418: Exploring secrets and planning the dragon (two-in-one thanks to the tail number coin reward)

Lin Shiming's posture, with one hand behind his back, naturally drew the attention of the Red Dragon.

A bright light suddenly surged in its agile, huge dragon eyes.

"Human, that strike of yours just now was a rare treasure!"

"How about we exchange? You tell me, and I'll tell you?" Lin Shiming saw that the other party didn't answer and had even noticed the injury on his hand, so he asked again.

"You're stalling for time!" The Red Dragon exhaled a puff of smoke, which then suddenly enveloped it.

Boom!

The smoke surged, transforming into six smoke dragons that rushed in six directions.

Even though the Red Dragon knew Lin Shiming's actions, it still didn't charge at him.

It was simple: if one hand was injured, there was still another.

The six smoke dragons quickly transformed into blazing fire dragons in the air, and five of the seven Soul Suppressing Towers were instantly shaken open.

Only two Soul Suppressing Towers, which had been nurtured for over twenty years, barely managed to hold on.

Then, it intended to rush towards the bottom of the sea.

Even as a Red Dragon, it would be more agile in the sea than a Human Race, which was its advantage.

However, in the next moment, Lin Shiming's body also disappeared from its original spot, thanks to the Leaping Void Disc.

After three consecutive leaps, he appeared behind the Red Dragon's main body.

After breaking through to the Purple Mansion Late Stage, Lin Shiming's Physical Body became stronger, and his ability to withstand spatial tearing also increased.

From Lin Shiming's fingers, the Purple Cloud Twin Swords slashed out, pouring forth a vast Sword Intent.

Countless Sword Intent transformed into sharp Sword Grass, arranged into a specific Sword Formation.

Sword Genesis Myriad Laws, Great Evolution Sword Style.

Both descended.

The High Grade Magic Treasure Flying Sword, combined with Lin Shiming's Sword Cultivator strength,

slashed onto the Red Dragon's body, immediately producing incessant clanging sounds and igniting an even more terrifying flame, causing Lin Shiming to retreat from the scorching heat.

And the seawater, even more so, evaporated by more than half, all turning into boiling steam.

The Spirit Light receded, once again revealing the Red Dragon's main body.

At this moment, it roared continuously, its scales slashed off in multiple places, dragon blood flying, looking utterly miserable.

And one should know, this was a Red Dragon in the Late Stage of the Fourth Grade, which showed the power of Lin Shiming's single sword strike now.

As the Red Dragon thrashed, six Soul Suppressing Towers once again surrounded it.

The remaining Soul Suppressing Tower collected the Blue Jiaolong's corpse.

"You can't kill me, I know the secrets of the Sea Demon Royal Court!" the Red Dragon roared.

At this moment, it was terrified that Lin Shiming would strike it with another sword.

Whether it was the rare treasure that killed the Blue Jiaolong with a punch, or another sword strike like the previous one, it couldn't endure it.

"Then tell me the purpose of your Jiaolong Clan!" Lin Shiming said coldly.

His Soul Suppressing Tower could capture and search souls, but he guessed that these Jiaolong definitely had something similar to a Sect jade book.

From their ability to use concealing Magic Treasure, it could be seen that there were powerful Artifact Refiners behind these Jiaolong Clan.

As expected, his last Soul Suppressing Tower failed to extract the Blue Jiaolong's memories.

Not a single trace.

"You must make an oath of the heavenly dao to spare me!"

"Otherwise, if you miss this information, your Human Race will all be annihilated. The great Sea Demon Royal Court now has more than just the powerful Jiaolong Clan!"

The Red Dragon shouted.

Its eyes were still agile.

But Lin Shiming still didn't answer.

The air immediately became heavy, accompanied by the steaming seawater vapor, which made the Red Dragon feel a surge of anger.

It continuously exhaled thick smoke.

In the next moment, it transformed into six streams of smoke again, moving as six dragons.

Once again, it violently smashed open the six Soul Suppressing Towers.

Blazing flames burned again, and this time, two beads even appeared!

These two beads were Fire Bead Magic Treasure. With the Magic Treasure's enhancement, the blazing flames burned for nearly a hundred zhang.

