Southern Pacific Ocean.
The celestial phenomena shifted unpredictably—sun, moon, and stars appeared together, casting down billions of rays of light, some blazing white, some dark silver, some pale violet. At the same time, countless water currents within a hundred-mile radius converged, as heavenly light and earthly waters merged into one.
A magnificent, seven-colored illusory figure condensed, radiant with endless brilliance, like a sea goddess descending. With every movement, the surrounding ocean surged, raising wave after wave of towering tides, storms reaching the heavens.
As the brilliance of the sun, moon, and stars faded, the graceful figure of the Mermaid was revealed, it was the Holy Spirit Emperor.
However, her appearance was vastly different from ordinary members of her clan. Her lower body was not a slender fish tail adorned with a starlight tassel skirt, but a long, agile flood-dragon tail. Each scale shimmered like the sun and moon, dazzling and radiant, presenting a noble violet-gold hue, harder and more powerful.
Clearly, aside from her supreme control over water, the Holy Spirit Emperor was also extremely formidable in close combat.
The Sun-Moon-Star Imperial Crown atop her head symbolized the pinnacle of Three Lights Divine Water, placing her above ordinary elemental Holy Spirits. In this aspect, only Lu Jun's contracted Mermaid girl bore some resemblance, though her bloodline had been strengthened through evolution.
At this moment, the Mermaid Emperor's mature and beautiful face showed traces of fatigue. She cast the supreme secret art of Three Lights Divine Water, splitting her original body into parts, half hidden within the drifting water vapor of the void, and half concealed within the surrounding hundred-mile ocean.
Not only was her aura completely concealed, but her origin became extremely difficult to destroy. This was how she had narrowly escaped the pursuit of three Emperors.
Once the Mermaid Emperor reassembled her physical form, she would inevitably be detected by the nearby Dragon Emperor.
Thus, she did not dare hesitate. Gathering her boundless radiance, she flicked her flood-dragon tail, and her massive figure plunged into the endless deep sea.
Splash—!
In an instant, from a higher-dimensional perspective, one could see thick, dark underwater currents spread across the vast seabed, dense and intertwined like the roots of plants.
Among them, one particularly thick current glowed with light. It stretched endlessly, winding like a labyrinth, pure white in color, extending from the Southern Pacific all the way to the Mariana Trench, like a giant dragon running through the entire map, the main vein of a grand oceanic network.
The Mermaid transformed into a streak of water and entered this immense current, rapidly returning to the Mariana Trench with its flow.
Boom—Boom—Boom!
The moment the Mermaid Emperor disappeared, the nearby sea suddenly churned violently. The black ocean seemed to blot out the sky, as dark clouds gathered and endless lightning flashed brilliantly.
Within the dim and oppressive world, a massive, winding black flood-dragon body appeared faintly, like a colossal mountain range rising and falling within the sea of clouds, wrapped in violent thunder, hurricanes, and tidal waves.
Roar!
The Dragon Emperor extended its ferocious, massive dragon head from the suspended storm clouds and let out a long roar that spread for a thousand miles, shaking heaven and earth.
It had locked onto the Mermaid's aura. Like a swimming dragon, it surged forward, raising overwhelming waves, chasing relentlessly along that deep current vein.
The two Emperors, one fleeing and one pursuing, rapidly moved from the Southern Pacific toward the Mariana Trench. Wherever they passed, the seawater shattered inch by inch. Countless demonic sea creatures along the way were crushed without even realizing it, their blood mist spreading through the ocean.
The evil dragon released an immense Emperor-level pressure, causing space itself to shatter layer by layer.
The disturbance here shook the entire magical world. The Holy City, as well as the Magic Associations of Asia, the Americas, and Australia, all dispatched people to investigate.
"This kind of aura, an Emperor in motion. It's been many years since such a disturbance… Is a chaotic era for humanity truly about to begin?"
Sydney, Australia.
