Chapter 113

Chapter 113: Juying Island

As the bead fell, it seemed to tug at the sea, causing the waves in the surroundings to rise up into a huge tsunami. It was as if there was some giant at the bottom of the sea lifting its hand and stretching it out to grab the merfolk race’s four islands.

But as the tsunami crashed down, a huge curtain of light suddenly appeared around the merfolk race’s four islands.

This curtain of light was the race-protecting array of the merfolk race, and it was astonishingly powerful. With it operating at full power, the black bead falling from the sky immediately slowed down. However, the mighty pressure rolling off the bead still caused the protective array to ripple violently.

The tsunami crashed down on the curtain of light with a boom, but wasn’t able to break it. However, a roar came from within Image Island.

“Seven Blood Pupils, what do you want!”

As the earth-shattering roar reverberated through the sky, a huge illusory face rose up from the island. It got bigger and bigger until it was comparable in size to the island itself.

This was the face of an old man with gills on his cheeks. His eyes were filled with shock as he glared at the figure on the lizard-like dragon in the sky.

But just as his words rang out, suddenly…

In the merfolk race’s four islands, there were many buildings that served as the array eyes[1] for the great protective array. At that moment, a change occurred, and many of them suddenly collapsed in on themselves!

There were more than 40 such array eyes that seemed to have been tampered with by somebody long ago. It seemed that some hidden preparations had been activated, and the buildings housing the array eyes instantly turned to dust!

Moreover, powerful fluctuations suddenly appeared inside each of the four islands, and loud booms rang out.

Seven Blood Pupils had been preparing to destroy the merfolk race for a long time, and they had long infiltrated them and gathered comprehensive information. Since they dared to appear today, they obviously had absolute certainty that they could exterminate them.

The face of the elderly merfolk in the sky changed drastically. Suddenly, the black bead shone with a black light, becoming brighter and brighter until it turned into a huge palm that seemed to blot out the sun. Countless purple lightning bolts flickered in the sky as the palm fell on the protective array.

A deafening boom echoed in all directions. In an instant, the merfolk race’s protective array sank down rapidly before finally collapsing. A huge gap appeared in the shape of a palm.

Countless bolts of purple lightning immediately ran along the edges of the hole in the array, and the protective barrier would disintegrate immediately wherever they passed.

Within a dozen breaths of time, the merfolk race’s race-protecting array collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Many places in the four islands were destroyed by the backlash of the collapsed array formation, causing chaos to spread in the blink of an eye.

And after the array collapsed, the palm became bigger and bigger, rapidly suppressing the illusory face of the elderly merfolk man and slamming down onto an island.

This island was Image.

With a boom, a huge palm print appeared in the middle of the island. This palm print was surrounded by destroyed buildings and shattered flesh and blood. At the center of the palm print, there was a tower which had barely remained intact, but it was still covered in countless cracks.

This tower looked like a temple built from white bones. Although it was extraordinary and majestic, there was also a sense of sorrow and indignation coming from it.

That was because… the owners of the countless bones comprising this tower had died in misery, and they were all humans!

The remnant spiritual energy left in the bones even revealed that most of them were disciples of Seven Blood Pupils when they were alive.

At that moment, the old merfolk man whose face projection had just been squashed flew out of the tower at high speed, crazily coughing up blood.

Up in the sky, there was a figure standing atop the palaces on the lizard dragon’s body. His gaze fell on the tower on Image, and a cold voice rang out.

“Merfolk!”

“Over the years, our Seven Blood Pupils have treated your race well.”

“Ever since your race became our ally, our sect has provided you great assistance in the form of resources many times. Twenty-three years ago, when your territory was threatened with a disaster of heterogeneity, our sect gave our all to help you. We provided you with countless resources worth at least a hundred million spirit stones.”

“Sixteen years ago, the spiritwither race attacked you, and your race was in danger of extermination. No one else came to help you. At that time, this old man came in person, leading my sect’s disciples to rescue you from that crisis. Back then, many disciples perished for your sake, and countless members of your race requested to bury my sect’s disciples here to prove our friendship.”

“These disciples should have been revered, but in order to suck up to the sea corpse race, you actually dug up their bones to build a tower.”

“Such an act of repaying kindness with ingratitude is abhorred by the world itself. Today, your race must be exterminated!” With those words, the figure atop the palace stepped out into midair. It was the Peak Lord of the Seventh Peak, Seventh Master.

He was dressed in a purple Daoist robe, and his eyes seemed full of lightning. He was majestic without seeming angry and gave off an extraordinary aura. As his words reverberated, he struck down with another palm, then stabbed out with a finger toward the empty air on his left.

The merfolk ancestor down below was instantly suppressed, and countless drops of water manifested around him, trapping him in a huge water bubble. He tried to struggle, but he couldn’t break free at all. In the end, his expression contorted and he growled at the Peak Lord in the sky.

“Zheng Kaiyi, what’s the point of bringing up all this? So what if we dug them up? Now, the sea corpse race is protecting our merfolk race. Their army is already on the way!”

“I’m waiting.”

Seventh Master said in a light voice, glancing over at the void where he’d just pointed his finger.

The air suddenly distorted, and another figure appeared there.

It wasn’t the figure of a merfolk, but rather a middle-aged man who seemed to be human.

He was wearing black armor and gave off a powerful aura. However, he also gave off the strong stench of death. There was rotting flesh all over his body, and even maggots crawling around. He was just like a corpse.

