Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Even a real naval battle is nothing more than this!
At least in Su Qing's view, the pirate kings' offensive was not beyond his expectations.

Indeed, with a ship owner in charge and capable crew members at the helm, each of the Nine Dragon Boats is quite remarkable.

The Yazi ship, with its Yazi Divine Might Cannon, unleashed a thunderous roar with each burst of fire. The crimson-black fireballs were far more powerful than even Earth-level Daoist techniques, resembling thunderbolts and falling stars. Each cannon shot could potentially destroy a Tier 3 treasure ship. Only the Bixi of Dragon Island, protected by a Tier 4 formation, with its enormous size, high defense, and thick health, coupled with its Turtle-Speed ​​Divine Light, could slow down the cannon's firepower and thus draw the Yazi King ship's fire for the Wanghai fleet.

The ship, nicknamed "Bi'an," with its tiger-headed, dragon-bodied hull, rampaged across the sea, cutting through the battlefield. Wherever this ship passed, black lines appeared, and within the lines of these lines, all enemy cultivators would be trapped in the Sin Prison Domain, their abilities greatly suppressed, making it difficult for them to contend with this royal ship and its pirate fleet. Even the tough-skinned Li Kuishan, piloting the "Snake Dragon," suffered greatly from the collisions of this royal ship. If it weren't for Yao Guangquan's quick thinking and action in the sea, who pulled the old captain who had sunk to the bottom of the sea into the "Jiaolong," Li Kuishan, who had just earned enough to support his wife in Shipwreck Bay, would have had his wife's dowry turned into his coffin money.

The ship, named Suanni, has a lion's head and a dragon's body. Wherever the royal ship goes, it is always shrouded in thick black smoke and fog. The smoke contains a strange poison that is even more potent than the poisonous fog cast by a third-level spirit poison master. If this poison were not indiscriminate, preventing it from exerting its full power, it would surely be the most dazzling treasure ship on the pirate king's side in this naval battle. Even when it is fighting cautiously, it can create a poisonous circle that protects the pirate king's gunboats, allowing them to attack safely, while also causing great suffering to the Wanghai fleet.

There was the Jiaotu, a ship shaped like a conch shell. The crew was protected by the thick, mountain-like shell, hiding inside and using a dark chain to drag their prey into the shell to finish them off. That dark chain was also the pirate king's trump card against their underwater opponents. It protruded into the sea like a living thing, and any treasure ship within a hundred miles of it was immediately subdued by the evil dragon's might on the chain, making the opponent like a lamb to the slaughter. After this king ship showed its power, Yao Guangquan had long since moved away from its range. It was not that Guangquan was not brave, but that this king ship was a natural counter to the Jiaolong, and was simply beyond his ability to deal with.

The Chiwen is a ship with a wide mouth that is good at swallowing. Compared to the Taotie, which devours everything for its own use, the Chiwen's fighting style is even more vicious. Its hull is not even a fraction as good as the Taotie, but it can transform into the shape of other treasure ships. When people are not paying attention, it will suddenly reveal its ferocious mouth and swallow a treasure ship. After that, it will dump a pile of debris from the stern. In this chaotic battlefield, it does the kind of thing that is hard to guard against. Putting aside the actual destructive power, it has a great impact on the morale of the Wanghai fleet. This makes Su Qing very angry about it and he plans to deal with it first.

There was a Pixiu ship, its hull gleaming with gold and silver light. Its bow constantly spewed out clouds of gold dust. When the gold dust fell, the magic cannons of the cultivators' treasure ships malfunctioned, the puppets went out of control, and even the magic weapons refined by the cultivators themselves could not be used. This was due to the treasure-dropping gold dust ability of this royal ship. As long as the crew inside could continuously supply it with spirit stones, it would spew out gold dust. Within the range of the gold dust, enemy cultivators could only face the fully armed raiders of the royal ship fleet with their bare hands.

"Although the pirate kings' fleets have suffered losses, their royal ships are still powerful. This is a half-cooked meal, no wonder Master Fuhu gave this pot of rice to me!"

On the Bixi (a mythical tortoise-like creature) of Dragon Island, Su Qing smiled wryly at the Fuhu Zhenren (a Taoist master) who had gone back to make arrangements and then arrived uninvited.

"If it were easy to fight, you wouldn't be here! What, are you scared now? If you are, then retreat to the side as soon as possible and let my Thousand Islands fleet be the main force. You people from the Sea-Watching Fleet can just help us hold back two or three of the Royal Ships!"

While Master Fuhu was speaking, his mind was already captivated by the performance of the Wanghai fleet.

The pirate king's ship is a tough nut to crack. Even for their Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom, it would be difficult to crack this nut if they didn't send two or three Nascent Soul cultivators and several fourth-tier treasure ships.

After the Wanghai fleet took over the main force, the Dragon Island Bixi, like a towering mountain and a thick wall, stood at the front of the ship. Not only did it withstand the bombardment of the Yazi Divine Might Cannon, but many missile puppets and spirit explosion fire cannons also emerged from the Dragon Island Bixi, giving it the ability to retaliate against the pirate kings.

