Chapter 231: Catching Beasts
Inside the crack nest, the vortex beast had just swallowed the thousand-needle fish and was sleeping happily with its eyes closed. Suddenly, it sniffed and seemed to smell something, but it didn't care.
Not long after, the beast suddenly raised its head and looked outside, with a vigilant look in its eyes.
As time went by, its eyes slowly turned red, and its expression became agitated. It seemed that it wanted to rush out, but it had some reservations.
The sea snake was hiding in the cracks of the rocks not far away and peeped, watching the vortex beast.
Above the sea, Yuan Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
What he was most worried about was that the sea water would isolate the beast-attracting incense, so he went to great lengths to use black gloves to carry the beast-attracting mist and send it to the vicinity of the vortex beast's nest before releasing it.
Now it seems that he was overthinking. The sea water at most affects the spread of the beast-attracting incense, but it will not block its effect.
Yuan Ming used the soul crow to control another hunted sea beast, and lurked near the seabed nest with the second glove, releasing the beast-attracting white mist in the same way.
Gradually, the eyes of the vortex beast became more blood red, almost dripping blood, and the lower abdomen was swollen and blood red, and the scales there kept opening and closing.
After a while, the vortex beast could no longer bear it and flew out of the nest.
Seeing this scene, Yuan Ming took out the incense burner with his hands and feet and lit the beast-attracting incense, and a stream of white mist spread out.
He also took out a homemade poisonous incense and a seven-step inverted incense and inserted them into the burner to light them.
After doing this, Yuan Ming pasted a blue talisman on his body, took out the hidden cloak and put it on, and lurked in the sea.
This blue talisman is called "water-avoiding talisman", which can separate the water flow and make the caster lurk in the water for a long time. When wearing the hidden cloak, the mana fluctuations of the water-avoiding talisman are also completely isolated.
Above the sea, there is only an incense burner quietly floating there, and the beast-attracting white mist spreads rapidly.
Amid the sound of "splashing" water, a lizard sea beast swam over quickly with red eyes. It was a first-level lower-level beast that suddenly jumped out of the water and pounced on the incense burner.
As a result, when the beast was about to pounce, the green incense burner "whooshed" into the sky and hovered more than ten feet away. The lizard sea beast swam anxiously on the sea surface below, but it could not fly and could not reach the incense burner, so it could only worry.
The sound of "splashing" water sounded one after another, and sea beasts were constantly attracted. Soon, 20 to 30 sea beasts gathered, but they were all low-level sea beasts, and two of them reached the first-level upper level.
Yuan Ming, who was hiding in the sea nearby, saw this scene and was secretly happy about the effect of the beast-attracting incense activated by the incense burner. In the future, if he wanted to hunt a ferocious beast, he would not have to work hard to find it. As long as he lit the incense, the ferocious beast would be automatically attracted.
At this moment, the water surface near the coral island "splashed" and the vortex beast emerged from the sea. Its eyes had turned blood red, and sticky saliva flowed from the corners of its mouth. It excitedly pounced on the suspended incense burner.
The sea beasts under the incense burner sensed the breath of the vortex beast, and showed horror on their faces. They all moved back, but because of the smell of the beast-attracting incense, they were unwilling to stay too far away.
The vortex beast ignored the other sea beasts and swam over quickly, but just when it was about to step into the range of the Thousand Knot Water Rope Formation, the beast suddenly stopped, and looked at the seabed with blood-red eyes, as if it had noticed the fluctuation of the magic power of the Thousand Knot Water Rope Formation.
Yuan Ming secretly said that this vortex beast was really cunning, so he took out the main formation flag and quietly activated the formation.
A blue light flashed near the vortex beast, and thick water ropes condensed out of thin air, wrapped around its body like lightning and pulled it violently, dragging it into the Thousand Knot Water Rope Formation.
More water ropes condensed quickly and swept over from all directions.
Although the vortex beast was driven crazy by the beast-inducing incense, it did not completely lose its mind. It waved its two front paws, and thick blue arcs of electricity burst out from its body, instantly tearing the water rope on its body by nearly half.
This beast has reached the peak of the second level, and its demonic power is extremely strong. The thousand knot water ropes have not been completely formed, and the current imprisonment force can't have much impact on it.
Yuan Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a moment of hesitation, he pinched the formula and pointed it out in the void.
A flash of light flashed on the sea surface behind the vortex beast, and the two magic weapons, the Cold Star Sword and the Nine Rings Golden Knife, shot out and slashed at the back of the vortex beast.
"Ah"
The vortex beast roared, and the sea water around it suddenly rose, spinning rapidly around its body, forming a rapidly rotating vortex water column in an instant.
The Cold Star Sword and the Nine Rings Golden Knife hit it, and were immediately shaken away by the rotating sea water, without touching the vortex beast.
The vortex beast continued to release blue lightning to tear the water rope around it. It stomped its feet hard, and the nearby water surface surged violently. Seven or eight deep whirlpools formed under the rolling rapids, and a rumbling sound came from the depths.
With a loud bang, seven or eight thick water columns shot up from the depths of the whirlpool. Each of them was as thick as a millstone. They swam in the air like a dragon, spinning and swimming, as flexible as living things, and all hit the place where the three magic weapons broke out of the water.
The sea surface there exploded with a "boom". The water column hit the seabed ground at a depth of several feet, easily blasting out a large pit several feet deep. Countless mud and sand spread, and the nearby sea water became turbid.
