The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 258: The Mighty Cannon Unleashed

On the Black Dragon Ship, a bald man sneered as he gazed at a small boat in the Death Sea:

"Where did this small, shabby boat come from, daring to venture into the Death Sea? They're courting death."

"Many small boats like to linger at the edges of the Death Sea, thinking they can just gather treasures there, assuming that as long as they don’t go deeper, they won’t encounter any danger."

"They have no idea that all those with such naive thoughts have already sunk. No surprise, this boat is likely just another one with similar ideas, wandering around the edge of the Death Sea and now preparing to leave."

"They’re lucky. We’ve cleared out the sea beasts in this area, so they haven’t encountered any danger by pure chance!"

"Otherwise, they would never have made it this far. They should be thanking us for their survival."

"Still, I doubt they’ve gained anything, since we’ve already taken all the treasures from this area. Heh!"

"Captain! Should we go take down that boat?"

The bald man turned to a black-clad elder beside him, who exuded the peak aura of a Gu King.

The elder sensed the situation on the boat with his powerful soul force and said, "The highest cultivation level on that boat is only at the peak of the Marrow Cleansing stage. There’s no need for us to act."

"Don’t waste time on this little boat. Let's keep moving toward the sunken ship. That’s our priority."

"Leave this small boat to the newly-formed 19th squad. The boat may be small, but even a mosquito is meat!"

"What if they happen to find some heaven-defying treasure? Better safe than sorry. Let my newly adopted son use this as practice."

"Tell him that if he succeeds, I’ll reward him with a Breaking-King Pill."

The bald man nodded, quickly pulling out a messaging talisman. He used his soul power to write down the captain’s orders, then immediately sent it off.

The talisman turned into a streak of light and disappeared into the sky.

The bald man continued, "To deal with that Black Flood Dragon, we lost so many men. The 9th squad was almost wiped out."

"But I believe that Black Flood Dragon was the last major threat on this sea route. We should be able to recover the sunken ship successfully."

For the first time, a rare expression of excitement appeared on the elder’s usually calm face: "That sunken ship contains the Ocean's Heart, which will enhance the performance of the Black Dragon Ship to an entirely new level."

"And the Ocean's Heart has a vast internal space, enough for us to expand the Black Dragon Pirate Crew tenfold without adding more ships."

"Once that happens, we will be the invincible force in this sea. Destroying both Big and Small Lonely Island will be as easy as crushing a stone."

"Full speed ahead. Ignore the slower ships. If they fall behind, so be it. We won’t encounter any more danger on this route..."

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On the Shenlong Ship.

Long Xuan breathed a sigh of relief as he saw that the large fleet had only sent four small ships after them, while the main ships remained unmoved.

They really followed Nie Qingcheng's prediction. The Gu King wouldn’t bother making a move against such a small boat.

For a Gu King to personally deal with juniors in the Marrow Cleansing stage would indeed be overkill. It's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. It made sense that the main ship wouldn’t join the chase. ṟАNồ฿Еs

Nie Qingcheng squinted as she observed the four small ships closing in. A smile appeared on her face: "Perfect! They’ve underestimated us!"

"From now on, if they go slow, we go slow. If they speed up, we speed up. Just keep matching their pace!"

"I’ll run them to death!" Nie Qingcheng grinned with a sly smile.

Thus, the four black ships broke away from the fleet and chased farther and farther away, eventually drifting completely out of the fleet's sight.

Meanwhile, the bulk of the fleet continued toward the sunken ship, not paying any attention to this pursuit. Soon, the two groups were entirely out of each other's visual range.

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On the Giant Crab Ship, the 19th squad captain, seeing how far they had strayed from the fleet, slammed his fist against the railing in frustration, cursing: "Damn it! Why is that small boat so fast?"

"We’ve already strayed too far from the fleet. If we go any farther, we won’t be able to catch up!"

"We can’t wait any longer! Fire the cannons! Sink that small boat! Don’t spare any ammo!"

At his command, the cannons on the four ships all pointed toward the Shenlong Ship, and under the control of the black-clad pirates, they unleashed a volley of cannon fire.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

A deafening barrage erupted.

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"Hahaha! Dali! You're a sharpshooter! Three shots, all on target! You really don’t miss a single shot!"

The entire crew of the Shenlong was cheering and celebrating, elated after easily sinking three pirate ships.

Long Xuan gave Xiong Dali a heavy slap on the shoulder, his eyes full of admiration.

He sighed inwardly, realizing that he had truly found a treasure this time. He hadn't expected Xiong Dali’s boasting to be true—he really did hit every target with his cannon fire.

