Chapter 1311: Sea Aberration
Fear spread throughout the crowd as they watched the corpses floating on the ocean. Several hundred Ice-spirit Sea Demons and Blazing-serum Treants were drained dry. All of their blood energy had been devoured by Li Qiye.
A cultivator murmured while quivering: "This is too terrifying, what an evil art."
Another sect master commented: "These two races are done for. All of their elites, even high elders, have died here. They won't be able to rise again. This is the result of greed, participating for an unobtainable bounty only to pay with their lives."
Many people quietly reflected on the situation. The two races were mortal enemies, always in a state of discord. But now, they actually worked together for once only to be slaughtered completely. What a tragic tale.
"That was really filling." Li Qiye recalled his cauldron of life and faintly smiled. His eyes then turned towards the sky as he flatly said: "What else you got? Bring it."
A thunderous voice came from the sky as if something was blown open: "Show the decree!"
In an instant, a divine order with a majestic will descended. Its holy text ordered the nine heavens and myriad realms.
Someone shouted in amazement: "The decree of a sea god!"
This type of decree was written down by a living sea god. The moment it came out, the user would have control over its divinity. Some decrees had specific purposes while others were more general.
The former mostly consisted of agreements between a sea god and a certain race or person. After the sea god passed away, the descendants of the other party could also use this decree to command others.
A general purpose decree was a form of willpower used to suppress enemies. It was quite powerful since it represented the sea god. Ordinary cultivators couldn't oppose it at all.
This particular decree didn't suppress Li Qiye. Its holy text and runes fell into the sea and disappeared shortly after.
The water was still calm, so no one knew of its effects just yet.
"Boom!" While the spectators were thinking about what the decree would do, a tsunami flooded the sky and flipped over the earth.
"Rumble!" The entire sea quaked with continuous rumbles. Even the sealed space with Li Qiye inside was quaking nonstop, making it seem as if the seal could break at any moment.
"Retreat!" Liu Ruyan was startled and immediately gave the order.
After the boat from the Evil Devourer School retreated, the spectators followed suit. Even though they didn't know what the item was, if the Evil Devourer School chose to retreat, it must be something major.
Gigantic tentacles emerged from the bottom of the ocean. Each of them was a thousand miles long.
"Boom!" They crowded the sealed space and immediately shattered it. The pillars floating on the sea broke apart as well.
"Rumble!" They danced in the sky while wreaking havoc. Each was as long as a mountain range, creating stormy tsunamis that towered for countless miles.
The evacuators were shaken to see this scene from a distance.
"What is that monster?" Many people found these gigantic appendages difficult to believe.
"How could this be?" The effect of this decree was beyond their imagination. They didn't think that this monster could destroy the sealed space just by awakening.
Of course, some were secretly celebrating after the initial shock because the stronger this sea monster was, the greater the chance of it killing Li Qiye.
"Bang!" An even more terrorizing scene unraveled. The feelers on these gigantic tentacles began to suck up the water in this region. The seawater here was suddenly being drained away at a rapid pace. The sea surface rose higher and a monstrosity appeared before them.
It was a gigantic kraken, capable of easily crushing great mountains. Its body itself was monstrous in size while its long tentacles had huge feelers capable of devouring everything like tiny black holes.
The kraken opened its eyes that resembled two bright moons, brightening up the whole sea.
"What, what is this sea monster?" People gasped in the face of this monster.
Everyone could imagine these tentacles easily pinching paragons to death.
"An Emperor Kraken, a sea monster that ravaged the Dragon Demon Sea for a short period of time." An old paragon recognized this monster. His eyes flashed with shock as he elaborated: "Legend states that a God-Monarch once challenged this monster but was torn to pieces alive. Later on, this creature met a sea god and disappeared afterward. Who would have thought that it was sleeping here."
Sea monsters were unique to the great oceans in Heaven Spirit. There were many of them and they were particularly formidable.
They were different from sea demons. Sea monsters didn't cultivate and would maintain their original form. Moreover, they were solitary creatures without groups.
Because they didn't have any intelligence and maintained their original form, they could live for a long time and become extremely powerful while gaining unique characteristics. They would either grow to unbelievable sizes or were highly toxic. Some had magical gifts as well.
A cultivator curiously asked: "Which sea god was it?"
The old paragon didn't want to answer. Of course he knew which sea god subdued this kraken, it was just that he didn't want to invite trouble to himself.
