Water World Beast Taming: My Pets Can Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 206 The 50-Meter-Tall Armored Guardian [5400 words]

As they looked at the ancient text in front of them, the surroundings became quiet.

While everyone was shocked by these words, they also looked somewhat bewildered.

"This sentence seems to have been newly engraved later!"

At this moment, everyone carefully examined the oracle bone script and immediately discovered that the ancient script was somewhat novel.

"That's right, this definitely looks like it was newly carved, unlike the ancient and weathered inscription on the previous stone tablet!"

"No wonder I felt this sentence didn't quite fit this secret realm, and its style was completely different from the inscription on the stone tablet; it actually sounded more like the wording of our time!"

"yes……"

After realizing that the sentence was added later, everyone was even more astonished.

"Upon closer inspection, this section of ancient text appears to have been carved recently; it's been around for some time now, so it must have been carved recently!"

"Ouch... Oh my god!"

"Doesn't that mean that someone else entered this secret realm before we did?"

"Who is this person?"

"How did you get in?"

"What does it mean that the other party carved this sentence? Does he know some secret?"

"There's just too much information in this..."

It can be said that after it was discovered that this ancient inscription was recently carved by someone, many more questions immediately arose among the people!

Jiang Chen listened to the discussions around him, but his face showed a strange expression.

Because he discovered... he seemed to know who had carved this ancient script!

That person is probably his teacher, Jian Qingqiu!

Jian Qingqiu knew about this underwater ancient city secret realm before everyone present, and even before the four races of the Southern Wilderness Sea and the human race.

This underwater ancient city secret realm cannot be known to you without entering it, let alone knowing that it is an underwater ancient city.

Because the entrance to the secret realm is an underwater cave, those who only have a superficial understanding might mistake it for an underwater cave secret realm rather than an underwater ancient city secret realm.

Jian Qingqiu actually knew that this was an ancient underwater city and a secret realm, which meant that she had entered this place before!

Jian Qingqiu is a history teacher at Yingtian Academy. She has a great interest in all kinds of history, so it is normal for her to understand oracle bone script and leave behind oracle bone script seals.

Moreover, leaving a message in oracle bone script at a famous historical site would clearly be more in line with Jian Qingqiu's sophisticated style...

However, another problem immediately arises here.

That is, Jian Qingqiu actually entered the center of the ancient city, which means that Jian Qingqiu has already come into contact with the core of this ancient city!

Jian Qingqiu must also know the inscription on the stone tablet.

Why did Jian Qingqiu still let him in?

Is there anything that Jian Qingqiu herself cannot do, but he can do?

Hmm... Jiang Chen fell into deep thought. What could he do that Jian Qingqiu couldn't?

It seems like he's the only male, while Jian Qingqiu is the female?

It refers to the one more weakness or vulnerability that Jian Qingqiu has over him.

……

"Jiang said the cries for help he kept hearing were coming from inside this white tower. Should we open the white tower?"

Among the crowd, people stared at the pristine white tower in front of them and said hesitantly.

"Now that we're all here, it wouldn't be right not to open this white tower, would it?"

"Yes, I think so too."

"Open it!" Jiang Chen looked at the white tower in front of him, which was radiating a pure white light, and slowly spoke.

Although the inscription on the stone tablet states that this white tower is very likely the tomb of a saint.

Regardless of whether it is the tomb of a saint or not, it is a very immoral thing to dig up someone else's grave without permission.

But Jiang Chen had a strong intuition that as long as this tomb was opened, many secrets within the secret realm would be revealed!

Lei San, Long Shijie, and the others nodded in agreement. Now that they were all here, it would be a real shame not to activate the white tower located in the center of the ancient city.

"However, I have one request!" Long Shijie suddenly said in a deep voice.

"What are your requirements?" Lei San asked.

"My request is that I wait until the other companions in the ancient alley maze come out before activating this white tower!" Long Shijie said in a deep voice.

"This white tower stands in the center of the secret realm; it must be extraordinary. If we rashly touch it and open it, I fear it might trigger some unimaginable unforeseen events!"

"Therefore, for the sake of our fellow countrymen trapped in the ancient alleyway maze, I sincerely hope everyone will wait a little longer!"

Long Shijie's words elicited varying reactions from the crowd.

