Chapter 674: You Are Too Weak

led over to the side of the road.This woman, who was seen as a world-class female powerhouse by others, never dared to exceed 30 kilometers per hour while driving.Hao Ren opened the door and switched...Chapter 674: You Are Too Weak...

Bang!

A group of tenth-stage demon beasts that had flown up from the sea plunged back into the water, causing waves tens of meters high.

The bodies of these tenth-stage demon beasts were so massive that they could easily swallow mountains and rivers; each one was a kilometer long. By comparison, Hao Ren standing on his 28-zhang-long golden treasure ship looked like an insect.

However, the power of heavenly lightning couldn't be resisted by these demon beasts; it broke through their tough skin and struck their demonic souls.

The impact of these demon beasts falling into the sea was akin to several dozen small mountains being dropped into it. One could only imagine the chaos this caused.

Meanwhile, those tenth-stage demon beasts that had been hiding beneath the surface were delighted when they were struck by a few branches of heavenly lightning.

Their cultivation level as tenth-stage demon beasts was already at its peak; they would soon face celestial tribulation. However, because there were many tenth-stage demon beasts in Wan妖海 (Ten Thousand Demon Sea), it wasn't necessarily their turn to trigger the celestial tribulation yet.

Although celestial tribulation was terrifying, if one didn't pass it, even a tenth-stage demon beast could easily be killed in Wan妖海 where fierce animals were numerous.

Therefore, cultivators on land wouldn't fly during thunderstorms for fear of triggering heavenly lightning. However, the demon beasts in Wan妖海 welcomed heavenly lightning—while some fragmented bolts of lightning might not be enough to help them transform into demons, they could still acclimate themselves to it and increase their chances of surviving celestial tribulation.

Once a transformation was successful and they became minor demon kings, they would no longer be mere beast forms; other tenth-stage demon beasts would avoid them. Furthermore, they could enter the deeper parts of the sea where major demon kings were located or claim a small area in the outer sea to become leaders.

Crackling...

Purple lightning exploded on the surface of the sea, creating white light.

A dozen tenth-stage demon beasts near the center were struck by powerful yet not intense lightning. They began radiating an eerie glow and showing signs of transformation.

Whoosh...

The ten-meter-long tenth-stage demon beast that had once been a minor demon king, after falling into the sea, unleashed its aura and cut through all nearby demon beasts, including nine others trying to transform. The sea suddenly turned red with blood.

How could these tenth-stage demon beasts take advantage of the minor demon kings by easily reaching the transformation period

Two demon beasts fled quickly while still glowing from untransformed lightning and managed to avoid the attack of this minor demon king.

Whoosh!

The minor demon king struck again.

One of them was killed instantly.

The other, not daring to look back, fled desperately but was smashed into pieces by another minor demon king.

In an instant, all dozen tenth-stage demon beasts that had been on the verge of transformation were dead!

The resources in Demon Sea were limited, and mutual slaughter was the basic rule. A demon beast that had already reached the level of a Demon King would never allow other demon beasts to reach the stage of shapeshifting!

Millions upon millions of demon beasts could only have a tiny portion manage to fight their way up to Tier 10, and among these Tier 10 demons, only a small part could survive the heavenly tribulation. Of those that just managed to survive the heavenly tribulation, there were even fewer who could actually make it out alive!

Demon Sea was so ruthless!

Hao Ren stood on the golden treasure ship and saw how these young Demon Kings transformed into demon beasts and casually killed dozens of high-tier demons. He knew that these young Demon Kings were extremely vicious!

If he didn’t have Purple-Gold Hairpin’s speed and Lightning Sword Shadow Technique’s lightning methods, he would certainly be dead here!

The other human cultivators and dragon cultivators couldn’t even take a step into Demon Sea. They truly had their reasons!

"Let's go!" Hao Ren urged.

It was now close to noon. If they didn’t head back soon, these young Demon Kings would hold them up. Once the sky darkened, it wouldn't be easy for them to escape from this Demon Sea!

