Chapter 423: Chapter 349 Chapter 423: Chapter 349 A few kilometers away, a dark blue eel, several meters long, swam slowly along the riverbed.
Inside the giant eel was a massive hollow cavity, where four people sat together.
Among them, one was Qiong Ying, bound hand and foot with Scattered Spirit Locks, who had disappeared from the Solid Rock Prison.
Trish, a green-haired woman with an arrogant expression, said coldly, “Captured by someone in the south after escaping from the Knight Order? The organization even sent us to rescue you. Qiong Ying, you’re quite funny.”
*Qiong Ying’s expression remained calm.* She replied, “They struck with Radiant Moon Level power right away. People from the Great Flame Country are smarter than that group of idiots in the north who line up just to get slaughtered.”
“Smart?” Bain, a slender man next to her, sneered. “If they were smart, would they transfer you out? Would everyone so easily succumb to my Water Dream Miasma? Compared to Qiguang, these folks seem pretty lacking.”
The fourth person, a burly man with a single tuft of red hair standing upright atop his head, curled his lips into a grin but said nothing.
Trish didn’t hold back, letting out a derisive laugh. “With careful planning and the advantage of dissolving Water Dream Miasma in that mist, Bain, if you couldn’t handle those people, you wouldn’t be worthy to stay in the organization.”
Bain snapped, “Trish, you…”
“What about me?” Trish turned her head sharply, her piercing gaze fixed on Bain.
*Bain faltered, his tone choking, his face fluctuating with uncertainty.*
At that moment, the burly man, Levinton, burst into laughter, “Stop bickering! We’re all on the same side here. Bain’s mist has made this operation smooth as silk, hasn’t it?”
Trish gave Levinton a sidelong glance and then withdrew her gaze, crossing her arms indifferently. “That’s true enough.”
Bain used the Water Dream Miasma, employing the mist over West Channel River as a medium to pull everyone into an illusion, ensuring Qiong Ying could be rescued with ease.
*Although Bain was clearly annoyed, he decided to let it go after Levinton’s support, letting out a faint snort of frustration.*
*Meanwhile, Qiong Ying’s eyes flickered thoughtfully before she suddenly spoke up.* “There are some folks who have a bit of strength, though.”
“A bit of strength?” Trish said casually. “How do they compare to us?”
“They could give us a fight.”
“Oh?”
The comment piqued not only Trish’s interest but also Bain’s and Levinton’s curiosity.
“If rescuing you weren’t such a high-priority mission,” Trish remarked lightly, “I wouldn’t mind seeing them for myself.”
Just as Trish finished speaking, Qiong Ying suddenly sensed something. She immediately lifted her head to glance at the high skies above the river.
A convergence of spirit light appeared, and a silver door materialized mid-air. Emerging from it was a young man holding a long saber.
As soon as the youth stepped out, black energy surged forth from the saber, slicing down toward the river below.
A giant black streak flashed past, and in an instant, waves swelled, and river currents were severed!
The dark blue eel underwater couldn’t slow down fast enough. Its head exploded, and then it dissolved into water elements and burst apart.
“Damn it, what the hell is that?” Bain erupted out of the water, shouting curses.
Trish and the others followed him, stepping onto the surface of the water.
The group looked towards Su Yuan floating mid-air and the faintly dissipating Space Gate behind him, their expressions slightly startled.
“You caught up already?”
Trish scrutinized Su Yuan, her gaze and words condescending, yet she couldn’t deny that Bain’s Water Dream Miasma would incapacitate even her for a while if she fell into it.
“And he has spatial transfer skills as well.” Turning to Qiong Ying, Trish asked, “Is this one of those people you mentioned?”
“Yes,” Qiong Ying confirmed.
*Trish’s eyes glinted coldly as she nodded slightly.*
Su Yuan gazed down at the group standing on the water and spoke softly, “This is where it ends, everyone.”
Bain shouted, “You snapped out of my Water Dream Miasma so quickly? Impressive. But what surprises me more is your audacity to come here alone!”
*Su Yuan chuckled.* “Tasked to escort prisoners, I naturally had to follow them and bring them back when they fled.”
*Bain sneered dismissively, as though he’d heard a joke.* “You? Alone?”
Trish cut him off sharply. “Enough talk. If you’re going to act, just do it already.”
Bain glared at her. “Fine! I’ll take care of him myself, but I want 80% of the mission reward.”
Trish replied indifferently, “Deal with him, and you can take it all.”
Levinton grinned. “No complaints here, Bain. But if that’s how you want it, you’ll have to rely entirely on yourself now. Be careful, alright?”
Bain snorted coldly. “Just watch!”
With those words, Bain raised both hands, and suddenly the waters of the river and sea churned violently. Massive amounts of seawater transformed into a jagged, monstrous sea beast that leapt out of the water, lunging straight at Su Yuan with an enormous maw!
*Su Yuan stared calmly at the beast’s ferocious jaws, unmoving, as though he had no intention of dodging.*
In the next instant, the beast’s head bit down on Su Yuan. But the enormous body suddenly exploded layer by layer, evaporating instantly.
The water surface returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened.
*Bain’s expression shifted, watching Su Yuan’s silver eyes glint like World Tree leaves.* He muttered, “You saw through my illusion directly? Not bad.”
