The Sea Princess clan, the 700,000-year Sea Emperor Liya? Sea Dragon Douluo: How is this possible?
"But our Xuanwu Ancestor!"
Hearing this, Ye Shaozhe laughed heartily:
"Such boldness, Your Highness!
But Your Highness, Sea God Island does have that so-called divine trial barrier and the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo guarding it. Should we wait for the main force of the Divine Mechanism Legion behind us to catch up before suppressing them?"
Lu Wudao waved his hand and said with complete confidence:
"There is no need for such complications.
Father appointed me the vanguard precisely so I could display the empire's might!
The three Level Nine Heaven's Wrath Soul-Annihilating Bombs aboard the Sea-Breaker will only rust if we leave them unused."
"Head straight to their doorstep and fire a warning salvo!
If they know what's good for them and come out to kneel in welcome before our imperial army, spare their lives.
If they dare resist..."
A flash of murderous intent crossed Lu Wudao's eyes:
"Blast Sea God Island's defensive formation flat on the spot and pave the way for Father's army!"
"At your command!"
A sharp light blazed in Ye Shaozhe's eyes as he turned to relay the orders.
Woooo-!
The deep, powerful blast of the soul-powered steam whistle echoed beneath the heavens once more.
Like a blade tearing through the azure waves, the Sea-Breaker charged straight into Sea God Island's territory!
Yet.
Neither the high-spirited Lu Wudao, nor Ye Shaozhe stationed on the deck, nor the hundreds of millions of viewers before the Sky Screen noticed.
In a deep-sea trench ten thousand meters directly beneath the Sea-Breaker.
An immense dark-blue shadow that could blot out the sky and sun clung silently to the rocky seabed wall. It was none other than the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who had approached in stealth!
At that moment, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King trembled all over, frozen in place, not daring to move a muscle!
In his perception, the threat of the great refined-iron ship above and its Level Nine Soul Cannons had long since been cast entirely from his mind.
What truly frightened his very soul out of him...
Was the pressure slowly spreading from the depths of the ocean, far, far away!
Boom...
Boom...
It was a soundless rhythm.
That presence was ancient, weighty, and as vast and primordial as the chaos at the dawn of heaven and earth!
Within the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's divine perception, that immeasurably colossal divine beast Ancestor bore the entire Xuanwu Continent upon his shell.
Every time one of his four feet descended upon the seabed's earth veins, the ocean floor of the entire Douluo Star trembled with it!
Around that divine beast's shell swirled incomparably dense Ultimate Destruction Qi and Heaven and Earth Profound Nether Laws.
There was even the faint phantom of a World-Destroying Black Serpent coiled around the divine turtle, casting him a cold glance through thousands of li of deep ocean with cruel, amused eyes!
Just that single glance!
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King felt as though the flame of his nearly divine soul was about to be frozen and scattered in an instant!
"A god... a true God King...!"
Huddled in the underwater canyon, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King broke out in cold sweat, his mind shaken to its very core:
"What does the Sea God amount to...
What does Bo Saixi amount to...
This being could shatter the entire Douluo Continent with a single step!"
"No...
I must hurry and notify the Demon Empress and Buddha's Child...
We absolutely cannot get caught up in this catastrophe!
Sea God Island... is doomed!
The Douluo Continent... everything is about to change!"
On the sea's surface.
The Sky Screen's divine light spread boundlessly, illuminating the entire stretch of sea.
On Sea God Island, golden Sea God Radiance suddenly shot into the heavens.
Amid endless warning signs and alarm, the figures of the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo and High Priest Bo Saixi finally appeared together above the Sea God Hall!
The storm had arrived!
Beneath the ocean's abyssal depths.
The enormous true body of the divine turtle floated quietly over the ocean floor. The majestic, boundless Xuanwu Continent upon his back resembled an endless inverted canopy of sky.
At the giant turtle's tail, the World-Destroying Black Serpent glanced mockingly at the trembling Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the trench below.
"Old turtle, there's a fat fish hiding down there with nine hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation."
Flicking its forked tongue, the serpent head said playfully:
"It's only a step away from shedding its mortal body, transforming into a dragon, and becoming a god.
Want to swallow it while we're here? Consider it an appetizer after waking up."
Lu Changqing merely glanced at him and said indifferently:
"Just a loach that has yet to ignite its divine flame. In the end, he's only a mortal beast. Leave him be."
"What of his nine hundred and ninety thousand years?
Until he crosses that heavenly chasm, in the eyes of a deity, he's merely a somewhat larger ant.
Crushing him underfoot would only dirty these waters."
Hearing this, the serpent body gave a derisive chuckle:
"True. Trash like this isn't even worthy of guarding the mountain for the Ancestor's temple.
The Soul Beasts in these waters really are pitifully weak, though."
Watching the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King cowering in hiding deep within the trench, a slight ripple stirred in Lu Changqing's thoughts as he recalled another group of beings in the Xuanwu Continent's inland sea.
"The potential of Sea Soul Beasts was never limited by this mortal sea."
Lu Changqing said indifferently:
"When I first entered my slumber all those years ago, the continent drifted past the Arctic Ice Sea.
