The dense fog obscured everything in sight, and even the ceaseless storms on the desolate sea could not disperse it, only causing the fog to surge and swirl.
Where did the fog come from?
In the mist, Feng Bingwen stood on Zilong's back with a grim expression. Everything had changed so suddenly that he had no time to react.
The sudden appearance of this white mist in such a harsh environment was clearly an ominous sign that he had sensed earlier due to his flustered state of mind. The fact that his consciousness was greatly restricted by the white mist also indicated that the situation was deteriorating.
"Senior, do you know what's going on?"
Unlike Feng Bingwen, Xi Qingyu, who had completely lost her senses of the outside world, panicked. Even with her divine sense leaving her body, she could not clearly perceive the scenery ten feet away, and what she could see was even less than what Long Tong could see.
"I don't know. This is the method of extraterrestrial demons. How could I possibly understand it?"
Feng Bingwen shook his head. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and the Five Directions and Five Elements Tai Xuan Divine Light surged out from behind him, instantly covering a thousand feet in front of him.
When the divine light reached him, he saw hundreds of strange creatures, each the size of an adult, resembling locusts or moths. They were bizarre in shape, with ferocious mouths and teeth, which made him feel nauseous and oppressed.
"What's this?"
Xi Qingyu looked at the swarm of insects imprisoned in Feng Bingwen's divine light. Their scales, which looked like they were carved from purple jade, were slightly raised, but they were so frightened that their scales popped out.
"I'm not sure, but I'd guess it's some kind of dragon-devouring worm!"
Compared to the frightened dragon girl, Feng Bingwen's reaction was very calm, because he could sense that these insects were not only fewer in number, but their individual strength was even weaker than the swarm of dragon-devouring insects he had encountered before.
It was just a bit bigger, but that was all; it posed no threat to him. However, his casual remark made Xi Qingyu even more apprehensive.
She was aware of the terrifying ferocity of the Dragon-Eating Insects. If it were just this small swarm of insects, she would naturally be fearless. But now, the desolate sea had undergone an anomaly, and she couldn't imagine what would happen next.
These insects before her might be sentinels dispatched by the swarm for reconnaissance. The desolate sea has become unpredictable and fraught with danger; anything is possible. She had personally witnessed the tragic fate of dragons who fell into the swarm.
Just imagining that scene sent chills down her spine and made her even more uneasy. Even with a sage reincarnated standing beside her, she couldn't calm down, since this sage hadn't truly returned to his former glory.
However, Feng Bingwen didn't have much time to pay attention to the little dragon girl's mental state at this moment; his attention was entirely focused on the strange swarm of insects in front of him.
The Five Directions and Five Elements Supreme Mysterious Divine Light moved according to his will, instantly crushing half of the insects into dust. The crimson divine light burned the sticky insect fluid, quickly annihilating it completely.
This result made Feng Bingwen frown deeply. It was not the result he wanted. He could extract a mineral similar to immortal iron from the dragon-devouring insects he had hunted before, but now this swarm of insects had nothing, which meant that he had wasted all his efforts.
"Your Highness, why don't you give it a try?!"
Feng Bingwen's gaze fell on the somewhat nervous and uneasy Zilong at his feet.
"What?"
Before Xi Qingyu could react, she saw the swarm of insects that had been trapped in the divine light suddenly break free of their restraints, their wings vibrating and flashing with a cold light, and they pounced on her, trying to tear her flesh apart.
crackling sounds~
Without any hesitation, almost subconsciously, Xi Qingyu opened her dragon mouth and spat out blinding lightning, instantly obliterating the swarm of insects flying towards her.
Upon seeing this scene, Xi Qingyu was stunned and didn't react immediately. Although she had just seen the swarm of insects, she hadn't sensed their life force due to the isolation provided by Feng Bingwen's divine light, and didn't know their strength.
"Too weak!"
But at this moment, the dragon girl couldn't help but sigh. She had been in the desolate sea for so long, and this was the first time she had encountered a creature that could be annihilated by her lightning magic in one strike.