Everything was completely evaporated, and these two beads suddenly glowed with Spirit Light.

One after another, two streams of Spirit Light shot out, actually showing signs of transforming into communication spirit talismans.

And their speed was incredibly fast.

Lin Shiming couldn't help but frown, and three Demonic Blood Needles flew out from his hand, boom!

Both streams of Spirit Light were scattered by the Demonic Blood Needles, and the Red Dragon was not surprised; in its view, Lin Shiming's strength must belong to a Core Disciple of the Coral Alliance.

It also took the opportunity to quickly flee!

At the same time, it threw out a spirit beast pouch, which contained several Third Grade Yao Beasts.

There were scaled snakes, Blue Pythons, water cranes, and even golden peng!

These Third Grade Yao Beasts flew in all directions.

In the Red Dragon's opinion, this was a sure bet.

Lin Shiming couldn't chase it, and it had a concealing Magic Treasure!

However, as soon as these Yao Beasts appeared, Lin Shiming's six Soul Suppressing Towers performed a soul capture, controlling all these Third Grade Yao Beasts and taking them into the tower.

And in Lin Shiming's hand, a seed of the Illusory Spirit Vine was thrown out.

The Illusory Spirit Vine's speed was also extremely fast. After transforming into a huge High Grade vine, it specifically coiled towards the Red Dragon's wounds!

At the same time, the Five Metal Beast Ring also transformed into five exotic beasts, blocking the Red Dragon and binding it.

"I have a secret!" the Red Dragon roared.

But Lin Shiming's Purple Cloud Twin Swords didn't hesitate, falling directly and beheading the Red Dragon.

As soon as the Red Dragon fell, Lin Shiming's Soul Suppressing Tower quickly collected everything, and at the same time, the Yuan Magnetic Ring continuously released Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, causing all information in the nearby sea area to disappear.

Only then did he return to the entrance of Hulu Twin Islands.

Continuing to wait for Lin Shilei and Lin Zeli.

In his hand, besides the two Fire Beads, two concealing talismans also appeared.

However, Lin Shiming dared not use them, at least not in the South Sea.

These concealing talismans were somewhat similar to the Sea Demon Royal Court's clan artifacts.

Lin Shiming could only store both of them and the two Fire Beads in his cave space. These two Fire Beads were both Fourth Grade High Grade Magic Treasure, so he could give one to Lin Shijie and one to Lin Shitao.

And Lin Shiming finally had a general understanding of his own strength.

A Purple Mansion Late Stage Cultivator would not last more than two moves against him, and even against a Purple Mansion Peak Cultivator, he could use the Star Bead to cause severe injury or even kill them.

Especially when paired with his Leaping Void Disc and Illusory Spirit Vine.

However, he could only use the Star Bead once. If he used it a second time, both his hands would be temporarily crippled, making even spell casting and hand seals extremely difficult.

After putting away all the Magic Treasure, Lin Shiming took out the Soul Suppressing Tower again.

He couldn't search the souls of the Red Dragon and Blue Jiaolong, but one shouldn't forget that those Mysterious Grade Secret Realms and Yellow Grade Secret Realms couldn't be entered by two Purple Mansion Great Demons.

Only these Third Grade Yao Beasts could enter.

Once these Third Grade Yao Beasts appeared, Lin Shiming naturally no longer needed the Red Dragon's answers.

However, he also had to consider the other major clan of the Sea Demon Royal Court that the Red Dragon mentioned.

Lin Shiming shook his head, swallowing Medicinal Pills to restore his True Qi while performing soul searches.

And as expected, the soul search was indeed for the golden dragon fruit tree.

The Jiaolong Clan had also clearly learned about the golden dragon fruit tree.

Besides the golden dragon fruit tree, they were also looking for a Secret Realm.

However, these Third Grade Yao Beasts didn't know the specific information about that Secret Realm.

Lin Shiming shook his head, no longer bothering with it, and instead crushed a sound transmission talisman.

As soon as the sound transmission talisman was crushed, not long after, Lin Family members were seen walking out one by one.