The golden and silver dual-element spirit energy in his body reached its peak, causing the golden treasure ship to leave behind a trail of gold as it shot towards the west.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh…

Seeing more than ten Tier 10 demons that were equivalent to a Human Tribulation Core Realm cultivator get beaten into Demon Sea, the Golden Light Shield flew back to Hao Ren’s side in circles.

Hao Ren helped it survive the heavenly tribulation, so it owed him a favor. However, helping out was only something they would do if they could win, and run away otherwise. This was perfectly normal for artifacts that had simple thinking.

Now that this Golden Light Shield had just survived its heavenly tribulation, before displaying the power of an artifact, it appeared dark like a lump of scrap iron. It might look like this forever in the future.

Hao Ren looked at it and didn’t blame it for not putting in enough effort. For something like a Heavenly Treasure Artifact, just doing its duty was already good enough; he couldn't expect it to risk itself for him.

In his battles with other cultivators in the future, this Golden Light Shield could only be an auxiliary force if it wasn’t suitable as front-line combat power…

While Hao Ren thought about all these things, he also used sword light to take down more than ten small Demon Kings that appeared from Demon Sea.

The Golden Light Shield followed close behind him and intermittently shot out several beams of golden light, taking care of a few small Demon Kings as well as some seventh or eighth-tier demon beasts that were trying to emerge.

It was still a Heavenly Treasure Artifact after all. Its spiritual awareness was more sensitive than Hao Ren’s; it could clearly see the number of demons hiding under the waves.

The golden treasure ship transformed by the Purple-Gold Hairpin flew at an incredibly fast speed, with white sword light and golden shield light being cast out one after another… It seemed like a flight game. Hao Ren would spread out the sword beams while the Golden Light Shield was there to assist as a small plane.

Boom!

Sometimes when a Tier 10 demon appeared, Hao Ren would shoot out chaotic sword qi and draw lightning from the sky. All of the demons in Demon Sea were beaten down to the deep sea.

The lower-tier small Demon Kings that looked like those with lower cultivation bases than his were dealt with by sword light. The higher-tier demon beasts that looked like those with higher cultivation bases than his were handled with lightning. Although there were many small Demon Kings, none of them managed to stop Hao Ren.

Hao Ren secretly calculated the time and figured that they would be able to fly out of Demon Sea’s territory within a couple of hours.

"Since you’ve come this far, might as well stay. Young Brother, now that you’re in Demon Sea, why don’t you just stay here"

A voice suddenly reverberated through the sky.

Hao Ren's spiritual energy suddenly stalled, causing the Precious Treasure Manipulation Art to malfunction. The Purple-Gold Hairpin lost its support and slowed down dramatically.

Hum!

A huge purple net descended from high above.

Hum!

The Golden Light Shield emitted a burst of golden light, meeting the golden large net. It had just broken through to the next realm and its strength was not yet stable, but how could ordinary magic treasures be its match

To his surprise, however, when the golden light struck the purple net, it penetrated right through without stopping the purple net!

Slip... The Golden Light Shield flew out diagonally.

"Lord of our household invites young brother to be a guest. Please follow me back obediently!" That voice sounded again.

The sound was very calm, as if Hao Ren's miraculous magic treasure was nothing special.

Hao Ren knew that this time he had encountered not an Outer Sea minor Demon King but a truly formidable figure. Seeing the huge purple net approaching, he immediately took out a realm-breaking talisman from his mustard seed space and hurled it out forcefully.

His reaction was extremely quick; since the purple net couldn't block even the Golden Light Shield, then it wasn't a magic treasure but an array formation!

Bang.

The huge purple net suddenly vanished into thin air high above.

"Ah..." In the void, that voice revealed a hint of surprise, seemingly not expecting Hao Ren to easily break this purple array formation.

Hao Ren patted his mustard seed space; there were still four realm-breaking talismans inside.