When she was in the Dragon Palace of Xuanting Lake, the thunder magic she possessed could be used as a trump card to resolve occasional crises and enemies.
However, after arriving in the desolate sea, even though she further cultivated thunder magic based on her race's divine abilities, she could only use it as a conventional means to fight enemies. Ordinary methods were completely ineffective against those extraterrestrial demons who dared to invade the heavens and earth.
The insects before her made her feel as if she had returned to the Dragon Palace of Xuanting Lake, encountering the mountain spirits and ghosts she would occasionally meet on her river tours, as vulnerable as clay chickens and earthen dogs.
But this is the desolate sea, the front line where the dragon race fights against the extraterrestrial demons and guards the sea frontier.
"You also think it's too weak?"
Feng Bingwen asked thoughtfully.
"Yes!"
"How does this compare to the opponents you've faced before?"
"These insects are the weakest I've ever seen."
"I see!"
Feng Bingwen nodded slightly, a thoughtful look in his eyes, which prompted Xi Qingyu, who was standing at his feet, to ask a question.
"Senior, have you discovered something?"
"That's all? What else could I possibly discover? I've only been here a short time."
Feng Bingwen couldn't help but shake his head with a smile. He wasn't one of those charlatans from the Tianyan Dao who could predict the future. Even if those charlatans did, even if the Dao Lord himself took action, he probably wouldn't be able to predict matters related to the outer realms.
"Follow your instincts, pick any direction and go!"
"The situation in the desolate sea has changed. You should make the decision, senior!"
Xi Qingyu instinctively refused.
“I don’t know the Desolate Sea as well as you do. Even though the environment here has changed, you are more familiar with it than I am. Choose whichever you like. Even if I were to choose, I wouldn’t be better than you. The only thing I’m better at than you now is my cultivation level, but it’s not by much.”
"But if I go forward recklessly, I might encounter a troublesome demon!"
"That's my problem. I'll take full responsibility for the consequences. You don't need to worry too much!"
Feng Bingwen understood the dragon girl's concerns, because there was an insurmountable gap in absolute strength, which meant that the two were not equal in status.
The Dragon Girl was worried that if something happened, this immortal would shift the blame and place all the responsibility on her, making her bear the consequences.
It's understandable to have such thoughts, after all, the two sides have only met a few times a few years ago, and don't know each other very well.
"Then this junior will dare to give directions!"
Xi Qingyu felt uneasy, but at this moment, she really didn't have many other choices.
Her first priority now is to leave the desolate sea and return to her familiar environment. However, this journey home is almost certainly fraught with danger. With this immortal by her side, it's hard to say whether it will be a blessing or a curse.
Let's go!
With Feng Bingwen's repeated assurances, Xi Qingyu carefully followed her usual instincts and flew towards her destination. She flew very slowly because her divine sense had been rendered useless by the white mist, and she could only rely on her dragon eyes to see what she could make out.
Squeak! Cackling! Splashing~
However, before Xi Qingyu and Feng Bingwen had flown very far, all sorts of strange sounds came one after another, and the two of them soon found the source of those strange sounds.
"Is this still a desolate sea?!"
Looking at the countless strange silhouettes of all sizes emerging from the thick fog, Feng Bingwen couldn't help but sigh.
"Where did so many demons come from?"
At the same time, Xi Qingyu also saw those silhouettes swaying in the fog, and was shocked by the terrifying scene before her.
This completely contradicts the experience she accumulated in the Desolate Sea over the past few years. For those with weak strength, the Desolate Sea is an absolute forbidden zone for living beings; stepping into it is tantamount to courting death.
But at this moment, this basic understanding was shattered. Countless, innumerable monsters she had never seen before formed a torrent, traveling through the desolate sea under the protection of the white mist.
"Where else could it have come from? From beyond the heavens, of course!"
Feng Bingwen was used to this. After his initial surprise, he quickly calmed down. He had seen similar scenes before. It was just a matter of quantity; a large number didn't mean anything.
