Chapter 904: Chapter 152: Descendant of the True King
Many ancient texts of the present world describe that the human body reflects the Dao Body, and the Human Race is truly the chosen of heaven and earth. The Water Race and Sea Clan, with their human-like forms, are probably clear evidence of this. The Human Race alone occupies the present world, abundant in resources, which seems to corroborate this point.
Although in reality, the Water Race and Sea Clan seem naturally stronger than the Human Race, this statement has nevertheless been passed down.
Many firmly believe that since the birth of the Human Race, they were the most perfect form, the embodiment of the will of heaven and earth, the spirit of all things, which is why they could become the masters of the present world.
However, according to the Sea Clan, the Human Race is but slaves to the Sea Clan, and the Sea Clan are the true masters of the present world.
The Human Emperor once used despicable means to steal the authority of the present world. The Dragon Emperor led the Water Race out to the sea, braving the wind and the waves, to rebuild their glory.
The Cang Sea will eventually merge with the Near Sea, and the rivers and lakes of the world will once again be under the control of the Sea Clan.
And the mountains and land will be thoroughly purged of those despicable slaves to return to their natural state, reverting to an era of boundless spiritual energy.
It’s only natural that the Human Race and the Sea Clan each have their own claims; neither side would believe the other.
If one day the Sea Clan are completely eradicated, the history of the Human Race will become the truth, and vice versa.
Only the side that survives has the right to record history.
Any race with a long heritage, no matter how they act now, inevitably has a glorious history.
As for the actual truth within the long river of history, perhaps only those who can pierce through time will ever know.
Jiang Wang didn’t want to get entangled with the powerful Sea Clan; he only wanted to absolve his crimes as quickly as possible. But the world doesn’t revolve around any one person, and he couldn’t control the will of others.
The man does not wish to harm the tiger, but the tiger is set on harming the man.
Not long after he left his previous location, one of the spiked beasts he was controlling encountered that pointy-faced Sea Clan member again.
This time, the pointy-faced Sea Clan member didn’t kill the beast outright. Instead, he stood in front of the spiked beast, looking into its eyes, "I already know of your existence. From now on, you can try to hide, or you can run for your life."
He clearly understood that the controller of the spiked beast could receive his message while facing the beast.
He was speaking to Jiang Wang!
His voice was slow, showing great certainty and determination, "But you cannot escape. I will find you, and then I will kill you."
Jiang Wang made no response, simply dissipating the Soul Stealth Snake and leaving the spiked beast to the other party’s disposal.
But he was well aware that the worst-case scenario had occurred.
The war between the Human Race and Sea Clan was a conflict that lasted for years. There was no fair duel, nor would the weaker side line up to be slaughtered.
To kill a hundred Commander-level Sea Clan members isn’t particularly conspicuous if spread over time within the Lost World. The cruelty of the war in the Lost World is well known to both the Human Race and the Sea Clan, with a great number of warriors dying at every moment. Even the battles in the wilderness could be seen as a trial for both sides.
But achieving the goal of killing a hundred Commander-level Sea Clan within a short time span would certainly attract attention from the Sea Clan side. This loss is not something to be taken lightly.
In fact, when the task of atonement comes with a time limit, the hardest part is exactly this. With Jiang Wang’s current strength, he is simply not significant enough to garner the attention of the Sea Clan.
This pointy-faced Sea Clan member was clearly looking for him. Probably, from the time he killed the red-eyed Frog Beast, they had noticed his connection with these sea beasts.
It was nighttime now, and the entire Lost World was shrouded in darkness. Relying on the vision of a Transcendent Cultivator, this did not affect the combat.
To kill Granny Bizhu, Jiang Wang had waited three days and three nights. He encountered Granny Bizhu at noon on the fourth day and killed her, then went to the Floating Island for the first time to recuperate.
He came out of the Floating Island in the evening and officially began the hunt for the Sea Clan. It was now the seventh night since he had come to the Lost World.
