Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship
Chapter 210: Fatal Strike, the Divine Tree’s Destruction
The crown of the Divine Tree.
The Ghostly Flood Dragon, its fearsome might filling the heavens, descended upon this place!
Its pitch-black, towering hull was covered in a heavily damaged and battle-scarred exoskeleton armor!
Even a vessel as mighty as the Ghostly Flood Dragon had to pay a steep price to ram the Divine Tree head-on!
And yet, even so,
the aura exuded by the spirit ship only grew more brutal and defiant!
It was like a master of a million soldiers, standing undefeated upon a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, weapon in hand, ready for battle!
Gazing at the scars left on the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s armor,
an incomparably ferocious Evil Qi seemed to blast toward them!
Everyone present felt their hearts suddenly palpitate.
"This feeling..."
Qinghe’s pupils constricted as he couldn’t help but ask, "Could it be... a Tier 4 spirit ship?"
"Doesn’t seem like it." Hongri shook his head, offering a guess.
"I can sense the aura of Divine Techniques. Perhaps this spirit ship used the power of a Divine Technique to temporarily ascend to Tier 4?"
Hearing this, the few Crystal-stage cultivators were even more astonished!
Using the power of a Divine Technique to raise a spirit ship’s tier?
"To cross a major realm and unleash the might of Tier 4?!"
What kind of Divine Technique was this?!
Just... which Crystal-stage cultivator could it be?!
With looks of shock and curiosity, the crowd turned their gazes toward the Ghostly Flood Dragon.
At that moment, the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s drill-like ram slowly retracted, returning to its original, elegant, and slender form.
A solitary, prideful figure appeared, standing upon the ship’s prow.
He had a cold, stern expression, and his black robes whipped loudly in the fierce wind!
His gaze was indifferent as he looked down upon them.
A Divine Sense comparable to, or perhaps even exceeding, that of a Late-stage Crystal cultivator washed over them!
"Such powerful Divine Sense!"
"Who is this person...?"
The Crystal-stage cultivators present were all mentally shaken.
They could see that this black-robed youth’s cultivation was only at the Early-stage Crystal realm.
And yet... an Early-stage Crystal cultivator with Divine Sense comparable to the Late-stage?
What kind of monster was this?
The Crystal-stage cultivators couldn’t help but feel a chill as countless thoughts raced through their minds.
...
On the Ghostly Flood Dragon.
Su Ye stood at the prow, his gaze shifting as he swept it across everyone present.
His Divine Sense scanned the area, his thoughts processing rapidly, and he quickly grasped the entire situation.
’The four Crystal-stage cultivators from the Cyan Profound Sect and Canghai Mountain are all severely wounded.’
’Among them, Tianhe is in the worst condition. It seems his life-bound artifact was shattered?’
’On the native side, the three Demon Kings and Navasen have also had a significant amount of their vital blood drained by this Orbit. They pose no threat... ’
’So, the only troublesome enemy left... ’
Su Ye’s profound, dark eyes narrowed slightly.
His gaze fell upon the young woman below in the long robes, the one with pure white eyes and snow-white hair.
In Su Ye’s spiritual senses, her seemingly slender, frail body—as if she couldn’t even withstand a gust of wind—was emitting a constant, unending sense of threat!
A grave look appeared in Su Ye’s eyes.
At that moment,
the Blind Saintess also raised her head, looking toward Su Ye.
Profound as ink, pure as snow—the two pairs of eyes "met."
And then, the battle began!
Within Su Ye’s body, Magical Power as vast as the sea surged and roared!
CLANG!
A long spear, shimmering with a brilliant silver light, suddenly materialized in his hand!
Su Ye tightened his five fingers, gripping the spear.
The knuckles on his fair, slender hands stood out.
Then,
he gripped, aimed, and threw!
Fluid, precise, masterful!
It was a skill that seemed rooted in his very bloodline, an instinctual art, unleashed in an instant!