However, after a moment's hesitation, everyone agreed to Long Shijie's request.

It's a bit of a shame to give up on opening the White Tower now.

Because the human race clearly had the advantage at this moment, and only these people in the center of the square were the strongest.

If we wait for Zhang Shanfeng and Wu Yao to come out, then other powerful sea creatures might also come out, and then the human race will have no advantage.

If the White Tower is opened, and there are any treasures inside, the human race might not be able to get them!

In other words, at this moment, Long Shijie voluntarily gave up potentially huge benefits for the safety of his fellow countrymen.

The crowd slowly dispersed, waiting by the square for their teammates to arrive.

Long Shijie even led his men directly into the ancient alley maze to support teammates who might be nearby.

"Captain Long is truly a captain who cherishes his partners. Working under such a captain makes one feel very safe."

Jiang Chen looked at Long Shijie as he walked into the maze of the ancient alley and couldn't help but speak slowly.

"You also agree with Long Shijie's decision?" Lei San glanced at Jiang Chen and asked softly.

"Of course I agree, and I think his decision is quite rational!" Jiang Chen replied with a smile.

"How so?"

"It's not fair for my senior brother to test me at a time like this!"

Jiang Chen clicked his tongue and glanced at Lei San, saying, "Actually, the reasoning is very simple. If this white pagoda really contains a lot of treasures, I don't believe we could get them so easily."

"Look at what we've been through!"

"Skeleton legions, hordes of demons, ancient alley mazes—every level here is challenging, even extremely difficult!"

"Now that we've arrived in the heart of the ancient city, I'm even less convinced that we can get through this easily."

"Since we can't get through this easily, we might as well wait for our teammates or send some other sea creatures to scout ahead."

After listening to Jiang Chen's analysis, Lei San sighed with a sour expression, "Your head is as beautiful as your face."

Jiang Chen grinned broadly, "Thank you for the compliment, Senior Brother Lei!"

……

Time flowed slowly, and one figure after another emerged from the ancient alleyway maze, including humans and various sea creatures.

As soon as everyone came out, they immediately and tacitly lined up and kept their distance.

Many of the sea creatures swam to the two buildings in the center of the square, and Jiang Chen and Lei San immediately kept a close eye on their movements.

Unfortunately, none of the sea creatures dared to touch the statues or the Qingyu Sacred Tower; they all simply observed them from afar.

Jiang Chen and Lei San couldn't help but sigh. As expected, those who were able to enter this secret realm to explore were no ordinary people.

During this period, many teammates were rescued by Long Shijie and his men.

Zhang Shanfeng, Chen Shou, Yu Sheng, Yu Ning, Wu Yao...

However, after three hours, Long Shijie had not saved many people.

Long Shijie stood on the square, his hands supporting his knees, his bloodshot eyes staring at the procession, his face extremely grim.

At this moment, the Ironclad Dragon Shark Squad had 4 members left, the Shielded Leatherback Turtle Squad had 5 members left, the Ghost Eye Fish Squad had 6 members left, and the Sea Sprout Squad had 1 member left!

In other words, of the original 41 soldiers, only 16 remain!

The team of 16 soldiers, 4 squad leaders, and 5 people from Yingtian Academy, originally consisting of 50 people, has now been cut in half, leaving only 25 people!

This result left everyone feeling incredibly heavy-hearted!

Jiang Chen couldn't help but close his eyes!

This ancient alleyway maze is too difficult, it's terrifying! More than a dozen teammates died in one go!

After letting out a deep breath, Long Shijie stared at the dark, thick walls of the ancient alleyway maze behind him, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the darkness. He growled in a hoarse voice, "I'll go in again and see if I can find anyone else..."

"Shijie, that's enough!"

Before Long Shijie could finish his sentence, Zhang Shanfeng couldn't help but speak up, shaking his head as he looked at him: "Your spiritual energy is already half depleted, reaching the warning line!"

"And apart from your first few attempts which were fruitful, you've returned empty-handed every time!"

"You're just wasting your spiritual energy and it will affect your subsequent tasks!"

"I've been observing for a long time now. Apart from the first and second hours when people and sea creatures emerged from the ancient alley maze, there hasn't been a single one in the third hour!"

"Those who haven't come out by this time are almost certainly doomed..."

Zhang Shanfeng's words completely robbed Long Shijie of all his courage and perseverance!

