On the surface of the inverted boundary sea, at the tip of terrifying waves hundreds of kilometers high, Xu Mu, using the Eight Trigrams Water Technique, floated above it, charging straight towards the vortex in the center with Qiongqi, following the route on the map.
"It's truly miraculous. It's inverted, yet it feels no different from standing on the ground." Xu Mu looked up at the pursuing elves on the ground, his expression a little strange.
Because the Boundary Sea was suspended in the sky, and they were standing on it, they were naturally in an inverted state. However, based on his understanding of physics, gravity should pull them towards the ground. Here, gravity seemed to be reversed?
"I'm becoming more and more curious about what treasures lie within," Xu Mu sighed.
"Treasures or not, I'm not sure, but I can sense danger," Qiongqi said, his expression unusually serious. His eyes were wide, his body tensed, and he was constantly on guard.
He had a feeling that there was a formidable existence within the Boundary Sea, even stronger than his uncle.
But his uncle was already a half-step Human King. What level could be stronger than a half-step Human King?
"Even if there is, it shouldn't affect us," Xu Mu pondered for a moment, his eyes calm as he said, "This is the path chosen for us by Emperor Fuxi. How could there be danger?"
Upon hearing this, Qiongqi also fell silent for a moment, then spoke in a low voice, "Is there a possibility that 'no danger' means no danger to His Majesty the Human Emperor, or those under His Majesty's command?"
"What they disregard could be fatal to us."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible," Xu Mu coughed lightly, his voice a little guilty, and shook his head.
At this point, with wolves in front and tigers behind, they had no retreat. They could only move forward.
"You think you can escape!"
Veiga's voice echoed from behind. Xu Mu and Qiongqi looked back and saw not only Veiga but also many elves at the Domain Lord realm, all flying towards them, willing to enter the Boundary Sea to kill him.
"I think we'll know what kind of danger is here very soon," Xu Mu said, squinting his eyes and staring intently at the group of Domain Lords or half-step Human Kings radiating terrifying power. Their path into the Boundary Sea was marked as dangerous on the map.
"Can we really do this? I'm feeling a bit uneasy. Why don't we go back?" a Frost Elf said fearfully, freezing the sea surface before stepping into the air.
All the way, he kept telling the elves beside him that he wanted to give up and didn't dare to go any further.
"That human brat and that beast were so weak, yet they dared to enter the Boundary Sea and have come so far. Are you afraid?" His friend beside him, though also a little scared, shouted back angrily, pretending to be brave.
Their elven race, from birth, had heard the most about not entering the Boundary Sea. This had led to them, no matter how powerful a mage elf they eventually became, not daring to set foot in it.
Certain powerful individuals even considered the Boundary Sea to be their inner demon and tried in every way to conquer it.
However, after repeated expeditions with no return, they finally understood why the Boundary Sea was called a forbidden zone.
"Even if it's a forbidden zone, it's within that vortex. An elder of our race has traveled to the surface of the Boundary Sea seven times without encountering anything strange. Those who died were sucked into the vortex. So, as long as we capture that brat before he enters the vortex, we'll be fine!" said an old elf from the Fire clan, standing on the ice.
"Old man, get down quickly! Who allowed you up here!" the elf from the Frost clan said angrily. The Frost and Fire clans had always been at odds, but as the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies. Coincidentally, on the matter of whether the Elven Kingdom would reappear, each clan had people who reached a consensus, forcing them to unite.
If not controlled well, they would likely start a second war immediately after Xu Mu died.
"I'm not good at swimming, so I'll borrow yours. Do you have a problem?" the old man said angrily, causing his body to turn red and the ice beneath his feet to melt.
"You old scoundrel, I think you're forcing me to send you into the sea to feed the fish myself!" the Frost Elf, who also had a bad temper, stopped immediately, grabbed a thousand-meter-high chunk of seawater, condensed it into ice, and hurled it at the elder of the Fire clan.
"You've gone too far!" The Fire Elf was not one to be trifled with either. He instantly condensed a flame cage in space, trapping the ice pillar within, and all the surrounding water elements were instantly vaporized into mist.
"Young man, this is your territory, but your condensed ability is still a bit lacking," the old Fire Elf said with a hearty laugh. He was a Domain Lord of the fifth stage, one level higher than the Frost Elf.
"Besides, you're wrong. This is the Boundary Sea; there are no fish."
The old man continued, enraging the Frost Elf, whose face immediately turned grim. He released his domain, and the sea surface within a radius of ten thousand meters instantly froze over.
"Whether there are fish or not, I'll send you down to see!" he roared, and his body instantly disappeared from his original position.
