Beginning with the Ubume Bird-Chapter 530 - 26 Bottomless Abyss (Complete)
Li Yan took a careful look at the crack, then patted the Pig Dragon King on its back, "Shrink down and come with me."
The Pig Dragon King became even more bashful, "I... am just a little demon, truly lacking in power, afraid of messing up the Esteemed Walker’s important matters."
Li Yan asked coldly, "You swore to obey my commands without question, and now you’re backing out just because you see a bit of blood? Are you saying you don’t want to share adversity with me?"
The Pig Dragon King sensed the deadly seriousness in Li Yan’s tone and shuddered, hardening its resolve, "I was foolish, I am indeed willing to accompany the Esteemed Walker through hardship. But, but I do beg you, allow me to make preparations and entrust my nagging wife with our affairs before I leave with you..."
Li Yan spat, "Being a coward is one thing, but spewing such unlucky words, I’ll use you as bait when I go down. You’ll be sure to lead the way."
The Pig Dragon King dared not talk back. It roared towards its kin, and the sole remaining golden Pig Dragon slowly swam over. They nuzzled each other’s heads with low whimpers while the scores of Pig Dragons around them wailed, sounding as though they were parting in life and death.
After a while, the Pig Dragon King shimmered in form and turned into a small red snake, wriggling into Li Yan’s sleeve.
"Let’s go!"
Li Yan pulled out a waterproof flashlight from his personal seal, and swirling white frost rose from under his feet, enveloping him completely. This was to be used against the R’lyeh Water Tigers, whose toxin was dreadful but harmless if it couldn’t reach flesh.
Once prepared, Li Yan then leapt into the riverbed fissure, instantly swallowed without a trace.
Merely seven or eight meters into the fissure, the flashlight’s beam faltered. On the external wall of the riverbed crack were growths resembling polyps made of stone, which themselves emanated a dim light. As soon as light from the outside entered, it would be absorbed by these polyp-like stones, thus maintaining a relatively stable visibility within the crack.
Suddenly, deep red characters started to crazily flicker before Li Yan’s eyes.
"You have triggered a special Yan Fu event: Abyssal Mouth!"
Many heretic scriptures documenting the ancient era mention the mysterious phenomenon of "Abyssal Mouth." Such phenomena are spread across all seven continents and five oceans; some mouths exist for merely seconds, others for a thousand years. Where these fissures lead and what lies within is a matter of much speculation among the heretics.
Event requirements are as follows: Descend! The reward will be determined based on the final depth of descent.
Note: Two-thirds of ancient sorcerers and witches are correct, while eight or nine out of ten contemporary biologists and materialists are wrong. The so-called "universe" is absurd and laughable, but the Emperor’s roulette spins endlessly. Here lies the tomb of the old Emperor, the cradle of the new...
In the meantime, Li Yan heard the voice of Earth Endurance in his ear. He couldn’t tell if it was an illusion, but he could swear there was a hint of tension,
"Esteemed Walker, please take heed! The location of the Terrifying Mermaid’s Scale is at a depth of about eight hundred meters."
"Esteemed Walker, please take heed! This Yan Fu event is extremely dangerous; please proceed according to your capabilities."
"Eight hundred meters..."
Li Yan looked down, beneath him lay an unfathomable trench. Besides the sound of water churning, there was also a faint noise that closely resembled the whistle of a train starting up. Imperceptible to the ordinary person, but crystal clear to Li Yan.
Li Yan dared not be careless, suppressing the impulse to dive straight down, he reigned in his presence, quietly sinking like a massive chunk of ice.
About two or three minutes later, having descended roughly a hundred meters, a golden light suddenly emerged in front of Li Yan.
Only when he got closer did Li Yan realize that it was a peculiar golden jellyfish.
No, not just one, but dozens of golden jellyfish tangled together, forming a pagoda-like stack. Their dazzling golden bells clung to one another as their twelve fluffy golden tentacles rhythmically swayed in the water, creating a beautifully grand sight that captivated the viewer.