The entire city was shrouded in torrential rain. The sky was pitch black. The once lively sunlit beaches along the coast, previously filled with tourists, were now completely empty, replaced by seawater. All ships and yachts had docked at the shore.
In the distance, the wind and waves raged violently. The sea had turned an eerie black, with tides crashing one after another. Even massive ships of tens of thousands of tons swayed incessantly.
The region, which had returned to normal dryness after Lu Jun left, was once again engulfed in heavy rain, affected by the demonic power of the Dragon Emperor.
Sydney entered a state of silence, and the Forbidden Spell Assembly was extremely tense.
The trajectory of these two Emperors, one fleeing and one chasing was clearly heading toward Australia. How could Sydney not be on guard? The leader of the Australian Magic Association had already prepared for a battle to the death.
Yet unexpectedly, the two supreme Emperors, carrying overwhelming momentum, brushed past Sydney without stopping.
Everyone in Sydney couldn't help but tremble when they saw the starlit radiance and the black sea of lightning deep in the ocean.
Buzz—Buzz—Buzz!
Deep within the Mariana Trench, Lu Jun and the other two sat cross-legged on the Mermaid ancestral altar when they suddenly felt the vast Black Sea tremble violently.
The undercurrents in all directions around the altar turned violent, as if some terrifying colossal being was forcefully squeezing in.
Dean Xiao opened his eyes and said solemnly, "They're here, the Holy Spirit Emperor and the Dragon Emperor."
Crash—! The Yellow Spring surged mightily. At its source, boundless radiance suddenly burst forth, accompanied by immense pressure. Sun, moon, and starlight filled the Black Sea, illuminating the trench's depths completely.
The agile figure of the Mermaid Emperor leapt out from the endless starlight. Her massive flood-dragon tail coiled, while her mature and beautiful human-like face hovered above, covering the sky and blotting out the sun.
Commander Hua stood up, his eyes dark, his posture upright, a military coat draped over his shoulders. Though he stood alone, he seemed to command a million troops!
The two faced each other, and the atmosphere seemed to freeze.
Beside them, Lu Jun's heart pounded wildly. Under the Emperor's pressure, his eyes shone with blue and blood-ink light, his chest revealed a bright white-gold palace, and the dusk-colored Qi Sea in his abdomen emerged unconsciously.
Soon, the Holy Spirit Empress slowly spoke, her voice somewhat stiff. "Human, it is coming. I hope you will keep your promise."
The Holy Spirit Emperor spoke—not the mental transmission used by ordinary Mermaid Holy Spirits, but true human language. Her voice rumbled; no matter how melodious, for beings of such vastly different sizes, it was like a world-shaking roar.
Hearing this, Lu Jun and the others were not surprised. At the Monarch level, intelligence was already not inferior to humans, and in the original work, most Emperors could speak.
Hua Zhanhong said calmly yet resolutely, "In this battle, the evil dragon will be slain!"
"Good!"
The massive female face above the Black Sea slowly nodded, saying no more. From upstream of the Yellow Spring, another vast and violent aura descended.
Crackle—!
What surged in first was endless destructive lightning, filling the vast Black Sea. All water currents were burned away by the blazing thunder, evaporating into thick ozone.
Countless bolts of lightning struck the seabed and canyon walls, shattering massive rocks that tumbled down, mixing rolling sand into the seawater.
In the waters above the trench, storms instantly raged, raising towering waves. The Devil Ray Monarchs and Magic Trench Demon Ghost Monarchs guarding the canyon entrance were thrown into panic, fleeing the trench.
They had no idea why the fierce and domineering Dragon Emperor had suddenly descended here.
In the deep-sea world, the Mermaid Emperor, Hua Zhanhong, and Lu Jun simultaneously looked upstream of the Yellow Spring, where a ferocious dragon wrapped in overwhelming lightning charged forward.
Lu Jun's mind trembled violently. Merely the unintentional release of an Emperor's power was enough to continuously collapse the entire Black Sea forbidden zone. A battle between Emperors would likely shatter parts of the Mariana Trench and shift tectonic structures.
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