Welcome to Ability Store-Chapter 114 - 113: Enemies in the Sea

"Lord... I’ve been here before!" exclaimed Baron Milton, "Look at the castle over there... This is Le Havre! Just north of Paris City!"

"Lord above, we’re really home!"

"Long live the Divine Envoy!"

The members of the France Envoy Team embraced each other, overwhelmed with tears of joy. Although their journey to the East hadn’t taken too long, the miraculous travel and immense joy of returning home from a foreign land in an instant left them emotionally moved beyond words.

Even though they couldn’t understand what these foreigners were cheering about, the cultivators from the Immortal Alliance could sense their joy from their expressions.

It wasn’t until Joan appeared in front of them with a cavalry team.

"Divine Envoy, welcome. It seems the Teleportation Array is running successfully." She dismounted and saluted Chen Xuan by pressing her chest. Chen Xuan had already briefed her, and she only needed to recite the script.

"Let me introduce to everyone, this is the commander of the entire army of France, Holy Maiden Joan," said Chen Xuan.

The cultivators were greatly surprised!

A Kingdom’s army commander is actually a woman? Moreover, judging by her fully armored outfit, she is clearly not the type of strategist who sits in the rear but is a warrior who leads troops in combat.

Governor Xu Yuanqing, accustomed to grand scenes, maintained his poise and clasped his hands to Joan, "I am the Immortal Alliance Governor from the Eastern Central Plains Dynasty, and these fifteen are representatives of the Immortal Alliance envoy, assigned to address the issues faced by cultivators in the West. Those wearing jade tags are orthodox sect cultivators here to see firsthand how rampant the demon fiends are here."

The translator immediately began interpreting the languages for both parties.

At this moment, Chen Xuan had nothing else to do.

He walked to the side alone, took out his phone, and pressed the capture button toward the group of people talking.

This is undoubtedly a historic scene—a French army clad in full armor led by the renowned Holy Maiden Joan; on the other side, Eastern cultivators donned in silk and brocade robes, their leader not as famous as Joan, but after this event, the name Xu Yuanqing will surely become part of history.

As the two groups were engrossed in the conversation, a sudden urgent sound of horn blasts came from afar.

"Woo woo woo woo————————"

"This is a warning signal." Joan’s brows furrowed, "Governor, Divine Envoy, the enemy has arrived, please excuse me!"

With that, she turned and jumped onto her horse, leading her cavalry towards the main camp.

At the same time, everyone noticed unusual phenomena appearing on the previously calm sea surface, where many dark shadows emerged from underwater, like giant whales rising from the depths to the shallows. As they advanced swiftly, they caused the seawater on their backs to rise like rolling waves.

But soon everyone realized that these were not giant whales, but warships!

Masts pierced through the splashes and rose from the sea, resembling rapidly growing forests, followed by the bows and hulls... These water-breaking ships were entirely pitch-black, covered with shells and barnacles, as if soaked at the bottom of the sea for hundreds of years.

The cultivators were seeing ships capable of subaquatic navigation for the first time.

They didn’t need sails to maintain high speeds, and even as they approached the coast, they showed no intention of stopping.

A total of more than twenty warships charged directly onto the beach.

Chen Xuan finally saw the "demon fiat army" Joan had mentioned.

Not only did they come from the ships, but also from the sea... accompanied by the forced beaching of the black ships, a large number of monsters emerged from underwater and began advancing toward the land. These demons maintained the shapes of creatures but were larger and more imposing, like giant crabs whose pincers were as thick as a grown man’s arm, with shells seemingly capable of withstanding ordinary sword strikes.

And those enemies jumping off the ships were visibly different from the sea shrimps and crabs, resembling a half-human, half-demon species in shape, they held leadership positions in attack formations, likely leaders among these demon fiends.

"Amazing..." Xu Yuanqing exclaimed, "They are indeed demon fiends, and they exist in different levels... so many demon fiends gathering together without mutual slaughter, but acting like an army..."

