Lu Yu flew in mid-air with Hai Wei. Initially intending to stop the black-robed man's Guan Hai, once Lu Yu revealed his identity, he turned to deal with the invading Blade Fish Commander.

The Jade Pure Lotus's phantom protected him. The Blade Fish Commander's attacks couldn't faze Guan Hai, who pressured it and couldn't be distracted to chase Lu Yu.

The Flying Fish General and the Blade Fish Commander, relying on their speed, led the Sea Race's assault team, taking advantage of the barrier's delay to break into Yunhai City's protective array, completing an ambush and assault.

Seeing the Blade Fish Commander blocked by Guan Hai, Lu Yu escaping with Hai Wei, the Flying Fish General wanted to pursue Lu Yu.

But thinking there were more important matters to attend to, it had to assign five commanders under its command to chase Lu Yu, turning towards the nearby lighthouse.

Recapturing the Mermaid Princess was important, but destroying the lighthouse node, breaking the barrier, and letting the Sea Race rush into Yunhai City, making it the Sea Race's home ground, was more vital.

Currently, the human strong ones hadn't reacted. It was the best time for the Flying Fish General to destroy the lighthouse node through a surprise attack.

A silhouette rapidly approached the lighthouse closest to the Divine Weapon Pavilion from under the sea.

On the lighthouse, the Dragon Roar Cannon, operated by stationed personnel, continuously fired destructive beams, easily killing sea creatures with strength akin to Martial Cultivators in the Qi Controlling Realm.

The Dragon Roar Cannon could kill seven or eight sea creatures in one shot.

The guards stationed at the lighthouse saw the swift white waves approaching the tower on the sea surface, knowing that it was caused by the Sea Race moving swiftly underwater, and quickly controlled the Dragon Roar Cannon to target the approaching waves.

Spiritual power surged into the Dragon Roar Cannon, activating the array within, the spiritual power stored in the spirit-fusing pool at the lighthouse's base was converted into a destructive beam by the Dragon Roar Cannon, shooting towards the approaching Flying Fish General.

The attack of the Dragon Roar Cannon was very fast. When the Flying Fish General noticed the turret on the lighthouse turning and the muzzle lighting up, the Dragon Roar Cannon's attack was already in front of it.

When using city defense weapons against strong opponents, the attack speed of the city defense weapon directly determined success or failure.

If the attack speed couldn't keep up with a strong opponent's movement speed, the city defense weapon posed no threat at all.

The Dragon Roar Cannon on Yunhai City's lighthouse, still the newest version replaced ten years ago, under the manipulation of a Qi Controlling Realm Martial Cultivator, could even kill sea creatures in the Spirit Realm.

Whoosh~ The Dragon Roar Cannon carved a depression on the sea surface; the dent remained for several seconds before being filled by seawater.

When the guard thought they had killed the approaching sea creatures and turned the Dragon Roar Cannon to attack other sea creatures, a streak of light flashed past the lighthouse, immobilizing all the guards inside.

The momentum of the Dragon Roar Cannon's rotation shattered the guard clinging to it, scattering countless small pieces of flesh, shattering the ground, and the lighthouse and guards within were sliced innumerable times in an instant.

The lighthouse's assault halted, quickly followed by an explosion in the spirit-fusing pool from an external attack, the blinding firelight illuminating the receding streak of light.

The Flying Fish General unfurled a pair of razor-sharp, menacing wings behind it, its exclusive Divine Weapon.

With extreme speed, slashing all targets in its Divine Weapon's range ten thousand times instantly, this was the Flying Fish General's Divine Weapon—the Ten-Thousand Edge Wings.

The destructive sound erupting inside the lighthouse shocked the strong ones still gathering personnel; they hurried ahead towards the battlefield, not expecting the lighthouse would be destroyed so quickly.

Sensing that extremely fast and powerful aura, many Core Formation Realm experts were incredulous. How did the Demon Core Realm Sea Race get in?

Even if it rushed in before the array activated, weren't they afraid of being ambushed?

Previously, there were instances of Demon Core Realm Sea Creatures appearing within the defensive array's range before it deployed.

But those Demon Core Realm Sea Creatures all hid at the seabed, concealing their presence, and only acted when the array was about to break, coordinating with those inside for the final blow.

