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Chapter 645: Dark Turbid Sea Water, Void Inferno Wind, Where is that Giant Oversea Demon Serpent?
Chapter 645: Dark Turbid Sea Water, Void Inferno Wind, Where is that Giant Oversea Demon Serpent?
"Is this the Sinking Sea?"
In the dark and gloomy sea, a lone figure walked slowly.
The person exuded a complex demonic aura, and if one with weak divine soul perception were to glance at him, they would undoubtedly mistake him for a low-level demonic beast.
This person was none other than Luo Chen.
Using the concealment technique he had learned, he borrowed the auras of several demonic beasts as a disguise, allowing him to pass through the surveillance of the outer demonic beasts unhindered and enter the Sinking Sea.
As soon as he entered, he noticed something amiss.
The magical power shield surrounding him, which isolated the seawater, was dissolving at a rate three to four times faster than usual.
Moreover, the deeper he ventured into the Sinking Sea, the faster the dissolution occurred, forcing him to continuously supply magical power to maintain the shield.
This situation was bizarre, but it was something Luo Chen had anticipated.
As the most notorious danger among the many perils of the Northern Sea, the taboo of the Sinking Sea had long been known for years.
The most famous and most harmful to cultivators was the "Dark Turbid Sea Water."
Within the Dark Turbid Sea Water, a cultivator's body would be subjected to extreme corrosion, and only by maintaining a shield to isolate the inside from the outside could this corrosion be avoided.
However, the Dark Turbid Sea Water also had a strong corrosive effect on the shield!
Therefore, to move within the Sinking Sea, cultivators must constantly maintain their shields and pay attention to the remnants of their magical power and spiritual energy, lest they find themselves halfway through with little power left and end up perishing in the Sinking Sea.
Such powerful seawater would undoubtedly be an exceptional material in the cultivation world.
In fact, over the years, many people had indeed set their sights on the Dark Turbid Sea Water of the Sinking Sea, repeatedly attempting to transport it out.
However, no matter what secret techniques or storage artifacts they used, once the Dark Turbid Sea Water left the Sinking Sea, it would mysteriously lose its corrosive properties and turn into ordinary seawater.
Some speculated that the corrosive nature of the Dark Turbid Sea Water was not an inherent characteristic but was instead formed by the unique geographical environment of the Sinking Sea or perhaps a large array set up by someone within. Others even conjectured that the Sinking Sea was formed from the primordial waters of the heavens and earth.
Luo Chen, however, had not delved deeply into these theories. His purpose for this trip was merely to find the Oversea Demon Serpent.
As he moved forward, Luo Chen occasionally glanced up at the sky.
Given the danger of the Sinking Sea's water, why not choose to fly over it from above?
There was an answer to this question as well.
The sky was naturally even more dangerous, which was why cultivators were forced to choose the relatively safer path through the sea.
But what was the danger in the sky?
Luo Chen halted his steps, his eyes filled with a profound spiritual light, staring intently at the sky.
An ignorant seabird, lacking in demonic energy and not even a low-grade demonic beast, flew over the Sinking Sea at that moment.
After flying for several miles, the seabird remained unharmed, as if the ground beneath it was not the Sinking Sea that terrified mortals but an ordinary sea.
Suddenly!
The seabird plummeted from the sky, falling into the seawater, its feathers and flesh corroded away in an instant, becoming part of the sea's nourishment.
Throughout the process, no one was seen attacking, nor did any special phenomenon occur.
But Luo Chen knew why the seabird had died.
"Void Inferno Wind!"
Luo Chen's eyebrows furrowed as he uttered these four words.
This was the reason why millions of cultivators in the Northern Sea dared not fly across the Sinking Sea.
They didn't know why, nor did they know what was attacking them.
Luo Chen hadn't known either, but after meeting Ding Yi, he had told him what had attacked the seabird.
It was a bizarre "wind"!
It was formless, soundless, and invisible, appearing without any pattern. The power of this wind was unpredictable, affecting beings from the mundane to the Nascent Soul stage.
Once swept by this wind, a creature's soul would ignite like fire, plunging into extreme chaos and losing control of its body, ultimately sinking into the seawater.
