Water World Beast Taming: My Pets Can Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 180 The Mysterious Underwater City [Bonus Chapter for 250 Monthly Tickets]

The next day, the sky was high and the sun was shining brightly.

A warship cut through the waves, white waves splitting open at the bow like white foam, flowing and splashing to both sides of the ship.

At the very front of the warship's deck stood a dozen or so powerful beast tamers with profound and unfathomable auras, namely Yan Chao, Jiang Henian, and other human grandmasters.

Sima Yuan did not come; he stayed in the underwater Great Wall in the southern border to guard the rear.

The soldiers on the warship stood like statues, displaying strict discipline.

After Jiang Chen, Lei San, and the others were summoned to the military base yesterday, they were cut off from all contact with the outside world.

They were seated in a conference room to study and memorize information about Qingyu Secret Realm, while also exchanging ideas and getting to know each other with other members of the exploration team.

After sailing for several hours, the warship finally slowly arrived at the great whirlpool created by the birth of the Azure Island Secret Realm.

Jiang Chen, Lei San, and 50 other beast tamers were immediately summoned to assemble in front of the deck.

Jiang Chen scanned his surroundings and found the deafening whirlpool in front of him even more awe-inspiring than the one in the video.

At the same time, teams from the four tribes of the Southern Wilderness Sea also appeared in several other directions from the whirlpool.

The five tribes, each from a different direction, surrounded the whirlpool of the sea, remaining vigilant and wary of one another.

The five tribes exchanged glances, and without further ado, each went into the water.

On the deck of the warship, Long Shijie, with a buzz cut and wearing a green military uniform, stood at the very front of the formation. Following Yan Chao's instructions, Long Shijie shouted, "Attention, all personnel! Maintain formation! Launch!"

"yes!"

The crowd, lined up in a square, immediately responded in unison and jumped into the water in neat rows.

Even though the water had entered the area, everyone maintained their square formation.

The Ironclad Dragon Shark and the Shielded Leatherback Turtle were positioned at the outermost edge of the formation, while the Ghost Eye Fish and the Sea Pea were in the middle.

Long Shijie was at the very front of the formation, and Zhang Shanfeng was at the very back.

Lei San, Yu Sheng, and Yu Ning are on the left and right flanks of the formation.

Jiang Chen, Chen Shou, Lian Wei, and Wu Yao were in the middle of the formation.

The fifty-person team went into the water, and Jiang Henian and Yan Chao immediately followed. The two of them released an amazing spiritual power that enveloped the team and then swam with them towards the center of the whirlpool below.

There was no way around it; the pulling and tearing force of this seawater whirlpool, which was a full kilometer in diameter, was enormous. If the team went down by their own strength, they would probably be torn apart on the spot!

The other four tribes of the Southern Wilderness Sea did the same, each sending their strongest members to protect them as they swam into the whirlpool.

The entrance to Qingyu Secret Realm is on the seabed thousands of meters below the surface, so when the group had not even descended halfway down, the surrounding seawater was already pitch black!

Generally speaking, waters deeper than 200 meters are called the deep sea.

At this altitude, sunlight can hardly reach, making the surrounding environment dark and cold, with strong water pressure.

But just then, soft rays of light shone from the center of the formation, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

They were fluffy, dandelion-like creatures, swaying gently like willow leaves as the seawater lapped against them.

That's Hai Pu Ying's pet beast.

As the sea hibiscus glowed, everyone in the formation entered a state of oneness with their beast.

However, there were only two exceptions: Jiang Chen and Lei San.

This is a limitation of beast tamers; the range illuminated by the sea iris is limited to only a few dozen meters in radius. Further afield, one can only see by relying on the power of the pet beast.

But those who practice body cultivation do not have this problem at all.

Long Shijie, Yu Sheng, Yu Ning and the others looked at Jiang Chen and Lei San with a little envy. Although body tempering is painful, it is indeed very convenient at certain times, and the strength is also very strong if the body tempering is successful!

Soldiers like Long Shijie and Zhang Shanfeng also practiced physical training regularly, but their talent was average, and they only managed to reach the bronze skin level.

