Prayer Deep Pool.
The dark, deep sea, two kilometers below.
Countless missing limbs and other water ghosts surged in the undercurrents.
They grabbed passing fish and devoured them, sending blood and flesh flying everywhere.
The next moment.
A beam of golden light pierced the darkness.
"Buzz!"
The water ghosts were swept by the golden light and instantly Annihilation.
Jiangnan's figure appeared in the deep sea.
The Eye of Mobius flickered between his brows, Extinction Tribulation Light swept in all directions.
Any water ghost that gets caught in the light evaporates instantly.
At the same time, the seawater could not get close to him.
King's Authority.
An air barrier kept the seawater out, and he walked in a dry area as if he were on land.
But Jiangnan quickly realized something was wrong.
The effects of King's Authority are diminishing.
"It's a breathing problem..."
Jiangnan immediately realized the key point.
The King's Authority previously exercised while seeking shelter from the rain on the beach essentially created an air barrier that repelled seawater.
In this bottomless seawater, there is absolutely no oxygen replenishment.
As he breathed, the oxygen in the air became increasingly scarce.
Therefore, Jiangnan decisively issued a second King's Authority decree.
While King's Authority is indeed powerful and cannot be created out of thin air, it can certainly conform to the laws of physics!
"In the name of the King, Yang Lei dispels oxygen!"
Jiangnan spoke softly.
A crackling sound suddenly rang out from the outer edge of the air barrier.
"Gurgle!"
Countless bubbles rose from the seawater, making it appear as if it were boiling.
That's oxygen.
Electrolysis of seawater.
Water molecules are forced to Disintegration, producing oxygen.
Master math, physics, and chemistry, and you'll be fearless wherever you go.
Jiangnan looked at the air wall that had been replenished and a smile appeared on his lips.
He continued his journey into the deep sea.
"Near Yet Far, yet worlds apart."
The figure vanished again.
Jiangnan didn't notice was...
In the area he left, two enormous red lights suddenly shone brightly.
Like two blood-red suns, rising from the deep sea.
The Black Mist spread downwards from the edge of the red light, like ink dripping into water.
At the same time.
Soul Return Town, the Third Ring Town.
Tens of thousands of fully armed China troops have begun to set up camp here.
After a three-day sea voyage, the force finally landed successfully on the Weird Island.
Meanwhile, Du Linyuan and Zhang Lingqi, who were in charge, had already arrived at the newly established frontline command center.
Inside the room, Wan Changzheng was sitting at his desk, reviewing documents with his head down.
Hearing footsteps, he looked up and smiled.
"Deputy Captain Du, and Deputy Captain Zhang, welcome to the Weird Island with your troops."
"It's nice to see you again, Chief Wan. How have you been?"
Du Linyuan pulled out a chair, sat down, and crossed his legs.
"To be honest, I really didn't expect you to have the audacity to use Soul Return Town as your main base."
"After all, that crazy woman with a severe case of obsessive love... isn't someone anyone can afford to mess with."
"Fortunately... there was someone who stood up for justice and even betrayed their own family."
"Du Linyuan, you sit down properly!"
Zhang Lingqi, standing to the side, felt a headache coming on when he saw his nonchalant attitude.
"In the military, you must abide by the military rules. Don't be so unruly!"
Du Linyuan was neither angry nor annoyed when he was photographed; instead, he simply shrugged.
"Hey, don't be angry, Dog Egg ~ There are no outsiders here, why are you always so tense?"
"Could it be... that you intend to usurp the throne and seize my noble mummy status?"
As he spoke, Du Linyuan pulled open his wedding attire, revealing his body wrapped in money meant for the dead.
Zhang Lingqi turned fierce, but he knew this guy was just a troublemaker.
After spending so much time together, I've long since gotten used to Du Linyuan's tendency to deliberately pick fights.
So Zhang Lingqi ignored him and turned to lean against the wall.
"No, I just wanted to remind you."
"Don't forget the captain's instructions to you before he set off, and don't forget the promise you made yourself."
Seeing his unyielding attitude, Du Linyuan stood up in great disappointment.
"Tch~ You're such a blockhead, you're utterly useless."
"In that case... let's get down to business, Chief Wan."
As he spoke, Du Linyuan turned the chair over, straddled it, placed his hands on the back of the chair, and finally became more serious.
Wan Changzheng looked at the two of them and smiled helplessly.
"You two are still bickering like never before."
Du Linyuan chimed in, "These are some of the few happy times Dog Egg and I have had, so shouldn't we say a few more words?"
