Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

On the boiling sea, steel-toothed octopuses connected their tentacles together to build a floating island out of thin air.

The floating island grew larger and larger. When it reached a certain size, the remaining octopuses climbed up from the sea water and continued to stack up.

Zhao and Qian were originally three meters away from the water surface, but as the octopuses piled up, the distance kept shortening. The octopus in the center was only about ten meters away from them.

At the same time, a steel-toothed octopus the size of an elephant was quickly climbing up the floating island and heading straight for the two people hanging on the stalactites.

At this critical moment, Qian Xiaoyi didn't think twice and directly threw down ten fire talismans.

The scorching fireball fell into the school of octopuses, instantly making countless steel-toothed octopuses sizzle.

In a moment, the floating island fell apart and split into several pieces.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, there may be underground fire here. The power of my martial arts will be greatly increased." Qian Xiaoyi laughed and threw out a dozen talismans again, focusing on the areas where the steel-toothed octopuses were densely populated.

A round of indiscriminate bombardment once again set the octopus group on fire, causing them to squeak and scream, and the floating island, which had already taken shape, completely fell apart.

"There is always a way out. Fellow Daoist Qian, how many talismans do you have?" Zhao Rui asked with a smile.

“There are several hundred.”

“Okay! Fellow Daoist, you only need to hold on for half an hour. After I recover, we can fly away on the sword.” Zhao Rui used both hands to pull himself onto the flying sword and sat down cross-legged.

"Don't worry, Brother Zhao, just recover. I'll take care of everything." Qian Xiaoyi looked confident.

Half an hour later.

Zhao Rui, sitting upright on the flying sword, did not open his eyes, but continued to recover.

On the stalactite not far away, Qian Xiaoyi was holding a talisman in his hand and his brows couldn't help but frown.

Although those octopuses that built the floating island were broken up by him twice, from the third time onwards, after he threw out the talisman, they immediately released green light and prepared to repair their wounds in advance.

What's even more terrifying is that all the octopuses are becoming more and more tenacious. As long as they are not about to be burned to death, they will fight to the death. Once their recovery ability is exhausted, new steel-toothed octopuses will appear in the sea to replace them.

In this situation, although Qian Xiaoyi's fire talismans were extremely powerful, their effect was greatly reduced. He had used up fifty or sixty of them, but this third floating island still showed no signs of disintegrating. Instead, it became more and more stable.

"These damn beasts!" Qian Xiaoyi gritted his teeth and threw out the last forty talismans.

The moment the talisman was used, Qian Xiaoyi's face turned pale and he looked exhausted.

Although only a small amount of mana is needed to activate the talisman, it is worse for Qian Xiaoyi, whose mana is already exhausted.

The sky was filled with fireballs like rain, making a terrifying sound. Qian Xiaoyi was full of confidence, thinking that this time he would be able to make the steel-toothed octopus stay quiet for a while.

"Squeak...squeak..."

Whispers were heard everywhere, and the steel-toothed octopuses seemed to have received an order. They instantly loosened their entangled tentacles, rolled over and sank into the water.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After a series of explosions, the sea surface was suddenly engulfed in flames, but not even a single steel-toothed octopus was burned.

"What the hell..." Qian Xiaoyi was stunned.

After a while, the fire died down, and the octopuses hiding under the water became agitated again, gathering quickly like crazy.

In just a dozen or so breaths, a floating island was built again, and the elephant-sized octopus, with its tentacles dancing, headed straight for the center of the floating island.

At this critical moment, Qian Xiaoyi could no longer care about anything else and shouted loudly: "Daoyou Zhao, the enemy is rushing up."

Zhao Ruizhang was awakened from his meditation. After seeing the situation below, he immediately made a gesture to control his sword, pulled up Qian Xiaoyi and ran away.

A streak of light disappeared into the horizon and reflected in the small eyes of the steel-toothed octopus, causing the surrounding muscles to wriggle, projecting endless anger and unwillingness.

Two quarters of an hour later.

Zhao Rui and his companion stopped under a stalactite again.

This time, they were no longer as embarrassed as before. Instead, they dug two caves before sitting down to rest.

Qian Xiaoyi sat in the cave and said, "These beasts seem to be commanded by someone."

"That big guy should have the intelligence of an ordinary person." Zhao Rui said.

Qian Xiaoyi remained silent for a while before asking, "Are we free from this?"

Zhao Rui looked at the boundless sea and said, "This sea area should be its world. If we fall into the water, I'm afraid it will chase us madly."

