154: Sea Dragon War Sacrifice! I'm just here to raid some mines!

Ten Thousand Islands Alliance, Dragon Ridge Island.

This is the largest island in the center of the Desolate Sea, named because its mountain range resembles the spine of a giant Dragon.

Today, Demonic Qi surged into the sky above Dragon Ridge Island, with tens of thousands of Desolate Sea Cultivators gathered here.

They mostly wore animal skins, carried heavy weapons, and every single one of them exuded a thick, bloody aura.

There was no gentle discourse here like in the Central Plains; there was only the naked display of power.

The Sea Dragon War Sacrifice is the decennial grand event of the Desolate Sea and a life-and-death arena that determines the resource allocation rights for each major island.

And in the massive basin at the center of Dragon Ridge Island, an ancient mine shaft sealed by layers of Formation was exhaling gray air currents.

Wherever those currents passed, space slightly distorted, rocks rapidly weathered, and a heart-palpitating aura of "Chaos" permeated the air.

"Fellow Island Lords!"

On the high platform, an old man wearing deep blue Dragon-scale battle armor and possessing a majestic countenance stood with his hands behind his back.

Nine phantom water Dragons circled his body; he was clearly an expert at the Early Void Refinement Stage.

The leader of the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance—Sea-Breaker-Heaven!

"Today's War Sacrifice, the only prize is the 'Chaos Origin Stone' deep within this mine! Whoever can go down and bring it up, the Origin Stone will belong to them, and the sea route taxes for the next ten years will also belong to them!"

As soon as Sea-Breaker-Heaven finished speaking, the thousands of Cultivators below erupted into beast-like roars.

"Kill! This Origin Stone is mine, Black Shark Island's!"

"Bullshit! Whoever has the bigger fist makes the rules!"

Just as the scene was about to spiral out of control and a chaotic brawl was imminent, Whoosh— The previously clear sky suddenly darkened.

An air pressure more terrifying than a tsunami descended from above the Nine Heavens without warning.

"What's going on? Is it dark?"

"No! That is... that is..." Countless Cultivators looked up in terror.

Ten thousand meters above, a behemoth with a size sufficient to cover the entire Dragon Ridge Island was slowly lowering its form.

Every time it flapped its sky-hanging wings, it stirred up thousand-foot-high raging waves on the sea, shaking the surrounding small islands until they were on the verge of collapse.

Mutated Juvenile!

The absolute hegemon of the Endless Sea Abyss!

"Kun... Kunpeng?! How could it leave the Abyss?!" The majesty on Sea-Breaker-Heaven's face instantly collapsed, replaced by endless terror.

Facing such a legendary Vicious Beast, even he, at the Void Refinement Stage, felt a tremor from the depths of his Soul.

However, what made him feel even more absurd was that on the Mutated Juvenile's back, which was as wide as a plain, a person was standing.

A man wearing black short-sleeved clothes, carrying a dark purple heavy hammer on his shoulder, with a dog squatting on his shoulder.

...

"We're here?" Gu Yang stood on the back of the Mutated Juvenile, looking down at the dense crowd of Cultivators below, who looked like ants.

He didn't let the Mutated Juvenile land directly (fearing he would stomp the island into the sea), but instead lightly stamped his feet.

"Big guy, just hover here, don't move around, it wouldn't be good if you scared the little friends."

The Mutated Juvenile emitted a wronged low moan and obediently hovered in the clouds; around it, space constantly shattered and reformed.

Gu Yang's figure flashed.

Boom!

He fell like a tungsten rod shot from a space-based weapon, with a piercing sonic boom, straight toward the plaza in the center of Dragon Ridge Island.

Thud—!

The earth jumped violently.

As the dust settled, Gu Yang stood steadily below the high platform.

The plaza floor beneath his feet was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and the entire area had sunk by half a meter.

He patted the non-existent dust off his clothes and revealed a mouthful of white teeth to Sea-Breaker-Heaven, who was already stunned on the high platform.

"So... I heard you have a mine opening here?"

"My name is Tie Niu, and I'm a miner."

"I don't want that tax thing, I just want that stone. Look, can you make it convenient for me?"

...

The entire venue was deathly silent.

Even the sound of the sea breeze seemed to have stopped in front of this man.

Riding a Mutated Juvenile to mine?

You call this "Tie Niu"?

Sea-Breaker-Heaven's Adam's apple bobbed.

He could clearly sense that there was not even a trace of spiritual power fluctuation in this man's body.

But! That terrifying sense of mass, as if facing a collapsing star, made the Primordial Spirit inside him ache slightly.

Is this... a Body Cultivator expert with a "Fleshly Sanctification (pseudo)"?!

"Yo... Your Excellency is..." Sea-Breaker-Heaven's voice was dry.

"I said, I'm here to mine."

Gu Yang pointed impatiently at the mine shaft spewing Chaos Qi.

"This smell is too strong, I could smell it up there."

"Since it's a competition, I understand the rules. If I beat them all down, the mine is mine, right?"

Gu Yang turned around and looked at the thousands of Desolate Sea Cultivators behind him, who were originally murderous but were now all dumbfounded.

"Come on, all together."

"I'm in a hurry, I haven't had lunch yet."

...

"Arrogant!"

A burly Island Lord at the Early Spirit Transformation Stage holding twin axes could no longer endure the humiliation of being looked down upon.

This is the Desolate Sea! The paradise of the strong! Even if the opponent made a flashy entrance, they couldn't just tell them all to get lost in one sentence!

"I don't care who you are! Taste my axe!"