Like the Flying Fish General, directly attacking and destroying the lighthouse had practically no precedents; the Sea Race attempting such were beaten to death by human Martial Cultivators.

As for a large number of Demon Core Realm Sea Creatures secretly approaching Yunhai City, that was impossible.

The sea surface was monitored by human lighthouses, and the seabed was under Yunhai Academy's surveillance. A single Sea Race was possible, but a large gathering would produce unmistakable demon aura, easily detected by human experts.

The Flying Fish General unleashed its full power, attempting to dismantle the lighthouse nodes with the utmost speed, while under its command, five leaders led the Sea Race assault team in a charge at the Divine Weapon Pavilion's location.

Guan Hai was besieged by three Spirit Realm Sea Creatures, despite possessing the Jade Pure Lotus, he could only protect himself.

All spiritual power was used to activate the Jade Pure Lotus, maintaining its defense, lacking sufficient counter-influence to hold off the other two leaders.

Seeing the two sea leaders pursuing Lu Yu, Guan Hai could only hope Lu Yu would find fortune on his own.

Actually, he harbored some dark thoughts, hoping Lu Yu would perish at the hands of the Sea Race; that way, he wouldn't have to pay Lu Yu for the Jade Pure Lotus, saving a significant amount of cultivation resources.

However, he hadn't had the opportunity to decide whether to rescue Lu Yu if he faced danger before the Sea Race entangled him.

Xu Qing just arrived at the Divine Weapon Pavilion dormitory entrance, only to see the Liang Family's ancestor take Lu Yu away. Spotting the Black Iron Masked Man and the black-robed man, Xu Qing hesitated; weren't they the ones who sabotaged the He family's plans last time?

"Release the princess!" shouted the two Sea Race leaders chasing right behind Lu Yu.

Princess? The black-robed man took the Mermaid Princess? Xu Qing was in turmoil. Wasn't the Mermaid Princess in Lu Yu's hands? How did she end up with the black-robed man?

Moreover, last time the black-robed man interfered with the He family, releasing the Mermaid Princess. Why take her again now?

The complex relationships were making Xu Qing's head spin; he couldn't figure out the connection between the black-robed man and the Mermaid Princess.

The pursuing Sea Race leader noticed Xu Qing below, sensing his strength at the Sea of Qi Realm, quickly split one off to approach Xu Qing, intending to hold him off while the other accelerated after Lu Yu.

Seeing the approaching Sea Race targeting himself, Xu Qing rapidly gathered spiritual power to block the attack, feeling quite helpless. He came to catch Lu Yu, but now was tangled with the Sea Race.

He had no choice but to battle the Sea Race, unable to disengage.

After some time, the head guard of the Divine Weapon Pavilion had already gathered the guards, stewards, and disciples to go support the beleaguered Guan Hai.

The head guard, like Guan Hai, was an experienced Qi Sea Realm cultivator. Among the people he gathered, there were six or seven stewards, guards, and Divine Weapon Pavilion disciples who had recently broken through to the Qi Sea Realm.

Some disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion chose to directly teleport back to the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm to avoid the disaster. Most of these disciples who fled were those without attachments in Yunhai City, while those who stayed mostly had family in Yunhai City.

The Identity Token of the Divine Weapon Pavilion disciples can only teleport the bound disciple into the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm, and cannot carry others, so Lu Yu could not bring Hai Wei into the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm to avoid the Sea Tribe's pursuit.

"The Merfolk Princess is in the hands of a Divine Weapon Pavilion disciple named Lu Yu," a player said, holding the information bought from the Jianghu Bulletin.

"Tasks linked with large-scale events like this are sure to have generous rewards."

"The challenge of the task 'Center of the Storm' is capturing the Merfolk Princess. As long as the Merfolk Princess is captured, the task can be completed at any time. Giving her to the He Family is the simplest, but the rewards will surely be the least. Next is handing her over to the Shallow Sea Race; both parties have appeared in Yunhai City."

"There's no doubt, if you want the greatest benefit from this task, you have to find a way to contact the so-called Deep Sea Emissary."

"Why think so much? We haven't even seen the Merfolk Princess yet, so talking more is pointless."

