The Dragon King's furious voice echoed between heaven and earth, "Forget it, how can it be forgotten? Can the suffering you endured all these years, and the torment I suffered, be settled with a single sentence? More than ten years ago, when you disappeared, I secretly swore that no matter who abducted you, if I caught them, I would tear them to pieces."
As he spoke, the Dragon King drew an arc in front of his chest, and a phantom image flowed with it.
The Dragon King pointed his hand, and the phantom image drifted leisurely into the sea.
Following this, the deep seabed churned with currents, and a gurgling sound arose, like a ferocious beast panting.
The seawater began to boil, waves surged, and colossal waves rose from the sea surface.
The sea level continuously rose, and monstrous floods surged forth. Da Feng Novel Network.
The previously ten-thousand-zhang cliff was submerged by seawater in the blink of an eye.
Immediately after, boundless floods surged and swelled, swallowing Peng Qu Island inch by inch.
"He wants to drown Peng Qu Island," Linghu Xiaoxian said.
"I know, I'm watching," Linghu Zhong replied.
"If you know, then hurry and think of a solution!"
"What solution do I have? That is the power of the sea, how can I possibly block it?" Linghu Zhong said with fear in his eyes.
"Then are we just going to watch him drown Peng Qu Island?" Linghu Xiaoxian asked urgently.
As they spoke, Linghu Xiaoxian, Linghu Zhong, Hong Jianxin, and others flew into the air.
The monstrous waves surged and swelled beneath their feet.
Linghu Zhong anxiously gazed into the distance, "Someone will come to stop him."
He was referring to the reclusive old ancestors!
At this moment, Hong Jianxin and the others cried out in surprise. Following the direction of their fingers, they saw Mo Qi standing in front. As the surging waves reached him, he stood with his hands behind his back, making no move, only his robes fluttering in the wind, his gaze firm, his expression unchanged.
Everyone gasped. Ordinary surging water could at most drown a person. However, the seawater guided by the Dragon King's spiritual power contained the force of oppression, tearing, and corrosion. To block it with one's body would be to court death.
After his exclamation, Hong Jianxin couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile. If you court death, there's nothing better.
Linghu Xiaoxian thought he hadn't recognized the situation and immediately shouted, "Hurry and come up, you can't block it."
However, Mo Qi remained deaf and motionless.
The next moment, the tidal wave surged and pushed forward.
The momentum was like a ferocious beast with bared teeth and claws pouncing on a small rabbit.
Nangong Yun nervously scratched his scalp.
Today, his state of mind had changed several times.
At first, upon seeing Mo Qi's true face, he was filled with anger, wishing he could be cut into ten thousand pieces. Later, when Mo Qi escaped death multiple times, he felt that perhaps this fellow was fated not to die.
Then he remembered his current appearance and thought he might have to rely on Mo Qi to restore his former handsomeness.
Therefore, he hoped Mo Qi would live.
Later, when Mo Qi said he wanted to leave, Nangong Yun felt it was unfair!
Why should he be able to leave whenever he wanted, while he himself had to suffer here, and the reason for his suffering here was entirely thanks to Mo Qi!
Therefore, he wished Mo Qi would die!
But later, when Mo Qi said he wouldn't leave for the time being, Nangong Yun felt that Mo Qi shouldn't die for the time being!
But just when he didn't want Mo Qi to die, Mo Qi inexplicably chose to court death.
As Mo Qi was about to be engulfed by the seawater, at this very moment, without any warning, the seawater suddenly rolled back just as it was about to touch Mo Qi, forming a counter-current in front of him, flowing upwards, and then back towards the sea.
The entire tidal wave rose by another half, forcing Linghu Zhong and the others to ascend again.
Mo Qi had quietly unleashed the Witch God's Heavenly Mind Power Art.
The seawater rolled back without a single drop missing.
However, the pressure he endured was far from as easy as it appeared.
The backlash came wave after wave, pressing him so hard that he felt his entire body was about to collapse.
At this point, the Dragon King, standing at a high vantage point, saw this and was both angry and surprised, asking, "Who are you?"
Mo Qi had neither the time nor the energy to answer him.
He felt that if he so much as opened his mouth, his mental power would dissipate, and the tidal waves would immediately surge towards him like a mountain collapsing.
Therefore, at this moment, his veins bulged, and every strand of his hair exerted force, yet he still felt somewhat powerless, as if he could collapse at any moment.
Xiao Bai immediately said, "Father, he is the one who saved me. Please spare him."
The Dragon King was startled and somewhat bewildered, "You saved my daughter, so you should be on our side. Why are you opposing me? Are you trying to play both sides?"
Mo Qi still couldn't divert his attention to answer, continuously exerting his strength, sweat already breaking out.
Seeing this, the Dragon King thought he was being arrogant and putting on a show, and became furious.
He crossed his hands in front of his chest again, forming a hand seal, and pushed forward fiercely.
The entire tidal wave roared, the sea level rose again, and boundless waves surged. As they rolled, they effortlessly swept up the counter-current waves, and then surged towards Mo Qi like roaring mountains, the waves hundreds of zhang high.
Looking at the overwhelming and destructive momentum, it was clearly beyond human capability to block.
At this moment, Mo Qi's expression also changed. From a distance, he could feel the power that could crush him into a pulp in an instant approaching him.
He felt that he could not block it!