These realm-breaking talismans looked ordinary, but in battle they proved truly formidable!

The Penglai Island Lord’s Zhen Yuanzi didn't covet Hao Ren's mustard seed space. Therefore, after Hao Ren returned to his human form, he put on a piece of clothing for him and even returned the necklace to around Hao Ren's neck.

Hao Ren took this opportunity to check inside his mustard seed space and saw that there was still one small golden oval badge—the "Penglai Chasing Immortal Order"!

This token might not be a gift, but rather an item for me to respond to the Dragon God Palace.

Suddenly, Hao Ren understood why this formidable demon king wanted to trouble him in Outer Sea!

With the Penglai Chasing Immortal Order, one could stay on most of the immortal mountains in Demon Ocean. On these mountains were all cultivators with agreements with demon kings, and Hao Ren just needed a foothold; even if it was a demon king, they wouldn't be able to easily tear apart their face to seize him.

But in the relatively sparse spiritual energy Outer Sea, especially an area only one hour's distance from Demon Ocean’s edge, there were no immortal mountains at all!

"If I can safely escape Demon Ocean..."

Hao Ren thought of Zhen Yuanzi's words; he knew that Zhen Yuanzi was also aware how dangerous his mission would be. Since he didn't wish to stay on Penglai Island for safety, everything depended on fate now!

cackle cackle cackle...

Hao Ren disregarded the damage to his body and directly released the peak Gān-level realm!

More than 40,000 sword lights were sprayed out simultaneously!

In the face of a powerful enemy, there was no need to conceal one's strength; one should strive for a decisive blow in one strike. The longer one delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be.

"Come out!"

Hao Ren stood on the treasure ship as 40,000 sword lights shot towards the sky.

The effect of "thousands of arrows launched simultaneously" was just like this. The dense sword lights reflected sunlight, creating an effect of hundreds of thousands of sword lights.

"Hehe, you actually have a bit of skill."

A certain ten-year-old boy-like man hid behind a golden fan and slowly emerged from the void.

Even if Hao Ren's 40,000 sword lights couldn't hit him, they would definitely be able to locate him by spreading his consciousness through the sword lights.

Middle-stage Core Formation Realm.

Hao Ren sensed this when he looked at him.

Those who could act in the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons should be demon kings, and those who could reincarnate and cultivate to the middle-stage Core Formation Realm were definitely high-level small demon kings!

One needed to understand that cultivation for demons was even harder than human cultivators. Going from stage one to ten and undergoing a Reincarnation Tribulation before reaching the middle-stage Core Formation realm was not something ordinary Core Formation realm cultivators could compare with.

Zhen Cōngming had only just reached the Dao Severing Realm equivalent to the Zhen-level!

"Not drinking offered wine and instead choosing a penalty! In the territory of the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons, I'll make you die without knowing how!" This small demon king standing in midair suddenly retracted his golden fan and pointed at Hao Ren.

Hao Ren was peak Gān-level while he was only equivalent to Xūn-level middle-stage Core Formation Realm, but he had reincarnated and cultivated again! It was like cultivating twice!

A black light shot out from the golden fan straight toward Hao Ren's forehead.

Hao Ren's 40,000 sword lights all clashed with it, unleashing abundant thunder power.

zzz...

The piercing sound was emitted between Hao Ren and this small demon king. The small demon king standing in midair took a step back and suddenly flung open his fan.

Bang... Two powerful spiritual energies exploded in mid-air.

Heat waves rolled, Hao Ren stepped backward ten meters on the golden treasure ship, almost touching the sea surface with the bottom of his boat.

"Hehe, this move is useless against me," the small demon king waved his fan casually and looked relaxed. "Of course, you can try hitting me with heavenly thunder.rs near the East Sea. Seeing Zhao Yanzǐ approach with a cup in hand, they hurriedly stood up.Since Zhao Yanzǐ was still young and could not drink alcohol, she used tea instead of wine. The wine served...