Aboard the merchant ship, the Demonic Beasts attacked ferociously. With their advantage in numbers as well as their count of God-tier experts, the Demonic Beasts currently held the upper hand. Fortunately, three God Lords were slaughtering most of the Fiendish Beasts in the sky, allowing the people below to barely hold on. However, out of more than two thousand people, fewer than fifteen hundred remained! In less than a quarter of an hour, more than five hundred people had fallen into the mouths of the Demonic Beasts or been injured!
"Catch that white creature!" As the people struggled desperately to hold their ground, a loud shout echoed. Someone looked into the distance and saw a white shadow alongside a strange Demonic Beast!
"It's the masked one! He's still alive!" someone shouted. Following that, everyone looked toward the distant battle, which was just as heart-stopping and soul-stirring as their own! That Demonic Beast was a God Lord realm expert! They gasped, sucking in cold air, then immediately became excited. Over there, someone was holding back the main force of the Demonic Beasts, giving them hope of survival! Their morale instantly surged, and they fought back fiercely against the horde of Demonic Beasts.
"Huh?!" Ma Lian did not understand what Yu Tianjun wanted to do, but he still followed his words and leaped toward the hidden white creature. He also wanted to see what Yu Tianjun intended to do with it.
"Hmph! This Demonic Beast seems to be controlled!" Ma Ying suddenly said while Yu Tianjun was fighting.
"Controlled?" Yu Tianjun frowned.
"Hmph! Let me take over!" Ma Ying said, then seized control of the body. His cultivation instantly surged to the peak of the late God Lord realm, then immediately became ethereal, its true level impossible to discern.
"Boom!" The moment Ma Ying took control of the body, he immediately swung his fist, striking the enormous God Lord-level beast. This time, they seemed to be evenly matched.
"Hmph! Let me show you my true power!" Ma Ying snorted coldly. From within his body, primordial demonic energy surged out, enveloping him for over ten zhang, then formed a ten-zhang-tall giant of demonic energy that charged at the Demonic Beast.
"Boom!" Another collision, but this time the Demonic Beast was pushed back over twenty li before it stopped. Under its belly was a gaping black hole, from which black blood continuously gushed like a spring.
Yu Tianjun followed closely, refusing to let up. With both hands, he grabbed the enormous beast by its tail, stepped into the air, dragged the Demonic Beast with him, and slammed it straight into the water!
"CRASH!" A wave over a hundred zhang high surged as Yu Tianjun slammed the Demonic Beast into the water, shaking an entire section of the sea! It was a truly shocking sight, largely due to the Demonic Beast's immense size.
After dealing with the Demonic Beast, Yu Tianjun stepped back onto the ship. The merchant ship was now in an indescribably wretched state. A large section of its stern was missing. Onboard, only just over a thousand people remained, still struggling against the attacking Demonic Beasts. Ma Lian, however, was nowhere to be seen; catching that white creature was taking a bit too long!
"Hmm!" Yu Tianjun frowned slightly, seeing the rather high number of casualties. He had not wanted to interfere, but he could not bear to watch them die! He swung his fist once more!
"Boom! Boom!" With every punch he threw, more than a dozen demonic beasts disintegrated into black mist. He only stopped after unleashing over a hundred strikes. This was still a bit too slow!
"Burning Heaven!" This was an area-of-effect flame-attribute martial skill. Wu Tianjun chanted a few incantations. Since his Primordial Demonic Veins possessed Divine Fire, the power of the "Burning Heaven" skill he unleashed was terrifyingly potent. Very quickly, a blue-black flame spread outward with him at the center, covering a radius of over a hundred zhang. Any demonic beast that stepped into it was instantly incinerated into ash! Not even sixth-tier Divine-grade demonic beasts were an exception! Strangely, none of the passengers on the ship were harmed by the heat. The flames continued to expand until they reached over three hundred zhang before finally stopping. Wu Tianjun was now surrounded by a vast sea of blue-black fire.
"Ah! We're saved!" Seeing the blue-black flames appear without harming them in the slightest, someone shouted in excitement.
"Haha! I actually survived the beast tide!" someone wept with joy.
"It's a demonic expert..." someone exclaimed in surprise. After all, a ten-zhang-tall giant now stood on the deck, radiating a dense, suffocating demonic aura.
"Ah! Thank you, Senior, for saving our lives..."
"Thank you, Senior..." They immediately began to thank him profusely. To survive such a disaster was an immense stroke of fortune.
