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Depp, who had just reunited with the siren symbiote, landed and saw King Atlan sitting on his throne not far away, his white hair flowing but his body already decayed.

In the hands of the King of Atlantis, the golden Neptune Trident was radiating a soft light.

Furthermore, there were invisible ripples spreading outwards from it.

However, Depp knew that now was not the time to retrieve the trident.

Because here, besides the decaying body of the King of Atlantis, there is another guardian who has been here for thousands of years.

The giant sea monster, Karasen.

The countless skeletons behind him were those unfortunate souls who came to obtain the trident but discovered they were not the destined heirs, and were ultimately devoured mercilessly by Karathen.

At this moment, countless huge and muscular creatures had arrived around Depp, their massive bodies roaming around him and surrounding him.

If it were anyone else, they would think these were several enormous sea serpent monsters.

But Depp knew perfectly well that these things, which resembled giant sea serpents, were nothing more than a tentacle of the behemoth Karasun.

Furthermore, even just one of these tentacles easily overwhelmed Aquaman Arthur, who was searching for the trident, leaving him utterly helpless.

Karasen's power is evident; he is at least much stronger than Arthur before he obtained the trident.

Depp was quite cautious when facing an unknown opponent.

However, having already experienced countless tough battles, he felt no tension whatsoever; on the contrary, he was somewhat excited.

Depp felt a little lonely because he hadn't encountered a strong opponent in a long time.

Karasen, standing right in front of him, is Depp's best sparring partner at the moment.

Depp even decided to temporarily refrain from using the Speed ​​Force.

"I hope you can hold out a little longer under my thumb, you big bug."

Depp took out the Mirror of Information and looked at the tentacles; Karasen's information immediately appeared before his eyes.

【Karasen】Sea Monster

Main abilities: super strength, super endurance, super self-healing ability, and the ability to shake the earth and trigger underwater volcanic eruptions.

Affection level: Hostile.

"It seems my good looks have no effect on these non-human creatures."

Soon, one of the tentacles slowly rose and came to Depp's front.

Karasun's enormous tentacles resembled a giant serpent that devoured the sky, and were covered with disgusting fleshy spikes.

The surrounding buildings began to shake as they were affected by Karasun's enormous body.

At the same time, roars emanating from Karasin rang out.

"You don't belong here."

Thanks to the system's automatic translation, Depp immediately understood what the guy's roar meant.

“From the very beginning, I have guarded the Trident of Neptune and devoured those false kings who were not worthy.”

"For thousands of years, I have witnessed countless great Atlantean warriors come here to try and fail, only to turn into skeletons in the end."

"But I have never perceived anyone as unqualified as you!"

"A mere Trench creature dares to come here and attempt to obtain Atlantis's greatest treasure, the Trident of Neptune,"

"This makes me laugh."

After hearing Karasen's words, Depp used the system's automatic translation function to roar at him: "Fuck you, Karasen! You're the Trench Tribe member! Your whole family is the Trench Tribe!"

Karason was visibly taken aback when he heard Depp's words.

For the first time in thousands of years, he had encountered someone who could understand him and communicate with him.

"You can actually understand me? Who are you?!"

However, Depp had no interest in listening to what the big guy was saying. Before Karasen could finish speaking, he charged forward and threw a punch.

Because he didn't use the Speed ​​Force, Depp's speed was still within Karasen's perception range.

Karasen immediately raised his tentacle and swung it at Depp, intending to smash this Trencher who dared to provoke him into a pulp!

For thousands of years, he had never seen a single Atlantean who came here who could match his strength.

"I hope you can give me some surprises, you ugly Trench tribe!"

But the next second, Karasen realized something was wrong.

A feeling I had never experienced in thousands of years seemed to be happening to my body again.

pain!

Unparalleled pain!

Depp looked at the tentacle that he had broken with a punch and was speechless.

He never expected that he would destroy Karasson's incredibly thick tentacles with a single punch.

What happened to the promise of making Aquaman completely helpless?

What happened to the supposedly strongest fighting force in Atlantis?!

That's it?

"You look pretty big, but how come you're so fragile?" Depp shouted at Karason using the system card translator. "Kid, I'm very disappointed in you. How come you break at the slightest touch?"

On the other side, Karasen was driven nearly mad by the excruciating pain, a sensation he had never experienced in thousands of years.

It had almost completely forgotten the feeling of pain, but now, having no immunity to pain, it was about to burst the house apart.

