Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 497 - 405 Large Beast Tide_1

Chapter 497: 405 Large Beast Tide_1

Outer Sea, Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace.

Inside the Golden Flood Dragon Hall, a Transference Array lit up with dazzling Spiritual Light.

As the light faded, ten cultivators appeared, among them were Shen Long and Mu Weiwei.

Exiting the Golden Flood Dragon Hall, Shen Long strode toward the outside of the marketplace.

Immortal Fall Island lay deep in the Outer Sea, and he planned to make a trip there, to acquire the Qixia Jade Lotus.

Upon leaving the marketplace, Shen Long deployed his Moon-Stepping Boat, stepped aboard, and began to chant a spell.

The Moon-Stepping Boat immediately emitted a brilliant silver glow and shot up into the sky at a tremendous speed.

After traveling over a hundred thousand miles, Shen Long frowned, changed his spell, and brought the Moon-Stepping Boat to a halt.

His Divine Sense picked up on a great number of Monster Beasts hurrying towards his location, and he could already see a mass of dark shadows on the distant horizon.

Ahead in the void, a red fiery light shone brightly as a burly old man in a red robe suddenly appeared.

The old man’s complexion was pale, and his expression was filled with panic, as if he had encountered something terrifying.

"Beast Tide, a large-scale Beast Tide," he said in an urgent voice.

Just then, the sea surface exploded, and a huge Water Wave Tornado shot up into the sky, like an immense blue water spear headed straight for the old man in the red robe.

At the same time, a hundreds of feet tall cyan tornado swept towards him.

The red-robed old man’s right hand emitted a bright red light; he slapped towards the sea, and a giant red hand flashed out, meeting the blue water spear.

He conjured up a red flying knife and transformed it into a red rainbow that slashed towards the cyan tornado.

The giant red hand collided with the blue water spear, annihilating each other.

The red rainbow split the cyan tornado in two, and hundreds of giant Wind Blades flew out, heading straight for the red-robed old man.

The red-robed old man reacted quickly, producing a small red umbrella that flickered with red light, which he opened above his head.

The small red umbrella released a thick curtain of red light that enveloped the old man’s whole body.

One by one, the giant Wind Blades struck the red light, causing it to shake slightly and dim.

With a flash of green light, a blue Sparrowhawk with wings spanning more than ten yards appeared; it was a Mid Stage Fourth Order Spirit Bird.

Upon seeing the blue Sparrowhawk, the old man’s eyes showed a trace of terror.

In that moment, a thick silver Thunderbolt fell from the sky towards the blue Sparrowhawk.

Just as the blue Sparrowhawk tried to evade, a piercing screech rang out, as if someone were striking its head with a stick, causing it to become dizzy and disoriented.

Before it could recover, the silver Thunderbolt struck the blue Sparrowhawk, and the dazzling silver light engulfed the bird’s figure.

A golden-red spear flew out, pierced through the silver light, and continued past it.

Some fresh blood covered the surface of the golden-red spear as the blue Sparrowhawk fell from the silver light, lifeless, with a terrifying wound in its head.

The red-robed old man breathed a sigh of relief and turned into a red Escape Light, flying towards Shen Long.

The sea churned tumultuously as tens of thousands of blue water arrows shot up from the seabed, like a volley of blue arrows, headed straight for Shen Long and the red-robed old man.

Shen Long let out a heaven-shaking roar, emitting a deafening Dragon’s Chant, and expelled a red sound wave that shattered the incoming blue arrows.

"Taoist Friend Shen, a large-scale Beast Tide. We must retreat quickly," said the red-robed old man before he hurried towards the Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace.

The golden-red spear dissipated, transforming into hundreds of thousands of Spirit Ants that gathered into a giant golden hand, grabbed the corpse of the blue Sparrowhawk, and flew towards Shen Long.

Shen Long collected the corpse of the blue Sparrowhawk, and the hundreds of thousands of Spirit Ants flew back into the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

The sea continued to churn, and a great number of lower rank Monster Beasts surfaced.

Shen Long opened his mouth and spat out a vast swath of red flames onto the sea, which rapidly spread across the surface, producing clouds of white steam.

