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Chapter 656: Entering the Sinking Sea, Ancient Beasts, and the Ghost Immortal Tower
Chapter 656: Entering the Sinking Sea, Ancient Beasts, and the Ghost Immortal Tower
The sky was a faint golden hue, and the sea below was a deep, dark shade.
At the horizon where the sea met the sky, there was nothing but desolation.
Hundreds of cyclones rose and fell above the boundless ocean, greedily devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Luo Chen stood in mid-air, his robes fluttering in the wind, marveling at the sight before him.
"Is this the Golden Sky Black Sea? Seeing it in person is truly magnificent beyond words!"
Facing the gentle breeze, the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave stroked his beard, equally astonished.
"I wonder what kind of divine ability the master of these ruins possessed to arrange such an array, capable of altering the entire environment of the Sinking Sea. Even a thousand years after their death, it still operates automatically."
Both of them were renowned Artificer Masters, and their expertise in array formations was exceptional.
Facing this awe-inspiring grand array, capable of invoking heavenly phenomena, their hearts couldn't help but stir.
Only Ding Yi seemed impatient at this moment.
"Alright, alright, Azure Sun Demon Lord, your admiration is understandable. But Lord of the Cave, you and I have been here several times already, and you're still putting on such a show?"
The Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave chuckled, "It's always refreshing to see it again!"
"Hmph."
Ding Yi let out a soft snort. In front of the three of them, he summoned a beast from his spirit beast bag at his waist.
The moment the beast entered the water, it made a loud rumbling sound, as if a continent had fallen from the sky and crashed into the sea.
If not for Ding Yi's prior arrangement of a soundproofing technique, nearby wandering cultivators might have been attracted by the noise.
Luo Chen examined it closely, and a soft exclamation escaped his lips.
"Oh? Is this the Treasure Basin Fish?"
Ding Yi nodded, "You're right, it's indeed that mid-stage third-tier Treasure Basin Fish. This is the treasure I prepared to cross the Sinking Sea."
In his vision, a fish over several dozen zhang long and wide undulated on the water's surface, its exposed scales covered in moss.
Undoubtedly, this was the same Treasure Basin Fish that had caused a minor sensation at the Feileng City auction.
Known as the moving spirit vein and portable cave abode, it was different from what Luo Chen had seen before. Instead of rocks and soil, flowers, and grass on its back, there was now a turtle-like demon beast lying on top.
The two had merged, indistinguishable from each other, creating a peculiar sight.
Seeing Luo Chen's astonishment, the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave revealed a proud smile.
"Azure Sun Demon Lord, what do you think of my method?"
"Is this your doing?"
The Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave smiled with satisfaction, "This method of refining living creatures into treasures is rarely used, even in ancient times. I refined the Pond Turtle Beast and the Treasure Basin Fish together, and as a result, it gained various wondrous uses. Most importantly, the Pond Turtle Beast contains the bloodline of the Mystic Turtle, capable of resisting the Void Flame Wind!"
Luo Chen's eyes lit up, impressed by the creativity.
To traverse the Sinking Sea, one must face the corrosive black seawater and the Void Flame Wind.
The former erodes spiritual power, while the latter disturbs the soul.
The so-called moving spirit vein Treasure Basin Fish seemed to have an abundance of spiritual energy, and with the Pond Turtle Beast protecting it from the Void Flame Wind, it could ensure the cultivator's well-being during their journey.
"Marvelous! Truly marvelous!" Luo Chen exclaimed sincerely.
Ding Yi had been mostly silent, focusing on his spellcasting.
The massive Treasure Basin Fish beneath his feet began to shrink, from several dozen zhang to just one zhang in size.
Only then did he turn to look at Luo Chen.
"It's indeed marvelous, but during the refinement process, the beast's vitality was greatly damaged. I nurtured it for over a decade to restore it. Now, it can carry at most two people. So, Demon Lord, you'll have to make other arrangements."
Luo Chen's eyebrows rose slightly, but he didn't show any anger.
"Rest assured, I have made preparations and won't hold you back."
"Good!"
As he spoke, Ding Yi directly descended onto the back of the Treasure Basin Fish and entered the Pond Turtle Beast's shell.
The Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave smiled apologetically at Luo Chen and flew into the shell as well.
Within the one zhang square space, the two of them didn't feel cramped.
Luo Chen smiled and patted his waist storage bag.