However, it had to restrain itself from struggling too much, after all, its duty was to protect Neptune's Trident, not to destroy this place and bury the trident in the ruins.

"You despicable Trench Clan, you will pay for this!"

Karasen roared and revealed its true form. This time, it would use all its power to deal with this despicable Trench creature.

But as soon as it finished speaking, it felt another sharp pain.

Depp showed no mercy and threw another punch, severing Karasen's second tentacle as well.

"Awoooo ...

Karasen howled and swung his massive pincers at Depp.

But Depp showed no intention of dodging; instead, he smiled and looked at Karasen.

Then, from Depp's eerie, dark, enormous eyes, rays of heat emanating from them shot out, sweeping upwards through the water and severing Karason's arm, which was wielding pincers, cleanly at the root.

The crimson blood stained the seawater scarlet, and Karassen stood almost motionless in place.

It seemed to have forgotten the giant pincers that had drifted to the seabed, forgotten the excruciating pain, and even forgotten its duty.

For the first time in thousands of years, he felt so... vulnerable.

"How is this possible?" Karasen cried out in despair, "What is this thing? How can it possess such terrifying power? It's definitely not a Trench creature..."

On Depp's side, the Siren symbiote immediately became active after he released the heat ray.

"Wow! Whoa! What was that just now? I sensed it, and its destructive power is unimaginably terrifying!"

"Ah! I remember now, when Ebony Maw invaded New York, I seemed to have seen him in the sky... So you're the guy who's even more powerful than Thor!"

"My goodness, little brother, you're amazing!"

Depp laughed and said, "Basic operation, basic operation, Ms. Siren, please have a seat."

Depp then looked at Karasen, who was standing there dumbfounded, and said, "Karasen, please remember, I am human, not a Trench creature."

Seeing that the other party had stopped attacking him, Depp stopped chasing and instead swam back towards the Trident.

Karasen saw this and tried to stop it but ultimately gave up.

Because it knew that it couldn't stop that guy on its own.

"If you are truly human, then all of this is in vain! The Trident and the King of Atlantis will only choose their successors from among the descendants of Atlantis, and since you are indeed human, you will never gain the approval of the King of Atlantis, the Trident, or even me!"

Karason roared at Depp again.

Depp glanced back at the one-armed monster, then smiled contemptuously: "How ridiculous. You don't think I need your approval, do you?"

After saying that, Depp landed directly in front of the throne of King Atlantis and reached out for Neptune's trident.

Sensing Depp's hand approaching, the outward ripples emanating from the trident suddenly became more intense and dense.

"You seem... to really resist me?" Depp said softly. "But the more you struggle, the more excited I become. Being able to choose your own weapon, you seem even more powerful and interesting than the characters in the comics."

Although the energy emanating from the trident was constantly resisting Depp's approach, it was to no avail; Depp's power could not be stopped by mere energy fluctuations.

As Depp's hand moved closer to the Jekyll trident, he felt as if he were reaching into a sticky, clenched mass of flesh.

Depp knew that this was because the closer his hand got to the trident, the stronger the resistance became.

The trident even began to tremble slightly due to the collision of the two forces.

The surrounding seawater also began to churn.

Seeing this, Depp said, "Unfortunately, I'm not the kind of person who gives up when faced with obstacles and rejection. On the contrary, my motto is to go for it if I can't have it."

As he spoke, Depp thrust his hand deeper again.

Just as his fingers were about to touch Neptune's trident, another force appeared.

The once decaying and rotten King of Atlan suddenly emitted a green light from his eyes.

Then, the Atlantean emperor, who had been dead for thousands of years, raised his head and stared intently at Depp with his eyes that emitted a green glow.

At the same time, Depp also realized that the force preventing him from obtaining the trident had increased once again.

Soon, not only his eyes, but also King Atlan's body and mouth began to emit green light. In an old and majestic voice, he shouted angrily at Depp: "Get out of here, you aliens! The Trident is not for you to touch!"

Seeing this, Depp sighed helplessly.

"I wanted to interact with you as a normal person, but instead I received discrimination and oppression!"

"I'm coming clean. I'm the chairman of the Gotham Anti-Racism Commission, and I'm here to eliminate you, you chauvinist, in the name of justice!"

Then, Depp reached out with his other hand and slapped it down without hesitation.

"Let me leave? What are you so concerned about?!"