Chapter 2605

Even with He Lingchuan's will forged through countless trials, he couldn't help but feel tense at this moment.

The two artifact spirits on his body were even more shrill and noisy. The Soul-Capturing Mirror even said: "You are the God of Fate, don't ruin your own prestige at a time like this!"

……

As the immortals and demons entered the Liuli Sea, they saw heavenly winds and ocean waves, with the underwater seaweed forest lush and vast, nothing out of the ordinary, and they couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

The spy had not yet succeeded, fortunately.

The spiritual energy here is so dense, it seems to have been specially stimulated with xuancrystals, and the immortals couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Mei Yin Shen walked to the cliff edge, kicked a few stones down, and they went plunk-plunk into the seawater.

Soon, the long neck of the creature in the corner rose from the cliff cave, staring at Mei Yin Shen: "What's the matter?"

One of its necks was patrolling ahead of He Lingchuan, while its main body still rested below the cliff.

Mei Yin Shen originally also had passage rights in the Liuli Sea, and was quite familiar with it, so he got straight to the point:

"Is Geng Yue in the sea?"

"Yes," the sea monster replied, "He said, Henglutian sent him to the sea to find something."

"He is a spy, an enemy in disguise!" Mei Yin Shen said concisely, "Take us to find him!"

Fake? But……

Fu Yu was merely startled, but since he was never the type to quibble, he said nothing and swam out from below the cliff, heading toward the open sea.

Mei Yin Shen threw out a palm-sized light boat, which, upon hitting the sea, transformed into a three-zhang-long vessel, shaped like a leaf shuttle.

The immortals and demons boarded the boat, closely following Fu Yu.

In the Liuli Sea's small world, no one can fly; they can only travel by sea.

……

He Lingchuan's spirit boat advanced side by side with Fu Yu.

Only two li remained.

The Soul-Capturing Mirror also kept saying: "Almost there, almost there, hold steady, hold steady!"

The Blood Demon grew angry: "Shut up, you!"

This broken mirror's chatter makes it so nervous it's about to die.

In He Lingchuan's view, the board of the "Yangguan Dao" was almost completely covered in blood red, indicating that the main root of the seaweed forest must be very impressive.

Ahead, the seaweed grew in clusters, forming a natural raft on the sea surface; Fu Yu swam straight onto it, while also moving slightly closer to the boat.

This maneuver was quite routine, so much so that He Lingchuan didn't even suspect anything.

But in the very next moment, it suddenly launched an attack!

Fu Yu's python-like form, unlike a shark or crocodile, lacked the innate ability to leap from the water and injure directly, so it first climbed onto the seaweed raft, used its body to push off, and lunged at He Lingchuan!

The movement was very smooth, and others might not notice, but Fu Yu's coiling and gathering strength was caught in the corner of He Lingchuan's eye, and he instantly sensed something was wrong.

The Soul-Capturing Mirror also sounded the alarm at the instant it sprang up:

"Be careful!"

The closer one gets to the target, the more likely mishaps occur—this is precious experience He Lingchuan summed up from years of causing trouble. So he appeared casual on the surface, but was actually fully alert.

At the instant of a python's ambush, stored power is converted into kinetic energy; Fu Yu will first bite the opponent, then constrict fiercely to ensure they cannot escape.

But before it could leap onto the boat, a large oval shield suddenly appeared before its eyes, made of extremely thick gray rock, with natural patterns resembling basalt on its surface.

This is the Earth Mother Shield, which usually takes the form of a black jade bracelet worn on the wrist of the Nine Nether Great Emperor, and automatically transforms into a shield to protect its master when under attack.

However, He Lingchuan timed his grab of this shield perfectly; as Fu Yu lunged forward, he raised his hand and struck the great snake's head with a horizontal shield blow.

With a dull "Dang," Fu Yu failed to overturn its opponent; instead, the boat beneath He Lingchuan's feet was sent flying forty-plus zhang by the momentum.

