Heading to the Deep Water Area

The Toad wants to see me? Liang Qu frowned, his thoughts swirling and intertwining like water plants.

"Come back first."

The Toad was unaware of the Mental Link between himself and the Fat Catfish, and by saying this, he was clearly trying to get the Fat Catfish to come and relay a message.

There should be no malicious intent...

Liang Qu floated on the water, constantly weighing his options, while six River Otter swayed back and forth in front of him.

They scattered around the Undercurrent Tunnel in search of food, overturning rocks and digging into caves, raising clouds of mud and sand, leaving a mess everywhere.

After politely declining a large shrimp offered by a Little River Otter, Liang Qu loosened his Fist, his sweaty hands mingling with the water.

I'm nervous.

The Jiang Huai River is the longest river in the world, and the Jiang Huai Great Marsh is the Great Marsh in the world.

In terms of water area and depth, none can surpass it, and it has long been known by the people as the Jianghuai River, Huai River and the Sea.

Furthermore, compared to land, vertical structures are more common underwater, and can accommodate a much larger number of organisms. Land, in contrast, is more like a simple two-dimensional plane.

The larger the base of the population, the more Martial Artist can be supported.

The Demon Race race is no different.

Deep waters nurture true dragons, and the vastness of this place makes it impossible to imagine just how powerful the Toad truly is. It's definitely more outrageous than the Old Monk, the strongest being Liang Qu has ever seen. It's impossible not to be nervous.

As I pondered, a golden feather swirled out from the Undercurrent Tunnel, radiating an astonishingly high temperature, the heat wave scorching.

The largest Great River Otter swallowed the Big Fish in two or three bites, floated up to Jin Yu, and curiously examined it. Just as it was about to reach out and touch it, a huge black shadow rushed out of the undercurrent and collided with it.

The Fat Catfish intended to use its signature move, "Wild Geese Descending on the Sand," but an otter blocked its way at the cave entrance. Caught off guard, it lost its balance and tumbled out, dragging the River Otter with it.

Liang Qu slid to the side, avoiding the two beasts.

He gazed at the golden feathers before him, knowing it would be impolite not to go.

The Toad showed its sincerity.

"What's meant to happen will happen. Go back and change your clothes."

The vortex swirled around the Crimson Fire Golden Feather, and Liang Qu leaped to the pond. He instructed the Fist and other beasts to watch over the treasure, then went to his bedroom to change into a blue robe, tie up his hair, and tidy himself up before returning to the front of the Undercurrent Tunnel.

The Fat Catfish was fighting with the Great River Otter, biting and clawing at each other, stirring up the water into a Sha Qi, menacing mess, completely oblivious to the fact that Liang Qu had disappeared.

"A Fei!"

The Fat Catfish sprang to its feet, flicked its tail to scare away the River Otter, and swam happily to Liang Qu.

"Open circuit."

Upon receiving the order, A Fei turned around and disappeared into the tunnel.

The Great River Otter sat up from the ground, and in a fit of anger, grabbed a rock and chewed it into pieces.

Once the Fat Catfish disappeared, Liang Qu stepped forward, gave up resisting, Yinglong's suction.

The water engulfed his entire body, and he instantly lost his footing, plummeting, spinning, and tumbling. In an instant, he lost all sense of direction, and the space stretched out infinitely. Pale blue light and shadows flickered repeatedly before his eyes, as if he had become an ant passing through a Venetian blind. Even his consciousness gradually blurred amidst the violent shaking.

After about seven or eight breaths, Liang Qu's body relaxed, and he was violently thrown away by the undercurrent.

The experienced A Fei outside easily caught it with a quick sidestep.

Liang Qu's back went limp, and he was immediately pushed back to the ground by the Fat Catfish.

The mud and sand underfoot felt like a soft ball of cotton; there was no bounce when you stepped on it, it was all soft and fluffy.

No wonder the Fat Catfish always landed face down...

Liang Qu rubbed his temples.

Once he recovered, he stood up and looked around.

Pressure surged in from all directions, and the body was enveloped and squeezed by the water flow without any blind spots, feeling heavy and suffocating.

The water pressure has changed.

He looked up, the water stretching endlessly into the distance.

"Strangeness..."

