Chapter 432: Prisoner (4k)

Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon this forbidden law.

He could not discern the origin of this forbidden law, but based on his attainments in the Dao of Heavenly Earth Runes, it was not difficult to see that this should be a guardian restriction from the depths of the Sea Eye.

The function of this forbidden law is to imprison a demonic soul to guard this passage.

Without a special password, or a passage magic treasure, one would easily be subdued and killed by this remnant soul of the demon god.

However, it now appears that this remnant soul of the demon god may not be able to restrain these dozen or so figures.

In Zhang Jian's sight, the leader was a majestic deity whose body radiated divine Dao fluctuations like an ocean, and this deity's cultivation was extremely profound.

Moreover, among these dozen or so people, at least two were True Immortals.

At this moment, those two True Immortals circulated intense Immortal Dao resonance around their bodies, and their cultivation was not low.

Furthermore, another seven or eight cultivators emitted abnormal auras from their bodies, not resembling the many fire-incense deities Zhang Jian knew, nor high-level cultivators.

Part of them were third-rank deities, yet their physical bodies were extraordinarily strong, actually unafraid of direct demonic qi impact.

They were like those extradimensional demon gods.

Yet they wielded incense divine power, their bodies carrying ancient auras.

Additionally, some high-level cultivators also seemed not to focus purely on refining spirit to unite with the Dao, resembling those ancient qi-practitioners from mythological hearsay—not only were their bodies formidable, but their primordial spirits were equally strong.

"Could they be from other Divine Provinces, or perhaps extradimensional powerhouses?"

Zhang Jian thought to himself.

Faced with so many powerful beings, Zhang Jian now also needed to consider a thing or two.

He had not prepared to make a move, and now was not a good opportunity; at the very least, he first needed to find a way to separate one or two of those True Immortals, or think of a way to eliminate them beforehand.

In the depths of the azure heavens, however, the deity whose body was entwined with intense primordial, barbaric aura showed some impatience in expression.

"Merely a remnant soul of an ancient starry-sky demon, and yet you dare to reveal yourself before this venerable one!"

With a thought, numerous water droplets the size of ping-pong balls appeared around his body; they instantly shot out, and hundreds of these water droplets violently pierced through countless demonic qi, appearing like water-colored celestial bodies, and in an instant bombarded the colossal demonic form deep within the demonic qi.

The demonic soul, tens of zhang tall, instantly let out a painful cry.

Zhang Jian noticed that where the demonic soul was struck, large portions of its body twisted and collapsed, as if directly shattered by a terrifying force.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, another two True Immortals, as well as seven or eight high-level cultivators, successively unleashed their magic treasures; dozens of streams flew over, and in an instant tore apart the true form of this demonic soul.

"Innate Divine Ability, Heavy Water of the One Origin!"

Gazing at this scene, Zhang Jian's eyes flickered with some ripples.

Innate and close to the Dao, most of the innate true waters between heaven and earth are innate divine abilities, which are the powers transformed from the authorities of great divine beings.

Each kind of innate true water, innate divine fire, and innate divine wind possesses unimaginable power.

When such innate sources are used to cast techniques, they will generally be somewhat stronger than immortal arts of the same level.

Just as he used the authority of the State and Altar Emperor to cast second-rank divine techniques, but this kind of innate power still cannot compare to pure, mighty divine positions, or powers backed by authorities like that of the State and Altar Emperor.

However, this demonic soul was not kind; before its collapse, its eyes suddenly burst forth a streak of purple light, which suddenly shot toward one of the True Immortal-level fire-incense deities.

The face of this fire-incense deity changed color; countless Xuanhuang-colored lights circulated around his body, transforming before him into countless earth-yellow crystals, as if a round earth-like celestial body enveloped his surroundings.

Only to see large patches of earth-yellow light collapse, and the purple light pierced through more than half of the earth-yellow celestial body.

"Dui Ze?"

Seeing this, another person whose face changed color hurried forward.

But saw the shattered earth celestial body turn into countless fragments; at this moment, the fragments inside were stained with a layer of purple light, as if pierced through by this terrifying heavenly demon god light, yet within, a figure clad in transparent crystal armor walked out from within.

"Fortunately, I brought the Spirit Map Armor this time; otherwise, I might not withstand this second-rank immortal art ancient demon soul-devouring!"

Dui Ze Daoist at this moment showed a look of relief.

The leading Daoist powerhouse, seeing this, spoke calmly.

"Since we have dealt with this troublesome ancient demon, we shall continue forward; we should soon be able to approach the core of the Sea Eye, where it is even more perilous—everyone, rally your spirits!"

In fact, everyone was clearer that the true danger was the high-level cultivators from the Azure Ping Dragon Palace outside, who might return at any moment.

If they cannot, before this, release the existence in the depths of the Sea Eye, none of them may necessarily be able to walk out of this Sea Eye secret realm.

