Chapter 589: Chapter 560: Demigod Level Peak, Protective Dragon Scale

A bubble enveloped Li Wei, shielding him from the surrounding seawater.

Li Wei glanced back to see the spatial membrane at the cave’s entrance seal itself shut again.

’So that’s why,’ he thought. ’No wonder the Naga Race couldn’t come directly through here.’

’You had to defeat the Saint Dragon King and then break through the spatial barrier at the entrance to get into Sea Abyss City.’

Seeing that Saint Xi hadn’t returned, the Mermaid Princess asked, "Did she stay below?"

Li Wei nodded. "Saint Xi is staying behind to receive the Holy Dragon Inheritance. It will take a while."

"I plan to leave for a while and come back for her once she’s completed the inheritance."

The Mermaid Princess nodded. "So, you’re leaving as well?"

"Yes," Li Wei affirmed with a nod.

"Thank you for your hospitality during my time here, Your Highness. I’ll come back to visit Sea Abyss City if I get the chance."

The Mermaid Princess smiled. "Sea Abyss City always welcomes its friends."

The Mermaid Princess escorted Li Wei out of Sea Abyss City.

The Mermaid Guard, Jenet, brandished his golden trident, opening an exit in the Crystal Shield that protected the entire city.

This allowed Li Wei to leave Sea Abyss City.

Just then, several figures appeared outside Sea Abyss City and charged toward the open exit.

Seeing this, Jenet roared, "Audacious members of the Naga Race! You’re courting death!"

He brandished the golden trident.

It whipped the seawater into a massive waterspout.

The waterspout engulfed all the figures that had approached Sea Abyss City.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The few Naga Race experts who had tried to force their way into Sea Abyss City were all obliterated.

Jenet shot Li Wei a look and snorted.

It was as if he were making a show of force.

Li Wei looked at him, completely astonished.

’I never expected Jenet’s power to be so immense. With a single, casual strike, he had killed several Legendary Professionals from the Naga Race.’

’This Guardian of the Merfolk Race really was the real deal.’

After the currents outside had calmed, Li Wei bid the Mermaid Princess farewell.

"Goodbye," said Li Wei.

"Goodbye," the Mermaid Princess replied, waving.

"Take care. Don’t get eaten by a Sea Beast," Jenet said.

At his words, Li Wei glanced at Jenet, smiled, and turned to leave.

’Jenet has a cold exterior but a warm heart; otherwise, he wouldn’t have bothered to warn me about the Sea Beasts outside Sea Abyss City.’

Li Wei left Sea Abyss City and began his ascent toward the surface.

He released his Dragon Mighty, driving away any Ocean Magical Beasts that tried to approach.

After his advancement to the Legend rank, the Power Li Wei could draw from Saint Xi had also grown stronger.

The Dragon Mighty he now released was no different from that of a Legendary Giant Dragon.

Upon sensing his Dragon Mighty, all Ocean Magical Beasts below Tier Seven turned and fled, not daring to come near.

Even Tier Seven Ocean Magical Beasts would cautiously give him a wide berth, not daring to approach recklessly.

The only creatures that might attack Li Wei were the Overlord Level beasts of the surrounding waters.

Fortunately, Li Wei surfaced without being attacked by any Overlord Level Sea Beasts.

SPLASH!

Li Wei burst from the water.

Seeing the star-filled night sky, he felt an immense sense of exhilaration.

Having risen from the cold, silent, pitch-black depths all the way to the surface and seeing the starlight, the oppressive gloom that had weighed on Li Wei’s heart was finally released.

"Ah! The outside world is so much better!"

He could survive for long periods on the seabed without any threat to his life, but Li Wei wasn’t a marine creature, after all. He much preferred the world above the waves.

Especially the vast, boundless sky above.

Just looking at it was invigorating.

After taking a deep breath of the fresh sea air, Li Wei turned his attention to his current situation.

He scanned his surroundings. The distant sea was a silent, endless expanse of darkness.

It was as if the world had been swallowed by darkness.

Only the occasional sound of crashing waves proved that the world still existed, that it hadn’t vanished into the void.

Even so, it was countless times better than the silent, pitch-black world of the deep sea.

At least up here, the countless stars in the sky kept Li Wei company.

Li Wei took out a navigational pointer.

It was one of the Magic Items he had purchased in Hanhai City, said to always point north, even in the Endless Sea.

However, the pointer in his hand was now spinning ceaselessly.

