456: Buried Sea Dragon Turtle

Myriad Clans Dao Domain!

Tian Pin Sea Region, a deep blue abyss that spans across eternity.

The seawater was not a common blue, but a profound, almost pitch-black, dark color, so deep that even sunlight falling into it would be completely swallowed.

The sea surface was perpetually shrouded in thick gray mist, within which massive shadows could be seen lurking, occasionally emitting distant, low cries, like a Dragon's roar, a whale's song, or perhaps the sigh of an even more ancient existence.

Occasionally, phantom palaces would flash in the depths of the whirlpools, rumored to be the submerged ruins of the God Race from ancient eras.

It is said that the Tian Pin Sea Region is the manifestation of the Innate Water Dao, and thus every drop of seawater contains essence comparable to the Dao's rhythm, attracting powerful experts from the Myriad Clans to Cultivate in the Tian Pin Sea Region every year.

However, beneath the abyss, where sunlight could never penetrate, lurked many dangers.

For instance, the legendary Burial God Whale, said to bury Innate deities, its spine a continuous mountain range, stirring the sea tides with every breath.

And terrifying Vicious Beasts like the Nine-Headed Dragon Octopus, Profound Nether Ancient Turtle, and Abyssal Demonic Dragon, which claim the lives of numerous Myriad Clans experts every year.

Furthermore, there were various ancient sea races living in the sea region, whose strength was so great that even the Myriad Clans Divine Hall was unwilling to provoke them.

But this did not deter the enthusiasm of the Myriad Clans.

Because such a vast sea region contained too many Opportunities and treasure lands.

For example, the Time Abyss Rift Valley, one of the nine Forbidden Grounds of the Tian Pin Sea Region. This is an underwater canyon located in the eastern part of the Tian Pin Sea Region, where the flow of time is chaotic. The time flow at the entrance reaches a ratio of 1:100, and it is said that at the very center of the Time Abyss Rift Valley, it even reaches a ratio of 1:1,000,000.

Many beings from the Myriad Clans come here not only to Cultivate using the time flow but also for the "Time Amber" found within, which seals various items.

Some have brought out complete Nine Heavens Cultivation Techniques from it; some obtained a wondrous pill, which, upon consumption, led them directly to the Dao Lord Realm; others acquired Divine Beast eggs, thus reaching the Peak.

But there were also those who unleashed terrifying demonic cultivators from it, resulting in the entire Family of the opener turning into white bones.

For a Transcendent, time has no concept, but non-experts cannot reach the deepest parts, as the Time Abyss Rift Valley is fraught with risks. If one accidentally falls into a time whirlpool, they could be taken to an unknown realm, or even be forever lost in the River of Time.

There are also Blood Moon Bay, Eye of Gui Xu, Eternal Silence Ice Tomb, and other Forbidden Grounds, which contain various rare treasures highly valued even by Immortals, but also harbor many hidden dangers.

But if one were to ask which Forbidden Zone in the Tian Pin Sea Region was the most dangerous, it would undoubtedly be the Tianpin Forbidden Zone, the foremost of the nine major Forbidden Zones, located at the very center of the sea region.

The Void Realm suddenly shattered like a mirror, and Xu Qing's figure appeared, stepping on spatial ripples.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his robes unmoving in the salty sea breeze, only the cold glint in his eyes revealing his killing intent.

“Boom—”

The inky black sea below suddenly erupted with colossal waves tens of thousands of feet high, and a monstrous, serrated maw burst out of the water.

The inner walls of its mouth were covered with barbs, each dripping with Profound Nether True Water that corroded the Void Realm. Its foul breath stained the seawater within a hundred-mile radius an inky green. It was, astonishingly, a Burial Sea Dragon Turtle a million feet long!

“Courting death.”

Xu Qing lightly raised his right foot, seemingly casually stepping into the Void Realm, yet the entire sky at this moment twisted and collapsed, and terrifying spatial folds slammed onto the Dragon Turtle's head like a giant hammer.

“Bang!”

The Dragon Turtle’s head, comparable to a star, exploded with a roar, and greenish-black turtle blood poured down like a torrential rain.

When its headless corpse floated to the surface, the ferocious bone spikes on its carapace were still twitching, and flesh buds at its severed neck wriggled frantically, regenerating a scaly head in an instant.

“Roar—”

The newly formed head was even more terrifying, six compound eyes simultaneously bursting forth with a faint blue light.

