Sealing the God, Trapping the Whale
Ten days later, at night, the bright moon hung in the sky, and the stars shone brightly.
The sound of crashing waves enveloped the entire sea, and beams of Light of the Stars and Moon shone down from the sky, disappearing into the seawater and illuminating the once dark seabed as if it were daytime.
Compared to the scattered and chaotic distribution of light pillars in previous years, the distribution of Light of the Stars and Moon this year appears to be very regular, as if it has been reorganized by an invisible hand.
As night deepened, undercurrents surged in the still dark sea in the distance. A huge and dark shadow pushed aside the cold water and quickly moved towards the bright area.
As the distance closed, the shape of the shadow gradually became clearer.
It was a whale over thirty meters long, with a round, broad head and a pair of huge eyes like two bright Zhenzhu set on either side of its head, radiating a mysterious light. Its streamlined body and tail, like a giant fan, could propel its massive body a great distance with a gentle sway.
"Space-Escaping Whale" is Sea Soul Beast with spatial attributes, a ruler-level existence in the sea.
It may not be the strongest Sea Soul Beast in terms of combat power, but it is definitely the Sea Soul Beast with the strongest ability to survive.
If it weren't for its extremely poor reproductive capacity, there would be fewer than twenty "Space-Escaping Whale" ever recorded. In terms of ranking of the ocean's overlords, it's hard to say whether the "Deep Sea Demon Whale" is superior, but the "Evil Orca" would definitely rank after the "Space-Escaping Whale".
Upon entering the waters of the "Star Moon Archipelago," and seeing the regularly distributed pillars of starlight and moonlight that faintly exuded a mysterious aura, a look of surprise suddenly flashed in the huge eyes of the "Space-Escaping Whale."
This was its hundredth visit to the Star Moon Archipelago. Over three thousand years ago, it discovered the Starlight Clam colony here, and that during this special period, the entire colony would draw upon the Light of the Stars and Moon the Starlight Clam and moon to form a vast "Moonlight and Starlight Vital Energy Ocean." It had stayed here for over three hundred years. After figuring out the patterns, it would come here almost every thirty years at this time, unless something prevented it, to cultivate using the unique environment.
For the "Space-Escaping Whale," space is both its strength and its weakness.
Indeed, spatial attributes are powerful. The "Space-Escaping Whale," possessing spatial attributes, roams the entire ocean, and except for its early Infancy Stage, it has almost never encountered any fatal dangers. Even when facing the "Deep Sea Demon Whale King" of the West Sea, who is determined to transform into a dragon, it can easily retreat unscathed.
However, cultivating spatial attributes is extremely difficult.
In terms of lifespan, this "Space-Escaping Whale" actually surpasses many Sea Soul Beast with 100,000 years of cultivation, such as the "Evil Orca King" of the Evil Orca pod in the West Sea, and the "Demonic Great White Shark King of the Demonic Great White Sharks" pod, whose pod received protection after attaching itself to the Sea God. However, they all broke through 100,000 years of cultivation long ago, while it only has 80,000 years of cultivation now.
Even more than three thousand years ago, when the "Space-Escaping Whale" had a cultivation level of only over sixty thousand years, its cultivation level advanced by leaps and bounds under the special environmental enhancement of the "Moonlight and Starlight Vital Energy Ocean" that occurs every thirty years in the "Star Moon Archipelago," becoming several times faster than before!
The "Space-Escaping Whale" estimated that it should be able to reach the critical point in at most two thousand years and attempt to break through the 100,000-year cultivation level.
With high hopes for the future, the "Space-Escaping Whale" continued its journey, heading towards the center of the "Star Moon Archipelago".
That place is where the vital energy is most concentrated in the "Moonlight and Starlight Vital Energy Ocean" that will be formed later.
The bright moon continued to rise into the sky. When the jade disc reached the center of the sky, the Full Moon, which was only the size of a large bowl in the past, now looked like a pot, as if it wanted to put the entire sky into it.
The "Space-Escaping Whale" floated on the sea more than 3,000 meters away from the coastline of Star Moon Lake Island, looking up at the increasingly bright moon overhead, its deep eyes filled with anticipation.
"Here they come—!" *N
Almost simultaneously, "Space-Escaping Whale" and Ling Yi and the others who had been lying in wait on Star Moon Lake Island recited the same words in their minds.
"Splash—!!!"
Wave after wave crashed against the shore, pounding against the "Space-Escaping Whale's " body, which resembled a reef. Each wave was higher than the last, but the "Space-Escaping Whale" paid no heed to them, rising again until its entire body was floating on the surface of the sea.
At the same time, the "Starlight Clam" on the seabed opened their shells one after another, releasing the Light of the Stars and Moon they had previously attracted and absorbed. The pearls on the pink clam meat shone brightly, just like the bright moon in the sky.
Looking down into the seabed, around the "Starlight Clam" that bloom like bright moons, the deep blue seaweed swaying with the water emits faint blue light, like stars.
