NOVPUBThe conditions to freely enter and exit involves either being unaffected by the power of Yuanci, having fast enough speed, or having a Cultivation Method with special effects, and so on.
Although each of them held top standings in their respective fields among the Nascent Souls, in order to cross the sea barrier, they found themselves somewhat powerless.
Upon hearing this, Miao Jilong from Qianliu Peak frowned slightly but still said, "Count me in as well. But if there’s no gain this time, I hope my fellow brothers would forgive me if I’m unable to accompany you further. I have some issues to attend to within the Sect."
Upon hearing this, Ma Shengxu chuckled, "Ha, could you possibly be busier than me?"
As a master of the department, and especially being the busiest within the Spirit Plant Department, Ma Shengxu indeed had countless matters to attend to.
Upon hearing this, Miao Jilong could only respond with a bitter smile.
Soon, they were joined by several others.
...
"Why is there still a sea barrier here?!"
Wang Ba gripped the map with both hands, unable to comprehend the massive sea barrier in the distance.
Although these sea barriers all look the same from the outside, Wang Ba was certain this was unlike any sea barrier he had encountered before.
It wasn’t the one near Elong Beach either.
After all, according to the map, even though Elong Beach was in the same direction they were heading, there was still quite a distance from their current location to the Southern Shoreline of West Sea Country.
Yet, Elong Beach is only about a hundred miles from the Southern Shoreline of West Sea Country.
A simple comparison would lead to this conclusion.
"Could it be... this sea barrier emerged after this map was drawn?"
After several rounds of consideration, Wang Ba could only arrive at this guess.
After pondering for a moment, he decided to call out Qin Lingxiao and informed him about the sea barrier.
However, to his surprise, for some reason, Qin Lingxiao seemed colder than before.
Still, Wang Ba didn’t concern himself over this, and expressed his idea directly:
"I plan to have the Hole-digging Otter lead us through this sea barrier."
"As you wish, Wang."
Qin Lingxiao’s response was indifferent.
Even though Wang Ba found it strange, he simply nodded in response.
He then grabbed the back of the Hole-digging Otter’s neck, lifting it up.
He took out a bottle of intact Class II Spirit Chicken essence from his Storage Treasure, deliberately revealing the frozen contents to the Otter.
"Ya! Yaya!"
The Hole-digging Otter was instantly excited!
A great benefactor!
Wang Ba then pointed at the chicken essence and towards the distant sea barrier:
"This... through there... yes... else... no!"
The Hole-digging Otter: ?!
It raised its little arm in anger, clenching its fist!
"Ya! Ya!"
"Objection overruled."
Wang Ba directly tossed it into the sea.
The Hole-digging Otter swam backstroke angrily on the surface of the sea, paddling its hind legs about while scurrying in all directions.
However, upon seeing Wang Ba holding the porcelain bottle in his hand and waving it again...
In the end, it reluctantly waved goodbye to Wang Ba and dived into the sea.
By the side, Qin Lingxiao who had purposefully maintained a cold expression, couldn’t help but let the corners of his mouth turn up a bit upon seeing this scene, though his face became stern again immediately.
However, a fleeting sadness could be seen in his eyes.
Wang Ba put away the porcelain bottle and said to Qin Lingxiao:
"Let’s go."
Hence, the two of them entered Fu’s mouth.
Fu did not immediately dive to the bottom of the sea, but sniffed at the sea surface. A glint of joy could be spotted in his eyes.
However, remembering Wang Ba’s arrangement, it held back its desire and dove into the sea.
As it was swimming, it seemed to sense something. The desire in its eyes grew stronger, and it unconsciously swam towards a dark area.
The Hole-digging Otter, which had been waiting around, got anxious upon seeing Fu swim in a different direction and waved its arms frantically.
"Ya!"
Numerous bubbles rose from its mouth.
But Fu didn’t hear it at all.
The Hole-digging Otter had no choice but to swiftly swim in its direction. It gently sniffed the water.
Within the sea water, a faint scent of blood was spreading...
About half a day later.
Wang Ba, holding a black and green token, together with Qin Lingxiao, Fu, and the Hole-digging Otter, once again started excavating at the bottom of the sea.
Of course, it was mainly Fu and the Hole-digging Otter who were doing the work.
On the other hand, Qin Lingxiao seemed absent-minded, lost in his thoughts.
Wang Ba, however, was looking at the distance with confusion in his eyes.
"Strange... there don’t seem to be many Demonic Beasts here..."
To be accurate, it wasn’t just a lack, but an almost complete absence.
It appeared as if there was some terrifying existence hiding in this sea barrier, causing the Demonic Beasts to avoid this place.
On the contrary, when Wang Ba looked around, he could see quite a few Demonic Beasts circling within the sea barrier, except for this section.
Wang Ba hesitated for a moment. Seeing the Hole-digging Otter and Fu digging quickly into the depths, about to reach under the sea barrier, his heart settled a bit.
Having had the experience of digging before, the Hole-digging Otter was much faster this time.
It was still digging downwards following the rock layers.
Wang Ba and Qin Lingxiao were standing side by side, close to the Hole-digging Otter.
Ready to squeeze into the tunnel at any moment.
He had already called back Fu.
Now that they had reached the rock layers, Fu’s large size was of no use.
"According to the experience from last time, the soil and rock layers above will be absorbed, then this time..."
Wang Ba was counting down silently.
Sure enough, three counts in, boom! 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
The water flow suddenly surged!
Gravel rapidly raced upwards!
At this critical moment, Wang Ba immediately pushed Qin Lingxiao into the tunnel and then followed in himself.
It wasn’t until after he entered that he suddenly noticed the light he had seen before wrapped around him again.
"Thanks."
Wang Ba nodded at Qin Lingxiao.
However, at that precise moment.
Wang Ba suddenly looked at his palm... no, not his palm, but the black-green token in his hand!
The ancient token was currently emitting a dazzling light!
Wang Ba had no time to react when the humming token tugged him and flew out of the tunnel.
In this crisis, Wang Ba only had time to grab Qin Lingxiao.
He then struggled to position Qin Lingxiao above him.
Numerous pieces of gravel hit the light on his back, causing it to dim rapidly.
After a bout of dizzying movement.
Wang Ba finally opened his eyes.
His surroundings were filled with turbulent water and cloudy white waves.
In the murky water, he saw a lonely figure sitting cross-legged in front of him...
