Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

The physical body that the Snow Empress condensed from extreme ice and snow is very beautiful, almost a one-to-one replica of the Snow Empress's original appearance, but some things are better when they are hot.

Even though Jiang Ming's cultivation had reached its limit, his blood and qi were extremely strong, and his resistance to extreme ice and snow was quite strong, it still came down to the same point.

It's better when it's hot.

"Hmm, the physical sensation isn't very good."

Snow Empress transformed once again into a foot-long sprite and sat on Jiang Ming's shoulder.

She originally thought that using the power of ice and snow to condense a physical body would be a unique experience, but now that she has experienced it, the physical sensation is not very good, and it is not as good as when she communicates with her spirit.

Jiang Ming's lips twitched slightly. Well, the experience was quite novel, but he didn't need to do it again next time.

"How about we take a trip to the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire?"

Xue Di seemed to feel guilty about the bad experience she had given Jiang Ming earlier, so she made a suggestion.

Jiang Ming was somewhat tempted, but still shook his head.

"They are currently in seclusion, so it's best not to disturb them."

After saying that, he flashed slightly and flew towards the Soul Guidance Department.

He basically has three things to do now: make soul tools, improve his soul power proficiency, and kill Xu Tianran.

These three things can be done simultaneously, which makes for a fairly fulfilling day.

In the southern seas of the Star Luo Empire, a massive fleet is gradually approaching.

"Be careful, everyone. Try to move towards the deeper sea. We absolutely cannot be discovered by the Star Luo Empire's navy!"

Ye Yulin commanded in a deep voice.

Crossing from the southwestern sea area of ​​the Sun Moon Empire to the southern sea area was relatively smooth, but crossing the southern sea area of ​​the Star Luo Empire was the most dangerous time of their journey!
Once they are discovered in the southern seas of the Star Luo Empire, this operation will be completely meaningless.

"Captain, from our current position, if we continue to move closer to the deep sea, even with the existence of the interfering soul tool, we are very likely to be discovered by the powerful soul beasts in the deep sea!"

The captain of the main ship said in a deep voice.

Interference soul tools capable of shielding deep-sea soul beasts from perception have been installed on the ship. However, the research time for such soul tools is very short, and even with the participation of a level nine soul master, their ability to interfere with the perception of ocean soul beasts is still limited.

In this situation, the deeper you go into the sea, the more likely you are to encounter soul beasts that can ignore the interference of soul tools!

"Then we need to move towards the deep sea! In short, we must avoid any possibility of being discovered by the Star Luo Empire's navy!"

Ye Yulin said coldly.

Then, he looked into the deeper sea and said, "I'll make some noise in the deep sea to attract all the deep-sea soul beasts. You all take this opportunity to speed up from the deeper sea and cross the southern sea area of ​​the Star Luo Empire as quickly as possible!"

As she spoke, a flying soul tool appeared behind Ye Yulin, and her figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Once they reached the deep sea, Ye Yulin didn't hesitate and immediately unleashed her unique weapon—the Sun and Moon Divine Needle!

As a high-altitude soul tool, the Sun and Moon Divine Needle makes it incredibly easy to attack soul beasts in the ocean.

Even ocean spirit beasts can't reach the Sun and Moon Divine Needle!

Soon, golden and silver light shot into the sea, and intense soul power fluctuations spread rapidly along the seawater.

In the deep sea, the once calm surface was suddenly churned with waves. After sensing this strong fluctuation of soul power, the giant beasts of the deep sea rose to the surface, revealing huge and terrifying figures.

In the ocean, powerful soul beasts are generally very large. When these giant deep-sea soul beasts emerged from the ocean, even Ye Yulin, a ninth-level soul master and Starry Sky Douluo, felt a little intimidated.

However, this was something that had to be done in order to attract the attention of these soul beasts that might interfere with their fleet.

"Sun and Moon Divine Needles, activate!"

More dazzling golden and silver rays of light continued to fall from the sky. Because they were bombarding the sea surface directly from high altitude, the distance somewhat weakened the power of the Sun and Moon Needles.

This level-nine soul tool could pose a threat to even ten-thousand-year-old or one-hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts, but Ye Yulin's task was to attract the attention of these soul beasts. Going all out would not be worthwhile, so she simply activated it to create a sufficiently strong soul power fluctuation to interfere with the soul beasts' perception.

