Amorous Douluo Zang Xin stood on the deck, his gaze sweeping across the boundless blue sea before him. The sea breeze rushed forward, carrying a salty and humid scent that whipped his robes into a snapping frenzy.
He slightly turned his head to look at Chen Xinjie, who was standing beside him with his hands behind his back, and asked, "Your Eminence Vast Sea, is the information given by the Spirit Pagoda accurate? Is that Demon Queen of the Holy Spirit Cult truly in this sea area?"
Chen Xinjie did not answer immediately. He had his eyes closed, his Spirit Power slowly releasing around him as he used his own Spirit as a medium to carefully perceive every trace of abnormal fluctuation in the depths of the sea.
A moment later, he opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "The information from the Spirit Pagoda should be reliable. According to the intelligence, the Demon Queen and Ghost Emperor are concealed in this area."
He paused for a moment and added, "You have also seen the battle reports sent by the Federation from various other places. Every location provided by the Spirit Pagoda is extremely accurate. Wherever a target was marked, the traces of the Holy Spirit Cult were unearthed. Nowhere else has failed, so our side naturally won't make a wasted trip."
Amorous Douluo Zang Xin nodded upon hearing this, his expression relaxing slightly, though his gaze remained tightly locked on the sea surface.
However, not long after their conversation ended, a sudden change occurred on the previously mirror-like calm sea surface.
First, fine ripples spread from a distance, followed by layers of towering waves, one higher than the other. The churning white foam carried an unnatural sense of oppression.
The entire sea area seemed to be stirred up from underwater by some huge force. The waves pounded against the hull of the warship, emitting a muffled roar. This was by no means a naturally formed wind and wave.
Chen Xinjie's expression changed drastically. Making a judgment almost instantly, he shouted sternly, "Activate the defensive barrier!"
As the order was passed down, dozens of warships surrounding them simultaneously lit up with light blue light screens. The defensive barriers stretched open, enveloping the fleet within.
The hulls rose and fell amidst the churning waves, ripples flowing across the surface of the barrier to withstand the impact of the sea waves.
Meanwhile, Chen Xinjie himself had already soared into the air, his figure elevating into mid-air.
With a shake of his arms, a suit of blue battle armor instantly materialized, covering his body closely. Every pattern flowed with a profound luster, as if condensed from the deep sea.
four-word battle armor, Vast Sea Universe.
Sea-blue halos circulated endlessly around his body, echoing the vast sea beneath his feet.
Hovering in the air, his brow tightly furrowed, his sharp gaze scanned the distant sea surface.
At the end of those churning waves, a massive purple-black spine suddenly broke through the water, bulging like a mountain before sinking back into the deep sea with a deafening sound of water.
The monstrous waves that had just been stirred up were precisely whipped up by it.
That was a Spirit Beast, a Spirit Beast so massive it surpassed imagination.
Chen Xinjie's pupils shrank slightly, and his expression grew increasingly solemn.
With his Quasi-God level cultivation, facing such a behemoth, he actually faintly felt it was troublesome.
That existence hidden beneath the deep water was obviously incomparable to ordinary Spirit Beasts, and they certainly did not come with good intentions.
Chen Xinjie gazed into the distance. Judging from the massive contour that broke through the water and the physical characteristics revealed during the churning, it should be a giant whale, and its size far exceeded anything he had seen in his life.
What made his heart sink even further was that the opponent's degree of affinity with this sea seemed to be a notch higher than his own, even though his Spirit was the sea.
Under the traction of its aura, seawater was as tame as a servant, and the tides rose and fell with its breathing, as if the entire sea area was pulsating for this giant beast.
One must know that Chen Xinjie's cultivation had long since reached the Quasi-God level, making him one of the humans closest to Divinity in the current era.
Yet at this moment, facing this giant whale of unknown origin, he actually had no certainty of victory at all, and a feeling of being suppressed even faintly arose deep within his heart.
In his centuries of experience dominating the seas, this had never happened before.
Amorous Douluo Zang Xin had also put on his battle armor at this moment and flown into mid-air, standing shoulder to shoulder with Chen Xinjie.
He gazed at the distant, uncalmed sea surface, his brow tightly furrowed as he couldn't help but speak, "We haven't even caught a glimpse of any Evil Soul Masters, so why did we run into such a powerful Spirit Beast first?"
