Chapter 487: Chapter 485: The Terror of the Approaching Sea Beast

In the void.

Feeling that probing presence completely disappear, Xu Yang didn’t dare make the slightest move.

Even inside the Cyan Flame Boat, he instinctively held his breath shut!

After a full half hour, Xu Yang finally exhaled sharply, sweat droplets trickling down his forehead.

"Shenxiao Great Monarch!"

"Fuck!"

Xu Yang couldn’t help but curse out loud.

Peak True Monarch was already bad enough.

But he hadn’t expected this damned place to actually have a Shenxiao Great Monarch guarding it!

Xi Hai and Liang Yuan had just entered, when the other side came out, clearly trying to check if anyone was tailing them.

"Now this is a real problem."

Xu Yang’s face was covered in gloom.

Even having evaded the probe, he couldn’t feel happy at all.

How the hell is he supposed to kill anyone?

He’d agreed with Qingxu, taken the token—could he really just give up now?

"If only the Dead Burial Monarch was here."

Unfortunately, the Dead Burial Monarch was in closed-door cultivation.

Xu Yang’s expression shifted, then he gritted his teeth, steering the Cyan Flame Boat cautiously in a circle around the outer edge.

The storms were thick, every so often a sea beast would surface and glide by.

The environment was harsh, and there didn’t seem to be any treasures around.

In the end, Xu Yang stopped and stared intently at the little island shrouded by storms.

"I’ll wait. If there’s truly not a single chance, then I’ll reconsider!"

He wasn’t the type to give up so easily.

Besides, waiting right now was perfect timing to cultivate.

If he could break through to the True Monarch Middle Realm, and further strengthen his spirit mark, as long as the opportunity arose, he’d be completely secure!

The thought flashed by, and Xu Yang sat cross-legged inside the Cyan Flame Boat; beside him, the air twisted as his avatar appeared.

He then took out some spirit source, and cultivated together with his avatar.

Time slipped quietly by.

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight days passed. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

That day—

The storms raging in these seas suddenly went wild.

The sea surface seemed to be furious, surging with colossal waves exploding outward in all directions.

The seawater whipped up by the storm began to rise at a rate visible to the naked eye.

At a certain moment—

Xu Yang sensed something and opened his eyes.

He saw that deep within the waves, something massive was stirring.

A few breaths passed.

Xu Yang’s pupils contracted sharply.

"A demon beast!"

"Such a huge demon beast!"

From afar, that slowly surfacing shadow was several times larger than the entire island.

Xu Yang’s heart tightened—he immediately commanded the Cyan Flame Boat to stealth mode.

He didn’t even dare to peek!

Boom!

An area of sea nearly ten thousand fathoms across suddenly caved in, and that shadow at last surfaced completely.

It turned out to be a gigantic, mountain-sized, inky black octopus.

Countless tentacles writhed beneath it, making his scalp crawl!

The hideous face brought an unprecedented shock.

Waves of inky spirit mist roiled over its body.

The octopus had its eyes locked on the storm-ringed island.

Its eyes burned with hunger, limbs undulating, forcing back the seawater, completely unafraid of the surrounding storm, barreling straight for the island at astonishing speed.

Gulp.

Xu Yang struggled to swallow his saliva; he could tell this demon beast was starving.

Shenxiao Great Monarch Realm!

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

Wasn’t this a perfect chance?

Unless, the Shenxiao Great Monarch on the island was overwhelmingly stronger; or, there was more than one!

Xu Yang’s spirits soared, watching as the octopus tore through the storm, its monstrous body plummeting from above, while he carefully followed underwater.

The enormous octopus practically blotted out the sky, plunging the island into sudden darkness!

The surrounding storms had been a natural barrier, but now were brutally torn apart, shredded to pieces!

"Ink Emperor Fish—damn it!"

"How the hell did such a terrifying Ink Emperor Fish show up here?"

