Chapter 156: The Black Abyss Dragon's Revenge!

In his practice of the 【Martial Dao Lion】, Chen Mo was already able to perfectly control every ounce of his power.

His control over power had reached a meticulous level; applying it to forging weapons now naturally yielded twice the result with half the effort.

Silver soul fire rose over the snow plains; far from feeling eerie, it instead appeared somewhat holy.

Within the soul fire, a black sword embryo slowly took shape.

The weapon Chen Mo was currently forging was called the Netherfire Sword, with an upper limit of a King-tier weapon.

It was just that the materials Chen Mo used were all substitutes; for now, the main goal was still to improve his forging proficiency.

About an hour later.

The soul fire dissipated, and the black Netherfire Sword radiated an eerie cold gleam.

Chen Mo had successfully forged a Lord-tier Netherfire Sword.

Though slightly flawed, it was still quite good overall.

His grasp of the heat was still a bit short of perfection.

But with just a little more practice, he could attempt to forge a King-tier weapon.

"Your Majesty, we have completed our advancement."

After Chen Mo finished forging, Xiongba's voice came to his ears.

On the vast white snow plains, extraordinary creatures with greatly altered appearances yet radiating King-tier pressure waited for him quietly and respectfully.

All the Ice Lion kin had completed their transformation!

"Not bad."

Chen Mo nodded.

He saw that the Snow-Treading Fox had gained two extra tails.

This was a Snow-Treading Three-Tailed Spirit Fox, also a Legendary-realm spirit beast.

If there was a chance to initiate bloodline tracing again, Bing Li would even have the chance to trace back to the Nine-Tailed Fox! The Frost Sheep Leader had gained several mysterious ice patterns around its neck and body, its figure had become slender, and its tails had suddenly increased by 8 — even more exaggerated than the Snow-Treading Fox Leader!

It somewhat resembled the mythical creature Boyi.

Of course, the Frost Sheep Leader had not directly traced its bloodline back to the mythical creature Boyi; it had only traced back to a strange beast that possessed Boyi bloodline.

This meant that if there was an opportunity in the future, the Frost Sheep Leader could still improve further.

The Frost Crane, Frost Hound, and other beasts had also traced back to Legendary bloodlines.

Lion Sister Aisha, Lion Mother, and Frost Lion Xiongba had all taken the form of a Suanni.

However, compared to Chen Mo, they had no horns on their heads, and their eyes remained ice-blue instead of turning golden, making them appear somewhat impure in bloodline.

Seeing this scene, the Canopy Ice Spider was completely stunned.

Previously, when Chen Mo helped the Frost Nether Crow complete its advancement, it had assumed that the Suanni must have paid a certain price.

But now, having helped 12 extraordinary creatures all advance to King tier in succession, the Suanni still looked completely at ease.

Clearly, helping its kin trace their bloodlines and complete the advancement to the King realm was no difficult matter for the Suanni.

What was even more terrifying was that this success rate reached a staggering one hundred percent!

This kind of ability — even it did not possess! Only Lord Ice Phoenix had such ability! How did this Suanni do it? While it was still dazed, Chen Mo's voice echoed in its heart —

"Senior Ice Spider, they have all advanced to the King realm now."

"Do you think they also need to undergo the Frost Trial for some tempering?"

Chen Mo said with a smile.

It had already used up all the Ten-Thousand-Year Unmelting Ice; to continue advancing, it would need more origin treasures.

Now he needed the Canopy Ice Spider to use its "administrator" identity to help him fleece more treasures! If every beast here was fleeced once, he would only need one week to advance to the Calamity realm! "Naturally."

The Canopy Ice Spider readily agreed, then had Lion Sister and the other beasts take the field one by one.

From the sixth floor onward, the difficulty of the Frost Trial Tower increased exponentially.

For a creature like Lion Sister Aisha who had just advanced to King tier, passing the eighth-floor trial was already the limit even with Chen Mo's help.

But with the Canopy Ice Spider helping them cheat, it was a different story.

Soon, all kinds of ice-type origin treasures piled up in front of Chen Mo.

"These treasures are already enough for me to complete my advancement."

"You can return, or you can continue cultivating here."

After giving his instructions, Chen Mo once again entered the highest-level Frost Sacred Spring.

He now planned to advance to the Calamity realm in one go within the Frost Sacred Spring! ——————

Just as Chen Mo entered the depths of the Frost Sacred Spring to cultivate.

The eastern waters of the Indian Ocean.

The seawater here was still pitch-black and murky; countless Abyss creatures carried out ceaseless slaughter in the waters.

Although the Guixu clan and the nearby sea tribes had already begun universal cultivation of purifying seaweed.

But the ocean's area was simply too vast.

This region was still a ground for Abyss creatures to roam.

