Hell Emperor.

Chapter 396 Ye Jie - Blocking the Road
The sea breeze blew on my face, and it was damp with a hint of saltiness. Flocks of seabirds flying in the sky suddenly burst into a chaos of chirping, and the shrill cries were endless.

In the scattered formation of seabirds, a huge flying sword revealed its true appearance. As it moved rapidly, it pulled out a long air wave that lasted for a long time, leaving only a messy flock of birds, which were still crying with lingering fear.

Li Fei'e had a sad face, with a few scattered feathers on his head. He looked miserable and could not help but complain:

"Master... why did you hit those birds? Why didn't you avoid them in advance?"

Shen Qingge glanced at him coldly, and Li Fei'e dared not complain anymore. The master then spoke slowly:
"It's not that I don't want to avoid it, but it's quite troublesome to do so. In order to get to the Wushen Temple as quickly as possible, the speed of flying swords has been increased to the extreme. At this speed, the flying sword can only fly in a straight line in one direction. Any slight deviation will consume a large amount of immortal energy."

Li Fei'e understood something, but at this moment, he heard Ren Changhong jokingly say, "Is it possible that Xiao Qingge's sword-controlling skills are not good enough? If she had a deeper attainment in the art of sword-controlling, she could just go wherever she wanted, and how could she have hit those seabirds?"

Facing the master's comments, Shen Qingge's hands trembled, and it was difficult for her to maintain her usual calm demeanor. However, Ren Changhong didn't care and continued:

"Fortunately, Xiao Qingge became an immortal before and was able to use her immortal essence to protect the flying sword. If a half-baked cultivator were to fly the sword, the recoil from hitting those seabirds would be enough to shake the flying sword all over the place, and we would be in even greater danger. You may not know, but I remember that there were several Shuras in the Demon Palace who were killed by accidentally falling while flying their swords. They died miserably..."

Li Fei'e was surprised and looked at his master with curious eyes. Shen Qingge was also a little embarrassed. When she was depressed, she heard a reassuring voice from beside her:

"Qingge, are you okay? Do you need me to help you modify your file and improve your sword-controlling skills by a few levels?"

Ye Jie's caring words calmed Shen Qingge down. The restlessness in her heart disappeared, replaced by only warmth. She raised the corners of her mouth and said softly, "No need."

"Really?" Ye Jie didn't want to give up and continued to ask, "Improving your sword control skills by a few more levels will not only allow you to have a deeper attainment in sword control, but I will also be able to reach the Wu God Temple as soon as possible, and your master will also be able to reach the Abbot Island as soon as possible. It can be said that it is killing two birds with one stone."

After hearing what Ye Jie said, Shen Qingge's cold eyes rarely showed any warmth: "Ajie, I appreciate your kindness, but everyone agreed to modify only one technique, how can I break the rules and modify two by myself?"

After a pause, Shen Qingge's eyes fell on Li Fei'e beside him, and he sighed helplessly: "Let alone anything else, if Ajie modified the sword control technique for me, my disciple would also pester me to modify another technique without saying anything."

As he spoke, everyone's eyes fell on Li Fei'e. Li Fei'e, who couldn't calm down for a moment, had already focused on other things.

Li Fei'e sat on the edge of the flying sword. Her two plump and round calves stretched out from the sword, swaying continuously back and forth. Between her raised index fingers, a bright and leaping arc of electricity was flashing. Hearing her master mention her, she turned around abruptly. The arc of electricity condensed by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder accidentally fell on the sea. Only the sound of crackling electricity could be heard. When the current calmed down, a large number of fish and shrimps with white bellies suddenly appeared on the sea.

"This……"

Li Fei'e opened his mouth and looked back guiltily, but seeing that everyone had a speechless expression, he could only smile awkwardly.

Seeing that Shen Qingge was determined to do so, Ye Jie did not try to persuade her any further.

Unlike the others who were chatting, Meng Junyao curled up her dragon body on the flying sword, looking very quiet. However, her heart was distracted by other things, and she showed worry and expectation from time to time.

Flying the sword quickly all the way, they were about to reach Japan where the Witch God Temple was located. Suddenly, Ye Jie frowned and said, "Slow down, there is something wrong ahead."

Shen Qingge understood and without any hesitation, the flying sword, which was originally flying through the air at a rapid speed, was slowing down little by little, and the whistling sound of the wind in his ears gradually stopped.

