At the same time, a cold, sharp voice echoed, "Heh heh heh, Miss Xuan Na, this sea pearl was cultivated here by our Giant Whale City. You unauthorizedly killed our Giant Whale City's pearl-guarding sea beasts and then forcibly seized our Giant Whale City's priceless sea pearl. Do you still wish to return to Xuan Yue Island? I think it would be better for you to return to Giant Whale City with us first to explain this matter!"
As this voice reverberated, over a dozen cultivators with powerful Qi, all at the Core Formation realm, appeared. Furthermore, several terrifying sea monsters extended their ferocious heads from beneath the sea surface, raising them high and glaring menacingly.
"People from Giant Whale City!"
Xuan Na's expression instantly changed.
Giant Whale City, located to the west of the Xuan Yue Sea, had always coveted the cultivation paradise of Xuan Yue Island and the Sun Moon Spiritual Pool, making them sworn enemies of Xuan Yue Island.
Their appearance was definitely not a good omen!
Xuan Na retorted, "You are spouting nonsense. This sea pearl was clearly ownerless. I bought the intelligence at a high price, how did it become yours, Giant Whale City's? Moreover, the Xuan Yue Sea has always been within our Xuan Yue Island's sphere of influence. You intruded privately, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet, yet you're the one playing the victim! Retreat quickly, or when the experts of Xuan Yue Island arrive, not one of you will be able to leave."
"Heh heh, the people from your Xuan Yue Island probably won't be able to arrive anytime soon. Give up hope and obediently return to Giant Whale City with us."
A cultivator from Giant Whale City greedily stared at Xuan Na's perfect, alluring figure, licking his lips.
Truly a stunning beauty.
A sea bowl suddenly enlarged, dozens of golden artifact patterns flashing with potent radiance. As the sea bowl inverted and descended, it instantly enveloped this entire area, isolating it from the outside world.
Xuan Na's expression changed again!
At this point, if she still didn't understand that this was a trap, set to lure her here, then she would be a fool.
"You people from Giant Whale City are so despicable! You dare to set a trap for me! Aren't you afraid my father will lead the experts of Xuan Yue Island to attack your Giant Whale City!"
Xuan Na, far from being intimidated, her two heroic eyebrows shot up as she sternly rebuked them.
"Tsk tsk, the second young lady of Xuan Yue Island truly has great courage. Unfazed in the face of danger, she indeed possesses the demeanor of a noble family! However... we dare to make a move against you, so we are not afraid of retaliation from Xuan Yue Island. Guards... attack!"
At this person's command, waves of top-tier Martial Venerable auras erupted. Over a dozen peak Core Formation realm experts, coupled with a group of terrifying Core Formation realm demonic beasts, launched a ferocious assault. The people of Xuan Yue Island were immediately thrown into a precarious situation.
Xuan Na had initially thought it was a simple exploration, so she hadn't brought many experts and hadn't requested the island's top experts for protection. How could they withstand the onslaught from Giant Whale City?
In a short while, several Xuan Yue Island Core Formation realm Martial Venerable experts were killed, their blood staining the sea.
"Stop, quickly stop!"
Xuan Na watched as the Xuan Yue Island experts were killed one by one, her beautiful eyes widening, her teeth gritting, her chest heaving violently.
"Miss, don't worry about us, you hurry and leave!"
Those Xuan Yue Island experts desperately resisted the ferocious Giant Whale City cultivators and demonic beasts, while anxiously urging Xuan Na to escape.
"Heh heh, not a single one of you will leave!"
A Giant Whale City cultivator sneered, his Dharma power surging, his entire being stirring up terrifying waves. With a single palm strike, he smashed a late Core Formation realm Martial Venerable from Xuan Yue Island, splattering his brains.
From behind, a massive sea wolf demonic beast opened its bloody maw and swallowed the man whole.
Xuan Na gritted her teeth. She did indeed have a trump card she hadn't used, and if she used it, breaking through should not be a problem. However, all the other Xuan Yue Island experts would perish here.
Torn, Xuan Na's eyes revealed a resolute look. She reached out and grabbed a uniquely designed scepter, holding it in her hand.
Over sixty golden artifact patterns announced that this was an extremely rare and powerful Earth-grade low-tier spiritual artifact.
One end of the scepter was inlaid with a blazing sun, while the other end featured a crescent moon. Under the radiance of the sun and moon, the aura of laws unique to Golden Core realm Martial Lords permeated the air, making even the top Martial Venerable experts of Giant Whale City feel a deadly threat.
The leader of Giant Whale City's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing the scepter in Xuan Na's hand. He sneered, "The Island Lord of Xuan Yue Island truly dotes on you, his daughter. He is willing to give you such a powerful Earth-grade spiritual artifact as the Sun Moon Scepter for protection! However, today this spiritual artifact will benefit our Giant Whale City, heh heh."
Xuan Na's pretty face turned icy cold, and she said, "If you have the ability, come and take my Sun Moon Scepter!"
As her words fell, she held the Sun Moon Scepter and charged towards a top Martial Venerable from Giant Whale City. With a scepter strike, terrifying power poured out. The Giant Whale City cultivator attempted to resist, but he was smashed with his weapon and sent plummeting into the Xuan Yue Sea.
In an instant, under such terrifying power, the surface of the Xuan Yue Sea suddenly caved in!
And that Giant Whale City cultivator had been pulverized into dust.
"Miss is mighty!"
Those Xuan Yue Island experts were immediately filled with renewed morale.
"Hmph, did you think we hadn't accounted for this?"
The leader of Giant Whale City snorted coldly and stepped forward. A terrifying power of laws enveloped the entire space. The remaining experts of Xuan Yue Island and Xuan Na all revealed expressions of despair and horror.
Who could have imagined that Giant Whale City would dispatch a Golden Core realm Martial Lord expert to deal with her!
This leader from Giant Whale City reached out, and the boundless power of laws transformed into a colossal, terrifying whale beast. With a charge, Xuan Na desperately resisted with the Sun Moon Scepter in her hand, but she was still sent flying backward.
The leader of Giant Whale City was relentless. Under a series of attacks, Xuan Na was forced to retreat continuously. After all, she was only at the late Core Formation realm. Even with a powerful weapon like the Sun Moon Scepter, she could not contend head-on with a true Golden Core realm Martial Lord.
Boom!
Another terrifying blow landed. Xuan Na was sent flying out miserably, the Sun Moon Scepter in her hand also being shaken loose and snatched by the Giant Whale City leader from a distance.
"Heh heh, if you had decided from the start to break out on your own, you might have had a slim chance. Unfortunately, you were unwilling to abandon these people. Now, obediently return to Giant Whale City with me."
This Golden Core realm expert reached out and grabbed towards Xuan Na.
Under the shroud of his laws, Xuan Na's entire body's Dharma power was completely suppressed. She was unable to react, like an ordinary person with no strength to even tie a chicken, only able to watch as his hand drew closer and closer.
"Miss!"
"Miss!"
Those Xuan Yue Island experts were filled with anxiety.
Just as everyone was in despair.
Suddenly, a faint voice pierced through the blockade of the giant sea bowl, reaching everyone's ears.
"Scram."
As this voice fell, the expressions of all the Giant Whale City experts turned strange.
The Golden Core realm leader of Giant Whale City also stopped his hand with a grim expression, looking up at the sky.
"Who dares to meddle in Giant Whale City's affairs? Are you seeking death!"
He said coldly.
"What is Giant Whale City? Never heard of it."
A faint voice echoed, and a young, gray-haired figure mysteriously appeared within the sea bowl.
Behind him followed a somewhat roguish young master and a silver toad with an arrogant demeanor.