Chapter 113: Liu Shen's First Battle, Giants of the Lower Realm All Shocked!
The Double Pupils Woman nodded slightly and lifted the piece of meat in her hand as a sign of agreement.
"Thank you."
Liu Shen showed no politeness; two words were enough.
At their level, a promise weighed heavier than mountains. Once spoken, it became karma.
Then, a crystal-clear willow branch extended out and lightly tapped Little One, who was holding a clay jar and drinking beast milk with a blissful expression.
"Little One, stop drinking."
"Come with me to the North Sea."
Little Shi Hao, who had been licking his lips, instantly lit up with excitement.
He jumped up at once, stuffed the clay jar into his arms, wiped the milk from the corner of his mouth, and shouted excitedly:
"Liu Shen, are we going to fight? Are we going to grab something tasty?"
"To see the world outside," Liu Shen's voice was gentle.
"Yay!"
Little One cheered but then looked around and scratched his head. "Liu Shen, is it just the two of us? Is no one else going?"
He looked at Shi Linhu, Shi Feijiao, and the other elders, as well as his childhood companions.
However, Shi Linhu and the others all smiled bitterly and waved their hands. "Little One, that level of battle… if we go, we'll only be courting death. Not only would we be useless, we'd become a burden to Liu Shen."
They knew their limits.
Although their strength had greatly increased after consuming Qiongqi meat, in the wider world beyond the wilderness, they were still as insignificant as ants.
"C-can I go?"
At that moment, a clear voice sounded.
Everyone turned to look, only to see the golden-haired girl who had been cultivating nearby slowly stand up.
It was Qian Renxue.
Her golden hair shimmered in the firelight, and her stunning face now carried a hint of nervousness and embarrassment.
Strictly speaking, she wasn't even from this world.
But faced with everything, she wanted to fight for a chance.
"Senior."
Qian Renxue walked to the willow tree and respectfully bowed to the hazy light. "This junior, Qian Renxue, dares to request to go along."
"That place is very dangerous. A single misstep means both body and soul will be destroyed."
"I am not afraid."
Qian Renxue did not retreat in the slightest.
She raised her head, her gaze blazing. "I know that here, my meager cultivation amounts to nothing."
"But I am unwilling."
"Since I have come to such a vast world and have such an opportunity to witness greater sights, even if I die, I will have no regrets."
"I ask the senior to grant this!"
Hearing this, even the people of Stone Village couldn't help but glance at her again.
"Her temperament is acceptable," the Double Pupils Woman commented lightly, then said nothing more.
Seeing Qian Renxue's determination, Liu Shen did not refuse her.
As Liu Shen's hanging branches gently swayed, a dazzling green radiance suddenly erupted from the charred willow trunk.
"Boom!"
Immediately after, a golden path formed from countless intricate runes extended from beneath the willow tree, piercing through space and connecting directly to the distant North Sea.
"Come up."
Little One cheered and jumped onto the golden path first.
Qian Renxue was overjoyed. Taking a deep breath, she followed and leapt onto it.
"Big sister, I'll bring you something tasty when I come back!"
Standing on the golden path, Little One waved at the Double Pupils Woman, grinning carefree.
The Double Pupils Woman paused mid-bite.
Though she said nothing, she nodded slightly and watched the three figures disappear into the void passage.
...
On the golden path, light and shadows flowed, and the speed was extreme.
Qian Renxue felt everything around her turn into streams of light. Mountains and rivers below flashed by in an instant, making her heart race and once again reminding her of her own insignificance.
Was this the power of great experts?
Shrinking the earth to an inch, crossing the void—it was like a miracle!
Lost in her shock, she didn't know how much time had passed.
Ahead, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted, like countless bolts of lightning exploding at once.
A strong sea smell mixed with an ancient, desolate aura rushed toward them.
"We've arrived."
Liu Shen's voice sounded.
The golden light dissipated, and the three figures appeared in a hidden location.
"Hiss!"
Even though she had prepared herself, when Qian Renxue saw the scene before her, she couldn't help but gasp.
This was a black ocean, boundless, with waves crashing into the sky.
Each wave smashing against the reefs produced deafening thunder, completely unlike the seas of Douluo Continent.
The difference was simply not on the same level.
At the horizon where sea met sky, endless golden light surged upward like a volcanic eruption, dyeing half the sky.
A massive ancient nest floated above the sea, surrounded by chaotic energy. Shadows of ancient species and pure-blood creatures roared and surged in the void.
Around the nest, the sea was already filled with countless beings of all races.
