Chapter 616: Chapter 424: Sea Beasts Surging, First to Enter the Ancient Battlefield—Who Is This Extraordinary Person?

"Unseal the ancient battlefield for our army’s General Stars!"

Another thunderous roar echoed, and atop the central battleship, the highest commanders of the Five Major War Zones each held an ancient token. As their Qi and Blood infused them with energy, the five ancient tokens emitted a dazzling light under the sunlight.

Golden, green, black, red, and white beams shot up, converging before connecting heaven and earth, reaching the sky above and the deep sea below.

Su Mu, who had been meditating, opened his eyes. At this moment, he could vaguely feel a slight tremor from the dormant Golden Giant Seed within his Sea of Consciousness.

"The dream shadow mentioned that the Forgotten Realm is in the Alien Race Interface. Perhaps it’s because the ancient battlefield connects to the Alien Race Interface."

Su Mu’s gaze lingered on the five ancient tokens for a moment, then shifted downward.

The sea, which had just calmed down, suddenly surged with massive waves, transforming into an immense and terrifying whirlpool. Such a grand spectacle made the earlier appearance of Ling Jue and the others seem trivial in comparison.

Looking down from the sky at this moment, one could clearly capture this enormous whirlpool.

"The ancient battlefield opens only once every hundred years. Its internal space is extremely stable, strong enough to withstand the full combat power of a Martial Saint level expert. It’s said that the Human Great Sage once slew many Alien Race Demon Gods in the ancient battlefield, forcing the Alien Races to sign a peace treaty, leading to the prohibition of the ancient battlefield with a centennial agreement."

"But this time, the ancient battlefield is unsealed ahead of schedule, so this time we’ll fight underwater..." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Su Mu quickly recalled the information about the ancient battlefield previously explained by Hong Lie.

"The ancient battlefield is open. If the General Stars don’t enter now, when will they?"

A thunderous shout resounded.

The next second.

General Stars of the Five Major War Zones of Huaxia leaped from the different battleship decks, diving into the massive whirlpool one after another, their agile figures akin to dragons entering the sea.

Before the grand tournament, Marshal Yue and Marshal Qian had personally ordered that this time the competition should center around Su Mu. Hence, the General Stars from the Southern War Zone planned to stay by Su Mu’s side.

But all the General Stars of the Southern War Zone discovered that, in an instant, Su Mu, who was meditating behind the crowd, had already disappeared.

"Forget it, let’s just go in directly!"

The General Stars of the Southern War Zone also rushed into the deep-sea whirlpool.

Buzzing--------

A resonant humming sound emanated from within the seawater.

An invisible force parted the surrounding seawater around the General Stars below the surface, as if each was utilizing a legendary Water Avoidance Technique, without exception.

This was the effect of the Grandmaster’s Force Field, which is also the precondition for Grandmaster-level Martial Artists to battle the Fierce Beasts underwater.

"Enter the ancient battlefield first."

Su Mu continued to dive deeper, and then his Diamond Human Form slightly shivered. An invisible and powerful Spiritual Power instantaneously melded into the seawater and swiftly spread, enveloping the entire surrounding sea area.

As he dove, the visibility below the sea surface rapidly decreased to pitch-blackness, but under the probing of Spiritual Power, everything was as bright as day.

Over a hundred Great Grandmasters and Titled Grandmasters participating in the military tournament emitted a glowing Grandmaster’s Force Field, like beacons under the sea.

Quickly, as the group dove close to the ten-thousand-meter region, their speed slowed, with many General Stars feeling the strain and starting to exert more effort to activate their Grandmaster’s Force Field.

Underwater combat is no easy task even for top-tier General Stars.

In this world, before the arrival of the Martial Arts Era, the most advanced submarines designed with the collective intelligence of top scientists barely surpassed the ten-thousand-meter dive.

The pressure at a depth of ten thousand meters reaches a terrifying 100MPa, akin to a ton of weight pressing on a square centimeter.

In more relatable terms, it’s like having 2000 adult elephants standing on a person’s back.

On land, this wouldn’t pose much difficulty for at least the Great Grandmasters or Titled Grandmasters among the General Stars. But in the deep sea, it requires the General Stars to continuously endure such terrifying pressure from all directions with no room for respite.

"Without the assistance of the Grandmaster’s Force Field to isolate the seawater, fighting would be impossible. Even just diving to such depths relying solely on one’s flesh is no easy feat, not even for a Great Grandmaster."

"The more perilous the place, the stronger the creatures it births. The Fierce Beasts in the deep sea, or even within the ancient battlefield, have been subjected to such terrifying oppression since birth. Their strength far exceeds that of similar-level Fierce Beasts on land..."

"Moreover, thousands of years of evolution have naturally endowed these deep-sea Sea Beasts with certain underwater survival talents, making them better adapted to underwater combat."

Su Mu’s eyes slightly narrowed. The difficulty of this grand tournament indeed eclipsed previous ones, with the intensity sharply raised by more than a notch.

As he delved close to the ten-thousand-meter region, Su Mu’s Spiritual Power perception began to detect deep-sea cracks appearing.

Then, shadows swept out from the cracks, rushing toward the descending General Stars.

Su Mu was well aware these were Sea Beasts; in fact, this was the first challenge of the grand tournament. To truly enter the ancient battlefield, one must first surpass this Sea Beast hurdle, as failing to break through and being blocked by the Sea Beasts would mean immediate elimination.

A battle was about to erupt.

"The Grandmaster’s Force Field is still too conspicuous, like bait."

Su Mu soon noticed that the Sea Beast groups were targeting those top-tier General Stars, for no other reason than the more powerful Martial Artists like Ling Jue, whose Grandmaster’s Force Field grew stronger around them. This presence in the sea beneath is like a glaring beacon, making the Sea Beast groups naturally pay more attention to these guys.