After bidding farewell to Tang Hao, Bo Saixi, and the others, Ling Yun piloted the Wavebreaker and continued deeper into the ocean, guided by the Spatial Token obtained from the wreckage of the alien spacecraft.
The coordinates indicated by the token lay in an extreme sea region known as the "Sea of Lost Souls." Its magnetic fields were chaotic, nautical charts failed there, and it remained shrouded in dense fog year-round. It was a forbidden zone for sailors. Countless ships were said to have mysteriously vanished within it.
Relying on his powerful Spiritual Sense and his connection to the token, Ling Yun passed through the fog without mishap and arrived at the designated waters.
The sight before him stunned him once more.
Beneath the azure waters, he could vaguely make out the ruins of an immense city, glowing with a dim, hazy light! Its architectural style was ancient and strange, unlike that of any known civilization on Douluo Continent. Instead, it resembled certain lost ancient civilizations from his memories of his previous life. Massive pyramids, majestic temples, toppled statues... everything was shrouded in an air of mystery.
Most astonishingly, the city seemed to be enveloped by an invisible energy barrier that kept out the seawater, as though it contained a world of its own.
A sunken ancient city...? Ling Yun was deeply shaken. From the ruins, he sensed an aura of extreme antiquity, one even more ancient than the Sea God Palace! Moreover, at the heart of the city was a powerful spatial fluctuation that perfectly matched the token's resonance!
"It seems the destination indicated by the token is here." Ling Yun hesitated no longer. He put away the Wavebreaker, flashed forward, and passed through the energy barrier into the city.
The instant he entered the city, the surrounding seawater