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

Deep in the Northern Sea, a hand slowly pressed against the edge of the Abyss Gate.

The hand had long, slender fingers, very similar to a human's, but beneath the skin flowed extremely faint gray-silver patterns.

The darkness behind the door parted to the sides, revealing the figure of a man.

He wore a long, black robe, the hem of which hung down his sides, swaying gently like a shadow despite the turbulent currents around him. A narrow stone slab was embedded in his forehead, extending from his brow to his hairline, covered with fine lines that seemed to be growing on its own.

Another true name breed.

He lifted his foot and stepped towards the door, his toes barely crossing the boundary when the nearby seawater suddenly sank. The remaining dragon patterns lit up at the same time, and in addition, an even more powerful force repelled him.

The moment his foot stepped out of the abyss, cracks began to appear, and the man immediately stopped.

What blocked his way was no longer just the broken seal; the entire world outside the Abyss Gate was rejecting his existence. Even though the passage was wide enough, this intact body still couldn't pass through.

He glanced down at the open wound on his ankle and pulled his foot back.

"Still not working...?"

The man looked out the door. The broken stone slabs, stripped of their power, lay scattered between the seals, the connection between Mi Hai and the others completely severed. But further away, the patterns he had personally laid still faintly responded.

He raised his hand, pressed his fingertips against the stone slab on his forehead, and slowly drew out a wisp of gray-silver light.

The light extended in front of him, gradually outlining a face identical to his own. Then, shoulders, torso, and limbs took shape one after another, as demonic energy poured in from the surroundings, eventually solidifying into a complete body.

The nearby demons all lowered their bodies. Although the aura of this avatar was far inferior to that of the original, it had still reached the level of an eighth-realm true name species.

The man looked at it for a moment, then raised his finger and pushed forward.

The avatar then stepped forward and walked straight out of the abyss gate.

This time, the repulsion of heaven and earth did not stop him. But the moment he passed through the broken seal, the dragon patterns nearby suddenly lit up, and several beams of eerie blue light crisscrossed and attacked.

Gray and silver patterns quickly emerged on the body's surface, blocking the frontal impact, but two dragon patterns on the sides had already pierced through the shoulders and chest, tearing away large pieces of flesh.

The avatar took a step back, then stood firm and looked up in the direction from which the dragon pattern was extending.

A pillar that suppresses the sea is lighting up, drawing in the surrounding seawater and continuing to press down on him.

He immediately reached out his hand.

The bodies of several nearby demons suddenly collapsed, and a large amount of demonic energy was drawn out from their flesh and blood, condensing into a giant hand underwater. Facing the falling dragon pattern, it grabbed the middle section of the sea-suppressing pillar.

The dragon patterns pierced through his palm one after another, but the giant hand slid down the pillar, avoiding the brightest part of the light, and the five fingers accurately gripped the intersection of several patterns.

A crisp sound came from inside the stone pillar.

The giant hand tightened, and the Sea-Suppressing Pillar snapped with a crash.

The unrestrained power exploded in all directions, tearing another layer of flesh from his avatar. But he only swayed slightly before raising his other hand to grab the adjacent stone pillar.

He was already familiar with the weaknesses in these restrictions.

Soon, the several sea-suppressing pillars closest to the Abyss Gate shattered one after another, and the nearby pillars were also affected, beginning to tilt to one side.

A large band of dark blue light broke off from the water.

The previously barely contained edge of the abyss gate suddenly burst open, creating a wider gap, and demonic energy surged outwards.

Countless monsters squeezed out of the abyss gate, stepping over broken stone pillars and the remains of their own kind, and frantically climbed upwards.

The avatar raised its arms, and gray-silver patterns spread from its palms, gathering the demonic energy scattered in the deep sea and creating a wider passage between the heavy seawater.

……

On the sea, Shen Chang'an suddenly opened his eyes.

Before the dizziness from having his divine sense forcibly returned had subsided, a series of shattering-like vibrations emanated from the Xuan Yuan Zhen Hai Seal.

Du Yue, who was standing nearby, also noticed this and looked very anxious.

"The sea-stabilizing pillar below has broken!"

She clearly sensed that the array nodes that had been responding just moments before had completely lost contact. The illusory sea image reflected by the ancient seal began to show gaps one after another, and the power pressing down on the Abyss Gate was being rapidly dispersed.

Shen Chang'an immediately looked at Kunpeng.

The giant eye that had been calmly watching him just moments before was now tightly closed.

Between the head and neck, the previously faded purplish-black lines regained their brightness. Deeper within the flesh, extremely fine gray-silver lines emerged, extending along the veins towards the skull.

Cang Gu also noticed the abnormality.

"Get out of the way!"

He raised his hand and used the water light to support Shen Chang'an and Du Yue, then quickly retreated with them.

The massive body of the Kunpeng trembled violently.

Seawater erupted from his side, only to be swept back by an even more violent force before it could fall. The low growl from his throat grew deeper and deeper, gradually mingling with painful hissing.

Shen Chang'an stared at the gray-silver patterns, his heart sinking.

What was burned off earlier was only a portion of the control system floating on the outer layer.

Although the traces of Mi Hai's manipulation had become ineffective, what was truly buried deep within Wuya's body still remained.

……

At the bottom of the sea, the incarnation raised its right hand, its five fingers slowly curling.

A few thin strands of gray-silver thread were vibrating between my fingers.

"In the end, Mihai only learned how to pull..."

The incarnation flips its palm, and a new thought is sent out along the thin thread.

This time, the will directly pressed into Kunpeng's remaining consciousness, dragging his newly regained clarity deeper.

On the sea, the Kunpeng suddenly opened its eyes.

Dark gold and purplish-black hues clashed intensely in his pupils.

He first looked at Shen Chang'an, then turned his head back as if trying to avoid the crowd. But the gray-silver patterns on the side of his neck suddenly tightened, and one of his giant fins rose up uncontrollably.

The water wall roared into the air.

Cang Gu stood at the forefront, and the Ding Cang Pearl and Xuan Yuan Zhen Hai Seal lit up simultaneously, barely managing to intercept the oncoming seawater.

"Senior Wuya!"

Shen Chang'an's shouts were drowned out by the roar.

The Kunpeng tumbled violently in the sea, the golden light in its eyes constantly being suppressed, only to flare up again just as it was about to go out. The two opposing forces fought back and forth, causing the already decaying body to emit a dull, strange sound.

He was still resisting, but his body was becoming increasingly difficult to control.

Below, the first wave of monsters burst through the sea, their sharp roars echoing once more throughout the Northern Sea.

The command flag that Lu Qingyan had not yet lowered suddenly stopped in mid-air.

In the distance, warships turned one after another, and the defending troops raised their weapons again. The black mist, which had been dissipating, spread to both sides with the rising seawater, pressing down on the twelve Zhenhai cities once more.