It wouldn’t stop.

Li Wei tapped the device, but the pointer refused to settle.

He put the navigational pointer away, disappointed.

’It wasn’t that he’d bought a shoddy product. Li Wei had tested it before setting out, and it had worked fine. It was a top-grade model from Hanhai City, even. It couldn’t have broken so easily.’

The only explanation was that something nearby was interfering with it, preventing it from finding a proper bearing.

Li Wei didn’t know the principles behind the magical navigational pointer, so he had no idea what kind of factors could be affecting it.

Perhaps it was a magnetic field, or maybe some kind of Magic Fluctuation.

Li Wei could only rely on his own abilities to find his way out of the Endless Sea.

He closed his eyes, carefully sensing the flow of Magic Elements in the world around him.

His Spiritual Perception spread out, and a map of the flow of Magic Elements within a ten-kilometer radius formed in his mind.

A moment later, he opened his eyes. He found that the Magic Elements were faintly converging in a single direction.

This meant that there was something in that direction that was absorbing or consuming Magic Elements.

It could be a powerful Magic Beast absorbing Magic Elements for its Cultivation, or it could be some kind of man-made Magic Item or Magic Array.

’I hope I can find a Space Tower. Getting back will be a huge hassle otherwise,’ Li Wei thought.

Space Towers didn’t use Elemental Magic, but even the Magic Arrays inscribed by a Space Tower’s Mages still required Magic Elements as a power source.

Even a Space Array needed Magic Elements for power.

Li Wei flew off, following the flow of Magic Elements.

After flying for a great distance, Li Wei sensed the Magic Fluctuation growing more intense.

’I’m getting close to the source that’s drawing in the Magic Elements.’

Li Wei accelerated.

After flying for a while longer, Li Wei saw the source of the Magic Fluctuation.

It was a gigantic whale, over three thousand meters long, floating on the surface of the sea.

It was absorbing the light of the moon and stars, drawing in Magic Elements.

Li Wei watched from a distance for a moment before turning to leave, not getting any closer.

A Deep Sea Giant Whale.

Its aura was incredibly deep and heavy.

It was even more powerful than the Tier Eight Sea Beast he and Saint Xi had encountered on their way down to Sea Abyss City.

Once he was a safe distance away from the Deep Sea Giant Whale, Li Wei once again tried to sense the flow of Magic Elements.

’Hm?’

This time, he made an unexpected discovery.

He discovered the surrounding Magic Elements were rapidly converging toward a single point.

Unlike the Deep Sea Giant Whale, which had been slowly absorbing them, this time, the Magic Elements were being violently sucked away, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

It was almost as if someone were casting a Forbidden Curse.

Whether someone was casting a Forbidden Curse or not, Li Wei immediately flew toward it.

The surrounding Magic Fluctuation grew more intense. The closer he got to the source of the suction, the more pronounced the disturbance became.

As he drew closer, Li Wei saw a rainbow-colored vortex appear in the dark night sky.

A look of joy spread across Li Wei’s face, and he quickened his pace.

Up close, he saw a rainbow-colored vortex, formed from countless converging Magic Elements, floating in midair.

The massive influx of Magic Elements didn’t cause the vortex to grow any larger.

Li Wei sensed that the Magic Elements flowing into the vortex were simply disappearing.

It was as if there was an invisible hole at the center of the vortex, desperately devouring all the Magic Elements in the vicinity.

The sight was staggering even to Li Wei.

The vortex was gathering a terrifying amount of Magic Elements every second.

In just a few minutes, it could gather enough Magic Elements to cast a Forbidden Curse.

And yet, the vortex before him was consuming them endlessly.

Whatever was behind the vortex was a terrifying thought.

Li Wei flew to the other side of the vortex and sensed a spatial fluctuation.

He looked up, but the sky above him was empty.

There was nothing but a sky full of stars.

But Li Wei knew the Space Tower was here.

The Space Tower existed in a pocket dimension, isolated from the outside world.

From the inside, you could see out.

But from the outside, you couldn’t see in, nor could you enter.

Li Wei flew upward, trying to find the entrance to the Space Tower.

He had no luck.

Finally, he positioned himself at the edge of the rainbow-colored vortex and cast the Space Ripping Spell.

RRRRIP!

A pitch-black fissure tore open in space.

Just as Li Wei was about to enter, a massive torrent of chaotic Magic Energy erupted from within.

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