Chapter 732: Chapter 280: Would He Really Be That Kind-Hearted?

Under the combined power of the Grand Array, the golden runes seemed to have met their match and were obliterated in droves.

Xiao Chen didn’t stand idly by. He joined the bombardment to speed up the process.

With the help of the cultivators who arrived one after another, they managed to completely shatter the barrier in less than two hours.

The next step was to enter the blue pillar of light one by one.

After a dizzying spell, everyone was teleported outside almost simultaneously.

Due to the earlier delay, it was now 7:00 AM.

Thus, the moment he emerged from the Relic, Xiao Chen felt an exceptionally dense Spiritual Qi Tide wash over him.

His entire body instantly felt a wave of comfort, like a cool breeze sweeping through an alley on a hot summer day.

"What a powerful Spiritual Qi Tide!"

Xiao Chen sighed in contentment as he felt the Spiritual Qi wash over him, his eyes narrowing slightly.

’But come to think of it, if I remember correctly, the Spiritual Qi Tide now is even noticeably stronger than it was half a month ago.’

’And for that matter, the concentration of Spiritual Qi has been rising every few months since last year.’

’It looks like this trend is only accelerating.’

"Quick, look over there! What’s happening?"

Suddenly, a cry of alarm rang out from the side.

Xiao Chen turned to look, only to see that the surface of the sea was completely empty. There was nothing there.

’What’s so surprising about that?’

’Wait!’

’He suddenly remembered. What about the two flotillas of Spirit Ships that were supposed to be moored outside the Relic?’

At this thought, Xiao Chen immediately scanned his surroundings.

But the sea was empty in every direction. There wasn’t a single trace of the Spirit Ships.

All the Spirit Ships, regardless of faction or size, were gone!

’This is absurd. The major powers had specifically left cultivators behind on the Spirit Ships to stand guard.’

’Who would dare to attack the Spirit Ships of every power at once?’

’It might have been hard to guess before, but now... it had to be the Sea Race!’

"Oh no! Could it be the Sea Race?"

"Don’t scatter! We’ll face the enemy together!"

"Fellow cultivators, watch your feet! Don’t land on the surface of the sea!"

Various shouts erupted immediately as everyone flew higher, seeking familiar faces to band together for safety.

Someone else, considering the Sea Race might be lurking in ambush underwater, shouted a loud warning.

Yet, after a few moments of commotion, they realized there was no other response from the surroundings. It didn’t look like an ambush at all.

This was very strange.

Since the Spirit Ships had been attacked, why was there no follow-up ambush?

They couldn’t have just been after the ships, could they?

Shouldn’t the cultivators themselves have been the most important target?

For a moment, everyone just looked at each other, no one understanding what had happened.

"Eldest Brother, you’re finally out!"

Suddenly, a figure came running across the water from the distance. It was a Monk in a short tunic.

His eyes were rimmed with dark circles, as if he hadn’t slept in days.

Yet his face was flushed with excitement, and he waved vigorously at Fazhao Arhat, clearly overjoyed.

"Junior Brother Sha, what happened?"

Fazhao Arhat and his group immediately went to meet him. "Why did you come from that direction?" he asked. "Where are our Spirit Ships?"

The Monk breathed a visible sigh of relief upon finding his people.

"Eldest Brother, you don’t know. On the third day after the Relic opened, a Nascent Soul True Monarch suddenly appeared outside."

"He was setting up an Array with Array Flags around the perimeter of the Relic."

"Mei went over to ask what was happening, but the True Monarch drove him back and told us to take the Spirit Ships and get out of the way, so we wouldn’t interfere with his important business."

His words left everyone stunned.

What was going on now?

"If a True Monarch came, why is he nowhere to be seen?"

Fazhao Arhat pressed on, "And what does this have to do with the Spirit Ships?"

’After all, the Spirit Ships from the Daoist Sect were gone too.’

"At first, nothing happened."

The Monk continued his explanation. "But then, less than two days later, an enormous Fish Demon appeared."

"Its body was hundreds of yards long, dwarfing even the largest of the Spirit Ships."

"The moment it arrived, it kicked up a monstrous wave that crashed down on all the Spirit Ships. Even activating the Defensive Arrays couldn’t stop it."

"Our Spirit Ships were smashed to pieces or sunk on the spot."

He sounded dazed as he recounted the events.

Fazhao Arhat and the others, however, already knew about the Sea Race and immediately connected the dots. "What happened then?"

A look of terror crossed the Monk’s face. "Then... they started fighting."

"The True Monarch had been meditating nearby, but the Great Demon targeted him, and they immediately erupted into a chaotic battle."

"The sky went dark, Spiritual Qi raged in all directions... I couldn’t see a thing."

"Eldest Brother, I... I was scared, so I took the opportunity to flee."

As he spoke the last sentence, he stole a glance at Fazhao Arhat’s face and couldn’t help but lower his head in shame.

But criticism was not what came.

Instead, a calm question followed. "Did you get a clear look at the True Monarch?"

The question was also a way to verify the truth of his story.

"I don’t recognize the True Monarch."

The Monk shook his head, then quickly explained, "But I saw countless Water Dragon Rolls, and several Ice Wheels that were hundreds of yards wide."

"There were... probably at least seven or eight of them."

He added the detail, trying hard to recall, as if to prove he was telling the truth.

"That sounds like the Frost Flower Moon Burial Wheel, doesn’t it?"

A cultivator immediately surmised, "And the Water Dragon Roll... both of those are the signature Magic of the Yi Family Ancestor. That True Monarch was most likely the Ancestor himself."

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