Rumble—!
Deep within the trench, Lu Jun was being besieged by endless Demon Siren algae tendrils, trapped in a dangerous situation. The heavy seawater around him churned violently, and the cliffs on both sides thundered and trembled.
Led by the Siren Prophet, hundreds of Demon Trench Sirens overlapped like layered shadows. All of them stared with resentful eyes at the cold-faced young man in the center as a vast tide of spiritual power surged toward him.
Lu Jun's head buzzed continuously. His Curse Element and Psychic Element magic were suppressed, leaving him able to rely only on the Metal and Water Elements in battle.
At this moment he knew he could not remain passive any longer. His eyes blazed as the eight magic elements within his spiritual world ignited. A blood-ink colored radiance filled the dark cosmos, erupting with boundless might.
Ascended White Tiger!
Above Lu Jun's head floated a White Tiger Talisman, as countless metallic killing auras gathered. In the darkness, his eyes shone like two candles, glowing holy blue and blood-ink black. The Taibai Golden Palace within his chest hung high as both lungs radiated light, a dark sun rose from his abdomen, and surging black waters roared from his kidneys.
Within a hundred-mile radius, the "seaweed forest" seemed to give birth to a blazing sun. At its center stood a towering supreme figure, reaching the heavens and the earth, while endless pressure spread outward as mighty waves of aura swept across the area.
A vast halo of light scattered across the seaweed forest, even piercing through countless gaps. All the seaweed tendrils approaching him shattered inch by inch beneath the supreme sharpness, turning into ashes and forming a vacuum domain.
Screech!
Among the hundreds of Demon Siren female figures, more than a dozen could not withstand the killing power of Taiyi Golden Radiance and instantly turned into ashes. Most of the remaining ones were shaken as well, revealing expressions of pain as bloody wounds appeared across their bodies.
For a moment, the sacred statue-like atmosphere was shattered.
The clan leader prophet grew furious. Her phoenix-shaped eyes turned strange, the pupils narrowing like vertical slits, and the world seemed to rotate with them as the colorful environment twisted and distorted.
Lu Jun showed no fear. Just as he was about to activate Nether-Gaze and Fantasy Pupil to counter it, a hand suddenly rested on his shoulder.
Instantly his hair stood on end as he growled,
"Who is it?!"
"It's me. Don't move."
President Xiao's voice came from behind him. Immediately afterward, a silver light membrane fell around them as intense spatial fluctuations spread outward.
Hearing the familiar voice, Lu Jun finally relaxed, not activating his Space-Time magic to resist the teleportation.
Buzz!
The next second, Lu Jun and President Xiao vanished from the colorful seaweed forest.
Afterward Lu Jun felt his vision flicker several times. The figures around him gradually increased. With one final flash, it felt as though they had passed through a thin film of light. With a soft pop, the space ahead suddenly opened up, no longer the cramped canyon of the trench.
However, a dense and deathly yin aura rushed toward him, causing even the Death Stardust in his spiritual world to stir restlessly.
Lu Jun opened his eyes. What greeted his sight was a dim yellow radiance. The deepest part of the trench was vast and boundless, like another hidden world entirely.
Looking around, he saw an endless black sea. Within it, every drop of water was extremely condensed and contained overwhelming supreme yin energy. When he looked upward, he saw a strange sight,.the sky above appeared split into two halves, leaving only a narrow line of heaven like a crack in the black firmament.
This boundless fissure shimmered with colorful radiance.
If nothing unexpected had occurred, that was the entrance and exit of the Mariana Trench, while they were now standing at its very bottom.
And it was not over yet.
Lu Jun lowered his gaze to the ground and witnessed an even more shocking scene. A vast deep-yellow river flowed across the bottom of the black sea, winding like a true dragon lying in slumber. The dim yellow glow around them originated from this river.
The Yellow River flowed in silence, yet it carried an inviolable and awe-inspiring presence. Gazing at it made one feel as if countless ghosts were staring back.
"Th-this… we've actually reached the deepest part of the Mariana Trench?!"