Before Chen Xinjie could reply, an icy female voice simultaneously resounded in both of their ears. That voice was as clear as a cold spring, and its tone carried a condescending indifference.
"So you came for this seat. Tell me then, who leaked this seat's whereabouts?"
As the words entered their ears, Chen Xinjie and Amorous Douluo Zang Xin both froze simultaneously, then exchanged glances. The expressions on both of their faces changed drastically, filled with shock and disbelief.
First of all, a shocking conclusion could be deduced from this sentence alone.
The sole purpose of their trip out to sea this time was to encircle and suppress the Demon Queen and Ghost Emperor of the Holy Spirit Cult, yet this voice said they came for her.
Chen Xinjie and Amorous Douluo Zang Xin had both seen what the Ghost Emperor looked like. Could it be that this massive Spirit Beast was the Demon Queen of the Holy Spirit Cult, whose true form no one had ever seen?
The Demon Queen of the Holy Spirit Cult turned out to be a Spirit Beast? This was something absolutely no one could have anticipated beforehand.
What made Chen Xinjie and Amorous Douluo Zang Xin's hearts even more shudder was that the mental fluctuation contained within that voice was thick, condensed, and as vast as the sea, far incomparable to ordinary Limit Douluos.
Both of them made the exact same judgment at the very first moment: this Demon Queen's mental force had definitely reached the level of the God Origin Realm.
The look of shock on Chen Xinjie's face vanished in a flash. The steady Heart-Nature forged through years of battle quickly allowed him to regain his composure.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and a sharp light flashed deep within his pupils. The azure light around his body suddenly grew intensely powerful.
Following that, his eyes completely turned golden, as brilliant as molten gold, and a majestic mental force burst forth from his body like substance.
Wherever the pressure passed, the churning sea surface below instantly calmed down. The waves vanished, and the water surface became like a mirror.
The Demon Queen's surprised voice followed closely, carrying a trace of undisguised astonishment, "Your mental force has actually also reached the God Origin Realm?!"
This question made Amorous Douluo Zang Xin violently turn his head to look at Chen Xinjie, his eyes filled with shock.
He had known Chen Xinjie for a long time and considered himself clear on his cultivation and strength, yet he had never expected that this Vast Sea Douluo had reached such a height in mental force.
Amorous Douluo Zang Xin sighed inwardly; after Yun Ming's death, this Vast Sea Douluo was probably the number one person on the Douluo Continent today.
The Demon Queen's voice sounded once again. The astonishment from earlier faded from her tone, replaced by a sort of intrigued scrutiny, "Very good. I didn't expect there to be an expert like you among humans."
"Having failed to battle Yun Ming back then, I have always regarded it as a regret. Having you as an opponent today, it can't be considered a disgrace to this seat."
Before the words faded, that massive dark shadow beneath the seawater violently broke through the water, its huge body carrying a towering curtain of water straight into the sky.
That was a giant whale with a body length exceeding one thousand meters. Its purple-black spine gleamed with a chilling luster under the sunlight, and its massive body almost obscured half the sky.
This was precisely the true form of the Demon Queen—Deep Sea Demon Whale!
Amorous Douluo Zang Xin and Chen Xinjie clenched their fists simultaneously, their body's Spirit Power quietly lifting as they entered a state of alert.
At this moment, a purple light suddenly bloomed around the giant whale, dazzling and eye-catching, dyeing the entire sea area into a gorgeous purple.
Amidst the flashing light, that massive body rapidly shrank, ultimately transforming into a graceful female figure hovering in mid-air.
With a slender figure and a cold, breathtaking visage, her purple hair fluttered gently in the sea breeze. Purple light circulated endlessly around her body, dyeing the seawater beneath her feet into a deep purple, as if the entire ocean was under her control.
Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from the opponent, Chen Xinjie and Amorous Douluo Zang Xin felt that oppressive force far surpass an ordinary Limit Douluo. Even the air seemed to become heavy and stagnant.
The two exchanged glances, their expressions growing increasingly solemn, and they already had a bold and startling guess in their hearts.
Chen Xinjie took a deep breath and spoke first, "Your Spirit Power... has also reached the Divine Rank?"
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