NOVPUB"Qin Lingxiao pays his respects to Guardian Shen!"
The young man in the wide-sleeved robe nodded slightly, and said softly,
"A great battle is imminent here, don’t go forward lightly again."
Wang Yi’an, however, jolted in shock:
"Guardian Shen?"
"Is it our Wanxiang Sect’s Guardian Shen?!"
He immediately said anxiously,
"Guardian Shen, I am a disciple of Wan Xiang Sect, I earnestly beg you to save..."
The young man in the wide-sleeved robe, however, smiled as he looked at Wang Yi’an:
"So you are Wang Yi’an? Your father has been searching for you quite tirelessly."
"Wang Yi’an?"
"He shares the Wang surname too? What a coincidence?"
The female Cultivator in white felt a shock in her heart and couldn’t help but look at Wang Yi’an.
And the more she looked, the more he resembled him.
"This lad, could he be... his son?"
In her heart, she couldn’t help but harbor that guess.
And Wang Yi’an was also stunned:
"You know about my... dad, came out of seclusion?"
"He’s come to the West Sea Country too?"
"Where is he?"
The wide-sleeved young man said with a faint smile,
"Your father will be here soon after."
Upon hearing these words, the female Cultivator’s heart tensed again, and she couldn’t help feeling anxious.
Is he, he coming?
Is it really him?
Should I just leave now?
No! I haven’t done anything wrong by him, why should I leave!
But I already...
At this moment, the female Cultivator’s mind was in disarray.
Wang Yi’an, of course, had no idea of the turmoil in the female Cultivator’s heart at this moment, and said anxiously,
"Guardian Shen, my Uncle Fu’s life or death is uncertain now, can you save him?"
The young man in the wide-sleeved robe swept the area with his Spiritual Sense, and then said with a light laugh,
"Rest assured, he’s alive and well!"
As he was speaking, his expression suddenly darkened, and his gaze turned towards the west.
At the edge of the sky.
A dark swell of water surged from the sea, seemingly pressing down the entire sky, and rolling towards the land!
Upon this dark swell, a creature whose body was pitch black, like a dragon but not quite, like a whale but not quite, rode the waves between visibility and concealment amid the billows.
In the waves, numerous strange and bizarre creatures could also be seen.
"Abyssal Dragon Whale!"
The young man in the wide-sleeved robe uttered the name of the creature with a grave voice.
In his tone, there was an utmost solemnity.
"I hadn’t expected the Three Continents’ Cultivators to actually have subdued this Dragon Whale!"
"This makes things a bit troublesome."
"Guardian Shen..."
The female Cultivator was just about to speak.
But the wide-sleeved young man had already said with a serious face,
"Be careful... Princess Qin, please take care of my grand-nephew."
Qin Lingxiao was slightly stunned, and then nodded her head.
But the young man in the wide-sleeved robe lightly rose into the air, his robe fluttering.
Waves surged under his feet.
Soon, the azure waves in the distance burst forth from below his feet, rapidly forming a massive sky lake, riding the water to rush forward, sweeping towards the dark sea waves!
The sky seemed to split into two colors.
One azure, one black, one east, one west, clashing together!
Witnessing this astonishing scene,
Wang Yi’an couldn’t help but gape.
Then he felt a rush of fervor surging straight to the top of his head!
"Get out of the way!"
He suddenly heard the icy voice of the female Cultivator.
Wang Yi’an was startled.
Without a second thought, he quickly pulled the old man with a hemp face and long beard and immediately abandoned the magic boat to fly out.
He then looked over.
Bang!
A gigantic fleshly worm covered in sharp teeth, resembling a round tube, roared as it burst from the ground below, dragging the magic boat underneath with one bite!
The female Cultivator promptly urged the Fourth Order Sword Instrument in her hand, slashing at the worm.
With the sword energy exceedingly sharp, upon contact, the worm was instantly split into two halves.
However, what surprised her was that the severed segment went straight into the ground.
At the same time, another huge worm broke through the soil, biting towards the woman in white!
"Elder Qin, be careful!"
Wang Yi’an couldn’t help but exclaim in alarm.
