Chapter 1237: Boiling Blaze Hell! The Impregnable Barrier
As soon as they entered the sea, Alice's sea-blue hair billowed out!
Her pupils glowed with blue light, and her legs began to transform!
They merged back into a fish tail!
Only a small skirt and shorts drifted through the water!
"Giggle~ I recognize the way now, follow me!"
With that, she swam at incredible speed toward the depths of the Lantis ruins!
The others quickly followed, but swimming in human form through the sea was painfully slow!
Jiangnan paddled a couple of times and frowned.
⁽⁽꜀(:C꜂꜆)꜄⁾⁾
The small whip at his spine suddenly shot out, glowing a fierce red!
Five vines evenly spread out, then began spinning rapidly, churning the water!
They propelled Jiangnan forward at breakneck speed, allowing him to move freely through the deep sea!
˚*̥˚*̥=͟͟͞͞=͟͟͞͞✿(๑･᷅ヮ･᷄)
Craig was stunned, his mouth wide open as bubbles escaped!
(ଵ口ଵ◟)‧º·˚
How does this guy have a built-in propeller?
Even in the deep sea, he can’t be restrained?
An all-terrain war god in sea, land, and air?
Is he even human?
As for Yao Hong, she was already used to it. No matter the environment, this man could always adapt instantly and maximize his advantages!
Jiangnan was ecstatic. The vine weapon really wasn’t raised for nothing!
The Small Whip brand propeller—diamond-level horsepower, 0 to 100 in 2.7 seconds!
Only a single Small Ginseng per hundred kilometers!
Thousands of Frogmen soldiers also dove into the deep sea. As they ventured deeper into the ruins, Jiangnan’s eyes adjusted to the darkness.
Only then did he see the sheer scale of the ruins—massive, everywhere were buildings destroyed beyond recognition. Ruined walls and broken pillars, corroded by the sea for a thousand years, now pockmarked and riddled with holes.
Faintly, one could still see the exquisite carvings on them.
The entire ruin lay quietly at the bottom of the sea, giving a feeling of deep silence and death.
Using his propeller, Jiangnan zipped around the ruins, hoping to find some treasure.
But he found none. The deeper they went, the more severe the destruction.
He even saw large craters blasted into the ground, still not smoothed by a thousand years of ocean currents.
Craig glanced at his dive computer, his brow deeply furrowed. "Do we still need to go further? Ahead lies the life-forbidden zone!"
"Boiling Blaze Hell!"
His voice didn’t travel far in the water, and Jiangnan, who was wandering around, didn’t hear him at all.
Just then, a school of razorfish charged at them from the side at terrifying speed!
They were numerous, their silver bodies gleaming in the water like sharp blades!
"Watch out! It’s a group of spirit beasts!"
Jiangnan raised his hand and summoned a spatial barrier before them!
"Clang clang clang!"
The sound of metal striking metal rang out. Countless razorfish smashed into the barrier, their bodies crushed into bloody pulp.
The massive school completely blocked their view, filling everything with silver light.
But from afar came Alice’s startled cry!
Jiangnan gritted his teeth. "Damn it!"
He quickly formed a safe house using six spatial barriers!
"Displace!"
The next moment, he swapped places with Alice!
As soon as the swap completed, Jiangnan found himself wrapped in the tentacles of a giant squid over 50 meters long!
It was pulling him toward its mouth!
"Eat me? This dish of mine is tough!"
Jiangnan raised his hand and condensed a giant steel wool ball over 10 meters in diameter. The rapidly spinning spiritual silk churned the seawater around it!
He rammed it straight into the giant squid’s face!
"Boom!"
The spiritual silk exploded, and bright red blood dyed the seawater!
Jiangnan stabbed his Small Whip like a spear into the squid’s body!
"Thorn Lash!"
The vine branches, covered in barbs, ripped the squid’s flesh to shreds while injecting a deadly poison!
Then he activated "Blood Drain" and sucked hard!
Soon, the diamond-rank three giant squid turned into dried squid jerky, and Jiangnan’s face became noticeably rosy.
Just as he was about to check on Alice, a furious roar came from the razorfish school!
"Peacock Tail Soul Suppression!"
Behind Craig, his peacock tail unfurled and shook violently, emitting piercing sound waves!
The razorfish that had been swimming wildly moments before exploded into blood mist!
They fell like silver leaves to the seabed, and the world became quiet again.
Alice was safe inside the safe house, still looking shaken but unharmed.
Jiangnan frowned. (˵ớ～ờ) "Why are there spirit beasts in the sea?"
And their ranks weren’t low.
Craig: (◞•̀д•́) "Spirit realms opening at the bottom of the sea are rare, but they do exist!"
"Ahead is the Boiling Blaze Hell. There are many sea beasts there. If it’s not necessary, it’s better not to go too deep."
"Being surrounded by a large group of sea beasts in the water is not a pleasant experience."
"Are you really sure the ancient kingdom of Lantis is here?"