And in the void, that ancient demon remnant soul, unwilling, wailed as it gradually turned into vast streaks of purple light and dissipated.

Streams of light followed, flying past beneath the purple light.

Zhang Jian closely followed behind.

Under the cover of the Golden Lotus Hidden Breath Technique, his figure at this moment seemed to transform into a golden lotus from Yaochi, moving soundlessly and tracelessly.

Zhang Jian followed unhurriedly behind this group, watching as they broke through one powerful immortal law restriction after another.

They had now approached the core of the Sea Eye.

In Zhang Jian's sight, the surroundings were entirely a vast expanse of chaotic-colored clouds and mist.

Deep in the Sea Eye, at this moment it gradually became extraordinarily yin and cold.

Instead, the towering water spouts that once connected heaven and earth were now gradually disappearing.

Replaced by a surging dark current, a vast undercurrent, an invisible force enveloped the void, constantly shuttling through this spiritless land, as if carrying away all spiritual essence and vitality.

A mood of deathly stillness enveloped this place.

Inside, it was actually filled with a layer of corrupt, fallen, deadly power.

At this moment, in the eyes of the procession, within this tranquil space, there emerged thread after thread of terrifying ripples.

"Be careful, there are soul-devouring fish swarms here!"

At this moment, the leader, whose cultivation was the strongest, spoke out in warning.

At the moment of speaking, he casually waved his hand, and countless metal blades appeared in the depths of the void; these metal blades flickered with intense cold light, these cold lights danced, and shortly after, one after another strange fish swarm appeared.

These were fish each several zhang in size, their mouths full of sharp teeth, their skin blue-gray, as if covered in metallic power.

These blades were like countless flying knives shooting out; in the deep sea waves, countless blood lights were born.

However, it was seen that after these strange fish were chopped to pieces, their blood light only then appeared, and was instantly devoured by countless companions, turning into fragments.

These strange spirit beasts are truly ferocious to the extreme.

At this moment, the deity simultaneously spoke to remind everyone.

"This is the soul-devouring fish swarm, greedy gluttons from the deep sea—do not use techniques against them, for they possess the bloodline of the ancient divine beast Kun, enabling them to devour all spirits and transform!"

Upon receiving the warning, many cultivators hastily took out their magical artifacts, and streams of spiritually radiant treasures flew out, forming a blood wave amidst the vast expanse of blue-gray light.

However, many cultivators discovered that the number of soul-devouring fish swarms was simply too great; the blue-gray expanse surged toward them, and under fear, even high-level cultivators could not withstand the pressure, as defensive-type techniques appeared all around their bodies.

This was a fire-attribute cultivator who mastered high-level flames—countless sparks intertwined before him, and beneath his shoulders, two pairs of fire wings emerged. With a furious roar, countless orange-red flames intertwined around his body, transforming into numerous crimson swords that flew toward the soul-devouring fish swarms.

But then a shocking scene appeared.

Under the firelight, part of the soul-devouring fish swarm turned to ash, yet the remaining swarm noticed the cultivator like moths to a flame, frenziedly charging toward him.

Endless streams of blue-gray light surged forward without hesitation, ignoring the terrifying flames, and in an instant submerged this primordial spirit true lord.

Shortly afterward, a miserable cry came from within the orange-red radiance—the cry of this primordial spirit true lord.

But after devouring this primordial spirit true lord, the swarm of millions of soul-devouring fish became even more excited, like sharks smelling blood, frenziedly gathering around everyone.

"Fool!"

Watching this, the deity whose body flowed with intense water spirit divine light had a grim expression; as he chanted, hundreds or even thousands of thunder beads appeared around him.

These thunder beads flickered with dangerous black-red lightning.

"Go!"

Then he let out a fierce shout, yet saw these black-red thunder beads fall like raindrops. Many primordial spirit cultivators had already received the warning, swiftly retreating in a fan-like formation before this high-level deity, as long banners appeared around their bodies, forming a great defensive formation.

Boom—!

At this moment, where the black-red thunder beads fell, countless black-red annihilation lightning bolts erupted violently, as if possessing the power to annihilate the universe.

Vast expanses of sea-eye waters, including the soul-devouring fish swarms within, and even several colossal gluttonous aberrant beasts of zhang height, were completely evaporated in the annihilation lightning.

In the distance, Zhang Jian watched the dense thunderous lightning, his eyes also showing some astonishment.

"This is filthy rich!"

He clearly saw that these black-red thunder beads were undoubtedly annihilation divine thunder—or perhaps refined from destruction divine thunder—each worth thousands of top-grade spirit crystals.

One such bead is a secret treasure for preserving life and escaping danger.

Just now, that expanse of lightning actually contained over a thousand beads.

That amounts to millions of top-grade spirit crystals thrown into the water—just for a sound.

"With wealthy capability, everything becomes convenient!"

Zhang Jian silently thought to himself, feeling that upon returning, he too should make more preparations.