Driven into a corner by the Polar Ferocious Beasts, some members of the Sea Princess clan migrated to the Frost-Soul Abyss in the continent's north to seek my protection."
"Back then, their old clan leader, the strongest in their entire clan, had only barely broken through the hundred-thousand-year bottleneck. She had little lifespan left and was terribly frail."
The serpent body swayed its enormous head, a trace of reminiscence appearing in its eyes:
"Those little mermaids were quite obedient and knew their place. They knew to offer incense to the Ancestor.
For tens of thousands of years, they have remained in the Frost-Soul Abyss, cleansing their marrow and tempering their bones with the Ultimate Profound Nether Divine Power that escaped from your breathing as you slept, big brother, and the spiritual essence of heaven and earth."
"By my reckoning, that little mermaid Liya from back then should have seven hundred thousand years of cultivation by now, shouldn't she?"
"Seven hundred thousand years."
Lu Changqing corrected him without a ripple of emotion:
"Not only has she overcome the Soul Beasts' seven-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation, she has also shed the limitations of her beast body and cultivated the 'Extreme Frost Profound Nether Body.' The continent's people revere her as the 'Sea Emperor.'
Even that brat Lu Ye has to respectfully address her as senior when he sees her.
By comparison, the self-proclaimed kings of these Douluo waters see no farther than a three-inch shoal."
The serpent body let out a cold, sinister chuckle:
"That Sea God Poseidon fellow forcibly became a god on Douluo Star back then by harvesting faith and killing a few Ferocious Beasts, then imagined he ruled the entire ocean.
If Sea Emperor Liya stepped out of the Xuanwu Continent, a single palm strike would overturn the great formation the Sea God left in the mortal world."
"No hurry."
Lu Changqing closed his eyes again, his divine breaths stirring vast undercurrents deep within the ocean:
"Now that the Sky Screen has descended, this grand performance has only just raised its curtain.
Since Lu Ye has sent the Sea-Breaker to clear the way, let these natives of the Douluo Continent first witness what true foundations look like."
Above the ocean, the enormous Sky Screen in the heavens shimmered with flowing light.
The moment the Sea-Breaker approached Sea God Island, the barrage of comments that had been mocking Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang abruptly shifted toward a dispute over the ocean's powers.
[Douluo section · Elephant Armor Sect disciple]:
"Sea God Island is the sacred land of the ocean!
Senior High Priest Bo Saixi is a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, and she has the protection of Sea God Divine Power!
You dare arrogantly charge into its formation in that wreck of a ship?"
[Douluo section · Old fisherman from Vast Sea City]:
"Upon the ocean, the Sea God is invincible!
No matter how powerful your cannons are, the High Priest can summon towering waves to smash you into splinters!"
At the sight of the indignant statements from the Douluo Continent, even the Xuanwu section's comments paused for half a second before erupting into even fiercer ridicule.
[Xuanwu section · Northern Border Frost-Soul Abyss Watcher]:
"Pfft!
You'll make my teeth fall out laughing!
The Sea God is invincible?
Have you people from the Douluo Continent never seen a true ruler of the ocean?"
[Xuanwu section · First Divine Mechanism Legion officer]:
"When it comes to Sea Soul Beasts and naval strength, have you consulted the Sea Princess clan of our Xuanwu Continent's northern sea?
Have you consulted Her Majesty Sea Emperor Liya?"
[Xuanwu section · Heaven Dou Imperial Academy instructor]:
"Let me educate the natives of the Douluo Continent.
Over forty thousand years ago, the Sea Princess clan migrated into our Xuanwu Continent's Northern Abyss and received nourishment from the Ancestor's divine power.
The current Sea Emperor, Her Majesty Liya, has reached seven hundred thousand years of cultivation!
That's seven hundred thousand years of genuine ultimate cultivation-a true emperor who has weathered multiple heavenly tribulations!
That so-called Sea God High Priest of yours probably couldn't withstand even a single Ice Emperor's Divine Sigh from the Sea Emperor in our Xuanwu northern sea!"
[Xuanwu section · Drunken Immortal Tower diner]:
"Forget withstanding it!
When the emperor ascended the throne, Her Majesty the Sea Emperor personally emerged from seclusion to congratulate him. The gifts she casually presented were Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Jade Marrow and Deep-Sea Aurora Tears!
You people from the Douluo Continent see nothing but Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings. Poverty really has limited your imagination!"
Comment after comment crossed the Sky Screen, every line of text slamming like a heavy hammer into the hearts of all the Douluo Continent's Soul Masters.
Sea God Island, before the Sea God Hall.
The Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo stood around the altar, every one of their expressions as grim as could be.
"A seven-hundred-thousand-year Sea Soul Beast?
Sea Emperor?"
Sea Dragon Douluo clenched both fists, Soul Power surging around him, his voice filled with disbelief and a sense of absurdity:
"High Priest!
These statements on the Sky Screen are utterly preposterous!
Across the entire ocean, hundred-thousand-year Sea Soul Beasts are already as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King has nearly a million years of cultivation, but he is merely an exception. When has there ever been a seven-hundred-thousand-year Sea Princess in this world?!"