I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

The Sea Clan elder at the bottom of the lake was so shocked that his eyeballs nearly burst out.

If anyone were familiar with this object, it would have to be the Sea Clan cultivators, for their ancestor had been hammered over by such a stick in the past, with no ability to resist whatsoever.

The Sea-Calming Divine Needle was a treasure of the Eastern Sea’s Aolai Country, always in the hands of the Vice Leader, well-known to everyone on the Immortal Spirit Continent. Why did Li Xiaobai have an identical one in his hand?

And judging by its aura and might, it was clearly not just a high-quality fake.

The golden phantom that appeared in the sky was unmistakably the ancestor monkey of Aolai Country. When fighting over the Immortal Spirit Qi in the past, it had seen the Eastern Sea’s Vice Leader use it once. Such a commanding presence could not possibly be replicated.

And now, to see an identical scene with the golden monkey’s aura even stronger than the Sea-Calming Divine Needle from the Eastern Sea!

“How is this possible, who exactly are you!”

The Sea Clan elder at the bottom of the lake instantly lost his composure as each item Li Xiaobai produced was beyond his understanding.

Moreover, if it were the Sea-Calming Divine Needle, it might actually be able to break through this spatial barrier.

“Heh heh, I am Li Xiaobai, watch how I shatter the skies!”

Li Xiaobai laughed heartily, feeling utterly triumphant. The System hadn’t deceived him — setting everything else aside, the special effect of the Sea-Calming Divine Needle alone was worth ten million top-grade Spirit Stones.

In the void, the faint golden phantom gradually solidified, converging into a giant golden monkey with a slender form and eyes that shot out divine light piercing the horizon, gazing into the void.

What had been an ordinary-looking little stick became a golden rod decorated with carved dragons and phoenixes in its hands, filled with divine brilliance.

Seemingly sensing the spatial barrier in front of it, the golden monkey appeared irritable. With a casual swing of the golden rod in its hands, the small world was instantly split in half, and through the crack, Li Xiaobai could clearly see the buildings of the Array Formation Sect.

The Sea-Calming Divine Needle was indeed ferocious — with a simple flick by the monkey, the small world was directly torn apart.

However, Li Xiaobai also had some doubts in his heart; he had initially thought the Sea-Calming Divine Needle would immediately unleash a skill, but looking at it now, the golden monkey clearly had some autonomous consciousness and did not immediately perform Shatter the Skies.

Was the Sea-Calming Divine Needle actually an intelligent product?

In the midst of these thoughts, the golden monkey, holding the rod, somersaulted outwards, turning into a streak of golden lightning shooting straight into the sky.

“Big boss, I’m off, see you around!”

Li Xiaobai didn’t dare to delay, following closely behind. It was easy to walk out of the small world with a tear opened up in it.

What he didn’t know was that at this moment, the Sea Clan monster at the bottom of the lake also revealed a strange smile.

“It’s been three hundred years, and finally, I shall see the sun again. The human cultivators are still as arrogant as ever, slightly manipulated and their actions controlled—this Li Xiaobai is interesting, he actually managed to break the spatial barrier.”

“There is a big secret in this child, the Sea-Calming Divine Needle on him, could he be a descendant of the Eastern Sea?”

“The priority is to restore strength first. It’s been three hundred years, this vengeance must be avenged! The human race must pay the price!”

In the deep darkness beneath the lake, a crimson tongue crept out, casually tearing up a golden talisman, whose runes and symbols dimmed in an instant.

A mass writhed faintly in the darkness, stirring up a wave, then twisted its form and vanished without a trace.

At the same time, above Central City.

The whole sky turned into a golden ocean, with flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder, hinting at the massive outline of a monkey head darting through the clouds.

In Central City, whether it was cultivators or common citizens, everyone was stunned at this moment.

What was that in the sky?

It seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and while they didn’t understand the situation with the golden monkey, they could feel that the figure in the void was letting out a faint aura that nearly drove them to collapse.

With such a cultivation level, this entity had become an existence beyond their reach.

“What’s that?”

“It seems to have shot up from the Array Formation Sect’s territory!”

“Could it be some kind of new Formation that the Array Formation Sect has developed?”

“Don’t be foolish. The golden figure up there is far more powerful than the Three Sects’ Sect Masters. Such a terrifying presence must be a peak powerhouse of the Mainland. If they were to strike at Central City, we’d probably all be dead!”

“We need to run!”

The cultivators were thrown into a panic, engaging in intense arguments.

The figure in the void made them feel the threat of death.

However, deep inside, the higher-ranking cultivators in the city were experiencing a storm of shock and awe.

Within the Three Sects, the various Sect Masters and leading figures were horror-stricken, their gazes fixated on the golden figure in the void.

Elixir Sect’s Sect Master, Zhong Daoquan, swallowed nervously, “If I’m not mistaken, that appears to be a monkey, right?”

“The mist of Aolai, the fragrance of fruit, with one strike of the Sea-Calming Divine Needle, myriads of demons bow!”

“This… This is the Sea-Calming Divine Needle, the Divine Artifact of Aolai Country. How could it appear here? Did the Eastern Sea’s Vice Leader send it?”

“Why would the people of the Eastern Sea suddenly attack? Stop talking, and quickly go summon the ancestors of all races!”

“If that monkey comes down, it will be a catastrophic disaster for us!”

The cultivators were terrified. Seated among them were influential figures, either Sect Masters or Elder-level leaders with cultivation levels and insights far above ordinary cultivators, who recognized the origin of the golden monkey head in the void at a glance.

Originally, they had all relied on the Three Sects, trying to seek justice for their Disciples and using this opportunity to pressure the Three Sects for benefits.

Unexpectantly, they witnessed such a scene, which was truly horrifying to hear.

“No, that golden light came from inside the Array Formation Sect. Zhen Tiannan, tell us the truth, what in the world is that!”

“I saw it too!”

Sharp-eyed cultivators quickly reacted and started interrogating fiercely.

“This Sect Master is clueless, why would the Sea-Calming Divine Needle appear in the Array Formation Sect?”

Zhen Tiannan was utterly dumbfounded. He too saw that the golden light had burst forth from within the Array Formation Sect, but the issue was that there was no such entity in their Sect! However, looking at where the golden light had surged into the sky, it seemed to originate from the direction of the altar.

He harbored a faint bad feeling in his heart. If it was as he feared, the issue had become very serious.

“Forget the useless talk, the imminent issue is that monkey. We need to understand what it wants to do. Go and urgently summon the ancestors of all the races to come out of seclusion. Only a being of the same level is worthy of negotiating with it; we are not qualified!”

“Hurry!”

All these formidable figures, who were usually imposing, were now thrown into chaos. They each soared away with their flight techniques, racing towards their respective sects.

Faced with a formidable enemy, the only thing they could think of was seeking their own ancestors; the situation was beyond their capacity to resolve. Only the appearance of their ancestors could stop it.

But at that moment, the fluffy golden figure in the void moved…