Moreover, he wasn't going to fight here for a short while and then leave. No matter how fast the fleet was traveling, it was impossible for it to cross the entire Star Luo Empire's sea area in just a few hours.

He needs to operate in at least several locations to draw the attention of all the deep-sea spirit beasts the fleet might encounter along the way.

Fortunately, it was him who came. He had a high-altitude soul tool, so striking the sea from high above was effortless and very low-risk.

If it were someone else, even if they could attract the attention of the deep-sea spirit beast, it would be difficult to escape.

The Sun and Moon Needle continued to exert its power, and the giant beasts in the deep sea had already seen it, but its height of thousands of meters made it completely out of their reach.

At that altitude, it would be too difficult to attack from the ocean!

After stirring up the soul energy in this sea area for half a day, Ye Yulin estimated that the fleet should have advanced a certain distance, so he immediately followed the fleet's trajectory to go further ahead to attract soul beasts.

After Ye Yulin left, the giant beasts in the deep sea frantically pounded the surface of the water, venting their anger.

Meanwhile, at the Star Luo Empire's naval base in the southern sea area.

It's called a navy, but it's really just a fleet that patrols the waters near the port.

Just as the Sun Moon Empire's fleet was worried about deep-sea monsters, the Star Luo Empire's navy was also worried that its fleet would be attacked by deep-sea monsters after venturing into the sea. Therefore, its patrol range was basically limited to the edge of the sea.

"Captain, is it really necessary for our navy to stay here? How many years has it been since there was a sea spirit beast attack in this southern sea area?"

In the Star Luo Empire fleet, a captain's assistant asked somewhat boredly.

Generally speaking, the navy is a rather useless branch of the military for major empires.

The navy serves two main purposes: to defend against enemy attacks on the coastline via sea routes and to defend against waves of sea monsters that could crash against the coastline.

Either way, they all seem rather useless.

The former, by deploying the navy here, along with the sea spirit beasts in the ocean as a natural barrier, means that the enemy, unless they are foolish, will not launch an attack from the sea. After all, if they are not careful, they will be wiped out by the sea spirit beasts before they even see the coastline.

In the latter case, sea spirit beasts are already extremely powerful in the ocean, and it's unrealistic to expect a fleet of ships to fight against such massive deep-sea behemoths. Most of the time, naval fleets are simply stationed there, serving a patrol and warning function.

"Don't let your guard down. The fact that the sea spirit beasts haven't shown any signs of attacking the coastline in recent years doesn't mean they won't now. Moreover, our mission here isn't just to defend against the sea spirit beasts, but also to guard against the navies of other countries!"

The captain's expression remained unchanged as he continued to hold the telescope and gaze at the calm sea.

Upon hearing this, the assistant couldn't help but purse his lips.

"The navies of other countries? Who would send their navy to attack the coastline under the pressure of sea spirit beasts? That would be idiotic."

The captain did not respond further, but instead ordered the fleet to continue its patrol along the designated route. However, just as the fleet completed its patrol and was preparing to return to port, the unexpected occurred.

"Captain, there is an unidentified fluctuation of soul power ahead!"

"Captain, a large number of sea spirit beasts are approaching our fleet!"

"Captain, the enemy is very fast and has already formed a large force!"

The previously lazy navy suddenly panicked; they hadn't encountered such a situation in many years.

This sudden turn of events left everyone feeling somewhat bewildered.

"Don't panic!"

The captain held a voice communication device in his hand and shouted loudly.

"All ships, move from the rear to the front, and give them maximum power! Return to port immediately!"

"Flight formations equipped with flight soul tools, take off and use your aerial telescopic soul tools to see what's going on!"

"Activate all attack soul tools on the ship! Soul Masters, stand on the deck and prepare for battle!"

The orderly orders calmed the panicked hearts of the fleet's crew. With a clear objective, the crew members quickly took their positions, some setting sail, others going up to the deck, and the flying fleet also took off rapidly.

"Flight formation, report the situation! Report the situation!"

The communication range of the soul-guided communication device is limited, but he needs to know the specifics now!
No sound returned from the other end of the voice transmission device. The captain guessed that the flight formation had flown beyond the device's maximum range.

