139: Chapter 139: First Encounter with Sea Beasts in the Storm, First Success in Slaying the Demon Whale

Leaving Tianya City, Ye Qing's escape light was like a meteor, streaking across the sky above the sea, flying straight towards the direction of the Storm Sea Region.

The water of the Endless Sea presented a deep, azure blue that seemed capable of swallowing all light. On the surface of the sea, waves rose and fell, shimmering with specks of broken gold light under the sunlight. Occasionally, one could see some huge, unknown marine creatures looming in the water, stirring up waves.

The air was filled with a salty, fishy sea breeze, mixed with a faint trace of Demonic Qi unique to ocean Yao Beasts.

Ye Qing maintained his Divine Sense at its maximum range, constantly vigilant against movements beneath the surrounding sea surface.

The Endless Sea was not like land; the dangers here were often hidden beneath the bottomless seawater.

After flying for about two hours, he was already thousands of miles away from the coast, entering the periphery of the "Storm Sea Region" mentioned by the shopkeeper of the Four Seas Pavilion.

The sea conditions here were significantly worse than in the outer sea.

The clouds in the sky became thick and low, presenting a leaden gray color. The wind and waves on the sea surface were also much larger, with giant waves several zhang high, like small hills, one after another, slamming fiercely against the sea surface, emitting a deafening roar.

The Demonic Qi permeating the air also became denser and more violent.

"This Storm Sea Region truly lives up to its reputation. Even the periphery is already this dangerous. The depths are likely even more terrifying."

Ye Qing thought to himself, slightly raising the height of his escape light to avoid being swept into the sea by those sudden giant waves.

He continued flying forward for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, when his Divine Sense suddenly captured a powerful fluctuation of Demonic Qi beneath the sea surface a few miles ahead.

That Demonic Qi was cold and fierce, carrying a unique pressure belonging to a deep-sea predator, with a cultivation base of at least the Late Golden Core Stage.

"There is prey."

A flash of light appeared in Ye Qing's eyes. He immediately lowered his escape light height, flying almost against the surface of the sea, while simultaneously pushing the effect of the "void concealment pill" to the extreme. His entire being was like a ghostly shadow, blending into the surrounding wind and waves.

He silently approached the source of that Demonic Qi fluctuation.

He saw that on the sea surface several hundred zhang ahead, the seawater was churning violently as if boiling, kicking up monstrous waves. A strange sea beast, over ten zhang long, covered in blue-black scales, with a spiral horn on its head, shaped like a crocodile but with a long tail like a giant python, was poking half its body out of the water. Opening its blood-red maw, it spat a bucket-thick, high-speed rotating water column towards a group of bird-like Yao Beasts flying at low altitude, resembling seagulls!

The power of that water column was immense, instantly piercing through several bird-like Yao Beasts that could not dodge in time, with blood and feathers scattering across the sky!

That group of bird-like Yao Beasts panicked, hurriedly raising their altitude to escape the attack range of that sea beast.

The sea beast seemed somewhat unwilling, letting out a low roar, its huge tail slamming against the sea surface, kicking up a giant wave, before slowly sinking back into the sea.

"A 'Unicorn Water Crocodile' at the Golden Core Perfection... And looking at its stance, it seems to have already touched the threshold of the Nascent Soul Stage. If it is allowed to successfully make a Breakthrough, it will likely become quite a menace."

Ye Qing quickly assessed the situation in his heart, deciding to use this Unicorn Water Crocodile to test the power of his newly refined hunyuan ruler.

He did not hesitate in the slightest, and at the moment when the Unicorn Water Crocodile was about to completely sink into the sea, he struck.

He pressed his fingers together like a sword, pointing at the back of the Unicorn Water Crocodile exposed above the water, and slashed through the air.

A dark silver ruler radiance, condensed to the extreme and seemingly capable of severing the Void Realm, swept silently across the sea surface, appearing instantly above the back of the Unicorn Water Crocodile, and slashed down fiercely!

