Outside, huge thunders struck the sea not far from the ship, causing constant ringing in the ears.
At the same time, the bright light of the huge thunder also revealed a huge black shadow under the ship.
The captain, who had lived on the sea for decades, opened his eyes wide and recognized the black shadow below. He trembled in disbelief and shouted:
"Everyone who can move, grab the harpoon! Bring the harpoon!"
Xi Heng sensed a slight threat and moved closer to the side of the ship.
After the huge thunder just now, the heavy rain in the sky suddenly became smaller, but the strong wind was still blowing hard, bringing huge waves to the sea.
Boom——
Another flash of lightning exploded.
At the moment when the light suddenly appeared, Xi Heng could clearly see the outline of the huge black shadow at the bottom of the ship.
"A whale?" She saw its shape.
Judging from its appearance, its outline is nearly half the size of the entire giant ship, and it may be at least 20 to 30 meters long.
First there was heavy rain, storm and tsunami, then sea monsters attacked... This journey was really not smooth.
When the flash of lightning disappeared, one could see a faint yellowish glow at the front of the huge figure.
"Why is there a light ahead? Could it be an anglerfish? But how could there be such a big anglerfish..."
Under the black clouds, on the sea surface which was as dark as night.
The light slowly rippled underwater, swimming towards her ship.
Xi Heng frowned slightly, while the captain next to him was already in a panic and hurriedly called on the sailors around him to prepare for battle.
A series of sailors and boatmen rushed over following the sound, grabbed sharp spear-like harpoons, and looked down at the sea under the ship.
“May the Dragon King bless you…May the Dragon King bless you.”
The captain clasped his hands together and shook them repeatedly.
If the large ship was really targeted by the huge sea beast below, the harpoons in their hands would be useless and might even anger it.
But it's better than watching the ship being overturned by sea monsters.
"What's that underneath?" Xi Heng asked.
"That's a giant salamander!" the captain replied quickly.
"Mud?"
"The Wei River originates from here, flows southward into the sea, and it is a four-legged dragon with a glow on its head. It must be a dragon!" He recited repeatedly:
"This monster enjoys messing with boats. Although it doesn't eat people, if you encounter it, the boat will definitely capsize... And this dragon is bigger than any rumor has said."
There were no islands to go to around, and if the ship capsized here, nearly a thousand of them would die at sea.
Xi Heng uttered an "oh" and said simply: "It's just a beast. Steady the boat and I will deal with it."
As long as this thing is not a monster, its skin is not hard enough to block her sword energy, and it does not have any strange magic, she can kill it easily.
After all, no matter how huge the monster is, it is made of meat.
The long sword was slowly pulled out, and Xi Heng's eyes fell on the sea beast that was swimming towards him quickly.
The thing had already stretched out its fins on its back, which emitted a pale yellow glow and looked like large gemstones.
The two flat palms, which were obviously not fully evolved, swung, and the long whip-like tail at the back provided power to surge forward.
It suddenly swung its tail downward and disappeared into the sea.
A few seconds later, the monster suddenly appeared like a fish leaping over the dragon gate. Its huge body broke through the surface of the sea, making a loud noise like an explosion.
The giant salamander opened its huge mouth, revealing countless shark-like fangs, and rammed into the ship.
A long, shrill moan came from between his teeth.
"hold head high--"
The surrounding sailors and boatmen forgot to throw the harpoons at this moment and just stared blankly.
The monster's skin was covered with wrinkles like a crocodile, and on its back grew round, fan-shaped fins resembling those of a Spinosaurus, with the edges of the fins gleaming with a faint golden glow.
The triangular head opened its huge mouth and rushed over like a cannonball.
If it really hits, it will definitely capsize a giant ship that is twice its length.
Xi Heng leaned forward slightly, ready to draw his sword.
With such a big monster as a living target, it is a good opportunity for me to try out the new moves that I have honed with my swordsmanship over the past period of time.
The stance is ready, the Qi and blood in the body surge and gather through the meridians, the mind as calm as water and the sword heart are activated together.
Xi Heng suddenly swung the sword lightly, slashing out a wide line of bloody sword energy to hit the opponent first.
The blood line arrived in an instant, crossing a hundred meters and easily tearing a crack in the surface of the giant beast.
The monster was in pain, and its roar suddenly turned into a whine.
However, although the blood sword energy was powerful enough, it did not have enough thrust to break the huge momentum of the monster.
Seeing the giant beast with a hideous wound on its abdomen without stopping, Xi Heng raised the sword again, cutting his wrist on the way, and the blood from his meridians sprayed onto the sword.
The bloody sword blade glowed red, and the blood boiled as the energy surged.
In the human body, vital energy is not only stored in the Dantian acupoint and the foundation - a small part of it is also stored in the blood.
As a warrior who uses Yuan Qi to achieve Hua Jin, Xi Heng can completely manipulate the small amount of Yuan Qi in his blood and put it on the sword to combine with Hua Jin.
Although using this method to force out the essence, blood and vital energy, one will inevitably be weak for a few days afterwards and the life span will be reduced by one or two months.
But Xi Heng had risked her life hundreds of times to use the Sword of Life to kill the enemy. To her, the cost of using her essence and blood was almost negligible.
Moreover, as long as Yuan Qi is added to the Hua Jin sword moves, the power will immediately be increased exponentially.
"Bloodline Sword, with blood as its thread."
"When you achieve the state of transformation, it is no longer just a line—"
Originally a long line of sword energy, after being contaminated by the amplification of essence, blood and vitality, it immediately changed from a "line" to a "wave".