"Hmph! Repair the stern and the protective barrier! This beast tide isn't over yet!" Wu Tianjun's demonic form said coldly. How could it be over when Bai Sha had not been captured yet? Watching the demonic beasts mindlessly charge into the sea of fire and turn to ash, his frown deepened. Demonic beasts were living creatures too, yet someone was disregarding their lives, continuously sending them to their deaths. He felt a deep sense of disgust toward that person. If given the chance, he would not let them off easily. After all, Wu Tianjun still considered himself a very benevolent person!
Over half an hour passed. As wave after wave of demonic beasts rushed into the sea of fire and turned to ash, the area around the merchant ship finally cleared. However, the two Divine Lords and Bai Sha were still nowhere to be seen, and Mo Lian had not returned either. The three Divine Lords on the ship had also gathered, looking at Wu Tianjun's demonic form with a mixture of awe and apprehension.
"Huh?" Wu Tianjun suddenly looked toward a certain direction in the void. He sensed powerful auras approaching: a Saint God and two Divine Venerables were rapidly heading their way.
"Haha! The experts from our merchant guild have arrived!" the old Divine Lord laughed heartily, having apparently received a message. Little did he know, the surrounding passengers were looking at him as if he were an idiot. If this demonic expert hadn't intervened, everyone on the ship would have been dead long before the guild's reinforcements arrived. Even the Bloodblade Divine Lord didn't bother to spare him a glance.
With a soft gust of wind, three figures landed on the deck: two men and one woman. Surprisingly, the Saint God was the woman!
"Greetings, Elder Xuan Yun!" The old man, the old woman, and several Divine-grade cultivators from the Xuanming Merchant Guild immediately bowed and greeted her with deep respect.
"Hmph! A member of the Demon Race?" She glanced at Wu Tianjun, then paid him no further attention. "Where is the Young Miss?" she asked the old woman.
"The Young Miss is in the control cabin. She was a bit frightened, but she will be out shortly!" the old woman replied respectfully.
"Mhm! Ensure the Young Miss's safety! I will report this matter!" Xuan Yun said indifferently.
"Uh... this matter was actually thanks to that Demon Race friend..." the old man said with some difficulty, pointing at Wu Tianjun.
"Oh? May I know which friend of the Demon Race this is? Could you perhaps disperse your demon form?" Xuan Yun looked at Wu Tianjun in surprise.
Wu Tianjun dispersed his demon form, revealing a figure that had not yet fully grown, dressed in white and wearing a white mask. He said, "It is not convenient to reveal my name."
"Ah! It's the one who left the ship earlier!" someone exclaimed.
"It really is him! So powerful, no wonder he dared to charge into the Demonic Beast Horde alone!" someone exclaimed in fright.
Blood Blade Can, standing nearby, trembled slightly. Luckily, this person hadn't gotten angry and chopped him down!
"May I ask which branch of the Demon Race you belong to?" Xuan Yun asked, her eyes narrowing into a smile.
"It is not convenient to disclose," Wu Tianjun said coldly. *This woman is an idiot! I, this young master, am already wearing a mask, yet she still wants me to reveal my identity?*
"You..." Xuan Yun was a little angry. *Since when has anyone in this starfield dared to disregard the Xuanming Merchant Guild's reputation?*
"Ah! Aunt Yun!" a joyful voice suddenly rang out. The Third Young Miss, who had just emerged, immediately ran toward Xuan Yun; after all, it had been rather dangerous just now.
"Oh, Young Miss! Why aren't you focusing on your cultivation instead of running around outside? What if something unexpected happens?" Xuan Yun said with a hint of strictness, though it wasn't hard to discern the doting affection she held for the Third Young Miss.
"Hehe! Anyway, Granny Shen is here!" She stuck out her tongue and hugged Old Woman Shen's arm as she spoke.
"You..." The others felt a bit helpless when it came to this Third Young Miss.
"Oh? Are you alright?" The Third Young Miss, who was laughing and chatting with the others, saw Wu Tianjun standing at the bow of the ship and asked. After all, she had personally witnessed this person entering the Demonic Beast Horde, yet he had emerged completely unharmed.
"How could anything happen to this young master? Is your head filled with water?" Wu Tianjun turned to look at her and said. *She also likes to play mysterious, wearing that veil which also serves to block spiritual sense probing. Normally, cultivators wouldn't use their spiritual sense to probe others; after all, it's quite rude, so they would only sweep over them once without examining closely.*
"Oh? But I saw you enter the Demonic Beast Horde," she asked in surprise. *Does this guy not realize how dangerous it is to enter a Demonic Beast Horde?*
"Hah! What can a few minor demonic beasts do to me?" Wu Tianjun asked, looking at her with interest.
"Minor demonic beasts..." She stared wide-eyed at Wu Tianjun.