As it turned out, there was never any sea beast—it was merely Bain’s illusion brought to life.
*Utilizing the True Vision effect granted by the Transformation Realm of All-Knowing Vision, Su Yuan easily saw through the illusion.*
*Raising his saber, Su Yuan struck again, a deep black streak cutting through the void right beside Bain.*
*Having felt the power of this attack earlier, Bain didn’t dare let Su Yuan strike freely.* Blue light flashed as Bain dodged to the side.
The black streak passed, annihilating even the seawater it touched, leaving behind yet another brief, surreal moment of severed currents.
*Bain’s expression grew more serious.* He no longer dared to let Su Yuan attack freely. Quickly forming a seal, the river below radiated with dark blue light.
“Piranhas!”
Bain shouted, and the water erupted into torrents of swirling currents. From the surface burst forth countless dark blue piranhas with blood-red mouths—hundreds of them surged at Su Yuan like a flood!
“All illusions?” Su Yuan murmured skeptically.
*Through the All-Knowing Vision’s True Vision, Su Yuan confirmed that these piranhas were illusions.*
*Yet it made no sense for Bain to use such easily exposed illusions again… unless he was sure they had significance.*
Fully activating his All-Knowing Vision, Su Yuan quickly identified faint traces of unusual energy among the piranhas.
“So that’s the trick,” he muttered.
Su Yuan swiftly formed seals, opening the Gate of Hell and summoning a Frost Giant Dragon.
Levinton smirked from afar. “Summoning? This guy’s got tricks up his sleeve.”
Trish remarked, “Just a Master Grade ice dragon. Nothing but cannon fodder.”
*The Frost Giant Dragon immediately raised a Hexagram Barrier beneath its feet, unleashing torrents of blinding ice crystals—an Ice Crystal Explosion!*
The barrage of ice crystals bombarded the endless stream of piranhas, blasting them apart.
*However, the swarm of piranhas roiling up from the water seemed inexhaustible. Under the relentless assault, the Frost Giant Dragon’s ice crystal bombardment could not keep up.*
Soon, piranhas broke through the attacks, biting into the dragon’s gleaming body.
*Expression twisting in pain, the Frost Giant Dragon flailed madly in the air. Though its form bore no visible wounds, it seemed consumed by an agonizing gnawing.*
“Roar!!”
The Frost Giant Dragon bellowed furiously, unleashing Frost Sky Freeze Kill. The surrounding piranhas were wiped out in an instant.
*More piranhas surged forward, swarming the dragon faster than it could retaliate.*
*The Frost Giant Dragon’s energy weakened rapidly under the overwhelming swarm. With a despairing wail, it soon plummeted from the skies and crashed into the sea.*
Bain laughed triumphantly. “Illusion becomes reality, reality becomes illusion. Kid, it’s over!”
Thousands of piranhas swarmed forth like a ravenous storm, rushing toward Su Yuan.
*Su Yuan’s voice remained calm, pondering aloud.* “They’re just illusions, yet they managed to take down the Frost Giant Dragon. It seems that’s the unique energy at play—soul power, perhaps? Transforming fantasy into reality… fascinating.”
*He steeled himself, his heart utterly unmoved.*
“Still, it proves that these illusion-based creatures infused with soul power can be struck by normal attacks. That makes this manageable.”
*As Su Yuan thought this, black flames erupted from his feet, sweeping across the area with overwhelming force.*
The incoming fish swarm plunged into the black fire and disintegrated instantly, like moths consumed by flames.
Bain’s expression shifted. “Such powerful flames! But on this great river, no matter how strong your fire, it’s doomed to extinguish!”
*Forming a seal, Bain knelt and pressed both palms against the water, channeling his vast Star Power into it.*
*Suddenly, the entire river surged violently, far surpassing any movement before.*
“Secret Skill, Whale Fall!”
Bain yelled. Spectral light burst forth across the water’s surface as torrents churned in a massive whirlpool. A majestic blue whale soared high above the river, opening its enormous mouth and swallowing Su Yuan whole!
The whale leapt hundreds of meters into the air, tracing a striking arc before descending toward the water.
*This secret skill—Whale Fall—was a rare, extraordinary epic water-element ability Bain had stumbled upon.*
*Summoning the profound force of the deep sea, the blue whale emerged from the water, momentarily bridging the main world and an enigmatic abyss beneath.*
*Everything swallowed into its belly during this leap vanished into the unknown depths forever, unable to return.*
*This abyssal power also blocked displacement and substitute skills—its effects surpassing even Sky Lock Golden Cicada.*
*The only countermeasure was to avoid being swallowed; otherwise, the victim faced near-certain doom.*
Trish remarked flatly, “An ultimate move right off the bat. But this ends so… boringly.”
As the whale prepared to splash back into the water, it suddenly screamed in agony.
Bain shot up, startled. “What’s going on?”
*This was unprecedented for Whale Fall—its past victims consumed without incident.*
Trish and Levinton frowned, bewildered at why the whale was reacting this way.
*Their confusion didn’t last long.*
A massive black saber—dozens of meters long—burst forth from the whale’s body. With a wide, horizontal slash, the weapon ripped it apart.
From within the ruined carcass stepped out a colossal black figure, radiating dread like a Demon God. Stomping onto the water’s surface, it towered over the sea.
*This was the manifestation of Void Evil Manifesting Saints!*