This boat was quite sturdy; even after being struck by Fu Yu's immense force, it did not fall apart, but instead brought He Lingchuan even closer to the body of the Hidden Immortal Lord.

He Lingchuan's stance was also well-positioned, and thanks to his skill in boat handling cultivated in Yangshan, otherwise such a collision would have capsized most small boats.

Seeing Fu Yu charge at him again, He Lingchuan pressed his hand against the formation and fully activated the boat to continue forward.

The sea monster, swimming normally, suddenly changed expression—this clearly meant his disguise had been exposed!

Since that was the case, he had nothing left to conceal, and directly pushed the boat to its maximum speed, truly living up to the name "riding the wind and breaking the waves."

Although Fu Yu was powerful, it had only come with one set of head and neck, equivalent to a fragment of its true body; He Lingchuan did not fear it, but did not want to get entangled with it.

Reaching the target's side one step earlier would mean the Liuli Sea journey could end one step sooner.

Even if the boat moved as fast as possible, it could not match Fu Yu's lightning speed; He Lingchuan drew the Thunderbolt Spear and shot it straight at it, the spear shaft coiled with lightning, blue-white-purple light crackling, mighty and imposing.

Fu Yu dodged sideways, but once the Thunderbolt Spear entered the sea, the electricity detached from the spear and shot straight at Fu Yu.

The big creature was shocked enough to snarl, its angry roar transmitting at least ten-plus li underwater.

He Lingchuan's original plan was to quietly approach the main root of the giant seaweed forest, avoiding such a commotion, after all, there was still a powerful unknown entity sleeping not far away.

Unfortunately, heaven did not follow human wishes, and he no longer needed to hide.

Leveraging the recoil from throwing the spear, the boat surged forward another ten-plus zhang.

Distance to the main root of the giant seaweed forest: less than one li remained!

In his haste, He Lingchuan glanced back, the gaze through the "Yangguan Dao" sweeping northwest, only to find that patch of blood red had vanished!

He Lingchuan's heart gave a "gedun" jolt, and he looked again.

It was indeed no longer in its original position.

Where had it gone?

The Soul-Capturing Mirror suddenly screamed: "Tsunami, northeast direction!"

The small boat was racing toward the main root of the giant seaweed forest, when the sea surface ahead suddenly rose up, like the end of a long carpet being rolled high, and within three or four breaths it had lifted to a hundred zhang!

Then, it came crashing down hard upon He Lingchuan!

Anyone knows a tsunami cannot form this quickly. But in this small world, a power of extreme strength governs its course.

He Lingchuan was not afraid of the tsunami, but the ship could no longer move forward.

He was already within less than a hundred zhang of the main root of the giant kelp forest.

If it were on land, he could have crossed it with a single lift of his leg, but in the Liuli Sea where flight was impossible, this small distance was like a heavenly chasm.

He could feel the ship's speed dropping in a straight line, while the bow began to lift—the waves beneath the hull rose with it.

What was coming could not be avoided.

He Lingchuan shouted low, "Spear, come."

The Ying Lei Spear, which had been locked in a desperate struggle, heard the call and transformed into a streak of black light, instantly returning to his palm.

He Lingchuan focused his mind and gathered his Qi, standing firm at the bow, his feet on the rising and falling sea, before him a tsunami a hundred zhang high, and his body glowing with blood-red light.

This was the heavenly might he alone had to face.

The Soul-Capturing Mirror cried out: "A black shadow approaches beneath the ship!"

The enemy was treacherous, planning a pincer attack from above and below!

Fortunately, its voice rang directly in He Lingchuan's heart; otherwise, shouting a few more words would have come too late.

He Lingchuan ignored what was below and leapt up from the bow.

At that very moment, a vast abyssal maw surged up from below, its diameter at least fifteen zhang, like a black hole filled with sharp teeth.