As soon as Ou Yangming sensed it, it swam across a long distance in a split second and arrived below the fighting group.
“Senior Feng, below you!” Ou Yangming uttered in a deep voice.
Ou Yangming’s every word was valuable advice to Feng Yiyuan at the moment. The great ancestor would bend over backward for the young fellow to flatter him.
Feng Yiyuan tensed up when he heard Ou Yangming, and he thought, ‘Is there another forceful creature from the Aquatics below?’
He flashed without any hesitation and moved away wonderfully. Next, a black figure zoomed up and out of the water; it was a big demonic swordfish. A black light could be seen flickering on its long and tough pointed bill under the sun, and it seemed as if it could freeze one’s heart.
Feng Yiyuan exclaimed and shifted away. He dared not fight recklessly against the Aquatics’ powerhouses around him because he was afraid that the mighty swordfish would take the opportunity to attack him if he was in a deadlock. When the great ancestor thought about the swordfish’s sword-like bill, he fell a chill down his spine.
Ou Yangming frowned because he could tell that the Humans were slowly going down. Not only was the sea the Aquatics’ home ground, but the creatures could also call out to their friends, thus it would be impossible for the Humans to fight in a drawn-out war against them.
The young fellow straightened his body, causing the air around him to have odd fluctuations.
‘Since that’s the case, let me settle these underlings.’
Just as he wanted to make a move, he fixed his gaze on his wrist.
With a flash of thought, his consciousness entered the space inside the band.
Inside the immense space, the lazy sea turtle was still sleeping soundly. As it recuperated here for 3 days, the seawater in the space seemed to be filled with its smell.
The Tree of Splendour was luxuriant on the spirit turtle’s back as though the previous generation of immortal liquid did not affect it at all. Judging from its growth, it seemed like the second batch of liquid could be harvested too.
“Lazy turtle, get up!”
Ou Yangming’s voice echoed in the space, but the lazy turtle did not move an inch.
He sighed and gathered his conception to crop the Tree of Splendour on the turtle’s back a little.
It did not take long before loud rumbles were heard coming from the sea. The lazy turtle finally looked up and stared at Ou Yangming in confusion as if it was asking what was going on.
Ou Yangming pulled a long face and questioned furiously, “Lazy turtle, I set sail on a ship, but I’m not being obstructed by your apprentices and followers, which are trying to overturn the ship I’m on. Hmph, did you plan this?”
The spirit turtle was stupefied, and it finally awoke from its sleep. “It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me. I’ve been sleeping, so I couldn’t have planned anything!”
“Hmph, who knows if you used a Camouflage Technique to trick me!”
“I’m wronged, I’m wronged!” The spirit turtle shouted.
“Words alone aren’t proof, so whether you’re wronged or not, it’ll be up to your actions.”
Ou Yangming withdrew his mental conception and looked at the fierce battle in the distance, and he suddenly extended his arm out. Consequently, a black figure flew out and landed steadily on the sea…
Chapter 521 - The Lazy Turtle’s Might
“Woosh…”
Plenty of seawater rose into the sky because the waves were blown up to mid-air due to a humongous creature.
Ou Yangming did not treat the lazy turtle in his Long Feather Band politely. After expressing his extreme discontent, he adopted the Interspatial Magic Art to hurl the turtle into the sea.
Needless to say, Ou Yangming picked the spot wisely; he made sure that the spirit turtle was a safe distance away from him and the ship.
After all, the sea turtle was too massive. If it was near the ship, Ou Yangming would not be at ease.
“Roar…”
The sea turtle cried in pain when it fell into the sea.
It was not because of the physical pain on its body, but because the Tree of Splendour on its back was stripped from it by Ou Yangming. Ever since the plant was attached to the turtle, it grew between the gaps on its body and became one with it, and the pairing between the spiritual item and the mascot naturally created an unexplainable mystery.
Nonetheless, the lazy turtle and the plant were separated because the former’s followers provoked Ou Yangming. It was unbearable for the turtle.
