater for a quarter of an hour.

But this dive took too long.

The team leader called a shell-collecting warrior who was taking a rest to go down and check the situation.

The young man named Xiao An was also very obedient.

He took off the shirt hanging on his body and dived into the sea.

Time passed little by little, and another half a quarter of an hour passed, but there was still no movement on the water.

The uneasiness among the crowd began to spread, and the soldiers who were dismantling pearl shells on the deck looking for black pearls also ran to the windowsill to watch what was going down.

Another half quarter of an hour later, a hand suddenly stretched out of the water, but the soldier Xiao An only flapped his wings a few times on the water before falling weakly downwards.

A rope flew out in time and caught Xiao An's wrist. Everyone pulled the rope together and quickly pulled him back to shore.

When the young man was dragged out of the water, all the soldiers around him gasped in shock at the scene before them.

Xiao An's lower body was a bloody mess at this time, and even the pale bones were exposed in many places. Most of the flesh and blood had been eaten by unknown creatures.

Before they had time to mourn for their companions, they noticed that the sea surface around them began to tremble violently and a stream of blood was surging up from below.

Then, a teeth-grinding sound came from the bottom of the ship. There were a lot of sharp objects destroying their ship.

There was almost no time for people to react. With a shock, the ship began to slowly sink.

Their experience told them a terrible fact: the bottom of the boat was leaking, and the leak was big!

Several more screams were heard from the cabin below the deck. Several soldiers and crew members who were sorting out supplies below had obviously also been killed.

"Everyone protect the princess!"

"Take the men to the bottom hold to repair it. If the ship sinks, we will all die!"

"What is that? First mate, something is coming towards us."

"Ghost-faced crab!!! That's a ghost-faced crab!"

Not only was there something wrong with the bottom of the boat, but white crabs started crawling all around the boat.

The shells of these crabs are extremely hard and cannot be harmed by ordinary swords and knives. They will attack in groups when they see people and can eat a living person within twenty breaths.

Only General Yu had some Qi training skills. Although the weapon in his hand could not be considered a magic weapon, it was made of low-end materials from the world of immortal cultivation. With the help of an incomplete sword technique of a cultivator, he was able to kill the ghost-faced crabs one by one.

But compared to the number of crabs, the effect it can play is really insignificant . The movement outside finally alarmed Jian Mo, Jiao Lao and others in the cabin.

"Damn it, how could I provoke such a monster!"

"Retreat! Everyone retreat!"

Old Jiao pushed the deck with his intact right leg and leaped into the air. He took out a bottle of powder, and after activating it with his spiritual energy, he slapped the large group of ghost-faced crabs on the bow.

The powder was scattered and immediately turned into a piece of coral, trapping all the crabs in place.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, more crabs came crawling towards them, stepping on the coral.

The cabin door at the rear was like tofu and was easily bitten into pieces.

Another large group of white crabs poured out from the cabin.

The few crew members closest to the scene were covered with crabs and died screaming.

Now they had no way to retreat, so they gathered together and used weapons to try to prevent the crabs from getting closer.

"Mr. Jiao, what should we do?"

Jian Mo had never seen such a situation since she was a child. She was frightened so much that her face turned pale and she didn't know what to do.

At this moment, the ship shook again, and the sea water began to flood the deck.

Old Jiao also had an unpleasant look on his face. He threw out another bottle of powder, which froze a crab. He finally made up his mind.

He took out a folded paper boat from his hand, blew most of his own spiritual energy into it, shook his hand and threw it forward.

The paper boat swelled up in the wind, and when it landed on the sea, it had turned into a small boat that could carry one person.

"Princess, I have assisted you over the years and have repaid you for saving my life. See you later!"

After saying this, he used his light body skills to jump more than ten feet and landed in the paper boat.

Jiang Li was stunned by this scene. Did Mr. Jiao run away just because of a few crabs?

The dozen or so soldiers and the princess were left to desperately resist the ghost crab.

Moreover, he was a foundation-building cultivator after all, how could he not even have a decent flying magic weapon? He only had a paper boat, which was too lame, wasn't it?

This is exactly where Jiang Li’s misunderstanding lies.

When he first entered the world of cultivating immortals, he joined the Sutra Valley. Later, after becoming an inner sect disciple, he never experienced such hardships again.

But in fact, it is quite difficult for ordinary cultivators to obtain a magic weapon.

Even when he first entered the sect, he used inferior iron chains for a period of time. Most of the low-level cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation would probably only be able to use these things for their entire lives.

However, after he came to power, Chongshan League obtained large quantities of spirit stones and supplies several times. Now, as long as you choose to join Chongshan League, even the lowest-level cultivators can live a comfortable life.

Everyone has elixirs to eat and magic weapons to use. Compared to other places, it is already too blessed.

Putting aside all these sighs, now it is time for him to save the situation.

On the deck, General Yu's right arm was bitten by a ghost-faced crab, and a piece of flesh was missing. Now he can only hold the sword with his left hand.

The surging sea water had already reached above their knees, making it impossible for them to see the exact location of the crab, making the situation even more precarious.

It seemed as if the next moment, the remaining few people would be eaten into bones.

At this moment, a green light came from behind and bypassed them, defeating the oncoming tide of crabs.

Jiang Li, holding a green vine in his hand, walked out from behind.

His brows were furrowed and his face was pale, as if using his spiritual energy had aggravated his injuries.

"Mr. Li Jiang!"

When the remaining few saw Jiang Li take action, they immediately rekindled their hope and shouted out the name that Jiang Li had made up for them.

