Wangchuan swished his fish tail and swam toward the deep sea.
He dove deeper.
The water pressure kept increasing, but it had no effect on him.
The authority of water flowed within him. Every inch of his skin sensed the movement of the seawater, and every drop of seawater conveyed information to him.
He closed his eyes.
Then he heard it.
Not with his ears.
With his entire body.
There were voices in the seawater.
Countless voices.
"The currents changed again today."
"The seaweed up north is growing nicely."
"I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten in three days."
"Those humans are fighting up there again. They're so noisy."
"I could fly just now! Did you know that?"
"Stay away. That's a Navy ship."
"More bubbles fell down from the Sabaody Archipelago. Those bubbles are delicious."
"The undersea volcano is stirring. Stay away from there for now."
Wangchuan opened his eyes.
His pupils dilated slightly.
He could understand them.
Every voice, every language, every conversation.
He could understand them all.
This was no Voice of All Things.
This was an innate ability of the authority of water.
Because the ocean itself was a vast web, seawater connected everything, and the Water Demon was the master of that web.
He could hear what the schools of fish, the sea turtles, the sea snakes, and even the tiny plankton were saying.
He continued diving.
The deeper he went, the more voices there were.
The deeper he went, the louder they grew.
Then.
He sensed it.
It was a vast, heavy presence, like a moving mountain.
It came from every direction.
Sea Kings.
He opened his eyes.
In the distance, something was approaching through the dark depths.
Not just one.
Many.
Each was thousands of meters long.
An enormous squid with tentacles as thick