Invincible Dad-Chapter 545 545 Escape from This Island_1
When Xu Wandao realized they were trapped, his face turned extremely grim.
To fight one against three makes an expert. One against ten, a prodigy. One against a hundred, a monster. But to fight one against ten thousand, regardless of life or death—that makes a hero, one destined to become a legend for the ages.
But what Xu Wandao was about to do was single-handedly take on hundreds of thousands of foes, including thirteen Sea Demons comparable to the peak of the Ninth Grade.
This Ninth Grade Great Martial Sect had never felt such despair. It wasn't that Xu Wandao feared death. He feared that the twenty-one future prodigies of his homeland would die here. He couldn't protect anyone, because he couldn't even protect himself.
Yet even so, Xu Wandao still positioned himself in front of Dongfang Duoduo and the other six youths, shielding them with his body. With an attitude resigned to death, his Boundary actually broke through to the late stage of the Ninth Grade at that very moment. His essence, energy, and spirit all soared to their peak. The Xu Wandao of this moment was, without a doubt, the strongest he had been in his entire life!
The Faceless Spider sensed the middle-aged man's breakthrough and was surprised by his remarkable talent. She wore the face of Dongfang Duoduo as she walked to the seashore, cupping her hands to scoop up a handful of seawater.
"The Lord most enjoys eating humans brimming with vitality, especially children," the Faceless Spider said with a smile, sizing up Dongfang Duoduo and the others.
"There's still some time before the Lord awakens. Shall we play a game? If you win, you may leave."
"Speak," Xu Wandao's voice was grim.
"I'll randomly release one hundred monsters onto the island. As long as the twenty-one children on the island can leave alive, they are free to go." The Faceless Spider stretched lazily and added lightly, "But if they are captured, they will have the great honor of becoming the Lord's food."
Though she had the appearance of a young girl who should have been full of youthful energy, she instead exuded a demonic aura.
Xu Wandao did not haggle. He was a smart man and knew that bargaining at a time like this was tantamount to seeking death. He also knew this was their only chance to escape.
Seeing Xu Wandao remain silent, the Faceless Spider clapped her hands. From the army of hundreds of thousands of Sea Demons surrounding the island, one hundred flew out from their ranks. The strongest was comparable to an Eighth Grade Martial Ancestor, while the weakest was at the peak of the Sixth Grade.
The one hundred Sea Demons crashed onto the island, unleashing terrifying shrieks in unison!
"What's that sound?"
Aside from Dongfang Duoduo's group, the disciples from the one party, three sects, and Nine Pavilions led by Deng Shu, as well as Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao on the other side of the island, all heard it. They all looked around warily.
Xu Wandao clenched his fists tightly. These one hundred Sea Demons are so powerful. How can these youths possibly escape?
He clenched his fists, feeling both self-reproach and sorrow. His voice carried across the island. "Danger! Flee this island at once!"
His words were few, but they made the expressions of the young disciples change drastically.
Dongfang Duoduo and the other seven Loose Cultivators returned to the island with sorrowful faces and quickly vanished into the jungle. They began to scatter and flee, each of them deathly pale. They had been the closest and could sense the power of those Sea Demons. It was enough to crush everyone on the island! Their only sliver of hope for survival was to split up; otherwise, they would all be annihilated.
Escape. Escape. Escape!
The group of seven Loose Cultivators scattered. The disciples of the one party, three sects, and Nine Pavilions were also in a panic, but their situation was still relatively orderly.
"What is this supposed to be?" one youth complained. "Some kind of surprise escape drill from the Martial Dao Association?"
"It's not a drill." The Dao Sect girl, Bai Yuan, frowned her lovely willow-leaf brows. "Senior Xu is always straightforward. Something must have gone wrong on the island. We need to split up and escape, now."
Deng Shu's eyes flickered. He said calmly, "No need to scatter. Follow me. I will get you out!"
"Senior Brother Deng is mighty!"
