622: Silencing? No, giving him a snack.

After another wave, another pirate ship capsized, many people fell from it, and the hull was half-broken by something unknown. Even if it could still land in the waves, it was unable to continue sailing.

"Go, shout! For every wave, one person adds another hundred. It's now four hundred and sixty spirit crystals, and it doesn't guarantee your destination. Come if you want, or don't! If you don't come, go wait for death!"

Shen Bei was too lazy to waste any more words and directly ordered his subordinates to shout.

Clearly, at this point, not getting on the ship meant death, and no one would be reluctant to spend money.

After all, once they spent the money, as long as they entered the barrier, they might be able to earn it back.

And the Ghost Ship lived up to its reputation as a vessel that had been on the Ascension Tide; it was truly sturdy.

More and more people boarded, and the Ghost Ship's speed also increased. Amidst the surging waves and churning white mist, fewer and fewer ships could be seen ahead.

The first few ships that had rushed to the front were long gone.

The Great Desolate's multi-decked ships, the Fu Tu Demon Sect's black ships… all had vanished, and even the large pirate ships that followed closely behind were nowhere to be seen.

After taking on nearly a hundred passengers in one go, changes finally appeared again ahead.

Fragments of sea ships, carried by the churning waves, constantly bounced up and down, falling downwards. Some, after bouncing up, did not fall back into the waves but instead fell into the distorted Void Realm on both sides, disappearing in an instant.

Shen Bei stared at them and realized that these fragments didn't seem to be from just one ship…

At least three or four ships had shattered, and their fragments were mixed together…

"Everyone be careful, all personnel to their positions, be ready for battle at any time!"

After two more waves, other pirate ships finally appeared ahead.

But at this moment, the situation of this pirate ship was not good at all…

Beneath the rolling water, a shadow more than three hundred meters long moved and churned. When the shadow rushed beneath the pirate ship, a huge tail broke through the water and lashed out at the bottom of the pirate ship…

"Boom!"

With a muffled sound, the pirate ship was forcefully slammed several hundred meters into the air, falling towards the side Void Realm of the Ascension Tide.

Divine light surged on the pirate ship, angry shouts rang out, and the divine light intertwined, forming pillars of light that protected the pirate ship, preventing it from falling into the Void Realm.

"Ooh… woo…" A long, varied whale cry echoed in the giant waves.

After the waves broke open, a deep blue giant whale with a round head covered in a layer of bone armor surged out of the sea and crashed into the pirate ship.

"Bang!"

A pirate ship, only a hundred meters long, was no match for such a behemoth. Even if it wasn't shattered, it couldn't maintain its original position.

The pirate ship drew an arc, fell from the Ascension Tide, plunged into the Void Realm on the side, and disappeared in an instant.

At the critical moment, only three strong Cultivators inside flew out as divine light, narrowly escaping death.

The three also paid readily and boarded the Ghost Ship.

"What was that thing?"

Shen Bei didn't feel much joy from earning money; instead, he frowned, looking at the giant whale that had disappeared into the sea.

Damn it, as expected of the sea, there are too many strange and large creatures!

Although it couldn't compare to the giant sea beasts worshipped by the Apocalypse Cult, its size was still considerable.

He could vaguely see that there seemed to be a figure standing on the head of that giant whale.

"South Sea Whale Rider."

The pirate leader who had just boarded the ship had a face that was purple with rage, and his eyes were bleeding, clearly having suffered heavy losses, which made him almost lose his composure.

"Those rustic White Water Tribe usually complain about this and that, saying they would never set foot on land in their lives, but why did they come to this Ascension Tide, to enter the new barrier? They even sent a Whale Rider riding a Great-Winged Steel-Headed Whale! If I return alive this time, I will definitely kill all the White Water Tribe in the South Sea!"

The pirate leader made frantic vows, but Shen Bei ignored him and continued to stare at the water.

The Great-Winged Steel-Headed Whale itself is a giant sea beast. This one, over three hundred meters long, would be equivalent to an eighth-rank Yao Beast if ranked.

It's just that its true strength might not be as strong as an eighth-rank Cultivator.

But in the sea, here, the destructive power this giant beast could unleash was far greater than that of a Martial Artist.

This was its home turf.

The South Sea Whale Rider was also the most proud reliance of the White Water Tribe.

Most of them almost never set foot on land, living their entire lives on ships; the ocean was their pasture.

Taming giant sea beasts was also a unique skill of the White Water Tribe, especially a White Water Tribe who could tame a giant sea whale, who was an even more revered existence.

