Zhang Ling glanced at Xu Ji not far away, whose face also showed a stunned expression, as if he hadn't expected Hai Hongtao to be killed so easily.
After all, Hai Hongtao possessed the strength of the late Foundation Establishment stage. Although his attack was fast, it should have been easy to dodge.
Xu Ji originally only wanted to use the attack to force Hai Hongtao to interrupt his acquisition of the treasure, never thinking he could kill him with one blow.
Zhang Ling's mind raced as he saw Xu Ji's expression, and he guessed the man's previous intentions. But seeing Hai Hongtao, who had been pierced through the chest by the long halberd magic weapon, seemed to react.
A trace of disbelief appeared on his face. Just now, he had used the power of a spirit talisman to entangle the other two people and the sea beast, using this time to seize the treasure.
In his mind, he had just grasped this dazzling jewel, and he hadn't felt any attack from behind.
But now, his hand was empty. Hai Hongtao immediately understood that he had fallen for an illusion. But it was already too late. Hai Hongtao coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, one hand desperately covering the hole in his chest, but he still felt the strength in his body disappearing little by little. His vision went black, and he lost consciousness, his body falling downwards.
But at the same time, his body was wrapped by a thick, fleshy tongue and pulled into the silver giant clam.
With a muffled thud, the silver giant clam's shell closed, and then five-colored spiritual light flowed on the giant clam, appearing quite dazzling, like a giant stone flashing with spiritual light.
This silver giant clam also unleashed its power. At the same time, the other giant clams on the coral tree also made a series of strange gurgling sounds, and the pearls they spat out shone brightly.
Instantly, Zhang Ling noticed a thick layer of colored mist rising around him. One by one, phantoms appeared, and the scenery in front of him changed constantly. Then, several huge sea beasts bared their fangs and claws, charging towards him.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling commanded the Corpse Bear to release a large amount of corpse energy, using a secret technique to sense the aura of the phantoms.
But then he discovered that although these phantoms had no life, they possessed a considerable amount of spiritual power. Zhang Ling also responded cautiously, not daring to ignore them as he had before.
He cast a spell, and the flying sword circled around him, its spiritual light flashing, transforming into several yellow sword shadows, which slashed towards the phantoms in front of him with a whoosh.
After the sword light passed, the phantoms were destroyed and transformed back into colored mist, but soon after, they condensed into new phantoms.
Zhang Ling could only keep the flying sword circling around him, not daring to let these phantoms get close to him.
Suddenly, a black fish darted out from the phantoms attacking him. This fish was only about ten feet long, with a mouth full of fangs, and its aura was not weak. Zhang Ling saw that it was actually a fourth-order sea beast.
By the time he discovered this sea beast, it was only about six feet away from him, and his flying sword had not been able to block it.
The black fish was surrounded by water vapor, and several sword lights that struck its body were deflected.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling quickly retreated to the side, while the Corpse Bear blocked in front of him, and streams of grayish-white corpse fire claw芒 shot out, hitting the black fish.
Although the Corpse Bear's attacks did not break through the defenses of these fourth-order sea beasts, the corpse fire attached to them was not so easy to dissipate.
Claw芒 constantly emerged from the Corpse Bear's claws, blocking the black fish. The black fish sea beast was not afraid at all. Its body twisted, and its tail swung towards the Corpse Bear.
There was a loud bang, and the Corpse Bear was knocked back several steps by the fish tail, but the Corpse Bear itself was made of copper tendons and iron bones, so naturally it was not afraid. It roared and advanced instead of retreating, its claws dancing impenetrably.
For a time, it was deadlocked with the black fish. Zhang Ling naturally would not just stand by and watch. He raised his hand, and with a flash of spiritual light, he summoned the flying sword and the copper ring, two magic weapons.
The two magic weapons constantly attacked the black fish, causing spiritual light to splash all over its body, but it was difficult to break through the beast's defenses in a short time.
Zhang Ling was not surprised at all, after all, this was a fourth-order sea beast. He made continuous changes in his hand seals, and after several breaths, a thick earthy yellow light flowed between his hands, flashing and shooting at the big fish.
Then, he patted his storage bag with his right hand, and a black jade talisman two fingers wide was thrown towards the black fish.
The yellow light shone on the big fish, and the body of this big fish suddenly stiffened a lot.
This was the Heavy Yuan Divine Light that Zhang Ling cultivated. Enemies within it felt as if they had an extra gravity on their bodies, greatly affecting their mobility.
Temporarily controlling the black fish, the jade talisman thrown out last also reached the top of the big fish's head. The black and green jade talisman flashed with light, and with a cracking sound, it burst open, and a green sword shadow flashed, stabbing into the big fish's head.
The black fish's body suddenly stiffened, and then the fish's head, along with half of its body, turned into countless pieces and fell to the ground.
Zhang Ling didn't react much to this. He used this Iron Sword Talisman to kill the sea beast with one blow.
Sure enough, the condensed Iron Sword Talisman did not disappoint him, killing the beast in one fell swoop.
Having solved the sea beast, Zhang Ling also breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, the surrounding mist was thick, suppressing eighty to ninety percent of his divine sense, and he could only detect the situation within twenty feet nearby.
He was helpless about this and could only use the Blood Soul Spirit Seeking Technique again. As long as the Corpse Bear spread out a large amount of corpse energy around, he could sense some situations.
Although it was not necessarily as effective as divine sense, it could also effectively defend against sneak attacks from other sea beasts.
Seeing this, he prevented the phantoms transformed by the surrounding colored mist from attacking, and moved towards the direction of the coral tree.
The colored mist was everywhere, making it easy to get trapped in it, and the source of the colored mist was these giant clams. Only by solving the giant clams could he escape from this place.
Before long, he saw the huge coral. Zhang Ling waved his hand without hesitation and released seven or eight talismans, which transformed into five-element magic attacks.
At the same time, he reached into his sleeve with his right hand and took out a blue spirit talisman. Spiritual power was injected into it, and spiritual light gathered on it, and blue sword shadows were generated on the talisman. This was his blue small sword talisman treasure.
After a few loud noises, there was a cracking sound, and cracks appeared on the huge coral. Then the flying sword flashed and slashed at a huge crack.
In a rumble, the coral tree fell to the side, and the giant clams on it also fell down.
Seeing this, a cold light flashed in Zhang Ling's eyes, and he shouted in a low voice. The magic seal in his hand condensed, and the blue talisman in his hand flashed and disappeared, turning into a blue flying sword. Countless sword lights fluttered around it.
Zhang Ling grabbed the blue light flying sword and waved it forward with all his might. In an instant, countless dense blue light sword shadows condensed in front of him and attacked the falling giant clams.
Numerous blue sword shadows flashed and rushed towards a black giant clam five or six feet in size. This was a fourth-order strength Phantom Clam.
The black giant clam was surrounded by spiritual light, and many flying swords hit it, creating bursts of sparks, but it only lasted for two breaths. After a burst of explosions, the fourth-order strength giant clam was pierced by the blue sword shadows.