Low-level Monster Beasts that touched the red flames immediately turned to ash.

Shen Long formed a spell, causing the Spiritual Light of the Moon-Stepping Boat to surge and transforming it into a silver rainbow that flew back along the path it came, quickly returning to the Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace.

The alarm of the Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace rang loudly, spreading throughout the entire marketplace, with a great number of Cultivators gathering on the streets, looking panic-stricken.

Some Cultivators noticed that the doors of the Golden Flood Dragon Hall had been closed.

"Everyone return to your dwellings and assist us in resisting the large-scale beast tide, the Transference Array that leads back to the Inner Sea is temporarily closed."

A resounding male voice rang out, spreading throughout the entire marketplace.

"What? A large-scale beast tide?"

"No way! I actually encountered a large-scale beast tide that last erupted over seven hundred years ago, my luck couldn’t be worse."

"Run away from the marketplace! Run as far as you can."

"Idiot, without the protection of the Formation, can you run faster than those Monster Birds and Monster Beasts?"

The Cultivators talked amongst themselves, showing various expressions on the street.

Dozens of Escape Lights emerged from the buildings and landed on the city walls, Ximen Hao among them.

"Taoist Friend Shen, there is a large-scale beast tide breaking out in the Outer Sea, and we hope that you can assist us in resisting it."

Ximen Hao said.

If they retreated directly, the Monster Beasts wouldn’t stop but would instead strike at the Inner Sea, causing greater losses.

Only by inflicting heavy damage on the Monster Beasts could the losses be minimized.

Shen Long nodded, the Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace had a fourth-tier Formation, and it shouldn’t be difficult to hold off the beast tide.

The disciples of the Ximen and Han Families took action, maintaining order on the streets, going from house to house to register, and summoning Cultivators to the city walls to resist the Monster Beasts.

Outside Golden Flood Dragon Island, a large number of black dots appeared on the horizon while the sea boiled tumultuously, stirring up waves thousands of feet high.

Shen Long, Ximen Hao, Qian Hao, and several other Nascent Soul Cultivators stood on the city walls, looking towards the distant Monster Beasts with grave expressions.

"Why suddenly a large-scale outbreak of Monster Beasts? Could it be a fifth-tier Monster Beast giving Senior Wang a hard time?"

Qian Hao wondered aloud.

Wang Kun’s Divinity Transformation ceremony was approaching, and it was indeed strange for a large-scale beast tide to break out at this time.

"Not necessarily, it could be related to that fourth-tier Thunder Flood Dragon."

Fairy Hongmei speculated.

"Could that Thunder Flood Dragon be the offspring of a fourth-tier Late Stage Thunder Flood Dragon? Or did it advance to the fifth tier?"

Qian Hao said nervously.

If a fifth-tier Flood Dragon appeared, staying behind would be tantamount to waiting for death.

"It’s hard to say; I’ve used the large Messaging Array to inform our kin in the Inner Sea, and they’ve already notified forces like Heavenly Beast Island. Reinforcements are on their way; let’s hope the beast tide isn’t led by a fifth-tier Monster Beast!"

Ximen Hao’s face was grave.

If the beast tide was initiated by a fourth-tier Late Stage Thunder Flood Dragon, it would still be manageable; but if it was started by a fifth-tier Monster Beast, then the situation would be dire.

During the conversation, a large number of Cultivators ascended to the city wall, mostly Foundation Establishment Cultivators, with over three hundred at the Core Formation stage.

Thousands of Cultivators gathered on the city wall, their expressions varied.

Many Cultivators were facing a large-scale beast tide for the first time; they had heard of the fierceness of such tides but never expected to confront one personally.

A pale golden light screen flashed into existence, enveloping the entire Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace.

The sea churned violently as a multitude of Monster Beasts surfaced: crabs, sea lions, giant shrimps, seals, walruses, manatees, and more, in such vast numbers that it was hair-raising to behold.

Many Monster Birds circled in the sky, including Sparrowhawks, Giant Cranes, Golden Eagles, Flying Hawks, and more.