[Dragon Mane Jellyfish](Drolag Jellyfish)
Category: Exotic Species
Rare jellyfish species, extremely potent toxicity, tentacles and oral arms that come into contact with any creature cause rapid petrification.
Trait: "Dragon Mane Toxin": Body fluid contains petrifying toxins.
Li Yan did not hesitate too much and immediately used Calamity Faction!
Unexpectedly, the Dragon Mane Jellyfish first paused for a few seconds, then suddenly dispersed and fled in all directions, a few charging toward Li Yan with ominous momentum!
This deep trench connected rivers to the sea, making Li Yan as comfortable as a fish in water, so these few Dragon Mane Jellyfish were naturally not an issue.
Soon, these enraged jellyfish were frozen into ice sculptures and began to slowly sink, restoring the original calm of the deep trench.
However, Li Yan couldn’t feel happy at all. The aquatic creatures here were not only dangerous but also peculiar, rendering the Calamity Faction seemingly ineffective.
Whether it was the "Dragon Mane Jellyfish" or the "R’lyeh Water Tiger," although they possessed extremely rare species abilities, neither could be brought into the Water Lord Palace, which gave Li Yan the sense of loss like returning empty-handed from a treasure mountain.
Having no choice, Li Yan could only continue to dive deeper to see if there were any other unusual and exotic creatures to tame.
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Forty minutes later, in the dim deep trench, a block of ice silently sank...
At this moment, Li Yan had descended to a depth of nearly eight hundred meters.
Along the way, Li Yan had seen countless bizarre and magical creatures. They all shared two common characteristics: one, their appearance was either dazzlingly beautiful and captivating or hideously savage and chilling, with no creature having a mediocre appearance. The other was that these aquatic creatures, without exception, were all highly poisonous.
For instance, the Ghost Horn Anglerfish, shaped like an American football and the size of a car, had crisscrossed teeth that hooked inwards, and above its head dangled a luminous red "gem" that, in addition to its astonishing biting force, could also explode, releasing a lethal dose of aphrodisiac toxins; Blood-Spotted Fang, a schooling fish that usually remained motionless at a 45-degree angle, would attack anything that came close, living or not, possessing remarkable resilience, able to survive being torn into several pieces, its blood filled with a large amount of "Wound Bacteria," causing massive skin diseases upon contact...
Regrettably, these creatures, without exception, were completely immune to the control of the Calamity Faction, to Li Yan’s great disappointment, and meanwhile, the Pig Dragon King secretly rejoiced.
Besides poisonous creatures, Li Yan also encountered a natural disaster that defied logic.
Out of nowhere, ice began to form in the water and started to spread into a growing ice tornado; wherever it passed, all deep trench creatures were frozen to death. Li Yan had the Nine Phoenix Enhancements and was normally adept at ice manipulation, but he almost got caught in the disaster and ultimately had to rely on the "Dragon Mist" to carve out a path for survival.
Moreover, having dived to this depth, Li Yan’s body was beginning to feel overwhelmed, with various minor subtle injuries starting to emerge on his status bar, immediately followed by repair through the Surgery Element and Li Yan’s powerful self-healing ability; every inch of his skin showed blue veins protruding, and his eyes swelled intermittently.
But the Terrifying Mermaid scales mentioned by Earth Endurance were nowhere to be found.
Li Yan had his doubts; he did not believe that the ancestor of the Odonk Family who once worked as a poor sailor could dive to these depths. So far, Li Yan had found nothing, yet that poor sailor supposedly received a "blessing" and made a fortune overnight.
"Esteemed Walker! A discovery!"
The Pig Dragon King, who had been searching separately, returned.
Li Yan’s spirits lifted, and he led the Pig Dragon King to dive for a few more minutes, finally stopping in front of a forest of colorful brown algae.
"Inside here lies a buried palace!"
