421: A Sword Comes from the East

The golden light faded away.

Fang Yuan and Frieren's feet touched solid ground again, but before they could steady themselves, a violent shaking came from all directions.

On the sea's surface, the massive vortex created by the Thunder Tower was slowly subsiding, but the surrounding seawater was churning restlessly as if it were boiling.

"Are we... out?"

Frieren was still a bit shaken. She gripped Fang Yuan's arm tightly, looking at the pitch-black seawater around them with a hint of lingering fear on her face.

Fang Yuan patted her hand to reassure her.

He was about to say something when his expression suddenly froze.

"Watch out!"

Before his voice even fell.

Splash!

Dozens of pitch-black tentacles, thicker than buckets, suddenly burst out from the churning seawater, carrying a foul stench as they lashed out at the two from all directions.

Each tentacle was covered in dense, pale white suckers, looking disgusting and eerie.

These things were the same Deep-sea Demons that Fang Yuan and Frieren had cleared out on the periphery of the Sea Eye Seal earlier!

He hadn't expected them not to leave, but rather to stay here and wait for their prey.

Moreover, the Aura emitted by these tentacles now was far stronger than before, with each one reaching the level of the Golden Core Stage!

"These damn things again!"

Frieren's face turned pale, and she instinctively began to chant a spell.

But Fang Yuan pulled her behind him. Instead of being nervous, he had an expression of eagerness to try.

"Don't be afraid."

The corners of Fang Yuan's mouth curled into a grin.

"Just in time to test my newly acquired treasure on you."

Having just received the Legacy and Magic Treasure from the Thunder God, and with his cultivation skyrocketing to the Nascent Soul Stage, he was just looking for a place to test his strength.

These blind demons were simply targets delivered to his doorstep.

With a thought.

Buzz!

A simple and ancient large drum, about one meter in diameter, appeared out of thin air in front of Fang Yuan.

It was the Thunder God's Lifebound Treasure, the five thunders shaking heaven drum!

As soon as this drum appeared, the surrounding air seemed to become a bit heavier.

Those originally aggressive pitch-black tentacles actually halted their attack momentum all at once when they felt the terrifying thunderous might emitted by the five thunders shaking heaven drum.

From beneath the sea surface came several sharp, uneasy screeches.

The instincts of these demons were frantically sounding the alarm!

"Want to run now? Too late!"

Fang Yuan sneered.

He extended his finger and lightly flicked the bluish-white drumhead.

Boom!

A dull drumbeat.

The sound wasn't loud, but it seemed to strike directly into the depths of the Soul.

A visible purple ripple spread out like lightning, centered on the drumhead.

The nearest pitch-black tentacle happened to collide with this purple ripple.

An eerie scene occurred.

That incredibly tough tentacle, which couldn't even be pierced by shells, was like metal thrown into aqua regia the moment it touched the ripple; it couldn't even struggle before it was vibrated into a handful of charred ash from end to end, drifting in the air.

Instant kill!

A complete and total instant kill!

With just a casual flick, a Golden Core Stage demon was reduced to nothing.

This power was simply ridiculous!

Behind Fang Yuan, Frieren was stunned.

Her small mouth was slightly open, and her blue eyes were filled with disbelief.

Is this... the power of the Thunder God's Legacy?

Fang Yuan himself was also taken aback for a moment.

He knew this thing was powerful, but he hadn't expected it to be this powerful.

This was just a casual flick; what if he pushed it with all his might?

The remaining demons were completely terrified and no longer dared to hesitate for a moment, frantically retracting their tentacles and trying to flee into the deep sea.

"You came and now you want to leave?"

A sharp light flashed in Fang Yuan's eyes.

He took a deep breath, and the Nascent Soul inside him suddenly opened its eyes. The majestic Origin thunder power was poured into the five thunders shaking heaven drum without reservation!

He raised his fist and slammed it hard against the drumhead!

BOOM!!!!!!

This time, the drumbeat was no longer dull.

Instead, it was an earth-shattering roar loud enough to crack the sky!

It was as if the Thunder Lord from above the Nine Heavens had swung his divine hammer!

A purple thunder halo, more than a hundred times thicker than the previous one, exploded outward in an overbearing manner!

Wherever the halo passed, space itself distorted violently.

