King of Creation

Like a fish in water!

In that moment when Ye Zhen's spirit was intensely focused, completely unleashing the usually suppressed Black Dragon Martial Meridians and boldly activating the Black Dragon Water Spirit Power to envelop his entire body as he plunged into the ocean, he had only one feeling!

It was as if he had returned to his long-lost homeland, with every wisp of Black Dragon Water Spirit Power surrounding him seemingly cheering.

His Divine Sense submerged into the Soul Pearl of the One-tailed Crab King within the Mirage Dragon Pearl, and the innate instincts of the Waterborne Demon Beast immediately pervaded Ye Zhen's entire being.

The movement of each bone, each muscle, allowed Ye Zhen's speed in the seawater to accelerate.

Even more wondrous was that the Black Dragon Water Spirit Power permeating Ye Zhen's body seemed to significantly enhance this instinct, allowing his swimming speed in the seawater to increase dramatically once again.

In an instant, Ye Zhen's swimming speed in the seawater reached an unprecedented height.

Ye Zhen had a feeling that his speed in water seemed even faster than on land.

The Black Dragon Martial Meridians, at that moment, instinctively operated to the extreme, an indescribable understanding began to surface in Ye Zhen's mind.

At this moment, the resistance of the seawater even disappeared, and every instinctive movement of his body caused the chaotic currents nearby to accelerate him.

Looking back, he only left behind a rolling wave that quickly dissipated into the ocean.

In that instant, Ye Zhen seemed to forget the pursuers behind him, freely swimming in the ocean, instinctively heading towards that undersea canyon like a returning fish.

When Ye Zhen saw the canyon between two undersea mountains, especially the silhouettes of a few martial artists cautiously exploring the canyon, he was abruptly startled, awakening suddenly from that inexplicable immersion.

The moment he opened his eyes, with just a glance at his Black Dragon Martial Meridians, a hint of surprise appeared in Ye Zhen's eyes!

In just that moment of bodily comprehension, his Black Dragon Martial Meridians had further unsealed by a great extent.

The unsealing of the Black Dragon Martial Meridians had surged from fifty percent to sixty percent!

Unshakable confidence suddenly surged in Ye Zhen's heart, that in water, within the sea, it would be a place for him to roam freely, just like a dragon returning to the sea, regardless of how many pursuers there were, Ye Zhen would fear none.

However, in the instant that the figure of the Dragon Alliance Leader, Jie Tianhe, flashed across Ye Zhen's mind, his heart still trembled.

This confidence was directed at others, but against Jie Tianhe, who had mastered another half of the Black Dragon Legacy for hundreds of years, it was still insufficient.

But for the moment, it was enough.

This was not Ye Zhen being arrogant, but because for other martial artists, even those specializing in Water Spiritual Power, their combat power would often decrease rather than increase when entering the ocean, not to mention speed.

As for the pursuers who were doggedly chasing Ye Zhen in the sky just now, they had already been left behind, nowhere in sight.

The next instant, Ye Zhen, like a fish, swam into the bottomless undersea canyon.

Upon entering the undersea canyon, Ye Zhen was not in a hurry to go deeper but began to explore one side of the canyon as he advanced.

The upper part of the undersea canyon was covered with various aquatic plants, occasionally there were a few spiritual medicines, but they were all seedlings, unsuitable for harvesting.

Occasionally, a school of plump fish would swim by, and upon coming into contact with the aura surrounding Ye Zhen, they would all instantly turn belly-up, frightened to death by the aura emanating from Ye Zhen.

"This is really spoiling the scenery..." With a thought, Ye Zhen withdrew his aura, but immediately, a swarm of upper-grade Earth Level Silver Ring Sea Snakes approached, seeing Ye Zhen as prey.

Left with no choice, Ye Zhen once again released the aura of the Black Dragon Martial Meridians.

Instantly, tens of thousands of Silver Ring Sea Snakes were rendered unconscious in the undersea canyon, only gradually recovering after half a quarter-hour of Ye Zhen's departure.

Gradually, Ye Zhen delved over a hundred miles into the undersea canyon, and along this journey, Ye Zhen found only three spiritual medicines, each worth only a little bit of score.

The depth of a hundred miles within the undersea canyon was as clean as a dog licking, not just because of this round of martial artists' harvesting, but it seemed that the slaves of Shuili Island's martial artists frequented often.

Soon, Ye Zhen continued diving deeper, not long after, reaching over three hundred miles deep in the undersea canyon, where Ye Zhen finally gained some additional harvest, but most spiritual medicines were still the kind worth just a bit of score.

Here, Ye Zhen also encountered several Establishment Kings who were collecting spiritual medicines, all with Cultivation below the Fourth Stage of the Establishment Realm.

Though the distance in the sea was quite far, making it hard to see their faces clearly, the aura could still be sensed, and every Establishment King who discovered Ye Zhen appeared somewhat shocked.

At first, Ye Zhen couldn't understand what these people were surprised about.

Later, when Ye Zhen noticed the way these people move laboriously and awkwardly in the sea, he suddenly remembered another issue.

In the sea, besides the threat of Demon Beasts, the greatest obstacle for a martial artist in collecting spiritual medicines was actually the water pressure!

The water pressure was extremely terrifying, doubling with increasing depth.

For ordinary individuals with extremely good physique, a little over a mile into the sea was already the limit, the martial artist's physique, having been tempered by Spiritual Power, was incredibly strong, allowing diving depths hundreds to thousands of times more than ordinary people, but there was a limit too.