A figure shot up to the sky; seeing the horrifying octopus, his eyes nearly popped out as he cried out in shock.

He was only entry-level Shenxiao Great Monarch, and the octopus clearly was too.

The octopus greedily stared at the middle-aged man, suddenly letting out a deep roar as its countless tentacles turned into black lightning, blasting out to cover the sky.

Black ink splashed everywhere, submerging the entire island above.

"Damned beast!"

The middle-aged man’s eyes turned crazed as he lunged forward.

Despite his caution, if he could kill this Ink Emperor Fish, there’d be huge benefits.

Man and beast clashed instantly, rolling out across the island.

The rippling aftershocks threw the island into chaos in mere moments.

There weren’t that many people on this island.

In total, maybe a dozen or so.

Other than a few prodigies from Guanglong Island and Three Gods Island, just a handful of Peak True Monarchs.

The falling ink and tentacles made everyone’s eyes bleed.

The Peak True Monarchs naturally couldn’t stay unaffected; they fought desperately to block.

The rest scattered in panic.

Waves of screams were drowned out by thunderous booms.

At the island’s edge—

Xu Yang’s soul went silent.

Too terrifying.

This uproar was even more shocking than when the Dead Burial Monarch fought.

He hadn’t escaped entirely, but after burning through nearly half a stash of high-grade spirit crystals, the Cyan Flame Boat had resisted all the raining ink.

Seeing that middle-aged man deliberately dragging the giant octopus away, Xu Yang took a deep breath, sharp light flashing in his eyes.

The situation on the island was apparently dire!

Swish!

A streak of blue-green light silently reached the island’s edge.

Upon arriving, he saw a young man struck by the falling ink, who screamed as he dissolved inch by inch.

In the blink of an eye, only a puddle of black ink was left—not even a scrap remained!

How could a True Monarch rookie hope to withstand caustic fluids of a Shenxiao Great Monarch-class demon beast?

Soon after, a familiar figure collapsed.

Xu Yang’s eyes lit up.

This fallen man was precisely the Peak True Monarch who had accompanied Xi Hai.

"Found Xi Hai!"

Xu Yang steered the Cyan Flame Boat toward the heart of the island.

Tracking the commotion, he first ran into a fleeing young man.

Entry-level True Monarch!

"Looks like Guanglong Island really did send all its elite prodigies here."

Prepared for the worst—leaving Guanglong Island a seed of hope.

Swish!

A flash of blue light.

The young man was struck as if by lightning, his whole body freezing, then vanished into thin air.

Inside the Cyan Flame Boat, the youth stared in panic, only to have his consciousness shattered instantly.

Xu Yang had no intention of interrogating him.

There wasn’t much time.

In such chaos, as long as Xi Hai was here, it shouldn’t be hard to find him.

"Huh?"

"This is... a Three Gods Island token?"

Xu Yang casually swept over the youth’s Storage Ring, then froze.

Three Gods Island?

Xu Yang jolted all over, murmuring dazedly: "Could it be the island has not only Guanglong Island’s prodigies, but also Three Gods Island’s?"

"If Xi Hai is here, then Chen Tianqiong..."

Xu Yang’s eyes blazed with intense light, and in the next moment the Cyan Flame Boat shot forward like lightning.

Ten-odd breaths later—

A familiar figure entered his sight.

It was Xi Hai!

At this moment, he was hiding beneath a cleft in a mountain, shielding himself with a True Essence Shield, a dragon-shaped spirit mark coiled above his head.

Moreover, further above a golden spirit ruler hung midair, continually emitting thick rays of spirit light, blocking the ravaging storm energy above.

"Xi Hai!"

Xu Yang’s spirits surged, his gaze immediately scanning, surging with delight.

Besides Xi Hai, there was actually another person beside him!

Chen Tianqiong!

All together now.

At this instant, Xu Yang was so thrilled he couldn’t even describe it.

Days of waiting, and all the trouble was instantly swept away!

After the darkest moment comes the light!