Back then, the Supreme Dao had captured a giant beast from beyond the realm. Even now, the creature that he thought about still terrified him. After falling into the Supreme Dao's mountain gate, even though it did nothing, the life force emanating from it caused everything it came into contact with to change, gaining intelligence and giving birth to life.
Thus, despite having only captured a giant beast from beyond the realm, the Supreme Daoist sect was forced to face the onslaught of a monster horde.
This is the terrifying aspect of beings with excessively high life levels. Even if they do nothing, even if they are unconscious, the power emanating from their bodies will erode everything around them, naturally giving rise to a clan that will worship them as their masters and follow and worship them madly.
The appearance of this bizarre, monstrous tide—a tide he had never even seen in the scriptures of the Supreme Dao—on such a large scale could only mean one thing.
That is, among the extraterrestrial demons that peer into the heavens and earth, there is a being similar to an extraterrestrial behemoth that has begun to erode the heavens and earth. It is because of this terrifying power that everything before our eyes has been created.
A perfectly logical deduction.
Feng Bingwen believed that it was because among the extraterrestrial demons, one or even several of those who called themselves "Celestial Venerables" or "Buddhas" began to use their power to intervene and influence the world, which led to this change.
"But isn't this too fast!?"
Having arrived at a conclusion that aligned with his current observations, Feng Bingwen was filled with new doubts.
The world he inhabits is so vast that even ordinary immortals, without unique abilities, might not be able to travel throughout it.
But now, extraterrestrial demons have managed to project their power into this realm in just over ten years, causing disasters and even giving birth to monsters that do not belong to this world. This doesn't seem very reasonable at all.
He had just survived his tribulation. He felt that the will of Heaven hadn't weakened to such an extent. How could it be so simple and easy for those "Heavenly Venerables" and "Buddhas" to break through? It simply didn't make sense.
Moreover, even if the will of Heaven faltered, or if a momentary oversight caused a loophole that allowed the demons to seize the opportunity, the powerful figures in this world remained indifferent to these petty thieves who extended their claws into their courtyard.
Can't beat them?
You must be kidding!
Feng Bingwen felt that his conclusions seemed to have some flaws and some aspects that he could not explain clearly.
But he was helpless, after all, his level was limited, his power determined his level, and this in turn affected his vision and determined what information he could see and hear.
Limited by his limited perspective and the information he had, it was virtually impossible for him to deduce things he had never seen before based on such meager information.
"Senior, what should we do?"
Xi Qingyu asked with trepidation, although most of the monsters in the surging tide before her were very weak in her perception.
She was so weak that she could annihilate a large number of people with just a single bolt of lightning, but she dared not act rashly because this monster horde possessed many auras that made her wary and troublesome.
"What else can we do? Leaving is the best option!"
Feng Bingwen answered without hesitation. Although he came to the desolate sea to gain merit and double the reward, the current situation was not right and there was a risk to his life, so it was best to leave first.
"yes!"
The man and the dragon reacted almost immediately upon reaching the edge of the monster horde, reaching a consensus to move away. However, though they didn't want to cause trouble, it didn't mean that the powerful beings lurking among the monsters were willing to let them off easily.
The hoof, like a giant pillar supporting the sky, descended from the heavens. Under the giant hoof, not to mention Feng Bingwen, even the purple-scaled dragon, which was over a hundred feet long, appeared extremely insignificant.
Huh~
Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Xi Qingyu let out a high-pitched dragon roar, his body crackling with lightning. His previously leisurely flight speed instantly increased more than tenfold, and in a flash, he carried Feng Bingwen away from the giant hoof's reach.
But the monsters that had their eyes on them were not about to give up. As soon as they escaped, darkness descended completely above them, and even the ever-present storms were suppressed. Dozens, even hundreds, of pink tentacles drooped from the shadows.
"roll!"
Feng Bingwen raised an eyebrow, opened his mouth and exhaled a magnificent landscape, but whether it was the majestic mountains or the surging rivers, they were all constructed of flames.
True Fire, Beautiful Scenery!
Upon touching the true volcano river, the pink tentacles falling from the sky let out a piercing wail and scream, followed by howls from all directions even more terrifying than a storm.
(End of this chapter)
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