Before them lay a vast expanse of water, pitch-black and battered by raging waves. The sounds of crashing surf rolled in as enormous waves surged up to the heavens. The entire North Nether Sea was shrouded in mist. This black Xuan Ming Mist made it impossible for anyone traveling through it to see clearly; they could make out only blurry silhouettes.
Suddenly, a fish ten thousand zhang long burst from the seabed and leaped above the surface, sending up an enormous spray. Yet compared with its immense body, the spray was insignificant. The fish seemed to have been gathering strength for a long time. It shot ten thousand zhang above the sea, then suddenly opened its mouth and lunged to swallow the two figures above the water.
The taller figure gave a cold snort. "You evil beast!" With a deafening boom, a massive bolt of Purple Divine Lightning formed in his hand and exploded directly inside the giant fish's mouth.
The giant fish spat out a stream of black water. The current was astonishingly strange: it lifted the Purple Divine Lightning, and though electric tendrils writhed within it, the black current swallowed it whole.
The North Nether Sea churned violently, its calm surface gone. Wave after wave rolled through the water, which surged as the giant fish thrashed its enormous body below, roiling the entire sea. The seawater gathered into two colossal Water Walls that suddenly squeezed toward the two figures.
The taller figure was wreathed in countless streams of purple qi, which transformed into clouds of purple starlight. The clouds spun toward the two Water Walls, but the walls exerted tremendous force, steadily grinding away the purple vortices.
The man said, "What a formidable beast. Its divine ability is almost as powerful as the Dragon Clan's Water Control Divine