[Whale-Hunting Spear]
WHOOSH!
With Su Ye’s current physical body, which was comparable to a Tier 3 Demon King, the Frost Thorn Spear reached several times the speed of sound in an instant!
The air howled, and the spear, wrapped in countless streams of clouds, blasted forth in a spiraling vortex of air like a hurricane!
"A spear throw?"
The Blind Saintess’s expression was one of slight surprise.
She was just about to channel her Spiritual Power to strike the Frost Thorn Spear from the air.
However, at that very moment,
her movements suddenly froze!
[Soul Suppressing]
A crowd control effect with priority!
Even though the Blind Saintess, under the blessing of the Divine Tree, possessed extremely high resistance to all kinds of abnormal statuses,
when facing the Whale-Hunting Spear,
she was still inevitably stunned for a moment!
And that was enough!
For high-level cultivators, the time it takes to draw a single breath was enough to launch several attacks!
SHWIIIING.
On the hull of the Ghostly Flood Dragon, thousands of Bone Cannon Barrels grew and emerged!
The cannons roared!
An incredibly dense barrage of blood-red flames blotted out the sky and sun!
Saturation bombardment!
With the Ghostly Flood Dragon currently empowered by the historical projection of the [Netherworld Boat],
the power of this barrage was strong enough to completely obliterate an entire city!
"That kind of firepower?!"
the spectating Crystal-stage cultivators exclaimed in horror.
Even watching from a distance, they felt a suffocating sense of pressure!
Meanwhile, facing Su Ye’s fatal killing move,
the Blind Saintess’s reaction was extremely swift.
After breaking free from the [Soul Suppressing] effect, in less than a tenth of a second, she slightly tilted her head and body.
SHHNK.
The Frost Thorn Spear, whistling by at several times the speed of sound, grazed past her ear!
A hair’s breadth from its mark, yet a thousand miles away.
The Whale-Hunting Spear had only managed to sever a single strand of her shimmering white hair!
A hint of surprise flickered in Su Ye’s eyes.
This was the first time he had ever seen an enemy who could dodge the Whale-Hunting Spear!
"Fast reactions," Su Ye commented.
"But... not fast enough!"
Now,
the sky-blotting bombardment of blood-red flames was upon her!
The surging blood flames, with their absolute firepower, had sealed off all space around her, leaving no room to dodge or maneuver!
This forced the Blind Saintess to block it head-on!
BUZZ!
A pure white light emerged from her eyes.
Erosion of Nothingness!
In the blink of an eye, a white light filled with the power of annihilation swept out!
However, it was not an attack, but a defense!
The white light swirled, covering her slender figure like an indestructible shield.
Countless blood flames plunged into that layer of white light, vanishing without a trace like a clay ox entering the sea!
Su Ye’s Divine Sense twitched, but he remained unconcerned, speaking lightly.
’So she blocked it, as expected?’
’But... my objective has also been achieved!’
A smile touched the corners of his lips.
At that moment, the countless blood flames spewing from the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s cannons bombarded the treetop platform.
RUMBLE!
An incredibly violent explosion rocked the crown of the Divine Tree!
It was as if a nuclear bomb had been detonated at the top of the Divine Tree!
CRACK!
CRACK!
The sound of shattering glass echoed clearly!
On the treetop platform, spiderweb-like cracks suddenly appeared!
"This..." The Blind Saintess was horrified.
She realized what was about to happen!
The next instant!
The ground beneath her feet suddenly vanished, and a violent sense of imbalance washed over her!
BOOM!
The treetop platform collapsed with a deafening roar.
This barrage of cannon fire was the last straw that broke the camel’s back!
The Divine Tree, already severely damaged by Su Ye multiple times and on the verge of collapse,
finally couldn’t bear the load any longer!
From the treetop platform to the trunk of the tree...
the entire Divine Tree began to crumble and disintegrate!
Destruction!