Among the three major tribes of the Southern Barbarians—the White Water Tribe, the Li Tribe, and the Jiu Tribe—only the White Water Tribe could operate in the South Sea, and strictly speaking, they couldn't actually be considered people of the Great Desolate; they could only be considered people of the South Sea.

As for why they were counted among the three major tribes of the Southern Barbarians, few people knew.

And a South Sea Whale Rider who could control a Great-Winged Steel-Headed Whale was considered a strong Cultivator among the White Water Tribe. Such a person would not rashly break the tribe's traditions to explore some barrier.

After all, ordinary barriers were usually land worlds, where their Whale Riders couldn't play much of a role.

Therefore, with a South Sea Whale Rider appearing here now, everyone naturally assumed that this was not one person causing trouble, but the White Water Tribe seeking death.

"Captain, we've discovered a South Sea Whale Rider; he definitely wants to silence us," Scar reminded him from the side.

Shen Bei nodded. Whether it was a single Whale Rider causing trouble or sent by the White Water Tribe, no one had seen him before, and now he was stealthily appearing to ambush, clearly not wanting any living person to know that a Whale Rider had appeared.

"Prepare yourselves, we're having an extra meal today," Shen Bei bared his teeth, smiling a little happily.

Forget about other things, but the experience of catching giant beasts…

Having sailed the Dead Sea for so long, he had almost eaten giant beasts until he was sick of them!

"That person, if he dares to come looking for death, capture him, dead or alive!"

A three-hundred-meter-long Great-Winged Steel-Headed Whale swayed its tail, lurking beneath the white foam of the waves.

The surging waves, coupled with the special power interference here, allowed this Great-Winged Steel-Headed Whale to act recklessly. Its massive body, as long as it wasn't too close to the surface, was almost undetectable.

One pirate ship was pushed out of the Ascension Tide, adrift in the Void Realm, never to be seen again. Now, there was only one last ship behind, the pirate ship that had been following at the very rear.

On the head of the Great-Winged Steel-Headed Whale, a thin figure sat cross-legged. His face was indistinguishable, but he patted the giant whale's steel-shelled head, and the giant whale then swam closer to the bottom of the Ghost Ship.

As the distance grew shorter, the giant whale's wings and tail thrashed wildly. A surge of Yao power circulated, propelling the giant whale's body, like a small mountain, crashing into the bottom of the Ghost Ship.

"Bang!"

The seawater exploded, and the massive hull of the Ghost Ship flew up from the water, a layer of light enveloping the entire Ghost Ship.

However, after the hull flew up, the sails hanging on the mast instantly swelled, the power of the wind howled and roared, swirling the Ghost Ship, which then floated in mid-air, never falling back down.

The massive hull, as if sailing in the sky, hovered less than a hundred meters above the water, continuing to drift with the current, following the ascending wave steps of the Ascension Tide, moving forward.

The giant whale re-entered the water, waiting for the ship to fall, but after waiting and waiting, the pirate ship never did.

A part of the giant whale's head slowly emerged from the surface, a pair of dark eyes surfacing, secretly peering at the pirate ship floating in mid-air.

However, the moment the giant whale looked up, it first saw a row of heads peering over the ship's edge, their eyes glowing with an eerie light, staring intently at it.

Especially the gazes of a few of those guys were the most terrifying…

A small, dark-skinned head, drooling from its mouth, saliva dripping down…

And another, with an eerie, evil light in his eyes, smacking his lips, his gaze like a knife, sweeping across, as if to dismember it.

"Captain, is this thing delicious?"

"Delicious, especially the shark fin, it's chewy and not greasy, the best part. If you like meat, take the layer of meat under its bone armor, the meat closest to the bone is the best!"

The giant whale's eyeballs trembled, its whole body bristling from being stared at by that row of eyes, especially the round-faced guy, whose aura was truly terrifying.

In the giant whale's dark eyeballs, wisps of black Qi slowly reflected, floating behind that person.

Those black Qi slowly materialized into shadows of powerful kin.

Deep Sea Emperor Whale, Bone-Armored Dragon Whale, Tiger-Headed Vicious Whale…

Each one was a powerful giant whale active in the deep sea, and each was a more ferocious Vicious Beast than the Great-Winged Steel-Headed Whale. The giant whale species active in the South Sea were actually relatively docile, and could be considered Yao Beasts, beings with intelligence.

Having intelligence, their potential was naturally higher, but their actual strength, under normal circumstances, was not as good as those Vicious Beasts with monstrous fierce Qi.

The giant whale's small, dark eyes trembled slightly, and more and more illusory figures were reflected in its pupils, appearing densely packed and covering the sky behind that person.

This meant that they had all been eaten by that person.

"Moo…"

The giant whale let out a terrified, cow-like bellow, trembling and slowly backing away little by little.