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

Chapter 186 The Secret of Linglong Secret Realm, Ice Chi Steals the Pill
"Report the target's injury!"

"The three ships, fully loaded, fired multiple rounds of psychic cannon fire, inflicting significant damage. Two harpoons struck the ship in key areas, one of which was a mid-range harpoon, penetrating deep. It also appears the tip of one of its tentacles was severely damaged. Overall, the damage was significant."

"Very good! Reorganize the fleet into four or five ships. The paralysis poison should be taking effect soon. I believe the next battle will be the final one!"

Although some price was paid, these prices were not paid by the Qi family. The Qi family's ships were all medium and large ships, and they were already invincible. As the commander, coupled with the strength to remain the first force after the war, he was already confident about the giant demon pill.

The forces that suffered losses and those that did not have losses each had their own demands, but they were all following orders and believed that they would be able to succeed in the next round.

The new fleet consists of a large ship with three small ships. The attack capability of the large ship is much stronger than that of the medium-sized ship, especially the ability to harvest injured targets.

The strength of the five-ship formation has more than doubled. Each five-ship formation has at least two medium-sized ships. Once the poison on the target takes effect, it may not be impossible to succeed in one fell swoop.

Deep in the ice abyss,

He succeeded in many ways and swallowed up hundreds of Qi-refining cultivators and several foundation-building cultivators. He felt extremely comfortable.

It was a kind of comfort that came from the soul. It seemed that its cultivation level was steadily rising and it was not far from the third level. As for the various injuries on its body that had not healed, it simply ignored them, as if the pain did not really belong to it.

Outside the Eye of the Cold Pond, a pair of cold eyes witnessed the entire process of the Cold Pond Giant Seal going from a deep sleep to becoming increasingly frantic, and its physical condition was also constantly declining. This made it feel a little confused:
Is it really that good to be a human monk?

Could it be that eating humans really has some miraculous effects?
However, one of the survival rules for the second-level monsters in the Dark Sea is not to attack the monster-hunting ship easily without absolute certainty, otherwise you are likely to be marked and hunted continuously.

It has always kept this in mind and has never attacked the monster-hunting ship over the years, even if it was very sure of its chance. As for the behavior of the Cold Pond Giant Seal, perhaps it can be attributed to the fact that it has stayed in the secret realm for too long and has become stupid.

Lin's fleet,

Ever since the large fleet failed for the first time, the Lin family fleet ran far away and has been wandering around the edge of the ice abyss hunting for water spirit guards.

Affected by the battle on the main battlefield, the number of water spirit guards here is actually greater, and the overall efficiency of the fleet is still quite good.

"As the lord of this place, why can't the Frost Pond Giant Seal command these water spirit guards? If it were allowed to command these water spirit guards, how could the human cultivators succeed so easily every time?"

It's also free time, and someone asked a question.

"The word 'Lord' is just a compliment given to it by humans, intended to demonstrate human dignity and dominance, not to indicate that it can truly control the entire secret realm. On the contrary, if it truly could control these water spirit guards, then the ecosystem here would completely collapse."

"Oh? What do you mean by this?"

"Do you know why this Linglong Secret Realm is recognized as a living secret realm by the four regions of the Inner Sea?"

"Isn't it said that the Linglong Secret Realm is feeding every time it opens? Those fresh monsters and schools of spirit fish we encountered along the way are the food that was taken in during this opening, right? The Water Curtain Cave Heaven has been open the whole time, so it has been eating a huge amount! And the Hidden Scale Fish Monster and Water Spirit Guards are long-term food reserves?"

"No, no, no. The other creatures are incidental prey, and the Hidden Scale Fish Demon and the Water Spirit Guard are byproducts of his digestion. Even the Ice Abyss Lord was prepared specifically for us, with the purpose of specifically attracting us human cultivators."

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

“His real purpose is to elevate himself!