Those frantically fleeing pitch-black tentacles, along with their massive bodies hidden beneath the sea, were as fragile as paper before this destructive halo.

No screams, no struggle.

As the halo swept through, all demons within a ten-mile radius, along with the seawater in that area, were instantly evaporated!

A massive, vacuum-like depression appeared on the sea surface. It took several seconds before the surrounding seawater frantically poured back in, stirring up towering waves.

With one strike, the area was cleared!

Fang Yuan looked at the scene before him and nodded with satisfaction.

This five thunders shaking heaven drum was simply a mob-clearing Divine Artifact, custom-made for him!

However, before the smile on his face could fully bloom, it suddenly froze.

A pressure ten thousand times more terrifying than all the previous demons combined rose without warning from the depths of the seabed, like an invisible mountain pressing down hard on Fang Yuan and Frieren.

Frieren let out a muffled groan, her pretty face instantly turning as pale as paper, almost kneeling down.

Fang Yuan's expression also became incredibly grave.

This pressure had surpassed the Nascent Soul, even surpassing Soul Transformation!

It was the Body Integration Stage!

And it wasn't just an ordinary Body Integration Stage expert!

"Hehe... interesting..."

A raspy, ancient, emotionless voice came from the seabed, as if traveling through eternal ages.

"To think it's the Thunder God's five thunders shaking heaven drum... I didn't expect this Divine Artifact to still exist in the world."

"For a little bug like you to actually obtain his Legacy. It seems I cannot let you live."

Along with the voice, the seawater in the area that had just been cleared parted to both sides.

A massive black phantom slowly rose from the bottomless trench.

It had no concrete form; it was just a mass of pure, twisted darkness.

But just looking at it made one feel as if their Divine Soul was about to be sucked in.

With its appearance, Fang Yuan felt the surrounding space as if it were frozen, becoming incredibly viscous.

Forget tearing through space, even moving a finger became extremely difficult.

"Die."

The black phantom gave Fang Yuan no chance at all. It extended a giant hand composed of pure dark energy, slowly reaching out to grab Fang Yuan and Frieren.

Even though the movement was slow, Fang Yuan couldn't muster a single thought of resistance.

In the face of absolute power, all struggles are futile.

This was the terror of a Body Integration Stage expert!

A flash of despair and unwillingness crossed Fang Yuan's eyes.

Could it be that he had just left the Thunder Tower only to die here?

Just as that giant dark hand was about to touch the two.

A sword light appeared without warning.

That sword light wasn't dazzling; it was even somewhat plain.

But it was fast to the extreme, overbearing to the extreme.

It seemed to ignore the distance of space and the passage of time, coming from the distant horizon and flashing past.

Shink!

A soft sound.

That giant hand composed of dark energy, capable of easily crushing a Nascent Soul Cultivator, was severed cleanly at the wrist!

The cut was as smooth as a mirror!

"Who?!"

In the black phantom's normally calm voice, a hint of shock and anger appeared for the first time.

It abruptly looked up, gazing in the direction the sword light had come from.

In the next second, its entire phantom form trembled violently, as if it had seen something extremely terrifying.

"It's you! How could you..."

Its words were cut short before it could finish.

This Body Integration Stage expert, who had been so arrogant just a moment ago, didn't even dare to utter a single threat. It turned around without hesitation, transforming into a streak of black light and fleeing back to the depths of the sea ten times faster than it had come.

It didn't even want the severed arm anymore!

With its departure, the terrifying pressure that could crush heaven and earth instantly vanished into thin air.

The sea surface was calm and tranquil.

It was as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusion.

Fang Yuan and Frieren gasped for air, their bodies soaked in cold sweat.

Fang Yuan stared blankly at the horizon where the sword light had disappeared, still in a state of massive shock.

That sword light just now... that overbearing Sword Intent that seemed capable of severing everything in the world... who else could it be but the Dean?

From an unknown distance away, a single casual sword strike had severed the arm of a Body Integration Stage expert and scared it into fleeing in terror!

Is this... the Dean's strength?

For the first time, Fang Yuan had such a clear and terrifying realization of Li Heng's power.

He had thought that by breaking through to the Nascent Soul and holding a Divine Artifact, he was already a powerhouse.

But now it seemed that in the face of an existence like the Dean, his strength probably didn't even qualify for a second glance.

Fang Yuan finally understood that he was still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the true Peak.