Dark Yin Demonic Energy"
Elders Miao and Gu seemed to recognize the origin of these black gases, crying out in terror. The two quickly separated like seeing venomous scorpions, instantly fleeing to either side.
Those black gases did not intend to pursue relentlessly, retracting back to the sea surface like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, and condensing into a black whirlwind next to the ice-sculpture-like Infant Carp Beast.
The black wind gradually subsided, revealing the figures of one man and two women on one side of the Infant Carp Beast.
The man was short and withered, his face covered in dark pockmarks, while the women were voluptuous and beautiful, wearing sleeveless short skirts. All three were enveloped in cold, evil energy.
The two women were relatively better off, with only late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, but the extremely ugly, withered young man's cultivation level was beyond Han Li's perception, actually being a Core Formation cultivator.
"Wu Chou! What is the meaning of this? Are you trying to start a war with our Six United Halls?" Elder Miao clearly recognized the man among them, shouting in anger without restraint.
"A war? This young master has no interest in that! It's just that my grandfather is about to emerge from seclusion at the bottom of the sea, so this Infant Carp Beast's demon core will serve as my congratulatory gift!" The withered young man said arrogantly.
"Ancestor Ji Yin is about to emerge from seclusion?"
The young man's words gave the two Six United Halls elders a tremendous fright, and they looked at each other in dismay.
Nearby cultivators like the Azure Calculator, upon hearing this, turned pale with fright! Even the normally arrogant middle-aged scholar also trembled slightly, revealing a look of terror.
Han Li saw all this and was secretly shocked! Could this "Ancestor Ji Yin" really have such a great reputation?
What made him even more puzzled was that he actually had a faint sense of familiarity with the black evil energy emanating from the young man, which was extremely strange.
But after thinking for a moment, Han Li recalled that although he didn't know the power of this black gas, it seemed somewhat similar to the aura of the "Blood Refining Divine Light" practiced by the Emperor of Yue and Qu Hun. He couldn't help but think of the "Dark Yin Scripture" mentioned in that gray-white jade slip.
"Could this 'Dark Yin Demonic Energy' be related to that?" Han Li grew suspicious.
But before Han Li could think further, Elder Miao couldn't help but shout loudly.
"Wu Chou, what nonsense are you talking! Who doesn't know that your grandfather has been in life-and-death seclusion for over a century? Unless his cultivation makes another breakthrough, even heaven-shaking matters wouldn't make him emerge from seclusion. Don't tell me your grandfather reached mid-stage Nascent Soul in just over a hundred years."
Upon hearing this, Wu Chou threw his head back and laughed wildly.
"Haha. Your Six United Halls are truly ignorant! Who told you my grandfather entered seclusion to try to enter mid-stage Nascent Soul? In reality, my grandfather was cultivating a peerless demonic technique. Now that the technique is complete, he naturally emerges from seclusion." Wu Chou said smugly.
Hearing this, Elders Miao and Gu were stunned, unsure whether the other's words were true or false.
"Since you know my grandfather's reputation, I, the young master, will take this Infant Carp Beast. Surely your Six United Halls won't refuse to give our Ji Yin Island this face!" Wu Chou said sinisterly again when he saw their expressions.
Hearing such arrogant words, Elder Miao's face turned somewhat pale.
Elder Gu's eyes flickered as he thought about something. For a moment, neither spoke.
As for those invited to help like the Azure Calculator, they couldn't help but retreat a few steps, looking like they didn't want to get involved.
Feng Sanniang saw this and knitted her brows, feeling helpless for the moment.
After all, Qu Hun and the others had only agreed to deal with the sea beast. They weren't subordinates of their Six United Halls.
To say that in the current situation, the Six United Halls people were indeed at a disadvantage!
Although the Six United Halls had Elders Miao and Gu, both early-stage Core Formation cultivators, they had already greatly depleted their vital essence to drive the two borrowed primordial treasures, the "Dry Heaven Halberds." While the young man called Wu Chou was also an early-stage Core Formation cultivator, he practiced the top-tier demonic technique of the Chaotic Star Sea, the "Dark Yin Technique," which was far from comparable to ordinary Core Formation cultivators!
Moreover, his grandfather, the Ancestor Ji Yin, was a notorious demonic tyrant in the Chaotic Star Sea, known to everyone! Who would dare to provoke him lightly!
But letting Wu Chou take the Infant Carp Beast away right before their eyes would be a tremendous loss of face for their Six United Halls!
Not only would all previous efforts be wasted, but it would also give the impression of weakness and bullying, which would be extremely unfavorable for the future development of the Six United Halls.