Micro-stars accompany the moon, the moon transforms into stars, and stars gather to form a sea. Except for the absence of that supermoon, the sky and sea are turned upside down at this moment!
If you look down at the Star Moon Archipelago from a distance, you can see a spectacular sight: a supermoon hangs high in the deep blue sky, surrounded by stars vying to shine, and beneath the surging waves, beams of starlight burst forth, piercing the sea surface, as if the starry sky has been hidden in the seabed.
And between these two starry seas, one above the other, a graceful whale looked up at the moon, its huge mouth open as if to swallow the enormous moon high in the sky.
Time ticked by, and as the bright moon, which was in the center of the sky, began to wane, Ling Yi, atop the highest peak on Star Moon Lake Island, turned to the apprehensive Gu Rong and said, "Get ready, I'm about to begin."
"Um!"
With a strong nod from Gu Rong, Ling Yi took a step forward, and the void beneath his feet seemed to materialize, lifting him step by step toward the sky.
Once he reached a thousand meters above sea level, Ling Yi stood on the void, looked down and took in the "Space-Escaping Whale" that was breathing in the moon and frantically absorbing the starlight and moonlight from within dozens of miles of the island.
On Star Moon Lake Island, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and the others looked up at Ling Yi, who looked like an immortal descending to earth under the moonlight, and they all subconsciously held their breath.
Ling Yi then spread his arms wide, making a gesture as if embracing the bright moon in the sky.
"The God-Sealing Formation —Activate!!!"
A faint voice rang in everyone's ears and spread for over a hundred miles in an instant, covering an area of more than 30,000 square kilometers of sea area of the "Star Moon Archipelago" (refer to XSQD).
In the center of the archipelago, the "Space-Escaping Whale," immersed in cultivation, had just sensed something amiss and was preparing to react when invisible giant hands pulled the pillars of starlight and moonlight connecting the sky and the sea from all directions, transforming them into chains of light that intertwined into a net and enveloped the "Space-Escaping Whale."
"Hold head high--!!!"
It only had time to let out a high-pitched roar before the more than 30-meter-long "Space-Escaping Whale" became a fish in the net. No matter how frantically it struggled, the endless Light of the Stars and Moon, combined with the light chains forming a "fishing net," kept it firmly bound and tightened its grip.
"It's... it's that simple?"
On Star Moon Lake Island, Zi Yaoshi, standing on a huge reef by the shore, stared in disbelief and asked the person next to him as if in a dream.
"Is it easy?"
Mo Yuan and Yun Lan exchanged a glance, their faces bearing a smile of pride.
In these ten days, they didn't waste a single moment. Under their leadership, Zi Yaoshi and the more than one hundred sailors of the "Viper Corps" covered almost the entire seabed within a hundred miles of Star Moon Lake Island. Not only did they drive the "Starlight Clam" to reposition themselves according to Ling Yi's plan, but they also scattered mutated Blue Silver Grass seeds, which could adapt to the composition of seawater and the pressure of the seabed, around the "Starlight Clam".
In other words, Mo Yuan, Yun Lan, and Zi Yaoshi are all Six-Ring Soul Emperor, and the other hundred or so sailors are also powerful Sea Soul Master. Otherwise, ten days would not have been enough to complete such a large project.
Of course, most importantly, it is a miracle that not a single one of these "Starlight Clam" resisted them!
High in the sky, Ling Yi a step forward, and his figure reappeared in front of the "Space-Escaping Whale".
Almost simultaneously, three figures followed Ling Yi to this sea area and stood on the enormous head of the "Space-Escaping Whale".
"City Lord..." Gu Rong looked at the "Space-Escaping Whale" that was unable to move at the moment, and looked at Ling Yi with eager eyes.
"Don't rush~" Ling Yi waved his hand, stepped on the smooth surface of the "Space-Escaping Whale", and looked it over from all angles.
Seeing this, Chen Xin put his hand on Gu Rong's shoulder and shook his head at him when the other turned his head to look at him.
Dugu Bo also stepped forward, raised his hand and patted Gu Rong's other shoulder, signaling him to calm down.
"Call--"
With the reassurance of his two old friends, Gu Rong suppressed his excitement and waited silently.
About ten minutes later, Ling Yi returned to the top of the "Space-Escaping Whale," nodded to the Gu Rong, and said, "It's ready."
"Good!" Gu Rong's eyes lit up, and he immediately stepped forward. His body was filled with silver-gray Soul Power, and a majestic and sinister white bone dragon appeared behind him.
At the same time, eight Soul Ring, two yellow, two purple, and four black, appeared around Gu Rong, pulsating and rising and falling.
The following day, the sun shone brightly in the sky.
On a newly leveled plaza in the northeast corner of Star Moon Lake Island, Ling Yi held an octagonal armor-piercing spear and was carving something on the rock-paved plaza.
The plaza, spanning a hundred meters in radius, was paved with hard granite. However, under the blade of the Thousand Refinement octagonal armor-piercing spear, it was as easy as butter meeting a hot knife, leaving marks on it.
