It was utterly impossible to estimate just how many sea beasts had emerged. The ocean was unfathomably deep and boundless, hiding countless sea beasts. Their numbers seemed endless. Over the past year, the population of dragon-blooded sea beasts had surged wildly, increasing dramatically every day. The Dragon Palace could not even calculate the exact number—millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions. In mere breaths, innumerable sea beasts had already spread across the sea surface.
One by one, they stirred the waves—born with an innate ability to control seawater.
Rumble! Rumble!
Massive waves surged skyward, converging into a colossal tsunami that seemed to stretch from earth to heaven. It arose suddenly, sweeping forward like an overwhelming tidal wave. Its height rivaled the walls of Expedition City.
The scene looked as if the city would be utterly drowned and destroyed on the spot.
The moment the beast tide formed, news quickly reached Xuanhuang City.
Tong Huang was the first to arrive at the palace and immediately relayed the intelligence to Yi Tianxing.
"Interesting. I just broke through to the Yang God Realm, and this beast tide arrives instantly. Has the Dragon Clan grown impatient? Trying to make a show of force, to strike at Great Yi."
Yi Tianxing stepped out of his meditation chamber, looking toward Expedition City with a cold sneer.
"Order Zhou Yu to lead the Blue Legion to Expedition City and suppress the beast tide."
An imperial decree was immediately dispatched.
"All right, the moment we've been waiting for to march. Blue Legion, assemble! March out!!"
Upon receiving the order, Zhou Yu took his military token, a trace of excitement on his face as he firmly commanded.
In an instant, 500,000 soldiers of the Blue Legion began assembling without hesitation.
It was clear that every soldier in the Blue Legion wore their original Phantom Armor. When fusing with their phantom beasts, all chose the same sea beast phantom—the Water Spirit Xuan Turtle. This phantom beast possessed formidable defense and exceptional mastery of water manipulation techniques.
Hence, this original armor was named Water Spirit Phantom Armor. Within a year, nearly all the armors had been upgraded to the Xuan rank—transforming into magical-grade battle armor.
They awakened two phantom armor divine abilities:
Water Spirit Turtle Breath!
Turtle Spirit Xuanming Shield!
One was a defensive divine ability, transforming into a shield that nothing could break—extremely powerful. The other was a survival skill, allowing the wearer to enter water freely, breathe underwater, suppress their aura so subtly it was almost imperceptible unless seen with one's own eyes. Most remarkably, if suffering mortal wounds, the wearer could enter a Turtle Breath state, consolidating all life force inward to maintain the last spark of life. At its peak, even severed fingers could regenerate, near-death was treated as survival. This was one of the top-tier healing and recovery divine abilities in crucial moments.
All Blue Legion soldiers forged their Water Spirit Phantom Armor. This had become the Blue Legion's standardized original phantom armor.
After confirming the final fused phantom beast, the report was immediately sent upward. In the Phantom Beast Hall, these Water Spirit Xuan Turtles were assigned to a separate zone protected by restrictions. From then on, only Blue Legion soldiers could enter the hall with proper credentials to hunt the Water Spirit Xuan Turtles. Other cultivators could no longer find traces of the Xuan Turtles in the hall.
This had become an exclusive resource for the Blue Legion. No one else was allowed to hunt them. This ensured the uniqueness of the Blue Legion's Water Spirit Phantom Armor, becoming their emblem.
By every measure, the Water Spirit Phantom Armor was far superior to previous battle armor. There was even potential for further cultivation to reach higher realms—possibly becoming a spirit treasure. The bloodline inside the Water Spirit Xuan Turtle was extraordinary, inheriting the Xuanwu (Black Tortoise) bloodline.
One by one, soldiers rapidly boarded the Blue Sky Ships.
Flash!
Each Blue Sky Ship emitted a blue aura, swiftly breaking through the clouds to reach the Rainbow Bridge. A seven-colored rainbow light streaked across the sky, appearing over the sea outside Expedition City.
The ships stood imposing. The moment they appeared, an invisible momentum swept forth.
This sudden emergence immediately stalled the pressure spreading from the beast tide. Two forces clashed in an instant.
"It's the Blue Legion—Blue Sky Ships—one of the Seven Colored Legions, led by General Zhou Yu. Excellent! Our Great Yi's army has finally arrived. I thought Expedition City would be destroyed by the beast tide this time."