Huge bronze war chariots crashed across the sky with rumbling thunder;
Silver giant crocodiles hundreds of zhang long rolled through the sea with overwhelming ferocity;
There were even beings burning with divine fire standing in the clouds, overlooking all life.
"Wow, so much food…"
In contrast, Little One, seeing the countless ancient creatures, showed no fear at all. Instead, he wiped the drool from his mouth, his eyes shining with excitement.
Qian Renxue: "..."
At that moment, as soon as they appeared—
"That is…"
In the distance, on a jade boat floating in the air, a white-robed, veiled woman suddenly sensed something and turned her head.
It was Yue Chan, the Saintess of the Heaven Mending Sect.
At the same time, on another mountain peak, the barefoot witch-like girl also narrowed her charming eyes and looked over.
On the North Sea, where experts gathered, although Liu Shen restrained her aura and only revealed a hazy figure, her transcendent presence still attracted countless top experts instantly.
"Who is that?"
In the distance, atop a golden war chariot pulled by nine flood dragons, the Stone Emperor sat within. His eyes, like golden lamps, suddenly opened, shooting out two beams of light.
"I cannot see through it. It is completely obscure, as if it does not belong to this ancient history."
The Stone Emperor was inwardly shaken.
He was at the peak of the Venerable Realm, an imperial powerhouse with the Human Emperor's position, rarely matched in the lower realm. Yet when facing that green-radiance-shrouded figure, he felt as insignificant as when facing the vast starry sky.
"Interesting."
However, he did not act rashly. His fingers lightly tapped the dragon throne as his imperial aura grew more condensed.
"It seems that in this struggle for the Kunpeng nest, besides those old monsters in hiding, some extraordinary figures have also arrived."
On the other side, within the Demon Spirit Lake camp.
The golden demonic spider, as massive as a mountain, stood on the sea. The grotesque human face on its back twisted.
"Jie jie jie, what abundant life force!"
It stared at Liu Shen, greed overflowing from its eyes. "That being… if I devour it, I may become a god instantly!"
As a pure-blooded fierce beast, it was extremely sensitive to such life-filled existences.
To it, Liu Shen was like a walking supreme treasure medicine!
However, before these great figures could act—
Trouble came first.
"Scram! Where did this wild cultivator come from, daring to block the path of my Sea God Island?"
A furious shout rang out.
A group of sea creatures riding silver giant sharks, holding tridents, charged forward recklessly.
At the front, a sea clan expert clad in silver armor swung his halberd toward Liu Shen's group.
This expert was at the Inscription Realm, a notable powerhouse in the lower realm. Seeing that the three had no strong backing, he treated them as rogue cultivators and sought to crush them to establish dominance.
The silver-armored commander swung his halberd, carrying monstrous waves, with terrifying momentum.
Many nearby cultivators paused, some sneering, others watching with schadenfreude.
"These three look unfamiliar. Bringing two burdens at the Blood Transformation Realm and still daring to come here, truly courting death."
"Perfect, let Sea God Island test this mysterious woman."
Whispers spread, treating the scene as entertainment.
After all, before the Kunpeng nest, death was the most normal thing. The weak had no right to compete for such fortune.
"Die!"
The silver-armored commander grinned viciously. His halberd was less than three feet from Liu Shen's head, the fierce wind even lifting Qian Renxue's golden hair, making her instinctively grip her weapon.
Yet, facing the incoming attack, Liu Shen remained calm, not even slowing her steps.
She merely tilted her head slightly, her eyes beneath the green radiance faintly visible, and cast a single indifferent glance at the sea clan.
No runes flashed, and no overwhelming divine power surged.
With just one glance—
The silver-armored commander at the front, along with his giant shark mount and dozens of sea clan warriors behind him, all exploded in an instant!
Not even a scream was uttered. This elite Inscription Realm squad was annihilated by a single look.
Seeing this, the smiles on the onlookers' faces froze instantly.
"T-this… what kind of method is this?!"
"Words become law? Or is it a pupil technique?!"
Not far away, within the Sea God Island camp.
An elder riding a giant shark, with a far more terrifying aura, suddenly opened his eyes. He was a Formation Realm king of Sea God Island.
Seeing his clansmen killed, he flew into a rage. The golden trident in his hand trembled like a dragon's roar.
"Bastard! You dare kill my Sea God Island people! No matter who you are, you will pay the price!"
The elder roared and was about to charge forward, but a withered hand pressed down on his shoulder.
"Do not act rashly."
It was an old woman sitting on a giant turtle. She looked like a dried corpse, yet her aura froze the surrounding sea.
Venerable Realm!
She was an ancestor-level figure of Sea God Island!
"Ancestor! Why stop me?"
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End of Chapter