471: Besides you

Deep and dim light undulated within the sea.

Transforming all sea beasts enveloped by this light into statues standing still in place.

Merman Royal Court Ruins.

Zhou Xiutong, surrounded by five black phantoms, felt a chill in her heart.

The immense light of the Dark Moon had already shone upon her.

A sensation of sluggishness and stickiness, restricting the circulation of her spiritual power, spread throughout her body.

“Break!”

Zhou Xiutong silently roared.

Purple-gold lightning flashed.

Illuminating the deep, dim Merman Royal Court, shrouded in moonlight, with a bright light.

“Want to test my methods…”

Seeing the five black phantoms surrounding her look at ease and not in a hurry to act.

A hint of coldness emanated from Zhou Xiutong’s purple-gold pupils.

She stretched out her hands.

Two enormous purple-gold Magic Treasures, in the shape of hammers, abruptly appeared in her hands.

“Tsk tsk, what rare Magic Treasures…”

The five black phantoms simultaneously exclaimed in admiration upon seeing the purple-gold twin hammers.

“Hmph.”

“Explode!”

Zhou Xiutong ignored the admiration, which clearly carried a hint of teasing.

Her Aura surged dramatically.

Endless lightning bloomed.

Boom!

Streaks of lightning snakes overflowed, stirring up surging waves in the silent deep sea, shrouded by the Dark Moon.

“Clang!”

A deafening crash resounded.

Zhou Xiutong sharply clapped her hands together.

The two enormous purple-gold Magic Treasures collided.

Emitting a metallic sound capable of shattering Divine Souls and spiritual power.

Beneath the loud noise.

Purple-gold lightning erupted from around Zhou Xiutong, exploding with a roar.

Blinding flashes of light gleamed in an instant.

Zhou Xiutong’s figure vanished from her original spot.

Light flickered, lightning exploded.

A figure, covered in purple-gold, quietly appeared behind one of the black phantoms.

Zhou Xiutong raised her twin hammers high.

Boom!

With lightning speed, they smashed down with a roar.

The black phantom seemed oblivious.

The enormous purple-gold Magic Treasures smashed down smoothly.

As if there was no obstruction.

Boom!

Lightning rays shot out.

The black phantom seemed to have turned into dust under the impact of the enormous purple-gold Magic Treasures.

Having struck successfully.

However, Zhou Xiutong’s face showed no hint of triumph.

Instead, it grew even more solemn.

“As expected of a Prodigy who is implicitly known as the Foremost Genius of the Chaotic Sea.”

“What truly overbearing power.”

Voices of amusement, praise, and emotion came from behind her.

Without turning around, Zhou Xiutong could sense another identical black phantom emerging from the darkness.

At the same time.

The black phantoms in the other four directions all looked towards Zhou Xiutong.

Their faces seemed to bear the same expression of admiration as the newly appeared black phantom.

“Who exactly are you people?”

Zhou Xiutong held the purple-gold Magic Treasures in her hands.

Her heart grew increasingly heavy.

Her full-force strike felt as if it had hit cotton.

Though the momentum was grand.

It had not caused any harm to the mysterious black phantom.

“Us?”

“Hahahaha…”

“We, we are merely explorers.”

The five black phantoms laughed simultaneously.

“Is that so?”

Zhou Xiutong seemed to ask in return.

But before her words could fully fall.

She swung the two Magic Treasures in her hands with ferocity.

Leaving two bright purple-gold arcs in the deep sea.

As she swung the Magic Treasures in her hands.

Zhou Xiutong’s figure transformed into lightning and disappeared.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two purple-gold Magic Treasures moved as if entering an uninhabited land.

They sliced through the five black phantoms that surrounded Zhou Xiutong.

Lightning like a prison.

Blasting the darkness.

Just as the purple-gold Magic Treasures swept through.

The five black phantoms disappeared in succession.

Yet, five figures reappeared in succession from the gaps where the lightning flashed.

Just as the first black phantom disappeared and reappeared.

Zhou Xiutong’s figure, which had vanished in the lightning prison, quietly emerged from behind this black phantom.

Zhou Xiutong clenched her right hand.

A fist, enveloped in purple-gold lightning, smashed down from above the head of the reappeared black phantom.

Boom!

A massive pit appeared at the bottom of the deep sea.

Waves surged.

“Can’t hurt him…”

Above the deep-sea giant pit.

Zhou Xiutong’s expression changed.

The purple-gold Magic Treasures returned from the lightning prison.

Held in Zhou Xiutong’s hands.

Zhou Xiutong turned around.

Beneath the gaps in the lightning.

The black phantom that had just disappeared under her fist reappeared.

Standing with the four other black phantoms.

“What powerful talent, what a powerful Dao of lightning…”

A hint of light flashed in the eyes of the five black phantoms.

Zhou Xiutong was silent for a moment.

She coldly asked the five mysterious black phantoms.

“Still not making a move?”

These five phantoms had only summoned the dim moon, enveloping this place.

Other than that.

They had not made another move.

Allowing Zhou Xiutong to do as she pleased.

But even so, Zhou Xiutong felt a sense of powerlessness.

This was the first time she had encountered such an opponent.

Unable to touch or grasp them.

“Hehe…”

“Do you know our purpose?”

The five black phantoms, upon hearing this, chuckled and asked.

Zhou Xiutong did not answer.

“Someone entrusted us to test whether you, the Foremost Genius of the Chaotic Sea, live up to your reputation.”

“Besides that.”

“If possible, eliminate you.”

Seeing Zhou Xiutong not answer.

The five black phantoms spoke to themselves.

As if they were narrating something amusing.

“Sowing discord.”

“A crude tactic.”

Zhou Xiutong’s tone held a hint of disdain.

“Hmph.”

The smiles on the faces of the five black phantoms vanished.

“Now we know your talent.”

“Then…”

“Dark Moon Realm, open!”

The Aura of the five black phantoms suddenly changed.

Their bodies transformed from illusory to solid.

They simultaneously struck, pointing towards the huge dim moon that was quietly immersed in the deep sea above, emitting a faint, dark light.

Buzz!

Light subtly moved.

The dim moon floating in the deep sea suddenly expanded.

Transforming into a gigantic circular realm.

Enveloping the entire deep-sea floor.

Within the Merman Royal Court Ruins.

Zhou Xiutong’s body, covered in purple-gold light, suddenly sank.

For a moment, she found it difficult to move.

Just then.

The five black figures, standing side by side and transformed from illusory to solid, quietly floated up within this vast Dark Moon Realm.

In an instant.

They had already merged into one.

Under Zhou Xiutong’s astonished gaze.

Her Aura suddenly broke through the barrier of the Nascent Soul.

“Nascent Soul Venerable!”

Zhou Xiutong’s expression changed drastically.

“Don the armor!”

She roared in her heart.

Boom!

An ancient, fierce, and powerful Aura emanated from a jade-like ring on Zhou Xiutong’s left hand, carved with mysterious patterns.

Boom!

The intense Aura fluctuation momentarily allowed Zhou Xiutong to break free from the Dark Moon’s restraints.

Buzz~

Zhou Xiutong reached out.

The twin hammers in her hands disappeared.

A ten-foot-long, fierce greenish-blue halberd, covered in scales, appeared in her hand.

At the same time.

The Dragon Emperor Crown, Dragon Essence Armor, Dragon Heart Bracelet, and Dragon Roam Boots appeared in succession.

The greenish-blue Aura slowly receded.

A figure in green armor, holding a ten-foot-long greenish-blue halberd, quietly hovered beneath the Dark Moon.

“A crude refining method… Interesting… But it’s still not enough.”