Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

Shu Liande couldn’t wait any longer.

True.

The Voodoo Corpse had no vital points.

But... a Voodoo Corpse with its head shattered and all four limbs torn off...

Even if it was still alive, what kind of threat could it possibly pose?

"HISS!"

The Voodoo Corpse’s throat vibrated, letting out a ferocious, hoarse roar.

Its body suddenly went rigid, then sprang up, lunging toward Su Ye!

Its speed and power were still at sixty percent of its peak!

A foul wind rushed forward!

Had it been anyone else, even a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator, they would most likely have been killed by this surprise attack!

However, Su Ye’s guard was up.

He hadn’t relaxed in the slightest just because the Voodoo Corpse had fallen!

Now, seeing the Voodoo Corpse lunge at him,

He showed no signs of panic. His eyes twitched, a glimmer of ’I knew it’ in them.

"Hah... trying to play dead and ambush me?" Su Ye sneered.

SHING!

The Frost Thorn Spear flashed, transforming into a graceful silver streak of light!

BANG.

The Voodoo Corpse’s knee shattered with a loud crack, and it could no longer maintain its charge, collapsing to the ground.

Then, Su Ye repeated the process, successfully crafting a Voodoo Corpse that was now just a limbless trunk.

However, as he watched the Voodoo Corpse—head shattered, both legs broken, with only a single arm left—still slowly crawling toward him on the ground...

’This thing really is creepy...’

The corner of Su Ye’s mouth twitched. He channeled his Magical Power and flicked out an Ice Freeze Skill, freezing it to the floor.

At that moment, from the other end of the corridor, over a dozen cultivators from the Shu Family, led by Shu Liande, charged forward!

Their eyes were filled with desperation, like a group of cornered fugitives with nothing left to lose!

"We’ll fight the Luo Family to the death!" Shu Liande’s eyes were bloodshot.

’The plan has failed!’

’That Luo Family captain is young, but he’s experienced and cautious.’

’The Voodoo Corpse that I had placed so much hope in was completely ineffective!’

’And now, with the Voodoo Corpse defeated, the Baiye’s loss is all but certain...’

This charge was nothing more than a desperate, suicidal attack.

"We’ll take down as many of them as we can!"

"They must have used up a lot of Magical Power to defeat the Voodoo Corpse!"

Shu Liande gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on Su Ye, brimming with killing intent!

He had a vague premonition.

’With this man’s age and temperament, if he isn’t killed today, he will definitely become a grave threat to the Shu Family in the future!’

’Even if there’s only the slimmest of chances, I have to try and kill him!’ Shu Liande’s eyes gleamed with malice.

Meanwhile, as Su Ye watched the charging Shu Family cultivators and the looks on their faces as if they were staring at their fathers’ killer, his heart tightened and his brow furrowed.

’Don’t tell me they still have some trick up their sleeve to turn this around?’

Just in case...

Su Ye opened his right hand and gripped the Frost Thorn Spear!

VMM!

Wisps of Silver Gang Qi swirled around his fingertips, reinforcing his body.

Then.

WHALE! HUNTING! SPEAR!

BOOM!

A fierce gale exploded outward!

In an instant, the Frost Thorn Spear shot from his hand, becoming a thin silver line invisible to the naked eye!

It tore through the air, forming a spiraling vortex of energy in the narrow corridor and unleashing a terrifying power!

Shu Liande’s eyes flew wide open, his mind filled with disbelief!

’No... he had such a powerful killing move, yet he was still so cautious just now?’

’Was that even necessary?’

RRRIP.

Amid his shock, an agonizing pain washed over him.

Shu Liande’s vision blurred and flickered. His world turned upside down and quickly faded to black.

’I...’

’I still have to bring the Spirit Stones back to the family...’

Shu Liande’s final thought scattered to the winds!

POW!

The Whale-Hunting Spear, channeled through the Frost Thorn Spear, effortlessly pierced through Shu Liande’s body.

And its momentum didn’t falter!

Behind Shu Liande, the dozen or so Shu Family cultivators showed looks of utter horror and panic!

"NO!!!"

However...

