112 Aquatic Soul Beast's Attack!

Sheng Feilong stopped for a moment to think about Tang Wulin's question himself. The latter didn't press on the matter and just waited for an answer, staring at Sheng Feilong with a serious expression. A few moments passed before Sheng Feilong's expression finally eased up.

He looked back at Tang Wulin. "I do. But not in a romantic way, yet; I don't know her well enough to say that. But I am interested in her as a person. And dancing with her really was a lot of fun. So no, I will not back down."

Tang Wulin nodded slowly but a bit of worry could be seen in his eyes. Sheng Feilong smiled, reassuring him that nothing bad will come of this and left the room. Out in the hallway, Sheng Feilong looked around and eyed Xie Xie's room. "..Should I just go over and knock?"

He stared at the door a moment longer before shrugging and walking over, then knocked on the door. He thought to himself to let this go slowly and see how it goes, when the door suddenly opened. Xie Xie looked out to see who it was but frowned for a moment when he saw Sheng Feilong. "What are you doing here?"

"Sorry, but I need to talk to you. Do you have a moment?" Sheng Feilong asked, ignoring Xie Xie frown. "What is it?" Sheng Feilong looked down the hallway before turning back to Xie Xie. "Let's talk inside?"

Xie Xie didn't say anything but opened the door further and went inside the room. Sheng Feilong closed the door behind himself and sat down on a chair while Xie Xie sat on the bed. Sheng Feilong looked at Xie Xie and spoke up first. "You've been avoiding me lately, haven't you?"

"Is that all? If yes, then you can leave again. I haven't been avoiding you. It's a coincidence." Xie Xie said with an annoyed expression. Sheng Feilong naturally didn't buy that excuse and pressed further. "It's not a coincidence and we both know that. If you have a problem with me, then just tell."

Xie Xie started to get irritated and just tried to wave Sheng Feilong off. "There's no problem; seriously what's wrong with you. You don't have to break you head over this." Sheng Feilong sighed lightly before looking at Xie Xie with a serious expression. "It's because of Yuanen Yehui, right?"

Hearing this, Xie Xie suddenly froze. His annoyed expression vanished and he stared at Sheng Feilong with a frown. Sheng Feilong just stared back and continued. "You've been like this ever since the banquet. And Wulin told me that you like Yuanen."

Both of them were silent for a moment. Xie Xie didn't answer Sheng Feilong but his looks got more frosty. Sheng Feilong continued to stare right at him, his voice still as calm as at the beginning. "Listen, I don't want a friendship to break because of something like that. I like Yuanen as well, but the choice is ultimately hers. If she chooses you, that's fine; I just want you to be able to say the same."

Both of them stared silently at each other again. Sheng Feilong was just about to say something else, when Xie Xie suddenly spoke up in a cold voice. "Get out of my room." Sheng Feilong closed his mouth, sighed again and just left the room. Xie Xie just quietly stared at the door for a long while; His mood to cultivate was ruined for today.

Sheng Feilong returned to his room as well. Unlike Xie Xie, he just ignored the confrontation from before and started cultivating as usual. It wasn't known if Tang Wulin knew what happened, but his mood was a bit weird the next day as well.

As usual, Xie Xie avoided Sheng Feilong as if he was the plague, but didn't say anything else. By now, everyone in their group had noticed the weird tension between Xie Xie and Sheng Feilong, but no one asked about it as it was mostly just Xie Xie throwing a fit.

The coming time flew by quietly. Sheng Feilong would cultivate normally, meet up with his friends from time to time to have a normal talk, while Xie Xie would ignore his existence and he sporadically went to She Meixiao to ask for pointers in his cultivation.

Like this, a bit over one and a half months passed since they boarded the ship. Just about a week longer and they will finally reach the Star Luo Continent. Sheng Feilong was currently cultivating in his room, consolidating his foundation. Using these one and a half months of time, he managed to break through and advance a single rank just yesterday; He was now a rank 53 Soul King!

Time passed quietly and by now Sheng Feilong was cultivating for about three hours. He slowly opened his eyes and smiled. 'Perfect, now I have complete control over my Soul Power again.' He stood up and stretched his back with a moan. "I should visit Master and tell her about this."

