Chapter 945: The Eerie Outer Sea

The sky was not entirely pitch black!

The blood-colored clouds became a light source, casting a crimson hue across all directions!

Xu Qing and Erniu stood within the clouds, listening to Yu Liuchen's words while gazing out at the sea surface!

On the sea, black and purple were stitched together, forming an endless line!

Like a boundary, it divided the Forbidden Sea into the Inner and Outer seas!

The Inner Sea, while fraught with danger, was relatively manageable!

Whether it was Yinghuang Province, Nanhuang Continent, the Southern Island Great Domain, or the countless islands on the sea, all had been explored extensively over the past tens of thousands of years!

Although the depth of exploration varied with cultivation levels, through the efforts of generation after generation, the Inner Sea… could no longer be considered truly mysterious!

But the Outer Sea… even back when the sun and moon patrolled the world, it was a forbidden zone for all living beings in Wanggu!

Only a handful of individuals were qualified to step foot there!

Those whose cultivation had not reached a certain level would find themselves physically and spiritually annihilated before long!

In many cases, they wouldn't even know how they had perished!

Not to mention the fall of the Jin Wu Crown Prince and Zhi Geng, the siblings whose demise left the Outer Sea without a sun or moon, perpetually swallowed by darkness!

Those capable of investigating it were naturally even fewer!

Mystery!

Mystery and the unknown became the dominant themes of the Outer Sea.

Yu Liuchen's words, while lifting the first layer of the veil, left behind an endless, boundless expanse of secrets beneath it!

Boundlessly profound!

Erniu fell silent, lost in thought, though a complex look appeared in his eyes as he gazed toward the Outer Sea!

Xu Qing, too, was filled with a thousand thoughts!

Yu Liuchen's account of the Outer Sea, combined with what he had seen while riding the dragon chariot and the inheritance he had obtained, made it clear to him that the other party's words were likely true!

"The Outer Sea, its history is even more ancient than the Huangtian God Clan…"

"The Huangtian God Clan came from the Outer Sea…"

"Their origin?"

If so, what exactly is this so-called Outer Sea? A guess rose faintly in Xu Qing's heart, and he looked up at the vast, remnant face of the god hanging high above Wanggu!

"And he… why did he come to Wanggu?"

This question had lingered in the hearts of all living beings for tens of thousands of years, with no answer!

At this moment, as this speculation rose in Xu Qing's heart, Yu Liuchen took a deep breath and spoke softly!

"Can you smell it?"

Xu Qing nodded!

It was the scent of blood!

Drifting from the Outer Sea… or more accurately, it was the scent of the Outer Sea itself!

It resembled the fishy stench of the Inner Sea, but its essence was entirely different!

"Actually, before the Father God descended, the color of this Outer Sea was already like this. The black was the divine aura of the Huangtian God Clan, mixed with the blood of unknown existences, and thus… the sea became purple!"

"After the Father God descended, his divine aura shrouded the world and invaded the Outer Sea as well. Thus, the divine aura here—what you cultivators call 'aberrant substances'—became more numerous, more chaotic, and incredibly dense!"

"And so, this wonderful flavor was formed."

"This reminds me of a legend circulating across all the star rings!"

Yu Liuchen took another deep breath, savoring the bloodiness of the Outer Sea, a strange light appearing in his eyes!

The words he spoke fell into the ears of Xu Qing and Erniu, who exchanged glances before Xu Qing spoke in a low voice!

"May I ask what legend the senior is referring to?"

Yu Liuchen looked at Xu Qing meaningfully, then raised his head to look at the vast remnant face hanging high in the sky, and spoke in a faint voice!

"It is a legend about the Father God!"

Yu Liuchen clearly did not wish to elaborate on the specifics of this legend. With a wave of his right hand, the red clouds he was on drifted toward the boundary of the Outer Sea!

The next instant, the red clouds wrapped around Xu Qing and Erniu, crossing the boundary between black and purple!

They had truly stepped into the Outer Sea.

Here, the red clouds did not continue forward but rapidly dissipated!

At the same time, Yu Liuchen's voice echoed!

"Next, you need to head out to sea on your own, going as deep into the Outer Sea as possible!"

"You don't need to do anything extra; your very presence here makes you the bait!"

Along with the words came a repulsive force, pushing Xu Qing and Erniu out of the dissipating red clouds!

They fell toward the purple sea surface!

In an instant, Xu Qing's old-woman-shaped great wing appeared out of thin air and landed on the sea surface!

Had this been the Inner Sea, the landing of the great wing would have kicked up huge waves!

But in the Outer Sea, even at the edge, the seawater was clearly more viscous, so the waves were imperceptible; unless one looked very closely, no ripples could be seen at all!

The entire sea surface was like dead water, motionless!

The great wing upon it was the same!

Standing on the great wing, Xu Qing and Erniu felt the heaviness of the Outer Sea. While remaining vigilant, the mystery of the Outer Sea transformed into an inexplicable pressure, accompanied by terrifying auras and unknown substances, forming an invisible spiritual storm that rushed toward them!

Xu Qing shuddered, and Erniu's breathing grew rapid!

Both of them felt their souls tremble in that instant!

A strong sense of palpitation rose uncontrollably in their hearts, spreading throughout their bodies!

This feeling reminded Xu Qing of his first time sailing out to sea back in the Seven Blood Eyes!

At that time, the Inner Sea was both mysterious and infinitely dangerous to him!

It was the same now!

After a long while, the two of them adapted somewhat, and after exchanging glances, Erniu sighed!

"I thought we were going to be taken directly to the destination and then used as bait, but I didn't expect… we'd be free-range!"