It was worth noting that the lazy turtle could overcome sleep for the Tree of Splendour.
Once the lazy turtle entered the sea, it was filled with so much fury that it could burn the sky and boil the sea. Nevertheless, as bold as the turtle was, it dared not bare its teeth in front of Ou Yangming. As such, it could only vent its anger on its unlucky followers.
When the spirit turtle appeared, the Humans’ powerhouses and the Aquatics’ powerhouses had entirely different feelings.
The Aquatics’ powerhouses of different sizes cheered in their respective ways. From the day the lazy turtle disappeared and numerous powerhouses near the shoal were slaughtered, the remaining of them fled to the deep sea.
Although they did not know the lazy turtle’s whereabouts, they knew the spirit beast likely suffered an ill fate.
When the Aquatics’ powerhouses suddenly spotted the Humans’ ship, they assembled to attack the people. Other than wanting to vent their anger, they also wanted to get some information.
Having said that, just as they were surrounding the Humans’ powerhouses, they realized that the leader—the spirit turtle—had returned. The aquatics were so excited at this moment that it was indescribable.
Perhaps they could return to land under their leader’s lead and could promote their prestige to the world again.
On the contrary, Feng Yiyuan, Nian Xinran, and the others were having a breakdown.
‘Master Ou, didn’t you say this fella is nothing to be feared already? Even if you didn’t kill it, at least make it go away, so it’ll never dare to attack us anymore.
‘It has only been a few days, and the fella is back. Besides, judging from its momentum and appearance, it doesn’t seem to be injured at all.’
The spirit turtle turned over, causing its fearsome aura to spread and gush out in all directions. Ou Yangming and the little red bird did not care about it at all because it felt like a traceless breeze to them.
As for the other people and the Aquatics’ ferocious beasts, the aura was invincible, so much so that they even froze.
‘Sir, why did you crush us too without forethought?’ The vicious beasts thought, but they dared not say it out loud as much as they cursed internally.
The lazy turtle widened its mouth and grunted as it pounced on the fighting group.
Many fierce beasts were elated, whereas Feng Yiyuan and the others turned pale and gave Ou Yangming pleading and wishful looks. At this point, the young fellow was the only one that could retrieve their defeat and save them.
Despite that, their hearts sank when they looked in a direction on the ship.
Ou Yangming had unknowingly sat on the ship’s bow. Seeing how leisurely he was, he seemed to be wanting to watch the fun.
Everyone including Feng Yiyuan had a strange thought, ‘Is Ou Yangming trying to get someone else to kill us because he’s not pleased with us?’
The lazy turtle paddled on the water so quickly that it was a stark contrast with its enormous body. It reached the fighting group in the blink of an eye, then it opened its large mouth and bit.
Feng Yiyuan and the others felt chills in their hearts. They knew they would be doomed, but they did not want to be caught without putting up a fight.
Just as they were determined to let the spirit beast have a taste of the Humans’ bravery, an arrow of blood burst out and painted the water red.
Following that, they were dumbfounded because the terrifying spirit tu
rtle bit the swordfish, which was a great-ancestor-level half-spirit beast, into two.
The swordfish was considered mighty among the Aquatics. In particular, its speed and power during its spurt were enough to put equal-ranked human powerhouses in difficult spots. Feng Yiyuan and Nian Xinran knew this very well, hence they were wary of it while they fought other half-spirit beasts.
Who knew, the swordfish was similar to a little wooden rod in front of the spirit turtle. Without being able to struggle at all, it was bitten to death by the turtle.
The battlefield fell silent at once. Apart from the Humans’ powerhouses, the Aquatics’ beasts looked in disbelief at the spirit turtle. ‘Is that old fella dazzled? Why is it attacking its kind?’
Next, the spirit turtle swallowed the swordfish and aimed at a white shark with its menacing eyes.