As they spoke, everyone on the ship looked at Wu Tianjun in fright. It turned out that to him, the Demonic Beast Horde was insignificant! And he even called himself 'this young master'? Could he really be very, very young, yet already possess such strength? What kind of monstrous genius was he?
"This young master..." Xuan Yun now carefully scrutinized Yu Tianjun. His physique suggested he was at most sixteen, and she couldn't discern his cultivation level. If he was truly still very young, judging by his appearance, then this guy was a colossal prodigy even among the monstrous geniuses of the starfields! After all, there were many eccentric old monsters who liked to impersonate youths to deceive people, just as most female cultivators wished to always maintain a youthful and beautiful appearance, herself included!
"Hmph!" Seeing their expressions, Yu Tianjun didn't want to look at them anymore.
"Ah! Why are you so mysterious?" the Third Young Miss asked a rather impolite question, apparently wanting to see his face.
"Hmph! You're also covering your face, so why are you talking about me!" Yu Tianjun said without looking at her.
His words immediately made the experts of the Xuan Ming Merchant Guild frown! *This guy is too arrogant!*
"It's normal for women to cover their faces!" she retorted, unconvinced.
"Hah! My face is very valuable! If you want to see it, pay a fee!" Yu Tianjun said with a laugh.
"Huh? What fee? I'll give it to you!" the Third Young Miss immediately said. *Money is what the Merchant Guild has the most of!*
"Three Saintly Herbs! Hmph! That'll do for now!" Yu Tianjun said with a laugh.
"Huh? Three Saintly Herbs..." the Third Young Miss said with a hint of fright. *This guy really dared to ask for that.*
"Haha! This young master thinks a bit too highly of himself!" Hearing this, Xuan Yun didn't pay it much mind, saying, "It’s just a face, what’s the big deal if I don’t look? This guy opens his mouth and talks about three Saintly Medicines, he’s really overestimating himself."
"Haha! This young master is handsome and dashing, like a jade tree in the wind, loved by all who meet him! Tell me, isn’t that priceless?" Yu Tianjun didn’t let their mockery bother him, laughing as he spoke. He was just amusing himself.
"I know a few Demon Clan Prodigies myself. I wonder if this Young Master is one of those Starry Sky Prodigies like Di Sha or Mo Sheng?" Xuan Yun also realized he was just messing around.
"No! I don’t know them! I’ll meet those so-called Starry Sky Geniuses later!" Yu Tianjun stated firmly. He had heard of the name ‘Starry Sky Geniuses’ but just hadn’t met them yet. Little did he know, he already had!
"No!" Xuan Yun’s pupils contracted! This one might also be a monstrous talent yet to reveal himself, merely out for some experience.
"Oh! Where’s that black-robed person who came with you?" the Third Young Miss suddenly asked. After all, Yu Tianjun had come with someone else, one black, one white!
"Hmm!" Yu Tianjun was currently using his Heaven-Piercing Eye to search for his whereabouts!
After scanning the distance for a while and seeing nothing, Yu Tianjun looked down into the water. Even past a hundred zhang, there was no sign of Mo Lian. He continued to look down. More than three hundred zhang below, he saw the seawater was somewhat turbulent! Sure enough, at five hundred zhang, he saw Mo Lian battling a giant whale, a truly magnificent sight! A Saint Ancestor Realm Demonic Beast Giant Whale! They were fighting non-stop, currently in a stalemate!
"If you don’t want to die, leave immediately!" Yu Tianjun suddenly told Xuan Yun and the Third Young Miss. If those two fought on the surface, this merchant ship wouldn’t even withstand the residual power.
"Why should we leave?" the Third Young Miss retorted, unconvinced.
"Ha! Why are you always so stupid? When I warned you about the approaching horde of demonic beasts earlier, you refused to change the ship's course, and now you're still dawdling here! Why are women so foolish?!" Yu Tianjun said with a trace of impatience.
"You..." The Third Young Miss and Xuan Yun were instantly enraged; his words had insulted them both.
"Hmph! A battle at the Saint Ancestor level! You'd better pray for yourselves!" Yu Tianjun leaped from the ship and soared into the air. Just then, the waves suddenly surged violently, as if something from the depths was about to erupt onto the surface!
"A Saint Ancestor-level battle..." Xuan Yun said, her voice trembling. "He wasn't wrong. We're too late to leave now!"
"Haha! You little brat, you're staying too!" Suddenly, the void shattered, and a middle-aged man stepped out. With a wave of his hand, he condensed a giant palm that struck down toward Yu Tianjun.
"So you blocked off this sea area for a reason!" Yu Tianjun's pupils contracted as he spoke coldly. His Demonic Body instantly manifested, throwing a punch directly at the giant palm!