67: Chapter 67 Breaking Through the Waves, Locking onto the Deep Sea

Hum—!

It was not light.

It was the suffocating sensation of millions of jin of seawater pouring into one's lungs.

Just as the thunder fire shuttle was about to rush out of the port, the Formation patterns that should have served as propulsion suddenly turned crimson.

The entire speedboat felt as if it had crashed into a pool of solidified concrete; the inertia from the sudden stop nearly sent Iron Tower flying out.

Gravity Chains.

This was the ultimate trump card of Black Reef Port, the 'Sea-Locking Formation'. It was usually only activated against sea beast tides, but today, to catch him, they had truly spared no expense.

A sharp eagle cry came from overhead.

An iron-feathered sea eagle with a wingspan of ten zhang tore through the clouds and dove down.

Standing on the eagle's back was a man wearing the black armor of the Law Enforcement Team; his face was gaunt, his eye sockets deeply sunken, and he held a meteor hammer that shimmered with a cold, ghostly blue light.

Shen Tie.

The deputy captain of the Black Reef Port Law Enforcement Team, and also Hei Sha's immediate superior.

"You want to leave after killing someone? Leave your life behind!"

Shen Tie didn't waste any words; utilizing the momentum of the sea eagle's dive, he released the meteor hammer from his hand.

The wailing sound of it tearing through the air was like ghosts crying and wolves howling.

This strike did not target the person, but rather the core engine of the thunder fire shuttle.

He intended to destroy the ship; as for the person, that was a matter for slow torture later.

Ye Feng did not retreat.

Under this immense gravity, to retreat was to die.

He merely stepped sideways, and the deck beneath his feet groaned under the unbearable weight.

He reached out with his right hand, and that already dilapidated dragon spear was in his grasp once more.

The originally dim dark gold patterns on the spear's shaft, the moment they touched the Devouring power in Ye Feng's palm, erupted with a pressure that seemed to come from the ancient primordial era.

That was a trace of 'momentum' left behind by a Saint-grade weapon.

Although it was only a trace, it was enough to form a dimensional strike against a piece of junk in the Early Stage Golden Core.

"Get lost."

Ye Feng flicked his wrist, and the tip of his spear precisely struck the point of greatest stress on the meteor hammer.

There was no crisp sound of metal clashing; there was only a dull explosion.

That meteor hammer, capable of smashing through city walls, was as fragile as tofu before the dragon spear, instantly exploding into a sky full of iron filings.

The terrifying force of the rebound surged back along the chain.

Shen Tie's expression on the sea eagle's back changed drastically; before he could let go, his entire body was overturned by this overbearing force, and he plummeted into the sea like a kite with a broken string.

Take advantage of your illness to take your life?

No, right now, running away is life.

Ye Feng didn't even glance at Shen Tie, who had fallen into the water. With a flip of his left hand, he grabbed a handful of Formation Flags from Hei Sha's messy Storage Pouch.

There were thirty-six in total, all used for setting up gravity Formations.

This was originally a method Hei Sha used to trap people; now, it came in handy.

Thud, thud, thud!

The Formation Flags turned into streams of light and instantly planted themselves all around the deck.

They were not arranged for reinforcement, but in a reverse configuration.

Since you want to crush me to death, I will borrow your power.

"Rise!"

Ye Feng let out a low shout, and his Devouring Sword Body spun frantically, forcibly twisting the Qi of the Formation Flags.

The gravity chains that had been firmly stuck to the bottom of the ship were suddenly repelled by a reverse force.

It was like two magnets of the same pole being forced together and then suddenly released.

The thunder fire shuttle let out a beast-like roar. Utilizing this terrifying repulsive force, it plowed a deep trench through the sea surface, instantly breaking through the light net that had just closed.

However, the trouble was not over yet.

"Behind! Three ships!"

Mo Qianxue gripped the ship's railing tightly, pointing behind them with a pale face.

That was the patrol fleet reorganized by Shen Tie.

Three specially made shark-hunting speedboats were closing in, arranged in a triangular Formation, and the heavy ballistae at their bows were already glowing with the cold light of charging energy.

This type of ballista could pierce the scales of a sea beast in the Foundation Establishment Stage; if they took a hit, the thunder fire shuttle would fall apart immediately.

"Iron Tower, protect the tail!"

Ye Feng roared without looking back.

"You got it!"

Iron Tower had been bottling up his anger for a while; he grabbed the heavy black iron shield he hadn't even warmed up yet and blocked the stern of the ship like a gate guardian.

Boom, boom, boom!

Three loud bangs, and the crossbow bolts tore through the air.

At the same time, Ye Feng's figure suddenly became blurred.

Law of Shadow, Phantasm.

On the sea, three phantoms identical to the thunder fire shuttle instantly split off, fleeing in three different directions with astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations.

The guards operating the ballistae subconsciously dispersed their firepower.

Two crossbow bolts pierced through the afterimages, exploding into a sky full of water spray.

The only one aimed at the real vessel slammed heavily into Iron Tower's black iron shield.

Clang—!

Iron Tower was shaken so hard that the webbing between his thumb and index finger split open, and his feet plowed two white marks into the deck, but this simpleton actually grinned: "That was damn hard!"

The ship's speed did not decrease.

Ye Feng gripped the ship's wheel with one hand, while his other hand tightly clutched the scorching hot Azure Dragon Jade Slip.

His Divine Sense swept over the star map inside the Jade Slip, then compared it to the sea area before him.

This is it.

Ahead was a cluster of reefs filled with the aura of death, where the seawater formed a massive whirlpool a hundred zhang in diameter; it was the product of two colliding ocean currents, and also the graveyard for ordinary ships.

But according to the guidance in the Jade Slip, beneath this whirlpool hid a one-way path leading to the 'Deep Sea Sword Tomb'.

"Sit tight, we're going to Hell."

A crazy arc curled at the corners of Ye Feng's mouth.

At this moment, on the sea behind them, Shen Tie had already climbed back onto the sea eagle's back, soaked through, his eyes filled with a venomous resentment that seemed ready to drip.

Watching the thunder fire shuttle rush toward the whirlpool, he was stunned for a moment, then revealed a cruel, sinister grin.

"Seeking your own death! That is the Ghost-Fear Whirlpool; entering it means being ground to dust!"

Just one second before the Law Enforcement Team fleet was about to close in.

Ye Feng slammed down the control lever.

The thunder fire shuttle did not slow down at all, and like a silver bullet, it dove headfirst into the center of the terrifying whirlpool capable of tearing steel apart.

The waves surged, instantly swallowing the ship's silhouette.

The world plunged into a chaotic darkness.

Only the groaning of the thunder fire shuttle, unable to bear the strain, echoed madly in their ears, as if it would completely disintegrate in the next second.

Ye Feng stared fixedly at the murky water ahead, where a shadow, massive enough to be suffocating, was slowly swimming past...