The captain continued to wait, while the other voice-guided devices in the captain's cabin and the corresponding personnel maintained contact with the other ships.

A few minutes later, the voices of the flight formation rang out from the voice communication device.

"Captain! Three thousand meters behind the fleet, a group of sea spirit beasts is heading towards the fleet. These spirit beasts are swimming in the sea, so I can't see their exact number, but I estimate there are over a hundred! And there's a huge one among them! It looks like it has tens of thousands of years of cultivation!"

Just as I finished reporting, the sound of waves suddenly rang out.

"What's that sound coming from your end?!"

The captain asked hurriedly.

"Captain, they're attacking our brothers flying behind us! They're accelerating!"

The flight formation personnel cried out in alarm.

Upon hearing this, the captain quickly opened the hatch and went up to the deck.

In the distance, giant waves were crashing against the sea, and black figures were rising and falling within them. One of these figures, in particular, was at least ten meters tall, larger than a ship!
"That's a sea spirit beast with at least 50,000 years of cultivation?!"

When the captain saw the shape of the dark figure, his eyes were filled with despair.

A sea spirit beast with 50,000 years of cultivation can even fight a titled Douluo back and forth in the ocean, not to mention it brings a group of sea spirit beasts with it!

This is a force that their fleet is absolutely incapable of dealing with!
The ships were no match for the sea spirit beasts, and within minutes the sea spirit beasts had appeared near the fleet.

Soon, the two sides began to fight!

The enormous black shadow simply flipped over, creating huge waves that crashed against the ship, making it rock and sway violently.

The captain quickly led the Soul Masters to launch an attack, and the ship's Soul Guidance Cannons roared continuously.

But none of these methods were very effective.

The 50,000-year-old sea spirit beast is incredibly powerful!

In less than an hour, all the ships were destroyed, turning into pieces that drifted on the sea.

Crew members with lower cultivation levels, or even those without cultivation, became food for soul beasts in the ocean, staining the sea surface crimson.

The few remaining crew members were mostly Soul Masters with cultivation levels above the third ring, who had obtained the ship's flying Soul Guidance Device. They flew through the air and escaped the disaster.

"Captain, what should we do?!"

The captain made a decisive decision.

"Everyone, fly towards the coastline! I didn't bring many sealed baby bottles, but they should last until we fly back."

Without lingering or seeking revenge against these sea spirit beasts, the captain knew very well that they had to go back!
Soon, the survivors flew towards the coastline.

At the same time, a question arose in the captain's mind.

For countless years, no sea spirit beasts of this cultivation level have appeared in the waters they patrol. Their sudden appearance today raises the question: has something happened in the deep sea?

After safely returning to the coastline, the captain immediately reported the incident to his superiors.

Cities along the coastline immediately went on high alert to prevent the sea spirit beasts from gathering into a beast tide and attacking the cities.

But after waiting for several days, it still hadn't arrived.

When the Star Luo Empire sent its navy to patrol again, it found that the sea had returned to its previous calm state.

The rest of the navy were relieved, but the captain had a lingering sense of unease.

It's like... something big is about to happen!

However, he was unsure what his premonition meant and didn't want to report it to his superiors.

As time passed, no further incidents occurred in the South China Sea region of the Star Luo Empire.

Meanwhile, in the eastern waters of the Star Luo Empire, a fleet has been silently continuing its northward journey, gradually approaching the eastern coastline of the Dou Ling Empire.

Ye Yulin stood on the deck, looking at the sea ahead with the most advanced telescopic soul guide device.

His face was full of fatigue.

To keep the fleet from being disturbed by the sea spirit beasts, he used the Sun and Moon Divine Needle to attract their attention for several days, which even caused a small-scale beast tide.

Even so, the fleet did not arrive here unscathed; they still lost a ship and more than a dozen soldiers!
"When we approach the eastern coast of the Douling Empire, everyone will rest for a day to recuperate. After that, we will directly attack Dongling City, the easternmost city of the Douling Empire! His Majesty's requirement is to capture Lingdou City, the capital of the Douling Empire, within one month. Do you all understand?!"

Ye Yulin said in a deep voice.

"Understood!" (End of Chapter)