Lin Shilei and Lin Zeli exchanged a smile, then handed their Storage Pouches to Lin Shiming.

They all chose to hand over the corpse of the Blue Scale Python, the Blue Scale Python's Snake Egg, and the dragon beast.

Such Materials also had extremely high contribution points within the Lin Family.

Of course, for the two of them, leading a team alone in front of Lin Shiming was what made them most happy.

"Let's go back first; temporarily abandon Fangmu Island!" Lin Shiming was worried that a Demon King might have infiltrated. Although the opponent wouldn't act brazenly, if there was one, it would still be a considerable threat.

Even if the Secret Realm hadn't been fully searched, it had to be stopped.

The group quickly returned to Fangmu Island by spirit boat, and then returned to Shuangmu Island via the Teleportation Array.

At the same time, all the Cultivators on Fangmu Island were also withdrawn by Lin Shiming. At the very first moment of withdrawal,

he even slashed out with a Flying Sword, destroying the Teleportation Array.

And before that, on Fangmu Island, Lin Shiming had also used the Spirit Control Seal to control a Third Grade Yao Beast, instructing it to destroy the Teleportation Array there after they left.

Even if someone came to investigate later, they wouldn't be able to trace it back to Shuangmu Island.

After leaving the Teleportation Array, Lin Shiming led a group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators to the Treasure Pavilion to calculate the contribution points of each clan member. During this time, he also acted as an elder, assessing the few individuals, offering guidance on their conduct and matters of the Cultivation world.

After completing these tasks, Lin Shiming teleported towards Nine Dragon Island. He was still somewhat uneasy about Nine Dragon Island. He had already killed two Jiaolong. From this, he inferred that the number of Fourth Grade Jiaolong entering Tianxiang Island might have reached over ten.

While he went to Nine Dragon Island, he also reported to Rising Sun Island.

This time, the information still suggested the suspected appearance of a Fifth Grade Jiaolong Demon King.

Although there was no definite news, the Jiaolong Clan's attack on Tianxiang Island was almost a certainty. Of course, it was more likely that they would attack the entire Rising Sun Island.

Therefore, the sooner this matter was reported, the better.

After reporting the news, Lin Shiming took the Yan Yang Sword and rushed to Nine Dragon Island.

On Shuangmu Island, the teleportation continued, evacuating the Lin Family's low-level Cultivators and Mortals.

Now, it was almost a race against time. After seeing the Jiaolong, Lin Shiming no longer harbored any illusions.

Perhaps Tianxiang Island and even Rising Sun Island were not the targets of other Yao Beasts, but due to the unknown whereabouts of the golden dragon fruit tree, they would definitely be the target of the Jiaolong Clan... On Nine Dragon Island, Lin Shijie and a group of Purple Mansion Cultivators landed in the central deliberation hall of Nine Dragon Island.

At this time, there were only five Purple Mansion Cultivators left; one had died, and several had either rotated out or left Nine Dragon Island to return to Tianxiang Island.

The remaining Cultivators also looked extremely grim.

Although Nine Peaks Formation had not been breached all these years, every time another island was breached, the invisible pressure here increased by three points. Even the remaining few Purple Mansion Cultivators looked at Lin Shijie with some disapproval.

"Island Lord Lin, the beast tide has completely erupted now. We can't continue with the annual rotation as before, can we?"

"That's right, Island Lord Lin, the number of Cultivators recently aided by Rising Sun Island is also getting smaller and smaller."

"Although the rewards on the Purple Mansion Hero List are many, one still needs to be alive to claim them!"

One by one, the Purple Mansion Cultivators spoke, their intentions clear: to force the Lin Family to withdraw.

The Nine Peaks Formation was a task assigned to the Lin Family by Real Person Hongye. If they retreated, even if Real Person Hongye sought accountability, it would be with the Lin Family.

And once on Tianxiang Island, even if the Teleportation Array currently couldn't transport them to other islands, it was at least much safer than Nine Dragon Island.

"Real Person Hongye pays special attention to Nine Dragon Island and personally bestowed the Formation. Everyone was present at the time. Are you going to defy the Immortal Master's words?" Lin Shijie waved his hand, and a Fourth Grade Medium Grade Spirit Puppet landed behind him.

