Chapter 1404: Leaving Unscathed, Deserted Island

“Gua! Gua…” At this moment, that terrifying croak rang out again. A dreadful, annihilating desolate aura flooded the sky, pressing down toward them, and with a resounding bang, the Flying Boat shattered and crashed, turning into broken fragments.

Even a Hao Yang Level Monster Sea Flying Boat, the highest specification of the Ten Great Families, was still torn to pieces before an Ancient King Level Terror Beast, unable to withstand a single blow.

However, at this moment, unlike the many who were in utter disgrace, even dying on the spot—

In the sky, within a ball of light, there were several people standing there calmly, not even slightly affected.

“Hiss, they… how could that be?”

“Th-this… how is this possible?!”

“Could it be that he really has the strength to contend against that Ancient King Level Desolate Beast? How could that be…”

“A figure like that, why would he be squeezing in the same Flying Boat of Demon Sea with us?

…

The crowd boiled over, pupils violently contracting as they stared at that ball of light in the sky.

Because within it, Chen Fei, Chen Ye, Xin Cai, and the Jun Family Mystic Heaven Position people were completely unharmed. That Desolate Beast’s terrifying power of destruction seemed unable to exert even the slightest pressure on them.

The whole place fell dead silent.

Clearly, no one had ever imagined that Chen Fei would actually possess such terrifying power, that he could contend against that Ancient King Level Wild Toad Beast?!

And this was even within the Demon Sea realm!

Could it be that Chen Fei’s power wasn’t being suppressed by the Demon Sea at all?!

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Especially now, seeing Chen Fei’s aura clashing head-on with that Toad Desolate Beast without falling into the slightest disadvantage, their very souls were shaken to pieces!

“Brother Chen, you, you…” Xin Cai’s mouth hung wide open, utterly incredulous.

“Chen Fei, you…” Chen Ye also stared fixedly at Chen Fei in overwhelming shock. He simply couldn’t imagine it—back when they’d first met by chance, he’d thought Chen Fei was just some green rookie who had just stepped out into the world, yet in the blink of an eye, he’d become such a terrifying figure.

His strength actually allowed him to swiftly battle an Ancient King Level combat-strength Desolate Beast within the Demon Sea?

In other words, Chen Fei was an Ancient King Level Expert—and not even an ordinary Ancient King Level Expert. Because within the Demon Sea, even Ancient King Level Experts would be affected and suppressed, just not as severely, that’s all.

But everyone knew that when facing an opponent of the same realm, that “not so severe” suppression would be magnified without limit.

Yet now, Chen Fei’s aura was in no way weaker than that Ancient King Level Wild Toad Beast. It was obvious that outside this place, Chen Fei’s strength would be even more ferocious!

At that thought, the others wished they could slap themselves twice in the face. If they’d known earlier, they would have copied those Jun Family Mystic Heaven Position people and knelt to beg Chen Fei for their lives.

But now, it was clearly already too late.

“Let’s go.” At this moment, Chen Fei directly controlled that ball of light to depart, completely ignoring the Ancient King Level Wild Toad Beast.

The latter’s cavern-filling, enormous pupils hissed as they stared at Chen Fei and the others, croaking nonstop, its eyes blood-red, extremely irritable. Yet, for some reason, in the end, even as Chen Fei left, it still did not attack him.

This scene only made the others slump to the ground in even greater shock and despair.

Just what kind of terrifying powerhouse was this, that even an Ancient King Level bloodthirsty savage Beast didn’t dare make a move, letting him leave as he pleased? If they’d latched onto such a thick thigh earlier, would they have ever needed to worry about losing their little lives?!

But now, alas…

“An Ancient King Level figure, huh… Such awe-inspiring might, able to intimidate even an Ancient King Level Desolate Beast… it’s truly enviable.”

“So when he previously spoke to that Peak Expert of Mystic Heaven Position from the Jun Family like that, in hindsight, that guy was just lucky—he got to live a bit longer.”

“What do we do now?”

“What else can we do? Split up and run. However many can escape is however many… ah!”

…

Everyone scattered in an uproar, each fleeing for their lives in a different direction.

Those who frequently traveled to and from Demon Territory Mountain all knew what they should do right now.

If you run, there’s a sliver of life; if you don’t, it’s certain death, ten out of ten. At the same time, many of them were riddled with regret. Arrogance—looking at it now, they had well and truly underestimated Chen Fei.

“Gua!” That croak rang out again, and all across heaven and earth, screams echoed; it completely turned into a slaughterhouse.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Chen Fei had also brought Chen Ye and the others to a relatively safe place.

“You can leave now, right?” Without giving that Jun Family Mystic Heaven Position person a single glance, Chen Fei said calmly. He knew the other party would know he was talking to him.

That Jun Family Mystic Heaven Position person’s gaze stiffened, then he bowed deeply toward Chen Fei and said, “My lord, this junior is Jun Changjue, External Affairs Elder of the Jun Family’s third branch. Such life-saving grace is too great for words. If there is ever a time when my humble self can be of use at your beck and call, I will go through fire and water without hesitation.”

“Just mind your own mouth. As for my matters, I don’t want too many other people knowing about them, understood.” Chen Fei said calmly.

“Yes.” That person of the Jun Family at Mystic Heaven Position nodded, hesitated for a moment, then still gritted his teeth and turned to leave.