However, he didn’t even notice it himself.
Beneath him, the soil was slowly loosening.
The next moment, a third worm surged up from the earth, lunging for Wang Yi’an!
Just as the woman in white dodged an attack, she saw this scene and her expression became stern!
Without a second thought, she threw forth her Fourth Order Sword Instrument, which immediately sliced towards the worm beneath Wang Yi’an!
But she didn’t even have time to breathe a sigh of relief.
Almost at the instant the sword energy left her hand, the soil below violently erupted!
Dozens of massive worms, revealing their savage maws, surged towards the woman in white and Wang Yi’an.
"This isn’t good!"
The woman in white, Wang Yi’an, and the man with the wrinkled face couldn’t help but exclaim in unison.
And at that moment.
Screeeeech!!
A sharp, ear-piercing howl suddenly rose from afar!
Then, a thousand-zhang sword light roared and swept through furiously!
In the astonished gazes of the woman in white and Wang Yi’an.
The dozens of massive worms were cut cleanly in half.
"Who is this?"
"Such an impressive knife cultivator! The true intent of knife technique contained within feels almost as powerful as my master’s true meaning of Sword Dao!"
Wang Yi’an couldn’t help but be deeply moved.
Seeing the familiar sword light, the woman in white involuntarily shuddered and became slightly absent-minded.
Suddenly, she was reminded of the days when they exchanged knife techniques…
As the severed worms hit the ground, more than ten other worms sprang up and bit towards Wang Yi’an and the woman in white again.
"Ascend quickly!"
The woman in white, who had regained her senses, shouted lowly.
Wang Yi’an hurriedly pulled the old man and flew upwards.
And as he desperately flew upward, he suddenly saw a somewhat familiar, grey silhouette falling from the sky, plummeting towards the worms below.
Wang Yi’an was momentarily stunned before he violently came to realization:
"Uncle Damao?!"
The figure falling towards the worms paused for a moment.
He looked up helplessly at him.
The next moment.
The gaunt grey figure swelled up as if inflated!
"Hee!"
In an instant, a twenty-odd zhang tall, three-headed and six-armed giant black Demon Ape thunderously landed on one of the worms’ backs.
Even as more than ten worms bit into its fleshy body with their viscid, ferocious maws, the six arms embraced the worm and then forcefully yanked it out!
The ground below them shattered with a roar.
A giant anemone, covered with worms, was forcibly pulled out by the Demon Ape!
"Hee!"
Demonic Flame rose from the Demon Ape’s body, its six arms tearing fiercely, and the many worms were immediately torn apart.
"This, this is Uncle Damao?!"
"Uncle Damao is so formidable!"
Wang Yi’an watched the Demon Ape below in disbelief, feeling as though all his previous perceptions had been overturned!
"How can my father’s Spirit Beasts be so powerful?"
"And Uncle Fu is the same way!"
"Wait, that previous sword light couldn’t also be…"
Thinking of that possibility, Wang Yi’an’s heart shook violently.
He was as incredulous as he was hopeful.
He vaguely felt that his past understanding of his father might have always been inaccurate.
"Maybe my father isn’t so weak after all."
But these worms, now pulled down by the Demon Ape, were still not dead; some quickly reconnected with the anemone, while others shot straight towards Wang Yi’an and the woman in white in the sky.
But it was all in vain.
In Wang Yi’an’s eyes, filled with surprise and joy.
A familiar figure had somehow already appeared in front of him.
An ordinary palm-leaf fan flew out from that person’s sleeve and lightly fanned towards those broken worms.
Flames instantly rose on the worms’ bodies.
Then with another fan, a chill wind blew, and the worms turned to ash in an instant.
Seeing this familiar figure, in that moment, Wang Yi’an felt as though he had found his backbone, and the grievances from the day’s trials finally condensed into one word:
"Father!"
The young cultivator slowly turned around, seeing that Wang Yi’an was safe and sound, and he nodded slightly.
Then he looked past Wang Yi’an towards the woman in white, standing stunned in midair, his face slightly embarrassed, yet he still squeezed out a smile:
"It’s been many years, Brother Qin. Have you been well?"
