193: Chapter 193 Killing Dugu Ming

Such a massive Tier 3 Sea Beast!

And four Tier 2 flood dragons with extraordinary Auras!

This is definitely not an ordinary beast tide! Could it be coming specifically for him?

"Impossible! When did such a terrifying Tier 3 Yao Beast appear in the Huangfeng Sea Area!"

Leader Dugu Ming's mind shook violently, and his soul nearly fled in terror. In an instant, he conceived an extreme urge to retreat, no longer daring to have the slightest intention of lingering in battle. He turned around, wanting to tear through the water mist and break through to escape far away!

But—it was too late!

Above the Nine Heavens, a terrifying pressure had already completely locked down the heaven and earth.

The spiritual power within his body flowed in reverse, and his Meridians stung unbearably. All water-type spells completely failed, and the battle power of his Peak Foundation Establishment was directly slashed by more than half!

The next instant—

A whale tremor that shook the heavens!

A vast and boundless whale cry suddenly exploded across the heaven and earth!

The invisible sonic wave swept across the entire island, piercing through his Physical Body, shattering his Divine Soul, and tearing apart his Sea of Consciousness!

Puff—!

Leader Dugu Ming's body trembled violently, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood crazily. His Divine Soul felt a tearing pain, and his Sea of Consciousness churned endlessly. His suspended body plunged directly mid-air, his spiritual power completely collapsed, and his protective spiritual light shattered inch by inch!

Rip!

A crisp sound of flesh and blood shattering!

A Peak Foundation Establishment Physical Body was as fragile as thin paper in front of the Tier 3 Cloud Sea Whale!

Leader Dugu Ming was utterly powerless to resist. His head was instantly torn to pieces by the Cloud Sea Whale, and his body exploded in mid-air, perishing right then and there!

With that, Leader Dugu Ming, the master of the Seawater Gang, fell, and thirty percent of the Qi Refining Cultivators on the island were lost.

As for the two early and Middle Stage Foundation Establishment vice gang leaders guarding the inland of Linhai County, as well as the other members of the Seawater Gang, Li Changqing did not plan to touch them for the time being.

Ziwu Island was already a mess of utter devastation: buildings had completely collapsed, reefs were smashed to pieces, the blue sea was stained with blood, and shattered corpses and bones were scattered everywhere. It was undoubtedly the tragic scene left in the wake of high-tier sea beasts running amok.

Li Changqing stepped through the air, slowly descending upon the dilapidated main hall at the center of the island.

His gaze swept across the littered devastation, his expression without a shred of ripples.

Throughout the entire process, there was not the slightest trace of Human Race spells, nor the slightest killing Aura of Spiritual Artifacts or Magic Treasures.

Giant waves beating the island, freezing ice sealing the domain, thunder devouring the enemy, enormous strength crushing and killing—all death states, all destructions, and all anomalies were completely typical natural disaster phenomena of high-tier sea area Yao Beasts running amok.

No matter who came to inspect, they would only judge that the Seawater Gang of Ziwu Island unfortunately encountered a rare high-tier sea beast tide, and the entire gang was wiped out, which purely belonged to a natural disaster.

Furthermore, at this critical moment, no Golden Core Cultivator would waste effort to manage the trivial matters of the Seawater Gang.

Li Changqing raised his hand and waved it lightly, a gentle spiritual power sweeping across the entire scene, completely masking the scattered residual subtle contract fluctuations and Spirit Beast Auras, leaving only the pure sea beast pressure and the violent Aura of seawater.

After confirming that there were no flaws at the scene, Li Changqing then turned toward the half-collapsed main hall.

Most of the hall roof had been lifted away by the giant waves, revealing the messy hall inside: tables and chairs were shattered, calligraphy and paintings were scattered all over the floor, yet the Restrictions of several side halls were still faintly flashing with spiritual light.

He lifted his feet lightly, his figure sweeping into the hall like smoke.

With his left hand forming a hand seal, a strand of Divine Sense spread out like a spider web, accurately piercing through the ruins and rubble, sensing the residual traces of spiritual power fluctuations in every place.

The Peak Foundation Establishment Divine Sense shrouded the entire Ziwu Island, and in just three breaths, he locked onto an extremely deeply hidden stone chamber entrance deep underground in the main hall.

"He is indeed a cautious person." Li Changqing looked at the secret door exposed beneath the overturned stone slab, the corners of his mouth slightly rising.

He pointed with his fingers continuously in the Void Realm, and his spiritual power pierced precisely into several weak nodes of the Restriction like needle tips.

