Hell Emperor.

Chapter 402 Ye Jie-Breaking the Formation
A majestic flying sword was hovering above the boundless sea.

Shen Qingge stood on the hilt of the sword, keeping the flying sword from falling, with his hands behind his back, his temperament was cold and extraordinary. At the side, Ren Changhong seemed a little uneasy, his eyes falling on the turbulent waves from time to time, as if he was looking for something.

After an unknown amount of time, Ren Changhong could no longer suppress his worries and could not help but say, "Ajie has been gone for so long, could something have happened to him? Although he is very strong, fighting in the water is very different from ordinary fights. If he does not have the corresponding skills, he will inevitably suffer. The Dragon Palace is not an ordinary place, he might run into some trouble..."

Shen Qingge raised his eyes and said softly, "Ajie is accompanied by Meng Junyao on this trip. We are both members of the dragon clan, so I don't think the Dragon King will be too embarrassed. Nothing will happen."

Li Fei'e held his chin with both hands, not even thinking about teasing Youdie. He regretted, "If I had known this would happen, I would have gone with them. They went to the Dragon Palace to play, but they didn't even take me with them..."

Shen Qingge glanced at him coldly, and Li Fei'e immediately sat up straight. Then he heard his master say, "Ah Jie is not going there for fun, but for important matters. He needs to ask the Dragon King for a way to break the formation. If I take you with me, you might run into some trouble, which will definitely delay the important matters."

Li Fei'e puffed her lips. Although she was unwilling to admit it, she knew that what her master said was right, so she could only be depressed alone.

Suddenly, Youdie flew up from Li Fei'e's shoulder, and she heard Ren Changhong's exclamation: "Look, Ajie and the others are back."

Following Ren Changhong's direction, Li Fei'e also saw Meng Junyao emerging from the waves, and Ye Jie following beside her.

Seeing Ye Jie return, Shen Qingge could no longer suppress the calmness in her heart, and asked softly: "Ah Jie, did your trip to the Dragon Palace go smoothly?"

Ye Jie smiled and replied: "It went quite smoothly. I have learned from the Dragon King how to break the water wave formation. Now I will go back to find Hai Fangzhu and let him teach me how powerful he is."

Hearing this, everyone was delighted. Once the water wave formation was broken and there were no more obstacles ahead, they would be able to enter Japan smoothly.

Besides, Hai Fangzhu had been relying on the protection of the water wave formation to speak rudely many times, which had already made everyone unhappy. Once the formation was broken, they would definitely let him learn a lesson about his power.

The flying sword set sail. Li Fei'e pulled Meng Junyao curiously, his eyes full of curiosity: "Sister Junyao, what kind of place is the Dragon Palace? Have you encountered anything unusual?"

Meng Junyao nodded vigorously, sharing the joy with her: "Let me tell you, it's fun in the Dragon Palace. First we dueled with the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and then we went to catch fish in the mud..."

"What?" Li Fei'e's mouth twitched. He really couldn't understand what Meng Junyao meant. Wasn't this trip to the Dragon Palace to seek help? What was going on with this duel and catching fish? He could only look at Ye Jie for help.

Ye Jie smiled and said, "She didn't lie to you. We did do these things."

Li Fei'e pouted, her face full of disbelief. At this time, Ren Changhong asked, "By the way, didn't you say that Meng Junyao's blood relative is in the Dragon Palace? Have you found him?"

Hearing this, Ye Jie also stopped smiling and thought deeply, "We have found out his whereabouts. He is no longer in the Dragon Palace, but has gone to the Ascension Conference on Fangzhang Immortal Island. However, it sounds like the situation is not good. The harsh trials at the Ascension Conference, plus the secret targeting by the Immortal Officials, have put him in a worrying situation."

"Yeah……"

Ren Changhong nodded. She had heard about the harsh tests in the Ascension Conference. She sighed:
“The path to becoming an immortal can save people thousands of years of hard training, but how can it be so easy? For those independent cultivators without a backing, even if they are lucky enough to get an immortal order, they are only qualified to participate in the immortal conference. On the contrary, the many tests in the immortal conference are the most fatal. If you are not careful, not only will you fail to ascend, but you will also encounter unexpected events, and all your years of hard work will go to waste. Even if you pass the many tests, you still have to face the immortal calamity that contains the power of heaven and earth and kills the soul. It can be said that you are in danger of death…”

After hearing this, Li Fei'e's pretty face turned pale, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed: "So, the Ascension Conference is not a good place at all. If that's the case, wouldn't it be fine if we don't go? Why are there so many practitioners who are fighting for a small Ascension Order?"