He stood there motionless for a long time, then sighed heavily: "I understand!"

Jiang Chen listened quietly to their conversation, remaining silent for a long time.

This is the life of a Beast Tamer; behind the seemingly glamorous facade lies endless cruelty!

Some people get so caught up in a task that they can never go back.

Sure enough, after another half hour of quiet waiting, the four sea creatures tacitly and cautiously swam toward the two buildings in the center of the square.

Seeing this, Long Shijie and the others also moved closer to the center of the square.

The five teams tacitly kept their distance from each other, wary and on guard against one another.

Along the way, everyone quickly assessed the strength of each other's members.

There are 25 humans left.

There are 40 Red Skull Devil Fangfish left.

There are 20 remaining in the King Kong Fish.

There are 13 remaining dragon-headed sea eels.

There are 35 remaining members of the Azure Water Asura faction.

It is obvious that among the five teams, Red Skull Devil Fangfish is the strongest, with 40 members remaining, followed by Azure Water Shura, then the Human Race and King Kong Fish, and finally Dragon Head Eel.

Jiang Chen quickly realized the reason.

In the ancient alley maze, because everyone was randomly teleported and scattered, individual strength became extremely prominent!

For example, in the human race team, the Light-type Haipuying squad only has 2 members left: the captain Wu Yao and 1 other member.

The Hai Pu Ying squad excels at healing and support, but is not good at combat, so once they are separated, the outcome is predictable!

The Ironclad Dragon Shark and the Shielded Leatherback Turtle also have obvious weaknesses. One is offensive and the other is defensive, and neither is good at using mental detection to get out of the maze.

The Ghost Eye Fish possesses strong spiritual power, making it easy for it to detect weak points in the aura of the dead within the ancient alleyways, thus finding new exits. Therefore, the proportion of surviving team members is the highest!

Similarly, the ones who live the most comfortable and carefree lives in the ancient alley maze are the Red Skull Devil Fangfish and the Azure Water Asura!

The Red Skull Devil Fangfish is a Necromancer, making it a perfect fit for the Ancient Alley Maze. It can easily find the entrance and exit, move freely, and fight on its home turf.

The Azure Water Asuras were also fighting on their home turf. The dark red seawater and extremely low visibility in the ancient alley maze made it a natural assassination site, allowing them to maximize their advantages!

The golden wrasse and the dragonhead moray eel were more unlucky.

The King Kong Fish is a metal-type, water-type sea beast. Its physical attributes are the highest in the Southern Wilderness Sea, but its mental strength and perception are the weakest. Therefore, it is not easy for it to get out of the Ancient Alley Maze!

The other most unfortunate one has to be the dragon head eel!

The Dragon Head Eel, a type of "cave dragon," has a unique characteristic: all its power resides within the earth.

Once they leave the land, the strength of these sea creatures is reduced by more than half!

The ancient alley maze is their natural enemy, because the walls and ground of the ancient alley maze are made of condensed death energy, so the dragon-headed sea eel cannot escape through the earth!

So after this round, the Dragon Head Eel suffered heavy casualties, with only 13 left, making it the weakest in the square!

The five teams quickly arrived at the center of the blue brick square. Hong Guang, wearing a golden crown and a golden sea silk robe, looked calm and smug!

At this time, the Red Skull Devil Fangfish was the strongest, with a total of 40 of them!

It swam directly to the two buildings, followed by a swarm of red skull devil fangfish.

Hong Guangyi's cold, white eyes swept over the building before him, then over Long Shijie, Lei San, and Jiang Chen, before he spoke, "Humans, tell me, what does the writing on this statue mean?"

The inscription on the statue is in ancient oracle bone script. Not to mention ordinary humans, even senior beast tamers like Jiang Chen and Long Shijie don't understand it, let alone foreigners like Hong Guang!

In the arena, Lei San and Long Shijie stared calmly ahead, motionless, as if Hong Guang's words were just a passing breeze, paying no heed whatsoever.

Hong Guang snorted coldly, clearly having anticipated this outcome: "I was too lazy to guess what these words meant anyway. This secret realm seems to belong to your human race, and has nothing to do with my sea race!"

"Therefore, I have decided..." Hong Guang's lips curled into a chilling sneer, "...to use some violent means to destroy them, it doesn't matter!"

