Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 576 - 495: It’s You?! (2)

Seeing this situation, Hu Tianzong and Daoist Yunxiong immediately understood.

The next moment!

With three heads and six arms, wielding the Thunder Dao Artifact, the Divine Authority Furious Thunder Vajra appeared, almost like the Thunder Punishment God. Daoist Yunxiong stood with hands behind his back, his eyes transforming into two ancient seas of thunder, and an immense and boundless pressure of divine authority crushed down, manifesting various terrifying thunder path phenomena that made even the flesh and soul shiver.

Behind Daoist Yunxiong, Hu Tianzong lightly shook the King Wen Drum in his hand, and instantly, figures of ancient grandeur with cold expressions continuously walked out, suspended above the sky dome, their gaze silently watching the ship. In the brief span of a breath, the space above the Dragon Whale Giant Ship was filled with the overwhelming presence of numerous figures, each unleashing a terrifying aura that squeezed the heavens and earth.

Three earth-shattering terrifying auras pressed down, causing the once noisy crowd of Dao Body True Monarchs to suddenly change their expressions and quiet down.

Nothing calms a person more than the prospect of death.

"Now, all fellow Daoists whose names are called, please come forth."

Suppressing the fervent Dao Body True Monarchs, Qi Xiu and the other two immediately began verifying each passenger on the ship.

First were Feng Jun, Liu Tai, and those True Monarchs who had not been affected earlier.

After being verified without issue, they could stand guard to the side.

Once the extra person was found, everyone would act simultaneously to apprehend them.

"Master Mingnian, True Monarch of True Self Empty Space, from Shehsen Spiritual Light Temple."

"Liu Yuanyuan, Ziyang Qingyun True Lord, from Sanling Pavilion."

"Wu Tao, Liuhe Xingxi True Lord, from Chenguang Sword Tower."

"Song Tianzhen, Jiuri Guanghua True Lord, from Jiuyao Sect."

"Fang Wei, Lianyu Jinyun True Lord, from Shengding Workshop."

...

The names and titles of each Dao Body True Monarch were constantly being called, and under the scrutiny of the verified True Monarchs, they slowly stepped forward.

Names on the roster were being checked off one by one.

"Zhao Nanbei, Wanji Lingfeng True Lord, from Qingwei Sect!"

As the last Dao Body True Monarch stepped forward under the watchful eyes of over a hundred fellow Daoists, all one hundred and fifty Dao Body True Monarchs were verified.

"The count is right."

With all the names checked off in his roster, Qi Xiu's eyes surged with purple light as he used the Observing Qi Skill to scan the entire deck but found no hidden presence.

"This tactic certainly works. That person must know they can't deceive us anymore and has hidden away."

After glancing at Qi Xiu's roster, Hu Tianzong thoughtfully rubbed his brow.

"Now, the task is just to fish out that hidden person."

"But figuring out how to catch them is an issue.

This entity managed to sneak aboard in broad daylight, surely possessing high skills in stealth and concealment.

It's not easy to catch them."'

Gently brushing the Golden Cry Jade Beads on his wrist, Qi Xiu was also pondering.

Yet just as they were considering solutions, the Dragon Whale King beneath them suddenly trembled.

The ship, which had been swiftly cutting through the waves, abruptly came to a halt, and even the protective Platinum Divine Light vanished without a trace.

"What's going on? Why did the ship stop?"

"This..."

The sudden halt of the Dragon Whale Giant Ship caused the True Monarchs on board to change their expressions slightly.

At the moment the ship stopped, Qi Xiu, Hu Tianzong, Daoist Yunxiong, and Feng Jun—the four strongest present—transformed into divine lights and hurried towards the core divine cabin of the Dragon Whale Giant Ship.

The bottom of the Dragon Whale Giant Ship.

A door crafted from Red Blood Gold Essence with one hundred and thirty-eight protective forbidden laws was breached with a hole the size of a water tank.

Fragments of gold were scattered all around, enveloped in strands of purple-black aura.

Stepping over the breached forbidden law door, Feng Jun took the lead, harnessing the Indestructible Golden Body Force, emitting a soft glow of gold, exuding an aura of unbreakable Vajra, undying and immortal.