He wants to cross over and become a third-level secret realm!
It is obviously far from enough to rely on His own internal circulation to achieve this. He can only supplement His own rules by absorbing creatures that carry the complete rules of the external world. And we, the human race, the darlings of the world in this era, are His first target! "

"Ah? If you say so, then these water spirit guards should unite and keep us all here, right?"

"Wrong! If He really keeps us all here, or makes us feel that the losses from multiple trips to the secret realm far outweigh the gains, then this secret realm will lose its value. Then the next time, the Jindan cultivators will come in and completely destroy this place.

This is the same principle as infectious diseases among mortals. The two characteristics of transmissibility and lethality must be opposite sides of the same coin. If a disease wants to be highly transmissible, it must have low lethality!
Similarly, the secret world cannot be upgraded by eating its fill all at once. It is still far from that step. It needs to eat stably once every two hundred years, and each time attract strong creatures to come in for sacrifice to complete the level, and even attract different species to come in.

The weak stay and the strong go out, the many stay and the few go out. We must let some powerful species take away most of the prey, otherwise no one will come next time. Do you understand?"

The Water Curtain Cave Heaven allowed in a huge number of first-level monsters, as well as many ordinary second-level monsters in the early and middle stages, and human cultivators. Often, only the humans who had gained the harvest could walk out in the end, and even humans had to leave some behind. This was a tacit understanding between the two parties.

"The secret realm has become spiritual! Can a mere secret space really have such high intelligence and such a sophisticated layout?"

"I'm not sure! Logically speaking, the Vast Ocean World would never allow the will of another world to appear within it, no matter how small. So this set of rules is more like the innate instinct of the Linglong Secret Realm. It's just that its instincts are born some strong, some beyond the standard, just like the talents of cultivators like us have strengths and weaknesses."

“Will there ever be a day when…”

"I don't think so! If that day ever comes, the nascent will of Linglong Secret Realm will most likely be directly erased by the will of Heaven, turning it into a featureless fish-raising secret realm."

"The fish farming secret realm is great! Such a large fish farming secret realm can support so many Jindan cultivators. It would be great if it belonged to our family."

"You wish, that's not a treasure we can covet. Such a large second-level secret realm is rare. Perhaps only the Nascent Soul forces can occupy it. Let's not touch anything that we can't touch before we become a Nascent Soul force."

"Nascent Soul Force..."

The word "Nascent Soul" is too heavy. Ordinary Jindan forces don't even dare to reveal their Nascent Soul ambitions. That would be too arrogant and ignorant. They only dare to say a few words in front of their own family members.

Half an hour later,
"It's almost time. Throw in some powerful demon-luring incense and some blood food to stimulate its appetite!"

The speculation about the Linglong Secret Realm is actually a secret. Not every force can sort it out so thoroughly, but the more ancient the force, the more complete the personal records. Later generations can summarize the patterns through the abnormal behaviors and reactions of the Ice Abyss Lords of successive generations.

Those who master the rules can avoid risks to the greatest extent, while reckless new entrants are forced to be sacrificed, and they may even think that they are just unlucky until their death.

hiss~
The more it eats, the more it craves. Once its appetite is slightly tempted, the Cold Pond Giant Seal can't help but want to continue devouring humans.

Don't be fooled by the small size of these human cultivators, their life levels are there, and the foundation-building process is extremely exciting, leaving them with an unforgettable experience.

"Here it comes, at the Qian position of the Tongxin!"

The Cold Pond Giant Scorpion that surfaced again chose the weakest formation. Among the five ships, there were only two medium-sized ships, and even one of the medium-sized ships was a damaged ship that had abandoned its harpoon.

puff~
Using the same sneak attack mode, the main body of the Cold Pond Giant Seal hid underwater, and only used two giant tentacles covered with ice armor to attack the Concentric. This was a unique move that could conquer the world.

"How brave! Die!"

