Water World Beast Taming: My Pets Can Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 185 The Ancient City of the Great Cataclysm?

"Let's continue exploring the secret realm; we'll focus on observing Jiang Chen's situation."

On the rooftops of the ancient city's houses, arranged in a tile-like pattern, Lei San slowly stood up on the dark ridge. He glanced at everyone and said slowly, "Regardless of whether Jiang Chen can play a key role in the subsequent exploration, let's wait and see."

"It would be best if it worked, but if it doesn't, it won't have any impact for the time being."

"As for the matter of him hearing cries for help, let's wait and see how things develop."

"Yes." Everyone nodded.

The eight people immediately rejoined the group and continued forward along the main street of the ancient city. However, after Long Shijie's reminder, everyone couldn't help but divert some of their attention to Jiang Chen.

"How is it?" Back in the group, Lei San immediately asked Jiang Chen, "Can you still hear cries for help?"

"able."

Jiang Chen immediately told Lei San what he had discovered. In this secret realm, Lei San, who cultivated both body refinement and beast taming, was undoubtedly the strongest.

At the same time, Lei San was also his senior brother, so Jiang Chen had no need to hide anything and told him everything directly.

Sure enough, after Lei San listened to Jiang Chen's words, his expression, which had been somewhat skeptical, immediately became serious.

Lei San looked at Chu Yun, who was perched on Jiang Chen's head like a blue jellyfish, and said with a serious expression, "The Turritopsis dohrnii is one of the strongest light-type pets."

"Its [Lighthouse Guardian] skill can weaken this sound, so it's probably related to the dense necromantic aura in the Ancient City Secret Realm."

"Furthermore, your statement that the trip ends once you leave the city gate is highly suspicious."

"Stay vigilant, we'll see what happens next!"

"yes!"

A group of people continued to walk along the wide main street of the ancient city. This street, which leads directly to the city gate, is extremely wide, nearly fifty meters in width, and can easily accommodate a line of people standing side by side.

"This ancient city must have been incredibly prosperous in the past!"

"Yes, I've seen pictures of ancient capitals in books, and I feel that this ancient city is in no way inferior to the capitals described in history books!"

"I think so too..."

The group continued onward, exploring all around them, and were all captivated by this prosperous ancient city.

Before this ancient city sank, it must have been incredibly magnificent and prosperous.

"Senior brother, can you tell which dynasty this ancient city belongs to?" Jiang Chen asked Lei San.

"It should be from the Ming or Qing dynasty," Lei San said slowly.

"Because of the discovery of this underwater ancient city, especially after the principal's exploration showed that it is very likely an ancient human town, the principal specially invited several teachers to give me extra lessons."

"Therefore, based on the surrounding buildings and some decorations, we can conclude that this underwater ancient city is in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties!"

"How is this possible?" As soon as Lei San finished speaking, Long Shijie, who was walking at the front, turned around and asked.

He looked puzzled: "This ancient city clearly shows traces of spiritual energy, and there are signs of beast tamers!"

"But we Beast Tamers only came into existence a thousand years ago during the Great Cataclysm, so the timeline doesn't match!"

As Jiang Chen looked at the two of them, he realized that the history of this world was completely different from that of his previous life on Earth.

Although it also had ancient dynasties such as Qin, Han, Yuan, Ming and Qing, it took a completely different path after the late Qing Dynasty.

That turning point was the cataclysmic event!

Cataclysmic Event: Due to a certain event, the landmasses of the world underwent a tremendous change. After the change, the landmasses collapsed, the earth shattered, and almost 90 percent of the landmasses sank into the sea!

Today, almost all of the land in the Dragon Kingdom, except for the roof of the world, is buried deep beneath the sea.

As for what exactly the cataclysmic event is?

No one knows.

This remains a part of history shrouded in mystery.

Now that Long Shijie says the timing doesn't match, it really doesn't match.

According to modern archaeological understanding, beast tamers and spiritual power only emerged after the Great Cataclysm, that is, after the late Qing Dynasty.

However, this underwater ancient city secret realm now shows that beast tamers already existed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which immediately creates a contradiction!

Lei San shrugged, his expression completely innocent: "In short, based on the knowledge I've been cramming on about ancient city architecture lately, the architectural style of this ancient city does indeed belong to the Ming and Qing dynasties."

"Is it possible that this ancient city was built later, and because the owner was nostalgic, it was built in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties?" Jiang Chen interjected.

"That's also a possibility," Long Shijie said.

However, this possibility... Jiang Chen looked at the magnificent ancient city that seemed to stretch endlessly before him and felt a bit of a headache.

This ancient city is just too big, too big!

If this was indeed built by later generations following the style of the ancient city of the Ming and Qing dynasties, then just how much did the builder love things from the ancient dynasties?

After exchanging a few words, the group gradually fell silent again.

There are just too many strange and inexplicable things about this ancient underwater city of Qingyu. At this moment, everyone felt completely confused and had nowhere to discuss it.

Moreover, none of the people present were archaeologists, so they couldn't come up with any conclusions.

At first, the group was able to open the doors of the buildings along the way and go inside to take a look.

After looking at dozens of places, I simply didn't have the energy left.

The group quickened their pace and swam toward the center of the ancient city.

