The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 260: Big Lonely Island and Small Lonely Island

Under the suggestion of Leng Yan, the navigator, the Shenlong turned its course towards the nearest island, a place called Big Lonely Island.

Through Leng Yan's explanation, Long Xuan had already gained some understanding of Big Lonely Island.

Big Lonely Island is a large island inhabited by many humans. Not only does it have a vast number of mortals, but there are also several Gu cultivator clans. Due to its proximity to the sea, every Gu clan on the island possesses advanced shipbuilding techniques.

Beside Big Lonely Island is another, smaller island called Small Lonely Island. Though smaller in size and with weaker Gu cultivation forces than Big Lonely Island, the two islands maintain a peaceful relationship.

The two islands are very close to each other, with fast ships able to travel between them in just a day. As a result, the two islands have formed an alliance.

Together, the Gu cultivation forces of both islands are so formidable that even the notorious Black Dragon Pirate Crew dares not raid them.

One can imagine how powerful the forces of these islands must be to rival the Black Dragon Pirates.

If Leng Yan hadn’t predicted the impending arrival of a Heavenly Wind, Long Xuan would not have considered fleeing to Big Lonely Island.

The Gu cultivation forces on the island are just too strong; there are many Gu Kings. Heading to such a place, full of powerful figures, makes him feel insecure.

But with the impending Heavenly Wind, nothing is more dangerous than that, so he had no choice but to press forward…

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Half a month later.

The Shenlong was already close to Big Lonely Island, and through the Eye of Heavenly Secrets, Long Xuan could vaguely make out the island's silhouette.

The Heavenly Wind was about to strike, and it wasn’t just their ship heading to Big Lonely Island to seek refuge. Long Xuan could see ship after ship also making its way to the island.

It seemed as though all ships in the surrounding seas were heading toward Big Lonely Island. Through the Eye of Heavenly Secrets, Long Xuan could see that the shores of Big Lonely Island were now packed with ships, and the harbors were completely full.

“When the Heavenly Wind arrives, who knows how many Gu cultivators will pour into Big Lonely Island,” Long Xuan thought. “The island will be a mix of both good and bad characters.” As yet another giant ship sailed past in front of them, Long Xuan pondered.

Since ships were frequently passing by, Long Xuan didn’t dare push the Shenlong to its abnormal speed, lest he attract unwanted attention.

At that moment, Long Xuan faintly heard what sounded like ghostly wailing in his ears, causing him to frown.

Then, the sea began to shake violently, as if an earthquake was happening, unsettling everyone on board.

Just as Long Xuan was about to ask what was going on, Leng Yan's unladylike shriek rang out: "It's a Black Ghost Whirlwind! Run! Don’t hold back! People are going to die!"

"What?" Long Xuan was startled and instinctively looked back.

At the limit of his Eye of Heavenly Secrets' range, Long Xuan was utterly shocked.

In the far distance, a black whirlwind roared. Under its gale, the sea was whipped into a colossal tsunami, towering hundreds of meters high, blotting out the sky and the sun. This massive wall of water was surging forward with terrifying speed. ???öB??

Fish were occasionally tossed out of the water, but before they could even fall back down, the black whirlwind shredded them into pieces, turning them into a mist of blood that drifted away with the wind.

Along with the fish, ships that hadn’t moved fast enough were also caught up in the wave. Before the people on board could scream for long, the entire crew was torn apart, their bodies shredded into countless pieces by what seemed like invisible blades in the wind.

Ahead of the giant wall of water, several other ships were desperately fleeing, their passengers' faces showing terror and growing despair.

How could a ship possibly outrun the wind? These ships were quickly overtaken by the black gale. The passengers screamed, and in an instant, they exploded into blood mist, the ships being reduced to splinters by the violent wind.

Even the birds in the sky were not spared. Under the sweep of the black wind, they too exploded into blood mist, utterly annihilated.

At this moment, every living being covered by the black wind was blown into fragments, without exception. All life in this area was being wiped out in what could only be described as a mass extinction event.

The scene in Long Xuan's vision was utterly terrifying, like the end of the world.

"Shit!" Long Xuan cursed, panicked, and immediately activated every propulsion system on the Shenlong.

He no longer cared if the crew could handle such speeds; all he wanted was for the Shenlong to reach Big Lonely Island as fast as possible.

With the power of twenty engines, the Shenlong instantly became a streaking blur, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.

The sea behind them was split into a deep trench, which took a long time to close back up.

However, even at this speed, the black whirlwind continued to close in at an alarming rate. The distance between the Shenlong and the black wind quickly shrank from one hundred miles to ninety, then eighty, then seventy…

One ship after another was overtaken by the Shenlong and left far behind. Every ship left behind was devoured by the black wind, its passengers and the ship itself being shredded to pieces.

As the ghostly wailing grew louder and louder by the second, everyone aboard the Shenlong Ship turned pale, clenching their fists tightly.

The Black Ghost Whirlwind was named "Ghost Wind" because the sound it made was akin to ghosts wailing, a sound that was incredibly terrifying.