In response, Shen Qingge simply said: "No cultivator can resist the temptation of ascending to heaven in broad daylight and becoming an immortal instantly, and the Immortal Ascension Conference provides such a shortcut. Even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers ahead, even if there are corpses everywhere around, as long as there is a slight chance, those cultivators are willing to gamble their lives."

Li Fei'e was silent. Born in the Xuannv Sect, she had enjoyed abundant resources for cultivation since childhood. It could be said that she had everything she wanted. Naturally, she did not understand how painful the tests those casual cultivators had to endure before they could get the chance to ascend to become immortals.

"Since this Ascension Conference is so dangerous, Sister Hong, you should not go..."

Li Fei'e hesitated a little, and tried to persuade Ren Changhong to come with a worried look on his face. To this, Ren Changhong just sneered:
"Don't worry about me. No matter what, I am the legitimate descendant of Xuannv Sect. How dare the immortal officials of the Ascension Conference not give me face? How dare they not give face to the ancestors of Xuannv Sect and Lady Xuannv? As long as I go, my name will definitely appear on the list of winners and be written on the Conferred God List by the immortal officials."

Hearing this, Li Fei'e finally breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, Ren Changhong was not one of those casual cultivators without any backing. Her identity as the descendant of Xuannv was her greatest reliance. If any immortal official dared to be blind, the ancestors of the Xuannv sect would make him regret it forever.

Even Ye Jie couldn't help but feel a little envious. Born as a ghost messenger, he didn't have a powerful master like the Xuannv Sect, and had never enjoyed such benefits.

As he spoke, Ren Changhong seemed to remember something and said to Meng Junyao, "It seems that your blood relative must have been made difficult by the immortal officials. In each Immortal Ascension Conference, the final number of places is fixed. If he is selected, he will occupy a place, and another participant will inevitably be unable to ascend... Don't worry, when I arrive at Fangzhang Immortal Island and participate in the Immortal Ascension Conference, I will definitely find a way to help your blood relative."

With Ren Changhong's advice, the haze in Meng Junyao's heart has now dissipated a lot, and there is a bit more gratitude in her dragon eyes when she looks at Ren Changhong.

"Sister Hong...thank you." Meng Junyao said softly.

Ren Changhong waved his hand: "You are Ajie's family, and you are also my family. This is what I should do."

As they were talking, Shen Qingge, who was flying the sword, suddenly changed his expression: "We are almost there... Look, there is a water wave formation ahead."

Following Shen Qingge's pointing, the water curtain that originally isolated everything and could dissipate all forces appeared in front of everyone again.

Along with the water wave formation, there also appeared the fish fairy behind the formation, who was the master of the sea who set up the formation. Upon seeing everyone, the master of the sea jumped up, his two thin beards fluttering, "It's you again! How dare you appear in front of me again? Haven't you learned the lesson from last time? No matter how many times you try, you can't break my water wave formation. What awaits you is just another empty return! Hand over all the magic weapons and all the good deeds you have, and I will let you pass."

Facing the provocation of Haifangzhu, everyone looked unhappy. Li Fei'e responded directly: "Just wait and see how long you can be so arrogant! When we break this formation, we will definitely teach you a lesson!"

Haifangzhu folded his scaly arms in front of him and said disdainfully, "I want to see what you can use to break my formation! This water wave formation is carefully arranged by me. It contains the fruits of my thousand years of hard work. You guys think you can break my formation? I think you are just asking for trouble!"

On the flying swords, everyone looked at Ye Jie with trust. This method of breaking the formation was what Ye Jie got from the Dragon King of the East China Sea when he rushed to the Dragon Palace. Now he could show it to show that demon fairy how powerful he was.

Ye Jie stood with his hands behind his back, his face calm, and turned to Shen Qingge and said, "Control the flying sword and keep moving forward."

Shen Qingge nodded and asked, "Do you want me to move the flying sword closer to the formation and stop it in front of it?"

Ye Jie shook his head. That was not what he meant: "No, just rush towards the water curtain."

Upon hearing this, not only Shen Qingge, but also the others on the flying swords were stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of these words.

