bookcurios Chapter 423: The Monster Attack
Chapter 423: The Monster Attack
Chapter 423: The Monster Attack
Liu Xing used the resources of the three islands to refine pills and weapons. The injured Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Earth Ankylosaurus all took the pills and went into seclusion to heal their injuries. They all recovered and came out after half a year.
With the help of Nangong Yan and Wuyazi, processing materials below the Nascent Soul stage was much faster. As for the precious materials above the Nascent Soul stage, Liu Xing stored them in the Chaos Tower, waiting for them to maximize their value in the future and not to waste them casually.
The Skeleton Army has grown considerably, boasting three warriors reaching the late Nascent Soul stage: Liu Xing, King Kong, and the Tyrannosaurus King. Five generals have reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage: Jiao Jiao, Nangong Yan, Qing Yuan, She Jiu, and Pterosaur King Zhang Yi. Furthermore, there are fifteen generals reaching the early Nascent Soul stage and over three hundred demonic beasts above Level 5. This massive force has surpassed the top powers of Central Continent and quietly become the overlord of the Chaos Sea.
Meanwhile, the Chaos Sea, riven by chaos and turmoil, was intensified by the ascension of the angels. Chen Gong and Wei Wei, unfettered by fear, acted with even greater impunity, exploiting smaller factions and plundering their resources, leaving the people destitute.
To further enhance his strength and encourage the demons to willingly follow him on his quest, Liu Xing opened up the Chaos Tower Trial. Any demon beast that successfully transformed could enter the Chaos Tower for training, with three chances available in their lifetime. The first trial was free for anyone who joined the Liu Xing Group, and the subsequent two trials were awarded based on their military merit.
For the first time, news of the Chaos Tower was fully disclosed to the Skeleton Army's top brass, greatly boosting morale and raising their fighting spirit. The Skeleton Army's humanoid leaders readily took advantage of their first opportunity to enter the Chaos Tower for training. Even Tyrannosaurus Rex and Nangong Yan were tempted to enter. A year later, upon emerging, each had made significant strides in strength, their mana and awareness significantly enhanced. This level of improvement couldn't be achieved through seclusion or alchemy; it was the result of divine treasures from the higher realms, harnessing the power of thunder and fire to purify their mana and awareness. Many veteran humanoid cultivators, stuck for years, found this opportunity to break free and see hope for advancement. Previously, they had joined the Skeleton Army because their lifeblood was held in the hands of the Vajra, forcing them to obey orders. Now, as a community of shared interests, and with the Chaos Tower's training rewards, achieving military merit became a voluntary goal.
Three years passed quietly. Liu Xing spent most of his time refining the Skeleton Warship. He had largely stopped refining magical instruments and elixirs, instead gathering the necessary materials. Now, over two hundred Skeleton Warships lined up in the Dinosaur Island harbor, a force of one hundred and fifty thousand ready to go.
"Let's go!"
With a command, the warships surged towards the center of the Chaos Sea. The journey was long, and at the warships' speed, it was estimated to take two to three days to reach their destination. The Skeleton Army drove back the Sirens along the way, hundreds of thousands of them fleeing in panic, and were swept along by the attack on the islands controlled by both good and evil forces. Before the Skeleton Army arrived, the Sirens had already attacked the human islands.
"Brother, we've captured this Level 4 Infant Carp Beast this time. We can exchange it for a Heart Pill for Master when we get back." Deep in the ocean, a female cultivator, dissecting a demonic beast, said cheerfully, but her brother didn't respond for a long time. Puzzled, she looked towards him, only to find him staring blankly into the distance, a look of shock on his face, as if he had witnessed something extremely terrifying.
"Brother, what's wrong?" the woman asked in confusion.
"Beasts...beast tide...thousands of sirens!" The terrified man screamed, as if awakened by his junior sister's call.
"Junior sister, run!" After hearing these words, the man turned around and ran, not daring to stop at all.
"Ah? The baby carp beast demon pill hasn't been taken out yet." The female cultivator was still concerned about the treasure that was about to be obtained, but the man had already run a hundred feet away. He didn't dare to stop at all and ran for his life.
"Hmph, you coward, senior brother! At least take the demon pill before running away, and then I'll show you how I'll laugh at you when I get back." The female cultivator cursed with a smile, lowered her head and continued to take the pill.
In this moment of delay, the sirens came rolling in. The female cultivator only had time to scream before she was drowned by thousands of sirens, and no trace of her body was left.
The same scene unfolded across the Chaos Sea. The deeper the demon-hunting monks ventured, the sooner they encountered the kraken's riot. Those who reacted slowly were torn to pieces on the spot, while those who reacted quickly ran away exhausted and became prey to the monsters. Only a few human masters, who hadn't ventured far enough, managed to escape and warn the nearby human training islands.
"Mr. Huangshan, help!" A group of foundation-building monks, led by their Jindan master, desperately fled to a nearby large island.
The island, named Huangshan Island, boasts a remarkable spiritual vein and lies at the edge of the human realm within the Chaos Sea. The island's owner, a skilled independent cultivator with late Jindan cultivation, calls himself Huangshan Layman. Huangshan Layman was concentrating on refining a furnace of elixirs when he heard a cry for help from outside. Frowning, he sealed the furnace and fled outside his cave.
"Why are you so panicked?" Seeing a group of disheveled monks coming towards his cave, he was confused and asked unhappily.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Huangshan, the sea monsters are rioting for some reason, and thousands of them are sweeping over here. Please let us go to the island and work together to activate the formation to resist the sea monsters." The leader of the Jindan team explained anxiously.
"Sea monster riot?" Mr. Huangshan pondered. He had settled here for more than a hundred years and had never encountered a sea monster riot. The few sea monsters that came here were either captured or driven away by him.
"How dare you! Are you planning to take over my Huangshan Island? Are you deliberately making up lies to deceive me?" Huangshan layman looked at the group of practitioners coldly, his vigilance increasing instead of decreasing.
"Mr. Huangshan, we have barely escaped from the monster's mouth and urgently need to meditate to recover. If the next resting place was not a thousand miles away, we would not have been able to escape so far, otherwise we would not have come to disturb you." Master Jidan explained hurriedly, and kept looking back.
"Hmph, I'll go and take a look first. If you dare to lie to me, I'll make you pay!" Mr. Huangshan said coldly, and then rushed towards the direction where the group of cultivators came from. His speed was more than twice as fast as everyone else.
"Master, what should we do?" the foundation-building disciple asked anxiously.
"Everyone, hurry up and meditate to restore your energy. Don't hesitate to use pills and spirit stones!" Master Jindan ordered, and then he chose a place to close his eyes and practice.
Only half an hour had passed when Mr. Huangshan returned, and the other practitioners all stared at him in amazement.
"Hurry! Hurry and get into the restricted area!" Mr. Huangshan didn't bother to explain and rushed into the island protection formation first. The other cultivators knew how powerful the monsters were and didn't dare to stay for a moment. They all got into the restricted area and only then did they breathe a sigh of relief and feel a little bit safe.
A moment later, thousands of monsters swept across Huangshan Island. Although they encountered certain obstacles, they left behind thousands of monster corpses and eventually left no trace of the island.