txolops Chapter 127 Giant Squirrel
Chapter 127 Giant Squirrel
There's always a story waiting for you to uncover.
A moment later, the black tortoise's body shuddered violently, and its four limbs landed steadily on the hard rock—finally reaching the bottom of the abyss.
The pressure here is terrifyingly real; the seawater seems to be compressed into an extremely viscous substance. If a Foundation Establishment cultivator were here, he would probably be compressed into a blood mist in a matter of moments.
"How strong must the physical bodies of the monsters that can survive in a place like this be...?"
Luo Ming sighed inwardly and glanced around.
The bottom of the abyss was not flat, but rather riddled with crisscrossing ravines and towering cliffs. The cliffs were covered with a layer of dark green crystalline substance that emitted a faint glow. In the distance, the low roars of monstrous beasts echoed intermittently, their sounds as deep as thunder, carrying a chilling pressure.
Luo Ming sat on the back of the Xuan Turtle, spreading his divine sense and carefully exploring the surrounding environment. The Submerged Sea Crystal contained a heavy amount of water-attribute spiritual power, and it would emit a faint spiritual light at the bottom of the abyss. As long as one followed this aura, one could find its trace.
He searched the bottom of the abyss for three whole days, leaving his footprints all over the surrounding hundreds of miles, but only found a few pieces of sunken sea crystals in a few deep crevices. Moreover, the quality of these crystals was not very good, and they were not as big as the ones he had bought in Blackrock City.
On the morning of the fourth day, Luo Ming sat on the shell of the black tortoise, his brows furrowed. He pondered for a moment, as if he had thought of something.
How could I have forgotten you?
With a pat on his waist, a green shadow darted out of the spirit beast pouch; it was the azure dragon with a keen sense of smell and a particular talent for finding treasures.
He remembered its hobbies when it was on Lingbang Island, so he released it.
"Weren't you good at finding treasures underwater? Take a look at this."
Luo Ming took out a piece of Sea-Sinking Mystic Crystal from his storage bag and placed it in front of the Azure Dragon. The Azure Dragon lowered its head, sniffed it gently, a glint of light flashed in its eyes, its tail swayed happily a few times, then let out a soft cry and sped away into the distance.
"As expected, professional matters should be left to professional 'demons'."
Luo Ming was overjoyed and immediately ordered the Xuan Turtle to follow the Azure Dragon's figure.
The Azure Dragon moved with incredible speed, nimbly weaving through the ravines and rocky walls at the bottom of the abyss. It would stop every now and then to sniff the surrounding rocks with its nose, confirming its direction before continuing on its way. Along the way, it would also use its claws to pry open a few crevices in the rocks, where it would often find one or two small pieces of Submerged Sea Crystal or other minerals containing spiritual energy, which Luo Ming collected one by one.
"It seems like it wouldn't be bad to train Qingjiao in this direction in the future."
In just two days, Qingjiao led Luo Ming to find more than twenty pieces of sunken sea crystals, many of which were of excellent quality and were not far from meeting Luo Ming's needs.
Just then, a muffled roar suddenly came from afar, and Luo Ming immediately felt the urgent message from the Azure Dragon.
In the distance lies a vast expanse of sunken sea crystals, but a powerful demonic beast dwells there.
"No wonder there were no high-level demonic beasts in this area. Turns out it's that guy's territory."
Luo Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly concealed all his aura, putting the rapidly returning Azure Dragon into his spirit beast pouch.
He activated his divine sense and cautiously probed forward. He saw a piece of dark, ink-like, faintly blue-glowing Submerged Sea Crystal embedded in a wide rock wall in front of him!
This piece of submerged sea crystal stretches for over a hundred feet and is more than three feet thick. The crystal emits a faint spiritual light in the dim environment. It is of excellent quality and its reserves are more than ten times larger than he expected!
"With so many sunken sea crystals, if we were to extract all of them into Xuan water, it would probably be enough to make hundreds of sets of Xuan Yuan Pearls!" Luo Ming couldn't help but think.
However, in the very center of the vein lies a "mountain".
