Immortal Road.

Chapter 186: Sword Killing Mermaid
Deep in the vast East China Sea, a huge magical flying boat flew across the sky, appearing and disappearing among the white clouds.

This time, the Black Lotus Cult's retreat plan was to be led by more than thirty Jindan-stage guardians to break out in separate groups, cross the three major sea areas in the northern part of the East China Sea, and withdraw to the distant Lu State through the Great Yan State.

As for the allies Baiguimen and Xuehe Palace, they also have their own arrangements.

The Black Lotus Sect's Discipline King and the Nascent Soul cultivators from the other two sects stayed at the East China Sea headquarters to lead the remaining abandoned cannon fodder and buy time for these retreating elite seeds.

The most difficult part of this journey is to break through the northern waters of the East China Sea. It is said that the righteous coalition forces may have set a trap, waiting for the evil monks to dive in.

But as long as they jump out and reach the waters of Dayan Kingdom, they will basically be out of danger.

……

The route of Yan Yuanchun's team is to break out from the gale sea area. The sea area is covered by gale for half of the year. By then, the waves and tides are surging, countless heavy rains are pouring down, and huge amounts of water vapor fill the entire sea area, which will greatly affect vision and consciousness.

The disadvantage is of course that there are constant natural disasters along the way, but the advantage is that it is easier to take the opportunity to break through.

On the deck of the magic flying boat, Yan Yuanchun stood at the bow and looked ahead, quietly thinking about something. Behind him, Lin Shan and Luanchun were also not in the mood to meditate. They were each worried about the dangers ahead and chatted idly.

"Five days have passed, and I still don't know what the situation is like at the East China Sea temporary headquarters."

"Senior Lord of Discipline will help us buy time."

"Since the battle at the Zixiao Sect's mountain gate, Master has always been alone, staring into the distance. It's a pity that Senior Sisters Yuchun and Huanchun are not here."

"Condolences"

……

The hundreds of low-level cultivators brought along this time were all distracted at the moment, looking depressed and uncertain about their future.

After all, they were all natives of the Song Dynasty or the East China Sea. Now they followed the Demonic Camp to leave their hometowns and retreat to the distant Lu State more than a dozen countries away. They didn't know how many difficulties and obstacles they would have to overcome along the way, so they were naturally worried and reluctant to leave.

But since you have already boarded the demonic path, if you stay, you will most likely be liquidated by the righteous path, and they don't care whether you were coerced or not. Who knows, those righteous masters may go crazy and kill the demons without saying a word, and most of these small fish will lose their lives.

According to the information obtained from the sect before departure, the righteous coalition has already sent people to infiltrate the northern waters, anticipating that the monks of the evil camp would choose to retreat and escape. Some places have been waiting for a long time, and no one knows which of the many teams of the Black Lotus Sect will be caught.

The sea in the stormy sea was calm and the sky was clear these past two days. Sea beasts and birds appeared from time to time on the sea and islands below, playing around without any threat from humans. Everyone's tension gradually eased.

But Lin Shan felt that something was wrong. The peace along the way seemed to be an illusion, and it seemed as if he and his group were being followed and monitored.

……

Two hours later, a team appeared in front of them. It seemed that they had discovered them long ago and deliberately tried to stop them, but they met them in the vast ocean.

A huge white line was coming between the sea and the sky. When getting closer, they found that the situation was not as they had initially thought. The ones who came to block the way were not the righteous monks, but a group of alien races from the Storm Sea.

Mermaids!
As one of the local tyrants in the Stormy Sea, countless sea beasts and birds are the tribe's eyes and ears, and the demon monks will be discovered immediately when they break in.

Each of them has a graceful figure, with a light veil on their face, gold and silver jewelry on their head, and a colorful fish tail under their waist with glittering scales. They are carried by whales in the sea and following the waves.

Such a big commotion on the sea level naturally alarmed everyone on the magic weapon flying boat. Everyone came to the bow of the deck and looked at the mermaids blocking the way in front of them. They all became nervous as if they were facing a great enemy.

The leader was an old male mermaid, exuding the aura of a Jindan-stage cultivator. Behind him followed five mermaids in the foundation-building stage, consisting of one man and four women.

Among them was a mermaid girl in the late stage of foundation building. Lin Shan felt vaguely familiar with her. It seemed that he had met her last time in the Stormy Sea when he was ambushing the water bears.

At this time, Yan Yuanchun stepped out of the magic flying boat and met the old mermaid in the Jindan stage in front of him. When he saw that the number of low- and middle-level mermaids on the opposite side was several times that of his own side, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

"I don't know why the mermaids are trying to stop us. We are just passing through the Stormy Sea and have no intention of disturbing you. Please give us some convenience!"

The cold voice, enhanced by magic power, traveled far away, echoing throughout the entire sea area for miles. The old mermaid on the opposite side just sneered, pointed at Yan Yuanchun and replied rudely.

"This demon fairy is really forgetful. You were rude and overbearing to our clan in the beginning, but now you are asking us to do you a favor. Why are you being so polite now?"

Yan Yuanchun frowned, looking puzzled.