The Island Lord roared, his twin axes gathering all his blood energy, and slashed fiercely at the back of Gu Yang's head with the force to split mountains and sever peaks.

Gu Yang didn't even turn his head.

He just flicked the muscles on his back slightly the moment the axe blade was about to touch his skin.

"Divine Demon Third Turn—Counter-Shock!"

Clang!!!

A deafening, crisp sound rang out.

The High Grade Spiritual Artifact-level giant axe shattered directly into fragments the moment it touched Gu Yang's skin.

And that Island Lord only felt an indescribably terrifying giant force bounce back along the axe handle.

"Pfft—"

His arms instantly exploded into blood mist, and his whole body flew backward like a kicked ball, screaming as he flew a thousand meters away, crashing through a mountain peak before stopping, his life or death unknown.

"Too brittle."

Gu Yang shook his head, turned around, and swept his gaze across the audience.

"Who else wants to test if my skin is thick?"

At this moment, no one dared to move.

Standing still and shattering a High Grade Spiritual Artifact, crippling an Early Spirit Transformation Stage expert?

What kind of monster is this?!

Sea-Breaker-Heaven stood on the high platform, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

He realized that a true Dominator had likely arrived on Dragon Ridge Island today.

He took a deep breath and hurriedly put on a respectful face:

"So it was Your Excellency who graced us with your presence! This Junior had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai!"

"Since Your Excellency has taken a fancy to this mine, it is the mine's blessing! The top spot of this War Sacrifice belongs to Your Excellency, no doubt!"

"Please! Your Excellency, please!"

Sea-Breaker-Heaven was also a ruthless person, capable of bending and stretching.

Facing such a big shot riding a Mutated Juvenile, admitting defeat was not shameful.

...

"That's more like it."

Gu Yang nodded with satisfaction and put away the star shattering hammer he had prepared to take out.

"I'm a very reasonable person."

He took Er Gou and walked swaggeringly toward the entrance of the mine sealed by the Formation.

As soon as he approached, an extremely primitive, chaotic, and even slightly "world-beginning" flavored aura rushed towards him.

That was Primordial Chaos Qi!

Although it was very thin, for the Divine Demon Golden Body, this was a supreme divine object for repairing flaws in the Physical Body and impacting the Fourth Turn (Rebirth from a Drop of Blood).

"Er Gou, you guard outside."

"The thing below is a bit fierce, I'm afraid you'll get indigestion."

Gu Yang patted Er Gou's head.

Although Er Gou was greedy, it instinctively felt a hair-raising aura from the depths of the pit, so it obediently nodded and squatted at the pit entrance, acting as a gatekeeper.

Gu Yang took a deep breath, leaped, and jumped into the bottomless mine shaft.

...

Falling.

Constantly falling.

The mine shaft was much deeper than imagined, and the deeper he went, the higher the concentration of that Chaos Qi.

The surrounding rock walls began to no longer be stone, but a kind of squirming, dark gray flesh-like substance.

"Hmm? This texture..."

Gu Yang reached out and touched the rock wall; it was slippery, tough, and even had a temperature.

"This isn't a mineral vein."

Gu Yang's eyes gradually became solemn.

"Is this... an organism's esophagus? Or a blood vessel?"

As he continued to go deeper, the surrounding space began to appear eerily distorted.

Gravity completely failed here, upside down.

Finally, he landed at the bottom.

It was a huge underground cavity filled with gray mist.

In the center of the cavity floated a gray, dusty sphere the size of a house.

The surface of the sphere was pitted, looking like a huge meteorite.

But at this moment, it was rhythmically contracting and expanding, and every time it expanded, it would puff out a thick stream of Primordial Chaos Qi.

[System Warning: High-energy lifeform reaction detected!]

[Target identification: Ancient Chaos Beast (Remnant/Dormant State) — Eyeball!]

"Eyeball?!" Gu Yang widened his eyes.

Something this big is just an eyeball?

Then how big should the main body of this so-called "Chaos Beast" be?

"Whether you're an eyeball or a meatball, as long as you're edible, you're a good ball."

Gu Yang was not scared away; instead, he licked his lips.

He could feel that the energy contained within this eyeball was a level higher than the Dragon Marrow he ate in the Dragon Tomb!

"If I take a bite of this, won't it explode with juice?"

Gu Yang slowly approached, the Five Elements Great Millstone in his body already operating to its limit, ready to devour at any time.

However, just as his hand was about to touch the giant eyeball.

Whoosh!

The eyeball, which was originally gray and dusty and seemed like a dead object, suddenly turned.

A slit suddenly cracked open at the pupil position on the front.

A vertical golden pupil, filled with endless Chaos and crazy will, stared fixedly at Gu Yang.

A mental shock originating from the primordial prehistoric era instantly blasted into Gu Yang's Sea of Consciousness.

"Hungry..." A vague and magnificent thought exploded in Gu Yang's mind.

"So hungry..."

Immediately after, the gray mist around the eyeball instantly turned into countless tentacles, carrying the madness of devouring everything, and rolled towards Gu Yang!

...

"Hungry?" Facing this sudden change, Gu Yang not only didn't panic but instead showed an extremely strange smile.

He looked at the tentacles rolling over as if he were looking at tableware delivered to his door.

"What a coincidence."

"I'm hungry too."

Gu Yang suddenly opened his arms, the power of the Divine Demon Golden Body Third Turn fully erupted, and the dark golden light illuminated the entire underground cavity.

He didn't dodge, but instead hugged the giant eyeball directly.

Then, he opened his big mouth and bit down hard on the surface of the eyeball!

"Then let's see... who gets full first!"

Crack!