Chapter 2318: Sea Beast Horde, Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle

This was yet another incomparably arduous mission...

After standing for a long time, Teng Yue muttered to himself, "Sikong Jing, such a normal name. Among the Demon Vein demons, are there any with the compound surname Sikong? Or is this a name Grandpa Teng gave to Brother Sikong?"

Up till now, Teng Yue still hadn’t suspected that Sikong Jing came from outside the Divine Demon Island Sea Domain.

He, of course, had etched this name deeply into his memory...

If they won this battle, Brother Sikong would become the true Demon Vein Master, and also the benefactor of their entire Yu Vein.

From the very beginning, the goal of this battle had been...

for the Yu Vein to return to Cangyu Sect and strive for the support of the Neutral Elders and so on.

But just as Teng Yue had said at the start, even if you added the demons to the Yu Vein, they still couldn’t contend against the Cang Lineage.

Yet Brother Sikong was gradually leading them into a situation where they could stand against it.

Teng Yue clenched his fists tightly, his eyes bloodshot as he said, "We must win, we must return to Cangyu Sect."

...

On this side, after taking his leave of Teng Yue, Sikong Jing went to find War Tiger and the other Holy Martial demons who had remained on Demon Rock Island.

"Do you all know of any sea beasts in the Divine Demon Island Sea Domain whose bodies are large enough and speed fast enough, but which aren’t too strong?"

Chai Jiu would absolutely never allow them any chance to get close to the Absolute Formation Gate...

How were they to let a large number of demon soldiers stealthily reach the vicinity of the Array Gate? How were they to send some troops to avoid the Cang Lineage main force and charge out through the Array Gate? The fastest and most covert method was... to control large sea beasts.

The deterrent power of the Master of Ten Thousand Beasts, naturally, had to be activated again.

As for Sikong Jing’s question, War Tiger and the other Holy Martial demons of course gave him an answer—more than one, in fact.

No one understood the situation within the Divine Demon Island Sea Domain better than they did.

And one of those answers made a sharp light flash in Sikong Jing’s eyes, and the corner of his mouth curled into a faint smile.

"Ice Eternal Mystic Turtles, interesting... then we’ll go for them."

The Frost Magic Box in Sikong Jing’s hand—namely, the Frost Heavenly Pattern Treasure—had been refined from Ice Eternal Mystic Turtles, and in the Divine Demon Island Sea Domain there was a clan of Ice Eternal Mystic Turtles whose bodies were enormous yet not considered very strong.

What delighted Sikong Jing even more was that the Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle Clan lived near the Absolute Formation Gate.

At the same time, the Frost Heavenly Pattern Treasure happened to be a gift from the Mind Spirit Shadow of Soul Dominator Venerable; perhaps it was some kind of subtle destiny.

Of course, Sikong Jing did not immediately go himself to subdue the Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle Group.

Because there was no need for him to personally go—within the Divine Demon Island Sea Domain, sea beasts were likewise bound by terrifying rules.

They were demon beasts bred from bloodlines that Black Demon had left behind after experimenting on various demons back then...

Unless they passed through the Array Gate, they likewise could not leave the Desert Sea Absolute Array.

And similarly, if they reached the Divine Martial Stage, they would be absolutely blasted to death.

Sea beasts in this sea domain found it extremely difficult to reach the Holy Martial Stage, let alone the Divine Martial Stage... because every three years, when Cangyu Sect harvested Divine Demon Crystals on Divine Demon Island, they would also capture Holy Martial Stage sea beasts.

If these were sold, they were all money.

Cangyu Sect also could not allow the sea beasts to become too strong. They enslaved the demons and had placed Emperor Martial Locks on them; if they let large numbers of sea beasts reach the Holy Martial Stage, wouldn’t the demons be swallowed up by the sea beasts?

So even Ice Eternal Mystic Turtles, whose bloodlines were very pure demon beasts, were now all below the Holy Martial Stage.

As for the previous Six-clawed Evil Heart Mixed Beast...

That belonged to an outsider demon beast, thrown into the prison together with the criminal Ba Zhun by Cangyu Sect.

In other words, Sikong Jing could simply dispatch a squad of demons to subdue them. Give the demons one drop of his Master of Ten Thousand Beasts blood, and add a trace of aura from his Beast-shaped Spirit Shadow—that would be enough to make the Ice Eternal Mystic Turtles obedient.

