The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

However, the boy standing proudly on the Demon Whale did not show the fear he had imagined; the indifference in his deep purple eyes seemed like an invisible mockery.

What Crocodile Cheng then saw was that four balls of blue flames simultaneously spewed out from behind the Demon Whale, actively heading towards the black light at an astonishing speed.

At the critical moment, Xu Zihuang lightly touched the ground with his toes, and the shuttle-shaped Demon Whale sank deep into the sea.

The black light also struck the sea surface, causing waves tens of meters high to surge up within a radius of nearly a hundred meters, and a strong wind swept in.

A blue light streaked across the seawater, leaving a solid trail. All eyes on deck were drawn to the Demon Whale as it traversed the water.

Jin Hong seemed to sense something, and suddenly raised his head, his gaze becoming serious.

The ability to dodge a fixed-position soul-guided cannon head-on is something not every soul master possesses. He realized that the young man before him was probably no ordinary person.

The others followed Jin Hong's gaze. A black-haired, purple-eyed youth gracefully descended from the sky and landed steadily on the railing in front of the warship's deck, his voice clear and cold.

"The Crocodile Pirate Crew, Crocodile Cheng, is that you?"

Xu Zihuang had actually recognized E Cheng from the very beginning. It wasn't that E Cheng possessed any extraordinary qualities that made him worth his attention, but rather that E Cheng had an astonishing memory; once he'd met someone, he almost never forgot them.

Moreover, the crocodile's facial features are too obvious.

Seeing the composure and calm in Xu Zihuang's eyes, a vein throbbed slightly on E Cheng's forehead. Those familiar with E Cheng knew that their young leader was on the verge of exploding.

Several pirates from the Crocodile Pirate Crew, their menacing glints in their eyes, were about to make a move when Crocodile Cheng intervened and stopped them.

"You know me?"

Crocodile Cheng stared coldly at Xu Zihuang, who dodged his attack, giving him a feeling of being defied. If Xu Zihuang hadn't recognized him, making him somewhat suspicious, he probably would have already crushed him to death.

In this sea area, no force dares to openly oppose the Demon Crocodile Pirate Gang. Even the official government of the Sun Moon Empire is powerless against them.

Xu Zihuang smiled calmly.

"None of that matters. All you need to know is that none of you will leave here alive today." His voice was calm, stating a fact.

"Kid, you're asking for death?! Who do you think you are?!" Crocodile Cheng's face turned cold, and his brownish-yellow eyes underwent a dramatic change. One pupil turned ice blue, while the other became fiery red.

Two yellow, two purple, and one black—five perfectly matched spirit rings—rose instantly from beneath his feet, and auras of extreme cold and heat swept outwards from his body.

Behind him appeared a huge phantom of a two-headed alligator snapping turtle, one head being ice blue and the other fiery red.

The Ice and Fire Two-Headed Alligator Turtle. This is Crocodile Inheritance's martial spirit.

The dozens of pirates behind Crocodile Cheng also released their martial souls, their soul power cultivation ranging from two-ring Great Soul Masters to five-ring Soul Kings, and their martial souls were also incredibly diverse. However, the vast majority of them were Sea Soul Masters.

The atmosphere instantly became tense. Without a doubt, at Crocodile's command, they would not hesitate to step forward and tear Xu Zihuang to pieces.

But before they could make any other move, their eyes were already filled with terror.

Black, black, black, black, black, red. With each spirit ring that appeared beside Xu Zihuang, the terror in their eyes intensified. Especially when they saw that eerie, blood-red spirit ring, their breath seemed to stop.

Jin Hong, the middle-aged man who had been quite calm, also had a drastic change in expression.

However, the next moment he saw strange silver ripples envelop a large area of ​​the sea, including the warship, and everyone except him and Crocodile Cheng exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

"Bang, bang, bang—" The dull thuds of a human body exploding echoed on the deck, and blood even splattered onto Crocodile Cheng's cheeks without him even noticing, his face pale.

Jin Honggang realized what was happening and tried to gather his soul power to release his martial soul in resistance, but he was entangled by a golden and silver tentacle that emerged from the void.

Despite his Soul Saint level cultivation, he was utterly powerless against this tentacle. Golden patterns shimmered on the tentacle, and he felt as if his soul and consciousness were about to be crushed by the terrifying explosive force.

Xu Zihuang landed on the deck and walked step by step to Crocodile Cheng's side.

Who do you think you are?

Chapter 313 Annihilation and Goodbye Orange

Xu Zihuang gracefully sat down on a wooden storage box not far in front of Crocodile Cheng.

On the deck stained with blood, this is the only remaining sanctuary.

"I'll give you two choices. One, die now, or die after you've explained the purpose of your trip. Don't tell me you traveled all the way from the southernmost part of the Moon South Islands just to capture that hawksbill turtle with only five thousand years of cultivation."