But he did not retreat in the slightest. Not for any other reason, but if he retreated now, the tens of thousands of lives on Peng Qu Island behind him would suffer disaster.
When that wave of seawater finally crashed, it still rolled back, from bottom to top, and then flowed back, the waves rising by another half.
But at this moment, Mo Qi couldn't help but feel a surge in his chest, spitting out a mouthful of blood, feeling as if his blood vessels were about to burst, and his body swayed precariously.
At this moment, figures flashed, and Linghu Xiaoxian, Nangong Yun, Hong Jianxin, and others landed beside Mo Qi, joining the ranks of those resisting the tidal wave.
Each of them unleashed their lifelong cultivation, channeling all their spiritual power to resist the surging torrent.
Linghu Zhong, who had been watching the battle a moment ago, found himself alone in an instant.
He couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "Why do you have to go and court death?"
As he spoke, he could only fly over with a mournful face and land beside Linghu Xiaoxian.
The white-haired, white-bearded old man beside the Dragon King, who had not made a move, stepped forward, preparing to lend the Dragon King a hand.
But the Dragon King looked relaxed, shook his head at him, and said, "I haven't even exerted my strength yet. These people are nothing more than a slight effort for me."
As he spoke, the Dragon King again formed a hand seal in front of him. The sea surface suddenly rose higher, and surging waves churned, creating colossal waves that rolled with a deaf-shattering sound, like thunderclaps.
Looking up, the crest of the giant waves had reached the clouds, pressing down towards Mo Qi and the others, connecting heaven and earth. The momentum was as if to destroy heaven and earth, and could never be blocked by any physical body.
The torrent struck them, covering the sky and earth. Before the waves even arrived, the spiritual power emanating from them had already sent several disciples of the Sun Moon Sect staggering.
The torrent rushed forward with destructive force, and Nangong Yun, Hong Jianxin, Linghu Xiaoxian, and the others were successively sent flying backward.
Mo Qi and Linghu Zhong also retreated repeatedly.
Mo Qi's qi and blood churned again, and he spat out another mouthful of blood.
The tidal wave roared like ten thousand horses galloping, and fiercely charged towards the opposite side.
With a bang, the mental power barrier that Mo Qi had formed in front of him was violently broken open. The ten-thousand-zhang tidal wave suddenly collapsed and roared forward.
The next moment, Mo Qi and the others were about to be smashed to pieces.
They were powerless to escape, and could only watch as the tidal wave engulfed them, watching death descend.
Just then, a slightly plump figure suddenly blocked in front of Mo Qi and the others.
He waved his large sleeve, unfurling it in the wind, as if opening a valve. The front of the seawater contracted, and then flowed into his sleeve.
It seemed as if there was infinite space within his sleeve, and the seawater continuously poured in, as if it could never be filled.
Linghu Zhong recognized the newcomer and couldn't help but beam with joy, thinking, "You finally came."
He then respectfully bowed and said, "Grand-Ancestor!"
Elder Shen did not even look at him.
Mo Qi also bowed and said, "Master!"
Elder Shen, while still unfurling his sleeve, turned his head and responded, "Kid, well done. I didn't misjudge you."
Master?
Everyone, including Linghu Zhong, was stunned. Linghu Zhong's Grand-Ancestor was his Master, so what was his seniority?
Linghu Xiaoxian thought even more deeply, "My Great-Grand-Ancestor calls him Master, so doesn't that mean he is my Grand-Ancestor?"
How could this be?
At this moment, seawater continuously flowed into Elder Shen's sleeve without end.
The Dragon King began to panic!
If this continued, not only would he be unable to drown Peng Qu Island, but all the seawater in the Hong Meng South Sea would be drained by him. Perhaps even the dragon princes and grandchildren in the sea would be sucked in by him.
It seemed he had no choice but to stop.
The Dragon King drew an arc in the void with his hands, and immediately the wind and waves calmed. The seawater stopped surging, and the part that had already surged back flowed into the sea.
After retracting his technique, the Dragon King stared sternly at Elder Shen, "I wondered who it was, but it turns out to be Elder Shen. It's good that you've come. I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation."
Seeing Elder Shen arrive, Xiao Bai's face turned pale, and she hid behind the old man with the white beard again.
Elder Shen glanced in Xiao Bai's direction and said calmly, "I have come precisely for this matter, and I happen to know about it. If it were anyone else, they probably couldn't explain it."
Seeing his righteous demeanor, the Dragon King was furious. However, on one hand, his magical power was insufficient to do anything to him, and on the other hand, he also wanted to know the whole story. Thus, he suppressed his anger and listened.
Elder Shen slowly said, "More than ten years ago, one day, I was strolling by the sea and came to a place where ordinary people lived. Suddenly, I saw the scene just now: waves rolling, floods surging, seawater rushing into houses, drowning thousands of households in an instant, with countless casualties. Even with my magical power, I couldn't save many people. At that time, I realized that some dragon race must have been causing trouble. After some searching, I caught her," he pointed at Xiao Bai. "At that time, I didn't know she was your daughter. After I asked, I learned that it was a fishing family who accidentally caught her while fishing. They didn't do anything to her, just startled her. So, she took her anger out on the entire fishing village, causing a disaster. I wanted to kill her at the time, but then I thought, when will vengeance ever end? So, I imposed a childhood restriction on her, sealing her memory and cultivation, and banished her to the Southern Continent. I never expected that after wandering around, she would return. Perhaps it is fate..."