Moreover, Sikong Jing currently had no time to personally go and subdue them; he still had to deal with Chai Jiu.

...

While Sikong Jing’s "Reverse Cang Vein operation" was underway, Chai Jiu’s side was likewise discussing various countermeasures.

They currently occupied one of the archipelagos between Demon Rock Island and the Absolute Formation Gate.

All demons on the islands had, of course, long since gathered under Sikong Jing’s command, so aside from the Cang Lineage there were no demons in the vicinity.

At this moment, Bu Tun stepped heavily forward...

"Great Gate Master, the Hei Lin demons have issued an order to continue gathering all the demons within the Divine Demon Island Sea Domain, and are simultaneously frenziedly imparting Demon Battle Eternal Technique to the demons. Demon Rock Island is filled with terrifying aura of demon extermination and breakthroughs."

Just as Sikong Jing had arranged, Chai Jiu’s side had already fully sensed it.

"At the same time, our spies report that Ying Sanmeng is fiercely charging at the third Great Realm of the Divine Martial Stage."

"And the spies also say Ying Sanmeng has a great degree of confidence that he can complete the breakthrough within a few days."

As Bu Tun spoke, Chai Jiu’s expression grew dark and gloomy...

At this time, Chai Ren also stepped forward...

"It’s obvious they’re going for frenzied breakthroughs, to blast through our defenses and rush out through the Absolute Formation Gate."

The current situation of the Mo and Yu Veins, to them, was an open card.

It was basically telling Chai Jiu, we are madly gathering and unleashing power, and we’re going to charge out of the Array Gate within a month.

One Sect Leader also said in a low voice, "Great Gate Master, we must continue launching attacks. We can’t allow the demons and Ying Sanmeng any chance to catch their breath, we can’t allow them to continue breaking through."

If Ying Sanmeng reached the third Great Realm of the Divine Martial Stage, his power would climb another tier.

The gap between each Great Realm of the Divine Martial Stage was extremely huge; on their side they were either War Puppet Bodies or merely at the Holy Martial Stage.

And they had already experienced the terrifying breakthroughs of the demons on Divine Demon Island... some Holy Martial demons could, within a few days, forcibly charge to the level of the Fourth Realm of Holy Martial.

If more—several, even a dozen—like that appeared, it would be highly unfavorable to them.

To this, Chai Jiu nodded deeply and said, "We indeed need to launch a stronger offensive. Moreover, what the Mo and Yu Veins must ensure right now is that Ying Sanmeng reaches the third Great Realm of the Divine Martial Stage as quickly as possible..."

"If that happens, they can only stand in dead defense."

Speaking up to this point, Chai Jiu paused slightly.

Then he again issued a heavy order: "We wait one more day..."

"Once the Cang Lineage has more soldiers and experts, we’ll strike and besiege Demon Rock Island, while severing the route by which demons outside Demon Rock Island gather, and then immediately recall all forces the Cang Lineage has sent out, and continue entering the Absolute Formation Gate."

Cangyu Sect likewise still had many forces out on missions, or guarding certain islands of Canghai Wujiang and the like.

So outside the Array Gate, Chai Jiu still needed to gather more forces from all parts of Canghai; this naturally required time. But to annihilate the Demon Vein and Yu Vein completely, and to capture the Hei Lin demon and the other two alive...

He had to spare no effort.

Thus, in the blink of an eye, another day passed. The Cang Lineage’s forces had increased by quite a bit, and finally launched a comprehensive assault on Demon Rock Island.

...

On Demon Rock Island, Sikong Jing gazed at the surging Cang Lineage troops coming at them.

"Chai Jiu will definitely send people to block support from demons in all directions, and will also cut off our road back to Divine Demon Island... Send word to all demons who have gathered—if you can’t win, retreat immediately."

"After retreating, make a detour and move closer to the direction of the Absolute Formation Gate."

"During that process, you mustn’t let anyone from the Cang Lineage discover any of our movements approaching the Absolute Formation Gate, so just wait at the positions I’ve set, and wait for the Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle Group to arrive..."

As Sikong Jing’s orders came down, Message Birds flew out one after another.