"Good, good, good! The Great Yi Dynasty possesses the Rainbow Bridge, enabling instant travel anywhere in Yi, any immortal city. Its war mobility is unmatched. No matter the beast tide, it will be suppressed before our army."
"Wonderful! The legendary Seven Colored Sky Ships are all powerful, and the Blue Sky Ship is said to be the top warship of the waters, possessing overwhelming strength."
On Expedition City's walls, countless civilians and bounty hunters gathered. Instead of evacuating, the people sharpened their weapons and even activated their original phantom armor, ready for battle. Many bounty hunters swarmed in from other immortal cities.
Great Yi thrived on war. Many rejoiced at the prospect.
Especially bounty hunters, for whom war meant limitless profit. The beast tide held enormous value.
Ignoring the ferocious beast meat, which was highly sought after throughout Great Yi to boost vitality and speed cultivation, the blood and flesh were no longer offered for sacrifice at the Iron Blood Great Wall but sold widely in the market for civilians.
Beast souls were even more precious. Captured souls could be collected and sent to the Phantom Beast Hall, which accepted unlimited quantities of all grades.
Beast blood was prime material for talisman crafting.
Beast bones were supreme material for forging divine weapons and treasures, with countless applications. The entire beast was a treasure trove.
Though terrifying, the beast tide was seen by bounty hunters as a sprawling treasure field—if one had the skill to claim it.
More and more cultivators gathered on Expedition City's walls, packed so densely their number was incalculable, all watching the battlefield beyond.
Roar!!
A massive dragon turtle bellowed, stirring the tsunami into a furious charge against Expedition City and the Blue Legion.
It seemed determined to annihilate the entire legion. Countless ferocious beasts surged with the tsunami, exuding endless killing intent that filled the void and transformed into a raging storm.
"Blue Legion, listen to orders! Sea Emperor's Trident—attack!!"
Zhou Yu stood on a Sky Ship, unhesitatingly issuing the command with a voice filled with intense killing aura.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!!"
The soldiers roared in response and expertly began powering their ships.
Endless true essence and magical power were channeled into the ships. On the Blue Sky Ship, a giant sail stood tall. Upon it was a vivid image that shimmered like mist—a vast ocean with a towering Sea God radiating boundless majesty. It instilled an involuntary awe, as if the entire ocean were crushing down.
This was the Sea God. Though the face was indistinct, the figure clearly held a blue trident glowing with infinite strange phenomena, as if the ocean's entire power was condensed in the trident.
With immense true essence pouring into the ships, filling the Azure Sky Pool, the Sky Ships blossomed with dazzling blue divine light, becoming the Sea Emperor's steeds.
"Kill!!"
At Zhou Yu's shout, the ship's divine power was fully unleashed.
Massive energy surged into the sail, making the Sea Emperor's figure within emanate an unprecedented aura—as if it had truly come to life. The image sharpened, becoming almost tangible. Its cold, wrathful gaze pierced the surroundings. Furious waves roared around it.
Crack!!
The Sea Emperor swung the trident forward.
The ocean roared. A colossal trident materialized above the sea, crashing heavily onto the water's surface, splitting the ocean apart. Terrifying power raised the waves into a sky-blocking tsunami, filled with chaotic water energies that shredded anything they touched—even the mightiest body would be torn apart.
Water was soft, yet also unyieldingly hard.
When enraged, it was more fearsome than any force.
In an instant, the sky-darkening tsunami had formed.
Moreover, as divine powers from the Sky Ships converged, the tsunami's scale skyrocketed. Waves rose higher than those stirred by the beast tide.
Two tsunamis faced each other head-on.
The sight was terrifying beyond words.
Never before had such a scene unfolded—tsunami against tsunami.
Rumble!! Rumble!!
The collision unleashed deafening thunderclaps through the void, more terrifying than countless thunderstorms combined.
Then a dreadful scene emerged— the beast tide's tsunami and the Blue Legion's tsunami seemed utterly unmatched. The beast tide's wave was instantly suppressed and crushed. The terrifying sea waves poured down on the beasts.
Wherever they touched, countless sea beasts cried out in fearful wails. Upon contact, their bodies exploded into clouds of blood mist.
Within the tsunami surged the Sea Emperor's Trident's power, countless vortexes of opposing forces twisting and shredding all in their path.