Suddenly someone beside him stammered,
"Is this the legendary Nine Nether Yellow Springs?"
Hearing this, Lu Jun glanced around and discovered that all six of them were present. His heart finally settled, at least no one had died.
President Xiao looked calm as ever, but Ye Mei and the other four appeared somewhat disheveled. Lu Huan and Bai Lang had even suffered serious injuries.
Earlier, when Lu Jun had transformed through Ascended White Tiger and shattered the Demon Trench Sirens' spiritual confinement, President Xiao must have seen the escape route and acted immediately, bringing them away.
Although he did not dare to use Forbidden Curse Magic, aside from his three Forbidden Curse Elements, President Xiao's remaining two elements were still extremely powerful. His Space Element had reached the level of a Half Forbidden Curse, and his spiritual realm was firmly within the Upper Three Realms.
"Ring ring ring!"
A stream of starlight water surged out from Lu Jun's body, condensing into the form of the mermaid girl. She softly hummed with joy, surrounded by dark-silver water ribbons while wrapped within the Lunar Eclipse Sacred Water, moving through the environment as naturally as a fish in water.
Seeing this, Ye Mei spoke with certainty,
"So this is the ancestral land of the Mermaid Holy Spirit race?"
In reality, the waters of the Black Sea were extremely terrifying. The supreme yin condensed water constantly eroded everything, as though every moment was like being washed by Super-Tier Water Magic.
Otherwise, why would the Sea Demon Prophet race above remain hovering at the entrance of the Black Sea instead of occupying the ancestral land of the Elemental Holy Spirit race?
Even Ye Mei and the other four Super-tier Water Element mages were struggling. Their faces were pale as they continuously used magic to resist the corrosive waters. Fortunately, President Xiao assisted them, allowing them to barely survive.
This made the mermaid girl appear particularly unusual. She was only at the Monarch level, yet she moved easily here. Her Three Radiant Divine Waters — Lunar Eclipse Mode seemed naturally suited to this place, the Black Sea waters unable to harm her in the slightest.
After listening to his contracted beast's gestures, Lu Jun understood.
"Oh, you mean the Mermaid Lunar Eclipse Water was born here."
He was not surprised. Only places of extreme yin and extreme water could nurture Elemental Holy Spirits. Ordinary human mages and demons would find it difficult to enter such places.
Of course, Lu Jun himself was unaffected. He was completely immune to the Black Sea's waters and felt equally at home within them.
Under the nourishment of this ancestral land, both his Water Element and Death Element cultivation were rapidly increasing. If he were to enter closed-door cultivation here for two or three months, breaking through to Super-tier Second Tier Water Magic would be just around the corner.
"Ring ring ring!"
The mermaid girl seemed to be sensing something carefully. Suddenly she cried out in excitement, her voice trembling with intense emotion.
"What? You sensed your mother? Your mother is here?!"
Lu Jun was greatly shocked, but joy quickly appeared on his face. The first objective of this journey was to contact the Elemental Holy Spirits and rescue the mermaid girl's mother. As for further cooperation afterward, that would still require some consideration.
Soon, the mermaid girl impatiently began descending downward.
The six of them exchanged glances before following after her.
Gurgle, gurgle!
As Lu Jun and the others descended further, the Black Sea became increasingly silent. The water currents had completely stopped, as though it were a dead world.
Even the slightest movement of the water produced sounds that carried far into the darkness, echoing back toward them in a way that felt eerily unsettling.
The faces of Ye Mei and the other four grew increasingly pale as they endured stronger waves of extreme yin death aura.
When they arrived above the vast yellow river at the bottom of the Black Sea, the group was stunned.
The hundred-mile-wide yellow river surged violently, and countless bones floated within it.
They were all strange and grotesque.
Some were the massive skeletons of gigantic sea beasts, while others were the tiny bones of small sea fish, endless in number.
Ye Mei gasped in shock.
"Hiss… even the Yellow Springs of myth might not be any more terrifying than this."
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