134: Deep-sea diving! Old Mo's beard was crooked with anger!

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

In the seawater so deep it was nearly pitch black, a series of massive bubbles burst along the path of Gu Yang's descent.

Because the foundation of Sea Dragon City had been violently torn apart, the previously calm waters above now formed a massive whirlpool spanning a hundred miles, with seawater frantically pouring inward.

Gu Yang held his arms tight against his sides, his entire body resembling a heavy dark-gold torpedo. Relying on his own terrifying physical density, he forcibly sliced through the heavy water that was as viscous as mercury, diving toward the ten-thousand-meter deep sea.

"This is so damn heavy..."

Gu Yang felt bursts of pressure against his chest; it was the water pressure from the high-dimensional Laws of the Endless Sea.

If the gravity of Qing Province was a thousand times that of the Mortal Realm, then the pressure at this ten-thousand-meter depth was more than ten thousand times that on land. An ordinary Early Spirit Transformation Stage Spell Cultivator, even if they deployed a top-tier Spiritual Artifact shield, would end up with a shattered shield and death at this depth because their spiritual energy supply couldn't keep up with the consumption.

But Gu Yang loved this kind of "violent massage" the most.

[Divine Demon Golden Body operating automatically...] [Analyzing Law remnants of high-pressure heavy water...] [Cell density slightly increasing!]

His stomach, which had been bloated and full, now accelerated the grinding of the "water soul origin stones" due to the immense external pressure.

That originally bone-chilling Origin energy began to burrow into Gu Yang's limbs and bones like slippery ice-fish, reinforcing the muscle fibers damaged in his previous battle piece by piece... "Vile beast! You won't escape!"

Ten thousand meters above, Elder Mo's rat-like screeching still penetrated the layers of seawater, reaching Gu Yang's ears through Law resonance.

Three brilliant streaks of light, like three meteors, cut through the pitch-black seabed. An Eight Trigrams Mirror floated above Elder Mo's head, with ten thousand golden silk threads hanging from its surface to barely isolate that terrifying water pressure. The two Yaksha Commanders from the Sea Emperor Palace appeared much more at ease; they had revealed their true forms, thousands of feet long, churning up towering, murky waves.

"Old Ghost Mo, this barbarian's Physical Body is impossibly tough; he actually dares to dive to this depth with his bare hands!"

One of the Yaksha Commanders sent a muffled voice transmission, "Below us is almost the 'Undercurrent Burial Pit.' That's an unstable region of high-dimensional space; even we wouldn't dare enter lightly!"

Elder Mo's face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water. His beard was shaken to one side by the seawater's vibration, making him look both ridiculous and sinister.

"He destroyed two thousand years of my foundation! That was a station specifically permitted by the Five Elements Mansion of the Central Province! If I don't kill him, how can I answer to the Holy Land? Pursue him! Even if we have to abandon Sea Dragon City, he must die!"

..."This bunch of flies is quite persistent."

Gu Yang suddenly halted his figure, stepping through the water. A terrifying burst of hidden force exploded beneath his feet, forcibly neutralizing the inertia of his descent.

He looked up at the three approaching points of light, a savage arc curling at the corners of his mouth.

"I was just worrying that this energy was digesting too slowly, and you just have to come and act as 'digestive medicine'?"

Gu Yang didn't turn back to fight; that would be a waste of time. His current goal was the heart of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces—the Central Province.

He knew very well that for a Spell Cultivator like Elder Mo, although their attack power was terrifying, eighty percent of their energy in this high-pressure deep sea had to be spent on maintaining their protective shield.

It was like a Mortal holding a divine weapon while wading through neck-deep mud.

And he, Gu Yang, was the mudslide in this swamp!

"Er Gou, wake up, stop playing dead."

Gu Yang patted his chest. Er Gou poked out a silver-sparkling head. At this moment, a thin layer of fish-scale-like armor had actually grown on its back, a result of the mutation after it had snuck some Origin stone scraps earlier.

"Awoo?" (Big brother, where are we going to eat?)

"There."

Gu Yang pointed diagonally downward.

There, a massive black crack appeared on the seabed, its edges filled with countless tiny spatial fissures. Within those fissures, one could faintly see multicolored lights flashing by.

[System Warning: Entering unstable high-dimensional space ahead—Undercurrent Burial Pit.] [Spatial fragments detected! Entering with the Physical Body can perform spatial resistance tempering.]

"Spatial resistance?"

Gu Yang's eyes lit up like two searchlights.

His Divine Demon Second Transformation was currently at Perfection, just a step away from the Third Transformation's "Shattered Void." And wasn't the core of Shattered Void having a Physical Body strong enough to shatter space?

If he didn't first adapt to the sensation of space tearing, how could he shatter it?

"Here goes!"

