Celestial being

Yuan Ming put away the jade pot and did not leave the city immediately. Instead, he came to a remote alley in the north of the city and walked in. Halfway through, his figure disappeared as if melting into the water.

As soon as his eyes flashed, a broad street appeared in front of him. The street was quite lively, with people cultivating immortals coming and going. There were some shops on both sides of the street, selling various types of elixirs, talismans, and magical instruments.

This is a small market in Ningcheng. Yuan Ming just found out about it from the other party when he was drinking with Master Xuanhua.

Yuan Ming took a brief look and found that this market was not large in scale, and the items sold were not on par with Black Rock City Market.

He had something to do and was not in the mood to wander around the market. He found a shop selling books and bought a classic book introducing sea beasts from the East China Sea on the recommendation of the shopkeeper.

Although he was confident of hunting the Uzumaki Beast, preparation in advance was still essential. He still understood the principle of knowing oneself and the enemy.

"Don't worry, sir. This classic was written by an expert from Tieyunguan after he traveled to the East China Sea for decades. It has been circulated for a long time. The content is detailed and true. I will never miss your business." The bookstore manager was very confident. said.

"I hope so." Yuan Ming did not go out, so he started browsing in the store and quickly found an introduction to the whirlpool beast.

The shopkeeper is not bragging. This book details the information about the Uzumaki Beast, listing the magical powers it is good at, what kind of power it is restrained by, and what it likes to eat. The content is very detailed.

Yuan Ming was very satisfied and left the bookstore after putting the classics into the storage ring.

He also bought some talismans for use in water from other nearby shops and immediately walked towards the entrance of Fangshi.

As soon as he reached the door, he saw two people walking towards him. One of them was Bai Lin, and the other was a young man in a short shirt, who seemed to be Bai Lin's attendant.

The two of them walked in a hurry and did not notice Yuan Ming, whom they did not know at all.

Yuan Ming listened to the footsteps getting farther and farther behind him, and continued on his way without any intention of exploring.

A quarter of an hour later, he left Ningcheng, summoned the Qingyun Crane and flew towards the southwest.

After he was far away from Ningcheng, Yuan Ming put on the jade shuttle weapon, turned into a white stream of light and flew forward, flying hundreds of miles away in a short time.

Surrounded by endless sea water, not even half of the island can be seen.

If other monks who came for the first time saw this situation, they might be confused and worried about not knowing how to start, but what Yuan Ming is best at is exploration.

He sent out five soul crows to search nearby, and soon found a quite large coral island, more than ten miles in size. The island was full of red coral bushes, shining in the sunlight and very beautiful.

There is a huge whirlpool in the north of the island, with a diameter of dozens of feet. The sea water flows loudly and makes a deafening roar.

"Master Xuanhua should be talking about this place." Yuan Ming murmured to himself, controlled a soul crow to fly into the whirlpool, and soon dived to a depth of a hundred feet.

The water pressure here is already very alarming. Without a good water-proof treasure, it would be difficult for the monks in the foundation-building stage to withstand it. Fortunately, the soul crow is a spirit body and can still withstand it. It continued to dive down, and soon dived another hundred feet. , still not in the end.

Arriving here, the soul power in Soul Crow also began to show signs of overflowing.

Yuan Ming frowned slightly, thinking about a solution.

The sea water nearby suddenly made a loud splash, and a strange fish about ten feet long, with eyes as big as copper bells and spikes all over its body rushed over. It was very fast and bit into the soul crow with its fangs.

This strange fish carries a strong wave of demonic energy. It is the first level of sea beast.

"Thousand-needle fish." Yuan Ming controlled the soul crow to avoid the attack of the strange fish, and quickly recognized the origin of this fish, with a look of surprise on his face.

According to the records in the classics that he had read before, Thousand Needle Fish is one of the favorite prey of the Uzumaki Beast. Since this place is the place where the Uzumaki Beast is entrenched, it is normal for it to have its favorite food.

He originally just wanted to use the soul crow to go down to investigate the situation of the whirlpool beast, but now that a Thousand Needle Fish appeared, his plan was about to change.

Yuan Ming controlled the soul crow to avoid being killed by the strange fish, and at the same time he flicked it out.

The black needle weapon was shot out from his hand, and another soul crow possessed it. It was also submerged in the vortex, and soon reached the position of the first soul crow.

The Thousand Needle Fish was still chasing after it, and a black needle shadow flashed in front of it. The Thousand Needle Fish subconsciously tried to dodge, only to feel a sudden pain in its forehead, and its consciousness fell into boundless darkness.

Yuan Ming did not withdraw the black needle that pierced the Thousand Needle Fish's head, but thought about it.

The hunted soul crow flew over and submerged into the body of Thousand Needle Fish in a flash, and Thousand Needle Fish's gray eyes suddenly regained their vibrancy.

After hiding inside the fish's body, the soul crow no longer withstands the strong water pressure and appears to be extremely relaxed. It actually kills two birds with one stone.

Yuan Ming looked much more relaxed, and he controlled the body of the Thousand Needle Fish to dive towards the bottom of the sea. He quickly dived another seventy or eighty feet, and finally reached the bottom of the sea.

It was also the first time for him to see the underwater environment, and he looked around curiously.

The land under the sea has undulating peaks. If you exclude the ubiquitous sea water, it would not look much different from the land. There are mountain peaks, flat land, deep valleys, etc...

In the deep valley not far away, a huge gap opened, splitting the entire submarine mountain in half. The gap was pitch black with no end in sight, and a strong suction force was emitted from the inside, stirring the nearby seawater and turning it violently. A huge whirlpool forms on the sea surface.

