The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 1256 - 669: Reporting to Your Majesty, the East Sea Mission Is a Great Success
On the vast endless sea, the massive explosion almost scattered the dense clouds, and as the light from the explosion faded, the drizzle turned red.
On the sea surface, fragmented limbs floated, and Zhao Douan stood amidst the blood rain, silently raising his palm to grab.
Out of the seawater, the illusory and dim Dragon Essence broke out with a "bang," circled around him twice, and finally re-entered his Qi Sea, as if exhausted, quickly coiled up, and fell into a deep sleep.
Clearly, this time of "entering the game in person" took a significant toll on the Dragon Essence, and Zhao Douan’s aura began to decline, quickly returning to the stage of first entering the Half-step Celestial.
More amazingly, perhaps due to the corpse of a Celestial sinking to the seabed, it was deemed a form of ’sacrifice’ to some extent.
As a result, the majesty from the Sea God began to quickly retract towards the Silent Sea. Zhao Douan looked up and clearly saw the dense clouds in the distance dissipating, and the storm subsiding. The sea quickly regained its calm, and as the clouds parted, sunlight poured down, reminiscent of a scene after the storm stopped, restoring peace to the entire East Sea.
The Sea God has returned!
"Splash, splash—"
At that moment, Zhao Douan heard the sound of a ship breaking through the water behind him. He turned back and saw the familiar sailing ship, with Zhang Yan Yi, Ji Yue, and others aboard.
"My lord..." Seeing Zhao Douan unharmed, Ji Yue visibly breathed a sigh of relief, while the socially anxious female mage looked around cautiously: "Where’s Wu Xiankui? Did he escape?"
Zhao Douan walked across the sea, taking a few steps onto the deck. Only then did he snap back to reality, speaking in a complex tone: "He’s dead."
?!
Upon hearing this understated sentence, the Red Coral Island Master and others experienced a brief brain freeze, subsequently shivering as they looked at Zhao Douan in disbelief.
Qingshan Sect Leader, the only pure Celestial martial artist in the world today, who served as the actual ruler behind Thousand Islands, Wu Xiankui, just died like that?
At that moment, even Zhang Yan Yi was stunned, while the Old Heavenly Master’s Divine Thought swept over, quickly confirming Wu Xiankui’s death. Instantly, the Old Heavenly Master looked at Zhao Douan with a completely different gaze.
It was the gaze of finally considering him as a "peer."
As for Wu Xiankui’s death... to outsiders, it might seem too abrupt. But to insiders, it actually wasn’t surprising.
Wu Xiankui was already heavily injured with a severed arm, fought with Zhang Yan Yi for a while, then faced Zhao Douan’s no-holds-barred "self-destructive" attack of a Celestial level... coupled with the Sea God’s suppression... No matter how tough, he couldn’t withstand it.
It can be said that Wu Xiankui’s death was somewhat stifling.
An era-defining Grandmaster ended in such a way, which is lamentable.
However, with this, the enemies of Zhao Douan and the Empress from the Sealing Battle that day were mostly dealt with, leaving only Xuan Yin.
"It seems you’ve gained quite a bit in the Silent Sea," Zhang Yan Yi looked at Zhao Douan, amazed: "A Half-step Celestial at such an age, hasn’t emerged for hundreds of years."
Yet, still unable to break Zhenbao’s defense... Zhao Douan supplemented silently, then smiled: "I was surprised too."
Zhang Yan Yi asked: "And the ’key’..."
Zhao Douan laughed and patted his belly: "Got it successfully."
Indeed, the key hidden in the East Sea was the Dragon Essence. To be precise, it was part of the Dragon Essence left by Wu Xiankui back in the day, which Zhao Douan retrieved, thus acquired the ’key.’
The entire process had its ups and downs, but overall, it was relatively smooth.
In time, it was even faster than the Great Territory in the Southwest.
A huge weight lifted from Zhang Yan Yi’s heart, he was about to ask about the details in the Silent Sea.
Just then, the sea surface not far away exploded into several splashes, and then one head after another emerged from the water.
"Master!" The first head belonged to Li Wushang Dao, the "female demon," with a playful smile, followed by more than twenty female sorcerers.
"Master." Nearby, Tuoba Weizhi also surfaced, his hair dripping wet, sweeping his dark eyes across the sea surface. Upon seeing Zhao Douan, he visibly relaxed.
As for the last to float up, it was undeniably Jin Jian.
But Jin Jian’s emergence was laborious compared to the others, with her small head bobbing up and down in the sea, occasionally forced to swallow a mouthful of seawater, as if something heavy was dragging her down.
Zhang Yan Yi, upon seeing this, was momentarily stunned. Concerned for his disciple, he raised his hand to grab Jin Jian from afar.
"Splash, splash—"
As the seawater fell, everyone saw Jin Jian’s petite figure, clinging tightly to a massive cloth bag filled with "treasures" found by the young priest from the island.
Li Wushang Dao, seeing this, resignedly placed hands on her hips and spat: "If I hadn’t felt the Sea God returning and forcibly pulled my junior sister out, she’d have even tried to haul back the coral trees over there..."
Zhao Douan rubbed his forehead speechlessly, thinking, of course, it had to be you.
Zhang Yan Yi, his face darkened, tossed the treasure-obsessed Jin Jian onto the deck, tiredly pointing at her with a sigh.
Meanwhile, the Red Coral Island Master and others on the deck just recovered from the shock of Wu Xiankui’s death, and turned in surprise to look at the shivering magicians on the sea: "It’s you?! Weren’t you captured by that female demon?"
The magicians: "..."
"..." Li Wushang Dao, just having climbed onto the deck, turned and winked at the beautiful woman: "Do we have some misunderstanding? They all volunteered."
The Red Coral Island Master paused, then her expression collectively stiffened.
