Chapter 4636 — Spirit Beast Pirates
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Yet the others still looked to Wei Zhao in fear and unease. With strength like Lan Tieshan's, he naturally had no reason to fear any powerful opponent—but the others did. They had come on this mission to West Island; plainly put, it was meant to be an easy, pleasant outing. Who among them had ever imagined they would lose their lives in this boundless ocean?
Wei Zhao could not help frowning at this. Lan Tieshan's words were not without reason, but the problem was that the presence on the enemy ship was troublesome even to him and Gongyang Jun. Just what kind of expert were they dealing with?!
Wei Zhao was still weighing the options when Ghost Thing's voice suddenly sounded deep in his mind: "Don't bother thinking. What's on that ship isn't human."
"Ga! Not human? Then are they ghosts?!" Wei Zhao's hair stood on end out of sheer reflex. Could this be the legendary ghost ship? The world was vast and held every wonder imaginable. In the past Wei Zhao had not believed in such things, but as his strength and experience grew, these bizarre, inexplicable existence no longer struck him as strange.
"You've got to be kidding—if it's not human, it must be a ghost? When did the wiring in your brain get so simple?" Ghost Thing was momentarily rendered speechless. "They're spirit beasts!"
"No wonder!" Wei Zhao was shaken. No wonder they dared come to these deep waters in an ordinary vessel; no wonder they could pierce the sea fog and detect his side. It was the spirit beast clan!
On that earlier journey to South Island, Wei Zhao had come to deeply appreciate the might of the spirit beast clan. Human cultivators did not dare traverse the ocean without a treasure ship, but a powerful clan like the spirit beasts had no such need. Just think—the Five-Poison Flood Dragon dared duel a giant electric eel in the sea. Even if these spirit beasts were far weaker than the Five-Poison Flood Dragon, creatures of that giant electric eel's caliber were not found everywhere, and ordinary sea beasts might not be able to do much against them.
And South Island was covered in miasma mist, a thing far more terrifying than sea fog. It not only hindered spiritual perception but, more crucially, carried extreme toxicity. Anyone who spent years traversing that miasma would find this sea fog child's play by comparison.
"Senior, what do you think we should do?" Wei Zhao had no choice but to ask Ghost Thing. He could not discuss this with Gongyang Jun, Lan Tieshan, and the others—otherwise he would invite suspicion. Besides, their understanding of the spirit beast clan was far inferior to that of Ghost Thing, this former Azure Dragon Elder. Even if he asked them, they would not get to the heart of the matter.
"Even if you ask me, it's no use. I haven't been an elder for ages—who knows what the spirit beast clan is like these days?" Ghost Thing gave a bitter laugh, then said helplessly, "By the rules the Spirit Beast King laid down in the old days, the spirit beast clan and the sea beast clan kept to their own waters and did not interfere with one another. So unless something major happened, every spirit beast was strictly forbidden from going into the sea. But now the Vermilion Bird is in power, and after so long in chaos, those rules were cast aside long ago. Perhaps some spirit beasts have run off to become pirates…"
"Spirit beast pirates?" Wei Zhao's eyelid twitched, and his expression turned rather odd. The phrase 'spirit beast pirates' had an odd ring to it no matter how one heard it, but if you really thought about it, spirit beast pirates would surely be far more terrifying than human ones.