Inside the fissure den, the Vortex Beast had just devoured the Thousand-needle fish and was contentedly closing its eyes to sleep when it suddenly sniffed, seeming to catch a scent, but it did not pay much attention.

Not long after, the creature suddenly lifted its head and looked outside, its eyes showing a wary expression.

As time passed, its eyes slowly began to turn red, and its expression grew agitated as though it wanted to burst out but was also hesitant.

The Sea Snake lurked in a nearby crevice, watching the Vortex Beast's demeanor.

Above the sea, Yuan Ming sighed in relief.

His biggest worry had been that the seawater would block the scent of the Beast Attraction Incense, which is why he had gone to great lengths to carry the Beast Attraction Fog to the vicinity of the Vortex Beast's lair before releasing it with black gloves.

Now, it seemed he had been overly concerned; at most, the seawater affected the spread of the Beast Attraction Incense, but it did not prevent it from working.

Yuan Ming used a soul crow to control another sea beast he had hunted, approaching the underwater lair with a second glove and releasing the Beast Attraction White Fog in the same manner.

Gradually, the Vortex Beast's eyes became even more bloodshot, almost to the point of dripping blood, and the area around its lower abdomen turned red and swollen, with scales opening and closing continuously.

A moment later, the Vortex Beast could no longer endure and burst out of its den.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Ming quickly took out the incense burner and lit the Beast Attraction Incense, releasing plumes of white fog.

He then took out a homemade Poisonous Incense and a Seven-step Immovable Falling Incense to insert into the burner and ignite.

After completing these steps, Yuan Ming slapped a blue talisman on himself and donned a Concealment Cloak, submerging into the sea.

This blue talisman was called an "Anti-water Talisman," capable of isolating water currents and allowing the caster to lurk underwater for an extended period. Once cloaked in Concealment, even the Mana fluctuations of the Anti-water Talisman were completely isolated.

Above the sea surface, only an incense burner quietly floated there, quickly dispersing the Beast Attraction White Fog.

Amid the "splashing" sounds of water, a lizard-like sea beast with red eyes swam over rapidly; it was a Low-level Fierce Beast of the First Level Lower Stage, which suddenly leapt out of the water and lunged at the incense burner.

However, just as the creature was about to reach the burner, the green incense burner "whooshed" up into the sky and hovered a dozen feet above. The lizard sea beast frantically swam below, but without the ability to fly up and reach the incense burner, it could only fret anxiously.

The continuous "splashing" sounds of water followed as more and more sea beasts were attracted, quickly accumulating twenty or thirty of them, all low-level sea beasts, including two that had reached the First Level Upper Stage.

Yuan Ming, hiding nearby in the sea, watched this scene with quiet satisfaction at the effect of the incense burner's Beast Attraction Incense. In the future, if he needed to hunt Fierce Beasts, there would be no need to search arduously; simply light the incense, and the Fierce Beasts would be naturally drawn to him.

At that moment, the water near Coral Island "splashed," and the Vortex Beast emerged from the sea with its eyes completely blood-red, drooling thick saliva from its mouth, and excitedly pounced toward the floating incense burner.

The sea beasts below detected the Vortex Beast's presence and showed expressions of panic, retreating to give way, yet due to the scent of the Beast Attraction Incense, they were reluctant to leave too far.

The Vortex Beast ignored the other sea beasts and swam over quickly, but just as it was about to enter the range of the Thousand Knot Water Rope Array, it suddenly stopped and looked toward the seabed with blood-red eyes, seemingly aware of the Mana fluctuations of the Array.

Yuan Ming, inwardly commenting on the craftiness of the Vortex Beast, quietly took out the Main Array Flag and began to activate the Great Array.

A flash of blue light passed by near the Vortex Beast, as numerous thick Water Ropes materialized out of thin air, wrapped around its body like lightning, and with a forceful pull, dragged it into the Thousand Knot Water Rope Array.

More Water Ropes rapidly converged from all directions, sweeping toward it.

Despite being driven mad by the Beast Attraction Incense, the Vortex Beast had not completely lost its sanity. It swung its front paws and burst forth with thick blue arcs from within its body, instantly tearing nearly half of the Water Ropes around it.

With a Level 2 Peak strength and abundant demonic power, the Water Ropes had not fully formed their bindings, and the restraining force could not significantly affect it.

Yuan Ming narrowed his eyes and, after a brief moment of contemplation, made a gestured and pointed into the void.

A glint of spiritual light passed behind the Vortex Beast, as the Cold Star Sword and the Nine-Ring Gold Saber, two magical artifacts, shot out and slashed towards the Vortex Beast's back.

"Ao!"

The Vortex Beast let out a low roar, and the water around it suddenly rose, rapidly spinning around its body, instantly forming a fast-rotating vortex water pillar.

The Cold Star Sword and the Nine-Ring Gold Saber struck it and were immediately repelled by the spinning water, not even touching the Vortex Beast.

The Vortex Beast continued to generate blue lightning to tear apart the Water Ropes around it and violently stomped its foot, causing the nearby water to surge dramatically, creating seven or eight deep whirlpools, roaring from within.

With a loud noise, seven or eight thick water pillars burst from the depths of the whirlpools, each as thick as a grinding disc, twisting in mid-air like agile dragons, moving as if alive, all striking towards the locations where the three magical artifacts emerged from the water.

The sea surface burst open with a "thunderous" noise, and the water pillars hit the seabed about a meter deep, easily creating a pit several tens of feet deep, scattering mud and sand, and turning nearby waters murky.

Yuan Ming, hiding on another side, was not affected by the water pillars, and continued to control the Cold Star Sword and the Nine-Ring Gold Saber to attack the Vortex Beast, drawing its attention.