To see normally underwater like a marine creature, one needs to reach the third level of Body Refinement and the Yi Jing Extrasensory Ability.

……

A few minutes later, the group successfully arrived at the entrance to the Qingyu Secret Realm—a cave located on the seabed.

Vast spiritual energy and eerie black rays of light continuously spewed out from the cave.

The extremely eerie black light was so intense that even the light from the seaweed could not penetrate it, as if any white light was swallowed up by the cave as soon as it approached.

Looking at the black cave in front of them, the other four races did not hesitate at all and immediately plunged inside.

Long Shijie stood quietly to the side with his team, letting them go in first without any rush.

Jiang Henian and Yan Chao also remained silent until all four clans of the Golden Fish had entered before allowing Long Shijie to lead the team in.

After continuous probing by experts from both the human and sea races, it was discovered that this Azure Isle Secret Realm contains three laws.

The first level: Level 4 Beastmasters and Commander-level or higher experts are allowed to enter.

The second stage: After entering, everyone will be randomly teleported to any location within the secret realm.

Unless the people who enter are holding hands and their spiritual energy is connected.

The third challenge: The limit for the secret realm is 150 members.

This is why Jiang Henian and Yan Chao weren't in a hurry. After all, everyone would be randomly teleported to a random location within the secret realm once they entered, so it didn't matter whether they were a little earlier or later.

Soon, the three races—the King Kong Fish, the Azure Water Asura, and the Dragon Head Eel—entered one by one.

When it was the last turn of the Red Skull Devil Fang Fish clan, the leader of their group, a Red Skull Devil Fang Fish, wore a golden crown and a golden robe. This was none other than Prince Hong Guang of the Red Skull Devil Fang Fish clan.

He is also Hong Luo's biological older brother.

As Hong Guang swam past the human race, it glanced at Jiang Chen in the center of the group with its pale white fish eyes. Its gaze was icy and carried a terrifying sense of oppression!

When enemies meet, this prince of the Red Skull Demon Fangfish clan shows no envy or anger, only a calm yet chilling killing intent.

It glanced at Jiang Chen once before swimming into the secret realm, with the other Red Skull Devil Fangfish immediately following behind.

in the crowd.

Jiang Chen felt as if he were being stared at by a cold, venomous snake the moment Hong Guang glanced at him!

A chill that penetrated to the bone started rising from his ankles and then crept up to the back of his head, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave!

"Such a strong sense of oppression!" Jiang Chen took a deep breath of seawater before his body slowly reacted.

Both are in the later stages of the ruling class, but this prince of the Red Skull Devil Fangfish is clearly much stronger than Hong Luo!

"The thing I was most worried about has still happened!" Jiang Chen thought with a headache.

He killed the third prince of the Red Skull Devil Fangfish, Hong Luo, and humiliated the entire Red Skull Devil Fangfish clan. There was no way they would let him go.

Sure enough, the retaliation came immediately...

Just as Jiang Chen was having a headache, a figure suddenly walked up to him. It was Jiang Henian.

"I have good news for you," Jiang Henian said slowly, staring at Hong Guang's retreating figure.

"What good news?"

"That is the secret realm. Not only can experts above the commander level not enter, but items such as spiritual artifacts, magic arrays, talismans, and pills that exceed the commander level are also unable to enter."

"Even if it's placed inside a storage shell, it will be destroyed by the laws of the secret realm the moment it's taken out."

Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback, but immediately understood.

This is indeed good news for him!

For example, even if it's the same divine artifact, its power will be completely different depending on whether it's wielded by a level four beast tamer or a level three beast tamer.

Now, thanks to the laws of the secret realm, no one has any divine artifacts, which has actually prevented all sorts of unexpected situations from happening!

Although Jiang Chen couldn't confront Hong Guang head-on, he had the "escape technique," so escaping was definitely not a problem!

If Hong Guang had prepared various magical artifacts or treasures for this secret realm, then Jiang Chen might not even be able to use his "escape technique".

"Teacher, I feel much more at ease now that you've said that."

"Alright, let's go in!"

"kindness!"

Jiang Henian withdrew from the formation, just as the Red Skull Devil Fangfish team had finished entering.

