And so, Zou Feng kept releasing various Mixed Poisons into the seawater.

Although the sea race were riding atop demonic sharks, their lower halves were still submerged in the water. They were sure to fall for the trap.

However, Zou Feng didn’t know what kind of reaction the sea race would have to the Mixed Poison.

’The sea race aren’t human, after all. Their bodies are built differently. Plus, they’re all quite strong. They probably won’t just drop dead from the poison...’

Meanwhile, the goldfish leader scoffed when he heard Huo Qishan’s offer of compensation. "Fine. Since you want to talk compensation..."

"Leave the ship and the women. The rest of you can swim away!"

At these words, whatever faint hope Huo Qishan had been clinging to vanished completely.

"Are you really not going to give us any way out?"

The goldfish leader sneered. "When you Human Race Cultivators capture our people for your own amusement, do you ever give them a way out?"

He was telling the truth. After all, merchandise like "mermaids" fetched an exorbitant price in the Eastern Earth Immortal Realm.

But this merchandise wasn’t necessarily caught by Cultivators making special trips to the Fallen Immortal Sea; more often than not, other sea race members captured them for trade.

Just as the atmosphere grew so tense a fight could break out at any moment, a terribly inopportune sound suddenly erupted from behind the goldfish leader.

"PFFFT—"

Judging by that utterly awful sound, there was no need to even look. One of his underlings was unleashing the floodgates.

Naturally, all the sea race members whipped around to look, only to hear an even louder, catastrophic-sounding noise.

BOOM—

The massive boom was accompanied by a scream. The sea race member who had been in the middle of... relieving himself... was sent flying by the recoil, vanishing from the surface of the sea moments later.

Before the other sea race members could figure out what had just happened, the sound of another’s rear end bursting like a dam came from the crowd.

One after another, most of the hundred-plus sea race members were sent flying in every direction, blasted away by their own "biological jet propulsion."

Even those with the strength to clench their "dams" and prevent a breach found that the demonic sharks they were riding suddenly went berserk, thrashing and rolling about to throw their riders off.

The once-menacing sea race contingent instantly devolved into utter chaos.

After being stunned for a long moment, the goldfish leader finally realized what was happening.

The next moment, he quickly scooped up a handful of seawater, brought it to his mouth, and licked it.

’The taste is off!’

The sight of him insisting on tasting the seawater at a time like this nearly made Huo Qishan retch.

’How could it possibly taste right...’

"You... you dare use poison!?" The goldfish leader’s attention snapped back to Huo Qishan.

He then leaped high off his demonic shark, lunging menacingly toward Huo Qishan.

In that critical instant, a blast of Palm Force whistled through the air and slammed heavily into the goldfish leader.

Struck in mid-air, the goldfish leader, though uninjured, lost his momentum and was knocked back into the sea.

His power was equivalent to a Human Cultivator at the Dao Foundation Realm; he shouldn’t have been so easily thwarted.

Unfortunately, his head had suddenly grown heavy and dizzy just as he leaped. He had clearly been poisoned too, which was why he failed to dodge the Palm Force in time.

"Go!"

Seeing the poison take effect, Zou Feng had no intention of just treading water; he was already prepared to start reaping the lives of the sea race.

The Xiangrui immediately changed course, steering clear of the "poisoned sea" and speeding away.

The goldfish leader saw the Xiangrui escaping and wanted to give chase, but he was wary of Zou Feng blocking his path and didn’t dare to act rashly.

"You dare intercept a ship of the Human Race? Do you have no regard for the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect?" Zou Feng demanded in a low voice, his hands clasped behind his back.

’Whether it works or not, I’ll start by flaunting my background.’

As he spoke, a dragon of poisonous Evil Qi formed behind him, growing larger and larger as it roared incessantly.

’If an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple tried to use the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s name to intimidate these sea race pirates, it wouldn’t be very effective.’

’But for a prodigy of the Inner Sect, it’s a different story entirely.’

’A prodigy usually has powerful backers and could genuinely mobilize the strength of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect for a revenge expedition to the Fallen Immortal Sea.’

"Who... are you?"

The goldfish leader could tell that Zou Feng’s aura was overwhelming, far surpassing that of a typical Spiritual Energy Realm cultivator.

"Zou Feng, in service to Jiang Zhenchuan!"

’Killing the Reincarnated Sword Emperor was no small feat. It wouldn’t be surprising if news of it had reached the sea race.’

However, the goldfish leader didn’t recognize the name Jiang Zhenchuan, nor had he ever heard of Zou Feng.

But that didn’t stop him from concluding that Zou Feng truly had a powerful background and wasn’t just bluffing.

At this thought, the goldfish leader was already thinking of retreating.

After all, the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect only considered dealing with their kind to be troublesome and not worth the effort; it didn’t mean they were truly helpless against them.

In fact, the Dragon Maiden Princess from one of the largest tribes in the Fallen Immortal Sea had been married off to a high-ranking member of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, which was the only reason her tribe had avoided annihilation.

Furthermore, based on their brief exchange, the goldfish leader wasn’t confident he could take down Zou Feng. With his subordinates still suffering from explosive diarrhea, they were in no position to form an encirclement.

Just as the goldfish leader was hesitating whether to attack, a dragon of poisonous Evil Qi suddenly shot out of the water beneath him.

Caught completely off guard, the goldfish leader cried out in alarm, his defense clumsy and desperate.

He couldn’t help it. He had never expected Zou Feng to attack first. ’I thought he was just trying to scare me off with the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s name...’

At the same time, Zou Feng waved his right hand, and the dragon of poisonous Evil Qi behind him charged forward as well.