Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 81 Second-Order Sea Siren (10,000-word update, please subscribe)

Shen Xuan naturally stepped back a little.

Let the other independent cultivators who stayed behind block the way.

Wen Zijian followed him and stepped back.

About half an hour later.

The seawater is surging and splashing!
A giant sea serpent, over ten zhang long, with a body like a dragon or a jiao, suddenly rose up from the water.

Water mist billowed into the sky.

It was like a massive explosion.

A powerful demonic aura instantly spread out!

Its body, over ten zhang tall, is colorful and extremely beautiful, standing upright on the sea.

The snake's eyes are cruel and sinister, and its mouth is shaped like a silver hook.

Seeing that there were cultivators all around, the Silver Hook Sea Serpent opened its mouth and spat out a cloud of poisonous mist, which enveloped the surrounding sea area.

Shen Xuan's heart tightened.

In the [Insight Technique], this silver hook sea serpent is hardly a top-grade monster.

It's clearly a second-tier demonic beast!
Water control technique!
A wave of water surged up, blocking the way and slightly slowing the spread of the poisonous fog.

Subsequently, Shen Xuan and Wen Zijian quickly withdrew from the sea area shrouded in poisonous fog.

Those cultivators who hadn't had time to escape howled in agony and madness.

Some of the monks began to mutilate themselves.

The silver hook sea serpent, in its anthropomorphic form, revealed a hint of wild joy. With a slight sway of its tail, it unleashed a series of seawater demon ropes, binding the poisoned cultivators and feeding them into its mouth.

The gleaming white, sharp fangs snapped down instantly, devouring the prey with gusto, blood splattering everywhere.

Amidst screams of agony, the silver hook sea serpent began its meal.

"Beast!"

A figure in blue emerged from the sea.

A turquoise sword light flashed past, swift as lightning, slashing towards the neck of the silver hook sea serpent.

A giant wave of water sprayed onto the azure sword light.

"Crash!"

The giant wave broke into sprays of water, splashing everywhere.

However, Master Qingyuan's sword strike was also neutralized.

The silver-hooked sea serpent raised its head and roared angrily.

"His-"

The sound was piercing and sharp, like a sword piercing the heart!
Some rogue cultivators who had just escaped the poisonous fog were shaken by the demonic power in the roar. They all groaned and swayed, their magical power in disarray.

Seeing this, the other cultivators forcibly circulated their internal magical power and used their secret techniques to accelerate their escape.

The Silver Hook Sea Serpent threw Master Qingyuan off the boat, its enormous body sinking into the seawater. It parted the water and sped away at an incredible speed, like a dragon soaring through the water.

The next moment, it caught up with several cultivators, its mouth wide open, stirring up huge waves, and swallowed them along with their magical artifacts into its belly!
Some cultivators tried to resist, but the silver hook sea serpent's glare and heavy pressure made them stiffen and unable to move, and they were helplessly pulled into the serpent's mouth.

The screams of agony continued.

Behind them, Daoist Qingyuan pursued them on his sword.

The sword light was sharp, but it was blocked by the water waves sprayed out by the silver hook sea serpent, and could not threaten it.

The remaining sword light struck the Silver Hook Sea Serpent Demon's body as if it were striking an impenetrable wall, bursting out in several points of spiritual light that gradually dissipated.

Shen Xuan frowned slightly.

Others don't know.

He knew perfectly well what was going on.

This Daoist Qingyuan, seemingly chasing the Silver Hook Sea Serpent, was actually using someone else to kill, driving the serpent to the death of those rogue cultivators.

Otherwise, with his strength as a Foundation Establishment Elder of the Azure Water Sect, it would have been impossible for him not to stop a newly advanced second-tier sea monster.

At this moment, another figure leaped out from the underwater sacred land.
It was Elder Zhu from the Five Poisons Sect.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, let's join forces and take down this fiend!"

"How about we split the profits in half?"

Master Qingyuan pondered for a moment.

Their gazes turned toward Shen Xuan.

Those who remained were either killed or fled.

Only a handful of people, including Shen Xuan and Wen Zijian, were still observing.

These are all skilled players.

There was no immediate opportunity to use someone else to do the dirty work.

"it is good!"

The two quickly surrounded and attacked the Silver Hook Sea Serpent.

Two cultivators from different sects, both at the Foundation Establishment stage of the Water Technique, joined forces.

Even if it retained some of its strength, it was still beyond the capabilities of the newly-breakthrough Silver Hook Sea Serpent.

Just a dozen breaths later, the Silver Hook Sea Serpent was at a disadvantage.

His neck was injured by Master Qingyuan's magic sword, leaving a bloody gash.

Elder Zhu of the Five Poisons Sect, with his formidable physical strength, directly wielded a vampire fork with an extremely strong venomous smell and fought the Silver Hook Sea Serpent in close combat.