About half an hour later, Ling Yi stopped, put away his gun, and stood in the center of the square.
Ling Yi stored the octagonal armor-piercing spear into his storage bracelet and then gestured to Chen Xin and the other two outside the plaza.
Upon receiving Ling Yi's signal, Dugu Bo immediately activated his Martial Soul, manifesting his true form as the "Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor," whose crown on his head became increasingly prominent.
"Hold head high--!!!"
The "Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor" opened its blood-red maw and roared at the plaza where Ling Yi was. The powerful sound waves turned into a gale, sweeping away all the stone chips on the plaza and blowing them towards the distant sea.
At the same time, Chen Xin and Gu Rong both unleashed their Martial Soul Avatar. Together, they lifted a colossal object from the nearby coastline and carried it toward the plaza.
The "Space-Escaping Whale" is, more precisely, the Ice Seal corpse of the "Space-Escaping Whale".
The giant "Bone Dragon" transformed from the Gu Rong carried the corpse of the "Space-Escaping Whale". Chen Xin used the "Eighth Soul Skill - Move Mountains and Fill Seas", and twelve giant sword shadows helped lift it from all directions, bringing it to the sky above the plaza.
At this moment, as the stone chips were blown away, the patterns that had just been carved on the square finally became fully visible.
Looking down from above, it was a huge array, with strange patterns intertwined, and four hollow circular rings in the east, south, west and north directions.
The interconnected circular loops, located in the center of the square, form a balance pattern resembling a cross.
As Gu Rong and Chen Xin placed the corpse of the "Space-Escaping Whale" on the scale pattern, Dugu Bo stepped forward at Ling Yi's signal and used his Soul Power to dispel the frost on the corpse of the "Space-Escaping Whale". Chen Xin also flashed several sword lights, piercing several holes in the intact corpse of the "Space-Escaping Whale".
Instantly, bright red blood gushed out, spreading rapidly along the patterns carved on the square, like winding, blood-red snakes.
While Dugu Bo and the other two were busy, Ling Yi was naturally not idle either. He quickly ran to the four corners of the square, taking out items from his storage bracelet and placing them in the four circular rings.
Within the eastern circle, Ling Yi placed a ten-thousand-year-old "Blue Silver King".
Within the western circle, Ling Yi placed a piece of "Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother" the size of a human head.
Within the southern ring, Ling Yi placed a "Molten Flame Crystal" from the volcano.
In the northern ring, Ling Yi placed a bucket of "Cold Spring Water" as tall as a person.
After carefully placing these precious materials aside, Ling Yi glanced at the ground array diagram that was already filled with blood and quickly arrived at the top of the "Space-Escaping Whale" corpse in the center of the plaza.
Looking around, Dugu Bo had arrived at the "Blue Silver King" in the east. Chen Xin stood next to the "Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother". Zi Yaoshi, Mo Yuan, and Yun Lan surrounded the bucket of "Cold Spring Water". Gu Rong transformed into a "Bone Dragon" and stood guard on the reef not far away.
Seeing that everyone had taken their places, Ling Yi took out a blue gem the size of an adult's palm, shimmering with starlight, from his storage bracelet and placed it on the top of the "Space-Escaping Whale's " eyes.
Then, Ling Yi stood on top of the "Space-Escaping Whale", spread his arms, and made an embracing gesture towards the bright sun in the sky.
In the void, unseen by anyone, a radiant figure emerged from above Ling Yi's head, drawing upon the Sun True Fire that was pouring down from the sky.
In the eyes of Chen Xin and the others around them, a strange scene similar to that of last night appeared again. Strands of golden light twisted and appeared, quickly converging together and turning into blazing flames, which instantly enveloped the entire square within a hundred meters in radius.
To Dugu Bo and the others' surprise, the intense flames fell on them, yet they felt no burning sensation at all!
However, while Dugu Bo and the others were unharmed, everything else in the plaza was different. Whether it was the corpse of the "Space-Escaping Whale," the blood-stained patterns on the ground, or the various materials in the four directions of east, west, south, and north, everything changed in an instant.
The blades of "Blue Silver King" moved swiftly without wind, stretching out freely, and the wisps of blue-green energy transformed into fuel, making the golden Sun True Fire even more magnificent.
The surface of the indestructible and incredibly tough "Deep Sea Sunken Silver Silver Mother" slowly liquefied, eventually turning into a pool of flowing liquid under Chen Xin's watchful gaze.
The dark red "Molten Flame Crystal" shone brightly, just as it had when it was first retrieved from the volcanic lava.
The most bizarre thing was the bucket of "Cold Spring Water," which came from the "Land of the Far North." This "Cold Spring Water," which never freezes in such a frigid environment, was now beginning to condense little by little.
It was still from that unseen perspective of the void. The radiant ' Holy Embryo ' surveyed all around, watching the spiritual manifestation of the four elements of metal, wood, water, and fire, before reaching out to grab the island below.