Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 181: Torrent Corridor, Escaped Demon King
In the northern part of the Dark Sea, east of the Blue Water Palace,
Originally, this was an uninhabited sea area. Only during the spring hunting season every year would there be some monster-hunting ships from the north. Among them, the Dong family's third-level fresh-collecting ship usually lingered nearby.

As the entrance to the Linglong Secret Realm opened in this sea area, it exuded a unique spiritual aura, attracting various schools of fish and monsters to migrate here and rush in. This phenomenon would occasionally attract some monster-hunting ships from the foundation-building forces to come and investigate.

However, they could only watch from a distance and had no qualifications to participate in the Linglong Secret Realm. They could only envy it.
Because the Linglong Secret Realm is relatively safe among many second-level secret realms, with a high survival rate and good returns, it was agreed by the various Jindan forces in the Western Regions a long time ago that only the Jindan forces could send second-level monster hunting ships to participate.

Not to mention that the foundation-building forces are excluded, even the number of admissions for the golden elixir forces is strictly limited.

It is naturally impossible for the more than 30 Jindan forces in the Western Regions to allow everyone to board the ship freely. Otherwise, they could easily attract hundreds of monster-hunting ships, which would make it too crowded.

It has been a custom since ancient times that a person in the early stage of Jindan gets one admission quota, a person in the middle stage of Jindan gets two admission quotas, and a person in the late stage of Jindan gets five admission quotas.

This ratio is not a conversion of the combat power of the Jindan cultivators, but is only to limit the total number of admission quotas from being too exaggerated, and to prevent large Jindan forces from directly monopolizing this secret realm.

If we really talk about the combat effectiveness of Jindan cultivators, the gap between the first and fourth levels of Jindan is quite large, and it may be more than just one against two.

"The Linglong Secret Realm used to open in spring, but this time it opened in late winter. It seems that this is probably related to the density of sea monsters. The wild monsters from the outer seas have been madly pouring in, causing it to open early."

It can be clearly felt that the fish and sirens in the nearby sea are unconsciously swimming towards the entrance of Linglong Secret Realm, as if the sky-curtain door standing on the sea is a flying dragon gate.

"That makes sense! After the Linglong Secret Realm opens, other secret realms will likely open one after another. This is truly a great era."

The reason why the Linglong Secret Realm only allows the local Jindan forces in the Western Region to participate and does not allow the Jindan forces in other regions to interfere is not because the Western Region itself is so united, but because the secret realms in the four regions of the Inner Sea are not uncommon, and other regions also have their own secret realm opportunities.

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, one possesses the ability to change the world. The best among them can change the climate and sky phenomena within a radius of hundreds of miles with just a wave of their hands. Naturally, they can also detect, capture, and move small secret realms.

When the ancestors of the human race were opening up the Storm Ocean, they sorted out all the secret realms that could be easily moved after they were discovered. Some of them are now controlled by the Nascent Soul forces in the fourth-level immortal cities, and some are scattered in the human sea areas. Linglong Secret Realm is just one of them.

The secret realm is just a general term for a large category, which is divided into different levels of rank, size of area, stability of structure, etc.

For example, the Lin family's Wind Spirit Secret Realm is the smallest ordinary secret realm. It is a nondescript, non-dangerous paradise. After it was discovered, its entrance and exit were solidified and it was completely tamed by humans.

For example, the Yunjin Forest Sea Secret Realm located in the outer sea is a large-scale third-level secret realm that even Nascent Soul cultivators cannot fully control. Even its opening time and entrance location cannot be accurately predicted in advance. Moreover, its appearance is often accompanied by bloody killings. It seems that only those who climb the stairs by stepping on the corpses of others can obtain opportunities.
This Linglong secret realm also has its own special features. After generations of observation and summary, everyone believes that it is "alive". Literally, every time it opens, it is an act of eating, which will attract creatures in the surrounding sea areas to enter and become its nutrients.

Toot~
As the agreed time approached, hundreds of second-level monster-hunting ships had gathered outside the water curtain cave at the entrance of the secret realm. They were stationed according to their respective forces and alliances.

The Lin family has two mid-stage Jindan fighters and two early-stage Jindan fighters, for a total of six vacancies and six monster-hunting ships.

They are:

The first one is the large ship Hunter, piloted by Jiu Ye.

After the ancestor Lin Dayan successfully formed the elixir, the ship became vacant. As the only large-scale monster hunting ship of the Lin family, it could not be left empty. Jiu Ye, the most powerful among the monster hunting elders, took over. At the same time, the Blood Shark's task was still to follow the Hunter.