At this moment, Elder Gu, with disheveled hair, moved his lips slightly, secretly communicating with Elder Miao. As they discussed something, their expressions fluctuated uncertainly.
Wu Chou snorted coldly, arrogantly walking to the Infant Carp Beast at his feet. With a flash of black light in his hand, a demon blade as black as ink appeared.
With a raised hand and a falling blade, the beast's strange head was cut off, and he unceremoniously searched inside the skull. The two women, meanwhile, vigilantly watched the elders in the sky.
Seeing this scene, Feng Sanniang's face looked extremely ugly!
But the two guest elders, Miao and Gu, said something, and she didn't dare to act rashly.
Han Li and the others watched all this silently, none daring to speak loudly, fearing to bring trouble upon themselves.
After a while, Wu Chou took out a turquoise round bead from the Infant Carp Beast's skull, and his ugly face showed great joy.
Then he raised his head, looking at the crab claws and other strange items on the four strange hands, greed flashing across his face.
But when he raised his demon blade again, Elder Gu stopped his actions with a deep voice.
"Young Island Master, considering that your grandfather and our Hall Master are old acquaintances, you can take everything else from this Infant Carp Beast. But the demon core is something our Six United Halls must obtain and must remain. Otherwise, the two of us simply cannot report back to the Hall Master." Elder Gu's voice was flat, without any emotion of joy or anger.
But upon hearing this, Wu Chou sneered a few times, still ignoring it completely, and slashed down again, snatching the beast's severed wrist and the blue coral it was tightly gripping.
Seeing this scene, Elder Gu first showed a hint of warmth, but then sighed. He suddenly transmitted a message to Wu Chou, somewhat helplessly.
These transmitted words had just entered Wu Chou's ears when the demon blade he had already raised suddenly stopped in mid-air, his face showing an incredible look of astonishment.
Then he put down the demon blade in his hand, his lips moving in disbelief as if asking something.
Elder Gu continued to speak expressionlessly for another sentence or two.
This bizarre scene left Han Li and the others utterly confused, finding it extremely baffling.
Elder Miao, meanwhile, floated blankly in the air, turning a blind eye to all of this.
"I don't believe it, unless you produce proof to verify your identity!" Wu Chou suddenly shook his head, saying in a cold, loud voice.
This sentence, whether deliberately or inadvertently, was spoken openly without any sound-transmission technique, making it clearly audible to Han Li, Feng Sanniang, and the others, causing them great confusion.
Elders Gu and Miao's expressions changed drastically. They glanced at each other, simultaneously revealing looks of annoyance.
"Here, this should prove our identity!" Elder Gu said with a face cold as frost, flicking his hand. A piece of black light shot out.
Wu Chou caught it effortlessly in his hand.
Han Li focused his attention and looked intently, using his powerful spiritual sense to see the object clearly. It was a token carved with a ferocious ghost head, its entire body emitting a faint black gas, which Wu Chou was carefully examining front and back.
Han Li's heart skipped a beat, a faint premonition of bad things.
He quickly looked left and right, and his heart couldn't help but tremble.
The others were also watching the actions of the three Core Formation cultivators with uncertain expressions, but the Azure Calculator's face was extremely pale. He actually began retreating silently with tightly clenched hands, and in the blink of an eye, he had retreated twenty to thirty zhang.
As soon as he saw Han Li looking at him, he was first startled, then showed an extremely ugly wry smile, and without a word, suddenly transformed into a green rainbow, fleeing desperately.
Seeing this scene, Han Li's heart sank!
Without thinking, he slapped his storage bag with one hand, quickly releasing the Divine Wind Boat, then pulled Qu Hun onto the magical artifact, and similarly transformed into white light, fleeing rapidly towards the direction of the nameless small island.
The bizarre actions of the Azure Calculator and Han Li left Feng Sanniang and the middle-aged scholar, who had just noticed, stunned, finding it extremely baffling.
Below, Elders Gu and Miao also noticed this scene, their expressions simultaneously turning cold. Elder Gu then said gloomily:
"The two of us will be responsible for killing the two who escaped. The people left here will be handed over to Brother Wu for silencing!"
After saying this, regardless of Wu Chou's agreement, he and Elder Miao immediately transformed into two startled rainbows, separately chasing after Han Li and the Azure Calculator, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Wu Chou snorted coldly, although his face was full of reluctance, he still looked at the bewildered Feng Sanniang and others with killing intent in his eyes.
"Hmph! Consider yourselves unlucky for hearing words you shouldn't have! Then offer up your primordial spirits to this young master!"
After saying this, Wu Chou spread his arms!
Overwhelming black yin wind surged from his body in an instant, sweeping towards Feng Sanniang and the others with an overwhelming momentum.