The will of the sea god descending from the sky had awakened this slumbering sea monster.
"Bang!" Its huge tentacles immediately attacked Li Qiye. One could easily imagine their world-destroying power. Space was torn asunder as the winds hissed through the sky.
However, before these tentacles could touch Li Qiye, he instantly disappeared and reappeared on the other end to look at the kraken with a smile.
The beast reacted quickly. Another tentacle aimed for Li Qiye's new location with lightning speed. Alas, even if it was faster, it was no match for Li Qiye. He disappeared once more to another location.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" In just a moment, the kraken's long tentacles slammed down on this world, creating huge tidal waves. A calamity had descended on this sea region; the end of time was approaching.
Li Qiye's figure kept flashing back and forth in the sky. Because his speed of teleportation was too fast, his shadows were left in the sky. Eventually, these remnant images were everywhere.
At the same time, the tentacles crazily attacked with enough speed to seem like countless dancing serpents. The sky was full of these tentacles as well.
The spectators were dazed from this dance between the two combatants. They were truly too fast; no one could see them clearly.
"Bang!" At this moment, the kraken that was using the seawater to float higher fell down. Monstrous waves were generated from its impact.
At this point, people saw a bizarre scene. The winding tentacles of the kraken were unexpectedly twisted together. It had become a giant meatball, struggling to loosen the knots. Alas, the more it tried, the tighter the tentacles became, as if they were trying to strangle it to death.
"You dare to prance around in front of me with your low intelligence?" Li Qiye looked at the desperately struggling kraken.
Li Qiye deliberately planned a route during his evasion so that the attacking tentacles would tie each other into an inescapable knot.
Everyone looked dumbfounded to see this giant meatball. The kraken's body couldn't support its current posture and sank into the sea.
Chapter 1312: Sea Aberration
Li Qiye rushed down towards the sinking kraken and grabbed one of its tentacles.
"Splash!" Li Qiye then soared to the sky and dragged the monster up with him.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The wind cried. Li Qiye spun the kraken around continuously like a windmill. They turned into a terrifying hurricane that crazily spun on the sea’s surface.
"Now go!" Li Qiye eventually let go.
"Whoosh!" The gigantic body of the beast flew and disappeared into the sky like a shooting star.
It had been thrown out of the Dragon Demon Sea towards the boundless horizon. Who knows whether this kraken would be able to survive in the future?
"He dealt with it just like that?" Jaws dropped to the ground. However, some experts felt that this was the best way to deal with the kraken.
Such a sea monster had a resilient shell. Killing it in a short period of time wasn't an easy matter. Directly throwing it out of the sea was much simpler.
Li Qiye then stepped towards the sky and stomped on a white cloud.
"Boom!" The cloud dissipated along with a secret technique, revealing a huge ship.
"There's no need to sneak around if you are already here." Li Qiye stood in the sky and sneered at the exposed ship.
"Go!" Two shadows rushed out of the ship in order to escape. However, they didn't make it far before a bang sounded; they had slammed into something and were bounced back.
They immediately changed directions with haste. Alas, the result was still the same. They slammed into something again and was forced back.
This process repeated several times, but nothing changed. This space was sealed, so they couldn't escape.
Li Qiye watched them run around like dogs that had lost their masters. After a while, he sneered: "You aren't the only ones who know how to seal space."
Space Sealing was another technique from the Space Scripture, part of the Space Control chapters. It was prohibitively difficult for cultivators to destroy this containment once trapped inside.
The two fleeing figures finally stopped. They understood that the only way to escape from this space was to kill Li Qiye. People finally got a good look at them at this time.
They were two old men. One was short but had a huge shield on his back. The other was a burly fella with a spear and a sharp glare.
Someone exclaimed after clearly seeing the two: "These are two of the five generals of the Lithodidae Overlord, the Turtle and Spear Generals."
Liu Ruyan and Zhuo Jianshi weren't surprised at all for this was within their expectations.
The crowd glanced at each other after this revelation. Lithodidae had five generals: Turtle, Spear, Net, Hook, and Dagger. Rumor has it that these five generals had a formidable killing technique. Many experts much stronger than them had actually fallen to their hands. They had many illustrious exploits under the overlord.
Turtle and Spear appearing together at this place had answered the question of who the mastermind behind the whole thing was to many. What made others curious was how this feud came to be between Li Qiye and the overlord.