The second ship is the medium-sized ship Sea Hunter, piloted by Mr. Ba.
The Eighth Master was injured before, and his cultivation level had been stuck. Last time, after being bathed in the grace of Patriarch Lin Dayan, his injuries were healed, and he immediately broke through to the fourth level of foundation building. He took over the Sea Hunter vacated by the Ninth Master. This time he was going to explore the secret realm, which was somewhat dangerous, so he temporarily transferred the Seventh Master who ran a cargo ship to be his deputy captain.

The third one is the Wind Rider piloted by Lin Qianfan.

Although Lin Qianfan's cultivation level is not very high, the data of the Wind Rider is not bad. Combined with Silver Scale, it can reach the average level of the participants this time. After all, there are also some small monster hunting ships this time.

The other three monster-hunting ships are the Fury/Tooth, the Wind Chaser/White Crow, and the Wave Treader from the Fish Dragon Fairy City.

Among them, the Wave Treader is a brand new medium-sized monster-hunting ship that the Lin family of Xiancheng has just completed and launched, and it is also equipped with two captains.

This brand-new monster-hunting ship used some new technologies, including the giant monster killer attack system installed based on the Wind Rider and the divine mind detection system upgraded by Lin Qianfan. In addition, it also used some of the Zhang family's shipbuilding heritage, and had excellent attributes in all aspects.

Toot~
The large monster hunting ship Bingling from Yundu Island approached the Lin family fleet and merged into the fleet.
The Zhang family of Yundu Island only has one admission spot. It is difficult for a single boat to enter the Linglong Secret Realm smoothly, let alone gain any benefits from it, so he has to team up with the Lin family fleet.

Although the Bingling is a large ship and its captain has reached the late stage of foundation building, the opinion is six to one, so the Bingling naturally follows behind the fleet as a supporting role.

The time agreed upon to enter the secret realm together has come. Although the two monster-hunting ships have not arrived yet, it is impossible to wait for them alone.

Toot~
The New Merchant Alliance's fleet of sixteen ships was the largest in number and took the lead, breaking into the water curtain cave and disappearing.

A closer look at their fleet revealed that there wasn't a single large monster-hunting ship in it, and even half of them were small ships. This showed that they weren't very well off.

Following closely behind was a fleet of twelve ships headed by the Qi family of Guanlan Fairy City, with eight ships from the Qi family, one ship from Bi Bo, and three ships from the Dong family.

"It seems that the relationship between the Qi family and the Dong family has been repaired a lot. They are actually acting together again."

"There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. It can only be said that the Dong family quickly adjusted its position."

After that, there were several large fleets of monster-hunting ships lined up in front of the Lin family, including the fleet from the Jian family of Tianying Fairy City. They were an alliance of three families with a total of ten ships.

"Move out! Maintain the established formation and don't panic, otherwise we'll be swept away by the rapid corridor and put in even greater danger!"

"Yes!"

The seven boats formed a long snake formation, with the Hunter leading the way and the Ice Ling at the end. The seven boats were connected by their energy and entered the water curtain cave together.

"The water is getting stronger, everyone prepare to turn!"

As soon as you enter the Water Curtain Cave, the originally smoothly flowing sea surface turns into a rapidly flowing torrent. These are the sea water and the living things in the sea water that have been swallowed by the Linglong Secret Realm.

"Now! Everyone turn around!"

The slope of the rapids is getting steeper and steeper, and with the pull of an invisible force, the speed of the demon hunting ship will only get faster and faster until it gets out of control, so it is necessary to actively resist this pulling force to control the ship.

"Turn!" Lin Qianfan personally controlled the ship and turned the bow at the same frequency as the other monster-hunting ships, facing the direction they had just entered.

"Idle power, change formation horizontally, and prepare to harvest the prey!"

The direction of the force exerted by the Monster Hunting Ship is completely opposite to the direction of the surging rapids, as if the Monster Hunting Ship wants to go upstream, but the Monster Hunting Ship does not give the extreme power, which makes the impact of the rapids always greater than the power of the Monster Hunting Ship, but it is controllable.

The two forces were able to offset each other to some extent, and the fleet's movement became slow and steady, moving backwards downwards.

These are the valuable experiences summed up by our predecessors through repeated adventures and losses. If a single boat comes in for the first time without any information, it is likely that it will be destroyed by the rapids before it can react.

"Look, there's a Xiuming flower over there!"

"Look at me!"

A spiritual net flew out and picked up a spiritual flower that passed by the hull.

