In the sky, the wind was gentle and the sun was bright.
In the sea, the waves were thousands of miles long.
The blue sky and the black sea. Under the noon sun, the scenery was more or less gorgeous.
Especially with the rise and fall of the sea, the swordfish danced and set off waves. At the same time, the sunlight reflected the sea water with seven colors.
The beauty of the rainbow and the warmth of the sun diluted the mystery of the cold black sea a little. At this moment, the tranquility was even stronger.
This sea area was very far away from the Seven Blood Pupils and closer to the territory of the Sea Corpse Clan. Because of the war, there were not many merchant ships coming and going. Because of the strong heterogeneity, the number of large sea beasts under the sea was obviously not small.
At this moment, there was a Sea Dragon moving quickly under the sea. Its ferocious face, sharp teeth, and the aura emitted from its body made most of the sea beasts along the way scramble to escape when they encountered it.
Therefore, this Sea Dragon was not blocked at all, and its speed at the bottom of the sea became more and more astonishing. However, if a Golden Core cultivator carefully examined and stared at this Sea Dragon, they would find that this Sea Dragon was not a living creature!
It was formed by a spell, and there was a young man sitting cross-legged inside it.
There was a black canopy above the young man's head, and there were bursts of flames flowing, enveloping him and hiding his aura.
His clothes were tattered, and he was in a sorry state. There were many dents on his body, and his aura was unstable. While his injuries were very serious, there was a black thread faintly in his body.
This thread was not real, but an illusory existence. However, it was deeply buried in the young man's flesh and blood, preventing him from recovering. Wherever it passed, his flesh and blood were withering.
He felt that his body was about to break.
The young man was Xu Qing, who had escaped from the Sea Corpse Clan.
The previous teleportation was smooth because the seventh Corpse Ancestor statue was in the coastal area. Although he did not directly enter the sea, he still appeared on the coastline.
With his own disguise, he endured the outbreak of his injuries and used the fastest time to dive into the sea and escape far away. In the process, he also encountered the powerhouses of the Sea Corpse Clan, but under Xu Qing's caution, he was not in danger.
Of course, the most important thing here was the Sea Corpse Clan. After the Golden Core boy's report, most of their energy was focused on the culprit, the captain.
There was an obvious difference.
Ten days had passed since the nose of the Sea Corpse Clan's Corpse Ancestor statue had collapsed.
In these ten days, Xu Qing had already entered the depths of the Forbidden Sea with the help of the Sea Dragon's speed. But what made him gloomy was that his injuries were recovering at an unprecedentedly slow rate in these ten days.
The main thing that affected his recovery was the illusory black line in his body.
This thread came from the Sea Corpse Clan's Golden Core Realm cultivator with three heads and six arms. Even though Xu Qing had successfully escaped, this black thread had appeared in his body after he left.
This thread was very tenacious. Even when Xu Qing used his Life Fire to burn it, he could not kill it. Under the suppression of the Life Lamp, the thread was obviously frightened. However, Xu Qing's cultivation level was not high enough to use his Life Lamp.
The lamp's true power was only to make it less active, but it still didn't kill it.
Thus, Xu Qing conjured the black umbrella to prevent its aura from leaking out. During these ten days, he used the Golden Crow Refining All Spirits technique to refine the black thread.
The level of the Golden Crow's Ten Thousand Spirits Refinement was extremely high. Even though Xu Qing's cultivation level was not enough to fully utilize it, with the power of the Life Lamp, he was able to slowly train it. In the end, he even ordered the shadow to devour it.
With the combined power of three parties, the black thread finally showed signs of dissipating.
After the Sea Dragon he was in dived under the sea for another seven or eight days, after half a month, Xu Qing finally completely wiped out the black thread in his body.
The moment it completely dissipated, he spat out a large mouthful of black blood.
This blood obviously contained a highly toxic poison. Seeing that it was about to contaminate the Sea Dragon and spread out in the sea outside, Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and quickly took out a small bottle to store the blood he spat out.
He could feel that the blood he spat out contained a poison he had never seen before. Or more accurately, it was not poison. He could feel that in this blood, there were countless small black worms that were difficult to detect with the naked eye.
The black thread in his body was formed by a large number of these small black worms.
"Let's study it. This blood can also become one of my trump cards." Xu Qing took a deep breath. After carefully putting it away, he began to focus on healing his injuries.
Without the obstruction of the black thread, Xu Qing's injuries were obviously recovering normally. During this recovery, he recalled his gains, especially feeling the 65 Dharma apertures in his body.
Burning them, Xu Qing was extremely satisfied.
"It was worth it!"
Xu Qing murmured. In particular, there was an item in his storage bag. The item was more than ten feet in size and had an irregular shape. At first glance, it was basically difficult to guess what it was.
Only those who had truly seen its complete shape would know that this item was the nose of the Sea Corpse Clan's seventh Corpse Ancestor statue!
However, after leaving the territory of the Sea Corpse Clan, the material of this nose changed and turned into an ordinary object. At the same time, it turned gray and no longer had any sense of mystery.
However, Xu Qing was reluctant to throw it away. He felt that this thing might have other uses. After all, this was the nose of the Sea Corpse Clan's sacred object.
Xu Qing did not know what kind of storm his actions would eventually cause. Although he had some guesses in his heart, in fact, he did not think that this matter would be extremely serious.