Zhang Lingqi did not respond, but silently turned his head to the other side.
Seeing this, Wan Changzheng sighed, "It's all fate."
Who could have imagined that in this Barbaric Realm, the path to godhood... would be so tragic and cruel?
"Alright, I won't take up any more of your time. Let's get straight to the point."
Wan Changzheng smiled, then said seriously, "The Dragon God has already set off for the Prayer Deep Pool."
"He took all the men he had recruited in Soul Return Town with him."
"We're here. Zhao Yan and the Sharp Blade Squad, along with my guard company and Chief Engineer Shen, all went with us."
"Besides that, I also sent Xu Wange over to protect them secretly."
Wan Changzheng pointed to the map. "And your task is to lead 20,000 soldiers and quickly catch up with their pace."
"Enter the area we purchased at the Dragon God's Mobile Shelter and follow him to the Dragon Xia Imperial City."
"As for... the [Destruction Five Days] that follows, you should be extra careful."
Both of them nodded upon hearing this.
They were all too familiar with the Destruction Five Days; after all, it wasn't their first time participating in such a baptism.
"I'm more curious about the Dragon God's Mobile Shelter than that."
Du Linyuan stroked his chin, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"Since it can hold an army of 20,000, it must be a magnificent war fortress, right?"
Upon hearing this, Wan Changzheng nearly spat out the mouthful of tea he had just taken a sip of.
Is it magnificent?
I recall the silhouette of that vehicle that frequently appeared on streets across China, hauling goods and delivering vegetables...
That has absolutely nothing to do with the word "magnificent"!
But he managed to suppress a laugh, keeping the suspense alive.
"Ahem... You'll understand when you see it."
"Also, Captain Lin Bayi has something he specifically wants to tell you."
Wan Changzheng looked at Du Linyuan with a stern expression. "Absolutely do not act without authorization."
Even if this Weird Island is your hometown.
Du Linyuan picked at his ear and waved his hand impatiently.
"Okay, okay, you're nagging like an old man."
"Oh no, you guys are old men to begin with."
"In short, you don't need to worry, I know what I'm doing."
"Even if I were to leave, I would let you know in advance."
Wan Changzheng shook his head helplessly and looked at Zhang Lingqi: "Keep an eye on him."
Zhang Lingqi nodded solemnly in agreement.
Afterwards, Wan Changzheng told them to go and prepare the army properly, and to set off on time early the next morning.
Just then, the tablet on Wan Changzheng's desk beeped twice.
He picked it up and saw that it was an intelligence message sent by Zhao Yan.
After reading it, Wan Changzheng smiled and read the intelligence to the two men.
"They have successfully reached the shore of the Prayer Deep Pool."
"However, the Dragon God ordered..."
Before Wan Changzheng could finish speaking, Du Linyuan interrupted him.
"You don't want anyone going into the water, right?"
Du Linyuan's smile faded, and his eyes became somewhat deep.
Wan Changzheng frowned, looking at him in surprise. "You know?"
Zhang Lingqi, leaning against the wall, also wore a serious expression. "I've never heard you mention anything specific about the Weird Island."
"Haha, it's because I only recently set foot on this land again that I've slowly started to remember."
Du Linyuan sat in his chair and turned around, gazing at the torrential rain in the distance.
"After all... that's right in front of my house."
So... what exactly is hidden in that water?
Wan Changzheng stood up and asked.
Du Linyuan and Wan Changzheng looked at each other, and then Du Linyuan answered the question.
"Do you still remember those eerie Black Mist that permeated unknown regions and could easily transform the living into monsters?"
"Beneath the seabed, ten thousand meters below the surface of that Prayer Deep Pool, lies the source and ruler of this Black Mist."
"Or rather... it was that thing that turned my hometown into this filthy place it is today."
"And I ended up looking like this because of it..."
"It is a terrifying entity that attempts to overthrow the entire Barbaric Realm..."
Most people call it the Deep Pool Behemoth.
"But those who have truly fought against it prefer to call it by another name..."
"A name that better reflects why it did this..."
"Annihilation Evil God, Gabetan!"
Prayer Deep Pool.
10,000 meters below the seabed.
"Gurgle!"
The sound of bubbles rising could be heard.
Jiangnan's figure flashed here.
He opened the Eye of Mobius, and golden light illuminated the surrounding darkness.
He looked around.
"Strangeness."
"We followed those Black Qi to the seabed, but how come we've disappeared without a trace?"
Jiangnan, searching for signs of life, wanders aimlessly across the seabed.