The vampire fork was made of some unknown material; it was dark red all over, with a sharp tip, and its lethality was even greater than that of Master Qingyuan's magic sword.

The silver-hook sea serpent writhed in agony after being stabbed only once.

The essence and blood within the body seemed to be drawn in, continuously surging towards the vampire fork.

See this situation.

Shen Xuan frowned slightly.

Subconsciously, the essence of the Silver Hook Sea Serpent was already his.

How could we waste it like this!

However, before Shen Xuan could come up with a solution...

With its powerful physique, the Silver Hook Sea Serpent withstood several blows from Elder Zhu and Daoist Qingyuan's magical weapons and broke through the encirclement.

The direction is right in Shen Xuan's direction!

Just as Shen Xuan was about to back down.

Wen Zijian, who was standing next to him, rushed forward.

"Shen Fushi, retreat quickly! I'll hold him off for a while!"

Shen Xuan smiled bitterly.

The usually aloof Wen Zijian subconsciously treated him as a member of the hunting party and habitually rushed to the front. "Man proposes, God disposes. Perhaps, this is fate?"

Shen Xuan knew at a glance that Wen Zijian was no match for him.

A cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining and a second-tier sea monster may seem to differ by only one minor realm, but their strengths are worlds apart.

After reaching the second tier, the lives of both cultivators and demonic beasts are elevated.

Both spiritual and demonic power are in liquid form, making them ten times stronger than when they are in mist!
Wen Zijian's Sun Blade Wheel spun around, forming a rapidly rotating flywheel shield.

However, the Silver Hook Sea Serpent only spewed out a giant wave of water, which forced Wen Zijian and his wheel to retreat step by step.

Wen Zijian gritted his teeth and desperately poured his spiritual power into the magic weapon. The Moon Blade Wheel under his feet suddenly flew up and merged with the Sun Blade Wheel.

Vaillant surged.

But they could only hold out for a few breaths.

After his spiritual power is exhausted, he will inevitably be injured by the waves of the Silver Hook Sea Serpent.

A splash of water erupted beneath Shen Xuan's feet as he swiftly stepped forward, blocking Wen Zijian's path.

"Fellow Daoist Wen, retreat immediately!"

Seeing the giant waves rushing towards him, Shen Xuan stretched out his finger and gently touched it.

[Water-repelling technique]!
The next moment, a strange phenomenon occurred.

All the giant waves exploded and collapsed automatically when they reached within three zhang of Shen Xuan, turning into droplets of water, as if a torrential rain had begun.

The ten-zhang-long silver hook sea serpent roared as it controlled the water and closed the distance to over a hundred zhang in the blink of an eye.

Shen Xuan pressed down with both hands.

Water control technique!
Streams of water rushed back towards the Silver Hook Sea Serpent, abruptly slowing its speed and making its movements stiff. Large swathes of water surged and collided in front of it.

[Insight Technique] Sensing Wen Zijian's aura rapidly disappearing.

At this moment, the Silver Hook Sea Serpent unleashed its demonic power, its skin shimmering with iridescent colors, and with all its might, the turbulent currents in front of it parted to create a path.

Water Release Technique!
Shen Xuan's body sank into the water.

In the next instant, they appeared a hundred feet away.

He had no desire to fight the Silver Hook Sea Serpent head-on.

Monsters have a tenacious vitality.

With Foundation Establishment elders from the Azure Water Sect and the Five Poisons Sect present, if he could hold them off and buy them some time, it would be a great achievement.

Elder Zhu arrived shortly after, and the vampire fork swept past like a sharp, bloody shadow, piercing a bowl-sized hole in the body of the silver hook sea serpent.

"Peng!"

The Silver Hook Sea Serpent erupted in full force, its head leaving a trail of afterimages as it bit into the vampire fork, causing the crimson light to quickly dim.

At the same time, its snake tail lashed out like lightning towards Elder Zhu.

Elder Zhu, his magical artifact under control, let out a muffled groan, threw away the vampire fork, activated his protective spiritual shield, and hastily fled.

"Whoosh!"

Master Qingyuan's sword light arrived just in time, whistling as it struck the tail of the Silver Hook Sea Serpent.

Elder Zhu roared and summoned the Poison Blood Sword, aiming once again at the vital spot on the Silver Hook Sea Serpent's neck.

The two flying swords, magical treasures, were locked in a fierce battle with the Silver Hook Sea Serpent.

Shen Xuan had already hidden far away, watching the battle from a distance.

A sect's Foundation Establishment cultivators battling a second-tier sea monster—such a scene is quite rare.

Behind him, Wen Zijian stared at Shen Xuan with a puzzled look on his face, his expression extremely complicated!
(End of this chapter)