It was a giant turtle, with a carapace diameter of three hundred feet, like an ancient rock covered in moss, its surface crisscrossed with wrinkles, marked by the passage of time.
Its head was tucked into its shell, with only a pair of closed, ghostly eyes visible. Its body emanated a thick, earthy-yellow spiritual light. The mere natural aura it exuded caused the surrounding water to freeze like glue, and even the spiritual energy in the air to stagnate.
Luo Ming held his breath, his heart pounding wildly.
The Submerged Crystal was right before his eyes, but guarding the mine was a level seven giant turtle. With his early Golden Core cultivation, he had no chance against it. He sighed inwardly and was about to quietly retreat, intending to return and seize it later when his cultivation had improved, when the giant turtle suddenly opened its eyes.
The giant turtle's eyes were dark yellow, like two ghostly flames, and when it swept its gaze around, it carried an all-knowing majesty.
It didn't see Luo Ming, but sensed the aura of a fellow creature—although the Xuan Turtle had tried its best to conceal its aura, as they were both turtles and soft-shelled turtles, the bloodline connection was hard to hide, and at such close range, it was still keenly detected by this old demon.
"boom--"
An invisible force field suddenly erupted from the giant turtle's body, spreading outwards from its center. The surrounding seawater seemed to instantly turn into a quagmire, and Luo Ming felt his body sink, his internal magical power instantly became sluggish, and even breathing became extremely difficult.
"Geomagnetic gravity supernatural power!" Luo Ming was shocked. He had read in ancient books that after the giant turtle clan cultivated to the seventh level, they could comprehend the primordial magnetic gravity supernatural power, which allowed them to manipulate the gravity field and firmly imprison everything within its range, with immense power.
The giant turtle slowly raised its head, its head emerging from its shell. Its neck, tens of feet long, resembled a thick stone pillar. When its massive mouth opened, it let out a deep roar.
The water at the bottom of the abyss suddenly surged back wildly, transforming into a terrifying whirlpool with a diameter of a hundred feet, sucking towards the Xuan Turtle and Luo Ming. The suction force at the center of the whirlpool was enough to tear apart the physical body of a Golden Core cultivator.
"roar!"
Faced with this crisis, the Xuan Turtle roared, and a thick yellow lightning pillar shot out, which was the Xuan Turtle's innate divine power, the Earthly Thunder.
This lightning bolt truly lived up to its name as the Earth-elemental Divine Lightning; it instantly broke through the gravitational constraint and then charged towards the enormous giant turtle.
Upon seeing that such an inconspicuous little fellow could unleash such supernatural power, the opponent hurriedly formed an earth-yellow light shield around itself. When the Earth Divine Lightning struck the shield, it was directly guided to the surrounding ground.
"This defense is so strong that even a Nascent Soul cultivator probably couldn't break through it easily. We'd better run away quickly."
Luo Ming gritted his teeth and made a hand seal, flicking out a beam of azure light from his fingertip, instantly pulling the struggling Xuan Turtle back into his spirit beast pouch.
At the same time, a shuttle-shaped magic weapon shot out from his sleeve, growing larger in the wind and instantly reaching a length of three zhang. The shuttle was light blue all over and covered with wind-elemental runes. It was his greatest reliance in daring to come here - the "Wind-Escape Shuttle"!
Luo Ming darted into the shuttle, his hands rapidly forming hand seals, fully activating the Wind-Escape Shuttle. The shuttle trembled violently, all the wind-elemental runes on its surface lit up, creating a pale blue wind spirit shield, transforming into a blue shadow, and rapidly heading towards the sea.
The giant turtle let out a deep, thunderous roar, seemingly surprised that this early-stage Core Formation cultivator from the human race could break free from its magnetic gravitational field.
Luo Ming looked back and saw the giant turtle's massive body appearing and disappearing in the lightning, with a faint roar that shook the bottom of the abyss, but it ultimately did not pursue him.
However, just as he relaxed slightly, his divine sense suddenly detected a huge figure in the distance, no less impressive than the giant turtle from before.