Alice nodded seriously.
(๑•̀◠•́)و "I’m sure!"
Jiangnan instructed, "Don’t get too far from us!"
As they went deeper, they encountered more and more sea beasts.
Although it was a life-forbidden zone, with Craig around, everything was manageable.
Jiangnan was wondering why it was called "Boiling Blaze Hell" when it was underwater—until the next moment, he found out!
In the distance, a red glow showed ahead. It was a vast seabed volcanic zone!
On the ocean floor, crimson magma erupted, constantly clashing with the seawater!
The magma was cooled by the water, forming a black crust of lava, while the seawater above boiled and evaporated, causing small-scale violent explosions!
These explosions cracked the lava crust, revealing the red-hot magma beneath, the cracks crisscrossing like red lightning!
A constant "boom, boom, boom" echoed without end!
Jiangnan’s mouth twitched. "Are you sure you guys lived here?"
If they really lived here, this was basically a pot of fish soup!
Because of the immense deep-sea pressure, the water in the volcanic zone had already been heated to over 100 degrees Celsius!
Alice nodded vigorously, her face full of excitement. "We’re almost there!"
Everyone exchanged glances. They had no choice but to grit their teeth and press on.
They plunged into the seabed volcanic zone. Jiangnan wasn’t afraid of being boiled, but it was still hot!
He condensed a suit of Glazed Armor to cover his body, which made it somewhat bearable.
Not long after entering the volcanic zone, Jiangnan glanced casually to the north and a smile crept onto his lips.
(∗❛ัꇴ❛ั)☛ "Jiangnan gege? Look over there!"
Hai Di pointed excitedly at a lava lake ahead.
On the lava lake, there was a protective barrier emitting a dazzling white light!
It was over 30 kilometers in diameter!
Like an inverted glass bowl, inside it stood twelve enormous black stone pillars!
Some stood in the lava, others were already tilted, half their shafts submerged in the lava lake.
But they were densely covered with complicated curse scripts!
The scripts shimmered with spiritual light, constantly drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy!
And in the center of those twelve stone pillars stood a huge black door frame!
It was hundreds of meters tall, and from within the frame came faint spatial fluctuations!
Alice was overjoyed. "It’s here! Huh? When did this shield get here?"
Craig was full of shock.
"It’s a curse array energy barrier! The Sea King’s guess was right!"
"The main center of the Lantis ancient kingdom wasn’t built outside? It was built inside the spirit realm?"
"That’s how it survived that divine wrath?"
Jiangnan wiped his drool.
٩(º﹃º٩) Goo hehe~
Inside that space gate was the Lantis ancient kingdom?
Putting aside everything else, those twelve black stone pillars looked like they were worth a fortune!
Just one pillar had over a million curse scripts carved on it!
And their complexity was no less than that of a Star Gate!
So these twelve pillars formed this glass shield?
No wonder it was from the ancient Gusu civilization; just this protective barrier was beyond what humanity could research today!
Jiangnan rested his chin, his eyes gleaming. "This curse array energy barrier probably works like a mountain-protecting formation!"
"Only by opening it can we truly enter the spirit realm, right?"
Craig cracked his neck, eyes narrowing. "Let me try!"
He raised his hand and slammed a punch at the barrier!
"Instant Fist!"
Craig’s arm shot out like a spring, his iron fist landing heavily on the barrier!
"Boom!"
A loud explosion—the terrifying force instantly vaporized the surrounding seawater!
The shockwave surged outward violently, even shaking the lava lake beneath their feet!
Jiangnan quickly teleported everyone away, afraid of being caught in the blast!
But after that punch, the barrier merely rippled slightly—and nothing else happened!
Craig: ???
This punch of mine has twenty years of power behind it, and it can withstand it?
I can smash Star Glory dead, and most Dao Heaven dare not take it head-on. How can this barrier not even budge?
"Piston • Instant Fist!"
Craig’s fists turned into blurs, each punch stronger than the last!
He became a relentless boxing machine!
Seawater vaporized, magma splashed everywhere!
But the barrier remained completely unmoved!
Craig was furious. "Fist Gun!"
He made a gun shape with his hands and fired wildly at the barrier!
Underwater, the power of his Fist Gun was many times greater than on land!
Still, the barrier wouldn’t break!
It was like an indestructible object in a game!
Jiangnan’s eyes twitched, clicking his tongue in admiration.
This barrier is insane! It can easily withstand attacks at the Dao Heaven level?
At that moment, Jiangnan seemed to understand why Pang Badi had thrown out the mermaid to lure him here.
Pang Badi must have already been here and tried countless times, but failed to breach the barrier!
So Craig probably can’t do it either.
Jiangnan had left a spatial mark on Pang Badi. As long as the marked person was within 100,000 meters, Jiangnan could sense his exact location.
Right now, Pang Badi was lying in wait 70,000 meters away!
Trying to be the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind?
Tsk tsk~ What a thoughtful plan.