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

Chapter 22: Avoiding Danger, the Demon King Appears

"It's very likely that we've encountered too many herds of giant-tusked walruses these past few days, and the proportion of these giant-tusked elephants appearing is too abnormal."

"I doubt…"

He thought of a possibility, but did not say it out loud. After all, this possibility was too far-fetched and should not happen.

"No matter what the reason for the Giant Fang's fear, we can't venture any further. Let's go to the Shield Mountain to deliver the goods, and then try hunting monsters in a different direction to see if the Giant Fang's premonition changes."

Although the Lin family split up and the two sides had different ideas, they were highly consistent in their will on the matter of hunting monsters in the distant sea. The foundation-building cultivators on both sides would never act on impulse. The Third Master believed in Giant Tooth's judgment and took the fleet away directly.

The third-tier icebreaker Shield Mountain.

All the harvests from the eight ships of Yulong Fairy City were sold to the Zhang family at an agreed low price, and exchanged for easy-to-carry spirit stones and other supplies.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I heard you're planning to change your hunting direction? What's going on? Are you not satisfied with your current harvest?"

The Zhang family didn't understand why the Lin family, who were obviously doing well in this direction, suddenly wanted to switch to the barren sea area. Wouldn't a reduction in the Lin family's harvest mean a reduction in the Zhang family's harvest?

"To be honest, we have a bad feeling. The specific situation is hard to explain, but you should be extra careful."

The Third Master gave the Zhang family a blunt reminder in front of many captains who came to deliver the goods, so as to avoid being questioned if any unexpected events occurred in the future.

"Huh! What's that bad feeling? It's inexplicable!"

Naturally, some people were indignant, but the Third Master didn't care. He just wanted to do his own thing. Everyone on the boat was family and he couldn't take any risks.

"Fellow Daoist Xie Lin, we will take this to heart."

After all, only a few people dare to contradict the Third Master. Most people have to put on a smile and pretend to have listened, regardless of whether they heard him or not.

The Lin family did not want to end the hunting early, but just wanted to turn to other less fertile areas to hunt, with the aim of staying away from the core of the ice field. The Lin family would rather reduce the profits than the risks.

After leaving the Shield Mountain, the fleet swam towards the outskirts of the ice field.

"How does the giant tooth feel?"

"The fear has decreased significantly, but it hasn't completely disappeared. It feels like there's something terrifying deep in the ice, influencing it and making it feel uneasy."

"Then let's speed up and leave this area first."

As the strongest, oldest and most experienced monk in monster hunting in the fleet, San Ye did not ignore Giant Tooth's sixth sense and decisively led the fleet to evacuate the core area.

An hour later, the small fleet arrived at a relatively barren area. The hunting ships that hunted monsters here were all from the foundation-building forces near the northern ice field. They were basically single ships or temporarily formed double-ship combat units. They could not compete with the Jindan forces, nor could they deal with the monster groups with multiple second-level monsters. They were relatively weak.

"This place is barren, and there are basically no powerful monsters. Two boats will form a team and hunt separately. If you encounter danger, report it immediately. After three days, we will gather again to sell the prey."

The two boats of the affiliated family formed a group, the two boats of Yanglong Bay formed a group, and the four boats of Yulong Xiancheng were divided into two groups. In this way, everyone was divided into four and began hunting in this barren sea area.

Now that we are in the ice melting period, the combat effectiveness of many monsters is not in full condition. Coupled with the strong ships and powerful guns, it is difficult for ordinary small and medium-sized monster groups to survive the siege of two ships and four second-level combat forces, so no accidents occurred.

"It's much poorer here, and the income has dropped significantly. What a shame."

"You can't calculate it that way. We're all family members on this ship. Safety comes first, profit comes second."

In contrast, the density of the second-level monster groups in this direction is lower, so it takes more time to find them. The monster groups are also smaller, so the benefits of a battle are significantly lower. Large monster groups here often only have one or two second-level monsters, so their total value is limited. Their only benefit is safety.

Three days later, the eight ships reunited. After careful statistics, everyone found that the actual harvest exceeded their previous expectations. Each ship returned with a full load. In comparison, it only took one day longer than to fill a ship deep in the ice field.

"I feel like this year's monster resources are better than in previous years."

It's not like we haven't been to this barren sea before, but this time the profits are obviously higher than before.

"It might be due to the weather this year. I feel like the ice field is colder than in previous years, and more monsters are coming here to spend the winter."

This is a reasonable speculation that the rare low temperatures bring rare prey resources.

"You humans all deserve to die~"

Suddenly, a huge roar came into everyone's ears from the depths of the ice field, from the direction of the vanguard of the large fleet.

"This voice is... a third-level demon king?"

"Turn the ship around! Leave the northern ice sheet immediately! Now!"

The Third Master was not curious about what happened deep in the ice field, and he immediately led his team to evacuate the northern ice field.

"Third brother, where are we going?"

According to past practice, this ice-melting monster hunting would last about half a month, and each ship would have to deliver more than five or six times. However, now including the cargo on the ship, this is only the third trip, which is far from what was expected.

"We can't stay here for long. Let's go directly to Zhang's Yundu Island to repair it. It won't be considered a breach of contract if we sell the cargo on the ship to them. We can make adjustments based on the specific situation later."

Yundu Island is the third-level island closest to the northern ice field and is the first choice for the small fleet to dock. If the Zhang family can quickly resolve this trouble, the fleet can come back to hunt for a few more days and the losses can be controlled.

Deep in the ice field, on the Shield Mountain ship.

"Everyone, hold on. I've already sent a message to the family asking for help. I believe the Golden Core Patriarch will come to support us soon."

The Shield Mountain ship's formation was wide open, resisting the third-level Raging Tusk King outside that was like a mountain of flesh.

"Damn humans! We're just trying to spend the winter on this ownerless ice sheet, yet you're killing my entire tribe!"

The third-level demon king is naturally not affected by the cold winter, but this demon king who relies on the foundation of the tribe has the instinct to protect the tribe, so he will lead the tribe to find a suitable habitat for refuge.

"Die to me!"

The originally grayish-white body of the Giant Tooth King turned red, and its already huge body expanded again. Then it suddenly rushed towards the fleeing Shield Mountain Ship, causing its khaki formation shield to vibrate, but it did not break it. The Shield Mountain Ship's attack capability was insufficient, but its defense capability was acceptable.

"Damn it! There's not even a proper third-level spiritual vein on this ice field. How could a third-level demon king appear?"

Zhang Jiadan, piloting the Shield Mountain, was puzzled. Ice-melting monster hunting in the northern glaciers was a Zhang family tradition and a significant source of income. There had been no accidents in years, so why had an accident occurred this time when he was in charge?

"Don't waste the spirit stones, fight back!"

(End of this chapter)