Chapter 603: Things of the Abyss

Looking at the look of surprise on Li Heng's face, the Third Elder fell into silence for a long time. He slowly spoke, "Reporting to the Great Venerable, this person is named Sha Fa, and he is also a Venerable of our Multiverse Alliance. Although he does not hold the position of an Elder, he possesses the strength of an Elder, and his power is extremely formidable."

As he spoke, his thoughts became even more intricate and complex.

He had now witnessed the power of the Great Venerable.

Just one of the countless rays of Killing Divine Light emitted from a Bronze Ancient Mirror manifested by a mere glimmer of spiritual light had easily crushed the top-tier Venerable Sha Fa, who had been giving his all!

One must know, even if he were to take action himself, he would not be able to take down Sha Fa in a short time. Yet, Sha Fa was so powerless before the Great Venerable...

"Why must the Third Elder be so self-deprecating? How could this Sha Fa possibly have the strength of an Elder? He is fragile himself, and he likes to play the victim; clearly, the Killing Divine Light would not have hit him, yet he insisted on rushing into it."

Li Heng shook his head and said.

The Third Elder was even more speechless; he had been telling the truth.

If Sha Fa could be considered fragile, then wouldn't he be just as fragile? However, he seemed to have no ability to refute this point, because that was the Reality.

Thinking of this, he felt even more depressed.

"Great Venerable, perhaps it is not that Sha Fa is playing the victim, but that the Bronze Ancient Mirror you evolved is blooming with light over the Abyss Sea and killing many evil things. I fear it will turn the Abyss Cape upside down and cause the Great Dao Treasure Pearl to vanish without a trace, which is what provoked Sha Fa to take action."

"Sha Fa was previously responsible for the matter of retrieving the Great Dao Treasure Pearl."

Life must go on, the Third Elder explained.

At the same time, he was also puzzled in his heart. He simply did not understand why Li Heng was doing this. Searching for the Great Dao Treasure Pearl with such fanfare was one thing—after all, a Great Venerable's cultivation level allows for some arrogance. But why kill the many evil things in the Abyss Sea? Could it be that this Great Venerable has a grudge against the evil things of the Abyss Sea?

"So that's how it is."

Li Heng was greatly disappointed; if it was someone from the Multiverse Alliance, then he could not kill him for the time being. Seeing this, the Third Elder's heart skipped a beat. What exactly was this Great Venerable thinking? He was actually somewhat disappointed?

Could it be that he really wanted to kill Sha Fa?

No, he had to act decisively!

He spoke immediately.

"Reporting to the Great Venerable, do you need me to warn Sha Fa and tell him not to disrupt your affairs there?"

"Then go ahead and warn him; it makes no difference to me anyway."

Li Heng replied casually.

His primary goal was still to hunt evil things to increase his Source Power, and his secondary goal was to retrieve the Great Dao Treasure Pearl. Given the strength of this Sha Fa, he clearly could not threaten his primary goal.

He could not even threaten his secondary goal.

Would a human care about an ant in front of them?

Unless they were bored out of their minds, they would not.

"Yes, Great Venerable."

The Third Elder nodded in response, and then a glimmer of spiritual light popped into his mind, transforming into his own split consciousness. It dived into the scene of the Abyss Sea before him, instantly following the connection of Causality, crossing the infinite Void, and arriving above the Abyss Sea.

At this moment, Sha Fa had finally recovered from the impact of the previous Killing Divine Light. He barely managed to crawl up from the seabed riverbed of the Abyss Sea, his entire body covered in black Abyss Sea water, his frame riddled with cracks, looking like a porcelain doll on the verge of shattering.

He was somewhat dejected; what had happened just now?

He had almost died!

If it hadn't been for the two-fold reinforcement of the Army Killing Intent earlier, and the fact that he had erupted with all his might to collide with and wear down the majority of the Killing Divine Light's power, he would likely have died already!

He laughed bitterly; why did it turn out like this?

With his full-strength attack and the reinforcement of an infinite army, he could even go head-to-head with Elder-level figures. But why? Why was he crushed by the light emitted from a mere mirror and reduced to this state?

In his dejection, he seemed not to hear the worried cries of the soldiers belonging to him in the army. He sat alone on a reef by the sea, silently watching the Bronze Ancient Mirror above the Abyss Sea bloom with divine might, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, the Third Elder's split consciousness arrived before him.

"What, Sha Fa, you can still be struck down like this?"

The Third Elder looked at Sha Fa's current appearance, feeling very surprised.

"Oh, so it's you, old Daoist. I didn't expect you to come. Are you here now to see me make a fool of myself?"

Sha Fa came back to his senses and said calmly.

"What fool? Your current situation was bound to happen."

The Third Elder shook his head and said; for a Venerable-realm expert to take a hit from a Great Venerable-realm attack, it was fortunate enough that he hadn't died.

"Who is the master behind the mirror? I want to lose with conviction." Sha Fa fell into a silence, then suddenly spoke up.

He understood the meaning of the Third Elder's words clearly; he was saying that he had overestimated his own abilities and that this situation was only natural. The subtext was that it was impossible for him to defeat the master behind the mirror.

"The master of the mirror has just joined our Multiverse Alliance. Come to think of it, you really are unlucky. You've been stationed in the Abyss Sea during this time, fighting evil things, and you've been out of touch with information; otherwise, you would never have dared to provoke him."

The Third Elder shook his head and said.

"Don't talk nonsense, keep it short."

Sha Fa frowned.

"The master of the mirror is a Great Venerable."

The Third Elder said flatly.

Sha Fa's body stiffened, as if he had been paused by time, and then he returned to normal the next moment, nodding. "Oh, so that's how it is. Then I know; I didn't lose unjustly."

"Does the Alliance want this Great Venerable to replace me?"

The Third Elder shook his head, "Not at all. It was my own decision to have my split consciousness come over here just to inform you of this matter."

"However, I suggest you stop getting involved in this matter. Because that Great Venerable is indifferent to your existence; it makes no difference whether you are here or not. Think it over carefully."

Sha Fa was silent for a long time, then slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

This was the manifestation of the internal injury to his origin caused by the strike of the Killing Divine Light—the sick air and disease air. Now that he had forced it out, it meant that the injuries within Sha Fa's body were basically healed.

"I thought you were truly struck down and decadent, sitting alone by the sea. So you were actually repairing the injuries to your origin?"

The Third Elder looked at the light shining from Sha Fa's origin and said in surprise.

"That Killing Divine Light just now was too terrifying; it cracked my internal origin. If I don't hurry to repair it and take another hit of that Killing Divine Light, I will truly be dead and extinguished."

Sha Fa answered irrelevantly.

"So, what is your opinion?" the Third Elder asked.

Sha Fa took a deep breath, looked at the rising and falling tides of the Abyss Sea before him, and then turned his head to look at the Third Elder.

"How about seeking wealth amidst danger?"

"You..."

The Third Elder was startled and began to speak again, but before he could say much, he was cut off by what Sha Fa said next.

"Shh, look, listen, something is coming out."

The Bronze Ancient Mirror shone with boundless Killing Divine Light, finally causing the entire Abyss Sea to tremble. The pitch-black seawater seemed to boil, and countless powerful evil entities within the sea shivered at such a disturbance, as if some behemoth were emerging from the Abyss.