From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Somewhere in the deep sea.

No light could penetrate here; the seawater seemed to have solidified into thick ink. Only scattered bioluminescence, like fallen stars, adorned this eternal darkness.

These are a group of lanternfish, carrying their "little lanterns" on their heads, swimming slowly down the slope of the trench.

Their scales glowed with a faint blue light under the fluorescent glow, like a group of ghosts wandering in the night sky.

In the mud and sand below them, many scallop shells are half-open, filtering tiny plankton as the seawater flows.

Occasionally, you can see a few giant giant clams, their shells covered with the marks of time, like old men who have experienced many vicissitudes.

This is a tranquil ocean, untouched by the pollution of the abyss, teeming with life.

However, the tranquility of this ocean is being shattered.

Beneath some coral somewhere on the seabed, a "black curtain" appeared out of nowhere.

When the first lanternfish crashed into the thick, black curtain, the entire seabed began to tremble.

Because... that wall came to life.

Thousands of ring-shaped mouthparts burst forth from the fleshy folds of the curtain wall, each mouth opening and closing at a different frequency, like trumpets playing a requiem.

The spiral teeth on the outermost layer of these mouthparts wriggled and shredded the lanternfish that crashed in, swallowing it into the stomach pouch inside the mouthparts.

The lanternfish instantly became alert, and the "lanterns" on their heads began to flash rapidly, conveying a signal of danger.

The lanternfish around them received the danger signal and began to scatter in all directions.

However, it was too late.

Suddenly, countless barbed tentacles shot out from those thousands of mouthparts.

The tentacles also have many suckers at their ends, and these barbs and suckers contain a mixture of digestive enzymes and neurotoxins in their mucus.

Thousands of tentacles shot out, sucking up the lanternfish that was trying to escape. The barbs on the tentacles pierced into the lanternfish's body, injecting digestive enzymes and neurotoxins.

These lanternfish instantly lost their ability to resist, were dragged into their mouths by the tentacles, chewed into pieces, and swallowed into their stomachs.

Almost instantly, the entire school of lanternfish was devoured.

After the lanternfish were eaten clean, a black curtain began to move along the seabed, enveloping a giant giant clam.

The mouthparts on the curtain wall kissed it, and the spiral teeth inside the mouthparts began to rotate, crushing the giant tridacna shell in a few seconds.

A dozen mouthparts penetrate deep into the giant clam, devouring the clam meat inside.

After the first giant clam was crushed by its mouthparts, a sour, putrid smell began to waft from the seawater.

This is how the abyssal behemoth expels excess digestive mucus from its body when it hunts.

These digestive mucus contain a special appetite-stimulating pheromone.

The fish, several kilometers away, smelled the sour, rotten odor and instead of fleeing, began to move closer to the location of the abyssal behemoth.

The abyssal behemoth began its frenzied hunt on the seabed, devouring everything from fish to seashells in the mud and sand.

Even algae, plankton, and coral polyps will be completely consumed.

The abyssal behemoth is like a terrifying machine that swallows all organic matter in its path and digests it into part of its body.

In just half a day, the abyssal behemoth grew from over ninety meters long to one hundred and thirty meters.

……

On the sea level of the Bethmay Sea.

A destroyer is sailing at full speed, its underwater sonar activated, attempting to search for terrifying creatures lurking on the seabed.

Sonar, which is made by humans, is normally ineffective against marine life, but whether it will be effective against the giant abyss beast is unknown.

The abyssal behemoth is large enough that using anti-submarine sonar to detect it might be fruitful.

In addition, the siren warriors led by Serian and the human marine team led by Liu Haiyang also began their reconnaissance.

Although the Abyss Battlefield appeared in the Besmai Sea, it does not mean that the Abyss Beasts only exist in this sea area.

Forest environments also need attention.

Therefore, after confirming the response plan, Lu Heng went to Quildore.

Since the destruction of the Shadow Demon capital, Queen Orianna has entered the demigod ascension stage, but lacks the auxiliary materials required for the ascension ritual.

Lu Heng promised her that if she obtained the auxiliary materials needed for the advancement ceremony after killing the abyss behemoth, she could choose first.

Having received this promise, the elves sent the forest elder, Serene.

Serene personally led a team of druids to explore the forest environment.

