Xu Zihuang gazed indifferently at the vast Extreme North Ice Sea beneath him. Massive icebergs floated upon it, but more of it consisted of unfrozen deep blue seawater.
It was currently dusk, and the afterglow of the setting sun draped the entire ice sea in a layer of golden-red radiance.
A streak of purple-gold light flashed through Xu Zihuang's eyes. He seemed to sense something, and his gaze slightly sharpened.
At that very moment, an ice-cold voice suddenly rang out, carrying an anger suppressed to the extreme.
"The Extreme North Ice Sea is a pure land of my sea clan. Humans, why must you press us so relentlessly?"
From within the ice sea, countless deep blue rays surged forth. These were not ocean waves, but pure energy fluctuations borrowing the might of the sea. As soon as these deep blue rays appeared, Xu Zihuang felt as though he had suddenly plunged into an extremely viscous liquid, unable to move an inch.
Even the Limit Douluo powerhouses Xuanzi, Elder Gu, and Du Busi all showed slight changes in expression. This oppressive aura had already reached the level of a Limit Douluo.
There was no doubt that the only one in the Extreme North Ice Sea with such strength was that 600,000-year-old Mermaid Queen, the Sea Princess.
Seeing the Sea Princess display such intense hostility toward them, Xuanzi was first stunned, then hurriedly shouted:
"I believe you must be the ruler of this ice sea, the Sea Princess, right? Please don't misunderstand, we came here without harming a single sea soul beast. We only wish to discuss something with you."
"Discuss? Is what you call 'discussing' asking my mother to become your humans' soul ring willingly?" Another cold laugh came from all directions. Compared to the Sea Princess's earlier voice, this one sounded crisper, but its tone was even more hostile.
"Greedy and despicable humans, do you think we would believe you?"
After a moment of silence, the Sea Princess's voice rang out again, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
"Humans, I have no intention of negotiating with you, nor will I abandon everything to submit to a human. Leave at once, and I can let bygones be bygones. If you remain obstinate, then prepare to be buried forever in this Extreme North Ice Sea."
Xu Zihuang, together with Xuanzi, Elder Gu, and Du Busi, the three Limit Douluo, had thoroughly enraged the Sea Princess. That Sea God clearly treated her as nothing more than a tool to elevate the strength of his successor. Combined with the previous example of the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, she naturally refused to sit and wait for death.
That Sea God, since inheriting the Sea God position ten thousand years ago, had never once contributed anything to the countless races of the great sea. It was truly difficult for her to trust him.
"Enough, Xuan-zi. Stop babbling."
Just as Xuanzi was about to say more, Du Busi interrupted him somewhat irritably.
"The words have already come this far, what's left to say? Just make a move already. This sect master refuses to believe that the three of us combined can't deal with a mere soul beast."
Du Busi had an arrogant and untamed nature; he was nowhere near as mild-mannered as Xuanzi. Back then, he hadn't even respected Limit Douluo like Mu Lao and Long Xiaoyao—how could he possibly allow a soul beast to lord over him?
"Hahahahaha! Bury this old man at the bottom of the sea? You think you're worthy?!"
Amid wild laughter, Du Busi had already transformed into a hundred-meter-tall dark-green giant. A terrifying aura surged back in response, instantly suppressing those deep blue rays so they could no longer advance an inch.
Although the Sea Princess possessed Limit Douluo-level combat power, she had not yet condensed a second soul core. In overall strength, she was actually slightly inferior to the human Limit Douluo, who possessed dual soul core resonance at the same level.
Even borrowing the power of the ocean, she could not possibly suppress a Limit Douluo like Du Busi.
Of course, thanks to her exceptionally powerful and unique innate abilities, if she truly fought with her life on the line at all costs, even a Limit Douluo would have to be extremely wary.
But unfortunately, the Limit Douluo she now faced was not just one, but three.
The Sea Princess let out a cold snort. The deep blue rays instantly became denser. Without causing any visible impact, Xu Zihuang, Xuanzi, Elder Gu, and Du Busi all felt heaven and earth overturn, the sky and ocean completely reversing direction.
This was a power akin to heavenly might, marked by absolute enforcement. Even Xuanzi, Elder Gu, and Du Busi, the three Limit Douluo, could not avoid being affected.
The heaven-and-earth-reversing sensation lasted a full several minutes. When the massive energy fluctuations finally ceased, they found themselves inside a deep blue world.
This deep blue world was not a domain; it was the ocean itself!
Xuanzi felt quite depressed about Du Busi's reckless action. But the deed was already done; talking further was pointless. To allow Yu Tianhuang to grow as quickly as possible, they absolutely could not give up on obtaining the Sea Princess's soul ring and soul bone. What they needed to do now was to join forces and suppress the Sea Princess as soon as possible.
The ocean was the home field of sea soul beasts—they would be suppressed, while a sea soul beast like the Sea Princess would instead be like a fish in water.
Under such circumstances, a super soul beast like the Sea Princess might even have the possibility of directly confronting the three Limit Douluo head-on within the ocean.
Elder Gu's thoughts were similar to Xuanzi's, but his state of mind remained completely calm. From beginning to end, his sole purpose was to help Yu Tianhuang obtain the Sea Princess's soul ring and soul bone, no matter what methods were used.
Xu Zihuang looked upward, nothing but deep blue. All around was pitch darkness. The seawater depth exceeded two hundred meters; ordinary people could no longer see any light. Earlier, Xu Zihuang and the others had been high in the sky, a thousand meters up. Now that everything had reversed, they were currently located more than a thousand meters below the sea surface.