At this moment, Lin Shijie was also somewhat angry.

Over the years, although the Lin Family had greatly improved its skills by gathering Alchemists, Talisman Masters, and Artifact Refiners,

the Lin Family had also expended a large amount of spiritual Materials.

And the income from the market, which was quite high at first, now entirely depended on the output of the Nine Dragon Island's Mid-Grade Spirit Stone Mine.

"But the Immortal Master is now too busy to even take care of herself. How can she possibly care about Tianxiang Island, let alone our Nine Dragon Island!" Another person spoke.

"If Nine Dragon Island continues to hold out, Tianxiang Island might even be lost!" The four continued to speak, no longer holding back at this moment.

"Three days, hold Nine Dragon Island for three more days!" Just then, a voice came.

Lin Shiming was seen striding in.

"The situation on Tianxiang Island and Nine Dragon Island has already been reported to Rising Sun Island. Even if Real Person Xuri doesn't send the Rising Sun Army, we will leave after holding out for three days!"

"Everyone, three days isn't long, is it?" As Lin Shiming spoke, the Aura around him also expanded.

His cultivation at the Purple Mansion Late Stage made everyone tremble involuntarily.

Even Lin Shijie's eyes gleamed with an unusual light.

"Good!"

"Since Daoist Qian Mu has said so much, we will hold out for three more days!"

The four nodded in unison, then all took their leave!

Only Lin Shijie and Lin Shiming remained in the hall.

"Shiming, these four Purple Mansion Cultivators have already arranged for their Family members and disciples to leave Nine Dragon Island in the form of rotations!"

"Now, the only ones on Nine Dragon Island who can barely fight are the Lin Family and the three families from Tianxiang Island!" Lin Shijie looked worried.

"No matter, that's why it's three days. During these three days, the Lin Family might earn a resource that could overturn everything in the future!" Lin Shiming's eyes gleamed with brilliance.

He didn't just have one Nine Peaks Formation. This time, he not only brought the Nine Peaks Formation, but also the Yan Yang Sword, and even a set of Fifth Grade Formation, the Ten Directions Red Crow Formation!

This Ten Directions Red Crow Formation was Real Person Xuri's Formation. He hadn't used it once since he obtained it.

With so many Jiaolong here, if Lin Shiming didn't seize this opportunity to kill a large number while the Jiaolong Clan hadn't yet formed a systematic suppression, it would be almost impossible to have a chance in the future.

Even if there was a chance in the future, the Cultivators of Nine Dragon Island would be suspicious then.

And as long as this island defense battle was fierce enough, and even if Lin Shiming's sighting of Jiaolong appeared, the number of Jiaolong attracted would definitely not be small.

At that time, he only needed to stay behind under the pretext of holding the line and resisting the final attack.

Then kill these Jiaolong.

When they teleported to Tianxiang Island, Real Person Hongye of Rising Sun Island, facing the Jiaolong Clan's revenge, would only assume it was a beast tide outbreak.

And would not associate it with Lin Shiming or even the Lin Family.

Of course, this time couldn't be too long, as it would easily attract too many Jiaolong Demon Kings, which would defeat the purpose.

Therefore, Lin Shiming set it for three days. Even if not enough Jiaolong were attracted, Lin Shiming would retreat.

Because three days would also be enough time for most of the Lin Family's Cultivators on Shuangmu Island to retreat to Tianliu Island.

On Tianliu Island, Lin Shitao would also lead the Lin Family members.

"Seventh Brother, this matter of guarding and communicating is not easier than Cultivate!" While Lin Shiming was contemplating, Lin Shijie sighed with some emotion.

He couldn't imagine Lin Shiming's calculations at this moment.

He was just relieved that Lin Shiming had arrived at this moment.

Otherwise, if the beast tide truly came, and Nine Dragon Island had no Purple Mansion Cultivators, if the Formation was overwhelmed and destroyed, even if they teleported away, a large number of Lin Family Cultivators might be lost.

After all, the Lin Family couldn't be the first to retreat.

And he was already struggling to control the Nine Peaks Formation!