As Xu Zihuang spoke, the golden and silver tentacles that had been tightly binding Jin Hong dissipated, and Jin Hong, whose aura was extremely weak, crashed heavily onto the deck from a height of over a hundred meters, letting out a low groan.

Crocodile Cheng was still unable to accept the reality before him, and his mind went blank. Only the warmth brought by the morning sun brought some warmth back to his cold hands and feet.

A 100,000-year-old soul skill is not so easy to resist. With Xu Zihuang's current cultivation level, if he were to fully activate the Soul Touch soul skill, it would require at least a Soul Douluo level expert to withstand the terrifying mental shockwave power that the Soul Touch could unleash.

Moreover, if one is simultaneously imprisoned by those sixteen tentacles, the mental shockwave power contained within the tentacles will be amplified.

In terms of direct lethality, Soul Touch may not be as powerful as the Evil Eye's Gaze, but its advantage lies in its instantaneous nature. When the shattered void manifests, most Soul Masters would find it difficult to react before it can strike. Only Title Douluos who have condensed their Soul Cores and sensed the fluctuations of spatial power could possibly anticipate it.

This is also why Xu Zihuang felt he couldn't fight against a Title Douluo for the time being. His soul skills were powerful, but only if they could hit the opponent.

In order to leave Jin Hong and E Cheng alive, he deliberately held back.

Otherwise, the soul-shaking power of just one of the golden and silver tentacles would be enough to annihilate Jin Hong's consciousness and soul. As for Crocodile Cheng, who is only a Soul King, there's no need to say more. His fifth soul skill, Mental Storm, would be enough to destroy him.

Jin Hong crawled up, supporting himself with his arms, and looked up at Xu Zihuang, feeling a chill run through his body.

The boy before them, who looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, was already a Soul Emperor. Furthermore, he possessed a Soul Ring configuration of five black and one red, far exceeding conventional understanding.

If he hadn't just personally experienced the power of Xu Zihuang's soul skill, he probably would have thought he was dreaming.

What incredible talent!

Although he had spent most of his time in the waters near the Moon South Islands, he was still familiar with the affairs of the Soul Master world on the Douluo Continent. The talent of this young man before him even surpassed that of the one who had been famous throughout the continent ten thousand years ago.

This time, they've really hit a brick wall.

Although Jin Hong was extremely annoyed that he hadn't stopped E Cheng beforehand, he knew that saying anything now would be futile. The most important thing now was to escape.

In his view, Xu Zihuang was indeed incredibly talented, but he was, after all, only a Soul Emperor. With the special abilities of his Martial Soul, if he could find the right opportunity, escaping from here was not impossible.

With that in mind, as he struggled to get up, he secretly gathered his soul power.

Jin Hong, kneeling on one knee, let out a sharp cry as a golden glint flashed in his eyes. He suddenly stretched out his arms, and golden light burst forth from his body. His arms transformed into a pair of golden wings with the tremor. A colossal phantom of a golden eagle appeared behind him.

Two yellow, three purple, and two black spirit rings—the last black spirit ring among the seven shimmered with a deep, eerie light.

Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul True Form!

He possesses the incredibly powerful flying-type martial soul, the Golden Eagle.

Every feather on his wings seemed to be plated with gilded light, shimmering with a flowing glow. As the wings fully took shape, his arms detached from them, transforming into two sharp eagle talons. His body was also rapidly shrinking and changing, becoming more and more like the golden eagle phantom behind him.

Seeing Xu Zihuang seemingly indifferent to this, Jin Hong was overjoyed, thinking that his opportunity had come.

However, just as he made a move, he suddenly realized that the area he was in seemed to be disconnected from the world, and his consciousness, perception and thinking were slowed down countless times.

This sensation lasted only a moment. In the next instant, his body was pierced by five dark red crystal spears and pinned to the deck.

Five sharp spears, each over three meters long, pierced his legs, arms, and head with deadly precision.

Jin Hong's resistance caused Xu Zihuang to lose patience, and his cold and indifferent gaze fell on E Cheng.

He didn't necessarily need to know anything from the two of them. Although the Demon Crocodile Pirates had considerable influence in the Moon South Islands, it wasn't all that impressive.

If he hadn't instructed Elder Wang and the others not to alter the balance of power in the Moon South Islands for the time being, thus attracting the attention of the Sun Moon Empire, the mere Demon Crocodile Pirate Gang would probably have been wiped out long ago by Elder Wang, who had advanced to the Title Douluo level, and his men.

Jin Hong's death finally jolted Crocodile awake, his pupils gradually focusing. But his condition was terrible; his expression was distorted and manic, veins bulging on his forehead, and he acted like a madman. At this moment, the initial fear had vanished from his eyes.

"How could there possibly be anything in this sea that dares to defy me?! I should be the one favored by heaven!"

