The Explorer slowly sailed into the heart of the Demon Whale Sea Domain. The surrounding seawater had turned into thick ink, impenetrable to light, as if they were submerged in an eternal night.
The air was thick with a heart-palpitating pressure. Violent water elements intertwined with a chilling, venomous aura, making it difficult to even breathe. Beneath the surface, a massive shadow loomed, its cold gaze like physical substance, locking firmly onto the ship that dared to trespass into the Overlord's territory.
On the deck, Yu Yuanchen, Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi stood side by side with solemn expressions. The three ladies—Ye Zhilan, Avril, and Yang Xueqi—retreated to the cabin entrance, remaining vigilant and ready to provide support at any moment.
Since this was ultimately Bo Saixi's trial, although the three men had come at her invitation to assist in slaying the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, they could only act as support and avoid stealing the spotlight. The main burden naturally fell on Bo Saixi, but the three men would not remain idle; they would use their own methods to suppress the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's strength, stepping in to tip the scales only when Bo Saixi fell into a disadvantage.
"It's here," Bo Saixi said in a low voice, gripping the Sea God's Trident, which flowed with azure light. She could feel a terrifying aura rising from the depths of the sea, like an abyss awakening.
No sooner had she spoken than the sea surface thousands of meters ahead exploded! A blue-black figure of unimaginable size broke through the water, kicking up monstrous waves! It was a giant whale over two hundred meters long, its entire body covered in sapphire-like shimmering scales, radiating an ancient and majestic aura.
Most heart-palpitating of all was the intact giant right eye on its head, over three meters in diameter, burning with cold rage and tens of thousands of years of accumulated venom. Its left eye, however, was a hideous, hollow void, scarred by the remnants of divine power—a mark left behind by Sea God Poseidon!
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King! An ocean overlord with a cultivation level approaching one million years!
It did not even roar. It simply hovered in the air, its massive single eye sweeping over the Explorer before finally locking onto the Sea God's Trident in Bo Saixi's hand. The venomous aura surged instantly, almost condensing into substance!
"Poseidon's lackey! How dare you set foot in this King's territory!" A roar mixed with a spiritual shockwave exploded directly in everyone's minds. The three women, whose spiritual power was weaker, all turned pale.
"Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, today is the day you meet your end!" Bo Saixi gave a sharp cry. She pointed the Sea God's Trident forward, and a brilliant blue light shot into the sky, merging with her aura! Nine soul rings—purple, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red—rose from beneath her feet, and the vast soul power of a Level 99 Titled Douluo erupted without reservation!
"Just you? Along with these few ants?" A trace of disdain flashed in the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's single eye, but its massive body adjusted slightly, revealing an instinctive vigilance. From Yu Yuanchen and the others, it sensed a dangerous aura no less profound or powerful than Bo Saixi's.
"Do it!" Yu Yuanchen gave a low shout, and he, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen stepped forward in unison!
In an instant, three distinct yet equally vast domain powers erupted, centered on the Explorer!
Yu Yuanchen's body flashed with purple-gold lightning as his Heavenly Tribulation Sacred Dragon Domain expanded! Within the domain, it was not a tribulation targeting an individual, but rather the invocation of the most primal, violent lightning element in the world, forming a lightning prison! He focused specifically on the lightning attribute within the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's vast water and lightning dual-attribute nature!
Purple-gold lightning snakes, as if possessing life, coiled around the blue electric light dancing on the whale's body, using a higher and purer thunder authority to forcibly suppress and strip away the whale's control over lightning!
Qian Daoliu spread his six wings, and a sacred platinum halo spread like a tide as his Angel Domain descended! Within the domain, sacred and bright power filled every inch of space, purifying all filth and dispelling all darkness.
He did not attack the whale directly, but instead permeated his domain power into the inky seawater below! The Angel Domain had no inherent suppression over the water element, but its "order" and "purification" properties greatly interfered with and weakened the close, primal connection between the whale and the Demon Whale Sea Domain that had birthed it! It was as if an invisible barrier had been erected between the whale and the sea!
Tang Chen let out a roar, his figure surging as his Clear Sky Hammer true body manifested! His Clear Sky Domain opened! This domain was not about energy suppression, but the purest control over power and gravity rules!
Within the domain, gravity became chaotic and terrifying, at times sluggish like a quagmire, at others crushing like a mountain! Tang Chen focused the majority of his domain power precisely onto the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's massive body! That two-hundred-meter frame now became its greatest burden! Moving, turning, and even maintaining its hover required far more power than usual!
The superposition of the three Titled Douluo domains had an immediate effect!
The electric arcs dancing around the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King visibly dimmed, and its control over thunder became sluggish. It felt as if the ocean beneath it had become "unfamiliar," its ability to mobilize the water was hindered, and the deployment of its own Demonic Whale Domain was invisibly suppressed. Most critically, the omnipresent chaotic gravity turned its proud, massive body into a liability; every movement became incredibly difficult, and its strength was instantly suppressed by nearly forty percent!