Boom boom boom~
Except for the Concentric, which tried to escape for survival, the other four ships on high alert opened fire at full power, and all the psychic cannons focused their fire on the same part of one of the tentacles. Even if it twisted, the fire followed. The purpose was to break one of its tentacles, completely enrage it, and force it into a deadly battle. As for the Concentric, which was attacked by it, it could only wish for good luck.

hiss~
The output of a single psychic cannon is not very good, but when the fire is concentrated in one place, the quantitative change of the same energy shells will lead to a qualitative change. This section of the giant seal's tentacle was immediately severely damaged and almost broken. Its movement became extremely slow, which was almost the same as being interrupted.

"Great! Anchored it! Support is coming soon!"

As he said, the moment the fleet discovered that the Cold Pond Giant Seal had appeared again, the location information had been shared, and the other ships were already rushing towards this side at a rapid speed. However, the sailing speed of the demon-hunting ship could not match the flying speed of the monks, so they needed to tow it.

Hiss~

Wounded once again and entangled by the harpoon, the Frost Pond Giant Seahorse went completely berserk, desperately trying to break free and capsize the boats. However, it didn't even notice that it had lost its former agility, and even its strength had diminished. "It seems the paralysis poison is taking effect. It's become much slower. Keep attacking. If the Qi family wants the demon pill, they'll reimburse our spirit stone expenditure. Don't skimp, attack with all your might..."

Bang bang bang~
Psychic shells rained down like raindrops,

The psychic shells coming from afar as reinforcements also began to pour down on the location of the Cold Pond Giant Seal, and the shells that missed the target created huge waves.

"Great! Reinforcements have arrived! What a pity for the Tongxin~"

"Don't be sad, give up the harpoon quickly. A trapped beast will fight to the bitter end. Our mission is accomplished, and the rest will be left to others!"

"But this will hurt..."

"But what? If a person doesn't work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. We don't have the opportunity to form a pill, so we just need to do our own thing!"

Then, a medium-sized ship of the main force of the formation pretended to have its chain broken by the giant seal of the cold pond, and was immediately bounced out for a long distance, and was directly forced to withdraw from the battle, and even pretended to want to return to the battle group.

The giant scorpion of the cold pond, having lost its powerful restraint, immediately showed its power, cast a spell to freeze the nearest boat, and then smashed it with all its strength. Except for the captain who abandoned the boat and flew out immediately, all the other crew members were killed.

"Damn it...I'm incompetent..."

It is really heartbreaking to watch his own monster hunting ship being destroyed and his tribesmen being killed without being able to do anything.

"Beasts die!"

Qi Tianyu, who flew out of the boat first, used a white jade ruler to control the water flow to separate the giant seal in the cold pond, and cover the other two injured boats to evacuate the center of the battle.

sizzle~
The drug had taken full effect. The Cold Pond Giant Clam was in a state of confusion and had lost effective control of its body. It began to twist in disorder, attack indiscriminately, act entirely on instinct, and even forgot to escape.

"Please retreat and leave the rest of the battle to us, the Qi family!"

The Qi family's large ship followed closely behind, and immediately released a high-level harpoon to anchor the giant seal of the cold pond to prevent it from sinking to the bottom of the water. Several other medium and large ships that arrived also took action to anchor, and even another captain of the Qi family who was in the late foundation building stage personally went out on board to help.

"Explosive Crossbow, ready... fire!"

咻咻咻～
The multiple eight-string crossbows on the Qi family's large ship fired several explosive arrows as thick as an adult male's arm.

Boom boom boom
The explosive arrows hit the few tentacles of the Cold Pond Giant Seal that were still able to move, exploding with violent fire power, completely destroying it and leaving it unable to resist.

At this point, the giant seal of Hantan had no way to escape.

"Is this the strength of the Qi family in Guanlan Fairy City? Their ships are so well-equipped and powerful!"

"As the most powerful family in Guanlan Immortal City, the Qi family must have something. The New Business Alliance is in such a mess right now that they are no match for them."

"That's right. The New Business Alliance sank two ships without any fault. It's a complete disgrace to them. They will have less and less say in the future."

