Chapter 153: Bitter Battle in the Deep Sea, Demonic Might Overwhelms the Heavens
Chen Yunshen, the Sea Princess, and the Giant Pincer Crab King hovered in the deep sea, their expressions grave to the extreme. The surrounding seawater seemed to have solidified, oppressively heavy and suffocating. The Demon Emperor's Spiritual fluctuations, saturated with madness and venom, surged from all directions like invisible tides, firmly locking onto the three of them.
"So it's you! Barely escaping with your lives, and now you can't wait to come and die? Fine... it saves this Emperor the trouble of hunting you down! Go to hell, all of you!"
Before the Demon Emperor's roar had fully faded, the sea around the trio underwent a violent transformation!
The relatively calm seawater instantly turned ferociously turbulent. A massive whirlpool over a kilometer in diameter formed without warning and began spinning at a terrifying speed.
This was no ordinary ocean current vortex. It contained the Demon Emperor's terrifying Soul Power, nearing a Million Years in cultivation, and was laced with a trace of a heart-palpitating, chaotic devouring force originating from the abyss.
The tearing force generated by the whirlpool was unimaginably powerful. Seawater at its center was violently sucked away, creating a terrifying low-pressure zone near vacuum, while the water pressure at the whirlpool's edge skyrocketed, enough to crush hardened steel into powder!
"Watch out!" Chen Yunshen reacted first, shouting sharply. Brilliant blue light erupted from his body as the sea god helmet shone with dazzling radiance. He attempted to use the Sea God's power to calm this violent maelstrom.
However, the Demon Emperor's power was not what it used to be. The stability of this vortex far exceeded expectations, and his suppression failed to take immediate effect.
"Grah—!" The weakest among them, the Giant Pincer Crab King, bore the brunt first. Its incredibly hard carapace, capable of withstanding attacks from a Super Douluo, emitted an ear-grating creak under the terrifying pressure and tearing force, with cracks instantly spreading across its surface!
Its massive body was uncontrollably pulled and twisted by the whirlpool's force, as if it would be torn apart the next second. Immense pain made it let out a shrill, agonized shriek.
At this critical moment, a concentrated beam of blue light erupted from Chen Yunshen's hand. Like a divine sea anchor, it forcefully cut into the water flow in front of the Giant Pincer Crab King. The light beam transformed into an incredibly resilient water-element shield, barely blocking the area where the crab king was under the greatest pressure.
"Boom!"
The shield shook violently. Chen Yunshen's face paled; clearly, withstanding this blow was no easy feat for him either. But ultimately, relying on the power of the sea god helmet, he temporarily bore the brunt of this lethal strike for the Giant Pincer Crab King.
"Thank you, Clan Head Chen!" The Giant Pincer Crab King, still shaken, quickly contracted its body, raising its defenses to the maximum and anchoring itself firmly behind the shield Chen Yunshen had erected.
"Save your thanks. Focus on the enemy!" Chen Yunshen's tone was urgent, his gaze locked onto the faintly discernible colossal shadow beyond the whirlpool. He knew the Demon Emperor's attack would not end with just this.
Sure enough, in the brief moment Chen Yunshen barely stabilized the whirlpool, a massive claw formed entirely of dark purple energy tore through the water. Carrying an aura intent on annihilating everything, it slammed down towards the trio. Wherever the claw passed, seawater evaporated, and space itself seemed to distort.
"Sea God's Protection!" Not daring to be negligent, Chen Yunshen pushed the power of the sea god helmet to its limit. The illusory trident in his hand instantly solidified into a massive, azure-blue war halberd covered in flowing runes. He met the dark purple claw head-on. Upon the halberd, the vast power of the Sea God surged, attempting to purify the evil and chaos within that energy.
The Sea Princess acted simultaneously. Suppressing her injuries, she formed hand seals before her chest. An ethereal yet urgent song arose. This time, the melody was no longer gentle but filled with a solemn, piercing force. It transformed into countless invisible psychic blades, raining down like a storm towards the Demon Emperor's massive head, attempting to disrupt its consciousness and weaken its attack.