Hearing a crisp " Click" sound, the bronze secret door slowly swung wide open, and a rich wave of Spiritual Qi rushed toward his face.

The stone chamber was not large, about seven or eight zhang square, and its four walls were built with green jade, embedded with waterproof and spiritual-isolating Formations. Clearly, this was where Leader Dugu Ming had operated for many years, hiding most of his net worth here.

Li Changqing's gaze swept across, his expression calm, but in his heart, he was already rapidly counting.

On the stone shelf on the left, more than a dozen jade boxes were neatly arranged. Opening them to look, Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plants were dazzling: three two-hundred-year-old Azure Water Ginsengs, two Ice-Heart Orchids, five top-quality blood corals, and several purple-veined spirit algae unique to the deep sea.

On the stone platform in the center, there were three Storage Pouches and a storage ring.

Li Changqing's Divine Sense probed in. Inside the storage ring, which had a space of more than a hundred cubic meters, were neatly stacked over 8,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, over 200 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, a Core Formation spiritual object—Three-Sun Spirit Water, as well as several bottles of Medicinal Pills, Talismans, Spiritual Artifacts, and other resources for Leader Dugu Ming's personal use.

The other three Storage Pouches contained various miscellaneous supplies, Yao Beast Materials, Ores, and so on.

On the right-hand side against the wall stood a half-person-high black wooden box, its body covered with dense waterproof Restriction runes. Li Changqing opened the box lid, and inside lay two Jade Slips and an ancient animal-skin booklet.

One of the Jade Slips recorded a Yellow Rank water-type spiritual technique Legacy, which was just suitable for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to practice; the other was a detailed chart of the Huangfeng Sea Area, marking dozens of reefs, ocean currents, spiritual Ore veins, and Spirit Medicine growth points.

What caught Li Changqing's attention the most was that ancient animal-skin booklet.

Unfolding it, the booklet's material was tough, exuding a pale blue luster, densely recording with ancient seal script the Seawater Gang's secret transaction records with surrounding forces over the past decades, the distribution of covert strongholds, and detailed intelligence on various Foundation Establishment forces in Huangfeng Prefecture collected by Leader Dugu Ming.

There were even three pages mentioning the secret wrestling between the three major Golden Core forces in Huangfeng Prefecture. Although mostly hearsay, they lacked no reference value.

"This is quite an unexpected joy." Li Changqing put the booklet into his bosom; this intelligence would be of great benefit to the Li family's subsequent operation of Linhai County and layout of the maritime territory.

Continuing his careful investigation, he also discovered a small sandalwood box in a secret compartment in the corner of the stone chamber, inside which quietly lay two foundation establishment pills.

Their quality was top-notch, and their medicinal fragrance was clear and sharp—clearly a backup plan prepared by Leader Dugu Ming for the Seawater Gang, but unexpectedly, they all fell into Li Changqing's hands now.

Having finished looting, Li Changqing withdrew from the stone chamber, waving his hand to let the Cloud Sea Whale completely smash this area of buildings into ruins, leaving no trace of artificial intervention whatsoever.

He leaped into the air, overlooking the entire Ziwu Island.

Among the dilapidated buildings on the island, meager belongings left behind by the Seawater Gang's handymen, Martial Artists, and low-tier Qi Refining Cultivators were still scattered around.

Li Changqing did not pick them up one by one—these were already trivial gains for him now, not worth wasting time here.

His Divine Sense swiftly swept across a few ruins with slightly richer spiritual power fluctuations, casually collecting several top-grade Magical Artifacts dropped among the gravel and a few unaffected Storage Pouches, which was better than nothing.

In less than half an incense stick's time, everything of value on Ziwu Island had been fully pocketed by Li Changqing.

Standing mid-air, Li Changqing cast a final glance at that littered island.

The seawater was slowly receding. The reef debris shattered by the giant waves stirred up by the Cloud Sea Whale was scattered along the shore, and the ice layer left behind by the Mystic Ice Flood Dragon had not yet completely melted, refracting a cold light under the sunlight.

The entire Ziwu Island was permeated with a strong Aura of sea beasts running amok, and the smell of blood mixed with water vapor dispersed in the sea breeze, which would attract low-tier Yao Beasts in the sea to gnaw on the remaining corpses in less than half a day.

"Let's go."

With a clear command falling, all Spirit Beasts returned to their positions.

Li Changqing rode the wind and rose, his green robe fluttered by the sea breeze, and his figure turned into a pale cyan streak of light, speeding away toward the inland direction.