After finishing his instruction, Li Mu left behind several storage rings filled with High-Grade Materials for them to use, then he commanded the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon to leave Crescent Moon Island and head to the deep sea to hunt High-Grade Yao Beasts.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon, a hundred zhang long, moved through the water in the sea with lightning speed. The ocean was the Dragon's domain, and it only took half a day to penetrate deep into the sea region thousands of miles from Crescent Moon Island.
Li Mu held the sea chart, extending his Divine Sense to search for large groups of High-Grade sea creatures.
In the Ten Thousand Stars Sea Region, the Human Race's hunter cultivators primarily relied on the sea to hunt sea creatures. A High-Grade sea chart was worth tens of thousands of High-Grade Spirit Stones, recording countless treasures in the entire sea region.
The sea chart in Li Mu's hand was not top-tier, but it was extremely rich in content and of very high value.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon was massive in size and its rank was not low. The powerful consumption of the Spirit Devouring Life Nurturing Art meant that ordinary sea creatures definitely could not satisfy its needs.
Li Mu took the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon to search for the habitat of the Giant Whale clan, as only such large sea creatures were suitable for its hunting.
About an hour later, the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon swam several hundred more miles underwater and finally found a suitable hunting target.
A six-tier Giant Whale, whose body size was no less than its own, entered their sight.
【Azure Sea Giant Whale】
【Grade: Six-tier Yao Beast】
【Characteristics: Super Longevity, Endless Profound Water, Giant Whale Power, Belly Universe, Whale Devour Myriad Tons!】
【Status: Extremely Hungry, Full of Ferocity】
【A creature born from the mating of a six-tier Azure Sea Giant Whale and a six-tier Deep Sea White Whale. Due to Bloodline mutation, it fused the Bloodline Power of both, gaining a unique Divine Ability, Belly Universe, which allows it to devour all things, sealing them within its belly for slow absorption and refining.】
Under Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits, all the attributes of the giant creature at the bottom of the sea were fully revealed in Li Mu's eyes.
Seeing that this six-tier Giant Whale possessed a special Bloodline and a mutated Heavenly Talent, making it very difficult to deal with, Li Mu was about to tell the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon to abandon this prey.
However, the Azure Sea Giant Whale also discovered them and, instead, charged ferociously towards them.
The Azure Sea Giant Whale, over a hundred zhang long, was covered in thick scales, exuding the mysterious Aura of the deep sea. Its massive body swam in the seawater like a moving mountain. The Giant Whale thrashed its enormous tail fin, stirring up layers of waves, displaying unparalleled might.
The Azure Sea Giant Whale's seemingly clumsy massive body moved with extreme ferocity. In a matter of moments, it closed the distance of several tens of miles, opening its gaping maw as if to swallow them whole.
A hint of Killing Intent flashed in the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon's pair of emerald vertical eyes. Its innate Water Control Divine Ability was unleashed, instantly stirring up millions of tons of seawater at the bottom of the sea, forming a violent giant wave vortex, intending to crush it.
The Azure Sea Giant Whale's massive body shimmered with a deep blue Spiritual light, directly ignoring the millions of tons of seawater vortex and continuing to charge towards the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon's position.
Seeing its Divine Ability immunized, the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon paused for a moment but naturally would not stand by. It swept its massive tail, and its enormous body became extremely agile in the water, slipping away from its original position by a great distance, creating combat space.
Seeing that the battle could no longer be stopped, the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon intended to engage in close combat with the Azure Sea Giant Whale. Li Mu quickly dismounted from the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon and, through the Contract Seal, mentally informed it to be careful of the Azure Sea Giant Whale's Divine Ability skills.
Seeing its attack dodged, the Azure Sea Giant Whale flicked its large tail and continued to charge fiercely towards the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon.
Having already learned about the Azure Sea Giant Whale's Divine Ability skills from Li Mu, the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon naturally would not let it successfully use them on itself.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon, like a loach, swiftly slipped its body and appeared beside the Azure Sea Giant Whale, spewing a mouthful of Dragon Flame.
"Roar!"
The Azure Sea Giant Whale let out a pained shriek. Due to its massive size, it was utterly unable to dodge the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon's close-range Dragon Flame attack.
The Azure Sea Giant Whale tilted its head and flicked its tail, trying to swat the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon had already anticipated this move and swiftly slipped away. However, this was merely a feint by the Azure Sea Giant Whale. It powerfully swung its tail fin, quickly adjusted its body, and opened its enormous whale mouth, charging directly at the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon, unleashing a powerful suction force.
Alas, the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon's speed was hundreds of times more agile than it. The moment the Azure Sea Giant Whale turned its body, it had already flashed its figure away, appearing on the Azure Sea Giant Whale's back, fiercely clawing down with its sharp claws, leaving countless afterimages.
"Roar! Roar!"
The Azure Sea Giant Whale shrieked repeatedly in pain, its back flesh spreading in the sea. However, this minor injury was nothing to its enormous, thick-skinned body. On the contrary, it only enraged it, causing it to unleash an even more terrifying counterattack.
