Plop.
With a crisp sound, Ao Yuan had already dived into the sea.
It's worth mentioning that his colossal body entered the water without causing the slightest ripple on the sea surface, as if Ao Yuan had always belonged to the ocean.
Entering the ocean and feeling the seawater washing over his body again and again, Ao Yuan's pupils narrowed slightly, his eyes filled with a sense of relief.
Perhaps dragons truly loved the ocean.
After entering the sea, his entire being was in a very relaxed state, like a tightly wound string finally released.
However, Ao Yuan didn't enjoy this state for long before his eyes narrowed slightly.
He turned his head and looked towards a certain spot in the seabed.
His pupils seemed to be able to see through the seawater to what was happening there.
"Going to the seabed? And all three of them together?"
After a brief glance, a smile unconsciously appeared on Ao Yuan's face.
"Don't they know that the seabed is my home ground?"
"Since all three are together, it saves me some trouble."
As soon as he finished speaking, the water stirred.
Ao Yuan's figure had already disappeared from his original spot, shooting out like a high-speed rocket.
His trace was utterly invisible to the naked eye.
At this moment, the resistance of the water seemed to not exist for Ao Yuan at all, and was more like his propulsion device.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
As he sped towards them, Ao Yuan's eyes flickered. In fact, he could have easily annihilated all three with his heavenly tribulations earlier.
After all, water conducts electricity!
The power of the heavenly tribulations could have been used to destroy them through the water. However, this would have harmed many marine creatures.
Besides that, Ao Yuan also wanted to see why they were heading to the seabed.
While one Ao Yuan might not attract much attention, the fact that three of them were heading there together was strange.
"Truly terrifying!"
At the same time, the Troll, the Mummy, and the Water Ghost were fleeing rapidly in the seabed.
"Cough cough... Troll, how much longer?"
The Water Ghost asked, coughing. He had been burned by the heavenly fire earlier, and his condition was not optimistic.
While fleeing at high speed, it wouldn't cause him any harm in his usual state, but for him now, it was undoubtedly a huge burden.
"Stop wasting time and just follow me," the Troll said sternly, not slowing down.
"If you want to be caught up by Ao Yuan and annihilated, you can stop!"
As soon as he said this, the Mummy and the Water Ghost couldn't help but recall the scene from earlier.
Ao Yuan, with his entire body covered in flames, was a sight they most wished to avoid.
But one must understand, that was heavenly fire!
As beings who had experienced heavenly tribulations, how could they not be afraid?
Thinking of this, the Water Ghost forced himself to endure and dared not say another word, tightly following the Troll's footsteps.
The Mummy remained silent, simply following closely.
Seeing that neither of them spoke again, the Troll took a breath, his expression softening slightly as he said, "We are going to where that deity resides."
"Once we get there, with the deity present, if Ao Yuan dares to trespass, he will surely face the deity's wrath!"
Hearing this, the Mummy and the Water Ghost's expressions shifted, and they felt much more at ease.
They knew better than anyone how powerful a deity was.
Although Ao Yuan was powerful, when compared to a deity.
He was likely still a notch below.
Even if this was a residual deity, it was certainly not something Ao Yuan could withstand!
This was the source of their confidence.
But was it truly unstoppable?
Perhaps no one knew.
"We're almost there!"
At this moment, the Troll and his companions' eyes lit up as they looked at a brilliantly glowing area before them.
"Once we enter here, we will be in the deity's domain!"
"Then we'll hide our auras well, and if he dares to charge in, he will definitely clash with that deity!"
The Troll declared with a laugh.
However.
Just as they were about to dive into the brilliant light, they seemed to sense something, and the expressions of all three changed dramatically: "Quick! Get away!"
"He's here!"
As they spoke, the three of them desperately circulated the spiritual energy within their bodies, trying to dash into the brilliant light.
"Trying to leave?"
A deep voice echoed from the depths of the sea.
Then, the seabed churned, the ground trembled, and a massive rock condensed and hurtled towards them.
Simultaneously, the ground beneath the brilliant light surged, and a wall of earth rapidly rose.
"He wants to block us!"
The three of them immediately saw Ao Yuan's intention and were greatly shocked.
At the same time, they quickly circulated their energy, trying to escape.
However.
At this moment, the giant rock had already crashed down, striking all three of them.
Poof!
It was just a seemingly ordinary rock, yet it struck them without shattering, as if they had been hit by a speeding truck.
All three spat blood, their auras in disarray.
But!
Just as the earth wall was about to fully form, the Troll and the Mummy, who had not been as heavily struck, forced themselves to their feet, madly unleashing the spiritual energy within them.
They narrowly managed to slip into the ball of brilliant light.
Only the Water Ghost!
Because he was already injured and then struck by the massive rock, his speed had declined. He failed to enter the radiant sphere and instead slammed headfirst into the earth wall.
"Ah!"
The Water Ghost's head spun from the impact, but before he could take any further action.
A sense of crisis instantly washed over him.
"Not good!"
The Water Ghost's face contorted in fear, and he instantly reacted, trying to defend himself.
But it was ultimately too late.
Before the Water Ghost could even condense any spiritual energy, a golden light flashed from the darkness.
The next moment.
The Water Ghost's body was violently torn apart, and he was instantly split in two.
Scalding blood instantly spread out, but it was soon diluted by the seawater.
The golden light quickly vanished, and everything seemed unchanged.
Only the Water Ghost's halved corpse and the intense fear in his eyes narrated the scene he had experienced before his death.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
At this time, the water stirred, and Ao Yuan emerged from the sea.
He glanced at the Water Ghost's slowly sinking corpse.
His expression remained unchanged, and he soon turned his gaze to the earth wall.
Ao Yuan waved his claws, and the earth wall collapsed with a roar, revealing the incomparably brilliant light once more, illuminating the deep seabed.
"A residual deity?"
Ao Yuan narrowed his eyes and spoke softly.
Then, without hesitation, he twisted his body and prepared to dive into the brilliant light.
A deity!
This was not something that made Ao Yuan retreat.
Instead, if the Troll and the Mummy were not completely annihilated, they would always be a potential problem.
Of course!
This problem was not for himself, but for the Dragon Palace.
Although Ao Yuan was confident that he could withstand the Troll and the Mummy while he was present.
But one could only be a thief for a thousand days, not a guard for a thousand days.
As time went by, there would come a day when Ao Yuan would be unable to defend against them.
He did not want the incident with Little Sister Dai to happen again.