"Senior Brother Deng is a Seventh Grade Sword Sect! With his strength, he can definitely lead us to safety."
The disciples all voiced their praise.
Unease shrouded Bai Yuan's heart. She spoke solemnly, "Senior Brother Deng, have you thought this through? The twelve of us—"
Before she could finish, a series of thunderous booms echoed from the nearby woods. It was the sound of footsteps! The venomous snakes, centipedes, and other poisonous creatures that had been hiding around them all fled in terror, sensing an overwhelmingly terrifying aura.
Soon, the owners of the footsteps appeared in the view of these Sect Gate disciples: two gigantic sea turtles with shells on their backs. Though they were called sea turtles, their bodies were more human-like. Aside from their ferocious and terrifying heads, the limbs of these two Sea Demons had evolved to resemble those of a human. Their tails, however, remained. They were about ten meters long, as hard and frightening as steel cables.
Most notably, these two sea turtle monsters emanated a pressure that made one's heart tremble with fear. Even a prodigy like Deng Shu's expression changed slightly. "Comparable to the Eighth Grade!"
If there were only one, I'd have the confidence to fight. But two of them came at once, and they're Eighth Grade Sea Demons known for their incredible defense, at that…
Deng Shu no longer hesitated, bellowing, "Retreat!"
"Go, quickly!" Bai Yuan also cried out. She slapped a yellow talisman onto her calf, and her figure vanished from the spot like a bolt of lightning.
The other disciples from the various sects also used their Divine Skills to flee.
The two sea turtle monsters had long since awakened their spiritual intelligence. Though they couldn't speak human language, their giant heads twisted into a human-like, mocking sneer.
Escape? Where could a bunch of weaklings like you possibly run?!
With a command from their Divine Sense, the turtle shells they had refined for hundreds of years detached from their bodies, transforming into huge mountains that came crashing down. In an instant, they suppressed three Fifth Grade Realm disciples and one early Sixth Grade youth. No matter how the captives struggled or attacked, they couldn't leave even a scratch on the shells.
SWOOSH!
The sea turtle monster looked enormous, but its speed was incredible. It instantly appeared behind Deng Shu and slammed its palm down. This single palm strike turned dozens of nearby trees into dust. If it landed on a person, they would be crippled, if not killed. Deng Shu didn't dare to take the hit head-on. In his haste, he could only draw his sword to block.
BANG!
The sword shattered. Deng Shu flew back dozens of meters like a kite with a snapped string, crashing heavily to the ground and spitting out a large mouthful of blood. Although he was injured, he had used the momentum to put some distance between himself and the sea turtle monster.
"Senior Brother Deng, save me!"
If even a Seventh Grade Sword Sect could only flee so wretchedly, what hope was there for the disciples of lower Boundaries? Hunted by two Sea Demons comparable to Eighth Grade Martial Ancestors, they were like lambs to the slaughter, even if they were from the Cultivation Holy Lands. In just a few moments, seven of them were captured alive.
The remaining few disciples cried out for help in desperation, but Deng Shu fled without a single glance back.
Instead, it was Bai Yuan who turned back to rescue the remaining Sect Gate disciples. With the Godspeed Talisman on her leg, she should have been the first to escape. But she felt a sense of despair. Two massive mountains—the turtle shells—hung in the sky, imprisoning the captured disciples. She could only save one.
With a soft sigh, Bai Yuan slapped a Godspeed Talisman on a female disciple and they quickly departed.
The sea turtle monsters didn't pursue her. Instead, a cold smile touched their lips as avian Sea Demons flapped their wings in the sky above.
「On the other side of the island.」
Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao had also encountered several Sea Demons. Qian Xiao had cowered before venomous snakes, centipedes, and spiders. Yet when faced with the Sea Demons, whose only notable feature was their ugliness, he did not run. Instead, he charged forward with a powerful punch.
Chapter 545 545 Escape from This Island_1
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