And after slaying this batch of soul-devouring fish swarms, the towering deity in the depths of the void did not cease; with a sweep of his sleeve, he once again caused over a thousand thunder beads to appear in the void, bombarding toward the deep sea-eye of the void, drilling through hundreds of li beyond where the fish swarms continued to approach.

Everyone also seized the opportunity, quickly advancing several kilometers.

After the second batch of thunder beads, this towering deity immediately produced another over a thousand thunder beads.

With a rumbling sound, the soul-devouring fish swarms blocking everyone's front were genuinely drilled through.

Zhang Jian also followed behind.

After scattering over ten batches of thunder beads, the deadly zone formed by the soul-devouring fish swarms was finally drilled through.

At this moment, everyone had flown nearly a thousand nautical miles.

Upon approaching the depths of this sea region, the aura of death and annihilation grew increasingly intense!

Far ahead, at this moment, the procession halted their steps, their gazes met with utterly shocked expressions.

Not only these people, but Zhang Jian behind them also bore an unusual countenance.

Before them stood a terrifying skeletal giant several thousand zhang tall, appearing before their eyes—this several-thousand-zhang-tall skeleton had taken form, yet its entire body emitted an aura of primal wilderness and lofty grandeur.

Even from afar, everyone still felt, as if from the depths of their hearts, a sense of insignificance.

"Could this not be the giant race of the Dragon Lord from ancient mythological legends?"

In the distance, Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene, silently pondering.

In this realm, there are rumors of the Dragon Lord fishing for the Ao.

Ancient mythological records state: In the Dragon Lord's country, adults take steps that do not fill several paces; and at the location of the Five Mountains, one cast of the line connects six Ao, which together bear the burden and return to their country, where their bones are burned for divination. Thus, Mount Taiyu and Mount Yingzhou flowed to the North Pole and sank into the great sea.

However, compared to the Dragon Lord giants in myth, this several-thousand-zhang-tall giant before us should still not be considered an adult; his residual skeletal aura of terrifying divine might still chills the bones.

At this moment, the leader deity laughed heartily.

"Indeed, this is the ancient wilderness god clan—this deity before us stands several thousand zhang tall, surely a powerhouse of the wilderness god clan, surely a king-level existence!"

"Let us continue forward—since we have found the dwelling place of the wilderness god clan, we will surely find that wilderness god relic; perhaps we can even bring a surprise to this realm, exceeding mission expectations!"

He chuckled lightly, and in an instant led everyone racing toward the depths of the sea-eye.

"Yes!"

At this moment, the other deities and high-level cultivators also showed unusually excited expressions.

Being able to uncover a wilderness god skeleton proves they have found the right place.

Shortly afterward, Zhang Jian's figure appeared before this thousand-zhang giant.

Gazing upon the thousand-zhang skeleton before him, his expression turned solemn.

He had indeed heard every word spoken by that deity earlier.

This is actually a wilderness god.

The wilderness gods are deities born from the natural nurturing of heaven and earth in ancient times.

They are spirits nurtured by the earth, innately governing the authorities of all heavenly and earthly laws; they can be called heaven-born and earth-nurtured gods and demons, who once enslaved countless beings, thus forming the trajectory of the entire totemic era.

But the wilderness gods were too cruel.

After being overthrown by ancient qi practitioners, this kind of divine path deity gradually disappeared.

Hearing the meaning of those people's words, these wilderness god powerhouses were actually imprisoned deep in the sea-eye, pressed to death alive.

Zhang Jian lifted his eyes, and at this moment he glanced at this thousand-zhang desolate god; at this moment, a thin layer of hatred permeated the bones of this thousand-zhang desolate god, as if a terrifying thought lingered around, even causing this absolute spiritless land to give rise to a terrifying and gloomy feeling.

Deep within Zhang Jian's primordial spirit's sea of consciousness, at this moment there was a faint bad feeling.

Zhang Jian's pupils flickered.

Every time this feeling arose, Zhang Jian would encounter trouble.

With a thought, Zhang Jian's body turned into flowing light, continuing to follow a group of more than ten people.

And at intervals, Zhang Jian saw a desolate god of extraordinarily massive form; around part of these desolate gods, schools of spirit-devouring fish swam, obviously after these desolate gods fell, their flesh and blood were taken by these spirit-devouring fish schools.

Zhang Jian noticed that on some skulls, there was a faint special chaotic hollow on the crown, containing a special forbidden law power, seemingly continuously devouring the essence and spirit dissipating from the skull crown.

It seemed to be the deep sea eye, carrying a forbidden law of its own, specially designed to drain the essence and spirit of these desolate gods.

And ahead, more than ten figures had already stopped.

At this moment, these more than ten figures stared blankly ahead.

Zhang Jian also stopped; his gaze fell, and likewise he was shocked, even though he held the authority of the State and Earth Emperor, Zhang Jian still felt from the depths of his heart a vast and heavy divine pressure.

A divine pressure that surpassed the rank of the State and Earth Emperor.