155: Leviathan?

Soon, the day's training ended. To avoid suspicion, Ye Chen returned to the Wasteland.

With the disappearance of the bronze coffin, the negative aura in the Wasteland would only continue to diminish. If he were to act abnormally now, he would likely attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

Regardless, there was still plenty of residual negative aura there; it would be a waste not to absorb it, and it would also help him avoid Shen Jin's chatterbox attacks.

Upon returning to the Wasteland, Ye Chen headed straight for its core.

The concentration was higher there, making it more comfortable to absorb.

On the way, the Vanguard Team sent back news: they had discovered a new world!

This world was primarily composed of oceans, with very little land, which was distributed as islands across various sea areas.

Occupying these islands were a group of small fish-people who could only make "Wala-la-la—" sounds.

The strength of these fish-people was not particularly high; the strongest one encountered was only at Tier 3.

After hearing the report, Ye Chen felt a bit troubled.

His own water-type kin were too lackluster, and he feared they would struggle to carry out a large-scale maritime invasion.

Since this Mermen World had such vast oceans, he estimated that the true rulers resided within the sea, making it difficult to hunt them down.

However, with the Abyss's resurrection and strengthening system, as long as he could tear open a breach, his water-type kin would only multiply the more they fought.

After some thought, he directly appointed Cain as the commander-in-chief for this operation, leading the Snake-people, Demonized Frogmen, Demonized Salamanders, Elves, Magic Griffons, and Blood Bats to invade the Mermen World.

Cain gladly accepted the order.

In recent battles, his presence had not been strong, as his strength was limited.

Even after experiencing so many battles and reinforcements from the Abyss, he had only reached Tier 5, still lagging behind the top-tier combatants.

Portals were opened on the second, third, and seventh layers, and the army gathered uniformly at the camouflage layer.

Ten thousand sword-wielding four-armed Snake-people, three thousand Demonized Frogmen riding three thousand Demonized Salamanders, four thousand Elves riding two thousand Magic Griffons, and finally, an army of twenty thousand Blood Bats and ten thousand Bloodkin.

The Magic Griffons were huge, easily capable of carrying two Elves each, allowing them to provide long-range aerial attacks to compensate for the weak navy.

At Cain's command, the army stepped into the portal to invade the Otherworld.

This was also specifically requested by Ye Chen, as the previous invasion by Qianye had taught him a painful lesson.

Fortunately, that portal had been opened on the tenth layer of the Abyss; if it had been a few layers deeper, the final outcome would have been hard to predict.

Therefore, he had instructed all commanders that all future portals to Otherworlds must be opened at the camouflage layer.

The Abyssal Army entered the Otherworld one after another, descending onto a small island.

This island originally had a fish-people tribe, but it had been wiped out by the Vanguard Team in passing.

Cain ordered the naval forces to enter the ocean directly to hunt valuable sea monsters. If they encountered any they couldn't defeat, they were to lure them to the surface, where the air force would provide support and destroy them.

Soon, the naval forces brandished their weapons and entered the sea, slaughtering all the powerful sea beasts.

Deep in the ocean existed the true rulers of the Mermen World—the Merfolk.

The Merfolk were not comparable to those "feeble-minded" small fish-people; they possessed a high level of civilization and intelligence.

At this moment, some Merfolk were serving their "ancestor"—a gigantic Leviathan—during its feeding.

This Leviathan was the size of a giant island. No one knew how many years it had lived; it was said that it had "wandered" here from another dimension during its infancy.

In its hazy memories, the world it originally inhabited seemed to have suffered a catastrophe, and it, along with other young Leviathans, had been sent by their kin to various dimensions to escape their enemies.

It had wandered through the void for an unknown amount of time, and only when it was on the brink of death did it find this ocean world suitable for its survival.

At that time, the ocean was extremely bloody and chaotic, filled with all kinds of powerful sea beasts.

Although the Leviathan was only a juvenile, its extremely high racial stats were enough to allow it to protect itself in this chaotic realm.

By chance, it killed a sea beast, saved the original Merfolk, and eventually became the guardian deity of the Merfolk.

As time passed, the Merfolk grew stronger under the protection of the Leviathan, acquired their own territory, and gradually came to rule the entire world!

As the world's top powerhouse, and with such a massive size, the Leviathan had been sleeping until now to reduce its consumption.

Now awakened by hunger, it was gorging itself.

To cope with the Leviathan's huge appetite, the Merfolk bred a large number of fish called "Pig Fish" in the ocean.

This fish was huge but had a relatively docile temperament. It fed on small schools of fish and was rich in thick fat under its skin; an adult Pig Fish could weigh up to a hundred tons!

Driven by Merfolk guards, dozens of plump Pig Fish swam to the designated position, right into the Leviathan's open giant mouth.

Immediately after, the giant mouth closed rapidly, and the water currents swept the Pig Fish into its stomach with a "Gulu" sound, instantly triggering a small tsunami on the seabed.

A few days later, in the Merfolk Kingdom's capital, the King, who was enjoying the graceful dance of beautiful Merfolk, received a notification from his subordinates.

A group of mysterious forces was slaughtering sea beasts on a large scale.

This force not only possessed a certain amount of naval power but also powerful aerial firepower. The sea beasts they encountered were all slaughtered, and even a small squad of Merfolk scouts had been killed by them.

The Mermen King was furious upon hearing this. As the overlord of the world, having accumulated prestige for countless years, he couldn't believe someone dared to provoke them now.

The Merfolk Kingdom was not worried about the enemy's aerial forces; after all, their own powerful long-range troops were enough to cover the entire sky.

Soon, the massive war machine was mobilized, and the Merfolk Kingdom's formidable army surged toward the enemy's direction according to the King's orders.

The main force of the Merfolk troops was not just the Merfolk, but also a considerable number of sea beast armies.

These sea beasts were war weapons raised by the Merfolk, and they were also the means by which they had ruled the seas for years.

The Abyss Will was not idle either; it was constantly resurrecting sea beasts based on the souls sent back by Cain's army, and that small squad of Merfolk scouts was among them.

This group of Merfolk clearly retained their memories and revealed some important intelligence.

Ye Chen also placed great importance on the kingdom information reported by these Merfolk.

He wasn't worried about the Merfolk; after all, they were just indigenous forces of a low-level world and could not pose a threat before the Abyssal Army. What he was worried about was the strength of that Leviathan.

This thing had clearly wandered out from some powerful world and formed a crushing dominance over the other species in the Mermen World.

He didn't know what level it had reached after all these years of growth.

However, the extraordinary power of the Mermen World was not strong, and the energy contained in the meat there was relatively low, so he feared the Leviathan's development had not been very good.

If he could capture it, it would make a great leader for the Abyss's water-type forces.