"That is……"

Before the flying sword came to a complete stop, the abnormality ahead appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and there were constant exclamations of surprise for a while.

In front of the crowd, a blue water curtain rose from below the sea surface, as if connected to the entire sky, completely blocking the way forward for everyone.

"what is that?"

Shen Qingge was stunned. The seemingly thin water curtain in front of him actually contained a powerful force. If he broke through rashly, he would suffer a strong backlash.

Ren Changhong glanced around and soon got the answer. He was surprised and said, "That is clearly a formation... The arrangement of ordinary formations requires each part to fit perfectly. Any slight mistake will lead to failure. However, the formation in front of us is clearly arranged on this unpredictable and turbulent East China Sea. I don't know who did it..."

Seeing the water curtain blocking the way, Shen Qingge was a little embarrassed: "If I forcefully break through this water curtain, I'm afraid I'll suffer a strong backlash. Can we find a way to bypass it?"

Ye Jie rejected this idea: "The water curtain is endless, and the whole of Japan is included in it. If we can't break through it, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the Witch God Temple... It seems that we have to find a way to break the formation."

Ye Jie did not hesitate. Since there was an obstacle ahead, he would just clear it away.

The loud dragon roar echoed above the boundless sea. As Ye Jie slowly practiced his skills, the sea water beneath the flying sword trembled and the entire ocean began to boil. The splashing water was like ants jumping in an oil pan, each one was a hundred feet high. For a while, the waves were constantly surging. If you listened carefully, you could even hear the roar of a dragon.

The sudden change, like a hidden dragon emerging from the earth, immediately caused a heavy blow to the water curtain blocking the road in front. The originally flat curtain was now covered with spider-web-like cracks, and it looked like it might break at any time.

However, no one knows where this water curtain came from. Under the infiltration of sea water, no matter how powerful Qianlong is, he can only punch the water surface. Although the water surface explodes and ripples appear, when the force dissipates, everything returns to normal. The water curtain becomes flat again without leaving any trace of breakage.

Seeing this, Ye Jie also understood the power hidden in the water curtain. He put away the contempt in his heart, and a phantom of a dragon pupil immediately appeared behind him. Deep in the golden pupils, there were the ultimate principles of the alternation of day and night, and the birth and death of the world.

"I never thought that this water curtain would require Ah Jie to use the Eye of the Candle Dragon..."

Shen Qingge was quite surprised and didn't know who set up this water curtain.
"The Eye of Candle Dragon can break all magic. I think once this move is used, this water curtain will soon dissipate." Upon seeing the Eye of Candle Dragon, Ren Changhong was very relieved. It seemed that it would not be long before everyone could move on.

Just as Ren Changhong expected, under the gaze of the Eye of Candle Dragon, a small hole suddenly appeared on the water curtain in front. At first it was only as big as a thumb, but under the close gaze of the Dragon Eye, the range expanded further and further, and in a blink of an eye it expanded to a size that one person could pass through.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They had finally found a way to break through the water curtain. At this moment, a light exclamation came from everyone's ears.

"You were able to break the formation I set up. It seems you have some strength. If I hadn't been here, you might have sneaked through."

As the words fell, a large number of bubbles suddenly emerged on the sea surface behind the water curtain, and emerging from them was a monster with a fish head, a human body, wearing a tall hat and a fairy robe.

As soon as he appeared, the water curtain that was originally broken by the Eye of Zhulong began to heal rapidly, and in a blink of an eye it was back to normal without even a trace of the hole. This scene made Ye Jie look ugly.

"Not good... It's a demon king at the immortal level." Li Fei'e felt the breath of the demon and his pupils shrank. He didn't expect that the one who set up this water curtain barrier was such a sea demon fairy.

The vast East China Sea is a forbidden area that humans cannot set foot in. It has bred countless powerful creatures. Even the ghosts are afraid of getting lost in the boundless ocean.

The ghost can use the shrinking stone to move, but the prerequisite for movement is that the shrinking stone must hit the ground.

If the ghost is swept away by the waves and floats in the ocean where there is neither sky above nor ground below, then he will be helpless. Even if he has a shrinking stone in his hand, he cannot hit the ground and can only go with the flow, not knowing when he will be able to escape. The process may last for dozens or even hundreds of years.

Over time, the ghost messengers were unwilling to set foot in the East China Sea. Only magical soul-collecting objects like the Golden Wheel could ignore the numerous obstacles in the ocean and allow all living beings in the sea to reincarnate safely.