Qian Xiaoyi had guessed this result in his heart, but he was unwilling to accept it and had to ask it. Zhao Rui told him the truth, which made him fall silent again.

An hour later.

Zhao Rui opened his eyes from meditation. At this moment, he felt refreshed and the sequelae in his body had been completely resolved.

He looked at the water below and said to himself, "It's really fast. It caught up so quickly."

Below, tentacles occasionally emerge from the gurgling bubbles. It is not difficult to imagine that before long, countless steel-toothed octopuses will begin building floating islands.

"Fellow Daoist Qian, it's time to go!" Zhao Rui shouted.

Qian Xiaoyi woke up from his meditation and saw the situation below. He looked bitter and resentful, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, fellow Taoist. Let's go!"

The two of them fled on their swords again, and the turbulent sea water soon returned to calm.

In this way, they flew for quarter of an hour and then rested for an hour. After three rounds, the air gradually became hot.

At the same time, the top of the cave gradually rose, about five or six feet away from the sea level.

They stepped on the flying sword again and had not been flying for long when the front suddenly became foggy.

"What is this?" Qian Xiaoyi asked in surprise.

"Why is there fog?" Zhao Rui was also full of questions.

The two flew into the vast white fog and immediately lost track of what was east and west.

However, the white fog seemed to have a limited range. After the two of them flew for a distance with their heads covered, they actually rushed out.

But before the two of them could be happy, an even more bizarre scene appeared in front of them.

Red, the whole world is dark red.

As far as the eye can see, both the dome and the sea water below reflect an eerie red light.

What caused all this was the endless lava ocean in the distance.

The magma rolled and the red waves flew. The lava ocean seemed to have its own tides, constantly beating against the black rocks.

Between the lava and the sea water is a strip of sandy beach of unknown length, with some tropical plants such as coconuts and palm trees growing sporadically on it.

"This place... is a bit like a hot pot!" Qian Xiaoyi murmured.

"Double-boiled hotpot, what is that?" Zhao Rui asked.

“A kind of hot pot.”

“Why haven’t I eaten it?”

"You only like spicy food, so the shabu-shabu pot is spicy on one side and not spicy on the other."

While the two were talking, Zhao Rui had already lowered the sword head and landed on the beach.

The soft sand relaxed the two's tense nerves. Qian Xiaoyi sat down on the ground and asked, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, did the news mention other ways to leave?"

"No!" Zhao Rui sighed, and then said: "Who could have predicted that this would happen."

"We finally got out of Yan State, and now we are trapped here. Isn't it a huge joke?" Qian Xiaoyi made a bitter face, grabbed a handful of sand and threw it into the distance.

Perhaps he was not happy, so he stood up, aimed at a dry coconut and kicked it away.

Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!

After four hits, the surrounding coconuts flew away like balls.

Three of them were completely dry and flew forward lightly without any force applied.

There was only one coconut with a green skin, rushing towards the black rocks in the distance like a cannonball.

Boom!

The green coconut exploded instantly after it hit the ground.

"Woof...Woof" Not long after the coconut exploded, two dog barkings were suddenly heard.

"Why is there a dog here?" Zhao and Qian looked at each other with astonishment on their faces.

"Wang! Wang!"

This time, the two heard it clearly, and hurriedly got up and ran towards the sound.

Soon, the two rushed onto the black rocks.

Not far away, where the coconuts were bursting, a red local dog lowered its head. When it saw the people coming, it immediately bared its fangs.

Zhao Rui was all smiles, as if he had met an old friend in a foreign land, and he went straight to the local dog.

When they got closer, Qian Xiaoyi picked up a piece of coconut, threw it forward gently, and said, "Good dog, here's something to eat. Take us to see your master."

The dog was not afraid of humans. After pretending to howl, it ran straight towards the coconut.

But it just licked it once, then jumped away with a look of disgust, baring its fangs again and looking at the two of them.

Zhao Rui frowned deeply, took out a yellow pill that could help with his cultivation, and threw it forward lightly.

Seeing this, the dog pretended to howl again and rushed towards the pill with his tongue sticking out.

This time, it licked it and swallowed it immediately.

After eating the pill, it stuck out its big tongue and licked the corner of its mouth again and again, as if savoring the delicious taste.

After a moment, the dog panted and walked up to the two of them, squatted on the ground, and wagged its tail.

With grey hair and cloudy eyes, although the dog is old, his whole body exudes the cultivation level of the fourth level of Qi training.

Qian Xiaoyi was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground, and he shouted, "Fuck, this dog has become a spirit!"