Free Web NovelChapter 474: Chapter 259: Extraordinary Adaptation; Deep Sea Entrance
Upon seeing this, Cheng Zongyang didn’t hesitate, quickly issuing it a command—dive!
But the moment he issued the command, he felt the Sea Beast instantly snap out of its enchanted state, followed by an even more intense struggle and refusal!
This puzzled Cheng Zongyang. He couldn’t tell if it was resisting the Beast Control Talisman’s control or the dive itself.
It was his first time using this kind of Talisman, but all he could do was continue ordering it to dive.
In the end, the Beast Control Talisman won out, forcing the Sea Beast to dive.
As he felt his body lurch downward, Cheng Zongyang quickly grabbed one of the Sea Beast’s teeth to steady himself.
Inside the Sea Beast’s sealed mouth, he was no longer affected by the water pressure, but he had also lost all awareness of the outside environment and his depth.
He could only estimate the approximate depth based on the time he’d been holding his breath.
He estimated that at the Sea Beast’s speed, it could easily dive one to two thousand meters in fifteen minutes.
However, less than eight minutes had passed when Cheng Zongyang’s expression suddenly changed!
He could feel from the shift in his center of gravity that the Sea Beast had stopped its descent. Then, with a violent lurch, his balance was thrown completely off, and he stumbled toward the opening of its mouth!
’It’s heading up!’
Cheng Zongyang’s face darkened. Steadying himself, he took out two more Beast Control Talismans, dripped blood on them, and slapped them onto the roof of the beast’s mouth!
This act, however, seemed to infuriate the Sea Beast. Without the pacifying effect of an Enchanting Talisman, this direct method of control provoked a violent resistance!
Ultimately, the Beast Control Talismans failed. The Sea Beast suddenly opened its massive maw, and a torrent of seawater flooded in, slamming into Cheng Zongyang.
Cheng Zongyang’s Extraordinary Adaptation Talent activated instantly, allowing him to acclimate to the sudden changes in water pressure and temperature.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Cheng Zongyang drew his dagger and, without a second thought, jammed it into a gap between the Sea Beast’s teeth to anchor himself against the torrent.
But what came next was a powerful blast of air erupting from the Sea Beast’s throat!
Cheng Zongyang’s body swung back and forth like a rope in the wind, battered by the alternating currents of water and air. However, his immense arm strength allowed him to hold on, preventing him from being washed out of the beast’s mouth.
The Sea Beast, however, could clearly sense that Cheng Zongyang was still in its mouth. A shimmering, aquamarine Energy began to gather within its jaws.
Seeing this, Cheng Zongyang’s expression grew grave. He prepared himself to enter the Wilderness World at any moment.
He hadn’t entered the Wilderness World yet for one simple reason: if the Sea Beast swam away, he wouldn’t reappear inside its mouth. He would reappear right where he had vanished!
Just as he was staring at the glowing aquamarine patterns, he suddenly felt a terrifying pressure emanate from within the Sea Beast, and an incredibly dangerous aura washed over him.
In the next second, a blue Energy coalesced deep in the Sea Beast’s throat. It took only a couple of seconds. Then, as the beast’s maw gaped open, a soul-chilling burst of Energy erupted. In that instant, Cheng Zongyang felt the cold hand of death.
In that split second, just as the frigid blue Energy erupted, Cheng Zongyang vanished from inside the Sea Beast’s mouth, without even a moment to spare to retrieve his dagger!
The instant Cheng Zongyang vanished, the icy-blue blast shot forth, instantly freezing the deep seawater in its path. The dagger, still wedged between the Sea Beast’s teeth, was simultaneously encased in a thick layer of ice.
The Sea Beast sustained this Frost Breath attack for only about five or six breaths before it stopped.
After the blast of Energy ceased, a massive iceberg, hundreds of meters long and tens of meters high, began to float toward the surface. The Sea Beast paid it no mind, instead probing the inside of its mouth.
Its tongue found nothing unusual, so it contentedly began to ascend back to its resting place. As for the dagger stuck between its teeth, it was too small for the beast to feel or care about.
But at that very moment, Cheng Zongyang reappeared inside its mouth.
The Sea Beast froze, its eyes widening in disbelief. Then, another surge of fury erupted.
But just then, a ripple spread through the space in the deep sea nearby.
Just as the Sea Beast prepared to unleash its Frost Breath once more, two figures shrouded in a golden aura appeared.
The moment these two figures appeared, the enraged Sea Beast became as docile as a house pet meeting its owner, and it immediately swam toward them.
Meanwhile, inside the beast’s mouth, Cheng Zongyang caught a glimpse of the two figures shrouded in golden light through the opening as the Sea Beast occasionally opened its mouth to cry out. At that moment, his eyes flew wide!
’So they’re really here!’
The two had appeared at the exact location of the upwelling Sea Eye! They were practically on the seafloor!
He instantly used his Acupoint-Sealing Hand, tapping a series of points on his body. He sealed his meridians and vitality, completely concealing his Martial Arts aura. By transforming into what seemed like an ordinary person and suppressing his potent vitality, he figured it would be difficult for them to detect him.
’I don’t know if this trick will work on Cultivators. If worst comes to worst, I can always just escape to the Wilderness World.’
He hid beside one of the Sea Beast’s teeth, holding his breath and focusing his mind.
’They’ll never guess someone is hiding in a Sea Beast’s mouth. Besides, they probably think no one could survive at this depth—nearly ten thousand meters—without powerful Defense.’
