Chapter 417 - Tusk Island

Chapter 417: Tusk Island
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The island ahead was about 3000 to 4000 miles away. Given that all those on the Void Traveller were experts with amazingly sharp vision, they could see the island in that distance clearly.

We’d better be careful. That island is giving off a compelling Fierce Qi, maybe some Grand Demon or Evil are hiding there. If it discovers us by accident and reckons that we are invading its territory, there will be another hard fight!
A monk of the Bigwheel Temple said in an anxious tone, as he stared at the distant island that was floating on the sea, shaped like a tusk of a Primordial Fierce Beast.

It’s better than landing in the sea. When we’re on shore, even if on an island, the methods we can use are much more plentiful than those we have when in the sea. Restraints upon us are much less, too. We have so many men and Pure Yang Celestial Devices, so how could we fear them!
Yu Nantian had been fighting back his fury for a long time, now he coldly contradicted the monk of the Bigwheel Temple with a tone full of rudeness. That monk had never be treated like that, but he knew it was not a good time to unleash his anger, so his face was of not a good color.
Having caught all this in his eyes, Zhou Bao found it funny and his mind gave a small jolt.
Nice, staying on an island is always better than in the air and in the sea. Let’s first get on the island and take a look!

Hearing Zhou Bao echoing his view, Yu Nantian nodded. Then, without asking anyone else for more opinions, he directly propelled the Void Traveller to fly towards that island in the sea.
This island was not large. It seemed to be more of a chain of volcanoes that stretched from the seabed to the sea surface than an island. Peaks of those volcanoes were like sharp tusks of Fierce Beasts, piercing right through the clouds while spraying dense grey smoke. The parts of those volcanoes revealing above the sea level were not big at all, but Zhou Bao knew that the rest that was hiding in the seawater shall at least be as sizable as the Misty Mountain of Jin or the Borderline Mountain. Perhaps it was even more vast and had more branches of mountain ranges.
It would also certainly have loads of marine Demonic Fire dwelling on the branches of those gigantic volcanoes in the sea.
The speed of the Void Traveller was several times slower than before. In the past, it would merely take a few seconds for it to travel thousands of miles. However, it flew for a whole hour before approaching that island.

Something might be wrong!

When they got increasingly close to that island, rich smells of sulfur ran into their nostrils and made them felt sick. However, in addition to those pungent smells of sulfur, wafts of extremely ferocious spirit brought even more fear to these experts on the Traveller.
Void Traveller continued to decelerate and finally came to a halt. Yu Nantian’s expression was also undecided. How could he not have sensed the dangerous spirit exuding from the island? No, he definitely could have. However, at this moment, he was all in for it. If he refused to take a rest and readjust the Void Traveller, it could never carry them flying across the vast Sea Area. Even if it scraped to achieve so, at such a slow speed, how many years would they have to fly?
The Void Traveller needed a secluded place to replenish the pneuma, and so did he. After all, flying like this with no shield or protection was truly too risky.
If they descended downright on the sea, that would amount to courting their own death.
It seemed that within a radius of thousands of miles from this area, only this island could serve a place for him to take a break. Thus, even if he saw huge evil beasts on the island, he would have to hurtle to it without hesitation, let alone face the ferocious atmosphere being emanated.
Thinking of this, he made up his mind. Patting on the gunwale of the Traveller, it started to function again, carrying them flying towards the unknown island.
The 16 men on the spaceboat all tensed up. They unbiddenly clenched their fists and gripped their weapons, ready for an upcoming combat.
As the spaceboat approached the island, grey smoke in the environment started getting denser. All the smoke was erupted out from that crater, which enveloped the entire island. Considering the smoke was thin, it was possible to catch a clear sight of the island from afar. However, when they draw nearer, they found out that the smoke was not easy to penetrate through. Soon after the Void Traveller approached the island, its surrounding golden light attracted lots of grey smoke, which firmly wrapped the golden light as if it had intelligence. No matter how hard Yu Nantian tried, he just could not get rid of it.

The smoke is not formed by nature!

Great Dark Lord Du said so with a cold face as if he sensed something fishy.
It looked like that the grey smoke shrouding the whole island was ejected from the peak of those tusk-shaped volcanoes. However, in actual fact, the grey smoke went under the control of a mysterious force after being shot out, which continuously hung above the island to form the first shield of this island.
If the Void Traveller had been in its full bloom, it would have removed the smoke effortlessly. However, unfortunately, the Void Traveller’s pneuma was significantly undermined, so it had already done a good job when it managed to protect the body of this space boat from being tainted by the grey smoke. Yet, it was indeed impossible for the Void Traveller to shake off the smoke.
Gradually, the entire Void Traveller was wrapped in smoke. If they let this be, they will not have a clear view of the road ahead.
At this moment, a monk from the Snow Mountain Great Wheel Temple stood up and walked to the gunwale. He raised his hands slightly and a jet of cyan light flashed out, flying at high speed. This light was pretty thin at first, but when it went outside the Void Traveller, it was swiftly enlarged, conjuring a small-scale whirlwind. Once this whirlwind appeared, it swept through the surrounding airflows and expanded itself. Finally, it grew into a tornado that enclosed the entire Void Traveller.
At the center of the tornado, the Void Traveller was still running stably. This tornado did not even impose any effect on it. However, shortly after that, all the grew smoke attached to the golden light of the Void Traveller was dispersed by the wind and vanished.
Light reappeared in front of the crowd.

