The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 1840 - 1836: Ruins

"This time the situation is indeed far more complicated than expected, but we arrived early, and that gives us a certain advantage. As long as we find the Beiming Kun first, perhaps we can also gain some ground advantage. At that time, it remains to be seen whose hand the deer will fall into." Shen Luo pondered for a long time, then said.

"Brother Shen’s words make sense. These people must also be after the Beiming Kun. When the chaos begins, they won’t fare much better." Ao Hong laughed.

The Tear Demon and a few others exchanged glances, not feeling much comfort. However, by this point, it was clearly too late to have second thoughts.

"They’re already pursuing us, so we must speed up." After saying this, Shen Luo led everyone to continue moving towards the seabed.

Not long after, they discovered a shadowy black shape appearing in the depths of the seabed, towering in a staggered formation, resembling an enormous forest.

It was only upon approaching that they were surprised to find those dark and huge shadows were actually a sprawling stone city stretching over hundreds of li.

The houses and buildings within were scattered, each differing in style and appearance but all exceptionally huge and mysterious. Some even reached hundreds of feet in size, as majestic as mountains.

However, from a distance, the city appeared dead, like a ghost town that had been abandoned for a long time.

"Could this be another Da Qu State?" Nie Caizhu couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

"No wonder I previously thought that Da Qu State Ruins were somewhat too small. It now seems likely that they are only part of the original Da Qu State city ruins, cleaved by the power of Beiming Kun. This here seems to be the main part." Shen Luo slightly pondered and said.

Looking at such a vast and unparalleled architectural complex, he couldn’t help but marvel at what a magnificent sight the giant kingdom must have been that year.

"Let’s go and take a look." Shen Luo said.

This place was already at the unprecedented depths of the sea, with heavy water pressure. Even for those present with high cultivation, moving forward was still quite difficult.

Moreover, the water spirit qi was exceptionally rich here, far surpassing that of the prior Da Qu State relic, with many precious water-attributed spiritual mines and spirit grass within the ruins.

Shen Luo, wealthy as he was, did not care much for these things, but the Mirror Fiend, Tear Demon, Yuan Qiu, and others considered them treasures, happily collecting all the spiritual materials they encountered along the way.

"The East Sea Abyss indeed lives up to its name as the source of the East Sea Water Vein, truly a treasure trove." Yuan Qiu said, excited by his substantial gains.

"Of course." Ao Hong said flatly.

"Was following us here just an excuse to loot spiritual materials?" Nie Caizhu looked at Yuan Qiu.

"Hehe, you truly understand me, Fairy Nie." Yuan Qiu showed no sign of embarrassment.

Nie Caizhu rolled her eyes at him, somewhat speechless.

"The place we’re heading is very dangerous, be careful to leave with your life intact, even if you get spiritual materials." Ao Hong snorted.

"No worries, Friend Shen has a spatial treasure. When we reach a dangerous place, I’ll hide there." Yuan Qiu said nonchalantly.

He had an important deal with Shen Luo, so benefiting a little from following them shouldn’t incur Shen Luo’s wrath. As for others’ opinions of him, Yuan Qiu couldn’t care less.

Ao Hong’s face stiffened. He knew Yuan Qiu’s true nature but hadn’t expected him to be shameless enough to justify taking advantage so openly, which was also, in its way, impressive.

Just at that moment, Shen Luo, flying at the forefront, suddenly stopped, raised his hand to halt the others, and looked ahead.

"Brother Shen, what is it?" Ao Hong, unconcerned with Yuan Qiu, also looked forward.

"Something is lurking over there, everyone be cautious!" Shen Luo said calmly.

Ao Hong and the others were startled upon hearing this, hurriedly using their divine senses to probe ahead, but nothing showed.

Shen Luo merely felt an anomaly in the breath ahead, but precisely where it was remained unclear even to him.

Yuan Qiu muttered something and flicked his sleeve forward, releasing hundreds of densely packed thumb-sized blue little bugs.

These bugs resembled longicorns with two long antennae on their heads, semi-transparent bodies, and a hint of blue flowing within as if their bodies were made of water, remarkably unaffected by the water pressure.

The blue little bugs rapidly spread out, covering a range of several hundred feet within a few breaths.

Ao Hong saw this, a slight smirk of disdain flashing in his eyes.

Using bugs to perceive enemies was a technique low-level monks employed. Once reaching the True Immortal Stage, whether monk or monster, methods for concealing breath were highly advanced; how could mere spiritual bugs detect them?

Yet hardly had these thoughts crossed his mind when over ten of the blue little bugs in the left-front suddenly stirred without warning, quickly darting to a seemingly empty spot, biting into something.

A blue shadow revealed itself, appearing like a large fish, then turned to flee away. But the blue little bugs clung firmly to the shadow, while others swarmed towards it.

Ao Hong couldn’t help but widen his eyes in disbelief.

He had just used divine sense to probe there thoroughly, detecting nothing amiss, yet Yuan Qiu’s blue little bugs managed to find the blue shadow!

He moved almost without thinking, flicking a finger.

A golden spear shadow shot forth, disappearing as it pierced through the blue shadow. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

The blue shadow let out a muffled groan, revealing its figure — a peculiar demon, half fish and half human, covered in blue scales, quite strange.

The golden spear shadow punctured a big hole through the chest and abdomen of the creature, but it seemed unperturbed, a flash of blue light, and the hole instantly healed, as it fled swiftly into the distance.

"Interesting, Mirror Fiend." Shen Luo raised an eyebrow, glancing at the Mirror Fiend beside him.

The Mirror Fiend, having worked with Shen Luo many times, immediately understood his intentions and activated the ancient mirror in his hand.

A blue mirror shadow appeared out of thin air in front of the half-human monster, a blue light enveloped it.

The demon, startled, attempted to dodge but failed to escape, its form flickering out of sight, reappearing not far ahead of everyone, via the Mirror Fiend’s mirror surface teleportation power.

Before the half-man demon could react, Shen Luo flicked his fingers, launching five red sword qi into the demon’s body, twisting them fiercely.

The sword qi contained tremendous firepower, naturally countering the water spiritual power, causing a "sizzling" sound.

The half-man demon’s body was instantly shredded into several pieces, yet no blood flowed as bright blue light emanated from the fragments, rapidly converging into one.

"Still fine after that?" Shen Luo showed surprise.

Nie Caizhu, Ao Hong, and the Tear Demon, despite their astonishment, simultaneously launched attacks.

A weapon emitting astonishing cold, a purple bolt of lightning, and a mist containing a divine soul attack struck the half-man demon.

The already fragmented body of the half-man demon was shattered even more, almost reduced to a pile of pulp, even its head smashed into several pieces.

To everyone’s shock, even in such a state, the half-man demon still did not perish, with shattered pieces still faintly glowing in blue, slowly merging.

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