Li Qiye smiled and indifferently said: "So it is the overlord's people. Looks like he couldn't swallow the anger from the other day."
In fact, it wasn't strange for the overlord to want to kill Li Qiye. He was a ruthless man who loved challenges. Taking Li Qiye's head was, without a doubt, a great challenge.
Turtle and Spear put on dignified expressions, and Turtle lowered his tone: "This has nothing to do with our master. We did this of our own volition."
"Loyal enough." Li Qiye smiled: "Unfortunately, you two won't be able to live any longer to show your loyalty to your master."
"Kill him!" The two generals didn't waste any more words, it was time to fight to the death. Spear roared and rushed forward alongside Turtle.
"Bang!" Turtle's gigantic shield ferociously slammed into Li Qiye like a mountain. Explosions sounded even before the impact.
Li Qiye smiled and unleashed a finger strike through the sky, aiming for the shield.
"Boom!" It didn't matter how powerful or heavy this shield was, it couldn’t handle Li Qiye's attack. Turtle staggered backward after this exchange.
"Pluff!" While Turtle lost the first move, Spear suddenly appeared right behind Li Qiye like a poisonous serpent with his spear mercilessly aiming for Li Qiye's ribs.
He chose the perfect time to attack in order to deliver a fatal blow. Li Qiye didn't bat an eye at the approaching spear. He flicked his finger, issuing a clanging noise and diverting the spear tip.
Next, he attacked again, aiming straight for Spear's forehead.
Spear was startled and quickly pulled his weapon back to defend.
Meanwhile, Turtle, who was repelled by just one finger, was aghast after looking at his shield. He was an All-shield Turtle, a very rare sea demon. His shield was part of his carapace and was unbelievable hard; it was countless times tougher than an ordinary divine metal. But now, there were cracks on it because of Li Qiye's finger. Just how terrifying was the power contained in that strike?
However, since Li Qiye was attacking Spear, Turtle didn't have time to think too much and instantly rejoined the fray.
"Clank!" Even though Spear was using his weapon for protection, it still couldn't stop the approaching finger. The spear cracked while Li Qiye's finger continued straight for his forehead.
While watching Spear accept death, Turtle arrived just in time.
"Boom!" His shield blocked Li Qiye's attack once more to save Spear. However, it was completely penetrated this time.
Suddenly, a net appeared out of nowhere above Li Qiye's head. It was as thin as fine silk, so it was hard for people to see. It looked just like a layer of mist floating over his head. It moved at an incomparable speed to surround and trap Li Qiye completely.
Many people's hearts skipped a beat after seeing this new development.
In this split second, the net finally engulfed Li Qiye in a firm manner as another old man appeared in the sky.
A spectator recognized him right away and shouted: "The Net General!" This was another general under the Lithodidae Overlord.
Net heaved a sigh of relief after seeing that his net had a firm grasp on Li Qiye. He laughed raucously and said: "Even if your techniques were better, you still won't be able to escape my heavenly net—"
But his smile froze before he could finish. The net was indeed solid, but the one under it wasn't Li Qiye, it was the Turtle and Spear Generals.
As for Li Qiye, he was standing where these two generals were earlier.
The Net General couldn't believe his eyes. His ambush had never failed before, yet he missed his mark this time. Li Qiye wasn't trapped, his allies had inexplicably fallen under it instead.
This was Displaced Space under the spatial control branch. It allowed Li Qiye to swap positions with his enemies, which was why the other two generals were trapped instead.
The two shocked generals shouted in unison: "Let go of us!"
During all of the commotion, a black rope slithered towards Li Qiye like a spirit serpent and wrapped around him. It was simply too fast, making it seem as if it had been waiting for Li Qiye this whole time. The moment he stood still, it immediately coiled around him.
Moreover, it coiled around him crazily as if aiming to strangle him. Another old man appeared out of nowhere while holding the other end of the rope.
Someone exclaimed: "The Hook General!"
"Whoosh!" A light flashed while the rope held Li Qiye tightly. This glint aimed for his throat in a ruthless manner in order to push him towards his death.
"Pluff!" The incomparably sharp dagger pierced his throat. Blood sputtered under this fatal stab.
"Haha, even if you were stronger, you can't escape death in the face of our joint offense…" A gloomy voice sounded as the fifth old man appeared.
He was the Dagger General, a master at ambush and assassination.
He didn't have much time to think before Shield, Net, and Spear standing in front of him were aghast. They all shouted at the same time: "No!"