Smart move, smart move!
Great Dark Lord Du applauded with admiration. Before his words faded, a booming voice sounded from the island,
Who is it? How dare you enter the Tusk Island!

The voice came thunderously, producing an invisible sound wave that sent the Void Traveller wabbling from side to side.

I am Yu Nantian, passing by your honorable land. Since we bumped into a storm on the sea earlier, we hope to rest for a day on your honorable land. Please grant us the favor!
Cupping his fists, Yu Nantian answered with a loud and clear voice.
Except for the monk from the Bigwheel Temple and two from the Dragon Thunder Palace, all the men on the Void Traveller scowled at this reply. Having frequently ventured in Jianghu, these men had already seen how the world worked. Thus, when they heard his stereotyped answer, they knew that he was a rookie who had just stepped into Jianghu.

Fck, what is the Divine Wind Palace thinking? They actually sent a rookie to do this job! What’s their real purpose?

Yu Nantian’s answer was too standardized as if it was made by a formula, and not very polite either. Hence, these words might be easily regarded as annoying and unpleasant.
Grant them a favor? How could that be allowed so easily?
This was someone else’s territory. Nevertheless, they had entered this area without permission and even destroyed the first layer of the other’s defense, which obviously damaged the other’s dignity. Accordingly, Yu Nantian should have given this reply before the monk of the Bigwheel Temple took action, rather than after that.
Sure enough, after hearing Yu Nantian’s words, the man on the island seemed ready to turn down on Yu Nantian’s request. All of a sudden, the smoke in the environment multiplied and condensed into a huge hand, making a fierce grab at the Void Traveller.

Great!
Seeing the impressive power of that huge hand, Yu Nantian’s expression altered and he quickly leaped into the air. His golden Gang Qi was flashing consecutively, which condensed into a huge fist and smashed at that huge hand made of smoke with a loud bang.

What a douche! This kid is really a rookie!
Zhou Bao’s brows furrowed harder. He knew that the smoke was intangible, even if he quashed the hand, the smoke would gather together again and form a new hand. All this would be a waste of breath if he failed to find who was manipulating the smoke.
If he could take this into consideration, then so would those guys who were experienced combaters be able to do the same. Even those golden-robed man of the Divine Wind Palace had thought of this. They exchanged a look with each other and saw the same worry in the other’s eyes. Then, five shots of golden light launched from the Void Traveller, heading for the Tusk Island, which meant that these five men were already determined to find the one behind the scene first.

It’s not that simple, is it?
Zhou Bao’s eyes revealed a trace of bizarreness.
A gale of wind rose up out of nowhere, and the five figures were instantly covered by endless smoke. Just when the five men were about to disappear behind the smoke, a blazing red light suddenly burst out and cut through the grey smoke.

Pure Yang Celestial Device!

Sensing fits of Yang Qi, Zhou Bao knew that the opposite side had activated a Pure Yang Celestial Device. On the other hand, Yu Nantian already drew the hand apart. However, the smoke soon started to swoop at him as if it had sprung alive. Yu Nantian was entangled by the smoke and could not break free from it for the moment.

What is this kid waiting for? Just use the celestial device! Or he would be suffocated to death!
Watching Yu Nantian struggling to fight off the smoke, Great Dark Lord Du asked in confusion.
Nobody answered him. Zhou Bao merely shrugged, then stepped to the left of the gunwale to carefully observe the surroundings. The quantity of grey smoke was getting increasingly larger, no way could they eliminate all of it. Apparently, the owner of this island had collected all smoke that erupted from those volcanoes for all those years. Only God knew how much smoke was there!
Moreover, most of the smoke, that was the tephra, had been refined into something that possessed high intelligence. Thus, it was not easy to deal with the smoke.

What do you think, Leopard? Go and give them a helping hand? Well, standing here and waiting is certainly not a good idea!
Great Dark Lord Du abruptly turned to Zhou Bao and asked him fondly.

Hehe, fine. The purpose of us coming to this island is not to fight with the island owner but to have a rest. No need to let this escalate to a throat-cutting fight.
Zhou Bao said, smiling. As he was speaking, several fierce snarls spread out from the island and a red light started flickering in the grey smoke. A violent power fluctuation reached the Void Traveller, which was mingled with an alarmingly aggressive Qi Power.

Gosh, we ran into a tough one!

Feeling this enormous Qi Power, even Great Dark Lord Du could not keep a placid face. He looked up at Zhou Bao and said,
With only my power, it is not enough to deter him!

Zhou Bao gave a nod and said impassively,
Then, I shall go with you!

At this point, Zhou Bao did not have to continue badgering with the opponent at all. He must display strong power to deter, to suppress the other side and render him scrupulous. Then, he would have a chance to negotiate. If he kept pestering the opponent like this, not only could it be unhelpful to solve the problem, but it might also arouse the opponent’s wrath.