Whoosh~ The strong wind driven by the rapidly flowing air swept through the streets, and everyone looked up at the sky where a Sea Tribe member was chasing two people.

"Sea Tribe? How could the Sea Tribe appear here?" a player asked in confusion.

"Damn! That was definitely the Merfolk Princess flying by just now; otherwise, why would the Sea Tribe be chasing her?"

"Was that aura just now from the Qi Sea Realm? Never mind, I'll just honestly grind some experience and not get involved in this task," said a Qi Realm player.

"Qi Sea Realm? Then forget it, let the big shots compete while we just grab some soup."

"Something feels off; Qi Sea Realm Sea Tribe members have already broken into Yunhai City. Could Yunhai City be taken by the Sea Tribe? Should we log off to avoid it?" someone worriedly suggested.

"Are you stupid? Logging off is useless against ground-paving attacks; do you want to die without even knowing why?" someone refuted.

"Uh, then can we leave Yunhai City now? I don't want to stay here anymore."

"Leaving the city now is a dead end; Yunhai City is surrounded by sea, and there's only one Cloud Bridge leading out. If you dare to take a boat, the Sea Tribe would dare to sink you. If you want to leave, wait until this event is over."

"Other places? They're not safe either. I have a friend in Beifeng City, and I heard there was just a demon disaster there. Stop always thinking about running away. In this world, the most important thing is to have strength yourself. Without strength, you'll find that although the world is big, there's no place for you to escape," a bald middle-aged man lamented.

After speaking, he chased in the direction where Lu Yu had fled. When he flew up, revealing his aura, people only then realized he was a Qi Sea Realm expert.

"Damn Sea Tribe, dare to brazenly invade Yunhai City; do they really think there's no one in Yunhai City?"

A Qi Sea Realm expert, seeing the Sea Tribe flying arrogantly over Yunhai City as if they were unnoticed, couldn't help but attack the Sea Tribe member.

After avoiding several attacks, that Sea Tribe member also realized they had ventured too deeply into Yunhai City and, having lost sight of their target, hurriedly retreated back to the Divine Weapon Pavilion base to regroup with companions.

Xu Qing, who was at the gate of the Divine Weapon Pavilion base, had already disappeared. The Sea Tribe member he was fighting retreated back to the coastline to regroup with others after Lu Yu left.

They were now in a weak position and needed to gather together to withstand human attacks.

The first wave of pursuit ended with the Sea Tribe giving up, but the players and others following Lu Yu did not give up.

Quickly, Lu Yu was intercepted by several Qi Sea Realm members from the He Family, the same familiar faces, all confidants of He Yichao.

A player hid in the distance, observing Lu Yu's situation. If they saw an opportunity, they would strike without hesitation.

Amid the battle between the He Family and Lu Yu, players would meddle, snatching Hai Wei and handing her to the He Family. Although it seemed redundant, this was how players completed tasks.

Of course, they might not necessarily hand her over to the He Family.

Xu Qing's figure appeared behind Lu Yu, blocking his retreat. Feeling the presence of other hidden Qi Sea Realm Martial Cultivators around, the He Family members dared not act rashly.

Lu Yu glanced around at the people. From the feedback of the Liang Family's ancestor, he knew there were at least a dozen Qi Sea Realm experts around.

Just when everyone thought Lu Yu was cornered, a bright yellow glow emerged from his body, quickly enveloping him as he started sinking into the ground.

The surrounding bricks and stones pushed aside like sea water, allowing Lu Yu to sink rapidly.

Noticing Lu Yu's actions, others hurried to attack him to stop him, but all attacks were blocked by the Liang Family's ancestor. After Lu Yu fully sank into the ground, he reached out a hand to take away the Liang Family's ancestor.

A Qi Sea Realm expert disappeared into thin air right in front of other Qi Sea Realm experts.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion and shock.

By the time they wanted to dig three feet to find Lu Yu, his figure was already long gone.

Lu Yu was also a bit bewildered. He felt the deeper he sank, the safer he was. Then, when he had sunk to a certain depth, he sensed a thin membrane that wasn't too tough. A slight push, and he found himself upside down.

No, the world was upside down.

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