In just over three days, he had killed thirty-four Commander-level Sea Clan members. Nine were slain on the first day, twelve on the second, and thirteen on the third.
From these data, we can see.
As his hunting skills became more sophisticated, Jiang Wang’s speed in killing the Sea Clan indeed increased. However, from the second to the third day, the improvement was not as significant as from the first to the second day. This was because Jiang Wang’s strength had its limits; no matter how perfectly he adjusted his hunting strategy, there were ultimate boundaries to his power.
Moreover, Commander-level Sea Clan members weren’t idly roaming around all day. Searching for Commander-level Sea Clan members required time, it was necessary to select those that could be easily killed while avoiding engagements that were too draining of time and energy. This was not an easy task.
The areas outside of Floating Islands and Sea Nests have always been the dangerous proving grounds for mutual hunting between Human Race and Sea Clan warriors. When battles reached Floating Islands or Sea Nests, it meant an outbreak of legion-level warfare.
In the Ding Wei zone, the power of the Sea Clan was dominant. The absolute advantage of five Sea Nests over one Floating Island meant that in the wild areas of the Ding Wei zone, it was typically the Cultivators of the Human Race who suffered more.
In these three-plus days, the death toll of early-stage Commander-level Sea Clan far exceeded that of the past, an anomaly that had attracted the attention of the Sea Clan side.
This sharp-faced member of the Sea Clan was tasked with investigating the cause, and he apparently had found traces and was about to turn the hunt onto Jiang Wang.
And Jiang Wang chose... to flee.
He scattered the Sea Beasts that he presently controlled throughout the region to wander on their own. This was to draw the attention of his pursuer, while he himself left the Sea Beast group and returned to the Floating Island alone.
There was no sense in fighting this obviously powerful Sea Clan warrior. Not to mention whether he could kill him, even if he managed to do so by luck, it would likely only bring even stronger pursuers after him.
It would be better to let them search, to let the Sea Clan think this sharp-faced Sea Clan warrior was sufficient to control the situation. Meanwhile, he’d keep his distance and continue his great endeavor of washing away sins.
After all, it was about time to return to the Floating Island to resupply.
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Jiang Wang had already slipped away using the Immortal Technique "Walk in the Sky."
The sharp-faced Sea Clan member continued to search the area, utterly unaware that his opponent was already gone.
He was Yu Wangu, an intermediate-stage Commander-level warrior of the Sea Clan and a descendant of a True King, with noble blood and the Innate Divine Ability to control blood.
The progeny of a True King are generally numerous, so this status alone was not remarkable. However, inheriting an Innate Divine Ability was different; it gave him a real chance to inherit the King’s title and garnered much attention.
Due to his Innate Divine Ability, Yu Wangu could be considered a formidable character in the Ding Wei zone. Countless Cultivators of the Human Race had died by his hand.
Yu Wangu was certain that his opponent had the ability to control Sea Beasts and had actually discovered the black Soul Stealth Snakes within their bodies, but the adversary was very cunning, always directly disintegrating them, leaving him no chance to capture and research them.
But this was not a major issue.
The spirit was not his forte, but the blood was an indispensable existence for all life.
Not many people could clearly know what the blood could reflect.
It just so happened that Yu Wangu knew, and was an expert in this field.
Whether Sea Beasts were controlled, by whom, and by what means—these subtle pieces of information would manifest in the minute changes in their blood.
The identity of his opponent, what they looked like... The more he analyzed the controlled Sea Beasts, the more complete the information in his mind became, allowing him to more rapidly sense other Sea Beasts under the same control... and thus gradually narrow down his opponent’s range of activity.
His opponent was playing hide-and-seek with him, which he found thrilling. He enjoyed the trouble his opponent caused him, the pleasure derived from this dance on the razor’s edge of life and death.
He was bound to win.
At least at this moment, Yu Wangu thought so.