Jiang Li did not disappoint. He muttered something, and a spiritual light suddenly appeared in his hand. He slapped a piece of talisman paper on the hull, and the wooden boat, which was about to sink completely into the water, began to float again.

Large amounts of seawater were dumped out, revealing white crabs crawling all over the boat.

Jiang Li did not stop, and swung the whip repeatedly, sweeping away all the ghost-faced crabs attached to the boat.

Their so-called solid shells were not a bit harder than eggshells for Jiang Li, and all turned into crab paste in mid-air.

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Then, the power of a piece of talisman paper made the entire wooden boat float in the air, away from the boiling sea surface filled with countless ghost-faced crabs.

Having lost their target here, the remaining ghost-faced crabs were immediately attracted by a paper boat on the other side, turning into white waves and chasing after the fleeing Jiao Lao.

The poor foundation-building master, who had been away from the world of immortal cultivation for more than a decade, eventually died under the wave of ghost-faced crabs.

On the deck, the talisman paper pasted on the ship seemed unable to bear the weight of the ship and began to burn.

Jiang Li seemed to be controlling the wooden boat with great difficulty, and flew it to a small island not far away, and finally made an emergency landing on the white sandy beach.

Finally out of danger, there were only seven survivors left.

Jian Mo, her maid Xiaolian, General Yu, and four soldiers.

They stood up from the deck in a daze, but before they could celebrate their survival, they found that "Mr. Li Jiang", who had just displayed his mighty power, was sitting in meditation with a pale face.

"It's a pity! The sir's injury hasn't healed yet, but he forcefully used his spiritual energy, causing the injury to relapse!"

"Sir, we are so grateful for your kindness, and we have no way to repay you!"

"Don't come near, don't disturb the sir!"

"There are medicines and clean cloths in the cabin. Xiaolian, go and get them. Treat the general and the soldiers first."

"After treating the injuries, everyone please take care of the bodies on the boat first to prevent those ghost crabs from coming again."

The few people who survived the disaster did not dare to relax. After simply treating their wounds, they began to clean up the bodies on the boat.

If they had known that the crabs would come ashore, they would have been dead even if they had ten lives if they had been discovered by the crabs.

At this time, a soldier discovered that Xiao An, who had jumped into the water before, was holding a pearl shell as big as an adult's head in his hand.

He pulled out the dagger from his body, inserted it into the gap of the shell, skillfully cut the flesh and tendons, and then opened the big shell.

Suddenly, a faint light appeared in his eyes.

"Princess! First Mate! Black Pearl! We found the Black Pearl!"

The soldier excitedly dug out a round, pure black bead from the shell.

The others came over immediately after hearing this, all with excitement on their faces. Wasn't this the purpose of their voyage?

"A black pearl this big must have taken at least three hundred years to be of this quality."

"It's a pity, if only we could have found it earlier."

The treasure they had been longing for was finally obtained, but when they thought of their current situation, their expressions became gloomy again.

So what if we find the black pearl?

Now that their ship was destroyed and only seven people were left, how could they send the pearl back? Looking at the black pearl in his hand and then at "Mr. Li Jiang" who was meditating in the middle of the deck, Jian Mo made a difficult decision.

At night, "Li Jiang, whose serious injury relapsed," finally woke up from meditation.

But as soon as he moved, blood spurted out of his mouth. He collapsed to the ground and couldn't stand up. His condition still looked extremely bad.

"Mr. Li Jiang! How are you?"

Jiang Li tried very hard to appear weak, then shook his head with a wry smile.

"If I hadn't been injured, I could have easily destroyed those things."

"What a pity! I was seriously injured in the storm, and now I'm forcing my spiritual energy to move, which has hurt my internal organs. I'm afraid I can't make it."

Hearing this, everyone looked sad, because if Jiang Li fell here, all of them would be doomed.

Not to mention sending the pearls back, even whether we can see the sun tomorrow is a big question.

At this time, the illegitimate princess Jian Mo, holding the black pearl in her hand, respectfully handed it to Jiang Li.

"Mr. Li Jiang, can this black pearl help you heal your wounds?"

Jiang Li looked at the pearl that he had stuffed into the shell himself and looked surprised.

"This is a three hundred year old black pearl!"

"Black pearls are holy products for healing. They can really help me a lot now."

"But isn't this something you want to use to treat your mother? If you give it to me, what will happen to your mother?"

"Besides, only one black pearl can be produced at a time in a pearl coast. If you give it to me, you may not be able to find a second one."

After hearing Jiang Li's words, Jian Mo's expression dimmed for a moment, but he finally regained his determination.

"Mr. Li Jiang saved our lives. You could have left on your own."

"Your injury relapsed because of saving us. How can Jian Mo hide this pearl and delay your recovery?"

"Besides, if your injuries cannot be healed, we will not be able to return alive. Please don't refuse, sir."

After saying that, she stubbornly handed the pearl to Jiang Li.

The reason why Jian Mo decided to give the Black Pearl to Jiang Li for treatment must be the latter.

But Jiang Li's face still showed an expression of being deeply moved.

"Ms. Jian Mo, you have a heart of gold."

"Don't worry. I, Jiang, also know some medical skills. When your injuries are stable, I will accompany you back to visit your mother and treat her personally."

Hearing Jiang Li's assurance, a glimmer of hope appeared in Jian Mo's eyes.

With such a "master" helping him, there was no need to worry about his mother's illness not being cured. He immediately bowed down and kowtowed deeply to Jiang Li.

(End of this chapter)