High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

Song Chen looked down at the largest ghost-faced fish demon that he had pinned to the ground with his knife.

"Messenger, I know you can understand me."

Song Chen's voice was calm, and he transmitted it directly into the Ghost-Faced Fish Demon's senses through his mental power.

I have a few questions for you.

The demonic fish's vertical pupils were filled with resentment and venom.

Its mouth was half-numbed, and its voice was intermittent but still sharp and piercing when it spoke.

"Human, did you think... I would tell you?"

Song Chen didn't waste any words.

He pressed down on the hilt of the knife, and the tip of the blade sliced ​​down three inches along the spine.

The blade sliced ​​through the skin, muscles, and periosteum of the spine, cutting inch by inch downwards. Lightning seeped from the tip of the blade into the wound, amplifying the pain to its extreme.

The screams of the demon-faced fish caused the surrounding seawater to tremble.

Its body writhed wildly, but Song Chen pinned it to the spot, and the writhing only made the blade churn more violently in the wound.

"I...would rather die than..."

Song Chen then sliced ​​the knife down another three inches.

This time, the lightning didn't seep into the wound; instead, it exploded directly inside the wound.

Tiny arcs of electricity danced along the spine of the demon-faced fish, igniting every pain nerve.

The screams of the demon-faced fish were no longer sounds; they sounded like a saw cutting back and forth on glass.

Its vertical pupils rolled back, and its body convulsed so much that it barely had the strength to twist.

The other two ghost-faced fish demons lay paralyzed on the seabed, watching this scene, their bodies trembling like leaves.

They wanted to run, but the paralyzing effect of the lightning hadn't worn off yet, and they couldn't move a single fin.

Song Chen paused for a moment.

"I ask, you answer. If you can answer, I'll give you a quick answer; if you can't..."

His knife tip sliced ​​down another three inches.

The demon's spine was cut in half, and purple lightning raged in the wound, charring the surrounding muscles and nerves.

"I'll talk, I'll talk..."

The ghost-faced fish demon's voice had completely changed, becoming high-pitched and tearful, like a mouse whose tail had been stepped on.

Song Chen stopped wielding the knife.

"Yunbo Island, the outcome of that battle."

The demon-faced fish was panting heavily. It didn't need to breathe in the water; panting was a purely instinctive reaction to its pain.

Its voice was intermittent, but it spoke quickly, as if afraid that Song Chen would change his mind.

"Yunbo Island... The human race was defeated. Half of the human garrison was rescued, and half of them died. That sixth-tier human grandmaster also escaped back."

"The Beast Emperor did not pursue us. Tianhai City is one of the top three super cities in the Great Xia Kingdom of the human race. There are countless strong people, including more than one sixth-level Grandmaster. It also has a spiritual energy fortress and city-destroying weapons. If the Beast Emperor chases after us, he may not be able to come back alive."

Song Chen felt relieved; things were alright.

"And how are things going with your sea creatures?"

"On the sea tribe's side, over a hundred fourth-tier light beasts have died, four fifth-tier beast kings have died, and the sixth-tier giant whale king was injured, though I don't know the exact extent of the injury."

"After that battle, the sea creatures did not pursue, but instead set up a blockade around Yunbo Island."

"Blockade? Tell me more." Song Chen was surprised.

"The entire coastal area has been blocked off. At least three lines of blockade have been set up in the waters between Yunbo Island and Tianhai City."

"Each route is guarded by a fifth-tier beast king, and there are also sixth-tier royal family members supporting them from behind."

The demonic fish's voice grew weaker and weaker; the wound from its severed spine was robbing it of its life force.

"The entire eastern coast of the Great Xia Kingdom has been sealed off, and the Beast King is guarding it."

Song Chen frowned.

Only sixth-tier beasts can be called Beast Kings. What about cabbages? Why are you trying to blockade them?

"Why the lockdown?" Song Chen asked.

A hint of hesitation flashed in the demon-faced fish's vertical pupils.

Song Chen pressed the tip of his knife down a little further.

"It seems the purpose was to kill a human genius, but I don't know who this genius is..."

Song Chen continued, "One last question, have you guys been planning anything lately?"

The demon-faced fish's body trembled violently.

"I...can't say."

Song Chen's knife tip pierced its spine.

Purple lightning exploded inside the spine, severing the entire spine in half.

The ghost-faced fish demon's screams were so sharp they pierced the water pressure, and the surrounding seawater trembled at its cries.

The other two ghost-faced fish demons were so frightened that they buried their faces in the sand, unable to bear watching this scene.

"I told you... I would die..."

"If you don't talk, you'll die right now."

"And you won't die quickly."

Song Chen's voice was devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

Fear and struggle intertwined in the vertical pupils of the demon-faced fish for three seconds.

Then it crashed.

"The sea race is holding an underwater conference, which will be attended by the two major royal families of the sea. The location is a deep trench in the sea east of Great Xia. The only topic of the conference is how to kill that human genius in the sea."

Song Chen tightened his grip on the knife hilt slightly and asked coldly.

"Is that human genius really that strong, worth such a big commotion?"

"It is said that the human genius was only at the third level, yet he killed a fourth-level sea creature with a single strike and even blinded one of the fifth-level beast kings in one eye."

"This matter has spread throughout the entire sea area. The two royal families have placed you at the top of their kill list for human geniuses, placing you above all other human geniuses."

The voice of the demon-faced fish grew fainter and fainter, its life rapidly slipping away.

"The conference has been going on for two days, and all the sea beasts are discussing one thing: the human race's talent is too heaven-defying. A third-tier being can kill a fourth-tier being and injure a fifth-tier being."

"If he were to return to the human world alive and grow to the fifth or sixth rank, he would become a major threat to the sea race."

"So we've decided to kill them before they grow stronger, at all costs..."

After the demon-faced fish finished speaking its last words, its body completely lost its power.

Song Chen drew the Tianjun Blade and beheaded it with a single stroke.

[A fourth-tier alien beast has been killed, gaining 5124 kill points.]

He ignored the system notification and turned to walk towards the other two ghost-faced fish demons.

The two ghost-faced fish demons were still paralyzed by the lightning and unable to move. When they saw Song Chen walking over, their vertical pupils were filled with despair.

One of them opened its mouth as if to say something, but Song Chen didn't give it a chance to speak.

Two cuts.

Two heads fell to the ground.

[A fourth-tier alien beast has been killed, gaining 2847 kill points.]

[A fourth-tier alien beast has been killed, gaining 2901 kill points.]

The seabed has returned to calm.

The carcass of the armored shark floated around, the carcass of the iron-spined sea serpent sank on the sand, and the headless carcasses of three ghost-faced fish demons lay across the cave entrance, dark green blood gushing from their severed necks, staining a large area of ​​seawater with an eerie color.

Song Chen stood amidst the corpses, gripping the knife, motionless.

The ghost-faced fish demon's last words were like a nail driven into his mind.

He had guessed that the beasts would hunt him down, but he hadn't expected it to go this far.

The royal family personally convened a special conference, mobilizing the power of the entire ocean, all for the purpose of hunting down a third-tier human martial artist.

He had never heard of such treatment before.