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The Ancient One's voice jolted Depp awake. To be honest, he was startled by the portal the Ancient One had just drawn.

And it's clear that this is still not the Ancient One's limit.

Depp even suspected that if the Ancient wanted to, he could move any planet to another place.

"That's really too much, teacher!"

Depp turned around and used his power again.

This time, he chose to summon hundreds of sharp wave cones made of seawater to rush towards the Ancient One in the distance.

"Alright, I won't use portals anymore after this. But your control over your abilities was still so rough!"

The Ancient One said to Depp again, "If you can only control your abilities to this extent, then I think you will never be able to hurt a single hair on my head in your entire life."

"Teacher, are you a monkey in disguise?"

As Depp spoke, he raised the trident with both hands and aimed it at the Ancient One.

As Depp moved, the wave spikes that had been flying in a straight line began to twist like water snakes, attacking the Ancient One along different paths in hundreds of directions and postures.

Depp stood atop the highest wave, and with the full power of Neptune's Trident activated, a Poseidon suit that looked like it was sewn with golden dragon scales automatically formed on his body.

Purple lightning swirled around Neptune's trident, its blinding light seemingly threatening to devour everything around it.

At the center of hundreds of wave spikes, Gu Yi smiled slightly, then opened her mouth and gently exhaled.

Call ~

Orange-red flames erupted from the ancient mouth and immediately swept in all directions.

Depp's expression hardened: "This is magic I've never seen before. And although water overcomes fire, if the temperature of the flames is too high, the seawater will also evaporate."

Depp's judgment was entirely correct; the spikes formed by the condensed waves hissed as soon as they touched the flames spewed by the Ancient One.

Soon, hundreds of wave spikes were completely engulfed by the sea of ​​fire, evaporating into water vapor that drifted into the air.

On the sea surface now, a massive sea of ​​fire echoes the flames, and the air is filled with humid and hot water vapor.

But even this water vapor was quickly and completely dried up by the temperature of the flame.

The entire sea area was surprisingly dry.

Gu Yi stood in the middle of the sea of ​​fire, like a celestial being who remained untainted amidst the raging flames.

Suddenly, Gu Yi opened her left palm and swung it to her side.

A chilling crackling sound suddenly rang out from where the Ancient One's palm was facing.

Then, a golden trident encircled by purple lightning suddenly flew out from the other side of the flames, piercing towards the Ancient One like a comet.

After more than half of Neptune's trident broke through the sea of ​​fire, Depp followed.

Depp, holding a trident in both hands, broke through the sea of ​​fire like Thor descending.

Despite the burning pain, Depp's eyes remained clear and resolute, seemingly oblivious to the flames raging across his skin.

Upon seeing this, Gu Yi slightly pinched his left thumb and ring finger together.

With a click, the Neptune trident that Depp was thrusting at him was suddenly stopped in mid-air.

Why the Ancient One, a sorcerer, possessed such terrifying physical strength remains a mystery to Depp.

However, Depp did have a backup plan.

The lightning that had been swirling around Neptune's trident instantly transferred to the Ancient One's body via her fingertips and arm the moment the trident was stopped.

Then, with a smile playing on Depp's lips, the purple lightning emitted a dazzling light, enveloping the Ancient One completely.

Rumble!

The purple light flashed a few times, then disappeared completely.

The Ancient One, standing within the magical shield she had initially erected, remained unharmed.

"Your strength is indeed impressive, but your technique and control... are a complete mess." Gu Yi waved her hand, putting the sea of ​​fire she had created into the sleeve of her robe, and said, "I think you should think carefully about how to combine these abilities to unleash a power even greater than one plus one equals two."

Depp held the trident, pondering the words of the Ancient One.

"Combined together, and then unleashing power beyond their original form?" Depp scratched his head, pondering again.

Upon seeing this, Gu Yi immediately said, "Innovation can wait. First, break through the limit on the number of wave spikes you can create!"

Seeing this, Depp stopped thinking about it and instead condensed the surrounding seawater into the same sharp cone as before.

However, this time the quantity is 30,000!

Depp rode the waves backward, then brandished his trident, causing the waves around them to surge like a thousand swords returning to their source, relentlessly attacking the Ancient One.

Furthermore, Depp did not stop making cones during this period.

Ultimately, ten thousand spikes of water appeared simultaneously on the sea surface, surging towards the Ancient One like ten thousand waves returning to their source.

