High-level martial arts: Long spear with black flames to suppress demons.

Que Shi swept over the remaining restrictions around him and raised his hand to push aside the turbulent currents surging towards him.

Mihai looked up at the enormous shadow above.

"Let's go deal with the person who activated the Zhenhai Seal, but before that, we need to deal with that big pet first."

Lu Heng picked up his spear and followed along with Que Shi.

Behind the three, more and more demons poured out of the abyss gate and converged on the sea above.

Some were crushed by the pressure of the seawater as soon as they entered the Northern Sea, their bones breaking and their bodies rapidly deforming. Others barely managed to hold on, but were overturned by the turbulent currents that followed and crashed onto the broken seabed.

The monsters behind them, stepping on the remains of their own kind, continued to push their way out.

Mi Hai didn't care about their lives or deaths, he just looked up.

In the darkness, a huge shadow slowly turned, and the nearby seawater flowed accordingly until the body turned to face the abyss gate, at which point the three figures that had just emerged appeared incredibly small.

The spine of the Kunpeng lies between the pillars that suppress the sea, like a piece of land suspended on the seabed.

The flesh on its head had not yet healed, and its stark white bones protruded from the wounds. Newly opened wounds covered both sides of its body. Residual eerie blue light was embedded within them, still fading away against the dark purple patterns.

A giant eye turned to the three of them, and deep within its pupil, the golden light reappeared, as if the creature had regained a brief moment of clarity.

Mi Hai's smile slowly faded. She raised her hand and pressed it against the stone crown. The drop of ink-like black light in the center of the crown immediately dispersed and flowed to both sides along the fine lines.

The black threads in Kunpeng's wound responded accordingly.

The thin threads suddenly tightened, drilling deep into the exposed flesh and skull, causing the massive body to stiffen abruptly.

The next moment, a deep, resounding roar echoed across the seabed. Nearby demons, unable to escape, had their bodies shatter in the tremors. Lu Heng was thrown back two steps by the impact of the waves before regaining his footing.

A fine crack appeared on one of the short horns on Mihai's forehead.

She groaned, her fingertips gripping the crown tightly, her gaze unwavering. The resistance emanating from the depths of Kunpeng's consciousness was far stronger than she had anticipated.

Simply by borrowing the power to control it, she felt a sharp pain in her soul. Without the black light within the stone crown, she would have been unable to send her thoughts into it at all.

Mi Hai steadied himself.

She gazed at the giant eye, a smile returning to her lips, her tone gentle, as if she were patiently coaxing her.

"The thing that causes you suffering is up there."

The sound followed the black silk and penetrated into that chaotic consciousness.

The golden light in Kunpeng's eyes flashed intensely. Its head slowly turned as if trying to get rid of the voice, but the black silk on its body tightened more and more, tearing open the wounds that had not yet healed.

Blood seeped from Mi Hai's fingertips and fell onto the stone crown, where it was quickly absorbed by the patterns. The black light in the center of the crown suddenly dimmed, and the Kunpeng's struggles ceased.

A moment later, the golden light finally sank into the depths of the pupil, and the giant eye slowly turned upwards.

Mi Hai still held onto the stone crown, waiting a few moments before gently releasing her grip. She flew down onto a relatively intact patch of skin on the Kunpeng's head. Her skirt spread out with the water flow, then she gathered it to her side.

After regaining her footing, she first looked back at Yuanmen, bowed her head in greeting, and then turned around, pointing her fingertip upwards.

"Let's go."

The two giant fins on either side suddenly unfolded.

The Kunpeng began to rise, slowly at first, then faster and faster. The thick seawater was pushed aside, and a newly reconnected light curtain blocked its way, bent upwards by its head, and then broke apart from the center.

Que Shi and Lu Heng followed, and countless demons surged into the waterway from which Kunpeng had rushed out, using its massive body to block the oncoming pressure, and densely pursued the sea surface.

......

On the sea, Shen Chang'an suddenly noticed that the water flow below had changed.

The receding seawater stopped, and then, in the distance, the entire sea surface began to rise.

At first it was just a broad arc, but it quickly rose higher and higher, lifting up the array patterns spread across the water. The bands of light between the several sea-suppressing pillars were stretched straight, and under the eerie blue light, a huge shadow was rapidly approaching.

Cang Gu looked at the shadow, his expression gradually turning grim.

The shadow was enormous, and its aura was incredibly powerful.

The moment the divine sense touched the edge, the other side had already disappeared into the dark water further away, making it impossible to see the whole picture in a short time.

"Everyone outside, retreat back into the city!"

He swept up several Zhenhai cultivators who had not yet left, and at the same time transmitted his voice to Shen Chang'an and Du Yue.

"Retreat first!!"

Shen Chang'an grabbed Du Yue's arm and retreated rapidly. Almost the instant the two left, the sea exploded with a deafening roar.

A massive, mangled head, its original form barely recognizable, burst from the water, followed by a towering, bulging back. Seawater poured down from between the wounds and scales, forming waterfalls that stretched across the sky.

Before it had fully risen, the giant waves that rose from both sides were already higher than the city walls.

The sky was obscured by the dense mist, and the array screens outside the twelve Zhenhai cities lit up simultaneously, unleashing a deafening roar as they faced the approaching waves.

The Xuan Yuan Zhen Hai Seal suddenly trembled.

A rapid dragon roar emanated from the seal, and part of the dragon patterns that were originally extending downwards turned towards the giant beast, attempting to approach its body.

Du Yue tightened her grip, almost losing control of the ancient seal.

Before she could figure out what was happening, countless eyes lit up in the churning seawater behind the giant beast.

Claws covered in bony armor emerged from the water, followed by more bodies breaking free of the seawater.

A massive horde of demons surged out of the Northern Sea along the waterway cleared by the Kunpeng, their sharp roars blending together.

The first few demons had just identified the location of the city when they pounced on the nearest town, Zhenhai City.

"put!"

The heavy crossbows on the city wall trembled simultaneously.

Dozens of giant arrows, inscribed with runes, pierced through the mist, pinning the charging monsters back into the sea. Immediately afterward, lightning and fire spread along the city walls to both sides, blasting away the first wave of dark figures approaching the array.

But there was more to come, seemingly endless. The sea that had just been cleared was filled up again in the blink of an eye. Flying monsters swooped down from the sky, while dark shadows in the water swam along the reefs toward the base of the wall, trying to squeeze through the weak points of the formation.

Dense demonic energy mixed with the water mist continuously eroded the protective light barrier of the city.

A series of sharp cracking sounds emanated from the points where the array patterns intersected.