This intelligence came from Ding Yi, who had obtained it from a disciple of the Demon Origin Sect.
According to rumors, the Demon Origin Sect had invested significant effort into researching these characteristics and, with a massive allocation of manpower and resources, slowly uncovered some patterns of the "Void Inferno Wind."
This wind was most powerful in the air!
In seawater, it was weakest, with the outer regions having the least occurrences and the deepest parts having the highest frequency of the Void Inferno Wind.
Finally, there was also a corresponding method to counter this wind.
That countermeasure was a treasure imbued with the bloodline of the Mystic Turtle.
According to the Demon Origin Sect's research, this wind was likely formed from the remains of numerous Mystic Turtles that had perished in the Sinking Sea, so treasures with the Mystic Turtle bloodline could effectively resist it after being weakened by seawater.
"Although I have the Mystic Dust Armor, I'm not prepared to face this wind yet. This time, I won't venture into the inner regions of the Sinking Sea; I'll just wander around the outskirts."
Luo Chen, still shaken, retracted his gaze and maintained his magical power output, swimming forward.
...
Even in the water, where he was not as adept, Luo Chen moved swiftly due to his speed.
After about half an hour, his figure appeared in a dimly lit area.
This place was over a thousand feet deep!
The powerful water pressure seemed to crush a person into powder.
Confident in his robust physique, Luo Chen felt nothing, except for a slight sense of astonishment at the rate of magical power consumption.
If he were to enter the Sinking Sea with Ding Yi and the Cloud Piercing Cave Master, the first thing they would need to do is refine a large quantity of pills to replenish their magical power.
Otherwise, this constant magical power consumption alone would be enough to deplete the entire power of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.
Luo Chen's divine perception spread out, searching for the presence of the Oversea Demon Serpent.
According to the demon clan's troop distribution map, ordinary first and second-stage demon beasts were all stationed outside the Sinking Sea, and even ordinary third-stage demon kings were only positioned along the dividing line. Only a few powerful demon kings would venture alone into the Sinking Sea.
This unusual solitary behavior naturally aroused curiosity.
After all, to guard the Sinking Sea and prevent humans from encroaching, the demons should have united their forces to maximize their strength instead of separating based on individual power.
Many wandering cultivators from the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly couldn't understand this.
However, Luo Chen had a different speculation.
"Could this deep-sea hill also become one of the entrances to the ancient cultivator's ruins in the future?"
He muttered to himself.
According to his speculation, the demons stationed in the Sinking Sea were aiming to occupy the ancient cultivator's ruins.
Since this was their goal, there was no need to guard the vast Sinking Sea; they only needed to guard the corresponding entrances to the ruins.
The demons in the North Polar Nightmara Heaven had obtained the Demon Origin Sect's research on the Sinking Sea, so it was highly likely that they had found the corresponding entrances to the ruins. Therefore, arranging powerful demon kings to guard the relevant areas was the most logical move.
But at this moment, as Luo Chen's divine perception scanned the area, he didn't sense anything peculiar about the deep-sea hill.
The only anomaly was that his divine perception seemed to be suppressed by something invisible, limiting his usually vast divine perception to only a few miles.
A hundredfold weakening! In other words, if an ordinary Golden Core cultivator with a mediocre spiritual foundation were to come here, they might not even be able to explore this small area.
"Is the Oversea Demon Serpent not here?"
Luo Chen muttered, and his figure began to move rapidly.
Finally, his footsteps stopped above a seabed resembling a water basin.
In his sight, a massive creature was coiled up in the basin, unmoving.
"So, you're here!"
Luo Chen smiled slightly and released his breath-concealing technique.
As his aura spread out, the sea serpent slowly opened its lantern-like eyes, and its two blue vertical pupils fixed on Luo Chen.
Rustling...
The mountain-like body began to disintegrate, revealing a long and slender form with four claws crawling on the ground and sturdy dragon horns standing tall toward the sky.
A long exhale accompanied the sea serpent's opening of its mouth, splashing up numerous rocks and white bones in the sea.
"Human, are you provoking this dragon?"
Luo Chen took a deep breath and, instead of replying politely, pinched a spiritual technique on his lower abdomen.
