Chapter 476: Chapter 474: Mysterious Depths Beneath the Sea, Burial of the Grand Lord

The two of them stared up at Xu Yang, who had suddenly appeared overhead, absolutely terrified.

"Lu Zhou?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhou’s pupils shrank and his eyes darted rapidly.

In his despair, a flash of disbelief and joy surged up on his face. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Xu Yang gently flicked his sleeve.

Lu Zhou instantly realized he could move again.

He swallowed hard with difficulty, and quickly said, "I am Lu Zhou."

"When entering, your sister asked me to look out for you in case I ran into you. Didn’t expect I’d actually encounter you so soon." Xu Yang smiled.

"My sister?"

Lu Zhou was taken aback, then blurted out subconsciously, "Brother, you just got here?"

Seeing Xu Yang nod,

Lu Zhou couldn’t help but sharply draw a breath.

To enter a secret realm after it’s already opened—isn’t that an insane level of strength?

He recovered quickly and thanked, "Thank you, big brother, for saving me."

On the other side, Liang Qin’s face turned completely ashen.

It’s over!

Xu Yang waved his hand carelessly, then flicked his finger.

Poof!

Liang Qin didn’t even have time to scream; his eyes rolled back, life instantly snuffed out within them, and he just collapsed limply.

Witnessing this, Lu Zhou swallowed again.

So strong!

"I’ve done what I promised your sister."

"Good luck to you!"

Xu Yang smiled, turned, and walked away into the air.

Lu Zhou hesitated to speak, but didn’t know what to say.

A powerhouse like this—what could his father and sister possibly offer in return to get him to look after Lu Zhou?

To be rescued just by chance was already a huge blessing!

"Never thought it would end up all because of my sister..." Lu Zhou took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his turbulent emotions, glanced at Liang Qin’s corpse, and a flash of anger flickered in his eyes.

He then stripped off the other’s Storage Ring, checked through its contents, and immediately broke into a delighted smile.

"Next, I have to find a place to refine these treasures and see if I can break through to True Monarch."

If he could advance, he’d be able to keep searching.

If not, he’d have to be more cautious.

Suddenly, a deafening roar resounded from the distance.

Lu Zhou instinctively looked up, and what he saw became etched in his memory forever.

Under the sky, a blurry figure stood above a thousand-zhang source beast, cleaving downward with a blade—the crimson arc like a narrow blood moon, tearing the world asunder and slicing through thousands of zhangs of ocean surface.

Poof!

The source beast split in two, its massive form turning into pounding torrents of water as it crashed down.

Leaving behind only the pure source energy, floating in midair!

One strike—annihilating the thousand-zhang source beast!

"Hiss!"

Lu Zhou’s mind went blank, his mouth agape in shock; for a moment, he was utterly awestruck!

...

"What pure source energy. With two or three pieces like this, my spirit mark could reach two feet." Xu Yang grasped the source energy and sensed it, his face lighting up in joy.

Far beyond expectations!

Even purer than the diluted source energy received during a source baptism.

"This thousand-zhang source beast truly is a treasure."

Xu Yang licked his lips, his heart ablaze as his eyes swept over the gradually calming ocean around him.

The Dome Sea Secret Realm really is extraordinary!

"Better go find Mr. Ning first—then seize another chance later."

Xu Yang was about to leave when he suddenly frowned, turned, and suspiciously stared at the sea below.

He hesitated, then his body flickered and he tore through the surface, plunging in.

Dozens of breaths later.

Xu Yang traveled to the depths of the ocean, where his gaze met nothing but darkness.

The immense ocean pressed down heavily, oppressive as could be.

Like being trapped in an abyss!

"Hm? Did I imagine it?"

"That shouldn’t be possible."

"With my level of power, I’d never get a hunch for no reason!"

Xu Yang slightly furrowed his brow, eyes scanning sharply below—but found not a single anomaly.

After a moment’s contemplation, Xu Yang focused his mind and summoned his spirit mark.

"Lock!"

Heaven Locking with a single thought!

The surrounding surging seawater froze in place.

In that instant, Xu Yang felt something strange.