The Giant Pincer Crab King roared in fury. Its pair of invincible giant pincers slammed together, erupting with a blinding golden light. An extremely concentrated golden beam shot from the tips of its pincers, aimed directly at the Demon Emperor's relatively vulnerable abdomen. This was its life-bound attack, condensed from Five Hundred Thousand Years of cultivation, its power not to be underestimated.
"Insects shaking a tree!" A flash of disdain and savagery crossed the Demon Emperor's single eye. Facing the trio's combined counterattack, she neither dodged nor evaded. The dark purple claw continued its descent unabated, crashing violently against Chen Yunshen's trident.
"Clang—!!!"
A metallic clash, loud enough to seemingly shatter souls, exploded through the seawater. Chen Yunshen felt an indescribable, tremendous force transmit through the trident. The flesh between his thumb and forefinger split instantly, blood staining the halberd's shaft. He was sent flying backward as if struck by a meteor, crashing heavily against the watery wall formed by the whirlpool. A sweet taste rose in his throat; he nearly spat out blood.
Moreover, the moment his fully unleashed Sea God's power made contact with the dark purple energy, although it successfully purified a portion, he sensed an even deeper, more stubborn chaotic willpower resisting tenaciously, even beginning to corrode his own sacred power. This was definitely not a power characteristic of someone who had just entered the 900,000-year realm!
At the same time, the Sea Princess's psychic blades sank into the Demon Emperor's head like mud entering the sea, only causing an extremely brief pause in its movements before being violently scattered by an even more domineering and savage Spiritual force. The Sea Princess grunted, blood once again trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Her psychic attack had drastically diminished in effectiveness!
The Giant Pincer Crab King's golden beam did successfully strike the Demon Emperor's abdomen, but it only left a shallow white mark, failing to even fully breach its defense. Instead, it provoked the Demon Emperor's ferocity even further.
"Is this all you're capable of? Not even worthy of scratching an itch for this Emperor!" The Demon Emperor laughed maniacally, its colossal true form finally fully emerging from the dark trench.
Its injuries seemed not fully healed, but that overwhelming, sky-scraping ferocity was several times stronger than before. Dark purple energy burned like solid flames across its body, tainting the seawater it passed through with an ominous hue.
Chen Yunshen steadied himself, wiping the blood from his mouth. His gaze towards the Demon Emperor was filled with disbelief and shock. The Sea Princess and the Giant Pincer Crab King also gathered by his side, their expressions equally grim.
They had originally thought that even if the Demon Emperor had broken through to 900,000 years, it should be newly entered into that realm, its foundation unstable. With the three of them joining forces, they had a chance to seriously injure it.
But the cruel reality before them shattered their illusions. The strength the Demon Emperor displayed now was nothing like that of a newcomer to the 900,000-year level. Its vast energy reserves, its nearly tyrannical control over power, and especially the bizarre chaotic property within its energy clearly indicated it had already reached the peak of the 900,000-year tier. It was probably only a hair's breadth away from the legendary million-year divine threshold!
Even with Chen Yunshen pushing the sea god helmet to its limit, channeling the ocean's power to bolster himself; even with the Sea Princess sacrificing her origin energy to unleash her strongest psychic secret art; even with the Giant Pincer Crab King attacking desperately and the three coordinating flawlessly... in the face of an absolute disparity in strength, all their efforts seemed so feeble and futile.
The battle had lasted barely a quarter of an hour, yet the trio was already in constant peril. The trident Chen Yunshen had condensed was dimming, and he himself was internally injured, his Soul Power greatly depleted. The Sea Princess's face was as pale as paper; excessive consumption of her Spiritual power left her swaying unsteadily. The Giant Pincer Crab King was covered in wounds, with one of its giant pincers already showing cracks.
In contrast, the Demon Emperor grew fiercer with each passing moment, its assaults becoming increasingly violent wave after wave. Its maniacal roars held a taunting, cat-and-mouse mockery. The deep-sea battlefield had completely become its hunting ground. Chen Yunshen and the other two, even with their all-out efforts, could only barely hold on. The signs of defeat were evident; they had inevitably fallen into an absolute disadvantage. The situation was extremely perilous!
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