Chapter 548: The Special Use of Piranhas

"To ensure you uphold this commitment, I now bestow upon you the Earth Seal, in the name of the First Envoy of the Glacier Nation. This seal will help mask your original elemental aura."

Xu Yang did not resist this action; instead, he accepted her request. A distinct mark, pulsating with a pale yellow glow, appeared above his head and swiftly merged into his soul sea.

"Alright, I'll now open a teleportation coordinate for you. Follow it underwater, and you'll find your two female companions."

The female envoy exchanged glances with her two companions. Simultaneously, all three released an incredibly potent pale yellow aura, and the unique golden hexagram inscription of the Earth lineage glowed with dazzling brilliance.

Immediately afterward, Xu Yang jumped in without hesitation, allowing his body to be swiftly enveloped by a surge of water vapor and pulled rapidly downwards.

Concurrently, the pale yellow Earth inscription etched into Xu Yang's soul sea began to take effect, continuously increasing his gravitational pull and accelerating his descent.

"Hehehe, Arusha, you are truly clever. You pretended to be weak and then feigned compliance to set a trap for him. That fool completely fell for it. This works out well; let him stay down here forever, accompanying those two women."

Only then did the three envoys reveal their cruel sneers. It turned out this was a trap specifically prepared for Xu Yang; unable to defeat him in direct combat, they had resorted to schemes.

However, they utterly failed to grasp the depth and meticulousness of Xu Yang's mind. For someone like him to make such a decision meant he was not only prepared for deception, but also that this so-called trap was utterly insignificant in his eyes.

Soon, after descending approximately a thousand meters into the sea, Xu Yang finally detected Shi Lingyun's soul energy fluctuations.

This girl was exceptionally clever. After she and Ling Yao were inexplicably pulled into the deep sea, she immediately thought to send soul signals to Boss Xu Yang, confident that he would come to find them as soon as he was free.

As expected, the continuous soul signals she emitted were immediately and precisely detected by Xu Yang, who quickly pinpointed the exact location of the two girls.

When Xu Yang reached the two girls, he found them in a very peculiar state: bound within the bodies of two enormous, translucent jellyfish.

"Boss, be careful! These jellyfish can spray paralyzing toxins!"

Xu Yang sneered. His Asura Divine Sword had materialized in his hand at some point, and he fired it at one of the jellyfish without warning.

*Pfft!* The sword gleam flashed, slicing a gaping wound into the side of the large jellyfish. Translucent blood energy rapidly diffused, and the once bloated creature quickly began to deflate.

Upon sensing the external energy fluctuations, Ling Yao immediately regained her combat strength. Working in tandem with Xu Yang, she used her powerful sword mastery to shatter the colossal creature that had confined her, completely restoring her freedom of movement.

Meanwhile, although Shi Lingyun's body was imprisoned, her mental power was nearly as strong as Xu Yang's. Even while confined within the colossal creature, she maintained absolute spiritual freedom. With her mental guidance, Xu Yang perfectly tracked the creature's toxic spray, thereby perfectly avoiding the ambush.

"Boss, what exactly is happening? Why did we suddenly end up in this place?" Ling Yao asked, looking at Xu Yang with a puzzled expression.

"The place we were just in was where the Sea God left his footprint in the Glacier Ruins. Three envoys from the Glacier Nation tried to stop me; I repelled them, and they disclosed your location. However, I have a feeling those three aren't so easily dismissed. Leading us underwater was very likely a trap."

Hearing this, the two girls exchanged glances, their expressions growing more serious. At that very moment, a tremendous roar echoed from above, and a massive shadow rapidly approached. Xu Yang and the two girls looked up sharply, only to see a colossal rolling boulder descending wildly towards them.

"Watch out!" Xu Yang roared, pushing the two girls in front of him back over ten meters with a wave of sound. He then brought his Asura Divine Sword down hard above his head!

*Rumble!*

The power of Xu Yang's single sword strike was terrifying; it could cleave through the flesh of even a true dragon, let alone a mere stubborn stone!

What surprised everyone, however, was that although Xu Yang had clearly cleaved the boulder in two, merely shattering its initial assault, the two fractured pieces instantly re-healed and continued to pursue the three of them.

"What the hell? The stone shattered and then reformed?" Ling Yao was utterly stunned, and even Xu Yang himself couldn't help but frown.

"It seems this isn't an ordinary stone; rather, it's a result of the Earth Seal imbued by those three, allowing it to exist independently and follow a certain will."

Shi Lingyun's expression turned grim as she asked, "Boss, how do we counter this?"

"Only by finding a way to break the Earth Seal on it can we negate its pursuit and completely shatter this boulder!"

"But we don't understand the inheritance of the God of Earth. How can we destroy it?"

Just as the three of them felt confused, the Sea God totem reappeared behind Xu Yang.

"Don't forget the ancient text I gave you. You can find answers to all questions related to the Glacier Nation within it. Of course, whether you can solve the problem depends on your comprehension and abilities."

The Sea God still wore that enigmatic half-smile. After speaking, he vanished once more, clearly having no intention of offering further assistance.

Seeing the boulder descend once more, Xu Yang needed some time to hold it off while he studied the relevant clues in the ancient text.

"Sea Fiend Lord, appear!"

With a flash of spiritual thought, the familiar outline of the Piranha suddenly appeared. Its body rapidly expanded several times over, positioning itself before Xu Yang and the two girls.

The moment the boulder struck, the Piranha Sea Fiend Lord opened its massive maw and, incredibly, swallowed the boulder whole into its body.

"Quickly, think of something! I can't hold on much longer! Ugh, I'm going to burst!"

The originally palm-sized Piranha, after expanding its body to swallow the stone, suddenly became over ten meters in diameter, resembling a large, comical meatball.

Thanks to its divine beast bloodline, if it were any other ordinary beast with that level of physical strength, that stone would likely have burst its belly!

Xu Yang wasted no time. With a flick of his palm, the ancient text appeared in his hand. Its complex incantations rapidly filtered through the minds of Xu Yang and the two girls. Most of the content was extremely abstruse and difficult to understand, requiring repeated mental exertion to even partially decipher.