The seawater beneath the stone formation moved first, ripples spreading outward in rings at Tang San's feet. Bo Saixi pressed her hand against the other end of the altar, blue Soul Power pouring from her palm into the cracks between the stones. The entire Sea God Temple shuddered. Tang Chen stood below the steps. Seeing the veins bulge on the back of her hand, he tried to approach, but she stopped him with a look.
"One step closer, and you'll have to take this onslaught for me too," Bo Saixi said.
Tang Chen stopped, but did not put down the medicine case in his hand. "If you pass out, I'm coming in."
Yuan Yu stood between them, using the Great Void Boundary-Stabilizing Gate to support both the sea and the altar. The gate opened only within the temple he could see; beyond a hundred zhang, they still relied on the stone formation's original channels. As the Sea God's power surged out through the gate, Yuan Yu immediately fed in the power he had refined himself within his nine seals. The empty seals left after opening the Angel God's gate last time had only recently been refilled. Now, one after another, they dimmed again.
Tang San entered the heart of the formation. The Sea God Trident suddenly grew several times heavier in his hand, and the roar of the tide pressed down on the nine Spirit Rings above his head until they nearly faltered. The Blue Silver Emperor grew from beneath his feet and climbed the stone pillars on either side. He had barely steadied himself when the towering waves the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had raised in life appeared before him.
The Sea God's voice came from behind the waves. "You relied on them to save the ships. Now