Chapter 873 - 803: Less Than Three Seconds
Chapter 873 - 803: Less Than Three Seconds
Zhou Xin's subordinate, the Sea Turtle, was adding firewood on the side to heat the soup for him.Once the soup was hot, Zhou Xin butchered the Sea Turtle, which had recently been working tirelessly for him, cutting it into pieces and then tossing its body into the soup to brew.
Thinking of the scene, Saido and Feiyu shivered, goosebumps rising all over their bodies.
Although they naturally were cruel, having slaughtered quite a few subordinates themselves, they had never heard of such actions as Zhou Xin's, killing a subordinate and then making soup from it, and they shivered.
"The Sea Turtle I painstakingly trained was snatched away by those damned Human Warriors. You two, our Sea Demons and Human Warriors are irreconcilable!"
Zhou Xin declared boldly.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Saido and Feiyu quickly nodded in agreement, but in their hearts, they were more wary of Zhou Xin. They felt that he was not just a sea demon who only wanted to live in the open sea as they heard, but someone unfathomable.
"Let's go together!"
Zhou Xin said.
"Alright!"
Saido and Feiyu quickly nodded, but deliberately slowed their pace to let Zhou Xin charge at the forefront.
"Kill!"
Angry and unable to remain calm, Zhou Xin transformed his body into a bolt of lightning, charging swiftly towards the shore.
However, in the next moment, he heard a thunderous boom from the sky, and within less than ten breaths, he felt the ground shaking violently.
At this time, he did not transform into a human form but appeared in his true form.
His true form was an octopus with eight giant tentacles, each five meters long, and his whole body was dark red, capable of spraying deadly poison.
Once a Martial Artist was hit by the poison he sprayed, without an antidote for timely rescue, that Martial Artist would often die within fifteen minutes.
Feeling the ground shake violently, Zhou Xin paused, extending his Divine Sense to scan the surroundings.
After a while, he saw that it was an Abyss Electric Eel that had been struck by cannon fire, its body blown into a massive blood hole.
Seeing the miserable state of the Abyss Electric Eel, Zhou Xin took a sharp breath, knowing that the Abyss Electric Eel's cultivation was at least in the Martial Saint Realm. He originally thought that powerful sea demons like the Abyss Electric Eel should be able to rampage unchecked when attacking a Human Clan's City.
However, he now saw that the Abyss Electric Eel's Body had been blasted into mush, completely overturning his past understanding.
In his understanding, Human Warriors were nothing but low-level living creatures like Sea Snakes and Sea Shrimp.
However, just now he realized that Human Warriors could use mighty giant cannonballs to blast a sea demon of the Martial Saint Realm cultivation.
"It's terrifying!"
Zhou Xin looked at his own Body and found that it was very soft.
He could imagine that if his Body were hit by that giant cannonball, it would surely be turned into a heap of flesh.
Thinking of that scene, he shivered, and his eight octopus tentacles could not stand steady.
"It seems I underestimated those Human Warriors' Combat Power!"
He suddenly thought of whether he might end up like that Sea Turtle, caught by those Human Warriors and eventually brewed into a pot of soup.
Thinking of this scene, his throat gulped, and he turned his head and charged towards the open sea.
At this moment, just behind him, Saido and Feiyu saw Zhou Xin, who had charged angrily, now fleeing back in such a pathetic manner like a dog without a home, their eyes widening in shock.
"Zhou Xin, we'll go up with you and kill the enemy!"
Saido and Feiyu shouted in unison excitedly.
"Those humans have set up defenses ahead. Our methods are crude. I suggest we temporarily retreat and attack again when we understand the enemy better!"
Zhou Xin's eyes darted, and he responded.
Hearing Zhou Xin's response, Saido and Feiyu's eyes flickered. They understood that Zhou Xin was trying to retreat from the fight!
"Damn! I thought he looked like a hero charging in, but he chickened out in less than three seconds!"
"Damn it! He's just a born coward!"