As I walked...
Light appeared ahead.
A faint light flickered in the darkness.
Jiangnan immediately became alert, slowed his pace, and placed his right hand on the Godslayer Spear.
Enemy?
He approached.
Get closer.
Then...
A fish.
A fish with a [face].
A small lantern hung overhead, emitting a yellowish-white light.
𩽾𩾌fish.
Commonly known as lanternfish.
Jiangnan was taken aback for a moment.
He had only ever seen this creature in textbooks.
Out of curiosity, he reached out and grabbed it.
The fish Struggled a Bit in his hand, its mouth opening and closing.
Then...
"Snap."
It exploded.
It wasn't an explosion, it just burst open.
Chunks of meat scattered, blood splattered.
Jiangnan looked down at the half-eaten fish in his hand, his face expressionless.
He forgot.
These deep-sea creatures live under high pressure for many years, maintaining a balance between internal and external pressure.
If you are suddenly pulled into the low-pressure environment inside the air wall, your body will expand and explode.
Jiangnan threw the fish carcass back into the sea with some disgust.
"Clatter."
The fish carcass drifted in the ocean, slowly sinking.
Jiangnan is preparing to continue its exploration.
Sudden.
His gaze froze.
The carcass of the tadpole was swept away by a mysterious Black Qi.
The Black Qi, like a snake, emerged from the deep sea, coiled around the fish carcass, and dragged it into the deeper darkness.
Jiangnan recognized him.
This is the Black Qi I've been tracking.
He was also the culprit who infected Chu Meizi, turning her into a water ghost.
"Found you."
Jiangnan immediately activated his Eye of Mobius, attempting to keep up with the Black Qi.
However, when the Eye of Mobius truly burst forth with golden light, Jiangnan's expression suddenly changed!
He was horrified to realize that his perception of the surrounding space was being compressed!
500 meters...
400 meters...
300 meters...
200 meters...
100 meters!
The scope of perception in Jiangnan is being drastically compressed!
East, west, south, north, and north; from top to bottom, not a single detail is missed!
Something was surrounding him!
"Is it a domain?!"
Jiangnan instantly realized that the other party had actually resorted to such a method!
Being trapped in this deep sea is almost certainly a matter of life and death.
Without any hesitation, he immediately began to retaliate.
Only a domain can truly contend with another domain!
"The Fourth World!"
The Eye of Mobius shone brightly!
Centered on Jiangnan, a golden expanse spreads outwards!
However, just as the area had painstakingly expanded to a range of 50 meters...
Boom!
An immense pressure descended upon Jiangnan!
"That's right, this is the domain..."
Jiangnan felt the pressure, gritted his teeth, and looked shocked.
Moreover, this field is ridiculously strong!
He could clearly sense that the other party's territory possessed a perverse aggressiveness!
It's like an Abyss maw, devouring his Fourth World!
"It can even devour space?"
Jiangnan frowned.
What exactly is this field?
Even worse...
The Fourth World is beginning to shrink.
49 meters...
48 meters...
46 meters...
42 meters...
36 meters...
The speed is getting faster and faster!
As the area shrank, the so-called domain finally revealed itself.
An almost endless Black Mist enveloped everything from all directions.
Jiangnan's expression became unusually serious.
No.
We must not allow ourselves to be corrupted by this domain.
We must find a way to open up a path.
His intuition told him that he must not encounter the Black Mist.
Jiangnan made a decisive decision.
"Snap."
Snap of fingers.
"A moment... is eternity."
Time stood still.
The deep sea turned gray.
The Black Mist froze in mid-air, motionless.
The Near Yet Far" (meaning "so close yet so far") cannot be used in Jiangnan.
His vision is limited, and blindly teleporting might lead him into a trap, crashing into the Black Mist.
Then let's go up.
With a light leap, he sprang upwards.
At the same time, raise your right hand.
"The Extinction Tribulation Light!"
"Boom!!!"
Golden light shone from between his brows, piercing through the Black Mist above!
A narrow passage has been opened up.
Jiangnan rushed up the passage with all his might!
1.3 seconds.
2.6 seconds.
3.9 seconds.
5.2 seconds.
6.5 seconds.
7.8 seconds.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Jiangnan's mental strength is nearing its limit.
The distance that can be ascended...
Only three kilometers!
Three kilometers away, there was still Black Mist.
And...
A water ghost suddenly appeared out of nowhere and blocked his way!
"Bang!"
Jiangnan shattered its body with a single punch.
