Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 353 - 49: The Secret Realm of Lígōng, Converging with Ye Jun

Chapter 353: Chapter 49: The Secret Realm of Lígōng, Converging with Ye Jun

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Yan Yu read the message from Ye Jun and smiled slightly, not replying.

Sigh, it’s really not easy being the deputy team leader, always having to endure the team leader’s various unreasonable demands, tsk tsk tsk.

“Who are you messaging?” Chen Lingyun teased with a smile, “Ye Jun?”

The girls immediately looked over.

“Lord Master asked her to discuss matters with me,” replied Yan Yu.

“Is it about The Secret Realm of Lígōng?” Su Yunjin asked with concern.

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“Hmm,” Yan Yu said nonchalantly, “you don’t need to worry, it’s just that Lord Master is a bit lacking in confidence, that’s all.”

“That’s what Lord Master is like,” Chen Lingyun also chimed in sarcastically, “Even if he’s a pansy inside, he always pretends to be a tough guy in front of others, puffing up his face even if it swells.”

The fact that Princess Jiang Hai and Lord Master of Pingjing didn’t see eye to eye was no secret within the Zhenhai Team, so everyone tactfully pretended not to hear.

Lin Ning raised her hand to speak:

“First of all, if even Lord Master is lacking in confidence, doesn’t that suggest that this mysterious realm is going to be very difficult? We’re not afraid to fight, but at the very least we should have the right to be informed. Not knowing our enemy while knowing ourselves is surely a major taboo in warfare? Secondly, I just checked the star map, and the Sirius you mentioned should actually be Polaris.”

“What right to be informed? I’ve just received the intelligence,” Yan Yu disregarded the latter half of her words and took on the role of a dismissive shopkeeper, “Ling Yun, I’ve sent you all the documents from Lord Master. Everyone wait for us to sort out the intelligence, then we’ll explain it to you in detail…”

Before he could finish, the sky in the distance suddenly lit up.

The night sky to the northeast suddenly brightened as if it were daytime, with multicolored lights soaring upward like a whirl of birds or a group of dragons taking flight, followed by a dazzling radiance!

Everyone was too preoccupied to continue chatting and quickly used Sword Flight to rise into the high skies above Jinling Prefecture to check the situation.

Shortly after, everyone’s phones began to ring frantically at the same time!

In fact, this strange celestial phenomenon was observed not only in Jinling Prefecture but also in Goryeo, Silla, Chongyin, and along the entire coast of East Asia.

Looking down from the perspective of a weather satellite, the location that was originally the Departure Palace in the East Sea had now exploded with thousands of colorful brilliant lights, piercing directly through the clouds, breaking through the atmosphere, and shooting into space.

Was the Departure Palace about to open?!

Yan Yu hurried with his team to the East Sea fleet, while the Dragon Soar Team arrived even earlier and learned that the palace had not yet opened.

But it was estimated that the opening was not far off.

The magnetic field in the waters near the palace had surged dramatically, damaging many ships’ electronic systems, and the engineering troops were working overtime to repair them—at least the opposing fleet was similarly afflicted, and for a brief time, an unusually calm and peaceful state prevailed on both sides.

In the fleet’s meeting room, everyone held an urgent meeting to analyze and discuss the current situation.

According to the results from the underwater drones, the phenomenon at the Departure Palace was located in the depth zone ranging from 25 meters to over 700 meters. The so-called multicolored lights were actually some kind of low-temperature plasma—why this phenomenon stably existed on a large scale in seawater and emitted various wavelengths of light was completely unclear, it could only be surmised that it definitely was the entrance to a mysterious realm that had not yet been opened.

After the phenomenon erupted this evening, the temperature of these plasmas rose quickly, causing the surrounding seawater to continuously boil and vaporize. The high-temperature steam continuously poured through the layers of the sea, as a large number of cooked and carbonized small fish and shrimp floated to the surface, creating a rather ghastly purgatory scene.

“The water temperature is too high, even a cultivator getting close would be boiled alive,” concluded Yan Yu.

“Is it possible to install a heat-insulating layer on the submersible?” Chen Lingyun inquired.

“Impossible,” Ye Jun denied, “Even if it were technically possible, there is no time. We should consider whether the opposition might have a water-insulating and heat-resistant spell.”

“Can the Xuan Guang Ruler withstand it?” Liu Longtao asked.

“It should be fine for the outer water temperature,” Ye Jun replied, “but if the core temperature inside spikes, I can’t guarantee it will always work, after all, the Xuan Guang Ruler isn’t specifically a treasure for defending against fire and water.”

“The mysterious realm is probably not open yet,” said Yan Yu, “let’s continue to observe for the time being.”

If the Departure Palace were indeed a testing type of mysterious realm, of course, it wouldn’t be designed with obstacles near the entrance. Typically, it would lure people into the realm before subjecting them to various tests and torments.

This meant that if the water temperature started to drop rapidly, then the entrance to the mysterious realm was probably about to open.

