The sea was churned by the mad rush of demonic beasts, their assault battering the water.
The waves surged, crashing against the ferry.
In an instant, the massive ferry began to rock.
Those on board, those with lower cultivation, were flung against the walls.
This was merely the upper and middle decks.
In the lower decks, the passengers had even less cultivation.
This time, as the ship rocked, many were slammed until blood poured from their heads.
There was even a stampede, and some unlucky souls, simply standing, were trampled to death.
Chu Tian frowned at the sight.
Though the ship was protected by formations, if the waves were too large, they could even capsize the ferry.
He was about to unleash his divine soul, to drive away the mindless demonic beasts.
Chu Tian believed he could achieve this.
With his vast divine soul power.
By projecting a sense of terror, the brainless demonic beasts would still be afraid and would retreat.
But before he could act,
he suddenly heard the voice of Helmsman Li.
“Release!”
A series of muffled sounds followed.
Bang bang bang… Splash…
Wooden barrels were thrown into the sea by the ship’s crew.
The moment the barrels hit the water, they all exploded.
A foul, ink-like liquid spilled into the sea.
The liquid spread instantly in the water.
In just one second, the churning sea monsters.
This time, they truly churned.
Countless sea monsters flipped onto their backs, their white bellies floating on the surface.
“Poison?”
Chu Tian’s heart stirred.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
The people of Yunshui Chamber of Commerce were truly ruthless.
First, they used the severed limbs and broken bodies of those anglerfish monsters to incite the sea monsters within a hundred li to surge towards the ferry.
Once a sufficient number of sea monsters gathered around the ferry, they directly released the poison.
And the origin of this poison was unknown.
It was so potent.
The sea monsters, upon contact, did not even need to inhale it; they died instantly.
It seemed the people of Yunshui Chamber of Commerce had their ways of dealing with sea monsters.
“Squeak… you despicable humans, you actually used poison!”
Suddenly, a shrill cry erupted.
As the sound appeared, the sea monsters that had been charging relentlessly stopped and began to retreat.
They retreated for a full ten li. By the time the poison had spread that far, it was diluted and no longer harmful to them.
At the same time, in front of the ferry, among the intelligent demonic beast hordes, a beast spoke, uttering human words.
Its voice was filled with infinite fury and annoyance.
“Hahaha, you guys, your attack method is always the same, so naturally, we have to find a way to deal with it.
You send those brainless fellows to charge first, your main objective being to reduce the sea’s population, right?
You don’t want to harm your own kind, but you want to use our hands to reduce the number of sea monsters. You can also earn yourselves food, so why can’t I find a way to cut off your supply? What’s wrong with that?”
The one speaking was Helmsman Li.
His voice carried a gloating tone.
Chu Tian chuckled inwardly as he heard this.
So, this was the first time he had used this method.
This method was undeniably vicious.
The corpses of the demonic beasts within these ten li, that was so much food!
All of it was now unusable.
Looking at the dark purple corpses of the demonic beasts, they were undoubtedly highly poisonous.
Even though the demonic beasts before them had powerful cultivation,
they wouldn’t dare to consume them directly, would they?
This Helmsman Li was truly the epitome of insidious.
“Despicable humans, the Nether Prison Sea is our territory. You sail upon this sea, so why can’t we collect a toll?”
The voice from within the demonic beast horde drifted, its source uncertain.
Even with Chu Tian’s divine sense covering the entire enemy formation,
he could not locate the speaker.
“Hmph… Enough nonsense, if you want to fight, let’s fight. You want our physical bodies, we want your demon cores. This time, you launched an attack, you’re just sending us prey!”
As he finished speaking, countless people from the top deck of the ferry ascended.
On the demonic beast side, they formed ranks and charged towards the ferry.
A human-demon war was about to erupt. Da Feng Novel Network.
The reason demonic beasts wanted to eat humans was not, as Helmsman Li had said, to consume human bodies for food.
Rather, it was to absorb the essence, qi, and spirit within the human body.
For demonic beasts, this was the fastest way to improve their cultivation.
Human essence, qi, and spirit were things that demonic beasts lacked.
And the demon cores of the demon race were also treasures for humans.
Using demon cores to refine the spiritual energy within, it was also the fastest way to increase strength.
It was akin to taking cultivation-enhancing pills.
However, all medicine had three parts poison, even the highest-grade divine pills came with harmful substances.
Demon cores were different; they were pure, green organic products, devoid of toxicity or harm.
No matter how many were consumed, there were no side effects.
And humans, to demonic beasts, were like walking elixirs.
Therefore,
the human and demon races could not coexist peacefully.
Because they were inherently prey for each other in the food chain.
Chu Tian watched as the two sides, without preamble, clashed.
There were no drawn-out negotiations.
He hadn't expected to encounter demonic beasts blocking the way on the Nether Prison Sea.
Either they would be annihilated by the sea monsters, or they would annihilate the sea monsters. There was no room for discussion.
In the sky, at the moment of their first contact,
countless sea monsters were slain.
On the human side, only a few were injured.
This was because, facing the charge of the sea monster army,
the ship had first launched flying swords, which made close contact with the sea monsters before the human forces.
Those flying swords, driven by formations, were the ones that killed the most sea monsters.
And those humans who had surged forward, each group formed a battle formation.
Instantly, countless colorful teams appeared, cooperating to kill enemies, with both offense and defense, and even enhancements.
These were the disciples from the sect’s top-tier rooms.
In the beginning, everyone had privately lamented their bad luck at sea.
They had encountered a demonic beast attack.
But there was no other way; when encountering demonic beast attacks, their sect’s people had to act.
This was their agreement with Yunshui Chamber of Commerce.
Buzz buzz buzz…
Just as the first wave of demonic beasts died,
Chu Tian noticed that within each small formation, the disciples had jade tokens at their waists.
Once they killed a demonic beast, the token would glow.
The demonic beast killed by their final blow would have a light sphere fly out from its head and enter the jade token.
“Huh? That jade token absorbing the light sphere… it’s the demon core that appears after the demonic beast dies. This artifact is quite convenient!”
Chu Tian couldn’t help but marvel at the ingenuity of the people in this world.
This jade token was like an experience system in a heavenly world game.
It automatically recognized the final blow and directly collected the demonic beast’s demon core.
It could even extract it from its corpse.
However, a drawback emerged.