Chapter 158.2
On the other side, amidst the mountain of skeletons and corpses woven by the evil cultivator, several thunders suddenly exploded. Li Tianyan did not want to waste time with these skeletons, so he threw out a thunder talisman. With one strike of the thunder, dozens of thunderbolts fell into the pile of corpses simultaneously.
The piles of skeletons underneath had been chopped to pieces, and a large area was cleared instantly.
Li Tianyan seized the opportunity and quickly attacked the evil cultivator using the moon wheel and the puppet. They attacked from both sides, leaving the evil cultivator no chance to emerge from the mountain of skeleton.
The Foundation Establishment battle against Core Formation had already been suppressed by his cultivation. But Li Tianyan also controlled a Core Formation puppet, which made it increasingly difficult. The evil cultivator had to find a way to win the battle quickly; otherwise, the longer the delay, the more detrimental it would be to him.
The puppet acted like an extension of Li Tianyan’s own arm. All attacks from the Core Formation evil cultivator fell on the puppet, allowing Li Tianyan to experience what it was like to be protected by the puppet.
Li Tianyan hid behind the puppet, and took turns fighting, using various means to defeat his opponent faster.
Fan Zhuo never expected that a foundation-establishment cultivator would be more difficult to deal with than Xuan Zhen. He had seen Xiu Yong fall into the hands of this kid before and thinking it was nothing but luck. Now, that he went into battle, he was shocked to realize that he underestimated the situation.
What shocked Fan Zhuo even more was that the spiritual mark he imprinted on the puppet’s sea of consciousness seemed to be burned by something. He couldn’t help but look at the shuanger angrily. “Stop it!”
“It’s really useless. You can’t even deal with two foundation-establishment kids, and you still want me to clean up the mess for you.”
Outside the barrier, a sneer suddenly sounded, accompanied by a powerful attack, which turned out to be from another late-stage Core Formation cultivator.
Li Tianyan realized that the attack was actually directed toward Cheng Qi. Before he could think about it, the moon wheel beneath his feet rushed toward Cheng Qi, releasing its true spiritual energy to wrap around them both.
Cheng Qi felt a strong aura coming toward him, and before he could even see what was happening, he fell into a generous embrace.
Immediately afterward, a powerful force struck, causing both of them to lose control of their bodies and plunge into the seawater below.
Cheng Qi was protected by Li Tianyan and was unscathed except for feeling a strong gravity, but he knew that Li Tianyan was injured.
The moment they fell into the sea, tears uncontrollably streamed from the corners of Cheng Qi’s eyes, but he forced himself to calm down. He released his spiritual power and controlled the two Core Formation puppets to enter the sea with them, ensuring their protection.
Fortunately, he and Li Tianyan had become Taoist couples, and they both shared each other’s power, which allowed him to control Li Tianyan’s puppet.
With just one person controlling the two Core Formation puppets, Cheng Qi soon felt a tingling sensation in his sea of consciousness. Coupled with the lack of breathability underwater, it nearly caused him to faint.
To keep himself awake, Cheng Qi bit the tip of his tongue. With Li Tianyan in a coma, he needed to find a way to get him out of there as soon as possible.
Just as their bodies stopped sinking, a large sea beast with jagged teeth rushed toward them from a short distance away. Cheng Qi tightly embraced Li Tianyan and directed the puppets to lead them away from the sea beast’s mouth, but they were inadvertently trapped by it and caught in a whirlpool.
With only moments to act, Cheng Qi wrapped his arms and legs around Li Tianyan and commanded the two puppets to encircle them protectively before he lost control of his own body again.
“It’s gone.” A beautiful woman in a corset dress appeared next to Fan Zhuo in the sea. After checking the situation, she said with a touch of pity, “Letting them both be buried in the sea like this seems a bit too easy for them.”
She originally intended to capture the two and take them back to play with them slowly, but she accidentally dealt too harshly.
Fan Zhuo glared at her angrily. “These two must not be allowed to survive. If they do, they will undoubtedly become a significant threat to our Shura Sect in the future.”
Fan Zhuo felt uneasy not seeing the dead bodies with his own eyes.
“Oh, what a powerful man! You can’t defeat two Foundation Establishment cultivators, but can vent your anger on me,” the female evil cultivator said mockingly, folding her arms and raising her chin.
Fan Zhuo warned her sternly, “Don’t underestimate them. They’re not ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.”
“Really? No matter how powerful they are, they were blown into the sea with my one hit. They’ve been swallowed by the whirlpool. How can they possibly survive?” the female evil cultivator retorted.
Fan Zhuo looked at her with an ashen face. If he and the puppet didn’t fight them first and depleted most of their energy, how could they get blown easily? All the credit would still go to her once the situation was resolved.
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When Cheng Qi and Li Tianyan were finally expelled from the whirlpool, they were disoriented and unable to determine their location under the deep sea. Without the puppets’ unconscious control, they would have been torn to pieces by the whirlpool.
Once he stabilized his body, Cheng Qi immediately took out two Water Avoidance Pills and swallowed one himself. However, he was unable to get the other one into Li Tianyan’s mouth.
Seeing Li Tianyan unconscious, Cheng Qi was extremely anxious. Waiting for the puppets to take them ashore could mean that Li Tianyan might die before then, especially since he could no longer control the puppets.
Just when Cheng Qi was desperate, he suddenly discovered a huge reef cave behind them. It was not unusual to see a reef cave in the sea, but the door outside the reef cave was clearly a door that only humans would use.
Cheng Qi couldn’t think too much, so he decided to take Li Tianyan to take a look there first.
There was a layer of protection on the door of the reef cave. Cheng Qi used his energy to open it, but the scene inside made him widen his eyes in shock.
In the spacious reef cave, two figures were hugging each other and floating in the air. To be precise, it was a man and a shark with a human upper body and a fish tail, and both were lifeless.
Looking at the scene in the reef cave, it was obvious that they had lived there for a period of time.
Cheng Qi took Li Tianyan inside, but the entire reef was still filled with seawater. Cheng Qi recalled the records about sharks and suddenly his eyes lit up. Looking up, he saw something unusual on the man’s neck.