"Come on, fish! Use [Red Devil Ray] to attack the building in front of you!"

"yes!"

Immediately after Hong Guang emerged, two agile Red Skull Devil Fang Fish swam out from behind him. Without a word, a red glow condensed above their heads, and then a ray shot out swiftly!

Each fish attacks one building.

Hong Guang claimed he would use violence, but in the end he only sent two of his men.

Clearly, Hong Guang was also unsure about the strangeness of these two buildings, so he decided to test the waters first.

It's not a pity that the human race's secret realm was destroyed, but it would be a great pity if the building contained some treasures and was destroyed!

Therefore, Hong Guang only sent two of his men.

Two [Crimson Demon Rays] shot out, and Hong Guang immediately turned to look at Long Shijie and Lei San, wanting to know something from their faces.

Unfortunately, the two remained expressionless and showed no emotion.

Hong Guang frowned slightly, unsure of what the two meant.

Upon seeing that someone had launched an attack, Jiang Chen immediately looked over with interest, also wanting to know how the two buildings would react.

"call out!"

Two red rays instantly pierced through the seawater and then landed on the giant humanoid statue and the Qingyu Holy Tower.

"Boom!"

The humanoid general statue seemed to be just a statue; the [Crimson Demon Ray] pierced through it without any resistance!

Stones flew, mud flew everywhere, and a thick plume of smoke rose from the sea!

Meanwhile, at the Qingyu Sacred Tower, just as the red beam was about to hit, a golden magic array suddenly activated and unfolded in the scarlet seawater!

The [Red Devil Ray] was immediately blocked and quickly dissipated.

This result surprised everyone!

It wasn't an unexpected white tower, but an unexpected human-shaped statue.

They had initially thought the massive stone statue would be unusual, given the incredibly dense aura of the dead in the heart of the ancient city; it would be normal for a statue to come to life. However, they were surprised to find that it was just an ordinary statue.

Hong Guang frowned, then looked at the two fish and continued, "Keep attacking..."

"BOOM!!!"

Before Hong Guang could finish speaking, the wide square suddenly went dark!

A hand resembling that of the Buddha descended from the sky and slapped the red skull devil fangfish that was attacking the white holy tower!

The Red Skull Devil Fangfish instantly turned into a bloody mess, its entire body splattering with blood!

Red Skull Devil Fangfish, only 39 left!

This sudden turn of events caught everyone completely off guard!

That giant human-shaped statue really did come back to life!

However, the other party did not revive because their own body was attacked, but because the White Holy Tower was attacked!

"Buzz!"

The enormous statue trembled and hummed. After it slapped the red skull devil fanged fish to death, the stones all over its body fell down like a mountain of gold and jade pillars collapsing, crashing to the ground!

In an instant, it seemed as if stones were raining down on the entire square, causing it to shatter, the seawater to become murky, and the waves to surge!

Everyone was shocked and retreated while looking up in astonishment.

At that moment, the enormous human-shaped statue suddenly disintegrated on its own!

As it collapsed and fell, a milky white, semi-transparent figure was slowly revealed from within the statue.

Its figure was enormous, standing fifty meters tall like a statue, like a giant ghost hovering above everyone's heads!

The milky white figure stared intently at everyone in the square, especially at the Red Skull Devil Fangfish clan, its eyes bloodshot with boundless rage!

"boom!"

At this moment, the ancient alley maze at the edge of the square seemed to be summoned by this figure, and gleaming figures flew out from the entire ancient alley maze!

These figures were none other than the armored guards that Jiang Chen had encountered in the ancient alley maze!

At this moment, summoned by the enormous figure, a large number of armored guardians flew out from the ancient alley maze and then flew onto the enormous figure in mid-air.

As a large number of general-armored guardians flew into the phantom, an almost suffocating sense of oppression intimidated the entire scene!

Jiang Chen was horrified to discover that above his head was a giant armored guardian, whose actual size was fifty or sixty meters tall!

However, this armored guardian is different from ordinary guardians. Inside its armor, there is a blurry, semi-transparent body!

This body was none other than the phantom that emerged from the statue's body!

It looked like a ghost that had been resurrected wearing armor!

A deafening roar erupted from its mouth: "Those who trespass on this blessed land shall die!"

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