Deep Sea Titan

Lady Xiwadelin (Naga Tidecaller): "Yes, I know a way that might help the Elemental Lords overcome this crisis."

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "What method?"

Lady Xiwadelin (Naga Tidecaller): "Please follow me, my lord." With that, the Naga walked deeper into the vault.

Xiao Yu and Qin Shiyue exchanged a glance, then followed. Soon, the group returned to the back hall. Lady Xiwadelin once again channeled her magic into the crystal artifact in the statue's hand. The statue slowly rotated, revealing a hidden passage behind it. Fortunately, the passage was exceptionally wide, large enough for Xiao Yu to enter. Continuing to walk in, they followed the passage downwards until they reached a huge, circular pool. The black water shimmered with an ominous color, appearing incredibly deep and dark.

Standing on the steps at the edge of the pool, Xiao Yu couldn't help but be surprised. He hadn't expected there to be a secret passage behind the true Booty Bay.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Where is this place?"

Lady Xiwadelin (Naga Tidecaller): "This is the Pool of the Abyss, a forbidden area of Lost Island. From here, one descends to the Bottomless Abyss. It is said that deep within the Bottomless Abyss lies an ancient artifact— the Scourge of the Ocean, a divine sword once wielded by the sea god. This artifact possesses the power to control the sea, its power far exceeding mortal imagination. Once you obtain this artifact, you will possess the power to control the sea, and defeating Queen Azshara's army will no longer be a problem."

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Wait a minute, why does this script sound so familiar? It seems like I've seen it before."

Seemingly sensing Xiao Yu's hesitation, the Naga Tidecaller asked mischievously—

Lady Xiwadelin (Naga Tidecaller): "What, are you afraid, Your Highness?"

The title "Your Highness" immediately jolted Xiao Yu awake, making him realize with a start, "Damn, isn't this the script of Prince Arthas Lordaeron? No wonder it felt so familiar."

Arthas is the Lich King, but that's only his current identity. His former identity was that of a prince of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, a handsome, charming, and kind-hearted prince—the epitome of a rich, handsome, and powerful second-generation king.

Arthas was a true winner in life. He was the crown prince of Lordaeron, his teacher was Uther the Lightbringer, his girlfriend was Jaina, the future Queen of Theramore, his father was the King of Lordaeron, his subordinates loved him and his people revered him, and he spent his free time fighting Orcs. His life couldn't be more wonderful. However, all his wonderful life was changed by the invasion of the Scourge.

When the Cult of the Damned spread plague across Lordaeron, Arthas stepped forward. To stop the plague's spread, he slaughtered the inhabitants of a city. His girlfriend left him, his teacher was enraged, and he was abandoned by everyone. He led a lone army to pursue the plague's creator Dreadlord Mal'Ganis, all the way to the northern continent of Northrend. There, he and his army were surrounded by Mal'Ganis's Undead army. In his moment of crisis, he heard a legend: deep in a valley, there was supposedly sealed a Frostmourne, a sword with immense power.

So Arthas ventured deep into the valley, seized the sword, and used its power to kill Mal'Ganis. However, this seemingly good thing felt suspicious. It turned out that the sword had been forged by the Lich King. After pulling out the sword, Arthas was gradually controlled by the Lich King, eventually falling completely and becoming Death Knight. After returning home, he turned Lordaeron into wasteland.

Finally, he merged with the Lich King, becoming the new Lich King.

This story is almost a household name in the Sky World, and the situation Xiao Yu is facing now is so similar to that script.

Xiao Yu would never believe there wasn't something fishy going on in this Abyss.

However, Xiao Yu didn't care much. As for why, it's simple: his goal was to become the strongest BOSS. Strictly speaking, he was already a monster, so the fall was irrelevant. Before his fall, Arthas was just an ordinary Paladin. In terms of game strength, he was at most a 3-star hero. Apart from the protagonist's halo, he wasn't anything special.

However, after wielding Frostmourne, he advanced rapidly, eventually even merging with the Lich King to become the new Lich King, a level 9 skeleton boss—a being even more powerful than Ragnaros the Firelord.

So what does depravity matter to Xiao Yu? It's just a matter of power; strength is the most important thing. If he had the chance to fall into depravity, he would be more than happy to do so.

Having thought this through, he had made up his mind.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "If such an artifact truly exists, then I will seize that sword, and nothing can stop me! Wotkud, lead the Immortals to defend the Lost Temple. I'll be right back; before I return, you must hold off the Naga's attack."

