68: Chapter 68 Using a Giant Whale as a Seat, Counterattacking the Pursuers

Crack.

It wasn't an ordinary sound of breaking, but the wail of refined iron being crushed by the immense water pressure.

The thunder fire shuttle's protective Formation was as fragile as an eggshell under the strangulation of the Ghost Sorrow Vortex.

The silver hull disintegrated instantly; before the countless fragments could scatter, they were swept into the abyss by the violent undercurrents.

Cold, dark, suffocating.

Terrifying water pressure squeezed from all directions, as if trying to force one's internal organs out through the throat.

Ye Feng was already prepared.

At the moment the hull disintegrated, he grabbed Iron Tower's belt with one hand and gripped Mo Qianxue's shoulder with the other, standing as still as a nail fixed firmly amidst the chaotic currents.

Chaos Devouring Sword Body, activate.

The pores on his body instantly locked tight, and his skin took on a faint black-gold luster. The water pressure, strong enough to crush rocks, actually made a dull metallic clanging sound when it hit him.

Just then, a shadow so massive it inspired despair slowly swam past with the ocean current.

It was a Blue-Gold Giant Whale.

A thousand zhang long, its back was as broad as land, covered in a thick layer of blue-gold horny carapace. Even within this Ghost Sorrow Vortex, it swam as steadily as Mount Tai.

This was a natural ferry.

"Borrowing a seat."

A sharp light flashed in Ye Feng's eyes, and without any pleasantries...

...his figure moved like lightning, heading upstream.

The dragon spear in his hand had no fancy flourishes as he stabbed it fiercely into the thickest part of the whale's back carapace.

Puchi!

The whale armor, capable of withstanding attacks from top-tier Magical Artifacts, was like rotten wood before this trace of Saint-grade Spear Intent.

The spear shaft sank three feet deep, getting firmly stuck.

The giant whale roared in pain, a low growl that vibrated for a hundred miles. Its massive body rolled violently, trying to shake off the flea on its back.

Ye Feng's feet were as if rooted, firmly adhering to the whale's back. Despite the whale's tumultuous movements, he remained completely motionless.

"Swim deeper if you don't want to die."

A cold Divine Thought blasted directly into the giant whale's underdeveloped brain through the dragon spear.

It was the pressure of a high-level predator.

The giant whale instantly became submissive, and out of fear, it even swam a bit faster.

However, the trouble hadn't been shaken off yet.

In the waters behind, dozens of ghostly lights approached rapidly like maggots on a bone.

It was Shen Tie.

This guy was also a madman, leading dozens of death soldiers in special diving suits. Each held a water-repelling pearl emitting a faint blue glow in their mouth, forcing their way through the vortex's pressure to catch up.

"Ye Feng! Leave your life behind!"

Shen Tie's voice sounded muffled and distorted in the water. His eyes were bloodshot, looking very much like a starving mad dog.

The water-repelling pearls propped up three-foot-square waterless spaces, allowing them to maintain incredible speed in the deep sea.

More people?

In this deep sea, numbers were not an advantage.

Standing on the whale's back, a cruel curve formed at the corner of Ye Feng's mouth.

He slowly raised his right hand, palm up, and made a grasping motion toward the group of pursuers.

"Devour."

The utterance of this single word wasn't a sound, but a vibration of rules.

The seawater within a thousand-meter radius suddenly rioted.

The Chaos Devouring Sword Body operated at full power, creating a terrifying spiritual energy black hole with Ye Feng as the center.

At this moment, it wasn't devouring people, but the Water Spiritual Qi that maintained the pressure balance in this area of water.

Once the Water Spiritual Qi was gone, the originally soft seawater instantly turned into heavy dead iron.

The water-repelling pearls in the death soldiers' mouths relied on absorbing Water Spiritual Qi to maintain their barriers. Now that the external Qi was suddenly cut off, the light of the water-repelling pearls instantly extinguished.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Like crushed tomatoes.

Dozens of water-repelling pearls shattered simultaneously.

Deprived of the barrier's protection, the terrifying deep-sea pressure slammed into the death soldiers, who only had Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, without any obstruction.

They couldn't even let out a scream.

Dozens of blood mists abruptly exploded in the deep sea, instantly dyeing the currents red.

In just a breath, the area was cleared.

Shen Tie was at the Golden Core Stage and had a stronger Physical Body, so he didn't explode on the spot. However, the pressure caused his eyeballs to bulge, blood to leak from his seven orifices, and his bones to creak.

"You... what kind of sorcery is this!"

Shen Tie was afraid.

This wasn't a battle at all; it was a massacre.

