In the country of Yingshan, the two demon races who had jointly pursued Xiao Fei were now in a secret chamber.
"Wu Lin, you are truly useless, unable to even capture a mere Golden Core cultivator."
A mocking voice echoed from the shadows.
"Mo Ying, if you had the ability, would it be my turn to act?"
Wu Lin retorted, not yielding an inch.
After a period of mutual taunting, with neither able to gain an advantage, the two demons finally turned to serious matters.
"Although this person has fled into the East Sea, he will eventually return to the Eastern Continent. I have set up informants along the coast. Once he shows himself, I will receive news immediately."
"This is acceptable for now. As long as he is not here, we can sow another batch of demon seeds."
"However, this time we must be more discreet. We cannot let the human cultivators discover us too early. By the time they realize, we will have cultivated a large number of our kind."
"We can also appropriately spread some demon seeds in other countries, which can then serve as seeds."
"That is possible, but the number of demon seeds is limited. We should not disperse them too widely. Most of them should be concentrated in the areas of Yingshan Country and Lu Country. This region will become the stronghold of the demon race in the future."
"..."
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Deep within the East Sea, Xiao Fei was still riding on the back of the Flying Fish.
The Flying Fish's speed and agility in the water were even greater than in the air.
Especially after the recent experience of continuous aerial escape, consuming a large amount of spirit wine and several thousand-year-old spirit herbs, and fully refining their spiritual energy, his cultivation had reached the middle stage of the Golden Core realm.
With its increased strength, the Flying Fish's speed had improved severalfold.
If it encountered the pursuing demon race again, with the Flying Fish's speed, it would definitely be able to escape danger.
Therefore, after Xiao Fei ate the giant sea turtle and recuperated for a few days, his body finally recovered. He then took the Flying Fish back out to sea.
He planned to ride the Flying Fish to the island where Huang Feifei had caused a stir, as it was not too far away.
He also wanted the Flying Fish to experience the joy of freedom in the vast ocean.
At this moment, the Flying Fish opened its large mouth and inhaled, drawing in countless fish, shrimp, and crabs from the surrounding sea. It then swallowed them whole without chewing.
"Wow wow wow..."
"This is amazing! The sea is my home!"
As a descendant of the Kunpeng, the Flying Fish had never experienced the sea in its previous thousands of years of life. (Note: The Flying Fish had lived in the spatial realm for a long time, where time flowed 20 to 30 times faster.)
It had usually been confined to a small lake. Even when it flew into the air, the spatial realm only offered 360 mu of space, which was insufficient for its size and speed.
The Flying Fish swam at an extremely high speed through the water. Wherever it went, the fish and shrimp in the sea were all devoured by it.
Even some of the weaker demonic beasts in the ocean were swallowed in a single gulp.
Stronger demonic beasts would at most require a couple of bites.
As the Flying Fish swam and ate, it quickly attracted the attention of other demonic beasts in the water.
The waters of the ocean, like the land, were divided into territories.
Its actions of eating other creatures' fish along the way were bound to cause dissatisfaction among other demonic beasts.
One day, as they entered a certain water territory, a large crab with a pair of huge pincers appeared ahead, blocking the Flying Fish's path.
"Fellow Daoist ahead, state your name! Why do you intrude upon my territory?"
The Flying Fish moved closer and opened its large mouth to gesture. It seemed it couldn't swallow the crab in one go, and its large pincers appeared to be a bit prickly.
"And who are you? By what right do you claim this sea area as yours?"
"This sea area has been the territory of our crab family since ancient times."
Seeing both the Flying Fish and Xiao Fei, the large crab estimated that it could not defeat them and decided that reasoning was the better approach.
Otherwise, with its naturally aggressive nature, it would have already rushed forward and snapped the Flying Fish in half with its pincers.
"What if your entire crab family were to perish? Who would then claim this territory?"
"Impossible! Our crab family has many powerful members, and we are not to be trifled with!"
The large crab waved its pincers, its bravado tinged with apprehension.
"What do you want... Don't come any closer! If you come any closer, I'll pinch you to death!"
The large crab, brandishing its pincers, retreated repeatedly.
"I'm telling you, I'm very fierce!"
The Flying Fish had no intention of paying attention to the large crab. It simply wanted to swallow it whole. Such a Golden Core-level demonic beast would surely be delicious.
It had never tasted Golden Core-level seafood before.
However, this crab was also a resilient hero. Before the Flying Fish could get close, it pushed off the seabed with its hind legs, stirring up sand and stones.
The Flying Fish immediately lost sight of the crab, sensing several spiritual energies darting in different directions. It pursued them but found nothing.
When the sand and mud settled, the crab was nowhere to be seen!
The Flying Fish still needed to take Xiao Fei to find Huang Feifei and did not waste further time searching for the escaped crab.
After the Flying Fish had completely departed, the large crab extended a pair of eyes from a pile of mud. It scanned its surroundings for several minutes, its eyes almost cramping, before it finally determined that the danger had passed.
The large crab then emerged from the mud and quickly left the area, swimming towards the deeper parts of the ocean.
As a crab of only average strength, its ability to roam this sea area for an extended period was due to its protection.
The large crab's protector was a giant octopus residing in a deep-sea trench.
This octopus, at the early Nascent Soul stage, controlled a vast expanse of the surrounding sea. The various dominant sea creatures in these waters would send generous gifts to appease him during festivals.
Of course, he also provided protection for his subordinates when they encountered any trouble.
The moment the large crab found the giant octopus, it hugged the octopus's leg with all eight of its legs and wailed.
"Your Majesty! It was this fellow! He dared to disregard your existence! He even said that if you ever caught him, you would be made into barbecue."
As it spoke, the large crab produced a jade slip containing the image of the Flying Fish and Xiao Fei on its back.
"Outrageous!"
The giant octopus, regardless of whether the crab's words were true or false, felt that its authority had been challenged.
"Let me see... Huh?"
When the giant octopus saw the image of the Flying Fish, it froze!
"This is a Kunpeng!"