"The water pressure doesn't seem to match the depth..."

Liang Qu frowned.

The water pressure in Deep Water Area is undoubtedly much greater than in Shallow Water Area, but he felt that at the current depth, the water pressure was still "too low" and lacked the powerful pressure it should have.

Looking around, the bottom of the water was not flat, but rather a series of undulating hills. In many places, clumps of algae grew, and mushroom-like dark purple aquatic plants stood tall. When you reached out to touch them, the stems were as hard as an old tree.

Among all the aquatic plants, the most eye-catching are several Glowing Vine that stretch across the land like a spider web, providing an excellent view. Even in the marshland, it is as bright as day.

A riot of colors, flowing and dazzling.

Everything before him was something the Fat Catfish had never mentioned before, making it all quite novel.

However, not a single small fish can be seen among the intertwined vegetation.

A strange coexistence of deathly stillness and vibrant life.

"Is it because there Toad living nearby?"

Liang Qu speculated.

The Fat Catfish swung its tail and led the way.

Just a few steps later, an extraordinary aura rose up like the blazing sun, very conspicuous.

Toad?

Using both hands and feet, Liang Qu climbed over a five- or six-meter-high stone slope, and suddenly his view opened up.

Several abandoned giant ships lay side by side on the bottom of the water, some cut in half, others with several holes several meters high in their hulls.

Each of the longboats was over 100 meters long, and no algae grew from top to bottom.

The most extravagant one was nearly 100 zhang (approximately 300 meters) long, but unfortunately, its bow broke off completely and it disappeared without a trace.

Judging from their condition, many of the large ships are damaged to varying degrees, unlike the model Liang Qu made for the Toad. In fact, due to their smaller size, many parts of the toad model are more exquisite.

The large ships are arranged in an arc, and at the center of the arc is an exaggerated grotto.

Through the grotto, Liang Qu could vaguely see a familiar spherical silhouette.

Without a doubt, it was the person behind that figure who gave him his first surfing experience last year.

Inside the grotto.

The Toad was wiping the Great Anchor with the fur of the Crimson Fire Bird when it sensed the approaching presence of a stranger and poked its head out.

On the rocky slope, Fat Catfish waved its fins in greeting, full of enthusiasm.

My Little Brother is as good as ever.

Shift your gaze to the left.

Liang Qu, whose line of sight was suddenly drawn, felt a sudden heaviness around him.

Unlike the substantial change in water pressure, it is an invisible pressure that makes people involuntarily stand up straight and accept "inspection".

Luckily, I was underwater, so all the cold sweat dissolved in the water.

Whether he can do business in the future depends entirely on whether the Toad takes a liking to him at this moment.

If so, it won't be a waste of my time to prepare beforehand.

Upon noticing the Toad's gaze, the Fat Catfish, which was about to approach, immediately lay on its side, pointing both of its fins at Liang Qu.

The chief designers and chief engineers of many Ship Model made a grand entrance! However, before the introductions could be finished, Liang Qu heard a soft exclamation, and then the Toad took a step forward without stirring up any water.

Not knowing what was happening, he cautiously bowed down.

The gaze is directed downwards.

"Are you even human?" The Toad rubbed its chin with its webbed claws. "You feel so strange..."

?

Liang Qu had considered countless ways to ask and answer questions and respond, but the Toad's question still made him pause.

"Of course... he is a human, why does Your Great King say such a thing?"

Liang Qu completely lacked the eloquence he displayed when facing the Old Toad.

He hesitated before speaking, not daring to say more, for fear of triggering a chain reaction.

While answering the question, I also took the opportunity to examine the Toad.

The Toad was much larger than I imagined, to an exaggerated degree. Even when it was squatting, it was hundreds of meters tall, and you had to look up to see it when you got close.

Its appearance is completely different from the Toad and frogs that you can usually see. It looks more like... a horned frog? It has light black stripes on its back, a white round belly, and a big mouth.

There's nothing special about it.

The Toad lay on the ground, tilting its head and observing repeatedly with its single eye, finding the situation increasingly strange.

Saying that the aura is different is not quite right. It's not that it's never seen humans before, and there's nothing wrong with the aura itself. To be precise, it just feels wrong.

Liang Qu didn't seem like a human being to him.