Yuan Ming watched for a moment, then controlled the Thousand Needle Fish to approach the crack in the ground and slowly got in.

Suddenly, a blue electric light shot out from the crack in the ground and hit the strange fish.

The Thousand Needle Fish's body was pierced, and blue arcs of electricity flowed through its body, taking away all the fish's ability to move.

The soul crow hiding in the body of the Thousand Needle Fish was also affected by the blue arc. Fortunately, the blue arc was not a real thunder and lightning, but a magical power similar to Kuishui Divine Thunder. Although the soul crow was blown apart a lot, it had not yet collapsed.

A blood-red shadow shot out from a crack in the ground, wrapped around the body of the strange fish, and dragged it in. Soon it came to a black sea monster that was as big as a house.

This sea beast looks like an ape, with all arms and legs, a very wide mouth, and four eyes. Its body is covered with dark tumors and scales, and it looks very ugly.

Above the sea, Yuan Ming's eyes were filled with joy. This ugly sea beast was exactly the target of his trip, the Whirlpool Beast.

That bloody shadow was the Uzumaki Beast's tongue. It rolled up the spiked monster fish and dragged it into the Uzumaki Beast's bloody mouth. It ignored the spikes on its body and swallowed it in one gulp.

"It's done!" Yuan Ming looked overjoyed and immediately controlled the black needle weapon hidden in the head of the spiked fish to attack the vortex sea beast from the inside.

However, after trying it, his expression suddenly changed.

The connection between the black needle weapon and the two soul crows and him was suddenly interrupted, as if they were completely isolated by something.

Yuan Ming quickly regained his composure and secretly thought that this whirlpool beast was really extraordinary. No wonder the people on Bailong Island couldn't catch it even if they wanted to.

Since there is no trick, we can only fight hard.

Yuan Ming turned over his hand and took out a stack of formation flags, which was exactly the set he got from Li Shar.

During these days, while he was practicing, he was also studying the formation book of the Xiao Ying family, and finally gained something. He figured out the origin of Li Shar's formation and the general method of setting up the formation.

This formation is called the "Thousand Knots Water Rope Formation". It is a confinement type array that can condense water ropes with confinement effects to imprison and seal enemies.

Yuan Ming checked the terrain of the coral island and soon came to the shallow sea area south of the coral island. The terrain here is relatively flat, which is conducive to formation.

He buried the formation flags into the ground and inserted pieces of spiritual stones in the corresponding places.

The Qianjie Water Rope Array is a water-attribute magic circle, and water-attribute spirit stones are the best to activate it. Unfortunately, Yuan Ming doesn't have many water-attribute spirit stones on his body, so he can only make do with other spirit stones, and quickly completes the arrangement of the magic circle.

He held the main formation flag to activate, and bright blue light rose from the sea floor and merged into the sea water. The sea water near the formation quickly condensed, forming large or small water ropes.

Yuan Ming was setting up a large formation for the first time. He was very interested and started to make subtle points.

Several water ropes were shot out from the formation and submerged into the nearby sea.

In the deep sea a hundred feet away, an octopus sea beast was chasing its prey. Suddenly, several blue shadows flashed beside it, and its body was entangled in several water ropes.

The octopus and sea beast was shocked and struggled hard. A force of confinement penetrated from the water rope. The octopus and sea beast's body suddenly became weak, and its eight tentacles were drooped there.

The water rope suddenly shrank, and the octopus and sea beast's eyes flashed, appearing in a large formation.

Yuan Ming sensed the situation of the octopus and sea beast with his spiritual consciousness, nodded with satisfaction, and stopped controlling the magic circle.

The water rope on the octopus and sea beast disappeared, its strength recovered, and it hurriedly fled away.

Yuan Ming ignored the panicked octopus and sea beast, turned around and came to the island, finding a secluded place to sit down.

He used the four-square spirit-sealing talisman to create a barrier around it, then took out a piece of beast-attracting incense, inserted it into the incense burner and lit it.

White smoke rose up and spread in all directions.

Yuan Ming took out two black gloves, which were the magic weapons he got from Sang Yan when he was in the Snake King Valley.

This glove does not have the effect of blessing attacks. It only has a space inside that can contain poisonous gas, poisonous mist and the like.

Yuan Ming activated the runes in the gloves, and each of the two gloves issued a suction force, sucking in the billowing white smoke emitted by the beast-inducing incense.

After inhaling for a full quarter of an hour, Yuan Ming stopped and snuffed out the beast-attracting incense.

At this time, the space inside the two black gloves was filled with white smoke, almost condensing into substance.

The white smoke that attracted the beast was sucked away by the gloves, and Yuan Ming opened the barrier again, but no ferocious beast was attracted.

He put away the incense burner, came to the Qianjie Water Rope Formation, and pointed out the secrets.

A wrist-thick water rope rose up from the magic circle and submerged into the nearby sea water. After a few breaths, it reeled back a half-foot-long black sea snake.

This snake also carries a demonic aura, but it is just a first-level lower-level vicious beast.

Yuan Ming waved his hand to kill the sea snake, leaving a stream of mana in it. He then controlled it with the possession of the soul crow, wearing a black glove and sneaked towards the whirlpool beast's lair, and soon arrived nearby.

Most of the mana in the sea snake's body has dissipated. The soul crow controls the remaining mana and pours it into the black gloves to stimulate the runes in them.

Large swaths of white mist began to roll out and merge into the nearby sea water.