Chapter 39

Ten days later, in the eastern part of the Federation, at the Extreme East Sea.

In the early morning, the rising sun burst forth, filling the sky with red clouds. The boundless sea shimmered with countless golden scales, sparkling brilliantly, as if it were a fairyland.

Numerous schools of fish and sea monsters leaped and danced on the golden sea, forming a vibrant and lively scene.

“Ooh! Ooh!”

Eight enormous spiritual energy airships, resembling eight giant sea turtles, slowly glided over the sea at a low altitude of more than 200 meters. They were loaded with the prodigious youths from Fuguo City and the surrounding dozen towns. The intricate and profound rune arrays on the bottom of the ships continuously oscillated, emitting a kaleidoscope of light. The surging waves of spiritual energy spread out, crashing onto the sea surface, creating white waves and producing a roar like that of a giant beast.

Li Yao stood at the edge of the forward deck, leaning over the railing to look down.

In the golden ocean, a few dozen fishing boats were scattered sparsely, drifting lazily around.

Suddenly, not far away, the sea surface bizarrely bulged into a "water bubble." Then, a small, extremely sharp fish fin emerged, silently parting the sea and swiftly charging towards the dozen fishing boats.

When it was less than 100 meters from the fishing boats, the "water bubble" suddenly swelled, and a massive, hundred-meter-long strange fish burst out, leaping dozens of meters into the air, and fiercely pounced towards the fishing boats!

This strange fish had a bumpy skin covered with colorful corals, looking extremely bizarre. Its head was covered with growths, forming an incredibly ugly infant face. On its forehead, a thick tentacle grew, with a fleshy ball at the tip that crackled, emitting a deep blue electric arc.

“Aaah! Aaah!”

The strange fish opened its mouth, emitting a bizarre wail like a child's night cry. Its mouth was incredibly large, extending to the middle of its body, filled with fangs. Dozens of blade-like fangs were embedded with various decaying sea beast carcasses!

Li Yao didn't have time to cry out in surprise. All the fishing boats seemed to wake up instantly and scattered in all directions at lightning speed. The massive strange fish missed its target, and its body, weighing over ten thousand tons, crashed back into the sea, causing a towering wave.

The fishing boats that had just scattered turned around, forming a loose circle. When the massive strange fish emerged from the sea again, all the fishing boats suddenly sprayed out nets.

These nets seemed to be magical artifacts refined by cultivators, intertwining in the air, radiating a dazzling light, forming a vast, all-encompassing net that enveloped the massive strange fish!

The massive strange fish immediately let out a roar of shock and anger, thrashing wildly, causing huge waves. The once peaceful sea instantly turned into a battlefield filled with killing intent.

However, no matter how it thrashed, it couldn't break free. The nets, made of unknown materials, contracted rapidly upon contact with seawater, deeply embedding themselves into the strange fish's body, squeezing it until its skin cracked, oozing dark green blood, polluting a large area of the sea and emitting a strong stench.

Even Li Yao, hundreds of meters in the air, was almost overwhelmed by the stench, feeling dizzy and almost fainting, as if the strange fish's blood contained a terrifying power that could induce fainting.

“Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!”

Dozens of fishing boats simultaneously shot out huge harpoons, deeply piercing the strange fish's body. In pain, the strange fish became even more frenzied, darting left and right, pulling the thick steel cables behind the harpoons taut, dragging the fishing boats in all directions.

As the strange fish charged hundreds of meters away, several fishing boats were tilted and on the verge of capsizing. Suddenly, a cultivator in a light blue crystal armor, carrying a giant sword, flew out from one of the fishing boats.

This cultivator instantly flew to the strange fish's face, narrowly avoiding the electric shock from the tentacle on its forehead. With the giant sword in hand, a sword beam flashed, and the tentacle was neatly severed at the base!

“Sss—”

The strange fish couldn't help but let out a sharp, agonized cry.

Before it could react, the cultivator sheathed the giant sword behind his back, gripped the hilt with his left hand, and aimed his right palm at the strange fish's forehead. A small sun-like light ball appeared in his palm, rapidly expanding.

“Boom!”

When the light ball expanded to be larger than the cultivator's head, he spread his fingers and pushed hard. The light ball entered the strange fish's brain through the bloody wound on its forehead. A deafening explosion echoed, and a hundred-meter-high blood column spurted from the breathing hole on the top of the strange fish's head, turning its brain into minced meat!

The strange fish's eyes instantly turned grayish-white, and it stopped struggling, floating helplessly on the sea surface, belly up.

Numerous octopuses, crabs, and small sea monsters that had been parasitic on it scattered, fleeing to the bottom of the sea in a panic.

“Amazing!”

Li Yao marveled—this was a well-prepared hunt. They first used nets and harpoons to exhaust the strange fish's strength and life, then a cultivator severed its tentacle, and finally, through the vulnerable wound, delivered a fatal blow to the strange fish's brain!

“The world of cultivators is truly vast and infinitely fascinating!”

Li Yao gazed into the distance, where the horizon was bathed in a thousand rays of light, and the sun struggled to break free from the sea, shooting towards the sky.

The grand and vast natural scenery was something Li Yao, who had lived in Fuguo City, rarely experienced. He felt his heart broaden, and his thoughts seemed to fly to the end of the sea, towards the sun.

“One day, I will be like this cultivator, wielding my own refined divine weapons, galloping across the sea, slaying sea monsters, and battling the waves!” Li Yao's heart raced, his blood boiling.

On this spiritual energy airship, all the young people were from Fuguo City. Many of them, like him, were in groups of two or three, admiring the magnificent and strange natural scenery on the deck. Seeing the cultivator hunting the sea monster below, they all let out exclamations of surprise.

However, among this group, Li Yao was clearly an outlier. His performance in the competition for the admission ticket was too shocking, and he had also provoked the wealthy son Helian Lie, so no one dared to approach him casually.

Li Yao was happy for the peace, looking down at the beautiful and magnificent sea, recalling the details of his dream. Whether it was useful or not, he immediately recorded everything in his crystal brain.

This was a cultivation secret he had recently thought of, as human memory has its limits, especially for things that happen in dreams, which, no matter how clear they are at the time, are often forgotten soon after waking up.

Ouyezi's memories were undoubtedly a vast treasure trove, and even recalling a fragment of these memories could bring significant benefits.

After days of deep contemplation, Li Yao remembered more things. It seemed he was touching a closed door deep in his mind, and he could even hear the sound of "treasure" jingling inside.

Just one more step, just a small step, and he could obtain all of Ouyezi's memory inheritance!

At this moment, a faint smell of alcohol wafted over, and a slightly plump, cat-eyed young man in fine clothing leaned over the railing next to him: “The scenery here is quite nice, Li Yao!”

Li Yao's pupils suddenly contracted, and he casually retracted the crystal brain's screen, saying with caution: “You are Zheng Dongming, Helian Lie's friend?”