"What do you mean by arrogant at first and respectful later? What do you mean by rude and overbearing? This is my first time in the Stormy Sea. I don't know when I became enemies with you guys?"

"Hahaha!"

The old mermaid laughed loudly towards the sky, then stared at everyone on the boat with gritted teeth.

"Ten years ago, your demonic guardian from the late Jindan stage came to my merman tribe in the Storm Sea area, killed a Jindan stage elder with his own hands, and abducted ten foundation-building stage girls to use as furnaces!"

"Have you forgotten all this?"

Yan Yuanchun was stunned. Of course she didn't know all this. Ten years ago, she went to the inland of Song Dynasty to participate in the battle between good and evil. How could she have the chance to know what was going on in the East China Sea?

She turned her head and looked at the people on the magic weapon flying boat. Everyone looked at each other in confusion. No one knew about this matter. Including Lin Shan, he was also wondering, which magic path Jindan late stage guardian had nothing better to do and came to this remote sea area to bully the mermaid tribe?

This is truly a case of the previous generations committing sins and the future generations suffering.

However, even though the group of people cursed in their hearts, they were secretly jealous. Could a Jindan late stage cultivator do whatever he wanted? They directly robbed ten female cultivators of the alien race's foundation-building stage to make cauldrons. The opposite mermaid tribe didn't even dare to fart.

Yan Yuanchun heard about the tragic plight of the mermaids, and seeing the hundreds of mermaids on the opposite side looking bitter and resentful, his expression did not seem fake, so he could only cough awkwardly.

“I really didn’t know about this matter. I didn’t expect that there would be such a bad apple in the magic world. It is really regrettable that the nobles suffered such injustice.

However, every wrong has its perpetrator, and this matter was only done by that person, so why do you have to vent your anger on us? There are also good people in the demonic world, how can we generalize!"

What Protector Yan said was reasonable, and everyone on the flying boat nodded, showing an expression that said "I am a good person".

But the old mermaid on the opposite side didn't buy it. After listening to Yan Yuanchun's explanation, he was so angry that he laughed again. He turned around and asked the tribesmen he brought with him.

"Did you hear that? She said there are good people in the Demonic Path. She really treats me like a three-year-old child! Tell me, is there a good person in the Demonic Path?"

"no!"

"None of them are good!"

"They are all villains!" "My wife was taken away by the evildoers!"

……

Listening to the scoldings of the mermaids, the group of magicians on the magic flying boat looked embarrassed. There were not many good people in the magic world, but they were all casual cultivators before!

If it weren't for Protector Yan returning to the Black Lotus Sect, they would still be running a small business in the Yichuan brothel. Not to mention the other part of the East China Sea independent cultivators, who wouldn't be free before being coerced by the evil ways?
But at this time there is no way to explain to the other party. Even if we tell them that we were forced, they will not believe it. The seeds of misunderstanding have been planted, and it will be useless no matter how hard we try to make amends.

At the command of the old mermaid, flying fish jumped out of the sea in an instant, carrying the tribesmen behind them into the sky.

All the mermaids rushed forward waving their magic weapons, obviously intending to avenge their previous humiliation.

Dharma Protector Yan quickly stopped the old merman who was in the Jindan stage to prevent him from bullying the weak. The latter did not dodge but took out his magic weapon and started fighting with her.

Here, Lin Shan and Luan Chun, as the only two Foundation Establishment cultivators, had no choice but to fly out of the magic flying boat to meet the Foundation Establishment mermaid on the opposite side. After all, the strength of the Foundation Establishment cultivators was enough to destroy the magic flying boat, and this means of transportation would be a guarantee for the rest of the journey.

The hundreds of Qi training monks on board could not fly, and without any means of transportation, they could only stay and wait for death. Moreover, now in the sky above the sea, the magic weapon flying boat was destroyed, and they would die if they fell into the sea, and would definitely be eaten clean by the sea beasts controlled by the mermaids.

Flying fishes several meters long, carrying hundreds of mermen, bypassed the Jindan and foundation-building stages and flew to the side of the flying boat to deploy troops. Merman warriors jumped directly onto the flying boat and engaged in a boarding battle with hundreds of demon monks.

"Where's the flying boat formation? Why isn't it activated? Are we just letting them come up like this?"

"You ask me how I know. The flying boat was refined by the guardian. Who else can control it except her?"

The demonic monks on the deck were frantically trying to fight off the attack while unable to help looking up at the sky. They could only see two huge vortexes of spiritual energy fighting each other. It seemed that Protector Yan and the old merman had already started fighting and had no time to take care of them, the minions.

Lin Shan and Luan Chun didn't care about the magic flying boat. They had been locked onto by the five mermaids in the Foundation Establishment stage on the opposite side. Among them, the mermaid girl in the late Foundation Establishment stage recognized him at a glance.

"It's you! You shameless fellow, you attacked the Water Bear Clan affiliated with my clan! If it weren't for you, how could we have attracted the attention of the Demonic Path, and how could our clan have been in such a disaster?"

The mermaid girl gnashed her teeth in hatred when she saw Lin Shan, thinking that he was the source of everything. The other four foundation-building mermaids also looked at him fiercely, obviously convinced by the mermaid girl.