As he executed this technique, it seemed as if some restriction had been lifted.
In an instant!
A shocking amount of magical power surged out of Luo Chen's body.
At that moment, a volcano erupted at the bottom of the Sinking Sea!
"Seeking death!"
The Oversea Demon Serpent roared, and its massive body coiled and charged toward Luo Chen.
Not only that, but during this process, the surrounding dark and turbid seawater also surged from all directions in response to its movement.
Seeing this, Luo Chen's pupils constricted, but a flash of determination appeared in his eyes. He wielded the Flame Hammer, and instead of retreating, he advanced toward the Oversea Demon Serpent.
Within a hundred zhang radius around him, crimson magical power rose like flames, forming a fiery prison.
The next moment, the two clashed like heavenly thunder and earthly fire.
...
About an incense stick's worth of time later.
A figure slowly emerged from the smoke and dust.
In his hand, he held a broken hammer, and on his body was a black armor with intricate patterns, with a few edges slightly scorched yellow.
"Huff!"
Luo Chen exhaled a turbid breath and examined the nearly damaged Flame Hammer, frowning slightly.
He turned around and waved his wide sleeves, dispersing the smoke and dust that filled the seabed.
A corpse of a dragon-like creature, as if cooked, lay quietly, emitting an enticing meat fragrance.
Luo Chen put away his treasure and extended his left hand toward the dragon corpse.
On his five fingers, a black iron ring was worn on his thumb, and a dark green ring was on his index finger.
A flash of light shone on his thumb, and a powerful suction force instantly drew the dragon corpse into it.
The dark green ring was the legacy of Mountain Lord Bai Zao, known as the Ink Ring, a proper storage ring of the lower-grade magical treasure level, now Luo Chen's commonly used storage ring.
Luo Chen's previously used Thunder Accumulation Treasure Ring had been relegated to the sidelines, with most of its important resources transferred to the Ink Ring.
After all, although this ring had the level of a lower-grade magical treasure, it was originally used to store Lei Ying, and it wasn't as proper for storage.
In comparison, the Ink Ring not only had a larger storage space but was also more durable. When Mountain Lord Bai Zao was besieged by the Lu Shan trio and struck by Black King, the ring still remained intact, demonstrating its power.
However, at this moment, the Thunder Accumulation Treasure Ring also had its use.
It was perfect for storing the dragon corpse!
After putting away the corpse, Luo Chen didn't bother to clean up the battlefield and immediately returned the way he came.
After half a shichen, in the heavily guarded Sinking Sea coast, a ray of light quietly escaped and eventually landed on an ordinary small hill with little spiritual energy.
Luo Chen released his superior-grade magical flying sword and casually excavated a cave abode.
He threw out the Divine Compass and set up the Wavecloud Mist Formation before calmly entering the cave abode.
As soon as he entered, Luo Chen immediately swallowed a pill, adjusted his breath, and sat in meditation.
The sun set and the moon rose.
Around midnight, Luo Chen woke up peacefully, and his aura slightly recovered.
It was only at this moment that he had time to reflect on the previous battle.
"My killing move is still incomplete; I was a bit overconfident."
Luo Chen smiled bitterly. This trial by sword had almost ended in disaster.
In his early Golden Core stage and even at the fourth layer of the Golden Core, he had encountered late-stage third-rank demon kings.
One was the Golden Wolf King, who was crushed.
The other was the Golden Armor Tyrant Crab from the Mystic Rock Sea, who was evenly matched, and Luo Chen eventually returned to finish the fight, unleashing a powerful palm strike that severely injured the Golden Armor Crab King, regaining the upper hand.
Now at the sixth stage of Golden Core, with even more formidable mana and refined techniques, Luo Chen had recently created a lethal killing move, which should theoretically be effective against a late-stage Primordial Third Stage monster.
However, the actual situation was different.
That Primordial Third Stage monster not only possessed formidable physical strength but also had the ability to move freely in the Sinking Sea and even manipulate the dark turbid sea water!
According to rumors, the water manipulation ability was maximized in the Sinking Sea, providing significant advantages.
This battle was quite perilous for Luo Chen.