Meanwhile, he released the White Ape and took control of a soul crow, pulling out the Corpse Sealing Nail from its head.

The aura emitted by the White Ape suddenly surged, causing the nearby Spiritual Energy to become chaotic.

The Vortex Beast abruptly looked over, its expression grave.

The White Ape's figure "rushed" out of the water with a splash, its huge body leveraging the water's surface as it lunged towards the Vortex Beast, cutting through the sea and creating a long trail of white waves.

The Vortex Beast was alarmed, its arms radiated a bursting blue glow, and the surrounding whirlpool water columns thickened suddenly, nearly doubling in size. From the nearby vortexes, several water columns rose and shot towards the White Ape.

The White Ape let out a mighty roar to the sky and swung a powerful punch.

Within a radius of ten feet, the air exploded with a series of booms, an overwhelming force pressed on.

The corpse of the Heavenly Snake Master absorbed Yin Qi and transformed into a being similar to a Human Demon. Although its previous Cultivation was astonishing, its combat power had actually dropped below the Core Formation Stage. However, since wearing the White Ape Skin, the corpse of the Heavenly Snake Master's strength had greatly increased, surpassing even the strongest Body Cultivation practitioner Yuan Ming had seen, Long Hao, and effectively reentering the realm of the Core Formation Stage.

Before the water columns could reach the White Ape, they were shattered by the overwhelming Fist Power. The White Ape's figure turned into a white blur and instantly appeared near the Vortex Beast. Its huge fist turned into a white afterimage as it struck the whirlpool water column.

A crackling sound of shattering echoed, and the whirlpool water columns, which neither the Cold Star Sword nor the Nine-Ring Gold Saber could damage, were shattered by a single punch.

The White Ape's punches were as fast as lightning, landing solidly on the Vortex Beast's shoulder.

The Vortex Beast's shoulder exploded on impact, and one right arm spun off, flying away as the massive body was also knocked back.

Yuan Ming was overjoyed. He manipulated the Cold Star Sword and Nine-Ring Gold Saber that had been waiting behind, striking with full force at the Vortex Beast's back.

Two half-foot-long wounds were slashed onto the back of the Vortex Beast, but the skin and flesh were not deeply injured.

Yuan Ming's gaze darkened, realizing his Cultivation and the Vortex Beast were too far apart. Any attack would be futile, so he focused most of his effort on controlling the Thousand Knot Water Rope Array and the White Ape.

Thick water ropes shot out from the sea surface, tangling the Vortex Beast once again and firmly restraining it. The White Ape transformed into a white blur, closely pursuing.

The pain from the severed arm was unbearable for the Vortex Beast. It suppressed the influence of the Beast Attraction Incense. Its eyes, once bloodshot, now cleared up significantly. Regaining its senses, it extended its remaining left arm, which glowed brightly with a blue light, and waved it through the air.

Suddenly, huge waves several tens of feet high rose from the nearby sea, like giant palms covering the sky, crashing towards the White Ape.

The White Ape's arms suddenly became a blur, striking in quick succession, shattering all the incoming waves, but its advance was blocked.

The Vortex Beast let out a low growl, and bright blue thunder and lightning surged on its left arm. A destructive aura burst forth. Even from a distance, Yuan Ming's hair stood on end.

His inner alarm bells ringing wildly, he decisively abandoned his concealment and raised the white Jade Shuttle, shooting up towards the sky. The incense burner, the Cold Star Sword, and the Nine-Ring Gold Saber were also taken away with him.

The Vortex Beast moved its left arm, and the blue thunder light shot out from it, forming a thunder blade about ten feet long, which struck the surrounding water ropes.

With a "sizzle" like the tearing of fabric, all the water ropes were easily cut.

The thunder blade then exploded, turning into dense blue thunder and lightning, submerging everything within a dozen feet. Each arc of electricity was as powerful as a strike from a Thunder Strike Talisman.

The sea surface instantly boiled, the water ropes formed by the Thousand Knot Water Rope Array were all shattered, and the Array at the bottom of the sea was damaged, unable to continue operating.

The White Ape was also affected by the blue thunder and lightning. The Heavenly Snake Master encased in Ape Skin was a dead thing, and the Power of thunder and lightning was its nemesis. Yuan Ming hurriedly controlled it to retreat.

The Vortex Beast continued to use its Divine Skills, its aura declining considerably, before transforming into a black shadow and diving towards the deep sea.

Yuan Ming acted urgently, about to risk personal action, when the Vortex Beast suddenly staggered, appearing as if it was intoxicated.

His eyes lit up with joy, recognizing that the Poisonous Incense and Seven-step Immovable were finally taking effect. He quickly surfaced and, with a wave of his hand, threw a round bronze sphere, hitting right in front of the Vortex Beast. It was a Heart-splitting Bomb.

A blinding streak of light, and the Heart-splitting Bomb suddenly split, a brilliant silver-white thunder light erupted. In a flash, it formed a striking thunder and lightning Light Pillar, crashing heavily into the Vortex Beast's chest.

The Vortex Beast's chest was split by a wound half a yard long, and it staggered back.

The White Ape's figure shot from the side. A fan-shaped Golden Light suddenly appeared out of nowhere. In a flash, the White Ape stood behind the Vortex Beast, holding a golden long sword in its hand, which was the Golden Snake Sword.

A flash of Golden Light, and the Vortex Beast's head tilted and fell off. A fountain of blood sprayed out, and the massive body wobbled before collapsing into the water.

Yuan Ming felt relieved and quickly collected the corpse of the Vortex Beast. He even retrieved the severed arm and lifted the Thousand Knot Water Rope Array from the sea bed.

After the soul crow that had dived into the sea returned with the pair of gloves, he put away the soul crow and the gloves, raised the Jade Shuttle Magical Artifact, and sped away into the distance.

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