Returning here again, everyone felt different emotions. After all, three years had passed since they were last here, and in those three years, their strength had undergone earth-shattering changes.
"Are you ready?" Xiao Bai, sensing their arrival, transformed into human form and leaped out of the sea.
"Yes, we only have one year to pass the assessment. Even if we continue to Cultivate, it will be difficult to Breakthrough, so we plan to complete this task earlier," Ye Lingling nodded.
Xiao Bai scanned around, her gaze falling on Shi Quan, and she frowned slightly, "Shi Quan, you know you can't interfere with the assessment."
"Don't worry, Xiao Bai, I'm just following along to watch, I won't interfere."
Xiao Bai couldn't help but remind him again, "Also, the two 100,000-year Spirit Beasts you brought can't interfere either. The assessment is about their own strength."
"Of course."
"Then let's set it off." Xiao Bai didn't say much more, turning to face the sea and emitting a peculiar hum from her mouth. As time passed, the sound grew louder, even drowning out the sound of waves crashing against the shore. Before long, the sea ahead suddenly began to boil.
Splash! One Devil Spirit Great White Shark after another, each over fifteen meters in length, revealed their dorsal fins.
"Come on up, we'll take you there." Under Xiao Bai's guidance, everyone landed on the backs of the giant Devil Spirit Great White Sharks.
Xiao Bai, as the leading Shark, shot forward. Two hundred Devil Spirit Great White Sharks followed closely behind, carrying everyone directly into the deep sea.
Shi Quan, who was not allowed to interfere with the assessment, directly stepped through the air, following behind the Devil Spirit Great White Shark group.
In the true open sea, everyone truly experienced the Devil Spirit Great White Sharks' dominance as rulers of the ocean. Riding the wind and waves, their speed was unmatched by any ship. The howling sea wind cut at their bodies like knives. The surrounding seawater transformed into a blue halo, constantly sweeping past both sides of their bodies. That feeling could be described as both extremely exhilarating and extremely perilous.
As they traveled, everyone also gained a more comprehensive understanding of the Xie Mo Tiger Whale clan from Xiao Bai.
The stronger the Devil Spirit Great White Sharks' displayed strength, the more vigilant everyone became. After all, even such powerful Devil Spirit Great White Sharks feared their target for this trip, the Evil Spirit Orcas. This showed the difficulty of their fourth trial.
It was only two hours later when the Devil Spirit Great White Shark group stopped twenty li from the Xie Mo Tiger Whale group. Xiao Bai spoke gravely, "That Evil Spirit Orca King is detestable, but its strength is indeed formidable. Advancing further might expose my mental force fluctuations."
"Xiao Bai, I have a plan that might need your help," Ye Lingling said.
Xiao Bai nodded directly, "As long as we can kill those guys, I can cooperate with you!"
Ye Lingling's eyes narrowed slightly as she said, "My plan is called the Beheading Plan. I want you to take me, Zhuqing, and Yan Yan to sneak in. Then, with the combined strength of the four of us, we'll first eliminate the strongest Evil Spirit Orca King. Once the enemy is leaderless and in disarray, we'll have your clansmen attack from the outside, catching them off guard."
Xiao Bai looked at Ye Lingling, "Do you have a way for me to take you through the Xie Mo Tiger Whale group?"
"Of course." Ye Lingling then released the Vast Sea Protecting Shield, enveloping herself.
"It just disappeared?" Xiao Bai's eyes widened. Her powerful mental force instantly surged out, constantly probing Ye Lingling's location, but ultimately finding nothing.
"What a special skill!" Xiao Bai said excitedly, "Lingling, come out! With such an ability, we can definitely take a risk."
A faint blue light flickered, and Ye Lingling's figure reappeared. "Xiao Bai, if you want to try, I need you to temporarily serve as our mount."
"Those are minor issues," Xiao Bai said excitedly, "Come right up."
The three women exchanged glances, then lightly leaped. All three landed steadily on Xiao Bai's body.
"Rongrong, Little Ao." Ye Lingling looked at Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
The two immediately understood.
"Nine Treasures turn out with Glaze, first is Strength, second is Speed, third is Martial Spirit, fifth is Attack." Ning Rongrong summoned her Martial Spirit, enhancing the four combat attributes for Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing, who stood on Xiao Bai's back.
"Second is Speed, fourth is Defense." Xiao Bai, of course, was not left out.
Oscar also directly threw over several Sausages.
"Next, you wait for my signal, Xiao Bai, let's go." Ye Lingling touched her brow with her fingertip, releasing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then with a wave of her hand, "Vast Sea Protecting Shield!" The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud instantly expanded, enveloping the three women and one Shark, turning them invisible.
In the sky, Shi Quan, with a flick of his hand, used mental force disguise, blending himself with the sky, following behind the three women and one Shark.
A moment later, through Spirit Sense, the Xie Mo Tiger Whale group appeared in Shi Quan's field of vision.
His current mental force had an absolute crushing advantage over the Evil Spirit Orca King. Completely blending into the surrounding environment, he didn't need to worry about being discovered by the Evil Spirit Orca King.
The Evil Spirit Orcas had gray-black skin all over, and dark red eyes, looking extremely bloodthirsty. There were nearly three hundred of them, most of them adults, over thirty meters long, twice the size of the Devil Spirit Great White Sharks. The Evil Spirit Orca King, swimming in the very center, was even thirty-five meters long.
"Xiao Bai, swim slower, approach from below. Don't worry, with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and our internal soul spirits helping to conceal our aura, these guys won't discover us." Ye Lingling said as she activated the spirit power within her body, and a clear, exquisite ice-blue Begonia flower appeared in her hand.
The bone-chilling aura made Xiao Bai shiver.
However, this icy aura was quickly overshadowed by a scorching, oppressive aura.
With two horns on her head, a Dragon tail extending from her buttocks, four limbs transforming into Dragon claws, eyes instantly turning into vertical pupils, and dense scales crawling up her skin, she was a complete humanoid Dragon. Ancient, Vicissitudes, the aura of true Dragon Bloodline overflowed—this was Dugu Yan's Fire Saint Dragon Martial Spirit.
Compared to the scorching and chilling auras of the two, Zhu Zhuqing's dark and cold aura, with cat ears growing on her head, a cat tail extending from her back, sharp claws, black demonic patterns crawling up her cheeks, and chilling vertical pupils, was equally formidable.
"These three guys are absolute monsters," Xiao Bai thought to herself, carefully swimming forward.
Their speed was neither fast nor slow, and under the effect of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, they blended into the surrounding seawater.
Before long, they arrived at the seabed directly beneath the Evil Spirit Orca King, and stood upright.
"Martial Spirit Avatar!" Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan simultaneously released their Martial Spirit Avatar. Their powerful auras, however, did not erupt with the slightest fluctuation. All of this, of course, was thanks to the help of the two soul spirits, Chi Wang and Bear King.
Although the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had already merged with Ye Lingling's Mind Condensing Wisdom Skull, the Vast Sea Protecting Shield still had certain limitations: no skills could be used. Once a skill was cast, the invisibility effect would disappear. Therefore, Ye Lingling simply stood in place without much movement.