Serene also discussed another matter with Lu Heng, which was to plant golden tree species on Blue Star.

The golden trees of Quel'dorei have proven effective in combating the corruption of the abyss.

While it cannot purify the source of abyssal pollution, it can slow down the spread of the abyssal pollution.

While helping the Bancel tribe cultivate the Golden Tree, Serene made many new discoveries in her research, and therefore hopes to be able to cultivate the Golden Tree in more worlds.

Earth is suffering from deep-sea pollution, and planting golden trees would also benefit humanity.

Therefore, Lu Heng agreed to his request.

Serian led the druids to Earth, where, accompanied by human superhuman warriors, they ventured into forests around the world to plant golden trees and scout for possible abyssal behemoths.

For Serene, plants are his eyes.

Therefore, understanding the changes in the forest environment would only take him a short time, even faster than the rotation of Earth.

……

As Lu Heng advanced to demigod status, the alliance between humans and elves became even stronger.

The reason is simple: if it were a year ago, the elves would have agreed to form an alliance with humans primarily to thank Lu Heng for helping them defend the city of Kolos.

Things are different now. Demigod-level beings have emerged among humanity, and in terms of strength, they can now engage in dialogue with the elves on an equal footing.

The demigods have the ability to help the elves.

Two civilizations that can help each other naturally have a stronger alliance.

Therefore, Lu Heng's process of asking the elves for help went very smoothly, even shocking the rulers of other human nations.

Of the seven billion humans, only Lu Heng has the ability to bring in help from other worlds, including powerful races like the elves and the sea monsters.

While the elves and sirens are relatively small in number, their foundation in extraordinary power is far deeper than that of humans.

……

After arranging the tasks for the elven druid, Lu Heng returned to Besmai Sea.

This is the key to this incident, because the origin of the Abyss Battlefield is right here.

Su Muyu stayed on the destroyer, waiting for Lu Heng to return while guarding the Echo Conch, hoping for a reply from the Siren Clan.

Seria had already led her Siren warriors on a reconnaissance mission from the east of the Bethmai Sea, heading west. The ocean was the Siren's absolute home ground, even the oceans of Earth were no exception.

Selene only needs to close her eyes and breathe in the seawater to know what changes have occurred in the marine environment within a hundred kilometers.

While other sirens warriors may not possess Selian's heightened sensory abilities, their control over the ocean far surpasses that of human superhumans.

Jiang Shaoran, the Tidecaller in the human ocean team, has ocean-related abilities that are only comparable to those of elite-level sea monster warriors.

……

Besides the Siren Clan and the human naval forces, there are also many surface ships exploring the Bethmai Sea.

Three days have passed, and the longer it drags on, the more complicated things will become.

Therefore, everyone wanted to find the abyssal behemoth as soon as possible.

Su Muyu also released the Azure Phoenix to explore the seawater.

Generally, among human superhumans, those with sensory abilities can usually only control one type of environment.

Most sensors can only detect objects in air; their sensory abilities drop significantly once they enter water.

Su Muyu is an exception. After acquiring the [Medium Control] skill, her perception can ignore the obstruction of the medium for reconnaissance.

Air is a medium, and water is also a medium.

Therefore, her perception ability in water will not be weakened. After [Media Control] is upgraded to [Spatial Control], her perception ability will not only not be weakened in water, but it can even penetrate outer space for reconnaissance.

Because the abyssal behemoth possesses the ability to break through spatial barriers and enter outer space.

Therefore, relying solely on the sea monsters' ocean reconnaissance capabilities is insufficient.

If the abyssal behemoth discovers the approaching sirens in advance and hides in the outer space, the sirens will be powerless against it.

In situations like this, Su Muyu is needed to compensate for the lack of reconnaissance capabilities.

……

On the fourth day after the opening of the Abyss Battlefield, the Siren Clan's investigation finally yielded results.

Lu Heng sat on the deck of the destroyer and heard Selene's voice coming from the echoing conch shell:
"An anomaly was discovered in the sea. There was a faint smell of blood and a nauseating sour odor in the water. I wasn't sure if it was a giant abyss beast, but I went to investigate and it seemed like a very brutal hunting process had taken place."

"A large number of shell fragments were found on the seabed, as if they had been cut open by a saw, but all the flesh and blood had been eaten away."

Upon hearing this information, Lu Heng also sensed that something was amiss.

