NOVPUBThe moment the monk opened his eyes, Wang Ba was startled.
A sense of suffocation he had never experienced before surged within him.
Shocked, he quickly averted his gaze.
Only after a while did he dared to take a quick glance sideways.
The waves rolled and tumbled.
He found that the other party had disappeared along with the octopus, leaving no trace.
He was not sure if they were shielded by the fierce underwater current or had left the place altogether.
Wang Ba breathed a sigh of relief.
He immediately urged Fu to start.
However, compared to Fu, the speed of the Hole-digging Otter was noticeably faster.
After all, it lived up to its reputation as an unusual digger.
In no time, only the sand and silt mixed with seawater could be seen, but the Hole-digging Otter was nowhere in sight.
Fu, on the contrary, dug without any hurry.
The two Spirit Beasts quickly dug out a large cave, but soon encountered a problem.
"How come the stones here are so hard..."
Wang Ba was slightly surprised as he pushed against the rock layers.
Under the effect of the Mother Qi of Dharmas, the rock layer remained immovable.
Several uneven scratch marks were visible on the surface, left behind by Fu and the Hole-digging Otter.
These two exceptional diggers were now being defeated by this rock wall.
Upon a quick contemplation, Wang Ba took out his Class III short blade magic tool from his Storage Treasure.
This time, he barely managed to carve out some fragments of stone.
"How hard!"
Wang Ba couldn’t help but frown.
He could probably guess why the stone here was so unnaturally hard.
That’s because it was probably right beneath the sea barrier.
In this place that had endured terrifying aquatic pressure day after day, the soil and rock layers had hardened to an extraordinary level, even rivaling the hardness of second or third-class magic tools.
"But if that’s the case, it’s impossible for us to escape from here... any place covered by the sea barrier will probably be like this."
A sense of despair filled Wang Ba’s heart.
However, to Wang Ba’s surprise, the Hole-digging Otter didn’t look like it was giving up.
Its small nostrils quivered and it promptly began digging down.
In a very short period of time, it produced a large amount of fragmented stone.
Seeing this, Wang Ba quickly instructed Fu to remove the fragmented stone as it also began to dig downward.
The Hole-digging Otter would pause after digging for a while, lower its head like a mole, sniff quickly with its nose, then proceed downward again.
It seemed random, but Wang Ba was surprised to discover that the Hole-digging Otter was following the contour of the rock layer, slowly carving out a narrow tunnel between the solid rock formation.
Moreover, the tunnel was getting deeper and deeper.
This made Wang Ba relieve in joy.
At that moment, he suddenly felt the water around him rush in violently.
"This is bad!"
The thought just flashed through his mind.
Boom!
The mud and rock layers above the cave were pushed up by the powerful water currents surging in from all sides!
Due to the proximity to the sea barrier, any instability in the layers below would instantly lead to their suction by the strong negative-pressure water flow from above.
Wang Ba was quick to react, instantly putting Fu, which was on the brink of being swept away by the water flow, into his Spirit Beast Bag. He pushed Qin Lingxiao into the narrow tunnel carved out by the Hole-digging Otter, and then squeezed himself in just in time before a violent wave mixed with mud and sand arrived.
Whoosh!
Wang Ba faced the entrance of the cave, the turbulent water flow, carrying mud and rocks, swept directly over his body and face.
Although he used his magic tool to protect himself, the incredible water pressure broke his defense, and a gap was instantly opened in front of him.
From behind him, a surprised shout came.
"Wang Ba! Are you okay?"
"I need help! Give me your magic tool quickly!"
Wang Ba gritted his teeth.
Qin Lingxiao behind him quickly reacted, and a ray of light fell on Wang Ba in an instant.
Wang Ba looked down and felt that, although the light was of the third class, it seemed to exceed the limit of third class...
In spite of his surprise, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Another wave swept over him, carrying with it sand and stones.
However, with this light in place, Wang Ba’s defenses could no longer be breached.
At the same time, the Hole-digging Otter sensing the danger, increased its speed.
Soon, it made a slightly bigger space and the trio continued to burrow deeper into the rock layer.
Although there were Demonic Beasts drawn by the scent in the surroundings, their size was too large, and they couldn’t maneuver inside. After surrounding the incredibly narrow tunnel fruitlessly, they all swam away one after another.
They didn’t know how long they had been digging for.
Wang Ba noticed the rock layers around him were becoming soft.
"Did we pass the sea barrier?!"
The speed of the Hole-digging Otter changed markedly.
The speed was at least two or three times faster than before.
However, the Hole-digging Otter did not immediately dig upwards, but continued to dig horizontally.
After digging a substantial distance, it began to dig upwards.
After not too long, as a fierce surge of water swept over him, Wang Ba quickly turned to look at the Hole-digging Otter.
He was both surprised and glad to see fast-moving seawater pouring in from the otter’s side.
"We made it!"
A bounce of joy burst in Wang Ba’s heart.
"Ya."
The Hole-digging Otter gestured before taking the lead through the exit of the tunnel.
Qin Lingxiao went ahead with the Token, followed by Wang Ba.
As soon as the two emerged from the tunnel, the sight of the violent sea barrier, as if an undersea storm was raging, appeared before them.
