The words fell, and the air instantly froze, so heavy it could drip water.
Xiao Wu’s clenched fists trembled, her eyes lighting up with pink light, revealing a hidden ferocity.
Then, just as she was about to erupt, a large hand gripped her wrist, brooks no refusal.
Xiao Wu snapped her head around, the ferocity still lingering in her eyes, and met the gaze of another pair of deep eyes.
Xiao Wu’s lips quivered, her teeth biting down on her lower lip. She turned her head away and remained still.
Tang San, who was holding Xiao Wu’s hand, felt a vein throb on his forehead. He quickly calculated in his mind, and in the midst of the seemingly explosive atmosphere, he found a sliver of calm. In an absolutely rational tone, he said to Bo Saixi:
"Since you are not allowing us to leave Sea God Island, you must have a way to let us know about Sui Sui’s situation, right?"
"Third Brother?!"
"Xiao San?!"
Dai Mubai and the others looked at the compromised Tang San with disbelief. However, Tang San’s gaze was not on his companions but fixed directly on Bo Saixi, not missing even the slightest flicker of expression on her face.
A ripple appeared in Bo Saixi’s eyes. She nodded lightly, admitting, "Indeed."
Tang San exhaled a restrained breath.
Good, he had guessed correctly.
Since she could always arrive precisely when Tang San and the others needed to advance, and even made a judgment and issued a series of commands the moment Tang Sui and Shang Yang engaged the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, she must have a special method for monitoring the outside world.
Or rather, perhaps for monitoring the entire sea area.
After all, Bo Saixi was the Sea God’s Grand Priest, and the Sea God was the deity who governed the vast sea!
"Then, Senior Bo Saixi, could you allow us all to know about my sister’s situation?" Tang San stated his request.
Since they weren’t allowed to leave Sea God Island, looking from afar should be acceptable, right?
"Xiao San! You..."
The remaining words were choked back by a glance from Tang San.
Receiving Tang San’s look, Oscar paused. He suddenly remembered that Tang San and Ning Rongrong’s spirit abilities were sealed due to their second trial. A sliver of clarity entered their minds, which were almost overwhelmed by worry and anxiety.
That’s right.
Tang San’s spirit abilities were all sealed, and Rongrong couldn’t use her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. Half of their trump cards were instantly rendered useless.
Even if they rushed over in a hurry, the outcome would likely be as Senior Bo Saixi said, a futile sacrifice!
Seeing Tang San’s choice to compromise, Bo Saixi readily agreed, "Of course. I understand your anxious feelings."
With that, the scepter in her hand vibrated, and golden mist appeared out of nowhere, gathering like clouds and forming a flat rectangle in mid-air.
Ripples like water waves purified the core of the golden mist rectangle, creating a water mirror with a golden edge, projecting the situation in the Demon Whale Sea, miles away.
The wind howled, and heavy black clouds pressed down on the sky. Waves several meters high crashed onto the sea surface, making a deafening sound.
"Senior Bo Saixi, this..."
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but speak, and then the scene within the water mirror began to change.
"Whoosh—!"
The first thing that came into view was the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s colossal body, over two hundred meters long, like a deep-sea gem, breaking through the water. It leaped dozens of meters high, like a deep blue crescent moon. Unbelievably, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s body, which resembled a reef, was actually injured.
Blood holes, nearly a meter wide, were scattered across its body, as if it had been bitten by something even larger. Its skin, harder than steel and concrete, had been bitten through, forming seven or eight deep holes. Blood continuously gushed from these wounds, and even a trace of red mist, incongruous with the faint blue aura enveloping it, rose from the injuries.
And the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s single intact scarlet eye, over three meters wide, was filled with violent killing intent and a trace of disbelief.
This was because it hadn't leaped from the water voluntarily but had been thrown up by another colossal entity.
"Could this be?!" Xiao Bai, seeing the distinctive single eye, a bold guess formed in her mind.
Bo Saixi’s somber gaze also fell upon the Deep Sea Demon Whale King depicted in the water mirror: "Indeed, it is the Deep Sea Demon Whale King."
Everyone’s breath caught. Ma Hongjun looked at the behemoth with disbelief, his voice tight, "This… this is too…"
He couldn't finish the last few words because, in the next second, a dark head resembling a dragon's, but lacking dragon horns, more like a flood dragon, emerged from the churning waves. Everyone’s expressions turned grim, and even Bo Saixi showed a flicker of shock.
"This is......"
"Roar—!!!"
Ten heads resembling flood dragons, with magnificent rubies embedded in the center of their foreheads, shimmering with an eerie light as if molten lava flowed within, emanating an extraordinary aura even through the screen.
Their serpentine, slender necks, when fully extended, appeared to be seventy to eighty meters long. Their scales were black and hard, providing complete armor. Their deep gray bellies were submerged in the dark water, making it impossible to see their full form.
The ten pairs of scarlet snake eyes of this unknown giant beast emerging from the sea flashed with the same ferocity and killing intent. Their extended necks were held high, and all ten heads simultaneously opened their cavernous mouths, revealing rows of sharp, conical teeth. Three or four of these teeth, visible to everyone, were still stained with crimson blood.
The two canine teeth in the upper jaw were even sharper and thicker than the other conical teeth, and they too bore traces of blood.
It was not difficult to infer how the Deep Sea Demon Whale King sustained its wounds.
As expected, seeing the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent emerging from the sea and attempting to bite it, the sapphire blue light gathering around the Deep Sea Demon Whale King intensified.
"You court death—!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King let out a deep, angry roar. Its massive body flipped with the help of the energy-infused seawater gathered around it. Its colossal tail swung down fiercely towards the ten heads that were lunging to bite it. A blue-purple light materialized from the trajectory of its tail fin, forming a tangible blade.
The attack, imbued with immense energy, distorted the air, creating a series of explosions and causing the descending strike towards the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent to trail faint black electrical arcs.
"Roar—!"
The ruby on the forehead of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent glowed. Vast crimson beams of light instantly condensed within its ten open mouths. As the Deep Sea Demon Whale King retaliated, it also made its next move.
An eye for an eye!
"Boom boom—!!!"
Two terrifying beams of red and blue energy collided in mid-air, exploding.
The black mist that spread from the explosion instantly turned the water mirror completely black.
Their vision was obstructed, but the two combatants on the battlefield had not stopped fighting.
Even though the black mist had not yet dissipated, they could hear roars echoing from within the mist after the deafening boom of the explosion.
Clearly, the terrifying energy collision was merely a preliminary exchange, not affecting the overall battle.
They were still fighting fiercely, using their most primitive abilities.