This person had obviously been hiding in preparation for a sneak attack, but Seventh Master discovered him. Countless water droplets appeared around him and sealed him in another water ball that floated over next to the merfolk ancestor.

After sealing these two people, Seventh Master completely ignored them and pointed down at the merfolk race’s four islands.

The lizard dragon immediately let out a roar, and rows of shocking magic tools appeared on its back, shooting countless terrifying spells straight at the islands.

At the same time, figures appeared from the sea of purple in the sky, one after another. They were the Seventh Peak’s Foundation Establishment cultivators, and along with them came their astonishing magic ships.

These magic ships varied in size and shape, but each gave off an incredibly powerful aura. As they appeared, they all lined up and bombarded the four islands down below with powerful spells.

These spells were like a hundred-over mighty spears that represented death. As the Foundation Establishment magic ships’ spells pierced through the air, thirteen enormous magic warships also appeared from the void, their titanic shadows instantly covering every the four islands as they loomed.

Loud booms echoed out, and the four islands shook violently. This series of attacks had a clear target – all the magic tools and Core Formation cultivators on the islands.

A moment later, the countless defensive and offensive magic tools on the four islands were all destroyed. The Core Formation cultivators had nowhere to hide and were forced into the air by the bombardment, where they were promptly suppressed.

At that moment, the merfolk race’s four islands no longer had a single cultivator at the Core Formation Realm!

With a wave of Seventh Master’s hand, the sea of purple light in the sky suddenly sank. With a rumble, it enveloped the merfolk race’s four islands, forming a sky-sealing array and an irresistible suppression!

Within the array, miserable wails rang out, and all the merfolk cultivators coughed up blood simultaneously.

Among them, the Qi Condensation cultivators were relatively fine. However, the Foundation Establishment cultivators unexpectedly dropped out of the Foundation Establishment Realm and were suppressed to the peak of Qi Condensation.

At the same time, above the Forbidden Sea outside the merfolk race’s four islands, purple light shone and the Seventh Peak disciples participating in the great competition appeared one after another.

After noticing they were in the air above the Forbidden Sea, no one seemed surprised. They immediately took out their magic boats and fell into the sea with a splash one after another.

Of course, Xu Qing was among them.

At that moment, Seventh Master in the sky spoke lightly.

“The Seventh Peak’s great competition has begun. Wolf pups, get going. Many eyes are on you this time. Go, kill them all. Let everyone know how my Seven Blood Pupils does things.”

With those words, he flicked his sleeve, and strong winds whipped up on the sea, allowing the disciples’ magic boats to race toward the merfolk race’s four islands like sharp knives whistling through the air!

In an instant, these several thousands of disciples locked on to their own respective targets and sped toward different islands.

Xu Qing looked up at the terrifying magic ships in the sky, then at the ragged islands covered in purple light up ahead. His heart was filled with shock.

To him, it was just a moment’s teleportation. He didn’t expect that once he arrived, victory and defeat seemed to already have been decided. It was indeed as the captain had said before; the real major matter was already settled by those big shots from up the mountain.

For mountain-foot disciples like him, the main focus of the great competition was to get rich. Of course, the premise for that was having the ability to survive.

A gleam flashed through Xu Qing’s eyes. He had already made his decision beforehand. Now, he turned his magic boat and sped in the direction of Juying Island.

His goals were the Foundation Establishment magic tool and the Foundation Establishment Pills. Although the magic tool wasn’t particularly effective, it could still be sold for 500,000 spirit stones.

There were quite a few disciples who had the same thoughts as him, and most of them were in the upper levels of Qi Condensation. At that moment, there were more than a thousand magic boats heading for Juying Island.

There were even some magic boats which specialized in speed that had already hit the shore.

Xu Qing didn’t lag behind too much and soon arrived at the shore. Putting away his magic boat, he leaped onto the island and headed straight for the jungle.

Just before he reached the treeline, a cold light flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes, and he suddenly accelerated, barely avoiding the rain of spells shooting out from the jungle. Narrowing his eyes, he sped up even more and charged into the trees.

There were some merfolk cultivators within the jungle. Seeing the approaching Xu Qing, their eyes filled with killing intent and they growled as they moved toward him. Xu Qing sped past them without slowing down at all.

With each swing of his dagger, a head would fly into the air. After killing three people in a row, Xu Qing suddenly stepped backward and slashed behind him. Blood erupted as the stomach of a merfolk cultivator who was about to launch a sneak attack was suddenly sliced open.

The other merfolk cultivators in the surroundings quickly rushed toward Xu Qing with fierce expressions and bloodthirsty gazes.

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. Although he hated the merfolk race, his purpose for coming to Juying Island was to take the Foundation Establishment magic tool, so he didn’t want to be entangled here. Thus, he moved to leave.

However, more merfolk cultivators suddenly appeared in front of him. Along with the group behind him, he was soon surrounded by merfolk, all of whom were glaring at him with gazes full of killing intent.

Xu Qing knew that it wouldn’t be possible to just leave anymore. Thus, he charged forward, and the sounds of battle immediately rang out.

Soon, Xu Qing’s figure walked out of the battlefield. Blood dripped from his dagger as he quickly sped deeper into the jungle.

At that moment, on the merfolk race’s four islands, battles were constantly breaking out between the Seventh Peak disciples and the merfolk race cultivators.

The fighting instantly reached a fever pitch!

[1] Array eye – an essential component of an array

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