He unleashed the Hell of Samsara, and during the fight, he briefly transformed into the Heavenly Peng True Body, ultimately destroying the Flame Hammer and relying on the Mystic Dust Armor's excellent defensive capabilities to overpower his opponent.
Taking out the Flame Hammer, which was now beyond repair, Luo Chen secretly regretted its loss while also feeling a sense of realization.
No wonder the Oversea Demon Serpent dared to occupy the Sinking Sea.
It could temporarily manipulate the dark turbid sea water!
That was why he could force the Demon Serpent to retreat, easily defeating it.
However, he did not want to encounter such a formidable opponent again.
This time, he specifically avoided choosing opponents with water manipulation abilities, like the one who had temporarily controlled the Sinking Sea's dark turbid sea water.
"The Hell of Samsara can greatly enhance my offensive capabilities. Within a hundred zhang range, my spells and artifacts will be more ferocious than their normal state."
"But that's not the key point!"
"The crucial aspect lies in the suppression of the enemy's mana. It makes their mana restless and uncontrollable, creating significant vulnerabilities."
"By exploiting these weaknesses, I can effortlessly defeat them."
Luo Chen's pseudo-domain suppression did not hinder the enemy's mana manipulation but instead made it more unruly, achieving the same effect.
It was a case of different paths leading to the same destination!
The reason why the Oversea Demon Serpent forced Luo Chen to transform into the Heavenly Peng True Body was that it possessed formidable physical strength.
However, he only chose to fight it after ensuring he had no other choice.
This time, he specifically sought out opponents without water manipulation abilities, like the one who had temporarily controlled the Sinking Sea's dark turbid sea water.
"My next sparring partner must be carefully selected."
This trip was for testing his new killing move, the Hell of Samsara, and not for risking his life.
He did not want to encounter such formidable opponents again.
This time, he deliberately avoided choosing exceptionally powerful enemies.
After a day, Dao Lan stood alone in a sea area filled with reefs, feeling perplexed.
"Where is my Flaming Sawtooth Shark?"
"That guy... he should be here."
Dao Lan lowered his head, searching the surrounding area with his divine perception.
But the scent of the Flaming Sawtooth Shark had already dissipated.
"Impossible... he's gone."
Dao Lan's heart sank, and he silently vowed to find that Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
……
Five days later.
A robust figure appeared in the Sinking Sea, seemingly the location of the Demon Serpent's lair.
"This should be the lair of that Demon Serpent. Killing it will not only earn me a substantial amount of merit points and spirit stones but also allow me to enhance my Golden Lion Saber with its blood wrath power."
Holding the long blade, Dao Lan's mind occasionally recalled the other blade he had encountered before.
"That True Artifact—the Divine Aura Blood Blade! The Blood Lantern guy could do it, so why can't I?"
Dao Lan's heart sank further, and he silently vowed to find that Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
After a day, he still could not find it.
"Impossible... it must have escaped."
Dao Lan's heart sank even more, and he silently vowed to find that Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
……
One day later.
Dao Lan stood alone in a sea area with reefs abounding, feeling perplexed.
"Where is my Flaming Sawtooth Shark?"
"That guy... he should be here."
Dao Lan lowered his head, searching the surrounding area with his divine perception.
But he could not find any trace of the Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
"Impossible... it must have escaped."
Dao Lan's heart sank even more, and he silently vowed to find that Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
……
The next day, Dao Lan stood alone in a sea area with reefs abounding, feeling perplexed.
"Where is my Flaming Sawtooth Shark?"
"That guy... he should be here."
Dao Lan lowered his head, searching the surrounding area with his divine perception.
But he could not find any trace of the Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
"Impossible... it must have escaped."
Dao Lan's heart sank even more, and he silently vowed to find that Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
……
After a day, Dao Lan stood alone in a sea area with reefs abounding, feeling perplexed.
"Where is my Flaming Sawtooth Shark?"
"That guy... he should be here."
Dao Lan lowered his head, searching the surrounding area with his divine perception.
But he could not find any trace of the Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
"Impossible... it must have escaped."
Dao Lan's heart sank even more, and he silently vowed to find that Flaming Sawtooth Shark.
(End of Chapter)
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