In this narrow corridor, there was nowhere to run, nowhere to hide!

TWANG!

The turbulent vortex from the Frost Thorn Spear swept through the entire corridor, finally embedding itself deep into the thick wooden planks of the cabin’s outer wall!

From the point of the spearhead, spiderweb cracks appeared and spread.

CRACK.

A few fragments fell away.

A ray of sunlight pierced through into the quiet corridor.

This gentle sunlight illuminated the dim cabin.

And it also illuminated a scene of crimson carnage!

"Ugh..."

One of the crew members turned pale, gagging, but forced it back down.

Su Ye paid no attention to the crew’s reaction.

He looked at the two lines of text that had appeared in his vision.

[Enemy ship occupied. [Tide Hunter] EXP +100]

[Naval battle won. [Tide Hunter] EXP +305]

’So... that’s it?’ Su Ye was a little surprised.

In truth, he had been convinced that the Shu Family cultivators had other tricks up their sleeves besides the Voodoo Corpse.

That was why, even when facing the Voodoo Corpse, he hadn’t activated his Whale-Hunting Spear, instead dealing with it slowly using conventional methods.

He had saved the Whale-Hunting Spear as his trump card, intending to use it against whatever else the Shu Family threw at him.

He was the type of player with ice in his veins.

Always holding his ultimate for dear life!

It was just that...

’I held onto my ultimate through the whole team fight, and in the end, the enemy was just... gone. Did I really have to use it to clear minions?’

With his back to the others, the corner of Su Ye’s mouth twitched.

Ugh, all that time spent outsmarting thin air...

If he had known this would happen, he would have just used the Whale-Hunting Spear on the Voodoo Corpse from the start...

However, Su Ye’s mood quickly stabilized.

’Oh well, it’s all for the best!’

’The fewer unexpected variables, the better!’

If every opponent Su Ye faced was weak enough to be killed without him needing the Whale-Hunting Spear, that would be for the best!

...

Done with his thoughts, Su Ye took a few steps forward and beckoned with his hand, recalling the Frost Thorn Spear.

He turned around, glanced at the stunned crew members, and said nonchalantly,

"What are you all standing around for? Go take control of this ship and tally the spoils."

Though his words were ordinary, they made the crew members’ faces fill with a terrified awe. They replied respectfully,

"Yes, Captain!"

At that moment.

Sunlight backlit Su Ye from behind, outlining his silhouette with a halo of light.

But his handsome, spirited face was cloaked in shadow, making his expression impossible to read.

He seemed to be half-smiling, his expression as calm as a placid lake, standing quietly amidst a sea of crimson...

The scene was like something out of a storybook—a thousand-year-old demon wearing human skin. It was enough to send a chill down one’s spine!

The Sea Crocodile’s crew’s reverence for Su Ye...

...reached its absolute peak at that moment!

...

Tallying their gains would take time.

Su Ye returned to the deck, preparing to first deal with the still-moving Voodoo Corpse.

After setting up a firebreak, he intended to cremate it.

Leaving it be and tossing it into the sea might contaminate the environment.

As for keeping it as evidence to further slander the Shu Family for colluding with the natives... there was no point.

The Cyan Profound Sect’s ban on associating with the natives originated from the period of the "War of Expansion" three hundred years ago.

They had led their subordinate cultivators to crush the native kingdoms in this sea region and occupy the major spirit islands.

Back then, among the natives of this sea region, there were still Fourth-Order Totem Monarchs capable of fighting Golden Core cultivators!

But now, the natives had declined severely. It had been many years since a Third-Order had appeared, and even Second-Order beings were rare...

The so-called ban was, in reality, little more than a matter of political correctness now.

With that influential member of the Shu Family who possessed an Earth Spiritual Root lobbying within the Cyan Profound Sect, it was almost impossible to increase the severity of the punishment against their family.

So he might as well just cremate it and be done with it.

However, as the flames blazed fiercely...

...a fingernail-sized, crystal-clear fragment shimmering with a mysterious, deep blue luster fell out from within the Voodoo Corpse’s body.

Su Ye raised an eyebrow.

’What the heck is this? A Shariputra?’

...