"Demon corpse! There's more demon corpse! Salvage it quickly!"

"Look at my harpoon!"

From the moment you enter the Rapids Corridor, there are various opportunities along the way. The most distinctive of these are the various spiritual objects produced in the secret realm. They are also one of the reasons that attract these monsters to rush in. The second most common ones are the various monsters that are injured, knocked unconscious, and strangled by the Rapids Corridor.

However, in order to ensure the unity and safety of the fleet, the range that a single ship can collect is not large, so it all depends on luck, and there is no need to go alone for these icing on the cake prey.

……

Northern Ice Sheet,

As usual, Zhang Chaoyang secretly came to the northern ice field to check for dangers and ensure that no third-level demon king would settle there, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the upcoming ocean hunting.

Even though he was a little scared and afraid of encountering a demon king who had escaped the net, he still had to come with a thick bullet. This year, Yundu Island accepted a lot of foundation-building forces that moved in from the outer sea. If he didn't handle the overseas hunting properly, these people would definitely run away again.

"This year will definitely be an unprecedented year of bumper harvest. If this situation can be maintained for more than twenty years, perhaps the next Jindan cultivator in my Zhang family will not be far away."

Seeing that the density of monsters on the ice field was far greater than before, and that these were spirit stones that could run, Zhang Chaoyang's uneasy mood was soothed.

"Eh? This breath?"

In order to survive better, Zhang Chaoyang's main training direction in recent years has been to hide himself and detect the enemy. Only in this way can he avoid fighting as much as possible and ensure survival.

"Under the ice! Early stage of the third stage!"

Zhang Chaoyang did not say anything and quietly avoided this suspicious point until he completed the search of the entire ice field and ensured that there was only this one abnormal point before he quietly retreated.

"There were none half a month ago, but suddenly there are today. It seems the fighting on the front lines has become more intense recently."

After leaving the ice field, Zhang Chaoyang immediately sent the collected information to the direction of the Yulong Islands. Only the Lin family could safely eliminate this major hidden danger.

"A third-level early stage demon king? Hiding under the ice?"

Lin Haichao felt something in his heart when he received the message.

It’s not that there are no demon kings in the inner sea, but they are either sea beasts that live in the deep sea and never come to the surface, or they are tough characters like the Flame Domain Beast King who are difficult to defeat easily.

It is very difficult for Jindan cultivators to have the opportunity to hunt third-order demon kings. Even many Jindan cultivators in the early stage have never participated in killing beings of the same level in their entire lives until they pass away.

Based on this, the rarity of materials produced by the third-level demon king has increased rapidly, and they have endless uses and are extremely valuable.

Especially the third-level demon pill of the demon king is a treasure. The third-level demon pill can be used as a precious medicine for the advancement of the second-level peak demon beast. As long as the compatibility between the two sides is high enough, it is not difficult to increase the success rate by 20% to 30%.

In addition, the third-level demon pill can also be used to refine external pills, which can stably help an elderly person at the peak of foundation building to advance to the false pill realm, extend his life for a hundred years, and continue to shine for his force.

"Come on, old friend! Let's go and see what's going on."

When a lion fights a rabbit, he must use all his strength!
Although the information provided by Zhang Chaoyang said that the target was a single early-stage third-level enemy, Lin Haichao still chose to launch a saturation attack to ensure that he would not capsize in the ditch.

Above the ice field, in the sea of clouds,
After confirmation by both Lin Haichao and the Carp Dragon Demon King, the creature hiding under the ice was indeed only in the early third stage, but its species was difficult to confirm, and it seemed to be a rare species that had never been seen in the inland sea.

The unknown represents extremely high risk, but it would be too embarrassing if two mid-level third-stage warriors were really intimidated by an unknown early-level third-stage warrior.

"The carp dragon blocks the seabed, don't let him get in! Fellow Daoist Zhang, be on guard, be on the lookout for any unusual situations! Wait until tomorrow when the undercurrent rises, and then take action!"

"Understood!" x2
The terrain of the ice field is special. The sea here is shallow and the sea surface is frozen into a whole piece. As long as the opponent cannot shrink into the sea in the first time, it will not be able to escape.

The troops were divided into three groups.

The Carp Dragon King ambushed from underwater, focusing on control and containment, cutting off the opponent's retreat to prevent them from escaping;

Lin Haichao attacked head-on, acting as the main attacker, with the goal of directly taking the lead;

Zhang Chaoyang's personal strength is too weak, but it was he who provided the information, and Lin Haichao would not completely ignore him, so he let him stay behind to scout the area just in case.

(End of this chapter)