Xiao Yu would certainly not go alone, but the Abyss was too narrow to lead a large army, so he selected 100 elite elemental creatures from the Immortals Legion to accompany him. He wanted to bring more troops, but he had a vague feeling that this operation could not be solved by sheer numbers. These subordinates were actually more for scouting and cannon fodder.

Having arranged everything, Xiao Yu led his small army and dived into the pool. As the elemental creatures burrowed into the pool one by one, Xiao Yu jumped in after them.

Below lay a deep, dark tunnel. The rocks on either side of the tunnel were darkened and made more sinister by the reflection of the seawater. They moved silently through this rocky cavern, and after an unknown amount of time, suddenly the darkness gave way to a scene of the deep sea. He checked the map and realized they had already swum beyond the Lost Island. Looking up, he could vaguely see a dense army of Naga soldiers, covering the ocean.

At this moment, it was a good opportunity to escape, but Xiao Yu did not intend to do so. He glanced around and saw a dark rift on the seabed not far away, with no bottom in sight.

This pitch-black rift almost tore the entire Great Sea apart; it could be seen in Hydra City, and unexpectedly, it could be seen here as well.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Follow me!" He gestured to the Water Elemental and then plunged into the rift.

One by one, the elemental creatures entered the Abyss, where they were enveloped in deep darkness. As they entered the darkness, it surrounded them from all sides.

He didn't know how long he had been underwater. The surrounding light gradually dimmed and eventually disappeared completely. In the pitch black, only the cold touch of the seawater told Xiao Yu that he was not surrounded by nothingness.

The feeling was terrible. The immense water pressure and the dark Abyss would have crushed any other Marine Life, or driven mad by the despairing darkness and icy water. But as Water Elemental Lord, Xiao Yu was not afraid of the immense water pressure. His will extended into the surrounding seawater, allowing him to sense everything around him. His Water Elemental troops were all around him, which made him feel at ease.

But fear still involuntarily took hold of his heart; it was the innate human fear of darkness and the Abyss. Although the Sky World was a fantasy game, Xiao Yu felt even more terrified than when he played horror games.

They continued their descent. Xiao Yu calculated the time and speed; they had already descended at least tens of thousands of meters, probably deeper than the Mariana Trench in reality, yet they still hadn't reached the bottom. Was this Bottomless Abyss truly bottomless?

However, the Bottomless Abyss is just a saying, just as the Great Sea has an end. After diving to a depth of about 70,000 to 80,000 meters, Xiao Yu's feet finally sank. Xiao Yu and his elemental troops landed on a sandy area in the deep sea. This was a desolate underwater wasteland, devoid of any signs of life, with only dark, cold water and a rugged seabed. Before them was a rugged canyon. They followed this canyon forward. Because the underwater canyon was so large, Xiao Yu had to have his subordinates disperse and search in all directions.

"It's a good thing I brought these scouts," Xiao Yu thought, "Otherwise, how long would it have taken to find them?"

Suddenly, he felt something intrude into his perception range, something unusually huge and unusually imposing.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Everyone be careful, there are enemies."

Frostbolt! Frost Nova!

The light of the elements flickered in the dark seawater at the edge of the search party's territory. The Water Elemental there were desperately unleashing attacks into the darkness ahead. The light of the elements illuminated a patch of seawater, and Xiao Yu saw a huge figure, at least twenty or thirty meters tall, slowly approaching them.

Xiao Yu was both nervous and pleasantly surprised. If something was guarding this place, then the sword should be nearby.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Charge! Push them all over!"

More and more elemental creatures approached, and a dense barrage of Frostbolt shot out in his face. Under the illumination of the light, he finally saw clearly. This time, he finally saw clearly that it was a huge humanoid object with a metal shell that emitted a cold metallic gleam. It held a giant anchor as a weapon, and where its head should have been for eyes, there were two balls of red light.

Tinuors (Deep Sea Titan) - Level 60, 3-Skeleton-level BOSS, 11.37 million HP.

(Holy crap, there are even such things!) Xiao Yu thought in surprise. This guy must be some kind of construct, that is, a mechanical being.

Deep Sea Maelstrom! Xiao Yu suddenly unleashed his ultimate move. Using this move in the Abyss of the ocean was surprisingly difficult, only expanding the range to a few dozen meters. However, the monster easily escaped from his vortex. Clearly, a creature capable of surviving under such immense water pressure would not be trapped by a mere vortex.