If they still had the leisure to do all this, Ye Chuqi and Big Black Fish clearly thought nothing of the Giant Octopus. They had it completely under control. No wonder they had been so opposed to everyone coming down to help. They had not been worried about their safety at all—they really had been worried they would get in the way.
No matter how well a human could swim, they could not stay underwater for long, but Ye Chuqi was completely different. If she had not still looked entirely human, Gaines would have suspected she was a Sea Demon incarnate, so completely at home was she in the dark, heavy seawater.
It was as though she had no need to breathe and felt none of the pressure the seawater exerted on her.
If Ye Chuqi had known what Gaines was thinking, she would certainly have told him that this little pressure was nothing. The stone steps of her sect's Heart-Questioning Path exerted more pressure than this, and the medicinal baths used to temper her body were heavier than this seawater. Besides, her body had long since been transformed by Spiritual Liquid. Seawater and air probably differed only slightly in density; to her, there was no difference at all.
In fact, the seawater gave her more to push against, making her movements seem even more agile.
In the blink of an eye, she was already before the Giant Octopus. Its enormous eye seemed to hold wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, while Ye Chuqi was nothing more than an insignificant speck of dust before it.
Now that speck of dust gripped the Thousand-Leaf Sword tightly. Her spiritual power worked in perfect harmony with the sword, making the blade, already coated in Frostglow, blaze with magnificent colors. Its sword light pierced straight