We set sail back the way we came.
"That was a close call. I was nearly scared to death just now. The two Merfolk who fought me were at least at the Upper-level. If two more had come, I definitely wouldn't have been able to win. Thankfully, we had Akasui's master. Mages are truly amazing. I want my future child to be a mage too."
"Clark, don't celebrate too soon. We haven't left the seabed yet. It's better to say things like that after we return to land. We still need to remain vigilant."
Perhaps people talk more when they are nervous. Besides me controlling the ship, Clark, Niki, Belion, and Damon were all discussing the sights of the underwater battle. Gwen, meanwhile, was taking care of Bladiconde Teacher, casting healing magic on her.
"Her condition is caused by the depletion of her internal magic reserves. She will be fine after resting for a few days once we reach the surface."
Just then, as we surfaced and left the Wailing Trench, I suddenly felt a light shining upon our ship.
Since we had ascended to a depth of 200 meters below the sea surface, sunlight could already penetrate the water. I saw an astonishing sight.
A Merfolk with an octopus head and tentacles, holding a staff, was followed by at least a thousand Merfolk densely packed in the sea. They blocked our path back to the surface, completely sealing off the entire sea area.
I only heard him emit something like a sonar wave. We on the ship heard broken, intermittent human speech.
"Elves, hand over your sacred artifacts. I can still leave you a complete corpse and send it back to your homeland for burial. If you continue to resist, after killing you, I will hand the women's corpses over to the Dolphin Tribe for defilement, and I will throw the men's corpses into the trench for the Shrimp and Crab Tribes to gnaw on."
"What do we do? So many Merfolk! We have no way to resist. Have we been discovered?" Damon's face showed fear, and Gwen's face was filled with sorrow.
Clark proved himself to be an old Adventurer. He drew his treasured sword and said, "Let's go out and fight them to the death. Even if we die, we must die like men."
I glanced at Izoruti and gave her a reassuring look.
"Don't worry, leave it to me. I hope you won't be afraid of me."
I walked out of the cabin alone and looked at the Merfolk. When they saw someone emerge from the ship, they all looked at me.
Without many words, I gripped the Elven Sacred Object, the flowing silver - spiritual pivot, in my hand and cast the magic I had just learned:
"Eternal Abyssal Eternity!"
Unlike the magic cast by Teacher Bladiconde, my magic flowed through the flowing silver - spiritual pivot, drawing in all the surrounding water elements into my body, infinitely amplifying my own magic. In other words, if a person could hold this sword, they could continuously extract infinite magic from the surrounding environment for their own use.
After I cast Eternal Abyssal Eternity, a magic barrier formed in front of our ship, stretching from the sea surface to the seabed, 100 kilometers long and about 10 kilometers wide.
I did not freeze them like Teacher Bladiconde did. I continuously extracted the ability of the surrounding water elements and then continuously compressed everything within the barrier.
The seawater inside the barrier turned into ice, then continuously shrank, and gradually began to shine. Then I felt that after the seawater inside the barrier was compressed to a certain extent, it was as if continuous energy was squeezing the barrier, about to burst open.
At this time, the barrier had shrunk to the size of only a basketball court. A large amount of seawater then filled this space again. I controlled the barrier to throw it a bit farther toward the center of the ocean.
Finally, I withdrew my magic power. I saw a giant sphere of light in the center of the ocean. The sphere of light continuously expanded, and the seawater that touched it instantly evaporated. Then, just like a nuclear bomb explosion, a massive mushroom cloud rose from the sea.
I returned to the cabin, cast many protective spells on our ship, and notified everyone to hold onto the handrails. I held Izoruti tightly with one arm and Bladiconde tightly with the other. Then I saw a huge shockwave in the water, pushing our ship toward the shore.
A giant wave formed a tsunami, reaching a height of over ten meters, crashing toward the coastline.
Everyone in the cabin clung tightly to various railings. Fortunately, the Cangming Vessel was a magic ship manufactured by the Elves, possessing a sturdiness that could resist water pressure several thousand meters underwater.
If this were a normal ship, it would have surely fallen apart by now.
We were carried onto the shore by this massive tsunami.
Taking advantage of the moment before the next wave hit, we quickly disembarked and headed toward the depths of the land.
Everyone was silent along the way. I guessed they were all afraid of me.
Only I did not let go of Izoruti's hand.
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