Chapter 938: The Sea Emperor Clan |
The storm of the Endless Sea is coming.
The woman beside her saw Li Qingran wake up and softly reminded her.
"Storm..."
Li Qingran looked at the apocalyptic scene outside the ship.
At this moment, the ship was already rocking violently amidst the raging waves.
This kind of turbulence naturally meant nothing to a group of experts. It was as if nails had grown under their feet, allowing them to maintain their balance, yet no one's expression was relaxed.
"It is said the journey to the Endless Sea is also part of the trial," Li Qingran mused. "Then this storm shouldn't be simple, right?"
"It is not simple," the woman nodded. "Storms in the Endless Sea are generally accompanied by the appearance of sea beasts. If one encounters extremely powerful sea beasts, even Legendary Battle Masters could perish here...
The entire Endless Sea is the Divine Kingdom of the Sea God. Those sea beasts are the World Beasts within the Divine Kingdom. Tainted with divinity, they have long since been reborn and cannot be treated as ordinary World Beasts."
From beneath the stormy sea surface, a distant, deep roar suddenly sounded.
Hearing this roar, everyone on the ship shuddered, all standing up with alert expressions.
"Everyone, the Sea World Beasts are here! Presumably, many of you are not visiting the Sea God Temple for the first time. Everyone should have an idea of what kind of World Beasts we might encounter on this journey!"
An elderly Peak Battle Master stood up, revealing the World Ring beneath his feet, his voice low.
"We must unite! At least until we reach the Sea God Temple, we must be allies!"
These words were practical, so someone immediately responded.
The deck instantly lit up with patches of World Ring radiance. Various colors of Battle Power rose amidst the downpour, and the clear, sharp sounds of swords being drawn from their sheaths rang out in unison.
No one dared to joke with their own lives. Even if there were countless grievances on ordinary days, facing the vicious creatures of the Endless Sea now, they could only twist into a single rope.
Two Legendary Battle Masters standing at the forefront of the crowd exchanged a glance and simultaneously stepped forward.
Nine World Rings rose sequentially from beneath their feet. The last two deep, ink-black World Rings suddenly blazed with light. Majestic Battle Power surged forth like a tsunami, intertwining in the air to form a translucent, azure light shield that firmly enveloped the entire rocking ship.
The raging waves crashed fiercely against the light shield, exploding into a sky full of white foam, unable to stir even a single ripple.
Yet, the storm's ferocity was still growing wildly.
The lead-gray sky seemed to be pressed down violently by a giant hand.
Bean-sized raindrops smashed onto the deck with a crackling sound. The salty, fishy smell in the sea wind grew heavier and heavier, mixed with a trace of heart-palpitating divine pressure.
Deep within the rain curtain on the horizon, a thick black line was slowly pressing forward. Wherever it passed, even the churning waves seemed to be forcibly flattened.
"It's the Sea Emperor Clan!"
A heart-rending cry tore through the rain curtain.
The faces of many Battle Masters on the ship instantly turned deathly pale. Their hands gripping their weapons tightened violently, and even their breathing hitched for half a beat.
Li Qingran leaned half her body over the ship's railing. Her jet-black hair tips were soaked by the rainstorm, plastered against her cheeks, but her eyes were full of curiosity.
Following everyone's gaze, she saw the black line at the sea's edge drawing closer and closer, gradually revealing densely packed figures—human bodies with fish tails, scales shimmering with a deep-blue cold light, holding various bone blades tempered with a cold gleam. They were precisely the Sea Emperor Clan recorded in many ancient texts.
"These lingering, hateful things again!"
The captain steering at the front gripped the helm wheel tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hand, his teeth grinding audibly. His angry curses were filled with hatred. "Dozens of ships heading to the Sea God Temple this year have already been capsized by them!
Anyone who falls into the sea is either devoured by sea beasts until not even bones remain, or they are captured and taken to deep-sea prisons, forced to labor for them day and night without any hope of survival!"
Li Qingran's fingertips rubbed against the slightly cool ship's railing.
In her mind instantly flashed the record from that yellowed ancient book in the Battle Soul City library.
—The Sea Emperor Clan, the most ancient vassal race of the Sea God, Poseidon.
They have guarded this place since the birth of the Endless Sea, with the blood of the Sea God flowing in their veins.
They consider themselves the only orthodox inheritors of the Sea God's Divine Position, viewing all human Battle Masters who journey to the Sea God Temple to seek inheritance as thieves stealing divine authority. For a thousand years, they have never ceased intercepting and killing human ships.
In just a few breaths, the Sea Emperor Clan's forces had pressed close.
Leading them was a burly man three zhang tall, with a human body and a flood dragon tail. His bronze-colored upper body was covered in ferocious scars. The scales covering his flood dragon tail were each the size of a palm, shimmering with a metallic cold light.
He held a gilded trident, his blue pupils churning with a bone-chilling coldness.
With each slap of his flood dragon tail against the sea surface, he would stir up waves over ten meters high.
Behind this Sea Emperor Clan expert followed a dense, bizarre assortment of Sea World Beasts.
Giant-toothed Demon Sharks of eighty to ninety thousand years, Deep-sea Ink Octopuses wielding dozens of tentacles, Demon Whales with bone spikes growing from their backs...
A black mass almost obscured the sea surface.
Just their fierce, murderous aura alone was enough to suffocate many Battle Masters on the ship.
"Lowly land humans."
The burly man spoke, his voice rolling over the sea surface like muffled thunder, forcibly drowning out the howling of the storm.
He pointed his golden trident forward, a cold killing intent instantly locking onto the entire ship.
"Capsize their ship! Throw all these dregs who dare covet the Sea God's glory into the sea to feed the beasts!
Make them crawl back to their own land!"
The moment his words fell.
ROAR——!!!
Countless Sea World Beasts let out deafening roars, charging madly towards the ship.
The battle erupted instantly.
BANG! The Sea World Beasts at the front slammed fiercely into the light shield. A terrifying impact force struck, causing the entire light shield to tremble violently.
The Battle Masters on the ship attacked simultaneously. Attacks condensed from various colors of Battle Power poured down towards the sea beast horde like a torrential rain.
Sharp blades cleaved through the hard scales of the sea beasts. Scalding blood mixed with seawater exploded, dyeing the sea around the ship red.
Li Qingran turned her head, looking at the woman beside her who had remained calm throughout.
Raindrops dampened the woman's temple hair, yet she didn't even frown.
Even with the deafening roars and sounds of slaughter in her ears, her eyes still held a gentle calm.
Li Qingran shook the sword sheath she was holding in her hand. Her voice remained clear and bright amidst the chaotic battlefield.
"Sister, with so many fierce and savage sea beasts, aren't you afraid?"
Hearing this, the woman tilted her head, a faint smile curving the corners of her lips as she gently shook her head.
She even raised her hand, using her fingertips to brush away a drop of rainwater mixed with blood foam that had landed on Li Qingran's shoulder.
From beginning to end, there was not a trace of panic.
The certainty in Li Qingran's heart deepened a few more degrees.
This woman who had traveled with her all the way was probably much stronger than those two Legendary Battle Masters on the ship.
Who knows what her identity really is? She always feels incredibly mysterious.