Chapter 134
The power of nature is terrifying. If Atlanna came here alone, she would have virtually no chance of resisting and would simply be swept away wherever she was taken.
Now, with the Energy Absorption ability activated, the previously violent swirling motion seemed to be instantly frozen in place. Whether it was the water flow, the lightning, or the impact of the swirling motion, everything suddenly lost its kinetic energy.
Su Quan converted the absorbed kinetic energy into energy and casually blasted it backward.
In an instant, the powerful impact carried him and Atlanna directly into the deepest part of the cloud pillar.
Amidst the flashes of lightning and thunder, the two seemed to break through an invisible layer of energy and instantly traveled to a completely different sea area.
There was no lightning or thunder, no billowing clouds, only relatively calm waves and sea creatures of various shapes and sizes.
Su Quan carried Atlanna straight out of the sea. The dim sky and the upside-down cliffs made Atlanna feel as if she were in a dream.
In the air, strange birds circled, cawing.
Looking down, the surging sea stretches to the horizon, where a beach meets a pristine, natural forest.
Dozens of small dinosaurs roamed around on the beach. To the uninformed, they might be mistaken for kangaroos at first glance, but only upon closer inspection could their true forms be seen.
"Bang!"
The two landed on the beach. Atlanna stared in disbelief at her surroundings, completely unable to comprehend that such a continent, such a mysterious world, existed deep within the sea!
This is the Sunken City!
The location of Aquaman and Neptune's Trident.
When Atlantis sank, the Trench was the one that sank the deepest, but this place is clearly even deeper than the Trench, having reached the Earth's core.
Su Quan and Atlanna surveyed their surroundings and the ancient creatures for a while before walking along the beach into the forest.
A few minutes later, the sound of rushing water rang out, and a waterfall and lake came into view. They then discovered steps and other artifacts of 'human' civilization nearby that were clearly not naturally formed.
"Where is Neptune's Trident?" Atlanna asked Su Quan curiously.
Su Quan pointed to the waterfall and lake. "It's inside the waterfall, but it's guarded by Karasean. This monster will only allow the true king to pass through."
"Karasean?"
Atlanna was stunned. Su Quan had said that the trident was in the Trench Kingdom, that it Sunken City in the Trench Kingdom, and that obtaining the trident required passing a test. But he hadn't mentioned that the test was Karasean!
The legendary Karasean of the Kraken actually exists.
"You, you're not planning to let me deal with Karasean alone, are you?" Atlanna asked blankly.
Su Quan asked with a smile, "Are you scared?"
Atlanna slowly nodded in acknowledgment.
"Very good, this means you are ready." Su Quan smiled and patted her shoulder, "Atlantis has never lacked kings, and I have never lacked so-called Queen. I brought you here because I believe you will become even greater."
What is greater than a king?
"King of the Sea!"
"Aquaman!"
Su Quan believed that Atlanna was qualified to become the Sea Aquaman who ruled the seas!
In front of the waterfall, Atlanna turned back and looked deeply at Su Quan Su Quan, who nodded encouragingly at her.
With a thud, Atlanna jumped down.
Below the waterfall is a long, winding passage. Atlanna descends, turning left and right, until suddenly, she arrives at the bottom of a deep and wide lake.
The dark lakebed is buried with various carved stone pillars, revealing traces of civilization.
Atlanna swam carefully and quickly, and soon found a well-preserved staircase in the middle of the stone pillars or rather the complex of buildings.
At the top of the stairs is a throne.
On the throne, a corpse sat majestically, its hands gripping a golden trident that radiated golden light and invisible energy!
Atlanna paused, about to approach, when suddenly a loud rumbling sound came from behind her.
Turning around, I saw sand and stones flying in the distance, and a huge figure emerged faintly in the darkness.
"You don't belong here."
A deep voice suddenly rang in Atlanna's mind.
Su Quan?
No, that's not Su Quan's voice, that's Karasean's!
"For so many years, I have been guarding this place, guarding the trident, preventing those who impersonate the king from succeeding. I have seen too many warriors come to challenge it, but none of them have succeeded, and you are no exception!"
Atlanna had already spotted the piles of bones nearby out of the corner of her eye.
At this moment, she truly felt fear. The piles of white bones and Karasean's enormous size made her feel a deep sense of powerlessness.
Karasean is too powerful.
In terms of sheer size, Atlanna is like Ant-Man as small as dust compared to it.
Not to mention its hard shell and countless huge tentacles, no matter how you look at it, it has no hope of winning!
The thought of giving up gradually surfaced in Atlanna's mind, and she shook her head vigorously.
We can't give up!
She came here not for herself, but for Atlantis, for Su Quan.
She's going to become the Aquaman!
Atlanna's gaze hardened, and gripping her Five-Pronged Trident, she charged toward Karasean like a cannonball.
"Call out--"
The lake water looked as if it had been split open, leaving a long trail.
"Bang!"
Before Atlanna could even get close to Karasean, she was struck by its long tentacles and sent flying sideways, crashing into a stone pillar not far away.
Immediately afterwards, towering waves crashed and the earth shook violently.
Atlanna, who had just gotten up, was once again lashed out by the mountain of tentacles.
Once, once, once—
Every time Atlanna got up, she was immediately pulled back out by Karasean's tentacles.
She was like a ball with no control over its own body, being whipped back and forth between Karasean's tentacles and the few remaining stone pillars!
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Crush them!
A complete and utter crushing defeat!
Whether it's size, speed, or strength, Karasean is far superior to Atlanna.
Forget about defeating it, even dodging its attacks seems to have become a luxury for Atlanna!
Etc!
Why should I defeat it?
My goal is the trident. If I can obtain the trident under its protection, it will prove that I have passed the test and am qualified to become the Aquaman!
Atlanna's eyes lit up instantly as she finally realized that she had put the cart before the horse.
Obtaining the trident means you've passed Karasean's test, not that you have to defeat Karasean to pass the test and get the trident!
Atlanna took a deep breath as she watched the tentacles hurtling towards her again, and seized the opportunity to charge into them.
Using the momentum, Atlanna charged toward the trident on the throne at the fastest speed she had ever seen.
Closer, closer, closer still, just as her hand was about to grasp the trident, Karasean's tentacles swept her away once more.
"Bang bang bang—" After crashing into several stone pillars, Atlanna finally stopped.
"You think you're worthy of the Trident?" Karasean's mocking words echoed in Atlanna's mind. Immediately afterward, enormous tentacles, as big as the sky, rose high and slammed down on her.
If that hits her, she will surely die!
At this moment, resentment and anger erupted completely. Atlanna knelt on the ground and hysterically screamed to the sky.
"No!"
"For the sake of Atlantis, I must become king!"
"Buzz!"
An invisible wave erupted from her body, and the enormous tentacles that were about to strike stopped abruptly.
In the distance, Su Quan, who had been observing from the shadows, smiled slightly.
He had previously suspected that Atlanna possessed the ability to communicate with marine life, but it had always been latent, and she herself was unaware of it.
In the movie, she failed to demonstrate her abilities during several challenges to Karasean, so she probably wasn't as determined as she is now.