Erniu felt somewhat helpless. He felt that this god, Yu Liuchen, was truly a bit lazy—using him and Little Ah Qing as bait was one thing, but he even made the bait run around on its own!

"Doesn't look professional at all!"

Erniu squatted down and looked at the purple seawater!

After thinking for a moment, Xu Qing offered a reminder!

"Big Brother, I saw some of the inner landscape of the Outer Sea while on the dragon chariot. This place holds too many terrifying things, so you… must not court death!"

Upon hearing this, Erniu became unhappy!

"Little Ah Qing, how can you say that about your Big Brother? That's too hurtful. I never do things that court death. If I did, how could I still be alive and well right now!"

Erniu was dissatisfied!

Xu Qing said nothing, just looked at Erniu calmly!

Under his gaze, Erniu slowly grew a bit guilty, and finally coughed!

"Alright, alright, I won't court death!"

They were broken, floating on the sea surface, seemingly impossible to sink!

Each one exuded an ancient aura, as if they had witnessed infinite ages!

Xu Qing had seen similar scenes while on the dragon chariot and wouldn't have been too heavy-hearted, but at this moment, a cold light appeared in his eyes!

"Big Brother, something isn't right…"

As he spoke, Xu Qing walked to the edge of the great wing and, gathering divine source into his eyes, looked toward the direction from which the stones were drifting!

On the pitch-black sea surface, behind those stones, lay a vast expanse of ruins!

It was as if a city had collapsed, shattered into pieces and spread across the sea, covering a significant area!

And right in the center, there stood a tilted, ruined temple.

On the ruined temple sat a tiny figure.

It was a little girl wearing ancient attire, sitting on the broken wall of the temple, her two bare feet dangling and swaying, looking quite joyful!

Her mouth was open, as if she were singing, but no sound came out!

Only swarms of ghostly shadows, staggering in number, circled around her, as if worshipping her!

The moment he saw this little girl, Xu Qing's heart trembled, and a sense of hair-raising horror rose inexplicably from the depths of his heart!

It was an instinct of the soul, revealing a strong omen of danger!

As for Erniu, he also saw this scene through his own methods, and his pupils contracted sharply as he gasped!

"What kind of thing is this?"

"It doesn't look like a ghost, nor a god, and it certainly can't be a cultivator. This thing doesn't even have the aura of death on it!"

Xu Qing nodded. He raised his right hand and formed a seal, and the defensive barrier of the great wing he was on opened up. While guarding all directions, under his reinforcement, this special great wing, which resembled an old woman, let out a roar and slowly moved forward.

Time passed, and three days went by!

During these three days, there was no distinction between day and night in the Outer Sea; it remained pitch black forever!

It was also relatively silent!

The sound of waves was rarely heard, to the point where it would make one feel as if they weren't on the sea at all!

But the dampness of the seawater and the increasingly thick scent of blood served as a constant reminder to Xu Qing that this… was indeed the Outer Sea!

The great wing they were on, which possessed powerful defenses even in the Inner Sea or on the Wanggu Continent, had been covered in a layer of purple water mist after only three days in the Outer Sea!

A sense of corrosion also gradually appeared!

After observing carefully, both Xu Qing and Erniu wore solemn expressions!

It was a decay brought about by the passage of time!

"This Outer Sea is indeed eerie. Not only is it pitch black and silent, but the aberrant substances are denser and more chaotic, and their influence on external objects is clearly more bizarre… In three days, the effect on this great wing is as if a thousand years have passed!"

Erniu took a deep breath and reached out to touch the water mist on the surface of the great wing!

Xu Qing's expression was grave. He was about to speak, but the next instant, he looked up into the distance!

The Captain also sensed something and looked over as well!

With their cultivation, even in the darkness of the Outer Sea, while their vision wasn't perfectly clear, they could roughly make out the silhouettes. At this moment, they had already noticed the objects floating on the sea surface ahead!

"Still some irregular… no, they have no aura at all."

"Could this be the god Yu Liuchen wants to fish for?"

"But I have a feeling that this thing is even more terrifying than Yu Liuchen."

Erniu's breathing grew rapid. His intuition had always been sharp, and at this moment, he clearly felt a crisis that surpassed Yu Liuchen's erupting!

"Little Ah Qing… do you think that guy Yu Liuchen might have fished up a shark and ended up playing himself to death?"

Erniu shivered and sent a frantic telepathic message to Xu Qing. Xu Qing's expression was grave as he maneuvered the great wing to bypass this area!

But at that moment, the little girl sitting on the ruined temple, whom they had been observing, suddenly turned her head and looked at them!

A smile appeared at the corners of her mouth!

The next instant… Xu Qing's heart trembled, the divine source gathered in his eyes collapsed instantly, and even his vision vanished. Everything went black before his eyes, and he was blinded!

At the same time, he felt an icy chill on his back, as if some existence had just crawled onto it!

Then, a childish voice, as if pressed right against his ear, rang out clearly from behind him!

"Little brother, don't keep walking. Ahead lies the end of the sea, and also the end of life!"

But just at this moment, the little girl sitting on the ruined temple they were looking at suddenly turned her head, her pitch-black eyes

looking at them!

A smile appeared on the corners of her mouth!

The next instant... Xu Qing's heart and spirit shook. The divine source gathered in his eyes collapsed instantly, and even his vision disappeared. Everything went black before his eyes, and he went blind directly!

At the same time, he felt an instant chill on his back, as if some existence was currently lying on his back!

Immediately after, a childish voice came from behind him, as if pressed against his ear, clearly transmitted!

"Little brother, don't continue walking. Ahead is the end of the sea, and also the end of life!"

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