Chapter 1953: Poseidon

The Empress seemed to have anticipated this problem. With a gentle wave of her hand, she retrieved a three-pronged trident from her storage space. The trident immediately gave off the aura of a divine artifact, astonishing Xu Yang.

"What a powerful water attribute aura. What is this thing?"

The Empress smiled faintly and explained, "Don't forget that the Evernight Empire is surrounded by the Sea of Martial Gods. The Sea of Martial Gods is a public sea area that delineates the territorial boundaries of several major empires within the Ancient Martial God Path. Our three great empires each have our own territorial waters. Every imperial royal family possesses such a trident artifact. On one hand, it symbolizes our absolute authority over the corresponding regions of the Sea of Martial Gods. On the other hand, through this trident, we can freely summon the powerful sea beasts within these waters."

Xu Yang immediately understood the Empress's intention. Since the three great empires lacked a legitimate reason to attack the Evernight Empire, they could create a pretext using the Sea of Martial Gods! If sea beasts in these waters suddenly proliferated, the three great empires could legitimately dispatch martial artist teams to suppress them. At that point, they would "accidentally" infringe upon the Evernight Empire's territorial rights. This would inevitably lead to large-scale conflicts between the two sides' martial forces.

At that critical juncture, the long-restrained dark forces, eager for action, would surely not miss such an opportunity. They would seize the chance to intervene and reap benefits from the conflict.

Then, Xu Yang would step in to round them all up, effectively curbing the arrogance of the dark forces. Given Xu Yang's powerful cultivation and strength, as long as he personally took action, secretly dealing a heavy blow to the dark forces' arrogant demeanor would be easily achievable.

After clearing this major obstacle, Xu Yang could then proceed with peace of mind to the Immortal Yuan Dynasty, in search of the ultimate secret he pursued.

After receiving Xu Yang's approval, the Empress unhesitatingly handed the trident to him.

"Leave the alliance matters to me," she said. "Depart immediately. Once you enter the Sea of Martial Gods with this trident, a sea beast commander will naturally come to meet you."

Xu Yang initially had other concerns, but the moment the Empress handed him the trident, it signified her absolute trust and the transfer of power to him. He no longer had any further reservations; he simply needed to do his part, confident that the powerful members of the dark forces would take the bait.

Over the next three days, Xu Yang personally escorted the Empress of the Starscar Empire and her tens of thousands of soldiers back to the imperial capital.

After completing this escort mission, Xu Yang, without delay, took the two most important treasures and headed towards the border region of the Starscar Empire in the Sea of Martial Gods.

Indeed, just as the Empress had said, when Xu Yang arrived at the designated waters of the Sea of Martial Gods and brandished the divine trident, a brilliant turquoise light emanated from its center, spreading across the entire sea surface. Soon after, powerful, surging waves rose violently, and more and more mighty sea beasts surfaced from the depths, gathering around Xu Yang.

The leader had three sea serpent heads, and the aura it exuded clearly indicated its absolute dominance in these waters. It was known as Poseidon, the Beast King of the Sea.

"Respected ruler, how may we serve you?" Xu Yang was pleased to see the sea beasts' respectful demeanor. He nodded with a light smile and replied, "I've only come to ask if there have been any sea beast invasion activities in the various regions of the Sea of Martial Gods recently."

Poseidon pondered for a moment before nodding gently.

"To be frank, honored sir, just last month, a colossal marine creature appeared at the sea boundary of the Evernight Empire. It was a unique creature never before seen in the entire Sea of Martial Gods. According to the intelligence we gathered, this special creature is a true lifeform mutation, and its origin is on the islands of the Evernight Empire. We truly don't know what those people in the Evernight Empire are researching; it's highly possible they are directly altering the forms of sea beast lifeforms."

Xu Yang slightly furrowed his brow. Hearing Poseidon's words, Xu Yang vaguely guessed that after so many years of lying low, the Evernight Empire might also be brewing a larger conspiracy. After all, they possessed unique geographical advantages. If they genuinely intended to cultivate a force powerful enough to invade other imperial regions of the Ancient Martial God Path, raising millions of sea beast legions would certainly be their primary choice.

Such thoughts and possibilities immediately formed in Xu Yang's mind, and he directly issued a command to Poseidon.

"Find a way to lure that special mutated sea creature into our merman territory," Xu Yang instructed. "I will personally suppress it to investigate further."

Upon receiving Xu Yang's order, Poseidon did not hesitate and immediately agreed.

Notably, the Beast King of the Sea was remarkably efficient. In less than half an hour, an enormous mutated sea beast was already heading directly towards their area. Around its vicinity, large patches of blood occasionally stained the sea surface, only to quickly vanish amidst the roar of the surrounding tumultuous waves. Clearly, this powerful mutated sea beast possessed terrifying destructive capabilities in the ocean; the bloodstains along its path were likely traces left from its rampant consumption of marine lifeforms after entering these waters.

How could Xu Yang tolerate such a creature's bad habits? Once Poseidon succeeded, it quickly surfaced in its true form to signal Xu Yang.

Xu Yang propelled himself with a powerful kick, landing directly behind Poseidon's massive beast body. With his other hand gripping the trident, he charged head-on towards the gigantic mutated sea beast.

"Go ahead and confront this creature head-on," Xu Yang commanded. "It would be best if you could force it to surface. I have ways to subdue it."

Upon receiving Xu Yang's command, Poseidon initially felt a little hesitant. Although Xu Yang held the trident, a symbol of supreme authority, Poseidon had never seen this person before. Poseidon was truly clueless about Xu Yang's actual strength.

However, just as these two colossal aquatic forces were about to collide, Xu Yang's Sea God's Domain instantly enveloped Poseidon's beast body, completely encompassing both himself and the Sea Beast King. The power of the Sea God's Domain was immediately evident from the shockwave generated the moment these two forces clashed.