Though filled with dissatisfaction in their hearts, they thought about how reckless they were in the previous battle.
So they immediately withdrew their troops and returned to the sea.
This battle ended with the retreat of the sea demons.
Zhan Changsheng on the Star Sea Battleship was very pleased to see the sea demons retreat. He extended his Divine Sense, locking onto the dying Abyss Electric Eel, intending to see if Duan Gujin and the other two Martial Saints were collecting the eel's body.
However, to his disappointment, until all the sea demons had retreated, and the elders had collected the Abyss Electric Eel's body, Duan Gujin and the other two Martial Saints did not show up.
"Where are those three Martial Saints? Why didn't they appear? Could they have left? Or do they think the sea demons will no longer attack?"
Zhan Changsheng pondered for a while and immediately instructed an elder to issue a public notice stating that the sea demons continue to attack here and that Taihuang Immortal Sect is offering a large bounty for experts capable of slaying the sea demons.
Furthermore, any sea demons the expert kills will belong to the expert.
Additionally, anyone able to slay sea demons of the Martial Saint realm can earn a Million Yuanzhen Gold Coins.
This announcement quickly spread throughout the Yuanzhen Continent.
Meanwhile, Duan Gujin and Qing Lian, who had taken the entire Nourishing God Turtle, arrived in a nearby city. They first searched for Spiritual Medicine to brew the soup.
Once they gathered the Spiritual Medicine, they boiled water, slaughtered the Nourishing God Turtle, and then made it into a pot of hot soup.
Zhan Huantai, who returned with them, was shocked by their cruelty in making a Martial Saint sea demon into medicinal soup.
He asked puzzled, "Do you two have a grudge against this Sea Turtle?"
"No."
Duan Gujin replied indifferently.
"Then why did you cruelly kill it?"
Zhan Huantai asked.
"We two are gluttons. This thing is very nourishing. Hold on, you should drink some soup and eat some meat, as it can nourish your Body and Divine Soul!"
Duan Gujin said.
Zhan Huantai shook his head vigorously, "I don't want it. I don't like eating sea demons!"
He had seen those sea demons transform into human forms before, and the thought of eating them made him uncomfortable, as if he were eating a human.
"Then go rest, and we'll call you when the soup is ready. You can decide then!"
Duan Gujin said while tending to their health and brewing the soup.
After six hours, the soup was finally ready.
Duan Gujin immediately called Qing Lian and Zhan Huantai to eat meat and drink soup together.
Zhan Huantai initially didn't want it, but once he smelled the rich aroma, he couldn't resist.
He took a bite of the meat, and his eyes immediately lit up.
"Delicious!"
After a while, he discovered that the soup contained a strong pure energy. He immediately circulated his Primordial Power, absorbing and refining the pure energy in the soup.
"So they weren't just gluttons, they were brewing a Spiritual Medicine! I was so stupid not to realize eating sea demon meat could enhance cultivation! Thankfully, I wisely didn't refuse earlier!"
He exhaled, his Divine Sense surveyed his body, discovering a pure energy entering his internal organs, nourishing his Body.
After a while, he felt numerous impurities being expelled from his body. He quickly went to his room's bath barrel, circulated his Primordial Power, and expelled those impurities from his body.
A moment later, he opened his eyes to find the water in the barrel turning murky black.
Seeing the inky water, he gasped, realizing he still had so many impurities within his body.
A Martial Artist with numerous impurities within their body means they haven't cultivated their Body to perfection.
Only if a Martial Artist has cultivated their Body to perfection will they have a crystalline, pure Body devoid of impurities.
A Martial Artist can only fully unleash their potential by cultivating their Body to a crystalline state.
"I must drink that soup immediately!"
Zhan Huantai quickly dressed and returned to the courtyard.
He immediately picked up a bowl, served himself soup and meat, and then consumed both.
He saw that Duan Gujin and Qing Lian were emitting a faint golden glow, and he gasped in shock.
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