Ocean Archfiend’s Shackles Removed
“As the ruler of the ocean, I need water; else, I will gradually suffer from dehydration,” Archfiend hastily notified.
Qiao Xue immediately spawned sea water using Water Spirit and supplied it to the fiend king via the holes in the formation.
“I also need blood.”
“Blood? Is that your idea of a joke? Where are we going to fetch your blood from when you’re a skeleton?! Why didn’t you save some when you were sealed?” fumed Mu Yu.
“This formation separates me from any water source and my blood. I, consequently, couldn’t hang onto my blood. Have you seen my descendants? Their blood would also work.”
The formation evaporated the water Qiao Xue spawned and prevented her from supplying the fiend king with any water again.
“Your descendants? It’s been so long that fiends from the ocean are practically extinct. What do you think the chances are that their blood remains? Most importantly, I don’t even know what sort of fiend beast you are from your skeleton, so how in the world should I know how your descendants look?” Mu Yu snapped, still trying to maintain Reverend Xuan Jizi’s formation.
“The fiends in the ocean have gone extinct?” Archfiend Yujiang sighed. “I’m a black tortoise.”
“So a turtle?” asked Xiaoshuai.
“No, a black tortoise is the king of the ocean, the representative of the water element,” corrected the fiend king.
“You learn something every day.”
“I couldn’t give damn which one you are because I can’t obtain your descendant’s blood either way!” Mu Yu chimed back in.
“Mu Yu, Uncle Ape left an item in the hands of Elder Lu prior to his departure, claiming it could help us release His Majesty. I think it’s the blood of His Majesty’s descendants.”
“That doesn’t help because we don’t know where Elder Lu is.”
“Are you two talking about the deer with a missing horn and the useless turtle?” Gui Ximing smiled wryly and pulled out a jadeite ruler. “I killed both of them already.”
“Elder Lu is dead?!” Qiao Xue exclaimed.
“I need Thousand Inch Ocean Ruler,” declared the fiend king.
“You sure need a damn lot. We don’t have the flipping means of getting our hands on it!” Mu Yu raged, unable to understand why he was so furious about Lu Xiong’s death.
“I really do need it. There is still hope if I can get my hands on Thousand Inch Ocean Ruler. I’ll show you how to use it.”
“No, no, no, there is no hope left for you,” Gui Ximing provoked, unleashing blood souls to assail them again.
Mu Yu and Qiao Xue didn’t evade since the blood souls wouldn’t hurt them, but the fiend king bore the brunt of the attack. The fiend king thrust his hand through the corroded areas, impairing Mu Yu’s repair efforts.
“What are you doing?” Mu Yu thundered.
“I’ve lost control over my skeleton.”
As the fiend king reluctantly tore through the formation with sheer brute force, he yelled, “You two need to run now! I’m going to tear through this formation at any moment!”
Open Marsh Shore came apart, and the fiend king jumped out, swinging his fist at the two before they could react.
“This is how you thank me?!” Mu Yu cursed, jumping into Wood Spirit with Qiao Xue.
The fiend king opened his hand at the last second and gripped Wood Spirit instead. “I’m sorry. I never wanted to hurt you.”
Try as he may, the fiend king could not even dent Wood Spirit reinforced with Water Spirit. The duo transformed their shield into water, escaping through the gaps in the fiend king’s fingers. Accordingly, Gui Ximing and Gui Bao gave chase, only the fiend king not distancing himself from them unlike the pillars.
“Any plans?” Qiao Xue asked, emerging from her barricade with Mu Yu.
Though their barricade was a nifty way of evading enemy attacks, they were highly susceptible to being captured if the enemy used their spiritual energy, hence the decision to leave it.
“Man, I shouldn’t have gotten myself involved in this mess. Every darn time I get involved with a fiend king, something bad has to happen.”
Since the fiend king’s pillar’s formation was defused, the two other pillars linked to the fiend king’s pillar would also reveal their weak points. Thus, Mu Yu timed his chance to jump onto another lined Open Marsh Shore pillar. Fortunately for Mu Yu, Gui Ximing would only use the pillars he had corroded and had burned through his four corpses.
“Is running all you’re good for?” provoked Gui Ximing.
“Mu Yu, we need to help Ocean Archfiend.
“I know, but it’s gotten even harder now that we’re taking on three people. If only I could still use Helian Kong’s soul item, damn it.”
“You have a soul item, one of those items nourished using souls?” queried the fiend king.
“Yeah, but that piece of turd controls it with his Blood Domain Demon Skull.”
“Spread blood on it and you c-”
“Oi, you talk too much, Archfiend,” Gui Ximing aggressed, choking the fiend king with a hand and then injected ghost qi into the skeleton.
Blood can counteract it? Mu Yu wondered.
Trivia
Xiaoshuai’s derogatory reference to turtles is lost in translation. In essence, it’s similar to saying, “Oh, your name is dick? So your surname is head?”
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