At such depths, even powerful deep-sea soul beasts like the Deep Sea Demonic Whale and Evil Spirit Orca could hardly detect light. They relied more on sound waves they emitted themselves for positioning.
However, none of this posed any real obstacle to Xu Zihuang. His Golden Eyes martial soul could see through all illusions of the world, providing a clearer picture than mental power projection.
What affected him were only the immense water pressure from the deep seabed and the bone-chilling cold currents.
Through the mental sharing of the Iceworm Tianmeng that he had imprinted, Xu Zihuang shared the scene he saw with Xuanzi and the others.
Within dozens of kilometers of this sea area, various sea soul beast clans had gathered. Judging from their auras, all possessed ten-thousand-year cultivation or higher. Even the so-called overlords of the ocean, the demonic whale-type soul beasts, had dozens lurking in even deeper parts of the seabed. However, there were no Deep Sea Demonic Whales or Evil Spirit Orcas present. Those two types of soul beasts were not only extremely powerful but also exceptionally domineering; they would never obey the commands of other soul beasts.
The sea soul beast clan closest to Xu Zihuang and the others was the mermaid clan led by the Sea Princess. Besides the Sea Princess herself, there were also Liya and Lijing, two mermaids with cultivation above one hundred thousand years, plus more than a hundred ten-thousand-year mermaids. Every single mermaid emanated powerful mental fluctuations.
The Sea Princess was connecting the entire clan's mental power to unleash the mighty martial soul combination technique "Heaven and Earth Transposition," which had briefly suppressed Xu Zihuang and the other three.
Martial soul fusion skills involved mutual fusion and sublimation, while martial soul combination techniques were pure stacking. Although stacking did not reach the terror of sublimation, when the quantity reached a certain level, it was still exceedingly frightening.
The Sea Princess and Lijing both stared coldly at Xu Zihuang and the others with frosty expressions, while Liya appeared somewhat hesitant.
The Sea Princess held a silver spear and pointed it forward. Instantly, powerful mental fluctuations transformed into a net that seemed almost tangible, enveloping Xu Zihuang and the other three.
"Hypocritical humans, since you came here to hunt my mermaid clan, why bother putting on this sanctimonious act?! Kill them!"
"Buzz buzz buzz—" The first to act were the dozens of demonic whale-type soul beasts lurking deep in the seabed. Low, continuous whale songs spread far into the distance. As if receiving a signal, all the sea soul beasts gathered across this vast sea region became restless.
Xuanzi and the other two tacitly positioned themselves to protect Xu Zihuang in the center. Meanwhile, Xu Zihuang, who had previously communicated with Xuanzi and the others, calmly met the Sea Princess's gaze from afar and gave a cold smile.
He extended his right hand, and the magnificent purple-gold Thunder God's Spear appeared in his grasp. As he raised the Thunder God's Spear high, his right leg also shone with purple-gold light, resonating with the spear.
Under normal circumstances, aside from water-element energy, very few other attribute energies existed in the deep seabed. But under the effect of Xu Zihuang's right leg soul bone from the Thunder Prison Vine, this sea region was instantly filled with violent thunder-element energy.
One after another, black-purple thunder orbs rapidly condensed and rose upward through the seawater. An extremely terrifying aura seemed intent on destroying the entire world.
"Thunder Hell."
A strange, soft chant seemed to echo. All the black-purple thunder orbs exploded at the same moment, completely dyeing this sea region black-purple. In almost an instant, lightning danced wildly. Seawater could not block the frenzied rampage of black-purple thunderbolts.
Lightning-attribute soul skills were not countered by any attribute, nor did they have obvious suppression over others, with one exception: the water attribute.
When a lightning-attribute soul master faced a water-attribute soul master, unless there was an overwhelming cultivation gap, it was essentially a dimensional suppression. Water could serve as a natural conductor for lightning and could even enhance lightning-attribute soul skills to a certain degree.
The soul bone skill Xu Zihuang was using now, Thunder Hell, was precisely such a case. Its coverage within the seawater reached a shocking number of kilometers. This entire sea region had completely become a thunder domain.
One powerful ten-thousand-year soul beast after another was electrocuted into unconsciousness and floated toward the surface. Even those dozens of massive demonic whale-type soul beasts felt their entire bodies go numb, their movements restricted.
The mermaid clan, led by the Sea Princess, fared even worse. Although the mermaid clan possessed powerful mental-attribute talents, their physical defense was their weakest point. The beautiful, graceful mermaids, now within the range of Thunder Hell, had black-purple electric arcs coiling around their bodies, their delicate frames trembling uncontrollably.
As a result, even the mental power net they had jointly unleashed was interrupted ahead of time.
The ones in relatively better condition were only the Sea Princess, Liya, and Lijing, the three mermaids with cultivation above one hundred thousand years. A layer of ice-blue ice armor automatically appeared around their bodies. This was a special innate defensive ability exclusive to the royal lineage of the mermaid clan.
The pure, impurity-free ice armor was precisely capable of isolating lightning. However, Xu Zihuang's Thunder Hell was not an ordinary lightning-attribute soul skill; it was an extreme lightning-attribute hundred-thousand-year soul skill, further amplified by the Thunder God's Spear.
In merely an instant, fine cracks appeared all over the ice armor on the Sea Princess and her daughters, and then it shattered with a boom. Shock and horror surfaced in their eyes.
But the Sea Princess quickly regained her composure, coldness surging deep within her gaze. An unusual power appeared without warning. Their slender bodies suddenly turned into countless bubbles that overflowed and vanished from their original spots.
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