The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's aura began to plummet rapidly, but at the same time, an energy fluctuation far more terrifying than any of his previous attacks was accelerating into form within his body.
"Too late." The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's voice was low, yet it was like the final muffled thunder rising from the deepest seabed. "I won't be the only one to disappear from this sea."
Ariel did not hesitate.
The instant the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King finished speaking, she moved.
Crimson-gold light exploded around her. Her entire body became a golden streak compressed to the utmost limit, retreating at a speed beyond any of her previous movements.
At the same time, the trident in her hand rose sharply. Crimson-gold Sea God's Power poured from its tip like countless rivers igniting at once, layer upon layer covering the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
The first crimson-gold barrier spread out like an enormous drawn curtain, precisely enveloping the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's body and tightly sealing in the dark-blue light rapidly gathering around him.
The second layer followed immediately, like a golden film overlaid upon the first. An extremely thin buffer space remained between them, while fine wave patterns flowed across their edges.
The third layer, the fourth, the fifth...
In virtually an instant, Ariel completed the layered formation of seven barriers. Each layer was like golden silk folded over and over, wrapping the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the dark core rapidly forming inside him within layers upon layers of Sea God's Power.
This was the strongest defensive measure she could deploy in such a short time: the Sevenfold Sea God's Barrier.
Ariel knew this was no ordinary self-destruction. It was the final desperate counterattack of a Second-Level God close to becoming a