As the surrounding monster-hunting ships arrived one after another, harpoons kept anchoring to various parts of the body of the Cold Pond Giant Shrimp and pulling it in different directions, making its ability to move almost impossible, but its strong vitality still allowed it to twist.

"Breaking Waves!"

Qi Tianyu was high in the sky, slashing out with all his strength for the last time, as if judging Hantan Juzhang for his life's sins.

hiss~
The danger of death brought the insane Cold Pond Giant Claw back to his senses. He immediately opened his bloody mouth and spit out an ice storm towards the sword energy that fell from the sky.

A storm formed by countless ice cones swept out and clashed fiercely with the azure slash, trying to break it.

Although the Cold Pond Giant Seal is a powerful creature beyond the second level, its magical ability is not high enough. It is seriously injured and cannot block Qi Tianyu's move.

puff~

The Broken Wave Slash flashed by, slashing across the ice storm, and also splitting a large crack in the huge head of the Cold Pond Giant Seal.

sizzle~
The tearing of the brain brought unprecedented pain and triggered unprecedented screams. The meaningless and indescribable noise pollution made the onlookers unconsciously want to turn off their hearing. In order to protect the Qi-refining monks on the boat, they even retreated the boat.

Ang~
Just when everyone was waiting for Qi Tianyu to deal one more blow to completely finish off the Cold Pond Giant Shrike, a snow-white snake-like creature boldly took the lead and killed the Cold Pond Giant Shrike completely, and nimbly took away a huge demon pill from its head.

That is the chance of forming a pill after being purified/transformed by the secret realm. If you take it back and simply refine and purify it, it can be used as a superior chance of forming a pill for cultivators with ice spiritual roots. You can also take it out and exchange it with larger forces for other attribute pill resources, which is extremely valuable.

"You bastard! How dare you! You're courting death!"

Qi Tianyu controlled the second slash and changed its direction urgently, slashing towards the snow-white creature that suddenly appeared, but the opponent turned over and froze the sea surface, then sank into the water and disappeared.

Obviously, it is also a powerful monster that is good at using ice power and even has a high intelligence.

"That is…"

"Huh? What took away the demon pill?"

Just now everyone retreated under Qi Tianyu's command, leaving the central battlefield to the Qi family, but they didn't expect that the cooked duck would fly away.

"Ice Crystal Chilong! That's a peak-level second-order Ice Crystal Chilong. It also came in looking for a third-order opportunity. Although the demon core of the Cold Pond Giant Seal isn't third-order, it's extremely suitable for it and can be considered a good third-order opportunity. It seems it has been secretly eyeing this opportunity for a long time, which is why it was able to grasp it so well!"

Under the dark sea trench is the Dragon Burial Valley, where powerful dragons/dragon creatures often appear. Various dragon creatures are common in the dark sea. Someone recognized the identity of this shameful thief.

"I ask all my fellow Taoists to join me in chasing this monster! My Qi family will reward you handsomely afterwards!"

Qi Tianyu immediately adjusted his mindset and immediately issued an invitation.

"Um... Fellow Daoist Qi, my boat is damaged and needs repairs. If you find no problems after inspection, please come and help me."

"Me too! The boat is broken too!"

"My formation needs to be repaired and restarted, otherwise it will be too dangerous to encounter any attack. I need to be responsible for my boatmen."

"Me too! The formation is broken!"

For the large fleet, the peak-level second-order Ice Crystal Chilong is not a big threat. The other party certainly dares not to provoke it again, and there are not enough second-order monsters for so many people to share.

The demon pill of the Cold Pond Giant Seal belongs to the Qi family, while the other parts belong to the rest of the people. This was agreed upon just now. If the Qi family lost the demon pill, they should go after it themselves. They have no obligation to help anymore, and any reward is just empty talk.
The key is to quickly distribute the huge spoils of war, which are as valuable as a third-level demon king, into the storage bag.

(End of this chapter)