Outer Sea Abyss

Outer Sea, deep-sea region.

An evasion light shot from the Liang Province coastline into the sea, plunging headfirst beneath the waves.

The permanent affix of the Flood Lizard Essence Soul blocked the water pressure, while his body, tempered by the Radiant Light Body-Tempering Technique after reaching Major Accomplishment, could withstand it as well. Li Yuan dove all the way down, passing through fissures in the seabed rock layers and entering the depths of the trench's branching network.

Two thousand zhang, three thousand zhang.

The bottom of the trench was pitch-black.

As his perception spread out, the distribution of demonic qi in the deepest part of the trench entered his sea of consciousness.

The rift lay slightly south of the trench bottom, roughly four hundred zhang long and ranging from half a chi to two chi wide. Unlike Nether Abyss Valley's, which had been forcibly propped open, this one looked more like a spatial wall that had cracked on its own after being steeped in demonic qi for a long time.

There were five Devil Race members around the rift.

Three were Golden Core Tier, while two were Nascent Soul Early Stage. They crouched in recesses on the rock walls to either side. Dark-purple mist continuously seeped from the rift, spreading through the seawater into a murky dark current.

Li Yuan did not slow down and charged directly at the rift.

The Dark Demon Erosion Talisman struck first, attaching itself to the nearest Nascent Soul Early Stage Devil Race member.

The erosion wave pierced through its Protective Demonic Qi Layer. The instant its scales were exposed, the blade line of Spatial Severing Technique followed, piercing straight through its chest. The lingering Spatial Rift remained in the wound for more than three breaths, shredding its demonic qi pathways to pieces.

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