By now they had already left the area of the Storm of Demon Sea, and with that Desolate Beast of Ancient King Level entrenched nearby, the other powerful Desolate Beasts probably wouldn’t come here, so it should be very safe.

With a Cultivation Level at Mystic Heaven Position, he could completely make it out of here.

Actually, in this Demon Sea, so long as you weren’t too unlucky, experts at their level of Mystic Heaven Position weren’t that easy to die.

Thus, he simply turned around and left.

Meanwhile Chen Ye and Xin Cai stood behind Chen Fei incomparably stiff and restrained, opening their mouths only to realize they didn’t know what to say. Speaking felt wrong, not speaking also felt wrong.

“What’s this, Uncle Chen, Xin Cai, you two don’t recognize me anymore?” Seeing this, Chen Fei gave a helpless smile and asked them.

“It’s not that we don’t recognize you, it’s just, just…” Xin Cai’s face flushed red, a bit flustered.

“Just what?” Chen Fei asked though he already knew.

“Just that I never expected you to be this powerful, actually a figure of Ancient King Level.” Chen Ye sighed, shook his head and said, “I originally came with the mindset that if I could help one person it’d be one person, yet I didn’t expect that this time it seems I was just being sentimental.”

To be honest, given Chen Fei’s appearance and age, there really was no way for him to associate that with the title of an Ancient King Level Expert of Supreme Heavenly Position.

But now reality was right in front of their eyes, which left him no choice but to believe it.

“How can you say it was being sentimental. If it weren’t for you, Uncle Chen, I probably wouldn’t have been able to understand Demon Territory Mountain this quickly.” Chen Fei smiled and said, “From here, heading toward the first island within the Demon Sea, how should we go? Uncle Chen, do you two know?”

“Of course we know.” Chen Ye was originally a carefree person; seeing Chen Fei so casual, he also loosened up, smiling as he said, “Direction-wise, it should be to the southwest. Heading southwest, along the way there might be some refuge islands where the Demon Qi’s interference is weaker. On those, we can even rest up a bit.”

“Then let’s set off.” Chen Fei lazily stretched, raised up a purple light screen, and let Chen Ye and Xin Cai sit on it.

“Never thought that I, Chen Ye, would one day have an Ancient King Level lord personally escorting me. Life really is bizarre.” Seated on the light screen, Chen Ye clearly felt the pressure of Demon Qi in the Demon Sea disappear from his body, which made him unable to stop sighing.

“Yeah.” At the side, Xin Cai’s heroic face was also wooden and dazed, as if she still hadn’t fully processed it. No helping it—Ancient King Level Experts, what kind of concept was that? Even in the very center of Demon Territory Mountain, they were undisputed King figures, titans among giants!

And now, such a person was kindly escorting them, traversing the Demon Sea together with them. This kind of experience, if they told others, probably no one would believe it.

Hearing this, Chen Fei chuckled softly, light flashed, and he directly controlled the light screen to take off.

…

How vast was the Demon Sea? It encircled the entirety of Demon Territory Mountain, occupying at least four-fifths of Demon Territory Mountain’s entire territory! With such an expanse, even for Chen Fei, to rush from one island to another would still take a month or so to cross.

For him that wasn’t much, but for many cultivators with low Cultivation Levels, that was a calamity!

Fortunately, there were still a few refuge islands of land within the Demon Sea where one could stay.

These were accumulated over hundreds, thousands of years, by generations of people.

They used all sorts of methods to build on these crude refuge islands, all for the sake that if someone ran into trouble in the Demon Sea and had no choice but to cross it, they could have a place to set foot.

A place to take shelter, to hide their lives.

“Hm?” One day, suddenly, Chen Fei’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Because ahead, he saw a stretch of land of not very large area.

More precisely, it was a refuge island.

“It’s a refuge island. We can go up and rest for a bit.” Seeing the island, Chen Ye also became excited. Although Chen Fei was unaffected by the Demon Qi, he was not. After all, there was still some impact, making him quite uncomfortable.

Not only him, Xin Cai was the same.

“Mm.” Chen Fei nodded. Once he landed on that refuge island, a faint mysterious power quickly surged out, actually causing the pressure from the Demon Sea outside to weaken somewhat.

“This refuge island actually has such an effect?”

Chen Fei paused slightly, a bit surprised.

“Mm.” Chen Ye nodded and said, “Underneath these refuge islands there are treasures that can disperse Demon Qi, or Formations. Everyone knows how dangerous the Demon Sea is. For the sake of survival, generation after generation developed them into this.”

“Then won’t this place be attacked by Desolate Beasts?”

While examining the various marks on the island, Chen Fei asked.

“It’s not that it won’t. The arrangements on this island probably can only fend off weaker Desolate… Hm, someone?” Chen Ye was explaining when his gaze suddenly sharpened; he discovered, at a distant corner of the island, traces of a human figure moving.

“It’s you?” The figure walked out—it was actually the eldest granddaughter of the Dugu Family. But her current state was not good at all; she looked like she’d taken heavy injuries, face pale, thoroughly bedraggled.

“It’s her.” Chen Ye and Xin Cai stared at the figure, both slightly stunned. The eldest granddaughter of the Dugu Family—someone of that status was a colossal background in their eyes. But hadn’t they left ahead of time? Why would she still be here…

Moreover, that Guardian old crone who’d been following her all along seemed to have disappeared without a trace.