As the only grandson of Crocodile Luo, the leader of the Crocodile Pirate Crew, he had a smooth and successful life from childhood, always getting what he wanted. Even the soul bone he coveted at the Moon Pivot Auction House was retrieved for him by his grandfather. He enjoyed trampling on other people's lives at will, and he especially loved seeing the terrified expressions on their faces before they died. This gave him a feeling of controlling everything, possessing everything, and being indifferent to everything.

However, the sense of superiority and self-awareness he had built up over a long period of time completely collapsed with the appearance of Xu Zihuang. Jealousy, resentment, and fear—the intense impact of these emotions brought him to the brink of mental collapse.

The saying "a frog at the bottom of a well" perfectly describes this situation.

Crocodile Cheng roared, and his black fifth spirit ring shone brightly. The illusory image of the ice and fire two-headed crocodile turtle behind him solidified, and its aura surged.

The icy blue head spewed out fine ice spikes, while the fiery red head spewed out fire meteors. The fire meteors were similar in shape to Ma Xiaotao's sixth soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, but their interiors and surfaces were churning with liquid magma.

Ice spikes and lava meteors swept towards Xu Zihuang from both sides. One side was scorching hot, while the other was icy cold, with fiery red and ice blue clearly distinct.

Xu Zihuang's bright golden eyes remained completely devoid of any emotional fluctuation. He leaped into the air, reaching a height of a hundred meters, his right hand clenched loosely.

A dark red cube-shaped crystal solidified this space. It encompassed the warship, the lava meteor, the ice spike, and even Crocodile Cheng, who was looking up at him angrily.

After a crisp sound like a mirror shattering rang out, the sea returned to calm.

The Demon Whale, navigating the sea, surfaced just as the seawater receded, leaving not a single drop on its surface.

Xu Zihuang landed lightly, his right palm surging with soul power, and a small, crystal-clear skull was drawn into his hand.

It was the head bone of the Great White Shark, a demonic soul that was auctioned at the Moon Pivot Auction House back then.

He remembered that this soul bone had been purchased by Whale Shark Pirates leader Whale Gu, but it had reappeared after Crocodile Cheng's death. Many things started to connect.

Xu Zihuang didn't even glance back at the direction behind him, and simply steered the Demon Whale away from the sea area, his expression cold.

"Heaven is indeed unfair, but that so-called unfairness applies to everyone except me. My existence is the beginning of Heaven's injustice towards you."

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With the infusion of soul power, the Demon Whale, propelled by four level-six soul-guided thrusters at full power, was not much slower than a level-six flying soul-guided device.

Xu Zihuang changed course and, after sailing for more than two hours, was about to arrive at Haiyue City.

Along the way, he had used his spiritual power to sense and avoid all the sea spirit beasts in the waters. He did encounter some seabird spirit beast groups from the sky. These seabird spirit beasts were far inferior in cultivation and bloodline to the Golden Flame Birds he had encountered in the northeastern sea area of ​​Thousand Spirit City, and were clearly no threat to him.

Haiyue City is the largest city in the southern coastal region of the Sun Moon Empire. It is a city of main city level and has the largest port in the Sun Moon Empire, Sun Moon Port.

Because of the restrictions imposed by sea spirit beasts, ships rarely venture deep into the open ocean. The exception is safe routes pioneered by countless adventurers, such as the one leading to the Moon South Islands.

However, the development of soul tools has made it relatively safe for ships to sail in waters close to the coastline.

The outline of Haiyue City magnified in Xu Zihuang's eyes, and Riyue Port was also close at hand.

Xu Zihuang did not intend to make such a high-profile landing at Riyue Port, but instead traveled to the seaside, which was a few kilometers away from Haiyue City and Riyue Port, aboard the Demon Whale.

Stepping on the soft sand, he felt grounded again after more than a month.

Xu Zihuang put away the Demon Whale and headed towards Haiyue City.

Although he did not land at Riyue Port, his outstanding appearance and temperament still attracted the attention of passersby. This trend only intensified as he entered Mingyue City.

The architecture of Haiyue City differs significantly from that of the Sun Moon Empire's inland areas. To protect against storms from the sea, there are very few tall buildings. The houses are relatively low and very sturdy, giving it a distinct seaside fishing port feel.

Xu Zihuang arrived in the city center and checked into a high-end hotel. After sailing at sea for more than a month, he needed to rest for a while. During this time, he purchased some supplies and bought a ship ticket.

Moreover, large ships sailing to Moon Pivot Island are not always available; they are usually backed by large merchant guilds or other powerful forces.

Because a safe shipping route doesn't mean it's completely free from attacks by sea spirit beasts, it simply means that the sea spirit beasts living on this route aren't that powerful. To ensure the safety of ships, cargo, and passengers, it's often necessary to equip the route with some quite strong spirit masters and spirit instructors.