"Roar—!" The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King finally let out a heaven-shaking roar, its single eye showing shock and rage for the first time. It had not expected these three humans, who seemed like mere "support," to possess such bizarre and powerful methods!
"Sea God's Radiance!" Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Bo Saixi's Sea God's Trident bloomed with ten thousand rays of blue light. Her eighth soul ring shone—her eighth soul skill, Sea God's Radiance! The support effect activated, instantly increasing all her abilities by three hundred percent! She moved like lightning, charging toward the temporarily restricted whale!
"Raging Waves!" Her first soul skill activated. It was not an attack, but a way to churn the seawater below, creating massive whirlpools and waterspouts to further disrupt the whale's balance and vision.
"Sea Wave Pattern!" Her second soul skill, an invisible spiritual shockwave, spread like ripples, striking directly at the whale's soul. However, the whale's spiritual power was equally vast, and the attack had little effect, though it was enough to distract it.
"Sea God's Gaze!" Her third soul skill, a powerful control effect, attempted to lock onto the whale. But the whale's body erupted with blue light, and an energy-based armor instantly covered its skin, forcibly resisting the control, though its movements slowed by another fraction.
"Sea of Annihilation!" Her fourth soul skill followed immediately, with violent destructive energy crashing toward the whale like a tsunami! This was one of Bo Saixi's most powerful offensive soul skills!
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's single eye flashed with ferocity. It opened its giant maw and roared, "Vast Sea Tide!" A massive tsunami, ten times more terrifying than the waves Bo Saixi had invoked, generated out of thin air to meet the Sea of Annihilation!
Boom—!!!
The two terrifying water-attribute forces collided in mid-air, erupting in a destructive shockwave that blasted a massive crater into the sea surface below! Bo Saixi groaned and retreated several steps, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King merely swayed its massive body. In a head-on clash, even while suppressed, its foundation remained stronger than Bo Saixi's!
"Abyssal Demon Spikes!" The whale counterattacked, and countless sharp ice spikes condensed from extreme water elements shot toward Bo Saixi and the Explorer like a rainstorm!
"Hmph!" Tang Chen let out a cold snort, and his Clear Sky Hammer smashed into the void! "Quake!" A terrifying shockwave spread, shattering the vast majority of the Abyssal Demon Spikes into dust!
Qian Daoliu waved his Angel Sacred Sword lightly, and streaks of sacred sword light precisely shattered the few that slipped through.
Yu Yuanchen pointed his fingers like a sword, and a condensed purple-gold thunder spear shot out, aiming for the whale's intact right eye! It was forced to divert its attention to defend.
With the three powerhouses providing support and "tipping the scales" at critical moments, the pressure on Bo Saixi was greatly reduced. She gave a sharp cry, and her seventh soul ring shone—"Sea God True Body!"
In an instant, her figure merged with the Sea God's Trident, transforming into a Sea God phantom dozens of meters tall, surrounded by azure divine light! Her aura surged once more! She wielded the enlarged Sea God's Trident and engaged the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in fierce close-quarters combat!
Trident shadows flew, clashing wildly with the whale's giant tail, sharp teeth, and the Deep Sea Demonic Blade it occasionally slashed out. Every clash erupted in deafening roars and terrifying energy storms. Above the sea, dark clouds gathered, and lightning flashed, as if the apocalypse had arrived.
Bo Saixi pushed the trident techniques of the Sea God Inheritance to their limit, at times like crashing waves, at others like surging undercurrents. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King resisted stubbornly, relying on its formidable physical body, energy armor, and various innate soul skills. It occasionally used "Abyssal Decapitation," a move combining offense and defense, or attempted to dive into the deep sea to leverage the environment.
But every time it tried to flee or unleash a lethal move, the suppression from Yu Yuanchen and the others would intensify. Yu Yuanchen's lightning would become more violent, Qian Daoliu's light barrier would block its path, and Tang Chen's gravity field would make it feel as if it were trapped in a quagmire. The three worked in perfect harmony, like the most precise shackles, pinning the ocean overlord to the center of the battlefield. It had strength far exceeding Bo Saixi's, yet it could not unleash it, feeling utterly suffocated.
The battle lasted from day into night, and from night until dawn. Bo Saixi's soul power was heavily depleted, and she had sustained several wounds, the light of her Sea God True Body dimming significantly. Yet her eyes grew more resolute; the Sea God's Trident seemed to possess life in her hands, each swing carrying an indomitable determination.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was in an even more wretched state. Its massive body was covered in scorch marks, sword slashes, and hammer prints. Its energy armor had shattered several times only to be barely condensed again. The rage in its single eye was ready to erupt, yet it could never break through the suppression of the three domains and the trio's seamless interference.
The first day drew to a close amidst the brutal and grueling tug-of-war. Neither side had managed to overcome the other, but the initiative clearly lay with Bo Saixi's side. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was like a beast trapped by chains, and Bo Saixi was the hunter holding the trident. The hunt had only just begun. As night fell, the battle paused, but the killing intent permeating the air was even more intense than during the day. Everyone knew that the more cruel battle was yet to come.
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