The two chaotic colors of red and white constantly intertwined and disturbed each other, flying across the air.
The next moment, the broad and surging sword energy seemed to use the enemy as a canvas, using a brush to draw a deadly mark of red and white intertwined and overlapping strokes on the enemy's body.
The ink-splashing sword energy also carries an extremely powerful impact - this is what Xi Heng learned from the "Geng Vajra Axe Technique".
When Fang Tiande swings his axe, he can create a powerful wave of energy that can directly roll up the air to form a strong wind tornado.
In addition to the Hua Jin, Xi Heng also has the support of Yuan Qi, which makes the power of rolling up the air even greater.
But she did not choose to create a whirlwind. Instead, she rolled up the energy and blood in her body like a strong wind, allowing the moves to carry more energy and blood power.
This single move consumed one-fifth of Xi Heng's energy and blood.
And there is a reward for every effort. The blood wave sword energy is several times stronger than the ordinary blood line sword energy.
As soon as the sword energy landed on the giant beast that was rushing towards it, it instantly cut its huge body into two halves.
The monster's tail lost its strength and separated, while its head weakened and continued to fall.
Xi Heng slashed out a few more ordinary sword energies, chopping the monster into pieces of varying sizes before half of its body fell onto the boat.
The sword energy of Hua Jin was almost like laser cutting. Before half of the giant beast hit the ground, it was cut into dozens of bloody huge pieces of meat.
Immediately afterwards, these huge chunks of flesh and blood of various shapes fell steadily onto the ship. They failed to smash the thick deck, but only made a sound of wet mud falling to the ground.
The piece of meat moved by inertia, leaving a pool of blood on the ground.
Huge chunks of flesh were scattered all over the deck. Although some of the wounds, flesh, muscles, etc. were still wriggling, it was obvious that after the entire upper body was divided into so many pieces, it had completely lost its life.
Xi Heng clapped his hands, swung the sword and sheathed it.
"It seems that even though I haven't really used the sword for a few months, I haven't regressed."
At the same time, the internal energy has begun to stop the bleeding from the wound on the left wrist.
Many of the boatmen and sailors nearby had never seen such a scene before. They could only stare in amazement, speechless and muttering to themselves.
The girl wiped the blood off her wrist, looked at the huge piece of meat on the deck, nodded and said:
"It seems that there is some food supply. Hmm... should this be edible?"
The stunned captain was so confused by this question that he didn't know what to say in response and ended up being speechless.
"Don't know? Then find a few people to try the poison first."
After she said that, she walked around the monster's shattered corpse and returned to the cabin under the gaze of hundreds of people.
There were rumbling thunders in the sky and the strong wind gradually weakened.
The rainstorm sometimes comes in torrential rain and sometimes turns into drizzle.
After completing this feat, Xi Heng returned to his room, only paying attention to the sword move that he had just successfully used, which was accompanied by the energy-transforming sword move.
Just think about what to name it.
"This sword is called opening the door."
Xi Heng thought it through quickly.
Such a large and sharp sword move, unlike the ordinary Blood Sword, deserves such a straightforward name.
"After the Bloodline Sword Technique reaches the stage of transformation, the sword energy is no longer in the form of a bloodline. Perhaps it's time to give it a name."
"Blood waves? Blood tides? Blood sea..."
The name of Blood Sea Sword Technique is quite good, but Xi Heng doesn't think that his sword can really cut through the sea of blood with such power, so he finally put the matter aside for the time being.
After the outside world calmed down and the boat stopped shaking, Xi Heng continued to sit cross-legged and perfect his Hua Jin techniques.
The fleet continued to sail eastward.
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Chapter 89: Swirling Smoke
On the sixty-third day after setting sail, the strong wind and heavy rain at sea finally passed.
The boatmen and sailors on the deck looked at the sea tiredly, continuing their repetitive work day after day like machines.
After drifting on the sea for a long time and experiencing several disasters, there is still no trace of the goal of this journey.
As a result, the light in people's eyes disappeared.
Crossing the Chonghai seems like an impossible task.
A rainbow after the rain hangs in the far east, but it can only be seen and can never be truly touched.
Xi Heng stayed in the most spacious and comfortable cabin, and the servants brought today's meals.
It’s the fish I’ve been eating in recent days.
The giant salamander she had killed earlier was so huge that even though only a small part of it landed on the boat, it was enough for the fleet to eat for half a month - after washing it with sea water, it could be smeared with coarse salt and pickled, so there was no need to worry about it rotting.
The attack of the sea monster provided her with a lot of food.
"Yes, eat it."
Xi Heng also handed a portion of food to Chen Fenghuo who was in the same cabin.
The Goddess Chitian, who was already accustomed to getting along with her, nodded slightly, and barely grasped the thin fork with her uncontrollable right hand, picked up the slightly tough sea beast meat and chewed it in small bites.
The meat of this sea beast is not as soft as fish meat. Instead, it has a dense and elastic texture, and tastes delicious and chewy.
Compared to whales, which are similar in shape, the crocodile is actually more like a reptile like a crocodile.
In short, it was something she had never seen or heard of before she traveled through time.
"There are such different species. It's indeed a different world..." Xi Heng thought silently.
After the meal, she sat down to practice as usual, but she heard the voice of the Goddess of Red Sky first.
"We have sailed for more than sixty days and traveled tens of thousands of miles... but we haven't found even a small island." She sighed softly, turned her head after a moment, and said:
"It may be difficult to find the fairyland on this road. Have you ever considered turning back?"
