Fleeing Is Top Priority

The sudden emergence of the Saintly Aura undoubtedly acted as a reassuring pill for the treasure hunters present.

As expected of an enforcer from the Floating Cloud Chamber of Commerce, to actually possess a treasure like a Quasi-Saint Artifact.

"Idiot!" Mo Tianxiao cursed inwardly when he saw the burly man use the name of the Floating Cloud Chamber of Commerce to threaten a great demon of the Quasi-Saint Realm.

To actually use a human faction to threaten a demonic beast, without even looking at where they were. This was the Chaotic Star Sea, and further ahead was the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Both places were paradises for demonic beasts; how could he dare to threaten it?

Perhaps the burly man also realized the inappropriateness of his actions. He immediately dissipated the Saintly Aura of his battle axe and spoke in a much more respectful tone, "We have no intention of making an enemy of you, Senior. Please let us go. In the future, the Wang Family of Fallen Cloud City will surely bring heavy treasures to express our gratitude!"

"You threaten me and still want to leave? What bullshit Floating Cloud Chamber of Commerce, what bullshit Wang Family, all of you will stay here to help me transcend my tribulation!"

The giant python opened its massive maw, looking down at the crowd. Muffled thunder exploded as it lunged with its fangs, carrying hurricane-force winds, to bite at the burly man.

Its colossal body, like a towering mountain, gave off an endless sense of oppression.

The burly man ground his teeth violently, his eyes widening. With a terrified and savage expression, he circulated his spiritual energy to the absolute limit. Wielding his battle axe, he charged straight up and roared, "Run!!"

In front of a Quasi-Saint level demonic beast, he had no time to look after anyone else. If they wanted to survive, they had to rely entirely on themselves.

Following his roar, the surrounding cultivators fled madly in all directions, terrified of being caught in the crossfire and crushed to death by the shockwaves of their battle.

However, before some cultivators could even flee a thousand meters, they were washed over by a bone-chilling torrent, turning them into ice sculptures. Even their souls were frozen as they plummeted straight down.

A massive turtle head surfaced from the sea, a hint of cunning seemingly flashing in its eyes as it looked at the numerous cultivators.

"We're surrounded!!"

By the time they snapped back to their senses, the many cultivators finally realized that on the pitch-black surface of the sea below, bizarre sea demons were emerging one after another. A dense mass of eyes gleaming with fierce light stared right at them.

In an instant, everyone was so frightened that their scalps went numb and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Tribulation Transcendence Realm sea demons, Dharma Idol Realm sea demons, Primordial Spirit Realm sea demons!

The numbers were simply uncountable!

This was the most dangerous sea zone of the Chaotic Star Sea; this was the region known as the forbidden zone for humans!

Seeing this scene, the burly man, who was barely holding on against the giant python's attacks using his Quasi-Saint Artifact, felt his heart sink to the bottom of the abyss.

He had traveled back and forth along this route no less than a hundred times, and this was the very first time he had encountered such a terrifying situation.

Thousands of years ago, any group wanting to pass through the Chaotic Star Sea to reach the Hundred Thousand Mountains would definitely be equipped with a Saint Realm expert, or at the very least, two Quasi-Saint Realm experts.

However, because no accidents had occurred for several millennia, these treasure-hunting teams had forgotten the terrors of this place, gradually lowering the standards of their escort guards.

After all, the price of hiring a Saint Realm bodyguard and a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator were on completely different levels.

Nobody expected that after thousands of years of peace, they would be the ones to run into this rare, once-in-a-millennium situation.

They just had to run into a giant python that was on the verge of transforming into a flood dragon.

Their appearance had startled this fierce beast. In order to ensure it successfully survived its lightning tribulation and advanced into a flood dragon, it absolutely had to wipe out this group of humans.

This was to prevent those greedy humans on the outside from learning of its existence.

Although a flood dragon was not a true dragon, to human cultivators, it was still an extremely rare, high-tier demonic beast, even rarer than ten-thousand-year-old heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

It didn't fear ordinary cultivators, no matter how many came. Its only worry was those few Quasi-Emperor experts.

If some Quasi-Emperor took a liking to it and wanted to capture it as a mount, its fate would be miserable.