After discussing for half a day, they still could not come up with any strategies and could only go to rest and be on standby.

Upon leaving the meeting room, Yan Yu secretly transmitted a message to Chen Lingyun:

“You can start practicing the fasting method.”

“How much longer until the mysterious realm opens?” Chen Lingyun asked through transmission, “If it opens suddenly while I’m at a critical moment in my cultivation, I might not be able to perform my best in combat.”

“No worries, your performance won’t affect the team’s combat power,” Yan Yu said, “The exact opening time will probably be within a day or two.”

Chen Lingyun: ……….

Is that human language?

Forget it, people from the south are this domineering, I shouldn’t get angry with him.

Everyone returned to the cabin to start a team meeting, with Chen Lingyun responsible for briefing the intelligence.

Around five o’clock the next morning, another message came from outside:

The temperature of the underwater streamers had begun to drop.

The two teams geared up with live broadcast equipment and quickly entered the underwater submersible, preparing to break into the underwater streamer to explore the entrance of the mysterious realm.

As for how to prevent the Transcendents from the other side from entering the mysterious realm, that task was left to the fleet above the sea surface, and everyone else did not have time to worry about it any longer.

In the cramped interior of the underwater submersible, eleven people squeezed together, staring out of the portholes, ready for battle.

To avoid cramming into the girls from the Zhenhai Team, the four men from Lord Master’s side huddled together, trying to compact their space as much as possible.

The girls from Zhenhai Team also had their concerns, and likewise huddled tightly, turning Yan Yu into the filling inside a sandwich cookie, almost unable to breathe.

Luckily, he had already mastered the art of Turtle Breathing and Fasting! Otherwise, he really might have been squeezed to suffocation by them.

Only Ye Jun stood in the middle, focused on maneuvering the underwater submersible and staring at the data on the dashboard.

“How do you know how to drive this?” Yan Yu asked.

“I crammed last night, learned it urgently,” Ye Jun replied.

Yan Yu clicked his tongue in wonder, able to learn it in one night? What kind of last-minute cramming genius?

“What’s the situation outside?” Liu Longtao also asked.

“Hard to say,” Ye Jun shook his head, not explaining much, only saying, “When the temperature up ahead gets too high and the machine can’t go any further, I’ll protect you with the Xuan Guang Ruler, and we’ll leave the submersible to move forward in the water, getting as far as we can…”

Before he could finish speaking, the entire submersible was suddenly flipped over by an unexpected external force, spinning the world around!

Then came the explosion-like radiation of streamers, engulfing everyone and vanishing them from sight.

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Yan Yu quickly surveyed his surroundings and realized he was no longer inside the submersible.

Instead, he was within the space of the mysterious realm.

The ground beneath his feet was as crimson as blood, the clouds above seemed ablaze, and everywhere he looked was a piercing, brilliant red.

In the distance were rolling mountain ranges, and nearby were plains, with a grand river flowing from left to right in front of him, its waters also a deep red, with dense red algae floating on it.

Yan Yu extended his Divine Sense around to check for any traces of Transcendents.

After entering the mysterious realm, team members would be scattered and randomly teleported to one of the six major checkpoints, a fact that had been informed to the girls during last night’s team meeting.

The mysterious realm itself was not difficult to conquer; the risk lay in the fact that Chen Lingyun and Su Yunjin, both of whom specialized in reconnaissance and control, lacked the powerful offensive capacity to defeat enemies. If they found themselves alone against groups of equally ranked hostile Transcendents, being outnumbered would easily put them at a disadvantage.

Therefore, they needed to conceal their presence as much as possible and look for teammates in the vicinity to regroup as soon as they could.

The Dragon Soar Team included three Sword Immortals, one cultivator of Taoism Method, and one Assistant Officer. The combat ability of the Sword Immortals went without saying, Yang Linhui practiced potent offensive Taoism Methods, and Ye Jun’s Xuan Guang Ruler was a surefire life-saving instrument. Together with Yan Yu, Zhao Yuanzhen, Lin Ning, and Xie Ruoxi from the Zhenhai Team, there were a total of nine people. If they were spread evenly across the six checkpoints, theoretically, at least one person would be at each checkpoint to meet and form a temporary team with them.

Of course, should their luck be incredibly poor and the two of them only find each other at the first checkpoint without locating anyone else… as long as they could support each other through this checkpoint, the rest should be manageable.

Since there was no one around detected by Yan Yu’s Divine Sense, he boldly initiated Sword Flight to ascend into the sky for an unrestricted search.

He had already made up his mind – if he encountered teammates, he would regroup; if he encountered enemies, he would engage in battle. Even if faced with a dozen or twenty enemies, he would not fear!

Just as he flew beyond the range of the Red River, he saw a sword light rising from below.

Allied forces? That sword light is…

Yan Yu focused his eyes and heard Ye Jun’s voice transmission:

“It’s me.”