Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

In the next instant, a colossal beam of sword light suddenly tore through the void. Like a bolt of lightning that pierced heaven and earth, it radiated an incomparably brilliant light that instantly illuminated the dark world.

Ferocious Sword Qi, infused with the Wind and Thunder Blade Momentum, instantly cleaved the overwhelming tide of seawater in half, then continued on to tear through layers of space,

Like a galaxy falling from beyond the heavens, it carried with it a sky full of Sword Momentum as it slashed toward the colossal, terrifying octopus Sea Beast.

SHHIIING!

In an instant, the octopus Sea Beast was pierced by the incomparably sharp and unstoppable Sword Qi. Immediately after, the creature was sliced in two, its halves collapsing to either side into the surrounding water.

Dark red blood gushed from the octopus Sea Beast’s body, staining the surrounding sea. The residual, razor-sharp Sword Momentum carved a chasm one hundred zhang deep into the waters below.

The hundred-zhang column of water was sliced smooth as a mirror by the incomparably sharp Sword Qi within the tyrannical Sword Momentum. Even after a long time, the immense and terrifying Sword Momentum prevented the waters from closing!

Perhaps soon, the body of the octopus Sea Beast would become sustenance for other marine creatures. Born from the sea, returned to the sea, it would ultimately become nutrients to enrich the sea.

Of course, that would only happen after the residual Sword Momentum above dissipated. Otherwise, any creature that rashly tried to devour it would likely become just another lost soul claimed by the Sword Momentum!

Gu Yun’s figure flashed, transforming into a streak of lightning as he sped toward the target island.

From a distance, it looked as if a bolt of Thunder had flashed for a fleeting moment between the heavens and the earth, which were shrouded in heavy, dark clouds!

...

「A few days later」

The brilliant sun hung high in the sky, which was clear and serene. Gusts of wind swept over the azure sea, occasionally kicking up sprays of white foam.

Gu Yun saw a medium-sized island appear ahead. Under the sun’s rays, the beach was covered in a silvery light. ’Perhaps this is one reason it’s called Silver Beach Island.’

Gu Yun continued to fly forward, gradually arriving high above Silver Beach Island. To his surprise, the trees below were also draped in silver, as if they were covered in winter snow.

After flying a certain distance, his perception, which spanned a thirty-li radius, didn’t detect anything too out of the ordinary. Although there were many people below, most were mortals with no Cultivation. There were a few Spiritual Martial Realm Cultivators and several at the Second and Third Layers of the True Martial Realm. While not a powerful lineup, it was already far stronger than Spirit Wind Island.

"Did it not show up again this time?" Gu Yun, hovering above the clouds, sighed as he looked down at the island below.

’I’ll wait a few days and see.’ With this thought, Gu Yun closed his eyes to rest there above the clouds. He planned to lie in wait for the Demon Fiend. If it didn’t appear, he would leave for the next location.

The surrounding sea remained calm and tranquil, without a single ripple.

「Several days later」

"Hm!?"

"It’s finally here!!!"

Gu Yun’s eyes snapped open, a faint purple lightning flashing within them, filled with a demonic and mysterious air. These thunder-pupils gave Gu Yun extremely powerful insight.

Down below, an extremely tyrannical Demon Fiend aura suddenly swept across the town on the island. In just an instant, many mortals perished within the terrifying Demon Fiend Qi.

It appeared as a hulking humanoid creature over three zhang tall. It had a pair of horns on its head like those of a Flood Dragon, and its entire body was covered in ink-black scales.

Its pupils, like the eyes of a Flood Dragon, glowed with a terrifying, spectral light. The figure stood in the middle of the town, exuding a horrifying Demon Fiend aura, as if it were the center of the entire universe.

"Jie jie jie..."

"What a delectable batch of food!" a hoarse, deep voice emanated from the Demon Fiend.

The moment the Demon Fiend appeared, warning alarms alerted the entire town. Cultivators from all around rushed to surround it.

But in reality, the surrounding Spiritual Martial Realm Cultivators felt its Demon Fiend aura—as vast and deep as an abyssal sea—and its terrifying, astonishing Momentum, and couldn’t help but tremble. Their hearts felt as if they had plummeted into the deepest ocean trench, enveloped by an endless fear that bred despair.

"Th-This is a Demon Fiend!"

"How terrifying!!"

The trembling voices of some of the surrounding Cultivators could be heard.

Just then, several streaks of light sped over from the distance. They were three Cultivators at the Second Layer of the True Martial Realm.

"It’s- It’s Uncle Wang, Elder Li, and Elder Zhang!"

A sharp-eyed Cultivator, seeing the three streaks of light approaching from afar, couldn’t help but shout excitedly.

"Demon Fiend, die!"

The speaker was a middle-aged Cultivator in a brocade robe. He thrust out his palm, and a massive, heavy Palm Seal instantly condensed in the void. It pulled the surrounding space into a tidal wave before crashing violently toward the Demon Fiend!

At the same time, a long-bearded elder next to him suddenly slashed with his sword. Sword Qi soared into the air, tearing through space and flashing with a brilliant light as it descended upon the Demon Fiend below like the roar of an enraged Flood Dragon!

The other middle-aged Cultivator, dressed in a white robe, also condensed an attack of True Yuan and blasted it fiercely at the Demon Fiend.

Three powerful True Yuan attacks assaulted the Demon Fiend from different directions at the same time!

But the three-zhang-tall, hulking figure of the Demon Fiend, which radiated a terrifying Momentum, remained impassive. It even revealed a sneer, unwilling to even move.

"BEGONE!!!"

Following the Demon Fiend’s command, a terrifying wave of Demon Qi surged forth, instantly pulverizing all the incoming True Yuan attacks. The void seemed to ripple and tremble.

Immediately after, the Demon Qi formed into three terrifying arrows that tore through layers of space, shooting toward the three men with the speed of lightning!

"Not good!"

The three men’s faces changed drastically. They wanted to dodge, but the lightning-fast arrows were already upon them, so they hurriedly condensed a True Essence Shield.

But the arrows formed from the terrifying Demon Qi shattered the shields on contact. The shields instantly broke into pieces, and the arrows pierced through the bodies of the three Cultivators.

They continued straight on, piercing into the distance. All along their path, the air vibrated, and everything they passed through was split asunder.

"Cough, cough... PUH!" The three True Martial Realm Second Layer Cultivators fell from the void, crashing to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

The Demon Fiend, radiating its terrifying aura, hadn’t moved an inch.

A single move, and the three were defeated!

"Ah! Uncle Wang, Elder Li, Elder Zhang..."

Voices filled with fear and trembling came from the surrounding Cultivators. It seemed they couldn’t believe that their island’s experts were so easily defeated!

A wave of panic and despair spread through the surrounding Cultivators.

"Die!"

A hoarse, deep voice came from the Demon Fiend. It then suddenly erupted with a Demon Fiend aura as vast as the sea. The terrifying Momentum seemed to make the very void tremble and ripple.

A sea of Demonic Qi, hundreds of zhang wide and exuding a terrifying and astonishing aura, condensed in the void around the Demon Fiend before violently blasting out toward the surrounding Cultivators!!

Seeing this, and feeling the suffocatingly terrifying Demon Fiend aura from above,

the hearts of all the surrounding Cultivators and mortals plummeted to rock bottom. As if plunged into a cavern of ice, they trembled uncontrollably.