The Azure Sea Giant Whale powerfully flapped its two side fins, cooperating with its tail, its massive body sharply accelerated, then it turned its body. As long as it could accurately target the enemy and successfully unleash one Divine Ability, it could devour this Dragon.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon's length was second only to the Azure Sea Giant Whale. Its twin horns shimmered with azure light, exuding a sharp Killing Intent. Its four clawed limbs were sharp and powerful, and its entire body was covered in emerald green scales, smooth as a mirror, emitting a deep azure glow, forming a stark contrast with the Giant Whale's deep blue scales.
Relying on its extreme speed and agile posture, it constantly maneuvered around the Giant Whale, searching for weaknesses.
The Giant Whale, on the other hand, relied on its massive body and robust strength to continuously launch fierce attacks at the Dragon.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon, with its keen perception and speed advantage, skillfully dodged the Giant Whale's attacks, while simultaneously launching relentless counterattacks.
In a swift attack, the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon bit onto the Azure Sea Giant Whale's side fin and held on tightly. The Azure Sea Giant Whale roared in pain, its enormous body violently thrashing, attempting to break free.
However, the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon held onto the Giant Whale's side fin tightly, refusing to let go no matter how the Giant Whale struggled.
Soon, the two deep-sea behemoths engaged in a fierce, grand, life-and-death war of attrition at the bottom of the sea. For a time, the deep-sea world was turbulent with undercurrents and surging waves.
Li Mu watched the fierce and brutal battlefield from a distance. Seeing that the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon was still at an advantage, he had no intention of intervening.
For the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon to Cultivate the Spirit Devouring Life Nurturing Art to Perfection, the number of High-Grade Giant Whales it needed to hunt was not a small figure.
Seeing how difficult it was for the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon to kill a Giant Whale-type Yao Beast of the same rank, Li Mu frowned, considering refining a six-tier spirit treasure for it, specifically to counter this type of Giant Whale Yao Beast.
Thinking of this, Li Mu immediately took action, immersing his Divine Sense into the nine storage spiritual pearl to select suitable Artifact Refining Materials.
The seven-tier Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire was with the Crimson Refining Fire Phoenix, so this time, Li Mu could only use the Five Elements Spiritual Fire he had condensed. The Artifact Refining Spiritual Materials he selected could not be of too high a rank.
Five-tier Spiritual Material - Nine-Eyed Spider Emperor Silk, five-tier Spiritual Material - Crimson Copper Profound Crystal… Li Mu's mind was no longer on the battle. He selected a dozen or so Artifact Refining Spiritual Materials, contemplating refining a net-shaped Spiritual Artifact for the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon, specifically for assisting in hunting Giant Whale-type Yao Beasts.
Time flew by. In a blink of an eye, three hours passed. The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon bit the Azure Sea Giant Whale's vital point, and it still struggled for a while. Gradually, the Azure Sea Giant Whale's strength became weaker and weaker, finally ceasing its struggle and losing its life.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon slowly loosened its grip, and the Azure Sea Giant Whale's body floated weakly on the surface of the sea.
At this moment, the sea surface had calmed down, with only a gentle breeze sweeping across it, creating ripples. The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon proudly raised its huge head and let out a deafening Dragon roar towards the sky, declaring its victory in this battle.
Then, it began to enjoy its sumptuous dinner, devouring the Azure Sea Giant Whale's corpse in large gulps.
Suddenly, Li Mu flew out of the sea and tossed a refined net-shaped Spirit Treasure to the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon.
"This treasure has decent power and excellent toughness. It has a restraining effect on sea Yao Beasts. Take it, it will surely help you capture more Yao Beasts. From now on, I won't disturb your enjoyment of hunting!" Li Mu looked at the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon, a faint smile in his eyes, indicating.
After speaking, Li Mu looked up at the surrounding sea area, then instructed: "This sea area is not too far from Wanxing Island, not exceeding ten thousand miles. The power of the Spirit Control Contract Seal should allow me to sense it. If you encounter a strong enemy and need assistance, just activate the Spirit Control Contract Seal to inform me, and I will immediately rush to support you."
"Thank you, Master!" The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon looked up at Li Mu and nodded gratefully.
"There's no need to be polite between us. Cultivate diligently and strive to Cultivate the Spirit Devouring Life Nurturing Art to Major Achievement Perfection as soon as possible. At that time, you will need to prepare for Undergoing Tribulation. Take care!" Li Mu smiled slightly, indicating.
After speaking, Li Mu summoned a six-tier Spirit Sword, flashed onto the sword's body, activated his magical power, and commanded the Flying Sword to speed towards Wanxing Island.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon watched Li Mu's departing figure, a warm current welling up in its heart. A resolute look flashed in its pair of emerald vertical eyes, and it lowered its head to begin eating in large gulps.
The Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon fully operated the Spirit Devouring Life Nurturing Art, converting all the ingested whale meat into nourishment for its Physical Body.
...
Time flew by, and three years passed in a flash.
Li Mu's days on Wanxing Island became comfortable and stable. He traveled back and forth between Wanxing Island and Crescent Moon Island, sometimes acting as a spirit rice farmer, tending to spiritual plants, and sometimes as an appraiser for the Treasure Firm, evaluating spiritual items sold by guests.
Since the battle three years ago, no other forces had provoked Li's Treasure Pavilion. Coupled with the increasingly close cooperation among the major merchant associations, the monthly transaction volume remained stable at tens of millions of High-Grade Spirit Stones, and Li's Treasure Pavilion had firmly established itself on Wanxing Island.
He truly hoped this comfortable and peaceful life could continue indefinitely!
A flicker of anticipation crossed Li Mu's eyes, yet reality told him it was impossible. Whether it was the news from Tianji Building, the fluctuations in spiritual material transaction data, or the tightening supply of certain spiritual Materials... all indicated that a massive storm was brewing.
The current calm was a prelude to the coming storm.
Li Mu lay back in a lounge chair, closing his eyes to rest, analyzing the various intelligence he had gathered, and frowning as he pondered a retreat strategy.
Originally, he had planned to peacefully plant in the Ten Thousand Stars Sea Region and reach the Soul Transformation God Realm before heading to the Central Plains Spirit Domain. However, the war in the Southern Wilderness Spirit Domain was worsening, and if he didn't withdraw to the Central Plains Spirit Domain in time, it would soon affect Wanxing Island.
By then, it would be too late to leave, and even falling was possible.
However, when he thought about withdrawing now, the two thousand mu of spiritual plants planted on the island would be quite troublesome to arrange, and the losses would be immense, possibly even interrupting the Painting World Treasure Mansion's current promotion opportunity.
...
Ever since the Painting World Treasure Mansion devoured that piece of eight-tier ancient bamboo and successfully digested it, it had opened a fast track for rapid advancement. In these years, most of the Spirit Stones earned by Li's Treasure Pavilion and a large number of High-Grade Spiritual Materials had been fed to it.
Currently, the Painting World Treasure Mansion would be able to advance to an eight-tier Dao Artifact in another six months. If the Li's Treasure Pavilion, this important spiritual material resource channel, were cut off at this time, the impact would be more than just a little.
What a difficult choice!
Thinking of these problems before him, Li Mu felt overwhelmed, caught between a rock and a hard place.
At some point, Xue'er appeared beside Li Mu, a hint of hidden worry flashing in her eyes. She sensed Li Mu's complex emotions and couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache for him.
"Lord Li, you're slacking off again! Sister Liu made spiritual food, hurry up and eat!"
Xue'er quickly composed herself, feigning a smile as she shook Li Mu's arm, warmly inviting him.
"Mmm! I'll get up myself."
Li Mu smiled gently, making a move to get up.
Just then, Li Mu's expression subtly changed. He looked at Xue'er and said, "You and Yalan eat! I'm going out to take care of something."
As soon as his voice fell, Li Mu leaped up, followed closely by the figures of Little Gold and Little Tile. Before moving, Li Mu had notified them with the Spirit Control Contract Seal.
"Lord Li, where are you going?!" Xue'er's face changed drastically as she cried out.
"Don't worry, we're going to have a fight. Xue'er, guard the house well, we'll be back soon." Little Gold's voice transmission responded for Li Mu.
The next moment, they flew out of Wanxing Island. Li Mu released the Earth Element Spirit Ship and swiftly sped towards Crescent Moon Island.
Above Crescent Moon Island, the Crimson Refining Fire Phoenix, Azure Jade Ginseng King, and Azure-Eyed White Ape were already waiting. Seeing the arrival of the Earth Element Spirit Ship, they immediately flew towards it.
Soon, Li Mu commanded the Earth Element Spirit Ship, rushing at full speed towards the sea area where the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon was located.
"Master, has that Qing Yue fellow encountered a strong enemy? Did he say?" A hint of excitement flashed in Little Gold's eyes as he looked at Li Mu and asked with concern.
"Yes! Yes! What kind of strong enemy? What level?" Little Tile excitedly followed up, not at all worried about the enemy's might, but rather sounding as if he feared the enemy wasn't strong enough.
These years, Little Gold and Little Tile had been cooped up as security guards at Li's Treasure Pavilion, which had really stifled them.
Their originally lively and active personalities had gradually become steady amidst the monotonous, dull, and tedious work. Long periods of comfortable life had made them extremely bored, almost to the point of being weary of life.
At this moment, upon hearing news of a battle, Little Gold and Little Tile both became excited, their blood boiling with passion.
"You'll know when we get there!" A hint of worry flashed in Li Mu's eyes. This time, he wasn't entirely confident in assisting the Double-Horned Azure Moon Flood Dragon. That fellow had really stirred up a big mess this time. (End of Chapter)