That's not all. This little devil somehow acquired the ability to transform the evil runes of the Taotie into Dao runes, turning it into the Dragon Ship Taotie. Its power was even greater than before. With a single gulp, the Taotie forcefully stopped the rampaging Bi'an ship. It should be noted that the Dragon Ship Taotie was only controlled by Su Qing's divine sense and had not yet been equipped with any auxiliary fleets to cooperate with. It was only instinctively driving some giant sea monsters from the West Sea to fight against the opponent. Yet, it managed to deal with the Bi'an fleet, which had a captain, many crew members, and auxiliary treasure ships. The power of this Taotie in Su Qing's hands seemed to be much greater than in Wan Xiari's hands.

Besides the fact that the power of these two fourth-tier treasure ships was even stronger than Fuhu Zhenren had expected, the Wanghai Fleet, which in his eyes was a disorganized mess and had only recently been formed, and whose actual combat power was far less than its apparent combat power, displayed an unbelievable prowess.

It's hard to imagine that the rogue cultivators of Wanghai, who didn't even have a sect, suddenly became united and fearless in the face of death.

The pirates on the other side attacked the cultivators with deadly force, which Fuhu Zhenren could understand, after all, the Wanghai cultivators had just killed their entire family.

But these rogue cultivators from the Sea of ​​Hope acted as if the pirate kings had slaughtered their entire families; their ruthlessness far surpassed that of the battle-hardened soldiers raised by their Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom.

Watching these two forces tear each other apart like wild beasts in this sea, fighting to the point of madness, Master Fuhu couldn't help but be secretly amazed by Su Qing's ability to manage people. He wondered how Su Qing had trained such a group of ruthless people in such a short time.

When Delong urged his father-in-law to hurry up and go to war with Lü Wentian to confront Jiaotu and make meritorious contributions.

He then realized that the reason these people were working so hard was because they had made a great contribution, and Su Qing would reward them handsomely!

The simple act of rewarding merit can generate a fighting force that leaves him speechless.

But their Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom also has its merits and rewards. However, the merits are divided among the higher-ups first, then from Nascent Soul to Golden Core, and from Golden Core to Foundation Establishment. If you achieve ten points of merit, you can get one point of reward? That's quite a lot. On the other hand, Penglai doesn't get a single point of reward. All the spoils of war are confiscated and end up in the hands of the major families!

Master Fuhu understood this principle, but in this world, one cannot correct mistakes simply by knowing they are wrong. Their Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom is filled with numerous mountain strongholds and diverse forces. There are many people above them who are eager to take advantage of them. The spoils of war cannot be distributed according to merit as Master Fuhu wishes. Otherwise, when he leads his army on expeditions in the future, he will not be able to expect anyone to help him arrange and raise supplies, manpower, and treasure ships. No, if he cannot feed those above him, he will not even have the opportunity to lead an expedition in the future!
But Su Qing could, because with him as the king of the Wanghai fleet, he had absolute control and was willing to distribute the spoils according to merit, so no one could hinder or interfere.

Master Fuhu thought a lot, but it was all in vain.

Su Qing, who started from scratch, is willing to give other cultivators the opportunity to start from scratch as well. As long as they risk their lives, the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom treats the lower-level cultivators like cattle and horses. Cattle and horses can risk their lives, but don't even think about sharing the profits!

At this moment, with the support of the two treasure ships, Bixi from Dragon Island and Taotie from Dragon Ship, and the release of Master De, Ying Jueshen, Lü Wentian, and the seven elders of the Demon Sect, including Shi Zhifang, the Wanghai fleet had tied down several pirate king ships. The remaining Wanghai ship owners, relying on their numerical advantage, had been hunting down the pirate ships like a pack of wolves for several days. The pirate ships, with fewer people and fewer ships, seemed to be in a very good position for a time.

But Su Qing frowned deeply, and he lost all interest in joking around with Master Fuhu.

He knew very well that his primary goal in bringing the Wanghai fleet to Langya Immortal Island was the island itself, not to fight to the death with these pirate kings.

If he loses too much strength here, he will have no choice but to lead his team back home after this battle ends. He and Wang Hai will have to withdraw from this battle for Langya Immortal Island.

Su Qing would never accept this outcome. In that instant, Master Fuhu seemed to see a light in him.

It is the manifestation of divine sense bursting out to its extreme and operating at overclock. It is called the light of divine sense and is a means that can only be used by cultivators who have cultivated their divine sense to a certain level.

Master Fuhu was fortunate enough to witness this once in the hands of a peak fourth-tier spirit nurturer in the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom. On that day, as the spirit nurturer was about to pass away, in order to ensure that his family's descendants would continue to prosper after his death, he activated the light of his divine sense and operated his divine sense at an accelerated frequency. In an instant, he had intercourse with more than a hundred spirit beasts raised by his family, giving birth to more than a hundred half-beastmen, who have protected his descendants to this day.