Then, he immediately began to chant.
"With this ashes, I send you back to the abyss; Hellfire the heavens, and all laws become emptiness!"
White Hellfire ignited from his body, enveloping him and transforming into sharp armor!
The next second!
Time has returned to normal!
The once stagnant deep sea began to surge again!
The Black Mist passage that had been pierced by the Extinction Tribulation Light instantly healed, and the Black Mist rushed towards him again, about to devour him!
Jiangnan remained calm in the face of danger, clenched his fists, and used Hellfire to condense a battle blade!
"Disperse!"
A single, ferocious, circular slash!
The white flames exploded in a ring, scattering the approaching Black Mist in a large circle!
But...
It merely dispersed them.
Jiangnan was shocked to discover that the Black Mist had not been burned away by the Hellfire as he had expected.
They are like countless independent individuals; only the part that is hit head-on by the blade will burn out on its own!
Wild grass cannot be burned out; it will grow back in the spring breeze.
And the Hellfire...
It is as if frost has withered all the grass and trees, and spring will not bring them back to green.
The Hellfire could not consume the Black Mist.
But the Black Mist was consuming the Hellfire.
Jiangnan frowned as he looked at his increasingly thin armor.
This is bad.
This time, we've really messed up.
This thing is hidden at the bottom of the sea...
It is much stronger than Phoenix Emperor Su Gelu.
What to do?
The Judgment was disrupted?
No.
The enemy's true form was never seen from beginning to end.
Using this tactic will only reveal our true intentions.
Hiding in the Human Emperor Lamp?
That won't work either.
You can dodge it yourself, but the Human Emperor Lamp might not be able to.
In that single second of thought, the Black Mist surged forth once more!
"Snap!"
The air barrier surrounding the King's Authority was shattered on the spot!
The seawater crashed against Jiangnan, only to be Hellfire.
The Black Mist coiled around, frantically consuming the Hellfire.
Jiangnan remained calmly contemplating the situation.
Because he knew that panicking wouldn't change anything.
Only through thinking can he be saved.
Just then...
The water ghost's head that he had blasted apart floated to his side.
Jiangnan looked at that head.
In my mind, an insignificant, even worthless, Word Spirit flashed by.
At this moment, however, it was his lifeline.
Jiangnan reached out and grabbed the water ghost's head, covering it with Hellfire.
The Black Mist was now attacking him relentlessly!
The Hellfire is almost gone!
"Get out of here!"
Jiangnan shouted loudly.
The White Flame Battle Armor transformed into a shockwave, shattering the seawater and Black Mist!
A brief respite.
Jiangnan looked at the water ghost head burning with Hellfire in his hand and spoke softly.
Whether you live or die today depends on you.
He made a fist with his right hand, as if grabbing a Snowball from thin air.
Arms swinging back.
Her lips were slightly pouting.
"Puff!"
A Snowball appeared in his hand—no, it was placed on the water ghost's head.
"Ha!"
Jiangnan used all his strength to throw the Snowball upwards!
The Snowball, trailing a white flame, passed through the gaps in the Black Mist and disappeared into the darkness.
Just then...
The Black Mist has already digested the Hellfire.
Another fierce attack is coming!
Jiangnan is faintly visible...
From the depths of the Black Mist, two enormous scarlet eyes lit up.
The light illuminated the surroundings...
It also illuminated it...
That outline...
It looks like a giant nautilus.
Layer upon layer of shell, countless tentacles, and those two blood-red eyes.
So it was you?
Jiangnan looked into those eyes and raised the international friendship sign.
"But I'm sorry, I don't want to stay here today."
The Black Mist enveloped them.
The second before he was completely engulfed...
Jiangnan's figure has disappeared.
"Splash!!!"
Normal sea area.
A figure appeared out of nowhere on the sea.
Jiangnan (southern China)
Before him was a burning water ghost head.
The Hellfire made it crackle and pop.
The next second.
"Puff."
The water ghost's head was burned to ashes and scattered in the wind.
Jiangnan floated on the sea, face up, panting heavily.
He succeeded.
Word Spirit: Snowball
F-class: Consumes 1 word, throws a Snowball, and can teleport to the target within 3 seconds of hitting the target.
He smeared Snowball on the water ghost's head, threw them, and then teleported.
The water ghost's head became his teleportation anchor.
An F-class Word Spirit.
It helped him escape the most dangerous predicament he had ever faced!
Jiangnan looked at the gray sky.
"Phew~"
"The feeling of surviving a disaster... isn't bad."