But he had no way back. Under this deep-sea pressure, he couldn't even escape.

"I'll take you down with me!"

A trace of resolute madness flashed across Shen Tie's face. The Golden Core in his abdomen suddenly erupted with a blinding red light, and a destructive aura began to expand rapidly.

Self-detonating the Golden Core.

He intended to blow this sea area, along with the giant whale, to the heavens.

"Playing with self-detonation in front of me?"

Ye Feng sneered.

Before the red light could fully bloom, his figure had already disappeared from the whale's back.

Underwater Instant Step.

No resistance from the water could bind him, because all the resistance was devoured and transformed into momentum.

A soft sound.

By the time Shen Tie reacted, he felt a coldness in his chest.

That pitch-black dragon spear had accurately pierced his heart, pinning him in the seawater.

"I'll take your Golden Core."

Ye Feng's voice was like a demon's whisper.

Shen Tie discovered in horror that his about-to-explode Golden Core was like a deflated ball; all the violent energy surged frantically through the spear shaft into the young man before him.

Not just spiritual energy, but even his essence blood and life force were completely drained at this moment.

Shen Tie's body withered at a visible speed, eventually turning into a skin-and-bones mummy.

Ye Feng pulled out the spear and gave it a casual flick.

The mummy was swept away by the undercurrents, becoming bait for fish and shrimp.

A majestic and pure energy surged within Ye Feng. It was the entire cultivation of a Peak Middle Stage Golden Core, making his Meridians ache slightly.

Before he could refine this energy...

Ang—!

A high-pitched dragon roar tore through the seawater.

In the abyss ahead, a hundred-zhang-long Silver-Scaled Sea Dragon Beast broke through the water, blocking the giant whale's path.

Atop the dragon's head sat a burly merman dressed in sapphire armor, holding a trident.

Ba Tu.

Captain of the Sea King Palace's Third Patrol Team.

"Audacious human!"

Ba Tu looked down from above, his greedy gaze locked onto the dragon spear in Ye Feng's hand. "How dare you wantonly slaughter sea race creatures in my Sea King Palace's jurisdiction! If you know what's good for you, hand over that divine weapon and cripple your own cultivation, and perhaps this seat can..."

Noisy.

Ye Feng didn't even lift an eyelid.

He was just worrying about having nowhere to vent the energy inside him.

He didn't speak, only tightened his grip on the dragon spear.

All the Golden Core energy just devoured from Shen Tie was instantly poured into the spear shaft without any reservation.

The dragon spear vibrated, letting out a hum that craved blood.

Ye Feng swung the spear with one arm, and a hundred-zhang-long deep blue arc of spear light, like a crescent moon rising from the seabed, instantly sliced through the heavy seawater.

It was so fast that the arrogance on Ba Tu's face didn't even have time to fade.

No fancy techniques, just pure power crushing everything.

That Sea Dragon Beast, which had the strength of the Late Golden Core Stage, didn't even let out a wail before its massive head was separated from its body.

The cut was as smooth as a mirror.

And Ba Tu, riding on the dragon's back, only felt a coldness in his left shoulder.

His entire left arm, along with half his shoulder, was sliced off at the root by the aftershock of this spear strike!

Blood sprayed wildly.

"Ah!!!"

Ba Tu let out a shrill scream, clutching his severed arm, the greed in his eyes instantly turning into extreme terror.

One move.

With just one move, he had slain his proud mount and crippled one of his arms!

This was no Trash Servant; this was clearly a god of slaughter!

"Scram."

Ye Feng spat out a single word, the tip of his spear not even pointing at Ba Tu.

But this one word exploded in Ba Tu's ears like a clap of thunder.

Ba Tu didn't dare to say another word, nor did he dare to utter a single threat. He burned his essence blood to transform into a blood-colored escape light, fleeing toward the deep sea like crazy.

Ye Feng did not pursue.

He retracted his spear, turned around, and landed back on the giant whale's back.

Killing such a minor character was a waste of time; leaving him alive was perfect for spreading the news and muddying the waters even more.

"Go."

Ye Feng patted the giant whale beneath his feet.

The giant whale felt as if it had been granted a grand pardon. Ignoring the scent of its kin's blood, it swung its tail fin and carried the three of them down toward the dark trench at the deepest part of the seabed.

As the depth increased, the surrounding light vanished completely.

Only the Azure Dragon Jade Slip in Ye Feng's hand emitted an increasingly hot temperature.

Finally, the giant whale stopped.

In the darkness ahead, a massive silhouette faintly emerged.

It wasn't a mountain.

But a tomb, made of countless broken swords and rusted iron, thrust upside down into the depths of the ocean trench.