Facing Luanchun's questioning gaze beside him, Lin Shan couldn't help but doubt himself.

I just signed a summoning contract with the leader of the water bears, but it turned the mermaids upside down? How did this butterfly effect happen?
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't guess the truth. The mermaid girl had told her grandfather, the great elder of the mermaid tribe, the old mermaid just now, since she returned that day, that the human monks had disobeyed the rules and came to the Stormy Sea without permission to bully us, and she must get an explanation.

This branch of mermaids in the Stormy Sea had ignored worldly affairs for too long and had no idea that the East China Sea had already changed a lot by then. The three sects of the Demonic Path were at the height of their power, so they stubbornly sent a member of their tribe out to sea, who asked and inquired all the way until they arrived at the Demonic Path headquarters.

When the people at the Demon Sect temporary headquarters saw that they were foreign envoys, they thought they were diplomats and did not dare to ruin the important matter. So they handed over the letter of condemnation from the mermaids. Then the letter came to the hands of nine old demons in the Nascent Soul stage of the United Front Department.
In a rage, Lei Ting sent a late Jindan guardian to suppress it, and the result was self-evident.
The mermen who suffered a great loss had no choice but to surrender, but they learned their lesson and began to frequently explore the outside world. They had planned to endure the humiliation, but they did not expect that in just ten years, the magic camp began to collapse and was even beaten to the East China Sea by the coalition forces of the righteous path!
The chief elder of the mermaid tribe took the opportunity to rebel and began to lead his team to rob and kill the fleeing demon monks, intending to take revenge.

Yan Yuanchun's team just happened to arrive at the stormy sea area and were the first to catch up with them.

……

However, facing five mermaids in the Foundation Establishment Stage, Lin Shan was not panicked at all.

As his strength increased to the middle stage of foundation building, he was no longer the same as when he first recaptured the water bear leader. He was no longer a mediocre person.

He didn't even call the Black Skull Demon Lord to come out and help. After sending a message to Luanchun to assign the "I three, you two" tactic, he immediately distanced himself from the opponent, walked with the steps of a dragon and a tiger, and pointed a finger at the opponent with an arrogant look that looked down on the world:
"You, you, and you."

"You three come together!"

He was drawing a battle circle here, but the five foundation-building mermen on the opposite side didn't buy his account at all, and all hated him as the "culprit". With red eyes, they took out high-level magic weapons. As one of the local snakes in the Storm Sea, the aliens had more than one or two.

All kinds of magical weapons, including swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, were brought out and smashed down on him under the control of spiritual consciousness. They all targeted Lin Shan, and Luan Chun who was standing next to him was simply ignored by them.

"Uh"

Looking at the dozen or so high-level magical weapons coming at him from afar with great momentum, Lin Shan was so scared that his soul flew away!
With so many magic weapons smashing down at the same time, no one would be able to withstand it, let alone him! Even if he threw out the Cloud Copper Heart Mirror, he would still be torn into pieces by the swords.

The skull pendant on his waist screamed strangely, and ran back to the magic weapon flying boat without saying a word. Luanchun next to him also opened his mouth and screamed, and covered his eyes unconsciously with his hands, unable to bear the sight of Lin Shan's tragic death.

I also want to help you, but I really can't stop more than a dozen high-level magical weapons!

The five mermaids in the Foundation Establishment Stage on the opposite side showed cruel and excited looks as they witnessed more than a dozen colorful magical weapons that sealed all positions in front, behind, left and right, and stabbed towards Lin Shan in the middle at the same time.

"Whoo~"

A breeze blew inexplicably, and the forest and mountains there suddenly disappeared.

"Clang clang clang clang!"

Not only did more than a dozen high-level magical weapons fail to strike, they also collided with each other, and the sound of metal clashing was endless.

"What about people?"

The five mermen looked around and could not see clearly what had just happened or how Lin Shan disappeared.

Luanchun, who was standing by, covered her face with her hands without moving. She was even more shocked when she heard the sound of weapons hitting each other. She could not help but feel sad for Lin Shan. It was such a pity that he was beaten to death by five people of the same level despite having such a good talent.

But in the next moment.

A figure appeared out of nowhere among the five mermaids who were building their foundation, next to the only male mermaid. In his left hand, he was still holding the green talisman that he had just used, but in his right hand he took out a water-blue sword and swung it down directly.

The male mermaid immediately felt scared to death and hurriedly used a shell-shaped magic weapon to resist. However, this high-level defensive magic weapon was like paper, and both the man and the magic weapon were cut into two pieces!

"Keng~"

After the crisp sound of the sword, blood splattered in the sky.

Letting the corpse fall from the air into the vast ocean, Lin Shan put the man's conch-shaped storage magic weapon into his arms, with a nonchalant look on his face, as if it was just a trivial attack.

But the four mermaids beside him were all horrified, unable to hide their disbelief. The male mermaid was a master in the late stage of foundation building, and had also made some progress in physical training. He even used a high-level defensive magic weapon, but he was still killed instantly!

Could it be that the sword in this person's hand...
"magic weapon?!"

(End of this chapter)