"Thirty thousand?" Gu Yi waved her sleeve, and the flames she had just retracted were flung out again. "That's far from enough. At least one hundred thousand wave spikes are needed to pass!"

One hundred thousand?

Upon hearing this, Depp nearly fainted.

Keep in mind that creating 30,000 wave spikes is already the limit of what the cloak can currently achieve.

But Gu Yi required 100,000 to be considered passing!

You really are a strict teacher!

Depp thought to himself, "But our Gao Tu has never been inferior to anyone!"

Damn it, ten thousand it is!

Depp made a snap decision and stopped paying attention to the wave spikes.

Because he knew that these wave spikes would still be completely evaporated by the sea of ​​fire in Gu Yi's sleeve.

Then, Depp took out a bottle of concentrated life essence from the system space and held it in his hand so that he could replenish his mental energy immediately when it was insufficient.

Immediately afterwards, Depp began to create his wave spikes again.

However, this time, Depp did not push his limits and still used 30,000 sticks.

"Again!"

Thirty thousand wave spikes burst into seawater with a splash, merging with the ocean beneath them.

Then, Depp created a wave spike for the fourth time.

then,

The fifth time...

The sixth time...

The seventh time...

The eighth time...

It wasn't until the 18,760th time, and after consuming three bottles of concentrated life essence, that Depp finally created 100,000 wave spikes simultaneously.

"Ten...ten thousand!" Depp picked up the half-empty bottle of concentrated life essence, took a swig, and immediately regained his strength: "I'm done, teacher."

The Ancient One felt the sharp spikes of the waves created by Depp around her and nodded slightly.

Although the final wave spike was somewhat unstable, Depp's control over water was completely different from before.

If Depp's water control ability was 10 before, it's now at least 1000.

“That’s more like it,” the Ancient One said. “Next, do you remember what I told you? About what it means to pass the training.”

Depp nodded and said, "Of course I remember, my teacher."

Soaking the corner of the Ancient One's clothes with water, or damaging a corner of his clothes as before, both count as successfully passing the training.

"I'm coming, teacher!"

As he spoke, Depp once again rode the waves higher into the sky.

Depp was in a very good mood after receiving praise from the Ancient One.

He even felt that he could definitely achieve his goal this time by relying on 100,000 wave spikes!

After all, this was a requirement from the Ancient One, so Depp naturally felt that as long as he could successfully create 100,000 wave spikes, he would have already passed the training.

Depp raised Neptune's Trident and pointed it at the Ancient One, and then the 100,000 wave spikes came crashing down on the Ancient One like a tidal wave.

This time, both the number of waves and the attack speed of the wave spikes far exceeded those of Koby before.

Facing the overwhelming spikes of the waves, Gu Yi stood still without making any move.

When the crest of the wave was only fifty meters away from her, the Ancient One opened her mouth again and used the fire control ability she had just acquired.

However, this time, the Ancient One exhaled far more flames than before.

A massive wall of fire completely surrounded the Ancient One, and all the sea spikes that wanted to harm her had to get through the wall of fire first.

All that could be heard was a constant hissing sound as one after another, sharp spikes of sea waves crashed into the wall of fire from all directions, like moths drawn to a flame.

Water vapor permeated the area outside the firewalls, making the sea area appear as if it were shrouded in a dense fog that occurs only once every thousand years.

Depp stood on the waves, watching countless wave spikes crash into the sea of ​​fire, yet the fire showed no sign of weakening.

"It seems that even a hundred thousand spikes of ocean waves cannot break through this wall of fire."

As most of the wave spikes were already submerged by the wall of fire, Depp frowned again.

To be honest, since he transmigrated, he has been abused and humiliated like this before.

Even though the person who made him lose face was his teacher, the Ancient One, a powerful being on par with Odin and Thanos, Depp was still somewhat annoyed.

How can we break through this wall of fire?

Depp began to ponder.

“Simply stacking up the number of wave spikes seems completely pointless.” Depp looked at the trident in his hand and thought, “Maybe… I can try the power of lightning!”

As Depp's trident appeared, the dark clouds above seemed to sense Depp's call and immediately changed, connecting with him.

A white light flashed in Depp's eyes, and under the pull of the trident, dark clouds surged in from all directions, gathering above this sea area.

The rain intensified, while the thunder within the dark clouds began to lurk, refusing to strike.