Chapter 3040: Deep Sea Trench

Ye Liuyun immediately released Ye Tiandao, letting her fight alongside him.

Ye Tiandao is the most focused in battle, the most obedient to Ye Liuyun, and has exceptionally strong combat awareness, so Ye Liuyun trusts her completely.

The other women who wanted to join Ye Liuyun in battle were all rejected by him.

He only lets them out when he promises there will be a chance.

He and his two clones take turns watching Long Nv and Ye Tiandao, and that alone was enough to keep him busy.

However, those now attacking them are Unified Seventh/Eighth Layer strongmen; Long Nv and Ye Tiandao can barely react.

Now, when they use Spatial Power to ambush them, Ye Liuyun can detect it.

But if they hide themselves with Heaven and Earth Power and then attack, he cannot preemptively defend; he can only, upon sensing danger, use Time Power to devour the opponent's Soul and shift Long Nv and Ye Tiandao away.

Thus Long Nv and Ye Tiandao can only proactively seek some sea beasts to spar with, though opportunities are few.

They simply stay by Ye Liuyun's side, feeling at ease even when danger looms.

This time the Blue Whale led them far before finally stopping.

It let out a long moan, then found a spot and lay motionless on the seabed.

Long Nv asked around but got no clear answer; she only knows that the trench ahead is their destination.

As for how deep the trench is or what dangers lie within, the Blue Whale could not explain.

"Knowing the place is enough; we'll explore it ourselves slowly!"

Ye Liuyun did not trouble the Blue Whale, and cautiously set out with Long Nv and Ye Tiandao to investigate.

The trench is pitch black inside; Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil cannot see far.

He can only see that it starts relatively shallow, then becomes increasingly deep.

Moreover, the pressure here is significant; Ye Liuyun senses it, but his Physical Body is strong enough to fully withstand it.

Long Nv pays no mind to the deep‑sea pressure, but Ye Tiandao must use some True Essence to resist it.

Ye Liuyun noticed she was using True Essence Body Shield, yet he did not rush to pull her back into the Space World, thinking it was a good chance for her to strengthen her Physical Body and refine her True Essence.

The four of them—Ye Liuyun leading, his clones behind, Long Nv and Ye Tiandao on his left and right—explored the deep sea step by step.

They moved very slowly.

Since the Blue Whale said this is the most dangerous spot in the wasteland sea, Ye Liuyun dared not be careless.

Even the Treasure Vault claimed half of the First Star Bandit Gang's expedition team, so this place may be even more perilous.

After traveling a stretch, their figures vanished into the trench's darkness.

Indeed, dangerous sea beasts often ambushed them within the trench.

However, those sea beasts could not evade Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil and were sensed by Long Nv, turning ambushes into full assaults.

At first, the attacking sea beasts were small, weak sea snakes, which Ye Tiandao could slay with blade intent.

With Long Nv and Ye Tiandao present, Ye Liuyun need not act.

He continuously used his Golden Pupil to monitor the trench, searching for Formations.

He indeed found two small Illusion Arrays, which they simply bypassed.

These Illusion Arrays allow sea beasts to pass through freely.

Ye Liuyun let Long Nv try one; it proved ineffective on her.

He released another Martial Cultivator to test, but that cultivator became trapped inside.

That cultivator was a Unified Seventh Layer Martial Cultivator; after entering the Illusion Array, he just stood dumbfounded.

In this situation, sea beasts could attack him at will.

Ye Liuyun thought the Formations were complex, so he immediately released Qiong Qi to help unravel them.

Qiong Qi looked for a while and sighed, "The one who set up these Formations has decent strength!"

After half a day of effort, he finally rescued that cultivator.

And he only saved the cultivator without destroying the Formation.

"Such a small Formation, yet it took so much effort?"

Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi in his mind.

Qiong Qi nodded, confirming, "These Formations are indeed not simple."

He glanced around, but being inside the trench amid total darkness, he could not see the whole layout.

"Then don't go back; stay and keep exploring with us?"

Ye Liuyun, hearing that the Formations were sophisticated and fearing he might be trapped, felt much safer with Qiong Qi present.

Qiong Qi also realized they were exploring and immediately agreed.

But thereafter their progress became even slower and more cautious.

Long Nv cooperated with Qiong Qi, releasing her own aura to intimidate nearby sea beasts into staying away.

Thus Ye Tiandao had no role to play, silently trailing behind, resisting the trench's pressure.

Qiong Qi felt the pressure was great; being one level below Ye Tiandao, he needed to marshal even more True Essence to resist.

The trench is bottomless, its end unseen.

They only felt themselves descending continuously.

Formations inside the trench multiplied, making avoidance increasingly difficult.

Eventually, the Formations ahead merged into a sheet, forcing them to halt and wait for Qiong Qi to break them.

At that moment, Long Nv also heard the Blue Whale's warning from outside.

"There's a strong Martial Cultivator approaching!"

Long Nv immediately told Ye Liuyun.

"Don't pay them any mind; let them follow."

There are so many formations here, they'd be walking to their deaths if they came in.

Ye Liuyun, however, didn't care at all.

The formations inside this sea trench, some of which even his Golden Pupil cannot discern, are all judged by Qiong Qi based on experience; unless the formation skill of those Martial Cultivator experts can match Qiong Qi's, they will surely fall into the formations.

The experts following Ye Liuyun are the same experts who previously followed the First Star Bandit Gang, representing various major powers.

After dealing with the First Star Bandit Gang, they gained little; upon hearing news of Ye Liuyun, they followed him.

However, from afar they saw Ye Liuyun inexplicably slay many experts, and they did not immediately approach, but kept watching from a distance.

Only after Ye Liuyun and his group sank into the deep sea did they gradually come over to investigate.

These people first discovered a blue whale, then saw the sea trench, and all guessed that Ye Liuyun had ventured inside to explore.

Thus they all wanted to take advantage of the sea trench's dark environment to secretly attack Ye Liuyun.

Some cautious individuals guarded outside the sea trench, waiting for Ye Liuyun and his group to emerge, preparing to ambush them then.

Those who followed into the sea trench, although careful everywhere, still ended up falling into the formations one after another.

Some were killed by sea beasts, some by the formations; in the end, no one could get close to Ye Liuyun and his group.

And Qiong Qi, even while solving the formations, would not destroy all of them; as long as he could open a path for everyone, that was enough.

Thus most formations remained unchanged, untouched.