That Unicorn Water Crocodile was, after all, a Yao Beast at the Golden Core Perfection, and its spiritual perception was extremely keen.

The moment Ye Qing struck, it felt a warning, letting out an angry roar, its massive body sinking downward suddenly, attempting to dodge this fatal blow!

At the same time, its long tail, like a giant python, swung like a steel whip, carrying a piercing sound of breaking through the air, fiercely lashing towards the direction from which the ruler radiance was attacking!

However, the timing of Ye Qing's strike was too tricky, and the speed was too fast.

That dark silver ruler radiance, like a maggot on a tarsal bone, accelerated instantly, striking fiercely onto its back before it could completely sink into the sea!

Puchi! A muffled sound!

Ink-green blood, like a fountain, sprayed wildly from the back of the Unicorn Water Crocodile!

A wound deep enough to see bone extended from its neck all the way to its tail, almost slicing its entire back open!

"Aooo!!!"

The Unicorn Water Crocodile let out a painful roar, its massive body rolling and struggling crazily in the seawater, kicking up monstrous waves!

But its struggle was destined to be futile.

The power of Chaos contained within Ye Qing's ruler radiance not only injured its Physical Body but also invaded its Sea of Consciousness, shattering its Yao soul.

In just a few breaths of time, the Unicorn Water Crocodile's struggles gradually weakened, and finally, it completely lost its vitality, its massive corpse floating on the sea surface, drifting with the waves.

Ye Qing waved his hand, collecting the corpse of the Unicorn Water Crocodile, along with the fallen horn, into the Cave Heaven World.

"The Yao Dan of a Golden Core Perfection beast, and this horn, are both good Materials. This Storm Sea Region is indeed a good place."

He nodded with satisfaction, in a great mood.

He did not leave just yet but continued to search for traces of other Yao Beasts on the periphery of the Storm Sea Region.

Like an efficient hunting machine, over the next few days, he hunted and killed dozens of ocean Yao Beasts at the Golden Core Stage, including several powerful existences that had already touched the threshold of the Nascent Soul Stage.

The corpses, Yao Dan, and Materials on the bodies of these Yao Beasts were all sent into the Cave Heaven World, left for the Cave Heaven to decompose and absorb, turning into the purest energy to nourish himself.

The Cave Heaven World, nourished by these massive resources, began to expand rapidly once again.

Forty-one thousand zhang... Forty-two thousand zhang... Forty-five thousand zhang... Fifty thousand zhang!

When the area of the Cave Heaven World broke through the fifty thousand zhang mark, the entire Cave Heaven World underwent a qualitative leap!

The earth became thicker and firmer, and the rumbling of the earth veins became deeper and more distant.

The sea of stars became more brilliant and vast, with countless stars flickering, casting down even denser starlight.

The area of the Floating Landmass also nearly doubled, and the spiritual plants planted on it, nourished by the denser Spiritual Qi, grew even more pleasantly.

The ten thousand poison soul-eating wood near the Poison Source Land seemed to have received some kind of stimulation, growing nearly half as tall overnight, with more ink-green buds sprouting on its branches, emitting a purer and more tyrannical toxicity Law fluctuation.

"Fifty thousand zhang! The Cave Heaven World has finally broken through the fifty thousand zhang mark! The feedback of the Chaos Infant Essence has become purer and more vast!"

Ye Qing felt the surging Chaos Infant Essence within his body, which was several points stronger than it had been a few days ago, and his heart was filled with joy and a sense of accomplishment.

"With my current cultivation base, plus the help of the hunyuan ruler, even if I encounter a Yao King at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, I have the power to fight!"

His confidence greatly increased, and he cast his gaze towards the deeper parts of the Storm Sea Region.

"The Yao Beasts on the periphery can no longer satisfy my needs. It is time to go and see the depths."

He took a deep breath, transformed into a streak of escape light, and resolutely flew towards the core area of the Storm Sea Region.