"Come out!"
The Black King emerged once again.
Upon appearing, it looked around and eventually turned its gaze fearfully towards the dark, oppressive sea.
"Master, do we really have to do this?"
"Didn't you devour and absorb the Oversea Demon Serpent, gaining the temporary ability to resist the corrosive black seawater?"
The Black King looked troubled, "But you also said it was temporary! With such a long journey ahead, what if I run out of strength..."
Luo Chen glared at it impatiently, "Rest assured, when your strength wanes, I'll take action and won't let you tire out."
The Black King perked up but then twisted its body.
"What about the Void Flame Wind?"
Luo Chen shook his head helplessly and pointed at his robe, causing black armor to emerge and gradually envelop its massive body.
"Shrink."
"Oh."
The Black King obediently shrunk its body to about five zhang in size, any further reduction would affect its immediate combat capability.
Indeed, the Pond Turtle Beast refined by the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave had its unique merits.
"Azure Sun Demon Lord, are you ready?"
"Coming!"
Luo Chen responded and stepped onto the Black King's back, sitting cross-legged.
The next moment, a blue fish and a black dragon swam side by side, entering the dark, sinking sea.
Inside the Pond Turtle Beast's shell, Ding Yi peered through the gaps, his eyebrows furrowed as he looked at the black dragon outside.
"I've never heard of a Black-Scaled Giant Python transformed into a dragon capable of resisting the Sinking Sea's water. Azure Sun is indeed lucky!"
The Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave stood nearby, his gaze fixed on the outside.
After a while, he shook his head lightly.
"Rest assured, that untransformed Black Dragon is still inferior to our Treasure Basin's Turtle Dragon."
The Black King, from an outsider's perspective, indeed seemed to have an incomplete transformation. Despite having the horns of a dragon, it lacked claws and its body resembled a snake or python more closely.
The Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave's words were indeed proven true.
After swimming for half a day in the sea, the Black King began to show signs of fatigue.
At this moment, Luo Chen, sitting on the Black King's back, would release a shield of spiritual power to resist the black and turbid seawater from all directions.
The two, man and dragon, took turns defending against the outside world, ensuring their speed didn't slow down.
Ding Yi observed for a while and understood the situation, but he also found it strange.
"How are they resisting the Void Flame Wind?"
Without hesitation, the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave pointed to the black armor covering both Luo Chen and the dragon.
"It should be the work of this armor."
The Black King's back.
Luo Chen's eyes were burning with curiosity, constantly scanning the surroundings.
In this seawater, his divine consciousness was suppressed, unable to spread far.
His well-cultivated eyes, however, could see more through the layers of black and turbid seawater.
Suddenly.
Luo Chen's body trembled, his soul stirring, and the Black King under him was also restless."
Just then, it was as if a gentle breeze had brushed past.
"Is that the Void Flame Wind?"
Luo Chen patted the Black King's back to calm it down, while his other hand touched the hot Xuan Chen Armor.
Just then, the Xuan Chen Armor seemed to be summoned, automatically activating for a moment.
The speed of its activation was so fast, as if it was an instinctive reaction.
If it were any other secret technique, it wouldn't have been able to withstand that wind in such a silent and swift manner.
"Is it the bloodline resonance of the Xuan Turtle clan?"
Luo Chen pondered, and only this reason could explain such a situation.
If those without Xuan Turtle bloodline treasures had encountered such a situation, they would likely have their souls affected in an instant, losing control of their spiritual power and perishing in this boundless Sinking Sea! It could be said that with just this, the ancient cultivator's relics in the Sinking Sea's shore could avoid being tread upon by countless cultivators in the world.
In the current cultivation world, the ancient Xuan Turtle beasts had long disappeared.
The remaining Xuan Turtle bloodline beasts, scattered across the world, were gradually withering.
It was imaginable that if these beast races couldn't thrive in the future, as they gradually declined, it would become even more difficult for later cultivators to enter those relics.
"Perhaps on this journey, I'm not wrong."
Luo Chen smiled and casually swallowed an Extreme-grade True Flame Pill.
After refining the pill, a large amount of pure spiritual energy spread throughout his Qi Sea.
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Meanwhile, his second Yuan Dan in the Qi Sea remained still, not competing for this pure spiritual energy.
...
The three men and two beasts quickly advanced towards the depths of the Sinking Sea.