In the core divine cabin, enhanced by the Space-Bounding law, it was now in ruins, with all one thousand three hundred and sixty-five furnaces used to propel the Dragon Whale King destroyed, and black smoke rising everywhere.

On the ground, numerous remains of Divine Puppets lay scattered, their wounds smooth as if sliced by something instantaneously.

Stooping to pick up a fragment of the Divine Puppet's limb, Daoist Yunxiong glanced at it:

"These Divine Puppets are at the pinnacle of the Blood-Stained Realm, totaling three hundred and sixty-five. Once someone breaches the core divine cabin, these Divine Puppets immediately revive and harness the furnace's power, making Dao Experts below the fifth level of Dao Embodiment no match."

"To breach the forbidden law door, slay all guarding Divine Puppets, destroy the Dragon Whale Law Furnace, and escape before we arrived.

Hah, interesting indeed."

Squatting down to examine the shattered law furnace, Hu Tianzong tightened the crimson great cloak around him, grinning:

"Seems this fellow intends to battle us head-on in the Guixu Sea."

"This entity carries a strong retaliatory spirit. We forced it to hide with our verification tactics, and it retaliated by destroying the ship's law furnace, cutting off our retreat.

Cruel, cunning, and highly intelligent, dealing with it may prove difficult.

Wait, no!"

Halfway through his words, Qi Xiu frowned and glanced at those present, his expression suddenly serious:

"This fellow's goal wasn't to destroy the furnace.

It was to lure the tiger from the mountain!"

Upon Qi Xiu's words, Hu Tianzong and the others were first taken aback, then immediately realized.

The four of them were the strongest combatants on the ship, and now they were all in the core divine cabin.

What would become of the Dao Body True Monarchs on the deck...

"Brother Hu, you and Brother Feng stay here and see if there are any clues left; my master and I will return to the deck."

Splitting into two groups, Qi Xiu and Daoist Yunxiong transformed into a speeding ray of thunder light, returning to the deck in an instant.

"How is the core divine cabin?"

Seeing Qi Xiu attempting to return, Liu Tai, guarding the deck, rose and approached.

"Nothing unusual on the deck?"

Scanning the surroundings, a majestic figure loomed behind Daoist Yunxiong, ready to act at any sign of trouble.

"No, why?"

Noticing the gravity in Daoist Yunxiong's tone, Liu Tai adopted a serious expression.

At this moment, amidst the gathered Dao Experts, a sinister and cold gaze stood tucked in a corner, watching Qi Xiu and the others through the crowd.

"Hmm?"

Just then, a flash of orange-yellow light pulsed behind Qi Xiu, alerting him to an anomaly through the sudden warning of Human Path Merit.

In a snap moment, he spun around.

Their eyes met, and two radiant, commanding purple suns arose in Qi Xiu's gaze.

"Found it!"

The soaring Five-Colored Divine Light shrouded the skies, nearly engulfing the entire Dragon Whale Giant Ship, and simultaneously, a brilliant beam from the Haotian Mirror pierced the crowd, directly freezing the owner of that gaze.

"You, what are you doing!"

Enveloped by the Haotian Mirror's Light, the person shouted in rage, conjuring rays of divine light in an attempt to summon a Daoist Spirit to resist.

With narrowed eyes, Qi Xiu abruptly spun the Haotian Mirror, switching from offense to defense, solidly shielding himself.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

In an instant, without warning, several Dao Body True Monarchs suddenly attacked, with Cave-Heaven Divine Light, brimming with endless divine marvel, pressing fiercely towards Qi Xiu, manifesting Daoist spirits capable of reaching the heavens and exerting the art of extermination.

Fortunately, Qi Xiu managed to steer the Haotian Mirror to safeguard himself in time.

Otherwise, this round of assaults would leave him injured, if not dead.

Withstood the mountain-crashing and earth-shattering assaults, Qi Xiu's eyes surged with purple light, gazing deeply to instantly capture a shadowy figure standing oddly at a side of the deck, teetering between reality and illusion.

It was an old man with white hair, his face concealed in shadow.

Upon recognizing the full appearance of this figure, Qi Xiu's expression shifted abruptly, instinctively exclaiming:

"It's you?"