As a fourth-tier puppeteer, Su Qing was able to manipulate fourth-tier puppets such as the Dragon Island Bixi, the Four Lions of the Void, and the Tiger Egg. It was not surprising that he had made some achievements in the way of divine sense. However, the fact that he could burst forth with the light of divine sense was still somewhat beyond the expectations of Master Fuhu.

At this moment, what he was more concerned about was, given that Su Qing had already controlled so many puppets, what kind of puppets did he intend to control after unleashing his divine sense light?
He soon witnessed it firsthand.

On Su Qing's body, hundreds of storage bags of various sizes floated in the air, like military camps. From them emerged a series of puppets, including aquatic giants, shark bastards, octopus Lai Lai, and poisonous water spiders, some of which Fu Hu Zhenren recognized and some he did not.

These puppets are at least of the second tier, and there are quite a few of them of the third tier. Without exception, they all have the ability to fight at sea. Even without a treasure ship to carry them, they can still exert their power in the sea.

Master Fuhu was completely shocked.

Since Su Qing started massing troops, the puppets in the storage bag have been coming out one after another without stopping.

In just a short while, there were already three to five hundred puppets standing in front of Su Qing. What was even more alarming was that there seemed to be quite a few puppets still inside those storage bags. At least the puppets hidden in the two golden top-grade storage bags that Su Qing had on his waist were definitely better than the puppets in these mid-to-high-grade storage bags. However, the current situation might not be urgent for him, so he felt there was no need to release them.

No wonder he unleashed his divine sense and overclocked his divine sense.

While supporting the existing puppets, the extra spiritual energy required to control these three to five hundred additional water combat puppets is enough for a dozen or so ordinary third-tier puppeteers to handle together!
While marveling at Su Qing's strong spiritual sense, Master Fuhu couldn't help but sigh at how well this little rascal had made his living in Wanghai City over the years. In just a few decades, he had accumulated such wealth. Who wouldn't be envious?

Su Qing had no time to pay attention to the envious gaze of Master Fuhu. Maintaining the light of his divine sense was not an easy task for him either. At the current intensity, he could only maintain it for about half an hour at most. Therefore, after releasing these puppets, he did not dare to delay for a moment. With a wave of his hand, he released these puppets and let them assist the Wanghai fleet in the battle.

He himself, however, donned the Tiger Egg armor and led the Four Lions of Emptiness, charging towards the most hated Sixth Dragon Kiss on the battlefield.

On the Chiwen ship.

Captain Diao Wuyi, adorned with gold and silver and sporting a large head and thick neck, was excitedly boasting to his crew.

"See that? Another Tier 3 treasure ship has been swallowed up! Brothers, don't be intimidated by this Wanghai fleet. Although they raided our home, it was because they took advantage of our vulnerability and won unfairly. As long as our six royal ships are safe, this Western Sea is not for the Wanghai fleet to plant its flag and establish itself!"

The captain boasted, and the crew naturally knew to chime in.

"The captain is right. Although these people of the Seawatch have created such things as treasure ship puppets and assembled this seemingly impressive fleet, in terms of the quality of their treasure ships and the strength of their cultivators, compared to us pirate heroes, they are like silver spears and candlesticks. If we fight for a while longer, we will make sure they run away in a panic!"

"We can't let them escape. The hatred of their family's destruction and extermination must be repaid with their lives and washed away with their blood!"

"Killing them isn't enough to vent our anger. We should chase them all the way to Wanghai Immortal City and make that immortal city pay the price for sinking ship bay. Only then will our hatred be satisfied!"

"Since Shipwreck Bay is gone, we'll use their Seaview Immortal City as our future base, and we'll live a happier life than before!"

"Yes, who wouldn't want to get ashore if they could!"

Seeing that morale on the ship had been ignited, Diao Wuyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, he saw many puppets coming down from the Bixi (a mythical tortoise-like creature) on Dragon Island to assist the Wanghai fleet. He was afraid that his pirate brothers would become timid and have the intention to avoid battle.

Fortunately, the Chiwen performed well in this naval battle and did not encounter any major risks. Moreover, the pirate brothers were still filled with hatred for the Wanghai monks and did not think of retreating for the time being. The morale on the ship was still acceptable.

Even if it's usable, we should still find an opportunity to leave this battlefield!

Diao Wuyi may look burly, but he is very meticulous. After his first contact with the Wanghai fleet, he realized that their destruction of Shipwreck Bay was not entirely due to taking advantage of loopholes; this fleet was indeed quite capable.

If their pirate kings hadn't fought the Thousand Islands Kingdom before, they might have had a chance to defeat them if they worked together.

But now, without Shipwreck Bay supplying them with provisions, and after several days of fighting, the chances of winning against Wang Hai are extremely low. Even if they do win, don't forget the Thousand Islands fleet is watching them closely! (End of Chapter)