In the black water, a pitch-black giant electric eel was cruising through the deep sea; blue lightning-like patterns covered its skin, and rich Abyss energy emanated all around it.

Clearly, this was an Abyss creature.

Moreover, an Abyss creature with intelligence! At this moment, this Abyss Electric Eel wore a worried frown, murmuring in a low voice:

"Father God told us to hunt down the beast that killed the Abyss Demon Flood Dragon. But this Suanni is too strong — there's no way we can handle it!"

The Father God spoken of by the Abyss Electric Eel was naturally the Abyss Dragon, the sovereign and guardian of the Abyss Secret Realm.

Ever since the Abyss Demon Flood Dragon was killed by Chen Mo in these waters, the Abyss Dragon had received the news at the first possible moment.

The Abyss Dragon immediately decided on revenge.

Although the Black Abyss Demon Flood Dragon was not particularly important to it, after all, it was still its "spokesperson," and also carried part of its bloodline.

It had to avenge this! Because it could not leave the Eye of the Black Abyss Secret Realm itself, the Black Abyss Demon Flood Dragon used its own essence blood to transform three Black Abyss creatures that were close to the King Realm.

Helping them advance to the King Realm and awakening their intelligence.

This Black Abyss Electric Eel was one of them.

The other two were a giant black goldfish and a morphing jellyfish.

Being able to kill the Black Abyss Demon Flood Dragon, a King Realm creature possessing a mythic bloodline, the Suanni's strength was naturally not to be underestimated.

The Black Abyss Dragon naturally did not want the three Black Abyss creatures it had just created to die in vain, so it used its own essence blood to concoct a certain forbidden drug, forcibly elevating the three creatures—the Black Abyss Electric Eel and the others—who had just advanced to the King Realm to mid-stage King Realm, even approaching high-stage King Realm!

Of course, the price was overdrawing the life force and potential of the three Black Abyss creatures including the Black Abyss Electric Eel.

Their lifespan compared to other King Realm beings of the same race might be only a tenth or even less, and they could never advance another step further! But for the numerous and muddled Black Abyss creatures, this was still a kind of blessing.

Under the Black Abyss Dragon's orders, three King Realm Black Abyss giant beasts set out with "grand ambitions," rushing all the way to the sea area where the Black Abyss Demon Flood Dragon had perished.

Then they were surprised to discover that this entire sea area had been brought under the control of the Guixu Sea Tribe!

The Guixu Sea Tribe had actually cultivated some kind of plant that could purify black water!

The second brother, the Black Goldfish, and the third brother, the Morphing Jellyfish, wanted to directly transform the Guixu Sea Tribe into Black Abyss creatures as well, but were stopped by the Black Abyss Electric Eel.

It was cautious enough.

Before confirming the opponent's exact strength, it did not want to recklessly command the Black Abyss army to launch an attack. So, the Black Goldfish and the Morphing Jellyfish both stealthily infiltrated the Guixu Sea Tribe and cities on the nearby land to begin gathering intelligence.

The second brother, the Black Goldfish, possessed the ability of invisibility and could perfectly conceal itself.

The third brother, the Morphing Jellyfish, possessed the ability of transformation and could freely change into other creatures.

One could say both were expert hands at reconnaissance.

After half a month of reconnaissance.

However, the results they obtained left them utterly despairing.

That Suanni's strength was terrifyingly powerful, possibly even already possessing the strength of a high-rank King Realm.

Coupled with the Hydra Giant Serpent and the massive-scale Guixu Sea Tribe.

If they fought head-on, it would be a dead end! But if they returned just like this, they would inevitably face the Father God's wrath.

Though it would not cost them their lives, they would certainly receive extremely harsh and cruel punishment.

They had to bring back some spoils of war!

The three brothers discussed for a long time, and ultimately decided to settle for the next best thing.

First, slay the Hydra Giant Serpent, and take its head as a trophy.

This way, they should be able to avoid punishment, and might even earn the Father God's commendation.

After all, the Hydra Giant Serpent was also one of the "culprits" that killed the Black Abyss Demon Flood Dragon!

But because they were quite wary of the Suanni, they had held back from acting, instead patiently hiding in the Black Abyss waters waiting for an opportunity.

"Bring that Suanni's head to see me."

The Black Abyss Electric Eel recalled the Black Abyss Dragon's final words before parting.

Unlike the Black Abyss Demon Flood Dragon, although they also carried the Black Abyss Dragon's bloodline within them, they did not count as true divine offspring.

Although they styled themselves as the Black Abyss Dragon's offspring, in a certain sense, they were all merely "experimental products" created by the Black Abyss Dragon.

Precisely because of this, the Black Abyss Electric Eel desperately yearned for the "Father God's" recognition.