Having such a sharpshooter on board was incredibly useful, especially considering how the cannon consumed a huge amount of resources. One cannonball cost enough to empty the storage rings of most Gu cultivators. With a sharpshooter who never missed, they could save a lot of ammunition.

Xiong Dali was starting to get a bit full of himself amidst all the praise, grinning proudly. "Of course! Did you think I was bragging earlier? I’ve never missed a shot in my life! It's a talent!"

"Shooting the cannon today was so satisfying—one shot, one ship. It was amazing, haha!"

"But it's a pity we ran out of peak-grade Spirit Stones on the ship, so we couldn’t take down that last ship," he said with a look of regret, watching the last pirate ship sailing off into the distance.

"No worries, leave that ship to me. There’s no Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator on board—I can handle them all by myself."

Yang Zhan glared at the last pirate ship with hatred in his eyes, clearly despising evildoers.

His words shocked everyone aboard the Shenlong. Yang Zhan intended to take down an entire ship by himself! The others were taken aback by his boldness.

"Old Yang, are you sure you can handle it? That ship has over a hundred people, with dozens of Marrow Cleansing stage Gu cultivators. Are you certain you can take them all on alone?"

Xiong Dali looked incredulous, patting Yang Zhan on the shoulder.

Without saying much, Yang Zhan’s eyes quickly turned blood-red. At the same time, hundreds of Yang Zhan’s figures appeared on the pirate ship, throwing it into chaos.

"An illusion technique?" Long Xuan murmured.

Suddenly manifesting so many people couldn’t possibly be an external clone; it had to be illusionary clones.

All these clones were purely visual and had no physical form, so they couldn’t actually deceive anyone.

Long Xuan immediately activated his golden finger's ability, and sure enough, the real Yang Zhan's progress bar showed up on the Shenlong, while none of the illusionary clones on the pirate ship displayed any progress.

However, just as Long Xuan thought he had figured out the trick, he was suddenly taken aback.

In his vision, the progress bar for the real Yang Zhan on the Shenlong disappeared, and a progress bar appeared on one of the illusionary clones aboard the pirate ship.

At the same time, that clone struck down a pirate with a swift slash to the back of the neck. The pirate fell to the ground, dead, eyes wide open in disbelief.

At that very moment, several blades sliced into this version of Yang Zhan, but the progress bar on him vanished again. It reappeared on another illusionary clone, which then swiftly killed another pirate.

The original clone was promptly cut to pieces.

Long Xuan was stunned as he witnessed this. He finally realized that Yang Zhan could swap places with any of his illusionary clones at will, effectively allowing him to teleport.

Incredible! This was like the Flying Thunder God technique! How could anyone defend against that?

Finally, Long Xuan understood why Yang Zhan exuded such a heavy aura of death. With this godlike skill, he could teleport among a crowd, killing people at lightning speed. His ominous aura was a testament to the countless lives he had claimed using this technique.

As more and more pirates fell in pools of blood, it became impossible to count how many Marrow Cleansing stage Gu cultivators had fallen to Yang Zhan’s blade. The entire ship was stunned.

One man slaughtering an entire ship—killing fellow cultivators as easily as slaughtering chickens. Today, they had truly witnessed the terrifying power of Yang Zhan.

Where did the captain find such a monster? Everyone aboard the Shenlong was in awe, their minds racing.

"Those terrifying Yang Eyes! I’ve heard stories of how the Yang clan's Yang Eyes can take on a hundred enemies at once, and now I see it’s no exaggeration. Where on earth did you find this man?" Leng Yan asked Long Xuan in shock.

"Is this Gu technique called the Yang Eyes? So domineering! You leave your small hometown only to realize that the world is full of heaven-defying Gu insects," Long Xuan sighed as he watched the slaughter unfold on the pirate ship.

In no time, the pirate ship’s deck was strewn with corpses, the blood painting the wooden boards crimson.

Onboard, the illusionary clones were occasionally smashed, but new clones appeared just as quickly.

The number of clones generated far outpaced the number destroyed.

Within moments, the number of illusionary clones on the ship surpassed a thousand. Every inch of the deck was occupied by a clone.

In this scenario, the pirates had no chance to defend against the real Yang Zhan, who would constantly teleport behind them and end their lives with ease.

The ship echoed with sporadic screams as the pirates, terrified beyond belief, displayed utter despair.

Not long after, the ship fell silent, the deck now littered with corpses. There wasn’t a single living soul left aboard—it had become an empty vessel.

Yang Zhan had single-handedly slaughtered over a hundred pirates, including dozens of Marrow Cleansing stage cultivators, in the blink of an eye. Everyone aboard the Shenlong was terrified, staring at Yang Zhan as if seeing him for the first time.