At most, he and the captain had swallowed some spiritual liquid. At most, the captain had bitten the statue's toe, which caused the internal instability of the statue, causing the statue's nose to collapse.
This was not a big deal. Xu Qing had heard the captain talk about the nine Corpse Ancestor statues and knew that their recovery ability was excellent. Perhaps they had already recovered by now.
As for the captain …
"I won't die."
Xu Qing did not know why, but he always felt that the captain would not die so easily, so he did not think too much about it. He still sat cross-legged in the Sea Dragon, recovering from his injuries while controlling the Sea Dragon to head to the Mermaid Clan's island.
He planned to return to the Seven Blood Pupils.
However, this place was too far away from the Seven Blood Pupils. It would be difficult to return without a year or so, so it was most convenient to use the teleportation array on the Mermaid Clan's island.
As a participant, the teleportation was free, so this became Xu Qing's first choice.
At this moment, while Xu Qing was healing and hurrying on his way, the entire Sea Corpse Clan was in an uproar. First, there was the matter of the seventh Corpse Ancestor statue's nose.
Although outsiders could not see it, it was still gradually spread.
Moreover, this kind of thing was like a thunderbolt to the Sea Corpse Clan. Almost as soon as it was spread out, it spread crazily. Countless members of the Sea Corpse Clan knew about it.
Their anger reached its peak in an instant.
Especially those members of the Sea Corpse Clan who had been worshipped by the seventh Corpse Ancestor statue since ancient times. Their emotions fluctuated even more intensely. It was because they and the seventh Corpse Ancestor were like children and mother.
There was a complicated and subtle connection between them.
Therefore, the disappearance of the seventh Corpse Ancestor's nose was the greatest humiliation to them. And what made this humiliation reach its peak was that the two people who came after the Sea Corpse Clan's investigation.
The person who should have been killed a thousand times was a Foundation Establishment disciple of the Seven Blood Pupils.
Foundation Establishment was very strong in the eyes of mortals, but to a clan, it was nothing at all. How could the entire Sea Corpse Clan not be furious when such a low-level cultivator committed such a heinous crime in their own base camp?
Not only were the ordinary clansmen furious, but even the nobles and kings of the Sea Corpse Clan were furious. This was especially true for the old antiques.
Therefore, after this matter spread like a storm in the Sea Corpse Clan's territory, it inevitably spread to the battlefield with the Seven Blood Pupils.
A large number of Sea Corpse Clan members rioted and went crazy on the battlefield. Although they were brave for a moment, it was this kind of venting courage that caused their battle formation to change, and many unstable emotions appeared.
In war, although there were commanders who were good at using the anger of their subordinates, this kind of thing was a double-edged sword. If they were not careful, they would collapse on their own.
As for the Seven Blood Pupils, how could that group of cunning old foxes let go of this opportunity? Therefore, they immediately increased their strength, causing the scale of the war to increase repeatedly in the short half a month.
The higher-ups of the Seven Blood Pupils were also surprised at first, but they soon found out the reason. They understood that two disciples of the Seven Blood Pupils had done this earth-shattering thing in the Sea Corpse Clan.
It was a major event.
After they heard it, they were also shocked. A few Peak Masters immediately looked at the Seventh Lord. In their knowledge, only the disciples of the Seventh Lord's Seventh Peak would do such a thing.
In particular, sixty years ago, the Seventh Lord had done something similar, but it was not as shocking as it was now.
The Seventh Lord was also stunned for a moment, and his expression became a little strange. He seemed to have remembered something, but he did not say anything.
But no matter what, this matter caused the Seven Blood Pupils' morale to rise greatly, and the Progenitor was also extremely happy. He personally ordered that the two disciples of the Seven Blood Pupils would be rewarded greatly.
As for the names of the two disciples who had done such a big thing, before the Seven Blood Pupils could investigate, the Sea Corpse Clan had already helped them find out.
As the details were dug out, the Sea Corpse Clan soon changed their War Must-Kill Wanted List!
This wanted list had always been there. The first place was Xue Lianzi, and the reward was extremely generous. The second place was the Seventh Lord, and the people behind him were the Peak Masters and Vice Peak Masters.
Beyond the tenth place were the Golden Core Realm cultivators.
But now, the list was updated.
The Must-Kill Wanted List.
"First place, Chen Erniu. This person is a disciple of the Seventh Peak and the current Division Chief of the Arrest Department. He is the main culprit in the case of the Sea Corpse Clan's Corpse Ancestor. If the Sea Corpse Clan sees this person, they must tear him into pieces and devour his flesh and blood at all costs!
"Whoever kills this person will be rewarded with the inheritance of the Sea Corpse Clan's Great Dao, the title of King, the right to choose ten items from the treasury, and one Spirit Stone of Memory!
"Second place, Xu Qing. This person is a disciple of the Seventh Peak and the current Division Chief of the Arrest Department. He is an accomplice in the case of the Sea Corpse Clan's Corpse Ancestor. If the Sea Corpse Clan sees this person, they must kill him. Whoever kills him will be rewarded with the title of King, the right to choose ten items from the treasury, and seventy million Spirit Stones!
"Third place, the Progenitor of the Seven Blood Pupils, Xue Lianzi.