1073: Siren Battle

With the appearance of that single arrow and palm strike, the originally frenzied sea demons finally seemed to snap to their senses; they no longer expanded their territory in a frenzy.

Countless sea demons gathered in one spot, their eyes filled with bloodthirsty light.

This was the terrifying part of the sea demons: they would concentrate their superior forces to focus their attack on a single area, causing that region to fall completely!

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Countless sea demons frantically attacked the defensive Barrier below.

These attacking sea demons were almost all Rank Seven and Rank Six sea demons; there were Rank Five sea demons as well, but they were actually not the most numerous.

Around these sea demons, a dozen Rank Eight sea demons circled, watching like tigers eyeing their prey.

Under the frenzied assault of the sea demons, the defensive Barrier trembled incessantly, showing signs that it might not hold out.

Zhao Hanjiang looked in that direction, his heart filled with astonishment. He had a premonition that the defensive Barrier in that area would not be able to withstand the pressure.

Just as he expected, the defensive Barrier only held for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before shattering with a bang.

At the moment the defensive Barrier shattered, streaks of terrifying saber light, sword light, and spear shadows soared into the sky from below.

Before many of the sea demons could react, they exploded directly, turning into a sky full of blood mist.

Simultaneously, figures rushed out from within, frantically slaughtering the surrounding sea demons.

The sea demons roared, their eyes blood-red, as they lunged at these Cultivators.

Those Rank Eight sea demons that had been circling around now charged toward the group of human Cultivators. For a time, the sounds of killing shook the heavens.

This group of human Cultivators was not small, numbering a full thousand people, including over ten supreme realm experts.

But facing such a massive swarm of sea demons, they were simply not enough. Figures let out desperate screams as they were torn apart and eaten by the sea demons.

The battle lasted for about half an hour. Aside from a few people who managed to escape, the rest were wiped out by the sea demons.

Ji Wuchang watched the battle in the distance, realizing for the first time how insignificant individual strength could be.

He saw with his own eyes several supreme realm experts torn to shreds by the sea demons, including a practitioner at the third level of the supreme realm.

After these sea demons wiped out that group of human Cultivators, they then looked toward another defensive Barrier.

The scene that had occurred before repeated itself. Another defensive Barrier was breached, and after the Cultivators inside rushed out, they killed a large number of sea demons.

However, their fate was no different from the previous group; in the end, they were all slaughtered!

After all this commotion, midnight quietly passed, and the white mist began to slowly recede.

Those sea demons seemed to be a part of the white mist, retreating along with it.

Ji Wuchang stared at the white mist, his brow furrowed slightly, wondering what the connection was between the sea demons and the white mist!

Looking at the gradually quieting Illusion Sea City, he was in no hurry to return, instead sitting cross-legged on a stone bench!

He had truly witnessed the dangers of Illusion Sea City today; it was even more terrifying than he had imagined!

One couldn't say there wasn't a single good person here, but there certainly weren't many.

Natures that were usually suppressed were completely unleashed once people arrived here.

They no longer suppressed their desires; whatever they wanted to do, they did.

Therefore, in a place like Illusion Sea City, only those who were ruthless and cold-blooded could truly survive.

He closed his eyes, his expression calm. To him, this was the best place for tempering himself.

The sun rose in the east, and at some point, the great Barrier overhead had already dissipated.

Ji Wuchang opened his eyes, took the Token, and stepped slowly out of the Barrier.

As soon as he came out, several gazes turned toward him—they were all from the neighboring tenants.

When these people saw him, a hint of awe and fear appeared in their eyes.

Last night's battle had been effective; otherwise, since he had just moved in last night, there would have been no shortage of people coming to test him.

After that battle, everyone had seen his terrifying strength and did not dare to easily invite trouble upon themselves!

Ji Wuchang looked at those few people with a calm gaze. Some did not dare to meet his eyes, averting their gaze to the side.

He ignored these people, left a mark here to make it easier for him to find his way back, and then departed.

He specifically went to the place that had been breached last night, and the result he saw left him greatly surprised.

On the ground, there were no corpses at all, only dark red and blue bloodstains dripped upon the earth.

If it weren't for some of the collapsed houses that had not yet been repaired, he would have doubted if he had come to the wrong place.

He knew that someone must have come here to clean up after the sea demons retreated yesterday!

Just as he was about to leave, he felt a gaze fixed upon him.

He looked into the distance and saw a boy walking out from the ruins. There was still fresh blood remaining at the corner of his mouth.

The boy stuck out his tongue and curled it over his lips, licking away the fresh blood.

This scene looked a bit unsettling. That blood did not belong to the boy, but to someone else.

Furthermore, this boy's cultivation base was very high: the fourth level of the supreme realm.

Ji Wuchang stared at the boy with a solemn expression. The boy also looked at him and grinned, making Ji Wuchang's expression even more serious.

He clearly felt a terrifying power contained within the boy.

Fortunately, at this moment, the boy withdrew his gaze and then went skipping off into the distance.

Seeing the boy's disappearing back, he couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

He also left the area and began wandering around Illusion Sea City.

He had a huge question in his heart: how did those ordinary people survive the sea demon attacks?

"Fellow Daoist, this afternoon, at the Illusion Sea City Grand Plaza, a Sea Demon Fight will be held!"

"If you are interested, Fellow Daoist, you can go there and take a look!"

A man's voice sounded in Ji Wuchang's ear.

He stopped and looked at the old man before him, his brow furrowing slightly.

He had actually heard the old man say these words many times, but previously it was to others; this time, it was to him!

He was also quite curious and didn't know what a Sea Demon Fight meant.

"Fellow Daoist, what is a Sea Demon Fight?" He finally asked the question in his heart.

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle before speaking: "It seems you have just arrived in Illusion Sea City not long ago, Fellow Daoist!"

"In Illusion Sea City, a Sea Demon Fight is held every month."

"You must have seen the scene of the sea demons invading Illusion Sea City last night. While such scenes actually happen every day, they are usually just minor skirmishes!"

"A scale like yesterday's happens roughly once a month."

"Every time a large-scale sea demon invasion ends, quite a few sea demons are left behind."

"These left-behind sea demons are sent into a specially made Colosseum to fight and kill each other."

"Of course, if anyone has enough courage, they can also apply to challenge the sea demons, conducting a battle between man and sea demon!"

"The winner can be exempted from the monthly task of going out to sea to hunt sea demons, which can be seen as killing two birds with one stone."

"If you are interested, Fellow Daoist, you can go take a look. The scenes there are quite exciting!"