While flying swords all the way across the East China Sea, apart from accidentally hitting birds or swimming fish on the sea, they didn't see any ghosts at all. The powerful monsters lurking in the sea also retreated on their own initiative after sensing their presence and dared not show their faces at all.

Now that they had just approached Japan, they had run into this demon fairy. Everyone was on alert. They had long heard that demons and ghosts were rampant in Japan, and that there were many demon kings lurking. It seemed that the rumors were true.

Hearing Li Fei'e calling himself a monster, the fishman was immediately unhappy: "What monster? I am the sea fairy who protects this place. I have a fairy position in the heaven!"

Seeing this, Li Fei'e opened his mouth wide and said to his master in disbelief: "Master, did you see that? That monster actually said that he had a position in heaven. Who would believe it if I told others..."

Without waiting for Li Fei'e to finish speaking, Ye Jie quickly covered her mouth. If Li Fei'e continued talking like this, no one knew what she would say.

With his mouth covered, Li Fei'e's series of shouting and yelling all turned into unclear sounds. Even Shen Qingge couldn't help but secretly hold his forehead, wondering how he could have taught such a disciple, who didn't learn anything good from him.

After finally calming Li Fei'e down for a while, Ye Jie said with a frown, "I don't know which immortal is in front of me. I am the master of the Golden Wheel Hall of the Ten Halls of Hell. Can you open the formation and let me meet the master of the Witch God Hall?"

"Master of the Golden Wheel Palace?" The fishman stroked his long beard. With his cultivation reaching this level, he was naturally familiar with this title. "You can call me Master of the Sea. Although you are Yama, if you want to pass by me, you must abide by my rules. Each of you must hand over half of your wealth, whether it is magic weapons or good deeds, you must keep half."

"what?"

Ye Jie was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the Lord of the Sea was so unreasonable and insisted that everyone hand over half of their belongings.

Ren Changhong's face darkened, and he took out a black iron token engraved with the word "Hong" from his arms:
"Do you recognize this Shura Order? We are here for an important mission. If you delay the mission assigned by the Demon Palace Master, you will not be able to bear the consequences. Hurry up and open this formation!"

"Palace Master Mo Luo..."

Hearing Changhong mention the name of the Lord of the Demon Palace, Haifangzhu shuddered, and a bit of fear flashed in his eyes, but he quickly came to his senses and said angrily:
"Don't scare me with the name of the Lord of the Demon Palace. The immortals all say that the Lord of the Demon Palace is about to ascend to the throne, but even if she becomes the Emperor of the Underworld, so what? I am from the Heavenly Palace and I am under the jurisdiction of the Jade Emperor, not the Underworld Emperor! If she came in person, I would definitely not dare to stop her, but you, you have to follow my rules! No one can pass through here without handing over half of your property."

"Are you a human? A person from heaven?" Li Fei'e couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily.

Seeing this, Haifangzhu was unwilling to talk to everyone and shook his head:
"In that case, please go back to where you came from. I don't welcome you. If you really have some strength and can break my water wave formation, it's okay to let you pass. Let me see how you can break my proud formation."

After saying this, Haifangzhu lay on the waves, as leisurely as if watching a play. No matter how everyone tried to persuade him, he remained silent, as if he had made up his mind not to let everyone go any further.

"What should I do now..."

Li Fei'e also realized the problem. Since Hai Fangzhu was unwilling to open the formation, there was only one way left, and that was to break through the barrier with his own strength.

Until this moment, Li Fei'e was fully confident: "So what if they don't let us through? I want to know if this water wave formation is as indestructible as you said! Let me have a taste of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder!"

Li Fei'e raised two fingers, pointed to the top of her head, and immediately made a hand gesture. With the help of Ye Jie, her Nine Heavens Divine Thunder was upgraded to the Wanhua level in one fell swoop. Its power was no longer comparable to what it was before. It should be no problem to use it to break this formation.

The thunder fell and bombarded the water curtain in front, but except for the brighter light and louder sound, the water curtain remained the same. If you don't do it right, no matter how strong the force is, it will be in vain when used to hit the water surface.

The attack was fruitless. In addition to being disappointed, Li Fei'e couldn't help but miss Xia Wei and sighed, "I failed... If only Sister Xia Wei was still here, her Crazy Wave Sea-Splitting Sword would be able to cut through the water curtain with one sword and create a path for us to move forward..."

(End of this chapter)