Chapter 517: Chapter 262: Seven Treasures Seed, Myriad Celestial Demon Slaves
Some swift-moving pirates found themselves flying in mid-air, only to be horrified to discover that the warship beneath them had capsized on the sea surface. Their bodies were immobilized and could only plummet into the depths amidst screams.
Above the sea, gaping mouths lined with sharp teeth belonging to tentacle-like vines awaited the pirates’ inevitable plunge. Their bodies fell directly into the blood-red maws, and the sound of bones being chewed echoed through the air, creating an exceptionally terrifying atmosphere.
"How could this happen?!"
The pirates who hadn’t fled in time watched the capsizing ships with confusion and doubt in their eyes.
As they witnessed the blood-red maws of the emerald tentacle-like plant vines emerging from beneath the sea, their eyes were filled with endless terror and dread.
Though they were ruthless to others, they had no desire to become food for those monstrous maws themselves.
At this moment, with the sea surrounding them, there was no escape. A profound fear spread across the merchant ship, seemingly contagious among the crew.
They had encountered sea monster attacks before; usually, the sea creatures would directly assault the most blood-battered ships, devouring everyone aboard at once. If the other ships fled, they were seldom pursued.
However, this time, the sea monster seemed to understand their intentions, flipping over their original ships and leaving them with no way out.
"What the hell is this thing?"
As the pirates were filled with doubt and suspicion, they suddenly felt the sea beneath them tremble. The massive ship groaned under an unimaginable force, being lifted high into the air.
From the sky, the entire ship appeared to be covered in deep green, looking extremely bizarre.
Branches intertwined, and vines stretched out like tentacles, weaving through various parts of the ship.
Smaller tendrils extended from the robust vines, opening up into blood-red maws, swarming toward the ferocious pirates at such speed that even the naked eye of a Cultivator couldn’t follow.
The ship was soon filled with the echoing screams of terror.
Moments later, most of the pirates at the railings had been devoured. The vines, seemingly rejuvenated, gently set the lifted ship back onto the sea, but the vines had already spread over its entirety.
Only a few lucky pirates, who managed to escape death, curled up in corners, staring in panic at everything around them.
Their former arrogance had vanished entirely, the cruelty and ruthlessness toward others completely gone, leaving only infinite fear in their eyes.
The recent events filled them with a deep sense of despair and panic.
As vicious pirates, they were familiar with death, their lives constantly on the line, but they were not this fragile.
Yet the current sight was terrifying enough to exceed many people’s mental limits.
Their psyches naturally collapsed.
After all, they had watched as their companions disappeared into those monstrous jaws, the chewing sounds still echoing in their ears, creating a visceral dread stemming from the soul, making it impossible to calm down.
Boom!
Suddenly, the sea trembled, a dreadful aura surging into the sky.
A figure slowly rose from beneath the sea, a slender form clad in a purple robe, their face shrouded under a hood. Only a pair of deep eyes, shining like celestial stars, emitted a suffocating brilliance from the perpetual darkness.
What was terrifying was that behind him, countless vines rose, each thick as a giant tentacle, continuously swaying above the sea.
The massive form, accompanied by a suffocating gust of wind, the vine tentacles covered the sky, weaving through the air, and the pounding gusts surged around them, sending waves crashing behind him with tremendous force.
Above his head in the void, starlight shimmered forth from a gigantic vine, branched in seven directions. Each branch cradled points of light, like stars both bright and dim, casting their glow to illuminate the infinite darkness of the void space behind.
This was Zheng Yi, who, caught up in the chaotic flow, inadvertently entered a spatial rift and arrived in this realm by accident.
In a battle between two terrifying Nascent Soul level beings, the Sumeru Forest Cave Heaven Void was left shattered, time and space thrown into chaos, ripping the space apart.
Amidst the dreadful turmoil, even with Zheng Yi’s abilities, he could only drift like a manipulated puppet, vulnerable as a piece of drifting duckweed.
Fortunately, his luck held; he wasn’t torn apart by spatial fragments nor lost in the void but instead drifted unknowingly before arriving in this vast Sea Realm.
In truth, he had already appeared in this Sea Realm for some time, but due to severe injuries, a transformation occurred within him. When incited by Magical Power, the Heaven-Cutting Vine fused with him and grew rapidly.