The ancient runes on the Dragon Turtle’s carapace lit up one after another, each containing the Dragon Clan's might. Its massive tail swept across, raising colossal waves imbued with Profound Nether True Water, surging towards Xu Qing to attack him.

“An ant trying to shake the heavens?”

Xu Qing extended his right hand, his five fingers transforming into a sky-obscuring giant claw. The Chaos Qi coiling around the tips of his claws easily tore through the Profound Nether True Water, embedding itself into the crevices of the Dragon Turtle’s carapace.

As his five fingers tightened, the Dragon Turtle’s indestructible carapace emitted a grating, shattering sound.

“Aooo!!!”

A mournful roar shattered clouds for billions of miles.

A devouring vortex appeared in Xu Qing's palm, and the Dragon Turtle’s million-foot body shriveled at a visible rate.

It struggled frantically, its sharp claws tearing black fissures in the Void Realm, yet it could not break free from that seemingly casual restraint.

“Aooo aooo aooo—”

The distant sea suddenly boiled, and dozens of equally terrifying auras rapidly approached.

Shadows spread beneath the sea level, each shadow representing a terrifying Burial Sea Dragon Turtle. The moment they burst out of the water, the surrounding seawater surged skyward, forming countless water tornadoes connecting heaven and earth, swirling towards Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's lips curled into a cold smile, and he made a hand seal with his left hand.

Behind him, the Void Realm suddenly split into nine fissures, from each of which extended a sword shadow entwined with different Dao powers.

The sound of swords ringing resounded throughout the universe, cutting down all the incoming water tornadoes.

“Just in need of some Cultivation materials!”

He suddenly exerted force with his right hand, and the Dragon Turtle in his palm completely turned into a dried corpse.

When he casually tossed it, the carcass was battered into fragments by the waves on the sea surface!

“Roar—!”

Thirty-four Burial Sea Dragon Turtles, each over a million feet long, burst out of the sea. Ancient runes on their greenish-black carapaces shone like stars, their lowest Cultivation being that of Immortal Venerables.

Behind them were tens of thousands of smaller Burial Sea Dragon Turtles, each above the Dao Lord Realm.

The two Half-Ancestor level Burial Sea Dragon Turtles at the forefront had already grown Dragon horns on their heads, and the Profound Nether True Water coiling around the horn tips even manifested small Chaos vortexes.

Their six compound eyes stared intently at the fragmented corpse of their kin, and the roars they emitted cracked the Void Realm.

“Human Race! How dare you kill our kin!” The Burial Sea Dragon Turtle on the left spoke in a Dao-infused voice, forty-two Immortal divine patterns on its carapace intertwining into a net, “Today, I shall tear your Dao Soul to shreds and suppress it in the Eye of the Burial Sea for ten thousand epochs!”

“You want to kill me? You are not worthy!”

Xu Qing stood with his hands behind his back in the Void Realm, his robes unmoved by the violent Void Realm currents.

There was a reason why this Tianpin Forbidden Zone could rank among the top Forbidden Zones in the Ancient Land of Dao; the Burial Sea Dragon Turtle clan before him was not something ordinary forces could contend with.

“You deserve to die!!!”

The Burial Sea Dragon Turtle on the left, hearing this, had blood-red compound eyes.

The Burial Sea Dragon Turtle on the right directly unleashed a tsunami spanning billions of miles, every drop of seawater transforming into a ferocious ghostly face: “Why waste words with him? Form the Myriad Turtle God Slaying Array!”

“Kill!!!”

The Burial Sea Dragon Turtles behind roared in unison.

“Noisy!”

“Boom—”

These two simple words were like a Heavenly Dao decree, shattering the oncoming tsunami.

Xu Qing's right hand made a grasping motion, and Dao runes converged in his hand.

With each rune that appeared, thousands of stars were born and extinguished in his palm.

When nine runes condensed in his hand, the entire sea region's water suddenly stilled.

“Kill!”

As the Burial Sea Dragon Turtle on the left roared, tens of thousands of Burial Sea Dragon Turtles behind it simultaneously spat out Profound Nether True Water. The pitch-black water pillars intertwined in the air to form a sky-obscuring giant net, with a phantom Dragon Turtle coiling at each node of the net.

The thirty-two Burial Sea Dragon Turtles of Immortal Venerable rank and above even resonated with the Great Dao, and several chains entwined with Chaos Qi flew from their carapaces. Wherever the chains passed, even time was frozen.