There were a few water droplets, seemingly unaffected by the Heaven Locking intent.

They appeared to exist within this ocean, yet simultaneously in another plane!

Such an uncanny anomaly made Xu Yang maximally cautious, quietly approaching.

He drew nearer.

Already close to the ocean floor.

The crushing pressure made even him struggle slightly to bear it.

Xu Yang summoned the shadow of the divine cauldron, stared intently, and discovered the source of the anomaly—a perfectly ordinary droplet, mingling within the endless ocean.

If not for the Heaven Locking intent detecting its abnormality, he wouldn’t notice a thing even standing here!

"This droplet is truly bizarre."

He extended his divine sense, carefully enveloping it.

Yet—no reaction whatsoever.

As if it were just another utterly ordinary droplet.

"Strange!"

Xu Yang’s expression turned solemn; after pondering briefly, he gripped the Asura Blood Saber and suddenly slashed!

Swish!

Just as the blade light was about to touch the droplet, Xu Yang’s face changed dramatically; his form went rigid, and the saber’s light froze, suspended three inches above the droplet as if sealed by a mysterious force.

Xu Yang went pale, his body trembling.

An unspeakable, overwhelming terror closed in from all directions.

"Brave little brat, daring to trespass my cultivation ground!"

A furious roar echoed from all directions.

Hearing "True Monarch," Xu Yang’s scalp tingled in dread.

The Star Vault Sovereign!

Such terrifying might was absolutely beyond a True Monarch!

"Senior, please forgive me! I barged in by accident—I’ll leave immediately!"

Xu Yang shouted anxiously.

Crack!

The droplet silently shattered.

A wisp of ghostly light soared up and transformed before Xu Yang into an old man in a black robe, his entire being shrouded in dense death energy. Even in these oceanic depths, his shapeless aura forced the surrounding water to retreat and twist wildly.

A suffocating presence!

Gulp!

Xu Yang swallowed hard, struggling.

It really was the Star Vault Sovereign!

The old man swept his gaze over Xu Yang, slightly raising an eyebrow: "A mere True Monarch Initial Realm, and you could actually detect my cultivation ground? Interesting."

Xu Yang felt bitter inside.

Who could have known that the illustrious Star Vault Sovereign would hide at the edge of the Dome Sea Secret Realm just to cultivate?

"Senior, I’m from the Battle King Clan. Please, for the clan’s sake, show mercy!" Unable to gauge the old man’s temperament, Xu Yang had no other choice.

The Battle King Clan did carry some deterrence.

"Battle King Clan?"

"Quite a distance to run!"

The old man’s brows lifted, then he sneered, "Trying to threaten me?"

"Absolutely not!"

Xu Yang shook his head hurriedly.

"But if something happened to me, senior, the Battle King Clan would surely retaliate with unending fury!" Xu Yang pinned the old man with a steady gaze, enunciating every word.

The old man’s eyes narrowed, his death energy surging and roiling the underwater currents with frenzied force.

Xu Yang shivered violently, gritted his teeth, and pulled out a Token from his Storage Ring.

"This is the Clan Patriarch’s Token of the Battle King Clan."

Stone Peak gave this to him before leaving.

Of course, it didn’t mean Xu Yang was the actual clan patriarch; it carried Stone Peak’s command.

With this token, his status in the Battle King Clan was extraordinary!

Even Shi Hu didn’t have one.

The old man’s face changed when he saw the token.

He stared at Xu Yang in disbelief—he’d never heard of such a young genius from the Battle King Clan!

He did know Shi Hu.

But the youth before him was clearly not Shi Hu!

Yet such tokens—few dared to fake them!

A few breaths later.

The old man’s death energy sharply receded; coldly he said, "Get lost!"

"Thank you, senior."

Xu Yang felt a weight lift from his heart, cupped his fists quickly, then turned and ran.

He had barely gotten far before Xu Yang hesitated, clenched his teeth, and abruptly turned back.

"May I ask which faction of the Star Dome Sea you hail from, senior?"

"A loose cultivator. What, you planning to bully me?" The old man eyed Xu Yang playfully.