The icy seawater exudes a piercing chill.

Previously, he only thought about pursuing the Mirage Dragon, but upon truly entering the sea, Wang Junze realized he was not at all skilled in water.

In the Northern Domain, there aren't any large rivers, let alone a sea. Wang Junze grew up in the Northern Domain, so how could he know water skills?

The only real experience he had with water might be drifting out along an underground waterway while exploring ruins.

But such water flow, at best, counts as a stream, how could it compare to the vast sea?

Upon entering the sea, Wang Junze instantly felt a wave approaching, his body involuntarily floating along with it. It was Wang Junze's quick reaction to hold his breath in time; otherwise, the impact of the wave would have surely caused him to choke.

A Heaven-Stepping Powerhouse drowning in the sea would certainly be a joke.

Fortunately, Wang Junze was no ordinary person. As a Cultivator, after a brief moment of panic, he quickly activated True Qi, diving beneath the surface to forcefully stabilize himself.

The Nether Sea is shrouded in thick fog, but the seabed is unaffected. Yet, it was nighttime after all, compounded by a storm, making visibility in the water extremely low, only relying on aura to locate the opponent.

Previously, they had locked onto the Mirage Dragon's aura, and with the dragon injured, carrying the scent of blood, it was easy to calmly locate its position.

However, when Wang Junze attempted to pursue, he found that the Mirage Dragon's location required traveling against the current.

On land, such a distance would be covered in an instant by Wang Junze, but in the sea... every move seemed influenced by the water, making Wang Junze struggle greatly. Even with True Qi manipulating his body, without water skills... who knows where the waves would have carried him.

Compared to Wang Junze, the Mirage Dragon was truly at home in the sea.

As a member of the Dragon Race, naturally born in the Nether Sea, controlling water flow is simply a natural instinct.

Initially, the Mirage Dragon felt a bit tense upon sensing Wang Junze entering the sea, but soon, it keenly noticed Wang Junze's strangeness, nearly making it laugh out loud.

This Human Race doesn't even understand water skills!

How did this fool manage to be so brave?

Despite lacking water skills, he dared enter the sea to hunt the Dragon Race?

With that thought, the Mirage Dragon's figure flickered, not retreating but advancing, actively manipulating the water current to attack Wang Junze.

Boom!

Initially, Wang Junze cautiously maintained his balance, but suddenly felt an overwhelming wave coming; in an instant, his body lost control, unable to manage himself, directly thrown up and swept into the sea.

It was only now after being tossed by the wave that Wang Junze truly felt the sea's terrifying might.

The feeling of bodily loss of control instinctively invoked a sense of panic.

As his body flew out of the sea, Wang Junze instinctively rose, trying to break away from the water, but before he could react, another huge wave came crashing down!

This giant wave was deliberately whipped up by the Mirage Dragon, over ten meters high, before Wang Junze could even respond, he was battered down again, plunged once more into the sea, an overwhelming feeling of weightlessness sparked involuntary fear.

More terrifyingly, the Mirage Dragon had no intention of giving him any time to adapt, even as Wang Junze was groggy from the pounding of the waves, the Mirage Dragon viciously lunged at him!

"Puff!"

In an instant, the sharp dragon claw pierced Wang Junze's skin, carving a deep, bone-revealing wound!

Simultaneously, this strike again hurled Wang Junze out of the water, blood spilling!

"Hahaha, you truly don't know water skills!"

After striking successfully, the Mirage Dragon completely let down its last line of defense.

After all, the Human Race is cunning, likely pretending to lack water skills to lure him in close for an ambush. Yet this test confirmed Wang Junze's true flaw.

This revelation thrilled the Mirage Dragon.

Having suffered losses on Mirage Island, now it sought to take back everything!

The dragon claw lacerated fiercely, instantly stirring up a tide rushing toward Wang Junze.

This wave was even larger, almost causing the entire sea region to become turbulent, the raised wave towering several tens of meters high, looking as though it could overturn the sea — a visual impact Wang Junze had never witnessed before.

However, this time, Wang Junze reacted much faster.

Having suffered greatly, Wang Junze, nearly the moment the wave tossed him, ascended sharply, simultaneously slashing his sword towards the wave ahead!

In the sea, he couldn't wield his full strength, but out of the sea, recollected, he was still that Sword Path Genius!

The terrifying Sword Aura exploded forth, directly confronting the wave head-on!

One sword splits the wave!

Even this terrifying wave was cleaved in two by Wang Junze's sword.

But the cost of this strike was immense; bear in mind, just back on Mirage Island during the battle with the Mirage Dragon, Wang Junze had already expended considerable strength. If not for this storm, his True Qi would have already been depleted.

Given these circumstances, he dared not enter the sea again, let alone slay the Mirage Dragon.

If he didn't escape soon and more such waves came, his strength might be exhausted, rendering escape impossible.

With this thought, Wang Junze genuinely felt a hint of retreat.

His figure flickered, abruptly turning back towards Mirage Island.

Though he had ventured into the sea, he wasn't far from Mirage Island, even as the Mirage Dragon's tides tossed Wang Junze around, he remained along the shore, at most a thousand meters away. Without the Mirage Dragon's interference, he could retreat to the island in just a hundred breaths.

Yet, the Mirage Dragon was not inclined to allow Wang Junze an easy escape.

"Want to leave? Enter the sea, and you'll go only as I dictate!"

Laughing coldly, the Mirage Dragon's figure abruptly emerged from the water, glaring at Wang Junze from afar with a sneer.

Speaking thus, the sea surface again surged with a wave, directly cutting off Wang Junze's return path.

In an instant, Wang Junze's heart sank deeply.

The Mirage Dragon is a Transformed Great Demon, able to manipulate sea waves. Under such conditions, even within a mere thousand-meter distance, it seemed like an insurmountable chasm!

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