He simply forced them out directly. There was no point in beating around the bush.
The woman with a human face and serpent’s body was clearly an Emperor, while the long-bearded old man and the burly tiger-headed figure were both at the Immortal Monarch level.
Their Dao Source surged, their immortal auras resplendent.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless shrimp soldiers and crab generals beat their war drums, their thunderous rhythm shaking the surface of the entire North Sea.
The combined pressure of their presence reverberated across the vast ocean, earth-shaking and sky-shattering.
“I am the Green-Scaled Serpent King of the North Sea!”
“I am the White Tiger Venerable of the North Sea!”
“I am the War Immortal of the North Sea!”
The three shouted in unison, “With the three of us here, who dares behave so wantonly?”
“So you were prepared for me all along,” Xu Zimo said with a smile.
“Where is the Dragon Maiden?”
“How dare you speak the master’s name so directly?” the White Tiger Venerable snapped coldly.
“Master? For a dignified Immortal Monarch to debase himself into a dog, how pitiful,” Xu Zimo mocked with disdain.
“We have no interest in verbal sparring. Capture him and imprison him within the North Sea first!” War Immortal bellowed.
With a wave of his hand, boundless immortal mist surged forth.
The sea around them roared violently, waves rising higher and higher, like dragons crashing through the heavens, all surging toward Xu Zimo.
Meng Yu’s figure had already vanished.
As the waves descended, the path of land beneath their feet was instantly submerged.
“Help me! My lords, save me!” Bei Xiao cried desperately.
But no one paid him any heed. The waves simply swallowed everything.
Xu Zimo stepped into the air, his body gliding above the raging sea, moving forward with the tide.
Behind him, his blade Shadow Tyrant drew itself from its sheath.
Blade intent flickered like lightning across the sky.
With a single slash, half the heavens split apart. Amidst thunder and storm, the tidal waves before him were cleaved in two.
The blade’s momentum did not falter, it continued straight toward War Immortal.
At that instant, two loud bangs sounded.
The White Tiger Venerable appeared in front of the oncoming blade intent, his tiger claws flashing like steel.
He tore the attack apart within his grasp.
With a fierce roar that shook the heavens, he leapt forward, his claws gleaming with bloodlust as they slashed toward Xu Zimo.
The last of the trio, the Green-Scaled Serpent King, was not to be outdone.
She waved her right hand, releasing a billowing cloud of green poisonous mist.
The venom was terrifying, nothing it touched could survive, nothing it met could resist.
Even the void itself corroded and collapsed.
The eerie green fog made all who saw it tremble in fear.
Even the White Tiger Venerable was startled. “Serpent King, don’t you dare hit me with that!”
“Relax,” the Green-Scaled Serpent King replied with a cold smile. “I’m watching my aim.”
Shadow Tyrant clashed against the tiger claws, sparks flying in every direction, neither gaining the upper hand.
Meanwhile, the poison mist surrounded Xu Zimo, closing in tighter and tighter.
“Condense,” the Green-Scaled Serpent King hissed.
Countless streams of venom surged inward.
Xu Zimo’s War God power erupted from within.
He activated Heaven-Earth Dharma Codex, his form towering like a giant, untouched by all laws, invincible.
With a sweep of his arm, the poison mist was blown away.
Then, with a single step, he crushed the White Tiger Venerable back into the ground.
The Green-Scaled Serpent King exchanged a glance with War Immortal.
War Immortal pressed his palms together, chanting rapidly under his breath.
“War Immortal, unyielding, unthinking, unfearing!”
His words became faster and faster until they were no longer comprehensible.
The surrounding immortal qi grew denser and heavier.
“War Immortal Divine Arrow, Heaven-Piercing Dao!” War Immortal roared.
From the void itself, immortal qi condensed into an arrow, its power cutting through countless waves.
It tore through the air toward Xu Zimo.
“In the Primordial Era, when Ancient Gods stood tall, it was said that Ziyang once chased the sun with this very same War Immortal Divine Arrow. How will you block it?” War Immortal sneered.
The arrow was indeed extraordinary, imbued with ancient power, eternal and unstoppable. It exploded before Xu Zimo, filling his vision with blinding radiance.
He raised Shadow Tyrant, the blade intercepting the arrow’s tip.
The air rippled violently. The arrow’s power surged unendingly, as though it meant to pierce through the blade itself.
At that moment, tiger roars echoed again.
The White Tiger Venerable, who had been crushed under Xu Zimo’s foot, suddenly strained upward, muscles bulging, forcing himself to his feet.
His entire body swelled with power, yellow and black fur extending over a meter long, hard as steel.
He had become a true beast incarnate, fangs bared, the “王”symbol glowing on his forehead, immortal essence flaring across his body.
“Kill!”
The White Tiger grabbed Xu Zimo’s leg, while War Immortal’s divine arrow pinned his arms.
The Green-Scaled Serpent King’s pupils slit into narrow triangles as she hissed, her breath like a serpent’s whisper.
Her human upper body remained, but her serpentine lower half expanded to a massive size, its coils hundreds of meters thick.
She lashed out with her tail, wrapping tightly around Xu Zimo’s body, trying to crush him into pulp.
Xu Zimo’s eyes narrowed. The immense pressure pressing in from all sides was suffocating.
“Demon, Fifth Form: Mortal Demon. The Extinguisher of All Things.”
He whispered, and the aura of annihilation flowed over his body.
His blood ran backward, black veins bulging as if they would burst.
The sound of blood surging echoed like waves.
His eyes turned scarlet.
With another stomp of his right foot, the White Tiger Venerable, just risen, was slammed back down.
The serpent tail constricting him shattered into pieces.
Then, gripping Shadow Tyrant in one hand, Xu Zimo caught the War Immortal Divine Arrow by its tail with the other.
He hurled it back.
A thunderous explosion rang out as the arrow shot across the void, piercing straight through War Immortal’s forehead.
It nailed him in place, suspended in midair.
“Send out the Dragon Maiden. You three are not enough,” Xu Zimo said flatly.
He waved his hand, pulling War Immortal’s soul from his body and imprisoning it within the void.
Lightning poured down, striking the trapped spirit relentlessly.
He then bent down, grabbed the White Tiger Venerable by the neck, and lifted him up like a doll.
Striding forward with massive steps, he charged toward the Green-Scaled Serpent King, blade in one hand, tiger in the other, his killing intent engulfing the heavens.
“Retreat!” the Serpent King cried, realizing the danger. She fled back into the North Sea.
Xu Zimo didn’t chase her immediately. The North Sea was vast, too easy to get lost in.
He needed her to lead the way.
“Stop him! I’ll summon the Dragon Maiden!” the Serpent King commanded.
Instantly, countless shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and other sea-born warriors surged toward Xu Zimo, waves of bodies trying to hold him back.
“You go,” Xie Changliu said beside him. “Don’t waste time, I’ll hold them here.”
“Sword God, Dissolution!” he shouted.
His figure vanished, leaving behind countless swords suspended in the air, each gleaming with lethal light.