The water curtain that seemed to be connected to the sky and earth was filled with extremely strong recoil forces. If they were to forcefully break the formation, the backlash from the formation alone would be enough to make everyone suffer. Shen Qingge, who was manipulating the flying sword, would also suffer extremely serious internal injuries, and it would take a long time to recover. If they could just rush over and break through the formation, why would they go to the Dragon Palace to seek a way to break the formation?
Out of trust in Ye Jie, after hearing these words, Shen Qingge did not hesitate and immediately flew up on his sword, rushing towards the layers of water curtain in front with an unstoppable momentum.

Seeing this, Haifangzhu laughed loudly: "Do you think my Water Wave Formation is an inferior formation? Just relying on this, you think you can break my formation... What?"

Halfway through laughing, the scene in front of him made Haifangzhu's second half of the sentence stuck in his throat and he could no longer say it.

However, where the flying sword passed, the water curtain that was originally extremely magical and able to dissipate all impacts now dispersed on its own and became invisible, as if what was approaching was not the flying sword, but the natural enemy of the water curtain. The flying sword carried everyone and rushed forward unimpeded.

This scene surprised everyone on the sword. Li Fei'e even jumped up excitedly: "I knew that no matter what kind of weird formation this is, it can't stop us. Let's see how arrogant that fish monster is!"

Compared to everyone else, the one who was most shocked was none other than Hai Fangzhu. He couldn't believe that the great formation he had carefully studied for thousands of years was broken so easily, and at the same time, it was broken by a group of outsiders whose realm was not even as good as his.

"This is impossible... What on earth did you do? How could you break my formation?"

Kaifangzhu had a look of disbelief on his face, and his tone was mixed with a bit of uneasiness and anger.

"Speaking of which, I was able to break this formation thanks to you for pointing me in the right direction."

Seeing this, Ye Jie did not hide it and stretched out his hand to take out something from his arms. It was a round, crystal clear deep blue gem, which seemed to contain the brilliance of the entire ocean.

"That's... a fifth-grade water-repellent bead? That's impossible. Aren't these fifth-grade water-repellent beads in the hands of the Dragon King of the East China Sea? Where did you get them from?"

Looking at the azure gem, Haifangzhu immediately realized the key to the problem. The reason why they were able to break through the formation was all due to that gem.

In response, Ye Jie simply said: "Now that the water wave formation has been broken, I want to see how you can stop us."

"Stop you? Do you think I need the Water Wave Array to stop you? You have already angered me by being able to break my Water Wave Array. Today I will let you experience what the power of an immortal is!" Haifangzhu roared, and his skin suddenly changed color, turning red all over, and his whole body exuded the terrifying power of a demon immortal.

Seeing this, Shen Qingge's face changed slightly: "His true realm is actually the peak of the second-level demon fairy. He is only one step away from overcoming the immortal tribulation and becoming a third-level demon fairy. With such strength, he is setting up an array outside the island to block the way. It is really a shame for the immortals."

Li Fei'e didn't take the aggressive Kaifangzhu seriously at all. In her eyes, no matter how powerful the fish fairy was, he was just a monster. She said mercilessly: "I've already told you that you are not a human being at all, so stop calling you a fairy. Even if you become a fairy, if your nature doesn't change, a monster will always be a monster!"

Facing the furious Kaibouzu, Ye Jie became somewhat interested. He had heard that the Japanese monsters were extremely ferocious, far beyond the comparison of monsters from other regions. Today he wanted to learn from them.

Umibozu stretched out his hand and pulled out a flashing ice fork from the turbulent ocean, roaring, "Since you are determined to die, I will grant your wish! Well, after I kill you, all the magic weapons on you will be mine, and I won't have to ask you for them again!"

Ye Jie narrowed his eyes slightly. He originally just wanted to teach this demon fairy who blocked his way a lesson, but he didn't expect that Hai Fangzhu would actually have the intention to kill him. In that case, there was no need for him to hold back.

As Ye Jie slowly practiced his skills, a vast aura of true dragon rushed into the sky. Without the obstruction of the water wave formation, Hai Fangzhu could feel the terrifying aura of the dragon more clearly. It was as if what appeared in front of him was not a thin ghost at all, but an angry dragon.

"That aura... He clearly hasn't become a ghost immortal yet. His realm is not even as good as mine. How could he display such terrifying power? Not good..."

Umibozu cried out in alarm, but it was too late. A dazzling golden light shone in the sky, the shadow of the dragon covered the earth, and the thick dragon tail swept down, flattening Umibozu's whole body with an unstoppable force. When the dragon swung its tail, the heaven and earth shook, and the entire ocean was about to be cut off.

As he was about to die, he heard an emotionless whisper in his ears:

"Can the demon fairy defeat the dragon?"

(End of this chapter)