Taiyi Zhenren slipped into the deep sea, following the pure aura of fire element downward.
The deeper he went, the hotter the surrounding seawater became, until it even began to show signs of boiling.
Soon, a massive undersea volcano appeared in his sight.
That enticing aura was coming from within the volcano.
"There really is a treasure!"
Taiyi Zhenren was overjoyed and sped up.
But just as he was about to approach the crater,
four figures suddenly burst out from behind a nearby coral reef, surrounding him.
"Taiyi Zhenren! You've got the nerve to come here and die!"
The man at their head was Wang Mo of Nine Dragon Island.
Beside him, Yang Sen, Gao Yougan, and Li Xingba all wore murderous expressions, holding their magical treasures at the ready as they glared at Taiyi Zhenren.
"You?"
Taiyi Zhenren was startled. Then his expression twisted into a vicious sneer.
"Well, well! I've searched high and low, and you've come right to me! I was just about to hunt you down, and here you are, delivering yourselves to my doorstep!"
"Today, I'll use the four of your worthless lives to pay tribute to my senior brother's spirit in heaven!"
He couldn't figure out why the four men had ambushed him here, but that no longer mattered.
As far as he was concerned, their showing up had saved him the trouble of going to Nine Dragon Island.
"Enough nonsense! Your Sect of Explanation killed our fellow disciple, Lady Shi Ji of the Interception Sect, and then kept coming to the East Sea to stir up trouble! Today, you won't leave here alive!" Wang Mo roared.
The four of them were just as confused.
They had been recovering from their injuries on the island when they suddenly received a message from their friend Zhao Gongming. He said a sudden inspiration had led him to divine that the Sect of Explanation might send Taiyi Zhenren to seek revenge, and that he would pass through this area. Zhao Gongming had told them to lie in ambush here and catch him off guard.
They found it a little strange, but trusted Zhao Gongming and did as he said.
They hadn't expected to actually catch Taiyi Zhenren.
"Die!"
The enemies met, their eyes bloodshot with hatred. Without another word, they attacked.
"Take this!"
Wang Mo and the others once again summoned their four jeweled treasures, including the Sky-Opening Pearl and the Earth-Splitting Pearl, and launched them at Taiyi Zhenren from four directions.
"Pathetic tricks!"
Taiyi Zhenren sneered. Randeng had already told him what these four could do.
He opened his mouth and spat out a red cover. It swelled in the air, transforming into a massive shield of flames that protected his entire body.
Nine fire dragons coiled and danced across its surface, lifelike and radiating a terrifying heat capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas.
It was none other than the precious treasure personally bestowed upon him by Venerable Yuanshi—the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover!
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The four jeweled treasures struck the divine fire cover. In an instant, the terrifying heat turned them red-hot. They rang out in a rapid series of sharp clinks, then the nine fire dragons swallowed them one by one.
"What?!"
Wang Mo and the others were horrified and hurried to recall their treasures.
But after swallowing the pearls, the nine fire dragons roared, flew off the divine fire cover, and lunged straight at the four of them.
The seawater evaporated wherever the fire dragons passed, leaving a vast vacuum in their wake.
The four men were scared out of their wits.
The Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover was even more terrifying than they had imagined!
They scrambled to dodge, looking utterly wretched.
"Hahaha!" Taiyi Zhenren laughed triumphantly at the sight. "A bunch of ants! Today, I'll show you what it feels like to have your souls burned by divine fire!"
He unleashed his magical power, strengthening the nine fire dragons until they drove Wang Mo and the others into a desperate corner. With nowhere to flee, they were about to be caught and burned to ashes.
Despair showed on all four men's faces.
Were they really going to die here today?
At this critical moment,
Shen Zhaochi, who had been watching the battle inside the Investiture of the Gods Space, finally made his move.
"The time has come."
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A cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"Detonate!"
At his command,
the undersea volcano, dormant for ten thousand years, began to shake violently without warning.
A moment later, an energy surge a hundred times stronger than before erupted from the volcano's depths!
BOOM!!!
A deafening blast shook the world.
The entire undersea volcano exploded from its base!
A black liquid, radiating an intensely frigid and heavy aura, gushed wildly from the shattered crater like floodwaters bursting through a dam!
Primordial Heavy Water!
The Primordial Heavy Water that had accumulated for countless years finally saw daylight after Shen Zhaochi set it off!
The nine fire dragons chasing Wang Mo and the others sensed the intense chill. As if they were mice that had spotted a cat, they let out a wail and turned to flee back into the divine fire cover.
But it was too late!
The black heavy water swept in at an unimaginable speed, instantly engulfing the nine fire dragons, their master Taiyi Zhenren, and the surrounding sea for thousands of miles!
"SSSS—"
A piercing sound rang out, like red-hot iron plunged into ice water.
The nine arrogant fire dragons' flames died out at a visible speed the instant they touched the Primordial Heavy Water.
In the blink of an eye, the nine mighty fire dragons had turned into nine black mudfish. All their spiritual essence gone, they fell from the sky.
"No! My divine fire cover!"
Taiyi Zhenren let out a piercing scream.
He felt an irresistible force of frigid energy forcibly severing his connection to the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover!
His life-bound magical treasure had been ruined!
But that wasn't even the worst of it.
The worst was that the boundless Primordial Heavy Water had already surrounded him.
Every drop weighed ten thousand jun.
With billions of drops gathered together, the pressure was utterly terrifying.
Taiyi Zhenren felt as if countless primordial divine mountains were crushing him from every direction.
The instant his Body Protection Immortal Light touched the heavy water, it cracked like an eggshell and shattered.
Then came his immortal body.
"Crack... crack..."
A grating series of bone-breaking sounds rang out.
The terrifying pressure warped Taiyi Zhenren's body. His bones snapped one after another, and blood sprayed from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
"Argh! Argh!"
His screams were barely human.
He tried to flee, but within the heavy water's domain, his body moved even more sluggishly than if he were trapped in a swamp. He couldn't move at all.
Meanwhile, Wang Mo and the others were far enough away that they were only brushed by the edge of the heavy water. Though the force roiled their blood and qi, their lives weren't in danger.
They stared at Taiyi Zhenren, crushed beyond recognition at the center of the heavy water, their faces filled with shock and confusion.
What... what was going on?
How had the volcano suddenly erupted?
And why had it spewed out such terrifying black divine water?
They didn't know the reason, but they knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
"Strike while he's down and finish him!"
Wang Mo roared, the first to react.
Enduring his discomfort, he poured all his remaining magical power into the Sky-Opening Pearl, which had been dimmed by the divine fire, and hurled it at Taiyi Zhenren with all his might.
"Kill!"
Yang Sen, Gao Yougan, and Li Xingba attacked at the same time.
The four magical treasures carried their last hope and boundless hatred as they pierced through layer after layer of water and crashed toward the helpless figure.
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