The white shark was also a great-ancestor-level half-spirit beast. It usually acted like an overlord in the sea and was invincible, but it became timid after being stared at by the spirit turtle. The shark dared not resist at all, and it turned its belly up to float on the sea.
As such, the spirit turtle looked past it coldly and fixed its gaze on the next great-ancestor-level half-spirit beast.
The half-spirit beasts could not speak, but they had gained wisdom and understood everything after seeing what was going on.
One by one, the beasts submitted themselves to the spirit turtle in their own ways. In actuality, they also knew they could not resist the turtle at all because they would only be doomed if they did.
The spirit turtle nodded its huge head as it was satisfied, then it looked at Feng Yiyuan and the others.
Feng Yiyuan and the others were appalled. Just as they were feeling flustered, they heard Ou Yangming calling out to them, “Senior Feng, General Nian, you can come back.”
Everyone quickly paddled away as though they had just been pardoned, and they hurried back to the ship.
They looked at Ou Yangming differently again. Especially the sailors on the ship, they kneeled and kowtowed to him.
The people could tell that the gigantic turtle’s appearance was related to Ou Yangming. Given that he could command such a giant beast in the water, he was simply equivalent to Poseidon.
After roaring at the aquatics, the spirit turtle turned around and blew air at the ship. With that, an incredibly rich fragrance spread out, causing those who smelled it to feel like they were treading on air.
The captain was stunned at first, then he jumped gleefully. Without bothering about the powerhouses present, he yelled at the top of his lungs, “Good luck! This is the blessing of good luck! It’s a blessing given by Sir Spirit Turtle to us! From now on, our ship won’t be restricted at all when we sail on the sea. Haha, haha…”
As he cried, the sailors on the ship shouted as well. They were delighted and were filled with overflowing joy.
To people that made a living by going to sea, monstrous waves and giant beasts were deadly. Once encountered, their ships would be wrecked, and they would become food for the aquatics.
Now, a formidable sea beast had just blown air of blessing at the ship.
When sea beasts with rank lower than the spirit turtle sensed the air of blessing, they would not attack the ship at all. In a way, the people that sailed the ship could sail freely on the sea as long as they carefully avoided stormy waves and submerged reefs.
Ou Yangming was rather moved when he watched them quietly.
Even though he was at the tip of the pyramid in this world at the moment, he used to be an unknown apprentice in the military 2 years ago. Therefore, the young fellow understood how the people were feeling, and he curled his lips into a faint smile as he watched them celebrate.
Feng Yiyuan returned to Ou Yangming and exchanged glances with the others before he finally asked, “Master Ou, this spirit turtle…?”
Ou Yangming curbed his thought and answered with a smile, “This spirit turtle and I met by fate, so I promised I’ll bring it back to the upper realm.”
“Master Ou, this spirit turtle descended to our realm to eliminate the Humans, so why is it willing to return to the upper realm?” Feng Yiyuan and the rest looked at each other.
“I’m not a part of the Aquatics, so how would I know what they’re thinking. Since this spirit turtle didn’t cause a massacre, I decided to fulfill its wish,” Ou Yangming responded snappily.
When Feng Yiyuan and the others pondered, they indeed realized that while the spirit turtle was the Aquatics’ leader and led its followers to attack the city many times, it always gave up halfway. It was as though the turtle was only carrying out its task and did not cause a huge disaster to the Humans.
While they were deep in their thoughts, they suddenly heard the screams of numerous people.
They noticed the massive turtle swimming leisurely toward the ship.
The ship was titanic, but it would likely fall apart if it was crushed by the bulky creature.
That said, given that the spirit turtle had just blown air of blessing to the ship, it probably would not attack the ship.
At last, the spirit turtle arrived beside the ship and called out to Ou Yangming while looking eagerly at him.
“You did well, so go back and sleep.” Ou Yangming nodded. Subsequently, he extended his arm, causing an intense light to be released and enveloped the spirit turtle.
When the light disappeared after a brief moment, the turtle was nowhere to be seen.