It had cultivated in the Chaotic Star Sea for several millennia and had never heard of any Quasi-Emperor realm demonic beasts in these waters.

If a human Quasi-Emperor came to capture it, the sea demons of the Chaotic Star Sea wouldn't be able to stop them.

It was a high-tier bloodline demonic beast about to become a flood dragon. In the future, it might even have the chance to become a true dragon. How could it become a human's mount? That would be a disgrace to the entire demonic beast world.

Rumble!!

A bolt of heavenly lightning exploded, plunging the entire sea region into violent chaos. Countless sea beasts attacked the cultivators in the air, launching fierce offensives. Purple lightning transformed into long whips that crackled and lashed wildly through the humid air.

The crackling sounds sharply stung everyone's nerves.

Roar!!

The giant python let out another furious roar. The entire surface of the sea surged, kicking up a tornado thousands of feet high. The dense, dark clouds were dragged into it. Thunder rolled endlessly, making it look as if the apocalypse had descended.

Soul Formation Realm cultivators couldn't even withstand this terrifying suction force. In a mere instant, they were sucked into the thunderstorm, their bodies dying and their Dao vanishing as even their souls were shredded into absolute nothingness!

The burly man desperately swung his battle axe, fighting the giant python. Looking at his condition, he probably wouldn't last much longer before being defeated.

Meanwhile, the other two Dharma Idol Realm cultivators also unleashed their Dharma Idols to fight the surging sea demons, but they were soon submerged by the countless sea beasts.

Not to mention the rest of the Void Refinement and Profound Connection cultivators. Each of them wore expressions of despair, using everything they had just to break free from the siege of these demonic beasts.

"Ah!! Help!! Save me quickly!! I have money!!"

Wang Fugui was engulfed by a group of Profound Connection Realm octopus sea demons. His entire body was tightly wrapped in their long, sticky tentacles, making him look extremely miserable.

However, Scarface and Shorty, who had always been trying to curry favor with him, didn't even spare him a glance, focusing only on running for their lives.

In this situation, who cared how much money you had? Who cared about your background? Escaping alive was the only thing that mattered!

As long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood!

They were Void Refinement cultivators after all. As long as they made it out alive, they could still thrive and become local tyrants in some small place.

Although Yun Sangyi only appeared to have a Profound Connection Realm cultivation on the surface, she held a longsword and faced the siege of numerous sea demons without panic, handling them with ease.

At the very least, she hadn't been pushed to a dead end yet.

She even occasionally observed Mo Tianxiao's movements.

"Fuck your mother, there are way too many of them!"

Mo Tianxiao cursed vulgarly while dodging the sea demons' attacks.

Even as the crown prince of a top-tier faction, he had never seen a scene like this.

Such a dense swarm of massive demonic beasts just to deal with their group of a few hundred people—was this really necessary??

"I don't have time to play with you."

Mo Tianxiao glanced at the burly man who was about to be torn to pieces, then looked at the battle axe in his hands, a flicker of temptation passing through his eyes.

"Forget it, I still need you to block this giant python."

Having made up his mind, Mo Tianxiao immediately turned his head. His sharp gaze swept over the surrounding cultivators, and a sinister smirk curled at the corner of his lips. "Since you're all going to die anyway, I'll gladly accept your belongings."

He took out a top-tier Divine Speed Talisman and slapped it onto his body. Instantly, an invisible power merged into his frame.

Boom!!

Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Tianxiao instantly transformed into a dazzling streak of light and shot forward.

With terrifying speed, combined with the Quasi-Saint Artifact he wore, he was like a human bomb, forcefully smashing all the densely packed sea demons blocking his path into bloody powder.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

Countless pieces of shredded flesh exploded everywhere. Mo Tianxiao carved out a bloody path like a bullet and decisively made his escape.

Seeing this scene, Yun Sangyi's eyelids twitched violently. With a flip of her fair palm, an identical top-tier talisman appeared in her hand.

"Swish!!"

The very next instant, she too transformed into a streak of flowing light, shooting rapidly down the passage Mo Tianxiao had smashed open, shouting as she went, "Young Master Ye, wait for me!"