Chapter 1573 - 1103: A Perfect Match

An unfriendly visitor, we cannot wait any longer!

Jia Xin made a snap decision to flee, but his formidable talents came with a restriction—he couldn't use any teleportation treasures.

In other words, facing danger, he could only rely on running, sword flight, or mounts to escape.

Judging from the speed of sensing the enemy's presence, he needed to create a distraction with his subordinates to sneak away!

"They can't hold on much longer, give it your all! The usual rule applies, I will note whoever contributes the most, and they can take the lion's share of the loot!" He yelled a few times in pretence and silently retreated under the cover of the dazzling and noisy magical attacks.

Falling further and further behind the main forces, after confirming he hadn't been noticed by his subordinates, he fled east like an arrow leaving the bow!

Simultaneously, Jiang Yuan learned from the chat logs inside the Seven-Layered Exquisite Pagoda that the conch shell of the Sea Demons' leader was an excellent refining material, and noticed a light spot leaving.

Realizing the situation was dire, he decisively took out the Chaotic Heaven Bell from his storage bag.

"Go!"

With a casual throw, the Level Nine Chaotic Heaven Bell spun and grew larger, surpassing even the speed of the orange fish.

Thanks to the system's various reward packs, Jiang Yuan managed to gather the materials to promote the Chaotic Heaven Bell to Level Nine. It was one level away from fully reaching its former divine artifact strength, growing more beautiful and practical.

At crucial moments, it could be thrown out as a shield to block attacks; it could hit hard using the flying bell— even a Mahayana realm cultivator would be stunned by a hit; most importantly, it could be remotely controlled to descend and temporarily detain targets within a certain range.

Everything happened in a flash.

Just as Jia Xin broke away from the main forces and fled madly, Jiang Yuan unleashed the divine artifact, the Chaotic Heaven Bell.

"Duang~"

The melodious bell sound echoed in the deep sea.

Just as he was about to escape, Jia Xin abruptly collided with the inner edge of the bell's darkness, immediately flipping his eyes and knocking himself unconscious.

Whether it was the sea demons attacking around Sea Mountain or the besieged demon cultivators, Water-Stepping Beasts, etc., they were all stunned.

Even Ruan Yanluo and her group stared dumbfoundedly at the calm Mr. Jiang, their minds buzzing.

They knew well that the ocean over the wilderness was by no means gentle.

The abundance of spiritual energy also meant more frenzied undercurrents and greater buoyancy, especially in the deep sea. Many formidable treasures on land only performed at 30% efficiency here.

Not to mention the domineering small tower Mr. Jiang held, which could directly capture opponents regardless of their cultivation power; just the bell he threw out seemed divine, managing normal operation still in the deep sea.

Suspecting he wielded two divine artifacts, Ruan Yanluo hesitated at the thought of it being used against her… even if she used all her strength, she couldn't escape from that tower, awed by him.

"Luckily, just in time, I prevented the culprit from escaping." Jiang Yuan was pleased, remotely operating to release all Water-Stepping Beasts trapped in the Chaotic Heaven Bell, whose only shortcoming was their limited diving duration despite being powerful domesticated demon beasts.

From being attacked till now, they had to protect their master from attacks and hold the fort in the deep sea area, likely reaching their limits.

Sure enough, the Water-Stepping Beasts had no time for considerations like darkness and draining spiritual power. A breath of fresh air was far more crucial.

They rushed to the surface one by one, taking big gulps of air before quickly diving back into the deep sea.

By now, Jiang Yuan and the others had reached their destination.

Besides a towering bell, there wasn't a soul in sight.

"Why did it turn dark?"

"My spiritual power is restrained; I can't even open my storage bag, how about you?"

"Strange, being in the deep sea all the time, I surely have night vision, why can't I see a thing?"

"Stop shouting! Where's the boss?"

"Granny Sun, you're well-experienced at sea, what's going on?"

"Old lady hasn't seen such a weird thing, hush! Maybe it's not bad for us. Everyone's spiritual power is unusable; the Water-Stepping Beasts seem gone. Let's take advantage of the chaos and beat those bastards up, tie them all up!"

"But now we can't even distinguish auras, who knows who's good or bad…"

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Inside the Chaotic Heaven Bell was a chaotic mess, with no spiritual energy and internal spiritual power restrained, all demon cultivators temporarily becoming "mortals."

The sea demons panicked, aware that the enemy had the upper hand. Without supernatural power benefiting them, they resorted to primitive fighting. Facing a crowd alone meant a sure beating, right?

However, soon enough, they didn't need to worry about the tables being turned and getting beaten by surrounded demon cultivators.

Because after Jiang Yuan released the Water-Stepping Beasts, he began checking through, individually picking out the sea demons and tossing them into the Seven-Layered Exquisite Pagoda.

Among them was the unconscious Jia Xin.

After filtering and dealing with the sea demons that robbed, he retracted the Chaotic Heaven Bell, revealing a large group of injured and disheveled demon cultivators.

"Young Master!" The members of Ruan's Trading Company saw her and immediately rushed forward, as if finding their anchor, "Ashamed, ashamed, such a safe sea route, yet we almost lost our lives. Luckily, we didn't lose the goods, our… huh? Where are the Water-Stepping Beasts?"

Jiang Yuan pointed upward, "They surfaced for some air and should be back soon. Please gather the severely injured Dao friends together; I can heal everyone's injuries."