Chapter 640: Sea Beasts Tide 8
When they turned, Ying Er, Gu Dong, Lin Feng, Su Meihui, Xue Hua, and others were flabbergasted.
"What..., what happened?" Someone stuttered.
"Why did they collapse?"
"How can more than one hundred people suddenly collapse?"
"Were they secretly attacked?"
"How is that possible? I didn’t feel any attack. Did anyone notice an attack?"
"I don’t see any injuries. They don’t seem to have been attacked."
"Stupid, ..."
"Hurry up and check if they are alive."
The scene fell into chaos.
For some reason, four nascent soul realm cultivators, twenty-eight core formation realm cultivators and eighty-three origin forging realm cultivators suddenly collapsed.
After a moment of hesitation, those close to them cautiously examined them but the result was unexpected.
"He is dead. How did he die?" A male cultivator asked in a confused voice.
"My brother is also dead."
"Junior sister..., junior sister..., hurry up and wake up.
"Master..."
"Father..."
Horrified voices echoed in the surroundings.
"What did you do?" Duan Quan angrily questioned Ying Er.
However, although he was facing a nascent soul realm cultivator, Ying Er was not fazed.
He shrugged, tilted his head, and looked at Duan Quan with a teasing expression.
"I am just a qi transformation realm cultivator. What could I have done?" He asked.
"You..." Duan Quan started but Bai Chunhua interrupted him.
[Take a good look at the dead.] She urged in an anxious voice.
Hearing this, Duan Quan looked at her and turned to one of the dead nascent soul realm cultivators.
However, he saw nothing out of the ordinary.
He saw no injuries or marks to hint at how the people died.
[Fellow Daoist Bai, what do you mean?] Duan Quan asked, his brows creased in a frown.
[Have you forgotten our plan?] Bai Chunhua sneered.
[Plan...] Duan Quan muttered before his eyes widened in horror.
[Aren’t these the people tasked with controlling the puppets?] He asked and Bai Chunhua nodded with a solemn expression.
At the same time, she felt grateful.
Because of her high soul power, she was originally supposed to lead the control team.
However, her task changed at the last moment.
’Fortunately.’ She thought.
"What did you do?" Duan Quan questioned again.
This time, Ying Er did not feign innocence.
"Shouldn’t I be the one asking that question? City Lord Duan, what were you trying to do?" He asked, his eyes narrowed into slits.
"Is the Zhenyue family a clan of evil cultivators? You dare to kill so many righteous cultivators?"
When he heard this, Ying Er chuckled.
"Are you going to rally the Cangxing world to deal with the Zhenyue family? I dare say that your Cangxing sect will be the first to denounce you if you try to do such a foolish thing." He said and soon continued.
"Those people actually tried to erase my two young masters’ soul imprints? They either overestimated themselves or thought their life was too long. My Zhenyue family cannot be blamed for your courage."
Hearing this, Duan Quan trembled and his heart skipped a beat.
’I have to get out of here.’ He thought and immediately acted.
Before anyone could react, the man jumped out of the flying ship and hurriedly flew towards the mainland.
Unfortunately, he overestimated himself and underestimated the Zhenyue family.
A moment after Duan Quan leapt out of the flying ship, an invisible hand grabbed him and dragged him back.
When Ying Er saw this, his eyes widened and he looked at Duan Quan with a curious expression.
"Does city lord Duan think my Zhenyue Archipelago is a place you can come and leave when you want?" He asked.
"Can’t I leave when I want to leave? What do you want? I haven’t done anything to your Zhenyue family. Why are you forcing me to stay?" Duan Quan demanded in a confident voice.
"Can you believe this guy?" Ying Er muttered but quickly suppressed his irritation.
"You haven’t done anything to my Zhenyue family? Didn’t you provoke the sea beasts’ tide?" He sneered.
"You know?" Duan Quan subconsciously asked.
When they heard this, most of the accompanying cultivators couldn’t help but be shocked.
"Is it true? Did city lord Duan start the sea beasts’ tide?"
"City lord Duan is a righteous cultivator. How can he start the sea beasts’ tide?"
"Didn’t you hear him? He is guilty."
"I only thought he coveted the resources of the Zhenyue family. How can a righteous cultivator start a sea beasts’ tide?"
"I wouldn’t have gotten involved if I knew the city lord started the sea beasts’ tide."
"Wait..., why aren’t the nascent soul realm cultivators surprised? Did they know?"
"My master would never get involved in something like starting a sea beasts’ tide."
On the side, Zhao Wen clenched his hands in anger.
After following Ximen Li for centuries, Zhao Wen knew his master was greedy and not as righteous as he pretended to be.
However, he never expected something so sinister.
’How dare he involve his disciples in something that goes against the heavens?’ Zhao Wen secretly cursed.
Unfortunately, he was helpless.
Although he was a core formation realm cultivator, his master was a nascent soul realm swordsman.
If Zhao Wen dared to attack him, he would die without a burial place.
’What can I do? How can I save my junior brothers?’ He wondered, looking around with an anxious expression.
At this time, a blue butterfly flew over and stood beside Ying Er.
"Senior Xiaolan." Ying Er, Gu Dong, Lin Feng, Xue Hua, and Su Meihui greeted.
"Mmh." Xiaolan nodded before she spoke.
"My master and second master have a decision." She said.
At the same time, she flapped her wings and hundreds of people were dragged from the opponent ships.
At a glance, these people were core formation realm and origin tempering cultivators.
"Take these people to the outpost islands." Xiaolan started and quickly continued.
"They are to stay on the outpost islands to help the Zhenyue family resist the sea beasts’ tide. Those still alive will be released after the sea beasts’ tide is over."
As she spoke, Xiaolan threw a storage ring and Ying Er readily caught it.
"I understand." He said while checking the storage ring.
