Free Web NovelChapter 472: Chapter 258: Setting Off for the East Sea Abyss
Cheng Zongyang tucked two Blue Level daggers he had purchased from the market into his belt at his back. He also left some items in the market hut, making them easy to retrieve once he was in the water.
Back on the Dragon Bone Ship, Cheng Zongyang took out and swallowed three Five Grains Inner Replenishing Pills, then placed another three in his mouth. This was to guarantee he could meet the subsequent Energy demands of his Adaptive Talent.
With a SPLASH, he jumped into the sea.
He still wasn’t sure how long he would be down there. If all went smoothly and he confirmed the depths truly held an entrance to another world, the Teleportation Array he’d left on the Dragon Bone Ship could be put to use. If he was in the wrong place, he could always return to the ship at any time.
Taking a deep breath, Cheng Zongyang began his descent.
At the same time, his Passive Talent, Adaptation, allowed his body to instantly adjust to the water pressure as he descended.
He was already intimately familiar with this process from his Cultivation in the Cultivation Room’s simulated environments.
As his Adaptation Talent activated, his eyes adjusted for underwater vision, and the environment beneath the sea gradually became clear.
Observing his underwater surroundings, Cheng Zongyang deliberately moved closer to the central region of the Eye of the East Sea.
It was an upward current that shot straight to the surface, like rising bubbles. But even so, seeing this strange phenomenon of surging seawater from below still filled him with awe.
But when he felt the current pulling his body upward, Cheng Zongyang immediately put some distance between them before beginning his descent in earnest.
As he descended, although the water temperature gradually dropped and the pressure steadily rose, Cheng Zongyang barely felt a thing.
His body was adapting every second to all the changes that came with the descent.
Each simulated attempt reminded him just how incredibly powerful his Adaptation Talent Ability was. ’As long as I have enough Energy, and if the Talent advances another level, I could theoretically dive forever.’
According to the intelligence provided by the Da Yi Commerce Association, the strongest diver was a Martial Arts master at the Innate Great Perfection realm. He had reached a depth of about 4,700 meters. At that depth, his Innate Gang Qi could no longer hold, forcing him to retreat.
But in the simulated environment, Cheng Zongyang had used his Adaptation Talent to reach a depth of nearly 10,000 meters. That was the limit his Talent could withstand.
Because if he exceeded that limit, the water pressure would crush him before his Adaptation Talent could even react. In other words, he wouldn’t even last a second.
Unless his Adaptation Talent rose another level, reaching a state where the adaptation was instantaneous.
As he dove ever deeper, Cheng Zongyang could no longer see the light from the surface. Looking up, he could only make out a faint, blurry glimmer, while his surroundings were shrouded in darkness.
He didn’t know how deep he was, only that the Energy in his body was steadily draining. This was his Adaptation Talent constantly drawing upon that Energy to sustain his body.
He was like a deep-sea fish, diving deeper and deeper as if he were in his natural element, unhindered by the temperature or pressure.
After an unknown amount of time, Cheng Zongyang suddenly stopped. He tried to envelop his body in a layer of True Qi, but the moment it manifested, it instantly dissipated.
It couldn’t coalesce at all.
Seeing this, Cheng Zongyang knew, based on the Da Yi Commerce Association’s intelligence, that he had to be at least 3,000 meters deep, if not 4,000.
The masters from the Da Yi Commerce Association had once run an experiment to determine the depth at which True Qi could no longer be manifested. The result was just over 3,000 meters, a depth they had measured with ropes.
But Cheng Zongyang had his own way of confirming this.
Thanks to his prior Cultivation of the Turtle Breath Technique, he could hold his breath for half an hour.
In the simulation, he could dive about 3,000 meters in that half an hour.
Now, he had just about reached the limit of a single breath, which happened to align perfectly with the Da Yi Commerce Association’s intelligence.
Just as he reached his limit, he entered the Wilderness World to catch his breath. Then he reappeared and, like a fish, continued swimming downward.
