LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 130: Storm._4
Having spent nearly two hours, Chen Qiu, under the influence of the scholar's Flying Sword, had almost run through the entire coastline. Each time they passed a battlefield, nearly a thousand Thunder Dragons would strike down, often instantly clearing the area.
At this moment, he had returned to "Xiao Yu City".
The flood had already submerged Xiao Yu City, and a large, dense number of Sea Demons were stepping over the waves, advancing deeper into the mainland beyond Xiao Yu City.
In the front line of the Sea Demon charge, led by three Golden Core cultivators, a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators were retreating step by step, primarily defending and not attacking, while in other battlefields, the Sea Demons had only charged four or five miles into the mainland.
Here, however, the Sea Demons had already charged nearly twenty miles inland.
Chen Qiu scanned the Sea Demons below, noticing that their numbers were significantly higher than those on other battlefields and that more Sea Demons were continuously emerging from the waves, but the timing still wasn't right; he had not yet seen the main force of the Sea Demons.
At that moment—
The three Golden Core cultivators also saw Chen Qiu and immediately shot towards him.
The middle-aged man with his upper body bare and empty-handed, who was initially locked by Chen Qiu's Divine Sense, spoke with a barely concealed excitement, "Senior, is the timing right now? There are already quite a few more Sea Demons gathered below than before."
"I have instructed the youngsters below to control their strength, to retreat and defend as much as possible without killing the Sea Demons."
Shortly after, the middle-aged man pointed to a bald man dressed in a Magic Robe who had arrived next to him and introduced, "Senior, this fellow practitioner came to reinforce us after you left. He also has the cultivation of the first level of Golden Core, and like you, he is a Magic Practitioner."
"I told him about your plan, and he thinks it's very good, so he joined us."
"Hmm."
Chen Qiu looked at the bald man in the Magic Robe, nodded slightly in greeting, and realized that the robe was indeed a Spiritual Treasure. The intense fluctuations of Spiritual Energy on its surface flowed far surpass what the robe that he had bought for two Spirit Stones at the Ask Heaven market could offer.
It seemed he needed to get himself a Magic Robe too.
Then he looked down at the densely packed mass of demon beasts below and shook his head, "Let's wait a bit longer; the numbers are still too few. I've run through all the battlefields and from what I've observed, the true main attack force of the Sea Demons needs to be at least ten times this number."
"Let's wait a bit."
"Alright."
The three Golden Core cultivators naturally had no objections, but the bald man in the Magic Robe looked at Chen Qiu with a somewhat fanatic and admiring gaze, as only a fellow Magic Practitioner would know how strong Chen Qiu really was!
Even Chen Qiu himself did not know.
He had now become a god in the hearts of all Magic Practitioners in Da Xia; this was what they envisioned a true Magic Practitioner to be!
Anything less was mere slander!
...
Chen Qiu did not continue to hover over the Sea Demons but retreated to a cliff behind, overlooking the densely packed Sea Demons rushing onto the land, pondering silently. This invasion by the Sea Clan was a tremendous opportunity for him.
Even greater than the invasion by the Evil Clan.
The Evil Clan was not considered demon beasts, whereas the Sea Clan were genuine, full-blooded Sea Demons.
Killing one demon beast, his Dantian would expand by one millimeter, thus accommodating more Spiritual Energy.
His original Dantian was twenty-one thousand millimeters.
It was by leveraging this vast amount of Spiritual Energy, far exceeding his peers, that he had created many miracles.
And after spending two hours and passing many battlefields, his Dantian had expanded to sixty thousand millimeters.
The Dantian is a small world within the body; there's no need to worry about it becoming so large that it overflows.
This meant that, in just these two hours, the capacity for Spiritual Energy inside his body had tripled.
Previously,
At his full burst, he could unleash nearly ten thousand Thunder Dragons in a blend of illusion and reality. Now, at full burst, he could unleash nearly thirty thousand Thunder Dragons!
In an instant, his combat power had massively increased.
However, in prolonged combat, there actually wasn't much change, after all, originally when the Spiritual Energy in his body was exhausted, activating the armguard only needed ten breaths to fully recover the Spiritual Energy. Now that he had more Spiritual Energy capacity, it took fully thirty breaths to slowly recover after activating the armguard.
...
Perhaps the Sea Clan's speed in assembling a large force at the seabed was much slower than the scholar's speed.
They had waited for an hour.
Just when they wondered if this might already be the Sea Demon's main force, tens of thousands of small-bodied seagulls carrying demon energy suddenly covered the sky and flew in their direction.
Immediately after, countless Sea Demons riding the waves surged out from the seabed. It only took a few breaths, and the number of Sea Demons visibly doubled, explosively increasing.
"They've finally arrived."
Leaning on the Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella, standing on the edge of the cliff, Chen Qiu looked towards the scene in the distance and chuckled lightly; he had finally waited for them. Once this batch of Sea Demons were wiped out, he was somewhat afraid to imagine just how vast his Spiritual Energy capacity would become.
There's no place in Da Xia Country like this, with such a dense population of demon beasts.
"Everyone, step back and give enough space for the Sea Clan to come ashore."
Divine Sense transmitted into the minds of those three Golden Core cultivators, who immediately led the Foundation Establishment cultivators to rapidly retreat, leaving the battlefield to Chen Qiu.
About thirty minutes passed.
Many Sea Demons had already come ashore, rushing toward the inland. The dense mass of Sea Demons was endless at a glance, including those flying in the sky, those in the sea, and those amphibious on land.
Countless seagulls carrying demon energy crashed towards Chen Qiu, none of which got near him before exploding on their own.
By now, the number of Sea Demons, compared to when they first came ashore, had increased by more than tenfold and continued to grow, as countless more surged from the seabed.
"Could there really be that many Sea Demons in the sea?"
Standing on the cliff and overlooking the Sea Demons below, he murmured, "I always thought that the place with the most demon beasts in Da Xia Country would be the Endless Desert, but it turns out there are even more in the Boundless Sea."
"This might still only be the vanguard."
The scholar frowned slightly, looking down at those demon beasts: "So far, I haven't seen a single Golden Core Sea Demon, and most are of Qi Refining level, only a small part are of Foundation Establishment."
"Besides their numbers and fearlessness, I don't see anything particularly dangerous about them."
Perhaps the scholar's words were heard.
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The scholar had just spoken.
Then, from the sea surface, three upright, humanoid Golden Core Sea Demons emerged, each naked, holding Spiritual Treasures suitably forged for demon beasts from Deep Sea Mysterious Iron with crude techniques.
With icy expressions and pupils radiating a murderous intent, the overwhelming Golden Core Cultivation oppressed every cultivator's heart, their demon energy nearly solidified.
With each step,
many Sea Demons were trampled to death under the feet of these three Golden Core Sea Demons.
Pure Golden Core level Cultivation.
"..."
Watching this scene, Chen Qiu's brow slightly furrowed, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes—those were his prey, and you just crushed them like that?
This was also his first encounter with Golden Core Sea Demons.
On other battlefields, not a single Golden Core Sea Demon was seen, and their entrance fundamentally suggested that the Sea Clan had chosen this location as their main attack direction.
The initial plan was successful.