Myth Beyond Heaven

"Young Miss, you mean…?" Ren Haiyang's expression turned solemn.

Xu Yudie nodded gently and leaned back while closing her eyes. "Tell everyone. Do not talk about what happened today. Especially about them… Although they don't want us to repay them, this is what we can do for them."

"Understood." Ren Haiyang replied readily and went out.

***

In the cabin, Yun Lintian closed his eyes while stroking Linlin's fur, seemingly losing in his thought.

All of a sudden, Yun Lintian opened his eyes and looked in the east direction as he perceived a terrifying aura coming.

Mu Qiuxue was also the same. She stood up and walked to the deck immediately, followed by Yun Lintian.

In the far distance, a black figure flew toward the ship with a long black mist trailing behind. As he passed by, several fish and weak sea creatures' remains could be seen on the sea's surface. They seemed to suffocate by the dark energy of the black figure.

"The peak Monarch?" Yun Lintian muttered. If he guessed correctly, this person should be the one behind the wooden ship that he destroyed previously.

"What's going on, Seniors?" Xu Yudie hurriedly arrived on the deck and looked at the black figure. "This…"

The black figure stood in the air, looking at everyone on the deck, and finally paused on Yun Lintian. "You've interrupted my Master's plan." His voice was deep and cold. Nothing resembled a human's voice.

As he finished his sentence, the black mist behind him swayed and morphed into two giant hands, going straight toward Yun Lintian.

"Step back!" Yun Lintian shouted and floated into the air, skillfully avoiding the black hands' grasps.

Four fire swords appeared around Yun Lintian, and he quickly controlled them to attack the black figure.

The black figure didn't seem to bother Yun Lintian's fire swords. When the fire swords swung down, the black figure suddenly spread out like the black mist, causing the attack to ultimately failed to harm him.

Yun Lintian's eyes narrowed slightly. He flicked his wrist, and a small lightning bolt swiftly shot at the black figure.

Puff!

The lightning bolt was clearly struck on the black mist, but it eventually passed through in the next moment as though nothing had happened.

The black mist gathered together and formed into the black figure once again. At the same time, the pair of giant hands abruptly enlarged and enveloped Yun Lintian in all directions.

Yun Lintian wasn't panicking. He frowned deeply as he tried to figure out how to deal with it. In the next split second, an idea flashed across his mind, and he quickly invoked the Vermilion Bird's flame.

The giant hands that were about to imprison Yun Lintian immediately stopped midair and retreated as though they had met their nemesis.

Yun Lintian's eyes lit up. He didn't let this chance go and performed the Phoenix Palm.

Scree—

A beautiful virtual Vermilion Bird flew out of Yun Lintian's palm and went straight to the black figure while carrying the Vermilion Bird's flame.

A sense of crisis arose in the black figure's heart. He quickly dispersed himself into several tiny groups of black mist and hurriedly rushed out in all directions.

Seeing this, the virtual Vermilion Bird spread its wings, sending a rain of fire feathers to cover the separate black mists.

The feather storm directly struck against the black mists, causing them to shake violently. At the same time, all the black mists receded back desperately before returning to the original black figure.

The black figure was shocking and horrified as his body was swiftly and forcefully shoved away by the barrage of feathers. Within his ears rang the voice of Yun Lintian, which was incomparably cold.

"Where are you going?"

Yun Lintian reappeared behind the black figure, and both his hands were lit up with the Vermilion Bird's flames, forming into a ring of flames around the black figure.

Boom!

When the ring of flames burst out, the black figure was instantly engulfed by it. A shrill scream could be heard, and it didn't last long before completely vanishing along the black figure.

Yun Lintian spread his Spiritual Sense out and confirmed there was nothing left. He slowly flew back to the ship and landed on the deck.

Xu Yudie took a deep breath and said. "Thank you again, Senior. Otherwise, we would certainly die today."

Yun Lintian waved his hand and asked. "Do you have any idea about this? Also, is this the first time you encountered the bizarre ghost ship?"

Xu Yudie shook her head. "I had never encountered it before, but I heard about it. From the news I got, there are a lot of these kinds of ships wandering around the Endless Sea. I didn't expect to meet one myself… As for who and what they are, I really have no idea."

Yun Lintian touched his chin, pondering over this matter. The energy the black figure emitted was similar to Jue Kong's. There should be some connections between them. Perhaps this person was Jue Kong's subordinate in the past.

"Never mind. We will think about it later." Yun Lintian pushed it aside first since he didn't know where to start at the moment. He looked at Xu Yudie and said. "Next time you encounter it, try to burn their ship."

Xu Yudie nodded thoughtfully. "I understand."

Yun Lintian didn't bother further and walked into the cabin with Mu Qiuxue.

Xu Yudie thought for a moment and took a transmission jade out. "Second Uncle, please spread my words out. If anyone encounters the ghost ship, try your best to burn the ship down."

She put the transmission jade away and followed Yun Lintian into the cabin.

***

Somewhere in the deep sea, the skinny man opened his gloomy eyes and glanced in Yun Lintian's direction. "Life energy?… Could it be…."

A terrifying black light flashed through the man's eyes, causing the surrounding water to sway madly. A black skull appeared in his hand, and he patted at it while mumbling something as though he was chanting a scripture.

The next moment, a pair of horrible eyes appeared in a vacant space before him. This pair of eyes resembled a dragon's.

The man was thrilled when he saw this. He hurriedly knelt and said respectfully. "Welcome back, My Lord."

If Yun Lintian was here, he would undoubtedly recognize the owner of the eyes. It was no other than Jue Kong!