The next second, the Frost Elf raised a corner of a colossal ice mountain and attacked with the force of a falling mountain and extreme cold.
"The Frost Clan practices sea burials. I'll fulfill your wish now," the old man laughed loudly, also activating his domain. A fiery cage, ten thousand meters long and wide, descended, and the terrifying flames melted the iceberg.
The brief clash between the two was evenly matched, but the other elves began to lament. The extremes of ice and fire, coupled with the unknown threats within the Boundary Sea, made them very uneasy.
"If you two keep fighting, I'll kill you both first!" Veiga roared back at this moment. The domains of these two had slowed down his speed. If this continued, Xu Mu might truly enter the vortex.
"That brat is a bit strange. He must hold the secret of a holy relic. We absolutely cannot let him escape!" Veiga's eyes were filled with greed as he chased with all his might in the Boundary Sea, unwilling to relax for a moment.
The two elves behind him stopped fighting after being roared at by Veiga.
"What's so great about you? Once we kill that human brat, you'll be next!" the fifth-stage elder muttered to himself. The encirclement and killing had reached this point, and the leak was inevitable. The fact that the black magician Veiga was here would surely have spread.
Therefore, regardless of whether the people who came later were willing for the Elven Kingdom to reappear, they would undoubtedly do one thing: kill Veiga.
Because he was a wicked black magician, his ancestors had helped the dwarves kill elves, making him an enemy of all races.
With this thought, the elder's emotions slowly calmed down. Meanwhile, Veiga, looking at Xu Mu's receding back as he approached the vortex, changed direction abruptly.
He decided to take a risk and intercept him before the vortex.
"What a lunatic." Seeing Veiga's move, everyone present couldn't help but curse in shock.
Xu Mu's expression remained unchanged as he saw Veiga's route. He was not afraid of the latter reaching the vortex before him, because he believed that Emperor Fuxi's map would not be wrong.
Something would happen to Veiga wherever he went.
As Xu Mu thought this, a change indeed occurred.
*Crack!*
The capricious surface of the Boundary Sea suddenly churned up a colossal wave ten thousand meters high, crashing down from the sky. It struck the ground, even overturning the immense icebergs.
The elves suspended on the sea surface couldn't help but feel a sense of dread as they looked at the monstrous waves surging towards them. The faster ones immediately turned tail and fled away from the Boundary Sea, while the slower ones instinctively put up magical defenses.
But then they all realized that in the face of such terrifying tsunamis, anything they did seemed useless. The mere force to withstand such a crushing blow might not be enough. More importantly, after the impact, they would be swept into that vortex by the seawater.
What lay within the vortex, whether there were holy relics, they didn't know. They also didn't know why Xu Mu insisted on going there. But they knew that if they entered, their fate would be sealed with death.
Thus, they all began to flee, including Veiga.
"This is damn it," Veiga exclaimed in shock. He instantly activated his black magic, and a bright black trail instantly appeared on the path he had come from.
Veiga turned around and ran along that trail, his speed gradually increasing. In an instant, he returned to the shore of the Boundary Sea.
But even here, it was not safe. He needed to retreat further, preferably to the colossal ice mountain, to be considered safe.
However, as many elves were desperately fleeing, Veiga looked back at Xu Mu.
"That brat is dead," he thought.
But immediately, something astonishing happened. The vast, turbulent sea, which seemed to cover the sky and earth, inexplicably parted around where Xu Mu was standing.
As the terrifying waves roared past him, the spray of water wetting his hair for a moment, Xu Mu and Qiongqi's hanging hearts slowly relaxed.
"See? His Majesty the Human Emperor's choice was definitely not wrong," Xu Mu said, laughing happily.
He watched as many of the elves who had been pursuing him were swallowed by the tsunami and never emerged again. Veiga himself was also forced to retreat to the ice mountain.
"It's not wrong here. I hope it remains so once we enter the vortex," Qiongqi said softly. With no more obstacles, they would soon enter the vortex.
At this moment, the other elves also arrived. Amidst the mist of ice and fire, in the center stood Shilfer and his personal guards.
"Dogal, how dare you collude with outsiders to kill my honored guest! Believe it or not, I'll kill you right now!" Shilfer shouted angrily.
"Honored guest? Heh, if he were truly an honored guest, why would you send people to monitor him?" the old elder from the Wind Elf clan, who had just escaped the tsunami, retorted with a cold smile, standing on the shore.
Shilfer's face changed instantly upon hearing this: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Where have you hidden my honored guest? Hand him over quickly!"
Dogal's expression was complex, and he smiled self-mockingly: "Hide him? We don't have that ability."
"My dear King, please look up."
"Your honored guest is in the sky."