Diving into the Deep Sea!

"Fellow Daoist Shi, what's wrong?"

"But what if my spirit ship is discovered by sea monsters, attracting a horde of demons to attack it?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian remained silent, but his expression clearly showed some unease. Seeing this, True Person Qingshan spoke up to explain:

"This ship is named the Abyss-Diving Boat. I spent a fortune commissioning a master craftsman from the Profound Purity Sect to build it, specifically for deep-sea navigation."

"The ship's hull is crafted from third-tier spirit wood, and it is approximately twenty zhang long. The keel is forged from a third-tier Abyss Python, and it is engraved with one hundred and eight concealing and defensive array patterns."

"The hull is embedded with a third-tier concealment array. Once activated, it can shield the ship from the spiritual senses of Demon Beast. While at sea, it will emit the aura of a sea beast without attracting any attention..."

True Person Qingshan patted the side of the boat; this was his most treasured possession.

Most of his valuables had been divided between Shi and Yun, leaving him with only a few Law Treasure.

Shi Jian simply nodded slightly and said nothing more.

A faint fishy smell emanated from the hull, the bodily fluids of some kind of deep-sea creature, smeared on the surface of the ship to disguise its presence.

Why not just fly directly through the air?

"Flying in the sky is no different from walking in the dark with a lantern in hand."

Yun Du walked to the bow of the boat and glanced at the dark sea ahead:

"Deep in the North Sea, there are not only sea beasts, but also countless Feather Race demonic birds. If we expose our presence in the air, we will quickly attract a swarm of Demon Beast, and the three of us will not be able to withstand it."

Shi Jian asked no more questions, and lay down on the bow of the boat, letting the salty sea breeze seep into his hair.

True Person Qingshan entered the cabin to set up the formation, while Yun Du Hand Seals to activate the spirit ship.

Immediately, the Abyss-Diving Boat shimmered with light, a layer of light enveloping its hull, and it began to slowly descend, disappearing beneath the dark sea surface...

deep sea.

The deeper you go, the dimmer the light becomes.

The seawater turned from deep blue to inky black, and the pressure was like countless mountains pressing in from all directions, but it was blocked by the array light barrier.

Shi Jian lay cross-legged on the bow deck, gazing at the pitch-black deep sea before him.

Occasionally, a huge black shadow would sweep across the distance—whale demons tens of meters in size from the deep sea, or schools of armored Iron-Armored Fish, their scales shimmering in the faint fluorescent light...

The journey was smooth and calm.

The concealment formation completely enveloped the Abyss-Diving Boat, and none of the sea beasts that passed by noticed its existence.

Thanks to the concealment formation, its presence was weakened...

Furthermore, the Demon Beast aura is disguised, so even if the sea monsters detect it, they will quickly leave once they realize it is one of their own kind.

However, things went wrong in the following days.

A herd of hundreds of Red-Eyed Jiao Shark charged towards us in a mighty wave.

Each one was over ten feet long, with teeth as sharp as knives, and their sheer number made them so numerous that they densely covered the entire waterway, like a moving mass of red fluorescent light.

Concealment formations can shield spiritual sense, but they cannot prevent physical collisions.

"If we just ram into it, we'll probably be spotted."

True Person Qingshan's expression was grave. They had already ventured deep into the outer sea; if they were exposed, they would surely attract the attention of numerous demons who would hunt them down...

Shi Jian ignored him and walked to the very front of the bow deck.

With a slight rotation of the Nine-Pattern Lightning Core within his body, a powerful demonic aura of a Level 5 Demon General poured out without reservation!

The demonic power surged like a tide, spreading outwards in all directions from the Abyss-Diving Boat as its center.

The terrifying demonic power was revealed only slightly, and the effects were immediate!

The group of Red-Eyed Jiao Shark seemed to have been struck by lightning, and the entire swarm exploded instantly.

Hundreds of Jiao Shark turned frantically, like a school of sardines encountering their natural enemy, scrambling to escape to both sides.

The waterway is unobstructed.

"With me in charge, ordinary wild demons wouldn't dare approach."

Shi Jian withdrew his demonic power and continued to lie prostrate, repeating the same method for the next few days.

Any sea beasts blocking his path could be terrified without Shi Jian even moving; a mere moment of unleashing his demonic power was enough to send them running for their lives.

The aura of a level 5 Demon General spread like an invisible flag across this deep sea.

The level 3 and level 4 sea beasts along the way sensed this oppressive aura from afar and took a detour, none of them daring to approach and test it.

Several lone Level 4 sea dragons even swam over to fawn over them, thinking that some Sea Race Demon General passing by and wanted to attach himself to them.

Shi Jian ignored him and scared him away with a low growl.

In this sea, the strong rule.

After being embedded in the open sea, half a month later.

The sea has changed.

It was no longer simply pitch black, but a strange color mixed with dark green and crimson; the ocean currents became extremely turbulent, and the temperature plummeted.

A heavy, foul-smelling spiritual pressure emanated from the abyss ahead.

True Person Qingshan's face darkened completely.

"Arrive."

He walked to the bow of the ship and pointed to a huge crack in the seabed that was several miles wide.

Black Wind Abyss.

The crack was bottomless, and the rocks at the edges were eroded and riddled with holes, covered with bluish-black barnacle-like appendages.

Dark currents surged from the cracks, carrying a strong Yao Qi.

"The Sea Ape Beast is down there?"

"Its lair is at the bottom of Black Wind Abyss, and its territory covers an area of hundreds of miles."

True Person Qingshan took out a palm-sized bronze incense burner from his Storage Bag, with three thin, jet-black incense sticks inserted inside.

"This is Demon-Luring Incense I, an old man, concocted using the brain marrow of seventeen kinds of deep-sea Demon Beast."

"Once lit, the scent will blend into the seawater and flow into the abyss with the ocean currents. To aquatic Demon Beast, this is like a provocation that must be responded to."

"The Sea Ape Beast has an extremely strong sense of territory; it will definitely emerge from the abyss within half an hour at most."

Yun Du picked up the conversation. "And then what happens after we leave the abyss?"

"Fighting underwater puts us at a disadvantage."

True Person Qingshan took out three round beads that shimmered with a light blue glow. "Water-Avoidance Pearl, one for each person, to be held in the mouth. They can help resist the pressure of the deep sea and also allow for free breathing and movement."

"But the key is to bring it above the sea surface."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian turned and glanced at True Person Qingshan.

"Bring it to the sea?"

"You're planning to use us as bait?"

True Person Qingshan coughed lightly. "In terms of physical strength, Fellow Daoist Shi is unparalleled in the world. Taking a few blows should be no problem for him..."

"After all, this old man... cough, is indeed somewhat lacking in strength..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian snorted coldly.

The old man is shrewd, but he's the kind of person who takes money to solve problems.

Having received the benefits, Shi Jian naturally couldn't say anything; he still had to do what needed to be done.

"Okay."

Shi Jian held the Water-Avoidance Pearl in his mouth, and the Thunder Elixir within his body began to slowly circulate:

"I, Shi, will go first. You two will provide support from the flanks. Once we lure them out of the sea, the trapping formation will immediately descend, and we will encircle and annihilate them together."

"If you can't hold them back, don't blame me for running away!"

True Person Qingshan smiled but didn't reply. He simply lit the Demon-Luring Incense, placed it in a copper box sealed by an array, and threw it into the crack in the Black Wind Abyss.

The black smoke followed the dark current and quickly sank into the abyss.

The two humans and the bear dispersed, each hiding behind the reefs surrounding Black Wind Abyss to wait.