The spiritual and necromantic energy in the center of the ancient city is extremely dense; we should be able to discover something there.

Unbeknownst to everyone, as they gradually left and disappeared from sight, the doors and windows that had been open at the city gate inexplicably closed slowly on their own.

Just like it was at the beginning.

The water flowed gently, as if something had changed, yet nothing had changed at all; only the scarlet lanterns continued to slowly emit a blood-red light.

……

"There's trouble ahead!"

After the group had ventured about twenty or thirty kilometers into the ancient city, Jiang Chen, seeing Xiao Jiu Shui's clone rapidly returning from the front, reminded everyone.

"What's wrong?"

Lei San, Long Shijie, and the others quickly looked over.

Jiang Chen quickly communicated with his pet beast and relayed the message: "A massive magic array has appeared in the ancient city area ahead, blocking our path!"

"What level is the magic array?" Long Shijie asked hurriedly.

"It's a level five magic array!"

"Okay." Long Shijie and the others breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this.

They have only explored a small part of this ancient city's secret realm, and in this short time, apart from the haul from the skeleton legion at the city gate, they have gained nothing else.

If a magic array suddenly appears in front of them, and if this magic array is of a high level, similar to the city-protecting magic array above their heads, then they can simply return the way they came.

Even with their current strength, they couldn't open it by smashing it with their heads, no matter how hard they tried.

But if it's just a level five magic array, then they have a chance!

Long Shijie, Lei San, and the others are not level 5 beast tamers, but they possess the strength of level 5 beast tamers.

Soon, after the group advanced for a while, a massive golden magic array appeared in the ancient city sea area in front of them!

If the entire protective formation of Qingyu Ancient City is a large bowl, then what is blocking everyone's way now is a bowl within a bowl, a small bowl within a large bowl.

Lei Sanyou approached the magic circle, first carefully examining its strength, then frowning as he looked around: "Shall we try going to the left or right to see if we can get around this magic circle?"

Jiang Chen looked at Xiao Jiu, who had closed her eyes, and said, "Wait a minute, I've already sent Xiao Jiu's water avatar to investigate!"

Lei San, Long Shijie, and the others nodded in agreement. Indeed, this handsome young man was quite striking.

Whether it's a shadow clone, a water clone, or a clone of any other element, they all share a powerful characteristic.

That is, when this clone is destroyed or disappears, everything that the clone saw and gained during that period will return to the pet's body.

While waiting for Xiao Jiu Shui to use his clones to detect him, the others were not idle either.

Lei San and Long Shijie attempted to attack the magic array, only to discover that although it was only a fifth-grade magic array, it was extremely sturdy and would require at least three or four of them working together to break it.

Secondly, this magic circle has a shielding effect!

Whether it was Lei San, Long Shijie, or even Captain Lian Wei of the Ghost Eye Fish, none of them could see through this magic array and had no idea what was happening inside.

This immediately made everyone a little wary, because they didn't know what was inside the magic array, so they didn't open it carelessly.

Yu Sheng, who has a somewhat irritable temper, also tried to dig through the ground, but found that the magic circle was also deeply embedded in the ground, making it impossible to dig a hole through.

A moment later, Xiao Jiu finally opened her eyes again.

Jiang Chen immediately received the answer: "No, Xiao Jiu's water clones have advanced dozens of kilometers along both sides of the magic array, but still haven't seen the end."

"It seems we can only break through with brute force!" Lei San frowned.

Jiang Chen frowned slightly as he looked at the level-five golden magic array in front of him.

For some reason, the moment he heard that he had to break the magic array by brute force, he felt a sense of unease.

Especially as you venture deeper into the ancient city, the aura of the dead grows stronger and the eerie feeling intensifies!

At the same time, the cry for help beside Jiang Chen's ear gradually became clearer and clearer!

All of this made Jiang Chen feel somewhat uncomfortable!

Lei San, Long Shijie, Yu Sheng, Yu Ning, and the others seemed to have the same bad premonition, so they all looked hesitant when they looked at the level 5 magic array in front of them.

"Break it open!" Long Shijie announced after a long pause.

"This is just a fifth-grade magic array. If there's anything terrifying inside, its strength is probably only at the fifth grade. After all, anything stronger would have broken through the array on its own long ago!"

"As long as their strength doesn't exceed the fifth rank, we can handle it!"

Everyone nodded in agreement; Long Shijie's analysis was spot on.

"Then I'll do it!"

Lei San, resembling a human bear, took the initiative to speak and stepped forward to the golden magic circle.

The phantom of the Thunderous Snowstorm Bear appeared and enveloped his entire body, unleashing powerful spiritual energy that rippled across the seawater.

With a low shout, Lei San unleashed a burst of lightning from his right bear claw, unleashing a series of blue lightning snakes that surged wildly. Those around him couldn't help but retreat, simultaneously releasing their spiritual energy to envelop their bodies.

There's no way around it; lightning is inherently overpowered in the water world. If you don't use spiritual power to envelop and isolate the seawater, you might accidentally harm innocent bystanders!

Skill: Thunderous Claws!

With a roar, lightning crackled around Lei San, and his dazzling right hand slammed into the magic array in front of him!

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!"

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