With a square face and deep-set features, Long Shijie immediately roared, "Everyone, hold hands and connect your spiritual power!"

"yes!"

The fifty people immediately joined hands and swam into the black cave in rows.

The moment Jiang Chen entered the cave, everything went black. He was surrounded by darkness and couldn't see anything at all.

The six sea hyacinths in the center of the procession were shining brightly, but they could only barely illuminate the scene around the procession. Anything further away was completely obscured.

The black light spewing from the cave was extremely eerie, as if it possessed some kind of magic, swallowing up all the light!

Under the dim light, even Jiang Chen, who had already transcended his senses, could only barely see the scene within a radius of a dozen meters.

After they entered the cave, it continued to extend downwards.

Several dozen meters later, a huge black portal appeared directly in front of the cave passage.

The black portal frame was tightly fitted into the cave walls, so that there was no gap whatsoever.

In the very center of the black portal was an absolute darkness, so dark it seemed to glow!

This scene is somewhat similar to the entrance portal of the [Sea of ​​Spiritual Power] secret realm.

However, the entrance to the [Sea of ​​Spiritual Power] secret realm was only pitch black, while the entrance to this secret realm in front of us constantly exuded a gloomy, ominous, and eerie aura!

To be honest, being thousands of meters underwater, the people already felt a great sense of oppression due to the darkness around them.

Now, looking at this terrifying black door in front of me only intensified my fear!

"Lian Wei, Wu Yao!" A low roar came from the front of the group.

"Yes!" the two women replied, and immediately two skills were unleashed on them.

"Skill: Courage Aura!"

"Skill: Dispel Darkness!"

Two ripples flashed across the dark sea, and the group immediately felt light and warmth descend upon them, greatly reducing their fear and sense of oppression.

The darkness before me was just darkness, not pitch blackness hiding something terrible.

"Attention all personnel, entering the secret realm!"

"yes!"

Immediately, everyone's eyes cleared, and they stepped into the black portal with great pride and high spirits!

……

The familiar sensation of time shifting returned, and when Jiang Chen opened his eyes again, they found themselves in an unfamiliar sea area.

Below the sea lies a solid rocky seabed, upon which stands an enormous, ancient town that stretches as far as the eye can see!

Above this ancient underwater city, there is a huge and magnificent golden magic circle lying upside down.

The underwater ancient city is in the style of the ancient Chinese dynasty. It seems that due to the protective magic array, the buildings inside the array are clearly visible.

White walls and green tiles, bluestone streets—every detail is incredibly realistic, without the slightest damage, almost making you feel like you've traveled back to ancient times.

The streets are orderly and crisscrossed, with a wide variety of shops, and banners flutter gently in the sea.

What's really strange is...

Even with the protection of the city's protective array, this enormous underwater ancient city is remarkably well-preserved!

Almost every building in the ancient city is intact and looks brand new.

There was none of the decay or dilapidation one would expect from a place submerged by seawater for thousands of years. There was not even any dust or silt on the streets and buildings. It was as if time had stood still here.

Of course, the strangest thing at this moment was that a huge blood moon appeared above everyone's heads!

The blood moon was very clear, without any haziness caused by being filtered through the layers of seawater.

The various craters and ravines on the surface of the blood moon are clearly visible, as if this blood moon is not hanging in the sky, but hanging in the sea!

The crowd looked at the enormous blood moon overhead, then at the eerie underwater city below, and fell silent.

This was the last intelligence data that the human grandmasters like Yan Chao had detected. As soon as they arrived here, their cultivation levels were reduced to less than a second before they were immediately crushed by the laws of the secret realm, forcing them to retreat quickly.

Long Shijie, Zhang Shanfeng, Lei San, and the others exchanged silent glances before saying, "Let's go down!"

"yes!"

The team descended and found that the city's protective array was formidable, having been attacked by a human grandmaster. The array was so strong that even a grandmaster-level attack could not break through it. Therefore, the only way to enter the city was through the city gate.

The journey ahead is shrouded in mystery and unknown; everyone must find their own way.