The limit for exploring the undersea canyon as reported by Shuili Dan King was actually the limit of depth martial artists of that Cultivation level could dive into the sea.

Ordinary late-stage Vein Forging Realm martial artists would find it quite difficult to dive a hundred miles into the sea, if they continued deeper, the water pressure from the sea would be enough to cause them to lose most of their combat power, most of their Cultivation would have to be used to resist this terrifying water pressure.

Once an accident occurs, it spells certain death.

This is also why the few Ninth Stage Establishment Kings that Ye Zhen just encountered showed such a surprised expression upon seeing him.

Because under normal circumstances, a Martial Artist at the peak of the Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm would only dive to a depth of about one hundred miles. Two hundred miles is already the limit, appearing at three hundred miles deep is nearly unimaginable.

It was at this moment that Ye Zhen discovered that when he activated the Black Dragon Martial Meridians, the terrifying water pressure of the seabed seemed to have no effect on him.

Even though Ye Zhen was already three hundred miles deep in the undersea canyon at this point, he did not feel the slightest bit of seabed water pressure, as if it was exactly the same as when he first entered the water.

This was something Ye Zhen had just discovered.

Unbeknownst to him, as the Black Dragon Martial Meridians gradually unsealed, they had already granted Ye Zhen one heaven-defying ability after another.

Water control, ignoring water pressure, underwater perception, and so on.

Do not underestimate the ability to ignore underwater pressure.

If a Ninth Stage Establishment King were to chase Ye Zhen, their strength would inherently be affected upon entering the sea, and if they dived two thousand miles deep, they might only be able to exert seventy or eighty percent of their full strength.

In a critical moment, Ye Zhen, who can ignore the water pressure, might rapidly dive to three thousand miles deeper. If this Ninth Stage Establishment King pursued further, they might only exert fifty percent of their strength.

Conversely, Ye Zhen would be completely unaffected.

Thinking about such a scenario is terrifying.

Though the matter of diving two or three thousand miles deep to negate the effect of water pressure has yet to be proven, even if it were, Ye Zhen would experience much less pressure than anyone else.

Suddenly, Ye Zhen felt incredibly confident about his venture to harvest Spiritual Medicine in this undersea canyon, and equally, he was no longer in a rush.

As long as Ye Zhen wishes, he can quickly dive to depths of two or three thousand miles to pick Spiritual Medicine at will.

Among the more than ten thousand Martial Artists vying for auction qualifications this time, those who can dive two or three thousand miles deep into the undersea canyon are few and far between.

By then, Ye Zhen could easily obtain auction qualifications, with practically no suspense.

Since obtaining auction qualifications was beyond doubt, Ye Zhen's expression shifted as he contemplated another matter.

This time, Ye Zhen had thoroughly exposed himself.

He was completely exposed in front of both the Dragon Alliance and the Stars Tower.

Between Ye Zhen and the Stars Tower, there was an irreconcilable vendetta.

Ye Zhen never lacked the perseverance required to grind down a task, and since it was already an unresolvable vendetta, he would never pass up any opportunity to weaken their power.

For example, now!

It was a perfect opportunity!

Ye Zhen immediately thought of Yan Yijun.

The enmity between Ye Zhen and other members of the Stars Tower was initially incited by familial grudges, but the animosity between Ye Zhen and Yan Yijun was genuine threat-to-life hatred.

This kind of deadly enmity could drive Yan Yijun to lose his reason and retaliate against Ye Zhen intentionally.

Thus, Ye Zhen's first target for elimination was Yan Yijun.

According to the suggestion of Shuili Dan King, with Yan Yijun's cultivation at the peak of the Seventh Stage of Vein Forging Realm, his activity range should be within a hundred miles depth of this undersea canyon.

While this undersea canyon stretches forty-eight thousand miles, making it notoriously difficult to locate someone in the vast ocean, for Ye Zhen, it wasn't too challenging.

Because in that moment, Ye Zhen suddenly discovered that his Divine Sense could attach itself to the ubiquitous Water Spirit Power of the seabed and even adhere to a droplet within the endless ocean current, expanding with the current, and perceive the seabed conditions dozens of miles away.

Much like the Earth Control ability the Goldback Stone Beast King within the Mirage Dragon Pearl provided Ye Zhen, allowing his Divine Soul Power to extend through the Earth Spiritual Power.

No!

It would be more accurate to say that the water control ability given to Ye Zhen by the Black Dragon Martial Meridians was even more powerful than the earth control ability provided by the Essence Spirit Pearl of the Goldback Stone Beast King.

Under the earth control ability of the Goldback Stone Beast King, Ye Zhen's Divine Soul could extend only thirty or forty miles at most.

However, underwater, Ye Zhen's Divine Soul Power could extend through Water Spiritual Power and water droplets in all directions to a distance of one hundred miles.

Moreover, the consumption was much less than when controlling earth, and the perception was clearer and more agile!

In an instant, with just a slight move of Ye Zhen's Divine Sense, the situation within a hundred miles radius of his surroundings would unfold in his mind.

Furthermore, this hundred-mile range was three-dimensional!

Full-range perception in front, behind, left, right, above, and below!

For the first time, Ye Zhen truly realized the formidable power of the Black Dragon Martial Meridians, with only half of the Black Dragon Legacy being terrifying! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)