Generally speaking, shellfish in the ocean have a strong ability to protect themselves, and their shells are their key to survival.

Normally, predators of shellfish use special methods to pry them open; there are very few creatures that can directly crush shellfish.

Especially those giant tridacna, the fact that these shellfish can grow so big demonstrates their strong survival ability.

Now that even giant tridacna shells have been bitten to pieces, even if they aren't abyssal behemoths, they must be some kind of demon that has invaded Earth.

Lu Heng picked up the Echoing Conch and replied, "We'll go there now."

The destroyer was too slow, so in order to reach the target location as quickly as possible, Lu Heng got up and flew towards Serian with Su Muyu.

Deep in the Besmay Sea, Lu Heng and Su Muyu found Serian.

Selian floated on the sea surface, creating a splash. When she saw Lu Heng land, she pointed to the seabed with her staff and said, "He's right down there. Do you want to go down and take a look?"

Lu Heng activated his demigod vision and looked down, immediately seeing the situation at the bottom of the sea.

Just as Celian described, the seabed was covered with fragments of chewed-up shells, and there was no trace of the flesh and blood of fish or shellfish.

This gruesome hunting scene is most likely the work of a giant abyssal beast.

“These shell fragments must have been chewed up by the mouthparts of a giant abyss beast; that thing has appeared here before,” Lu Heng concluded.

Serian replied, "But I've searched the surrounding sea area for over a hundred kilometers and haven't found anything there."

Su Muyu pondered for a moment and asked, "Is it impossible that it has burrowed underground again?"

Abyssal behemoths can hide in magma layers or burrow underground into the seabed, which is naturally not difficult for them.

Serian shook her head and replied, "That's impossible. We siren often need to hunt prey beneath the mud and sand, so we have the ability to detect what's underneath. Besides, the abyssal behemoth is so large that if it were to burrow underground, it would definitely leave traces like caves."

Lu Heng pondered for a moment, then looked at Su Muyu and said, "It might have hidden in the outer space. Let the Azure Phoenix go down and take a look."

Su Muyu nodded, then lightly tapped her fingertip, and the Azure Phoenix spread its wings made of energy, drawing a crimson trail on the sea surface before diving into the ocean.

While the Azure Phoenix dived into the sea to explore, Serian led the two of them to glide around the surface of the sea, roughly defining the area of ​​a hunting ground.

This area is very large, covering a region of nearly one hundred kilometers.

No living marine life can be found in this area.

In other words, the abyssal behemoth devoured all marine life within a 100-kilometer radius of the ocean.

After finishing its meal, the abyssal behemoth seemed to leave the area, rather than leaving a trail of predatory tracks as it ate its way through.

……

Su Muyu controlled the Azure Phoenix to explore the underwater hunting grounds, its perception penetrating the spatial barrier to take in the situation in the outer space.

More than ten minutes later.

“Found it.” Su Muyu suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils gleaming with the same faint light as the Azure Phoenix: “There it is, in the outer space near the coral reef. It is… digesting food, its body is growing.”

This situation was beyond everyone's expectations.

Lu Heng originally thought that a terrifying creature like the Abyss Beast should be able to eat, digest, and grow at the same time, but he didn't expect it to need to stop to allow its body to grow and develop.

After a moment's thought, Lu Heng roughly understood what was going on.

It's probably because there's too much food on Earth. They caught too many marine creatures at once and got so full that they need time to digest.

Su Muyu added, "It has grown larger, now it's nearly two hundred meters long."

At this rate of growth, once it has consumed all the food in the Bethmai Sea, the entire ocean of Blue Star will become its dinner plate.

"I'll go down and cut it down."

As he spoke, Lu Heng leaped down and rushed in the direction indicated by the Azure Phoenix.

Just then, a huge black shadow flashed past Lu Heng.

Immediately afterwards, a huge black claw stabbed from the left.

Lu Heng tried to dodge, but his movements were restricted in the water, and he couldn't avoid the attack from the dark figure. He quickly swung his sword to block.

Bang!

The sword and claws clashed, producing a loud bang.

The dark figure retreated, attempting to disappear into the inky black sea.

Lu Heng had already clearly seen what the dark figure was; it was a five-meter-tall black-scaled demon, and a great demon among the black-scaled race.

...(End of chapter)