He walked over to the door, but when he reached out to grab the door's handle, a loud boom suddenly echoed through the ship and the room shook violently, nearly causing Sheng Feilong to fall. "What was that?!"

He grabbed the door's handle after regainning his balance and run out of the room. He looked to his right to see She Meixiao already walking into his direction with a frown. "Master, what's wrong? What was that booming sound?"

She Meixiao walked into his direction, looking at him as she walked past. "It seems like we're under attack. We have to go to the deck; Follow me." Sheng Feilong adhered her command and followed closely behind her. The whole ship suddenly shook again and when they reached the deck, the first thing they saw was the barrier surrounding the ship violently shaking.

Sheng Feilong looked around and saw that a lot of people were already on deck and staring at the ocean in front of them. At an unknown time, the whole azure blue ocean turned to a dark purple colour. In the distance, a huge, mountain-like shadow could be seen. Sheng Feilong couldn't make out its appearance, but the sheer size of that thing was already terrifying.

Suddenly, a blue light shot out from the direction of the shadow and violently crashed into the ship's barrier not even a second later. The whole ship shook again. Sheng Feilong managed to keep standing, but quite a few people fell to their knees. She Meixiao stared into the distance and muttered something, barely audible for even Sheng Feilong who stood next to her. "Deepsea Devil Whale King, Devilsoul Great White Shark King... Why are they attacking us?"

While She Meixiao was talking, another blue light pillar shot towards the barrier and a cold grunt came from Sheng Feilong's left. He only saw a red light pass him as a bulky, red haired old man suddenly stood in the air. The elder opened his hand and a red light suddenly shot toward the mass of water shot by the Deepsea Devil Whale King.

Both attacks annihilated each other and the red haired old man grunted once again and retreated to the deck. At the same time, everyone on the ship heard a deep thunderous voice in their heads. "Humans, you've taken the liberty of passing over our domain and killed my kin. Surrender the murderer to me or else I'll let all of you bury yourselves here!"

Sheng Feilong's body shook ever so slightly. This was a telepathic thought followed by an intense killing intent that came from the gigantic Deepsea Devil Whale King. Still, thanks to his Spirit Power, Sheng Feilong was able to shake the killing intent off without much effort.

Another figure suddenly appeared in mid-air and coldly spoke to the Soul Beast. "We're only passing through. We did not kill your clansmen. If you insist on not letting us pass, don't blame us for not being merciful. Do you think that with only two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, you can stop us? Among us humans, we were never short of those that would want a hundred-thousand-year soul ring."

Sheng Feilong saw Elder Cai from Shrek Academy stand in the air. Before he could react in shock, a deep, terrifying roar came from the Deepsea Devil Whale King. A water pillar five times thicker than the ones from before shot directly at Elder Cai at breakneck speed.

Elder Cai raised her hand in the air and the whole sky suddenly darkened. A bright silver moon appeared miles over everyone's head and a powerful pressure pressed down on the whole area. Nine Soul Rings suddenly appeared behind Elder Cai's back; Three purple, three black and even three red ones! The aura she radiated was the most powerful Sheng Feilong ever felt; Even stronger that Song Weihans by a huge margin! This was the strength of an elder of Shrek Academy!

The purple sea suddenly turned a darker shade, signaling the attack of the Soul Beasts, but four more figures suddenly stood in the air next to Elder Cai. All of them radiated the powerful pressure of Titled Douluo ranked experts, as well!

Sheng Feilong was shocked as he recognized one of the figures from the banquet; An old man with a square face and long black hair that hung down to his waist. His face twitched when he saw this man. Not one was he one of the people who was the most displeased about Sheng Feilong dancing with Yuanen Yehui, he was also someone who constantly stuck to She Meixiao during the banquet!

All of these powerful figures suddenly released a blinding light of different colours and Sheng Feilong's heart shook. This was the light that shone when someone activated their Battle Armour! All five of those Titled Douluo's activating their Battle Armours at the same time!

The most terrifying of these figures was naturally Elder Cai. With her cultivation in addition to her Battle armour, she could fight equally against rank 98 Hyper Douluos! The morale of the ship's passengers was high when they sa this, but another booming voice suddenly came from the horizon and with it, the sky in the distance turned bright blue. "Leave her to me."