Gu Yang exerted sudden force, turning his entire body into a blue-gold drill bit. Braving the ten-thousand-fold water pressure, he crashed directly into that spatial crack radiating the aura of death... "He's crazy! He's truly insane!"

Elder Mo came to a sudden halt before the crack.

He looked in horror at the dense, cobweb-like spatial fissures. Such things could easily shred even the Physical Body of a Void Refinement Stage Cultivator like himself.

"He's a Body Cultivator without any spatial Magic Treasures, yet he dares to hit spatial fragments with his Physical Body?!"

One of the Yaksha Commanders also had a grim expression: "Old Ghost Mo, stop the pursuit. Entering that place is certain death. Spatial chaotic tides erupt every three breaths. Even if his body is made of divine iron, he'll be turned into mincemeat."

"But..." Elder Mo clenched his fists unwillingly.

Just then.

"Voom—!!!"

A dull, heavy vibration, as if an ancient giant hammer had struck the planet's core, came from deep within the crack.

Vaguely, they saw that inside the crack, a black-clothed man was bare-chested, frantically swinging his fists amidst the razor-sharp spatial fragments.

With every punch, the spatial fragments not only failed to slice his flesh but instead produced bursts of metallic friction sparks before being shattered by those consecutive punches!

Inside, Gu Yang roared while casually grabbing a wisp of leaking spatial Origin, inhaling it directly into his nose like he was slurping noodles.

"Holy crap..."

A Yaksha Commander was so frightened he stumbled three steps back. "He's... he's eating spatial Origin?!"

At this moment, Elder Mo's face, which had been red with anger, instantly turned as pale as paper.

He silently put away the Eight Trigrams Mirror, appearing as if he had aged hundreds of years in an instant.

"This... this isn't a Body Cultivator at all. What kind of juvenile ancient Divine Demon just jumped out of the void?"

...At this time, Gu Yang was immersed in an indescribable mixture of pain and pleasure.

Those spatial fragments were indeed sharp; every time one passed by, it left a bloody gash on his skin, which was otherwise tough enough to resist top-tier Spiritual Artifacts.

But immediately after, the energy from the "water soul origin stones" in his body would surge wildly, instantly healing the wound and granting that patch of skin even greater toughness.

[Analysis Progress: Third Transformation (Shattered Void Realm)—Spatial Resistance 5%... 15%... 30%!] [Warning: Energy reserves consuming too quickly! Recommended to maintain consumption by eating high-grade substances!]

"Consuming fast? Doesn't matter, I plundered enough this time!"

Gu Yang casually pulled a washbasin-sized Sea Soul Stone from his Storage Pouch and took a "crunchy" bite out of a corner as if it were a flatbread.

Although these Sea Soul Stones weren't as good as the Origin stones, they were plentiful and filling.

He continued to traverse through the Undercurrent Burial Pit. The Laws here were chaotic to the extreme, with heavy water, gravity, and spatial cutting all intertwined.

Gu Yang was like a piece of black gold being repeatedly forged; on this natural anvil, he was being frantically "hammered" by high-dimensional Laws... After an unknown amount of time.

Gu Yang felt the surrounding pressure suddenly loosen.

He suddenly punched and shattered a massive reef blocking his way, bursting out of the water.

"Phew—hah!"

He took large gulps of fresh air.

Looking around, the concentration of Spiritual Qi here was high to an outrageous degree.

Thick purple-red clouds floated in the air, every wisp of mist containing extremely pure spiritual energy.

The sound of waves still echoed in his ears, but the seawater here was a sacred milky white. When it hit the shore, it actually produced sounds like celestial music.

In the distance, tens of thousands of massive flying vehicles blotted out the sun. There were thousand-foot-long white jade flying boats, golden chariots pulled by nine flood dragons, and even mobile palaces situated directly on massive purple clouds.

Here, there was no longer the poverty of the Savage Domain, nor the desolation of Qing Province.

This was the core of the entire Spirit Realm, the place where resources were most abundant and prodigies most concentrated.

[Arrival at target area: Three Thousand Dao Provinces heartland—Central Province!] [Current Cultivation: Divine Demon Golden Body · Initial Level (Second Transformation Perfection)—Foundation Overload State.] [Wanted Poster Updated: Jointly wanted by Grand Void Holy Land and Sea Emperor Palace; Reward: One million high-grade spirit crystals.]

"One million high-grade spirit crystals?"

Gu Yang patted the water off himself. Feeling the waves of arrogant, powerful, and "alluring" prodigies nearby, he revealed an extremely bright smile.

"So my current value... is this delicious."

He looked toward the magnificent city gate towering into the clouds not far away—"Five Elements Mansion Gate."

"Bratty kids of the Central Province, your 'Ultimate Chef' has come online."