Ou Yangming asked the stupefied captain, “Aren’t you going to sail the ship?”
The captain seemed to have just awakened from his dream. He quickly shouted and gave orders to the sailors.
Before long, the ship left swiftly, leaving many savage beasts trembling in the sea.
From then on, the ship sailed on the sea countless times before it aged and retired from the sea, but it was never attacked by sea creatures anymore.
Chapter 522 - An Aerolite With The Same Origin
The ship’s speed was increased to the maximum, and it braved the wind and storm for 3 days and 3 nights before the captain finally ordered for the anchor to be dropped.
This was because the sailor that navigated found the area where the peculiar stone was found.
Ou Yangming went to the ship’s bow when he received the news, and he retrieved the stone to hold it in his hands. After looking at the little red bird, they released their mental powers at the same time. Ever since they previously cooperated for 3 days without stopping, their mental powers seemed to have merged.
If their chemistry could be scored, they would certainly receive 10 points in that aspect.
Once their incredibly intimate mental powers merged, the effect was not as simple as 1-2-3, but it was more apparent that their powers were pushed to a height like never before.
Their enormous mental powers gushed into the stone at once, causing an intense heatwave to be released. Consequently, the people on the ship felt like they were being burned.
Feng Yiyuan and the others were appalled. They knew there must be a reason Ou Yangming valued the peculiar stone, but they did not expect the stone to release such fearsome power. At this point, they even suspected that the ship would be lighted up if the heatwave continued.
Nonetheless, the heatwave did not last for long; it disappeared after several breaths.
The sailors on the ship were relieved because they were afraid that Ou Yangming would really burn their ship.
Given the young fellow’s identity, not to mention burning the ship, even if he killed everyone on it, nobody would complain about the alleged injustice.
“Senior Feng, General Nian, thanks for escorting me here,” Ou Yangming said as he turned around. He added after a pause, “I’ve found the place, so I’ll be leaving the ship. You may go back first.”
Feng Yiyuan immediately expressed, “Master Ou, we can wait for you here.”
Ou Yangming could not help but laugh. “That’s not necessary. I’ll return once I find what I’m looki
ng for, so please go back first.”
Seeing as the great ancestor and the general were reluctant to leave, Ou Yangming pulled a long face and asked, “Are you being so persistent because you want to covet what I’m trying to find?”
Feng Yiyuan and Nian Xinran gasped, and they repeatedly told the young fellow that they dared not do that. In actuality, they were both curious about the bizarre stone. Even though they did not have the guts to poke their nose in the matter, they wanted to gain some knowledge. Nevertheless, after hearing what Ou Yangming said, as bold as they were, they would not stay anymore.
Before long, the ship turned around and sailed in the opposite direction. Along their way back, they were not harassed by sea beasts anymore.
On the other hand, Ou Yangming began running on the water after watching them leave.
He released his mental power to form an odd air wall around him, then his body slowly sank.
The underwater world was gorgeous, but Ou Yangming did not have the time to admire them at all. He simply swam in the direction he sensed earlier.
Protected by the air wall, Ou Yangming would not be in danger at all, but he soon realized that the wall seemed to have become an ornamental object in the sea as many small fishes swam toward him and attempted to break the wall.
Ou Yangming was annoyed but amused at the same time when he looked at the fishes, which did not know their place. He was decisive in killings, but he could not bring himself to attack the fishes.
This was because there were plenty of them, and they came in batches, hence there would be no end to it.
Moreover, the little fishes were rather adorable. Unless they could threaten Ou Yangming, he would not bear to harm them.
Despite that, while there were only small fishes at first, sea beasts slowly approached him too. The beasts were not large and did not have intense auras, but they were much more troublesome than the little fishes. As they approached the young fellow, the small fishes fled in the blink of an eye.
Next, a ferocious fish charged toward Ou Yangming, but it was rebounded by an invisible yet forceful power when it hit the air wall, causing it to become dizzy.
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