At this time, not far from the Black Abyss Electric Eel, the pitch-black sea surface suddenly produced one giant whirlpool after another, waves surging, as if invisible giant beasts were swiftly swimming through the deep sea! The whirlpools slowly subsided before the Black Abyss Electric Eel, and in the gloomy seawater, a massive black-and-gold fish gradually emerged.

Its scales displayed an eerie black-gold color, like color-shifting ink, gleaming with a metallic luster even in the deep sea.

It was exactly the second brother, the Black Gold Dragon Fish.

And on the Black Gold Dragon Fish's body, an inconspicuous-looking translucent "seaweed" began to rapidly extend, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant jellyfish with black tentacles dozens of meters long.

"Second brother, third brother, what's the situation now?"

Seeing the Black Gold Dragon Fish's excited expression, the Black Abyss Electric Eel asked.

"Big brother, that Suanni seems to have gone to the Inner World to enter seclusion! It probably won't be able to appear in this sea area any time soon!"

"Now is the best time for us to make our move!"

"As long as we're fast enough, by the time the Suanni reacts, we'll have already returned to the Black Abyss waters."

"On the Father God's turf, if that Suanni dares to pursue, it'll be a dead end!"

The Black Gold Dragon Fish kept spitting bubbles, its tone elated.

Its body was enormous, nearly a hundred meters in length.

Compared to a fish, the Black Gold Dragon Fish was actually more like an evil dragon.

"Do you know the Hydra Giant Serpent's current location?"

"Yes, it's now in the waters over 400 kilometers away from us, at the boundary between the Black Abyss waters and the Guixu waters."

The Black Abyss Jellyfish answered.

"Good! Then I'll immediately rally the other Black Abyss creatures!"

The Black Abyss Electric Eel said excitedly.

The opportunity they had waited so long for had finally come!

Near the boundary between the Black Abyss waters and the Guixu waters, there were many Black Abyss creatures, and the Guixu Sea Tribe and the Ice Lions' land forces would have difficulty providing support—for them, this was simply a perfect battlefield.

Now the strongest Ice Lion King, the Suanni, was also unable to provide support.

One could say that timing, terrain, and unity were all on their side.

How could they possibly lose!

"Hiss~"

The Black Abyss Electric Eel emitted a strange sound that could travel very far.

In the next second, within the Black Abyss Sea spanning dozens of kilometers, the various Black Abyss sea beasts that had been fighting each other suddenly stopped their slaughter in unison and began rushing toward the Black Abyss Electric Eel's direction! Although ordinary Black Abyss creatures lack high intelligence, under the stimulation of the Black Abyss Electric Eel's sound waves, they quickly gathered and then set out toward the border between the Black Abyss Sea and the Return to the Void Sea.

Schools of fish swam, and the murky Black Abyss Sea instantly "boiled," as countless sea beasts thrashed, rolling up endless waves, swiftly swimming toward the waters where the Return to the Void Sea tribe lives.

This was a beast tide composed of tens of millions of Black Abyss sea beasts!

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The sea area several hundred li away.

The entire sea area was clearly divided into blue and black, with yin and yang separated.

In the region of blue seawater, a kind of dark blue aquatic grass grew thickly, and sea beasts shuttle through it.

They orderly carried out sowing, catalysis, and then let these purifying sea grasses absorb the Black Abyss energy from the black water.

The Hydra Giant Snake and the Sea Monster Chieftain were also among this vast group.

Around the Hydra Giant Snake, water-element spiritual power surged, causing dark clouds to gather above its head and spiritual rain to fall, just like a divine dragon commanding clouds and rain.

To return to their homeland as soon as possible, they almost whenever they had time came to plant the purifying sea grass.

After several generations of cultivation, the purifying sea grass has been bred into a superior variety.

These purifying sea grasses not only can purify the black water, but also can convert Black Abyss energy into water-element spiritual power.

After purifying the black water, they can be eaten directly!

For water-element supernatural beings, these purifying sea grasses are excellent "medicine."

Moreover, they taste pretty good.

According to the current trend, at most a few years will suffice for them to completely purify all seas from Africa to the Return to the Void Secret Realm! "Lord Hydra, I don't know why, but after waking up today I have a vague sense of foreboding, as if something bad is about to happen."

"During a break from farming," the alluring Sea Monster Chieftain Siren and the Hydra Giant Snake chatted.

During this period, thanks to ample spiritual plant nourishment, its strength has risen rapidly, reaching the peak of the Lord Realm.

"I have the same feeling."

The Hydra Giant Snake's gaze was solemn.

The higher the supernatural level, the sharper the intuition.

At that moment, they suddenly saw a red signal flare soar up from a nearby tower.

Soon, a red signal flare likewise tore across the sky above another tower dozens of li away.

Immediately thereafter, like passing a flower while drumming, red signal flares kept rising in the sky and then exploding.

(End of chapter)