Yuan Ming hid on the other side and was not affected by the water column. He controlled the Cold Star Sword and the Nine Rings Golden Knife to continue attacking the vortex beast to attract its attention.
At the same time, he released the white ape, injected a soul crow into it, and pulled out the corpse-sealing nail on its head.
The breath emitted by the white ape suddenly surged, causing a disturbance in the nearby spiritual energy.
The vortex beast suddenly looked over, with a solemn expression on its face.
The white ape surfaced from the sea with a splash, its tall body using the force to paddle across the water, and pounced on the vortex beast, splitting a long white wave in the sea.
The vortex beast was shocked, and the blue light on its arms surged. The vortex water columns around it suddenly became several times thicker. Several water columns rose from the nearby vortex and hit the white ape.
The white ape looked up to the sky and roared, and punched out.
The air within a radius of ten feet made a series of explosions, and an overwhelming force pressed down.
The corpse of the Heavenly Snake Master absorbed the Yin Qi and transformed into a human-like existence. Although his previous cultivation was amazing, his combat power has actually fallen below the level of the Jindan stage. However, since he put on the skin of the white ape, the strength of the corpse of the Heavenly Snake Master has greatly increased, and has completely surpassed the strongest physical cultivator Long Hao that Yuan Ming has ever seen, and returned to the Jindan stage.
The water columns were crushed by this overwhelming fist force before they approached the white ape. The white ape turned into a white shadow and swayed to the vicinity of the vortex beast. The huge fist turned into a white afterimage and hit the vortex water column.
With a "chi la" sound of shattering, the water column that the Cold Star Sword and the Nine Rings Golden Knife could not do anything about was shattered by his punch.
The white ape's fist was as fast as lightning, hitting the vortex beast's shoulder firmly.
The vortex beast's shoulder exploded, and one of its right arms flew out with a spin, and its huge body was shaken away.
Yuan Ming was overjoyed, and he controlled the Cold Star Sword and the Nine Rings Golden Knife that had been waiting behind him, and chopped the vortex beast's back with all his strength.
Two half-foot-long wounds were cut on the vortex beast's back, but the flesh was not deeply injured.
Yuan Ming's eyes sank, knowing that his current cultivation was far behind this vortex beast, and no matter how much he attacked, it would be futile, so he focused most of his energy on controlling the Thousand Knot Water Rope Formation and the white ape.
Thick water ropes shot out from the sea, entangled the vortex beast again, and imprisoned it tightly. The white ape turned into a white shadow and chased after it.
The vortex beast was in unbearable pain at the broken arm. It suppressed the influence of the beast-attracting incense, and the blood color in its eyes dissipated by most. It seemed that its sanity was basically restored. The only remaining left arm burst into a bright blue light, and it waved in the air.
Suddenly, huge waves several feet high rose from the nearby sea surface, like giant palms covering the sky, slapping the white ape.
The white ape's arms suddenly became blurred, and it struck out in succession, smashing all the incoming waves, but its body was also blocked.
The vortex beast roared, and dazzling blue lightning suddenly rose from its left arm. A breath of destruction burst out, and Yuan Ming felt the hair on his skin stand up from a distance.
His heart was alarmed, and he decisively gave up hiding, and sacrificed the white jade shuttle to soar into the sky. The incense burner, the cold star sword, and the nine-ring golden knife were also taken away by him.
The vortex beast moved its left arm, and the blue lightning on its arm shot out, forming a giant lightning blade about ten feet long, which chopped the water ropes around it.
With a "swish" sound of silk tearing, all the water ropes were easily cut.
The lightning blade exploded immediately, turning into dense blue lightning, flooding the area of more than ten feet nearby. The power of each arc was comparable to the strike of the Thunder Talisman.
The sea surface suddenly boiled, and the water ropes condensed by the Thousand Knot Water Rope Array were all shattered. The magic array arranged at the bottom of the water was also destroyed and could not continue to operate.
The white ape was also affected by the blue lightning. The Heavenly Snake Master wrapped in the ape skin was a dead object. The power of lightning was its nemesis. Yuan Ming hurriedly controlled it to retreat.
The vortex beast used its magical powers one after another, and its breath weakened a lot. It turned into a black shadow and dived into the deep sea.
Yuan Ming was anxious and was about to take action himself regardless of the danger. The vortex beast suddenly staggered, as if it was drunk.
Yuan Ming's eyes were happy, knowing that the poison incense and the seven steps were finally starting to work. He quickly floated to the surface of the sea, waved his hand and threw a round bronze ball, which hit the front of the vortex beast, but it was a heart-breaking thunder.
A dazzling streak of light, the heart-breaking thunder suddenly split apart, a dazzling silver-white lightning burst out, and in an instant formed a striking lightning column, which hit the vortex beast's chest heavily.
A huge wound half a meter long was immediately cut on the vortex beast's chest, and it staggered back.
The white ape shot from the side, and a fan-shaped golden sword light appeared out of thin air. In a flash, the white ape was already standing behind the vortex beast, holding a golden long sword in his hand, which was the golden snake sword.
The golden light flashed down, and the vortex beast's head tilted and fell, a fountain of blood spurted out, and the tall body shook twice and fell into the water.
Yuan Ming felt relieved, and hurriedly waved his hand to take away the vortex beast's corpse, and even found the previous broken arm, and took out the thousand knot water rope array buried on the seabed.
After the soul crow that dived into the seabed flew back with the two gloves, he put away the soul crow gloves, sacrificed the jade shuttle magic weapon, and shot away in the distance.