Chapter 471: Landing

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The octopus monster frantically thrust its Trident, creating a dense flurry of dark blue afterimages, each strike possessing the power of a tsunami.

Han Yuan’s expression was one of excitement as he channeled his Water Evil Qi, relentlessly throwing heavy punches.

‘I’ve been fighting in the Spiritual World so much lately. It’s been too long since I’ve had a truly blood-pumping, close-quarters brawl.’

‘It’s left me feeling starved for a real fight!’

Each punch Han Yuan threw seemed to transform into a ferocious, ice-cold dragon’s head.

His punching speed was so terrifying, the frequency so high, that for a moment it seemed as if a thousand ferocious dragon heads had appeared out of thin air, roaring toward the sky in a horrifying spectacle.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The dragon heads clashed with the afterimages of the Trident, unleashing countless terrifying shockwaves. The sea grew more turbulent, continuously churning up colossal waves.

The dragon heads shattered one after another, and the light from the Trident’s strikes also dissipated.

Ultimately, the ferocious dragon heads barely managed to overwhelm and extinguish the light of the Trident.

BOOM!

Han Yuan landed a vicious punch right on the octopus monster’s head.

At the instant his fist connected, Han Yuan converted all his True Qi into Fire-Burning Qi.

A surging, violent burst of flames blossomed in the cold, dark waters!

The octopus monster’s entire head was burned to a foul-smelling char as it was sent flying several hundred meters.

But as the monster’s tentacles writhed, its head rapidly regenerated to a perfect state.

This was the terrifying Recovery Power of a Source Evil Seed.

But the next second, a scorching ball of fire plummeted down like a meteorite.

RUMBLE!

The entire dark sea seemed to ignite. A crimson pillar of fire shot toward the heavens as countless embers drifted down from the sky.

“Han Yuan!!!”

The roar echoed across the water.

The flames burning on the sea’s surface were instantly extinguished.

A terrifying octopus appeared in the water, larger than a giant ship and hundreds of meters in size.

However, nearly half of this terrifying octopus’s head was gone, and flames still flickered within the wound.

Clearly, this was the monster’s true form.

Han Yuan stood upon the water’s surface, wreathed in black energy, looking like a Great Demon.

He looked at the gigantic octopus monster and grinned. “You’re a big one!”

The next moment, his entire body ignited with crimson light and flames.

The fiery light grew increasingly hot and terrifying, seemingly illuminating the sea for thousands of meters in every direction.

“This…”

Sensing this fluctuation, Ling Yunzi, who was in the middle of casting a spell, couldn’t help but turn his head.

If he hadn’t been able to faintly make out a human figure within that ball of fiery light, he would have sworn he was looking at a Great Sun.

Vast amounts of seawater evaporated, and clouds of steam filled the air.

“Primordial Light Flame Burst!”

This was a Fist Technique that Han Yuan had recently developed.

Among the Five Elements Evil Qi, Fire Evil was the most powerful and destructive, and thus he used it most frequently.

Because of this, Han Yuan had used his own insights to create this new Fist Technique, building upon the foundation of the Heaven-Burning arts!

BOOM—

When Han Yuan threw this punch,

it was as if the sun itself had exploded.

A void thousands of meters wide was blasted into the surface of the sea.

Everything within it was incinerated into steam by the fiery light.

Under the force of this single punch, even the octopus monster had no power to resist and was utterly reduced to ash.

“Satisfying!”

‘Now that felt good. I feel better already.’

Han Yuan grinned.

With the octopus monster gone, the rotting giant ships were gradually destroyed, and the sea slowly returned to a state of calm.

Han Yuan returned to his own giant ship.

This time, the gazes that fell upon him were filled with shock, envy, and delight.

Frankly, the punch Han Yuan had just thrown clearly surpassed the limits of the Divine Sea Realm.

And since they were on their way to attack Glazed Island, the stronger Han Yuan was, the higher their chances of victory.

Then came the task of clearing the battlefield.

The battle had resulted in many casualties.

It was their single greatest loss since departing from Blue Moon Port.

The atmosphere throughout the fleet grew more somber and oppressive.

Everyone in the fleet understood that the ships from the Xisha Continent had likely been completely annihilated.

In other words, they had lost a full quarter of their fighting strength before even reaching Glazed Island.

The situations of the Dongsheng Continent and Beichen Continent fleets, however, remained unknown.

「Five days later.」

They finally drew near Glazed Island.

It was an island shrouded in a watery mist, its hazy outline giving it a mysterious air.

Liang Ze chose not to advance further, ordering all giant ships to halt in the water.

They knew that a fleet of this size could not possibly escape the notice of the Immortal Sect Organization.

Getting any closer might provoke an attack.

Since it wasn’t yet time to launch the assault, remaining in the nearby waters to observe was the wisest choice.

He then summoned the key figures from the Four Great Dynasties to discuss their next move.

Naturally, Han Yuan was among those invited.

The council hall was filled with people.

Seated at the very front were Liang Ze, Ling Yunzi, and Zhang Cang.

And, of course, Han Yuan.

Alongside them was one other person.

He was a large, bald man with dark, arcane tattoos on his face that made him look both mysterious and powerful.

This bald man was named Zheng Yuanshan, the strongest expert of the Profound Nether Dynasty.

He had also distinguished himself during the battle with the rotting giant ships.

In contrast, the experts from the Profound Moon Empire were all of relatively equal strength, with no single individual standing out, so none of them were seated at the front.

“I’ve made contact with the fleet from the Beichen Continent.”

“They will arrive in one day’s time.”

“But as for the Dongsheng Continent… there’s still no word. Their situation is unclear.”

“And as for the Xisha Continent, I imagine you all know what happened.”

Liang Ze’s expression was grave.

If something had happened to the Dongsheng Continent fleet as well, then only the Southern Star Continent and the Beichen Continent would be left to fight together.