As the wailing intensified, it signified that the Black Ghost Whirlwind was getting closer and closer to them.

This was the sound of death itself—Death was drawing near, beckoning you forward.

"Faster! Faster!"

Long Xuan cursed, beads of sweat forming on his forehead, his heart gripped with fear.

Every so often, he glanced behind them, noticing that the Black Wind had closed the distance between them and the Shenlong Ship significantly. His face grew more and more grim.

In a hurry, he took out the Ice-Fire hut from his Gu bag.

At this point, he had already made up his mind: if the Shenlong Ship couldn’t make it to the Big lonely Island in time, he would immediately hide in the Sou Gu hut and teleport away.

Finally, the Big lonely Island appeared in everyone's sight. As the distance closed, the island grew larger in their field of vision, filling everyone with wild joy.

The Shenlong Ship was incredibly fast; when they could see the Big lonely Island with the naked eye, it would only be a matter of moments before the ship reached it.

Just as the Shenlong Ship was about to collide with the Big Island, Long Xuan didn’t slow down at all, still charging at full speed toward the island.

At this moment, how could he afford to slow down?

Finally, just as the Black Wind was about to touch the tail of the Shenlong Ship, it shot onto the beach of the Great Island.

As the Black Wind was about to reach the ship, it suddenly veered off course, splitting and sweeping sideways.

Would you believe a wind that could make sharp turns?

As Leng Yan had said, the Black Ghost Whirlwind doesn’t touch the island.

Thanks to the peculiar behavior of the Black Ghost Whirlwind, everyone on board narrowly escaped a deadly crisis.

The Shenlong Ship couldn’t brake in time, and after leaving the water, it continued charging across the ground at high speed, carving a long trench as it scraped along the surface, before finally crashing deep into the island and slamming heavily into a mountain wall.

Only then did the Shenlong Ship finally come to a stop.

The crew members on the ship, already suffering from physical overload due to the rapid motion, were on the verge of collapse. After the violent impact, they could no longer withstand it, spitting blood and suffering severe injuries.

Only the thick-skinned, tough captain remained unharmed.

But at this moment, even he grimaced with pain as he examined the severely damaged ship.

The Shenlong Ship had already sustained heavy damage in the Death Sea, and now it was damaged again. It looked like repairs would have to be done on the island, which would incur a hefty cost.

This accident was unavoidable. To be fair, his ship did have an anti-gravity system and could fly. But when airborne, the ship couldn’t use its paddle propulsion system, nor its sea propulsion system, meaning half the power was unusable. Combined with the ship’s heavy frame, its flight speed was far too slow. He had no choice but to use this risky method, even if it damaged the ship, to rush ashore.

Reflecting on the danger they had just escaped, Long Xuan felt a lingering sense of fear—it had been so close, just a hair's breadth away.

Their escape had truly been at the absolute limit; had they been even a moment slower, everyone on board would have perished.

He couldn’t help but appreciate his wise decision before setting sail. Fortunately, knowing his lack of maritime experience, he had hired a crew of seasoned sailors.

Otherwise, if he had recklessly ventured to sea alone, he would have been doomed.

Not to mention the other dangers, the Heavenly Wind alone would have been enough to kill them. Without Leng Yan, their skilled navigator, he would never have known when the Heavenly Wind would strike.

The power of the Heavenly Wind was beyond reason—it could easily blow even a Gu King to death. As much as he prided himself on his invincible defenses, he had no confidence he could survive in the face of that wind.

Once again, Long Xuan felt the deadly peril of the ocean.

He sighed. They hadn’t even reached the Endless Sea yet, and the Shenlong Ship had already taken severe damage. A lesser vessel would have sunk by now. He wondered how many more injuries the Shenlong Ship would sustain on the journey ahead, and whether it could hold out until they reached the Endless Sea.

But compared to those ships that had been swallowed by the Black Ghost Whirlwind, the Shenlong Ship was undoubtedly fortunate.

Thinking back to the fate of the ships he had left behind, Long Xuan felt a wave of pity and no longer minded the damage.

It didn’t matter—he had already planned to use materials from the Nine-floor Treasure Ship to upgrade the Shenlong Ship. Whether he repaired it now or later, it made no difference. He might as well take this opportunity to enhance the ship and perhaps expand it a bit.

With the multi-skilled Di Xin around, it wouldn’t take long to complete the upgrades. That thought reassured Long Xuan.

At this moment, more than half the crew lay sprawled on the ground, many of them badly injured.

Leng Yan, his face pale, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and sighed, "This wasn’t my mistake. For some reason, the Heavenly Wind’s appearance was completely irregular this time. It arrived earlier than expected."

"The ships we left behind were caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the Heavenly Wind, and they were all shattered to pieces."

"Those people are doomed. Just counting the ships behind us, at least dozens were blown to pieces. Who knows how many more ships were lost elsewhere? The number is probably unimaginable."

"The erratic Black Ghost Whirlwind caused devastating losses this time. Countless Gu cultivators and Gu Kings will perish in this disaster, and the nearby forces have suffered catastrophic losses!"

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