Their speed was swift, far surpassing many unprepared solitary cultivators.
On their way to the cyclone entrance mentioned by Ding Yi, Luo Chen also saw several unfamiliar Core Formation Cultivators using strange treasures, slowly moving in the Sinking Sea.
Among them, there was one cultivator whose spiritual power seemed insufficient, moving along until he suddenly became motionless, and then silently sank into the boundless seabed.)
Some things couldn't be hidden from others.
More and more people came one after another, entering the Sinking Sea, and the related solutions naturally spread among them.
Xuan Turtle bloodline treasures! If one had the heart to seek, they could find a few.
After all, these treasures mostly fell into the hands of turtle and tortoise-like beasts, and these beasts were the most suitable materials for refining defensive weapons.
However, these people seemed to have thought too simply.
The hastily found Xuan Turtle bloodline treasures were ultimately not specially made, and in this Sinking Sea, they could only advance for a while before encountering increasing difficulties the deeper they went.
Unless they had something like the Xuan Chen Armor on Luo Chen's body! Even if it wasn't specially made, its material was genuinely a fourth-tier Xuan Turtle shed skin, capable of withstanding the Void Flame Wind in the depths of the Sinking Sea!
Along the way, Luo Chen's group gradually surpassed many followers, drawing closer to the cyclone Ding Yi had sensed.
According to Ding Yi, the Sinking Sea's cyclone, which absorbed the world's spiritual energy, had three hundred and sixty layers.
And the cyclone Luo Chen had identified was undoubtedly one of the entrances to the ancient cultivator's relic, the Spirit Medicine Garden!
As long as they entered smoothly, they could easily obtain what they sought.
The Tai Sui and the Five Elements Lotus Platform! Whether others knew this secret, Luo Chen wasn't sure, but his heart burned with anticipation.
And as they drew closer to their destination, his expectations grew.
This day!
It had been over a month since Luo Chen's group entered the sea, and at their full speed, they had already reached the deepest part of the Sinking Sea.
The Black King's forward momentum suddenly stopped.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Asking this question was Ding Yi, who wasn't far away.
"Qingyang Demon Lord, why have you stopped?"
Luo Chen's face was filled with uncertainty as he stood on the Black King's back, gazing into the distance.
"In front, it seems there's something blocking the way?"
"Something?" Ding Yi was puzzled, trying his best to expand his divine consciousness, but he couldn't sense anything!
The Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave took out a mirror-like treasure and cast a few incantations, revealing a hazy and turbid scene.
"It seems there's something blocking the way ahead?"
He hesitated and asked, "Should we move a little closer to take a look?"
Ding Yi asked, "Qingyang Demon Lord, what do you think?"
Luo Chen also hesitated, as this concerned the Spirit Medicine Garden, and he couldn't afford to hesitate.
"Then let's move a little closer!"
Saying this, the Black King's actions, imperceptible to others, landed behind the large fish, apparently following Luo Chen's signal.
Ding Yi didn't notice this, and continued to control his spirit beast to move forward.
Closer and closer.
Until, two red suns appeared before their eyes!
"What's that?" Ding Yi was astonished.
How could there be a red sun in the dimly lit seabed? The other two were also puzzled.
Luo Chen took a deep breath, rubbed his eyes with a finger, and his Spirit Vision Technique was activated to the extreme!
Not only that, but the source power that had just been born after his recent advancement to the Primordial Fourth Stage also attached itself to his eye membranes.
With blood-colored vision, Luo Chen vaguely saw an object.
A giant creature, hundreds of zhang tall, stood in front of a tiny vortex, constantly extending its tentacles inside.
It seemed to want to enter?
Just as Luo Chen was looking, the creature suddenly moved.
The two red suns met Luo Chen's gaze!
Boom! In an instant, Luo Chen's mind was shaken.
The Black Chess pieces of the Rankless Black Chess flashed violently, and the black aura continued to overflow, but it still couldn't block that strange oppressive force.
In his sea of consciousness, Luo Chen suddenly entered an endless illusion.
There were towering buildings, eerie ghosts, countless immortals coming and going, fairy maidens scattering flowers, and even in the jade palaces, there were long-lived beings overlooking the world, giving birth to endless heavens and earth.
"Wake up!"
A low roar, like a needle piercing, fell heavily into the depths of Luo Chen's soul.