Following the protective array, the group quickly located the entrance and exit gates of this ancient city.

A massive golden array enveloped the entire ancient city, but only the city gate was open.

Moreover, the red gate, studded with golden copper nails, was wide open, seemingly welcoming Jiang Chen and his companions in.

The group slowly arrived at the city gate. Jiang Chen looked through the open gate and immediately saw that all the shops on the street behind the gate were hanging red lanterns.

Densely packed, one red lantern after another swayed slowly as the seawater lapped against them, but that wasn't the worst part.

The most dangerous thing is that all these red lanterns were now brightly lit, emitting an orange-red glow!

Even though it's underwater, the lantern is still lit!

This makes them look like red will-o'-the-wisps slowly flickering underwater, which is quite frightening!

"Senior Brother Lei, I feel like we've come to a ghost town underwater, not an ancient underwater city..."

"Stop talking," the humanoid bear Lei San said to Jiang Chen with a stern face, "If you say another word... I'll get scared!"

"..." Jiang Chen.

I have to say, what I'm seeing is really eerie!

It's like the supernatural opening a door for the supernatural; it's bizarre beyond belief!

The ancient city seemed frozen in time, the red lanterns that continued to illuminate despite being submerged by seawater, and the blood moon hanging in the sky.

Good heavens, what kind of mysterious realm is this?!

Is Jian Qingqiu trying to trick me?

Is it too late for me to quit now?

The rest of the team looked at the eerie ancient city before them, and their expressions also turned slightly apprehensive...

To be honest, they were the elite of the elite, specially selected by Sima Yuan and Yan Chao for this exploration of the secret realm.

Having experienced countless battles, large and small, and fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the scene before them was still beyond their wildest imagination.

At that moment, they suddenly realized that it would be more satisfying to have a real fight!

This eerie atmosphere is really testing people's nerves!

"Um... Lian Wei, why don't you release the [Aura of Courage] skill again?" Long Shijie suggested.

Wu Yao didn't need to use her [Darkness Dispel] skill, because although the underwater ancient city in front of her was dark, she could still see things.

Whether it's the blood moon overhead, the protective array enveloping the entire ancient city, or the countless red lanterns hanging throughout the city, they all emit a soft glow.

only……

If they had a choice, everyone would rather not have this glory!

This is similar to the lighting in some urban green spaces. The plants themselves are normal, but when they are illuminated with green light, they immediately become strangely eerie...

The same is true for this ancient underwater city. It doesn't need a blood moon, a protective formation, or red lanterns. At this moment, everyone probably feels no fear at all!

"No problem..." Lian Wei said, and then had her Ghostfish release the [Courage Aura] skill.

To be on the safe side, she released herself three times in a row!

With three halos of courage surrounding them, the fear in everyone's hearts was finally suppressed once again!

"Let's go in!"

Having regained his courage, Long Shijie let out a long breath and prepared to lead his team through the wide-open city gate.

"Captain Long, wait a minute, I have a suggestion!"

However, at this moment, a voice slowly rang out.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was Jiang Chen.

Without a word, Jiang Chen summoned Xiao Jiu and commanded, "Xiao Jiu, use the Multiple Water Clone Technique!"

"Meow!"

Xiao Jiu licked its webbed feet and obediently replied, and immediately thirty streams of water appeared out of thin air in the surrounding seawater.

Jiang Chen looked at Long Shijie and said, "Captain Long, just in case, let's send these clones to scout ahead first!"

Long Shijie glanced at Jiang Chen with slight surprise: "Jiang Chen, you're so thoughtful. Thank you for your trouble!"

"It's nothing."

The rest of the team were also taken aback by Jiang Chen's move.

It's not easy for a fishing cat to learn the Water Clone skill, especially one that has already upgraded the Water Clone skill to Multiple Water Clones, which is even more difficult!

The crowd's expressions changed slightly as they looked at Jiang Chen, their contempt lessening. Yu Sheng and Yu Ning's expressions also hardened slightly.

Immediately, Xiao Jiu's thirty water clones swiftly swam towards the city gate.

The empty city gate changed instantly the moment Xiao Jiu's thirty water clones entered!

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