Sea God's Protection, Sea God's Secret Blood, Uncrowned Divine Crown, Underground Secret Chamber

The dark-red-scaled Merman Clan Chief whipped his head around, his vertical pupils filled with disbelief and terror. He could clearly sense the terrifying power contained in that sword energy, far beyond his understanding, as though even the passage of time slowed beneath that strike.

"H-how is that possible!?"

Not just the Merman Clan Chief-even Xiangling, Qingshuang, and the others stared blankly.

They had never underestimated Yun Che's combat power, but they had never imagined that merely using a combat technique would make him so devastatingly powerful now.

Was he really only in the Spirit God Realm?

Judging by that last strike, even a Heavenly God might not have been able to block it!

With a wave, Yun Che collected the treasures dropped across the ground and walked slowly toward the Merman Clan Chief, who stood before the Sea God statue with his fish eyes wide.

The Merman Clan Chief still could not process it. The strongest elite fighters in his entire clan had actually... actually been wiped out just like that?

Yun Che walked up beside him like an old friend he had not seen in years. He examined the formation before him, then nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad. This formation is much stronger than my God-Level Formation. It's worth learning."

"Ding! Acquisition successful. Congratulations on obtaining the God-Level Formation, Sea God’s Protection."

After learning this formation with its extremely powerful defenses, Yun Che casually formed a few hand seals. Under the Merman Clan Chief's utterly dumbfounded gaze, the Grand Formation he had failed to break despite giving it his all simply vanished.

Then Yun Che stepped forward and shattered the upper half of the Sea God statue with a palm strike. A jade vial containing swirling golden-red blood appeared—the Sea God’s Secret Blood that the Fishmen Clan