He suddenly woke up, only to realize that only a moment had passed.
And in his line of sight, the blurry image became clearer.
Those two red suns were not suns at all, but the eyes of the monster. Upon closer inspection, they didn't look like eyes but rather two living creatures.
Blood Lanterns!
Yes, blood lanterns—a type of third-stage Great Demon King that Luo Chen had once slain.
Compared to that powerful Demon King, the blood lanterns in this monster's eyes were even more massive, reaching the fourth stage! Not only that, but its hands were not hands at all; they were the tentacles of a giant squid.
The monster stood in the depths of the Sinking Sea, like a tall building, with blood lanterns dwelling between its eyes, and its entire body was covered with tentacles of a giant squid, which became its hair.
When Luo Chen woke up from the illusion, the monster seemed a bit surprised.
The hair on its back suddenly came to life, transforming into a bundle of claw-like tentacles that reached out to grab Luo Chen and the others.
But before it could make this move, Luo Chen had already shouted loudly.
"Run!"
Without any hesitation, he was the first to flee.
The Black King was slow, so he put it into his spirit beast bag, enduring the corrosive spiritual power, and Luo Chen almost frantically ran through the sea environment filled with Void Flame Wind.
Behind him, Ding Yi and the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave also sensed something amiss and fled in a frenzy.
But their movements were a bit slow.
The bundle of tentacles directly grabbed the slower-moving Baopen Fish and pulled it back.
With the Baopen Fish captured, Ding Yi's face turned as white as snow.
Fortunately, the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave took out a pearl, which transformed into a light screen that enveloped the two of them.
"I'll block the Void Flame Wind, and you protect me with your spiritual power as we run!"
The two worked seamlessly together, immediately cooperating to escape.
Seeing the bundle of tentacles returning, the two exerted all their strength to flee, and the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave even threw several bright red pearls behind him.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The intense explosions caused the surging seawater to boil.
The tentacles were first blasted by the red pearls and then eroded by the seawater, ultimately slowing down.
Seizing this opportunity, Ding Yi pinched a spiritual technique, and a piece of flesh on his body suddenly exploded.
"Escape!"
The next moment, a burst of red light enveloped him and the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave, and they rushed forward like an arrow piercing through countless waves, heading towards an unknown direction.
It wasn't entirely unknown, as there was still a guide leading the way.
Ding Yi watched Luo Chen's trembling wings, gritting his teeth in frustration as this guy was running too fast.
Beside him, the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave spoke in a low voice, "We need to find an entrance immediately. The Returning Origin Pearl contains limited Xuanwu bloodline power and can only be used as a backup. We need time to accumulate strength."
Ding Yi naturally understood the situation.
Just at this moment, Luo Chen's figure ahead suddenly stopped.
A small but not insignificant vortex was rising from the seabed.
This was the starting point, so the vortex grew larger as it moved upwards, becoming even more massive. If it were on the sea's surface, it would be an even more spectacular sight.
Luo Chen turned back to look at the two of them and, without any hesitation, jumped into the vortex.
Ding Yi and the Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave didn't hesitate either. They rushed over, and with a flash of blood light, they disappeared inside.
After the three of them vanished, several tentacles slowly flew over.
They circled the vortex once, reluctantly retracting.
...
The wind was almost visible, blowing across their entire bodies.
Luo Chen's whole body was covered by the armor of the Xuanchen Armor, but his soul was still extremely agitated.
Suddenly, his body relaxed.
Plop! Luo Chen's feet landed on solid ground.
The next moment, two figures closely followed.
Crack!
The Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave frowned and looked at the Returning Origin Pearl in his hand, which had shattered.
By his side, Luo Chen's voice carried a mix of surprise and uncertainty, "What was that monster?"
Ding Yi, sitting on the ground, was almost pale, breathing heavily, his expression terrible.
"It's the rumored Ghost Immortal Tower, wandering in the Northern Sea!"
Ghost Immortal Tower? Luo Chen was startled. Wasn't this the name of the second level of his Mirror Flower Water Moon illusion, as mentioned by the white-robed cultivator from the Demonic Origin Sect?
The Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave's expression turned solemn, "Legs like an elephant's, body like a red tower. When sitting, ghostly shadows surround it, and when running, it topples mountains and seas. That is indeed the rumored ancient beast—the Ghost Immortal Tower!"
(End of Chapter)
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