His demeanor gradually became serious, then he looked at Chen Xuan, "Sect Leader Chen, you’re right, they indeed pose a great threat, if we leave them alone, sooner or later they will threaten the entire East."

"Has the Immortal Alliance never observed phenomena of demon fiend alliances before?" Chen Xuan asked.

"Not only the Immortal Alliance, since cultivators gained momentum, we haven’t discovered such a situation," Xu Yuanqing shook his head, "As for more ancient times, who knows. Legend says humans fought desperately to defeat demon fiends before settling on the most fertile lands of the Central Plains, while the demon fiends were driven to barren mountains and forests, never daring to show up again. But legends are just legends, fundamentally unfounded."

"Why?"

"It’s simple; demon fiends lack wisdom. They are beasts transformed after gaining spiritual Qi, granted strong bodies and sharp teeth and claws, some even capable of casting spells, but remain beasts in essence," Xu Yuanqing explained, "Take big bugs for example, a Cyan-forehead Tiger Demon refined into a spirit not only would kill villagers but also hunt weaker demon beasts to consume their spiritual Qi and enhance its own power."

Chen Xuan stroked his chin; he had consulted Liu Shuyue regarding knowledge about demon fiends. However, from her perspective, demon fiends seemed like something else: their powers defy ordinary understanding, not like spells, but more like the force of the Great Dao after directly communicating with the heavens and earth, such as the Anba causing droughts, Cyan Dragon Vortex affecting winds and causing thunder, or the Shadow Demon appearing only in dreams or hallucinations.

It seems that the demon fiends of the two worlds aren’t identical either... he mused.

If the Vortex appeared in this world, it would likely immediately trigger a bloody storm.

"No wisdom leads to mutual slaughter, plundering each other’s spiritual Qi... How did they unite now?" Someone from the cultivator team inquired.

"And the number of these demon fiends is astonishing! There might be thousands of them!"

This statement elicited unanimous agreement from everyone.

However, their expressions weren’t of fear but eager anticipation.

Usually, hunting demons requires determining the territory first, seeing if the demon belongs to the sector managed by one’s sect, such as Tiger, Fox, Wolf Demons, which often involve searching several mountain tops to possibly find two or three, most reside within the sect’s controlled Grotto Heavens, unlike the scene at hand with them everywhere!

Chen Xuan didn’t find the latter question particularly strange.

In contrast, the absence of monsters in deep mountains and forests while none in the sea struck him as unusual. In terms of species diversity and territory size, the sea far exceeded the land. Coupled with humans frequently expanding territories and exterminating various land animals, the likelihood of many demon fiends existing in the sea was higher, unless the spiritual Qi avoids the sea.

Now he had a confirmed answer: the sea doesn’t only house demon fiends, but their numbers are astounding.

As for the previous question... Chen Xuan felt the answer probably lies in those half-human-shaped commanding demon fiends.

After all, the environment of the sea is completely different from the land, phenomena unseen on the continent might still occur in the deep sea. If someone now told him demon fiends established an empire similar to humans at the seabed, he wouldn’t be too surprised.

It proves that constructing an organization of mutual support and reliance doesn’t always require all members to possess wisdom, only one or two wisely avoiding harm would suffice.

Like ants and bees.

Xu Yuanqing clearly reached the same thought, "If we can capture a few of those upper-level demon fiends hopping off the ships, perhaps we can uncover the reason behind their unification."

With that, he turned to face the sect cultivators, "I believe you all realize your purpose for being here, and the Immortal Alliance hopes you will break through yourselves in battles with demon fiends, making constant advancements to showcase the authority of our Immortal Alliance!"

"Attention!" Another Immortal Alliance official shouted.

All the cultivators clasped their fists simultaneously.

"The Immortal Alliance grants you the authority to fight demon fiends here—regardless of sect, background, or seniority, the demon fiends here have no allegiance, slay them without hesitation!"

"Yes!" They responded in unison and rushed toward the battlefield without hesitation.