“Baby, are you afraid?” Yin Sha nuzzled against Bai Sha. “Honestly, I’m not very afraid myself. I don’t know why, but whenever I’m close to you, I feel so safe.”
“Even though we’re clearly not safe, you feel safe?” Bai Sha couldn’t help but find it amusing.
“Feeling safe and being safe are two completely different things.” Yin Sha thought of a novel she had once read and mimicked the heroine’s line, saying, “What a girl wants is the feeling of safety, not safety itself. Even if it isn’t safe, having that feeling of safety is enough. Conversely, it might be very safe, but without that feeling, it’s entirely meaningless.”
Bai Sha was speechless.
At that moment, the light around them grew brighter still, because all the Demon Cultivators were being carried toward the sea’s surface. The sunlight piercing through the seawater became increasingly radiant.
“Boom!”
The seawater exploded as the giant black-mist hand burst out from the sea with all the Demon Cultivators in tow.
Beneath the dazzling, scorching sun lay the boundless, wave-tossed sea, sparkling with light. No matter which direction one looked, there was no shore in sight.
On this endless ocean, one massive black ship after another stretched across the horizon. Each black ship was so enormous that from a distance, one might even mistake them for islands.
These black ships were numerous beyond counting, stretching to the edges of sight.
Without a doubt, these great vessels were all Heavenly Devil Ships of the Heavenly Devil Palace.
Countless Heavenly Devil Ships anchored upon the sea’s surface—this was an utterly terrifying sight!
The many Demon Cultivators who had been dragged over stared at the scene unfolding on the sea, their eyes wide with shock and horror.
Why were there so many Heavenly Devil Ships here?
What was happening?
The unknown circumstances filled the Demon Cultivators with dread. They had the distinct feeling that some terrifying secret was now unfolding before their very eyes.
Only Bai Sha understood what was going on.
She said nothing more, merely patting Yin Sha.
At the same time, she looked toward the other end of the giant black-mist hand and finally saw the person who had cast it—the one who had pulled them out from the Undersea Palace.
He was a young man dressed in black attire, his face cold and stern. Ash-white long hair flew wildly in the wind, and his eyes held an unmistakable glint of madness.
He stood upon the deck of a Heavenly Devil Ship, a terrifying aura radiating from his body. Even the people of the Heavenly Devil Palace dared not approach him too closely, all keeping a certain distance.
He simply stood there, one hand extended, transforming into that black mist that reached to the depths of the sea, breaking through the Eerie and seizing the many Demon Cultivators.
What terrifying power was this?
An overwhelming sense of being utterly beyond reach surged straight toward them.
“Devil Son Di Tian,” the Star River Tortoise murmured, staring at the young man.
Hearing this, Bai Sha immediately asked, “You know who he is?”
The Star River Tortoise’s voice was somewhat hoarse as he replied, “His reputation has spread across the world. I’ve heard of him…”
He told Bai Sha and the other Demon Cultivators that within the Heavenly Devil Palace, there was one Devil Maiden and three Devil Sons. These four were the strongest Devil Cultivators directly under the Heavenly Devil Palace’s Palace Master. Though they held the status of disciples, their positions were no lower than those of the Heavenly Devil Palace’s many Elders.
Devil Empress Di Xuan controlled the Heavenly Devil Palace’s internal organization, the Di Society.
Devil Son Di Tian controlled the internal organization, the Heavenly Palace.
Devil Son Di Shen controlled the internal organization, the Divine Court.
Devil Son Di Wang controlled the internal organization, the Dynasty.
Compared to the Heavenly Devil Palace’s many Elders, whose names were known but faces rarely seen, the names of the Devil Maiden and Devil Sons carried far greater weight. They often appeared in various places throughout the Cultivation World, leaving behind all manner of terrifying deeds that left the world in awe and trembling.
This also explained why they could be brought out from the Eerie—because the one who had acted was Devil Son Di Tian.
When an existence like that made a move, of course something like this could be accomplished.
As the black mist retracted, all the Demon Cultivators were brought onto the Heavenly Devil Ship where Di Tian stood, landing with a series of thuds on the deck.
Bai Sha activated Water Sky Travel, pulled Yin Sha close, and descended slowly.
After landing on the deck, the many Demon Cultivators looked toward Devil Son Di Tian but said nothing. They didn’t dare to.
No one knew why Di Tian had seized them or what he intended to do.
Di Tian was also scrutinizing them.
There seemed to be an indelible madness lurking in his eyes, always giving people the feeling that he might suddenly erupt and do something irrational.
After observing for a moment, Di Tian turned to the numerous Devil Cultivators on the other side of the deck and said, “They are indeed infected with the Eerie. Take them away for research.”
“Yes, Lord Di Tian.”
Only then did the many Devil Cultivators step forward.
