"Please come in." Before
Chen Lingling could even knock, a deep voice came from inside.
The door opened automatically, revealing a magnificent hall.
Deep within the hall stood a colossal statue crafted from deep-sea gold.
The statue held a trident radiating golden light, its face shrouded in azure light.
Combined with the golden glow of the hall, it appeared sacred and majestic, like the dawn breaking after a storm on the sea.
A figure in a blue robe stood with his back to Chen Lingling, respectfully bowing to the statue.
Only after Chen Lingling entered the hall did he turn around.
His long, dark blue hair moved without wind, his deep brown eyes seemed to hold the depths of the sea, and his tall, powerful physique stretched taut over his clothes.
"You're Chen Lingling?"
"I heard you're a member of the outer circle of the clan?
Your martial soul is Leviathan, and your innate soul power is level eight?"
Chen Hanhai stared down at the girl before him, his eyes rippling with power.
The aura of a Limit Douluo enveloped her body, making her tremble like a sapling in a storm, her supple form seemingly on the verge of breaking.
The entire hall, except for the statues, swayed violently, a terrifying sight.
However, the girl met his gaze without fear and said earnestly,
"Yes, Clan Leader."
Soon, the aura dissipated like the wind, the hall returned to calm, and the girl's trembling ceased.
"Hahaha!"
Chen Hanhai laughed loudly,
"I acknowledge you!"
"Under my might, you can still speak to me; you deserve the title of first place in the Grand Competition."
"Leviathan..."
"The largest soul beast in the ocean in the past, but unfortunately, it was too arrogant and provoked the first Venerable God tens of thousands of years ago, and was completely wiped out by the Venerable God." "
As the clan leader, I will not discriminate against others because of their martial soul, but I want to tell you one thing: when you are weak, you still have to kneel."
"I won't punish you this time, but next time you come to the hall, I don't want you to walk in; remember to kneel."
"This is the rule of the ocean; all living beings who have not received the Venerable God's grace must kneel when they meet the Venerable God."
"Interesting..."
"Not much skill, but big rules."
Amon thought to himself, while Chen Lingling nodded respectfully on the surface, indicating that she understood.
Chen Hanhai looked at Chen Lingling with satisfaction, as if she were looking at a delicate doll. In the Douluo Continent, bloodline is paramount, and the Sea God Clan is no exception.
Only the main branch of the Chen family whose martial soul is the sea can inherit the title of patriarch of the Sea God family and the title of Sea God Douluo.
Only those whose martial soul is the sea can receive the blessing of the revered god and allow their martial soul to evolve into the Sea God.
Leviathan is indeed a top-tier martial soul, but it pales in comparison to the vast ocean. Chen Lingling's victory over his grandson truly surprised him.
Initially, he thought his grandson had held back in the competition because of Chen Lingling's good looks.
Now it seems that's not the case; this girl is indeed exceptionally talented. However, this is for the best.
With proper training, she could become his grandson's wife, helping him better assume the clan leadership in the future.
What Chen Hanhai didn't know was that his beloved grandson, Chen Hantian, had already been devoured by Amon during the clan competition.
How could Amon possibly let go of such a high-ranking but weak individual?
Especially after confirming that no one in the Sea God Clan was capable of discovering the Time Worm.
Now, Amon only needs to find a way to kill Chen Hanhai and his son, Chen Hanyun, to easily seize the clan leadership.
Even if the other members of the Sea God Clan are far stronger than Chen Hantian, they have no chance of competing for the clan leadership.
His martial soul already revealed everything: the Sea God doesn't descend to the mortal realm; he is the uncrowned king of the ocean.
Because the main branch of the Chen family receives the blessing of the Sea God upon reaching level 70, their martial soul evolves from the ocean to the Sea God.
The Sea God is a god-level martial soul, which Amon cannot currently possess, especially since the Sea God martial soul can directly communicate with that being in the divine realm. If he were discovered, it would be a great loss.
Then Chen Hanhai casually tossed a book to Amon, saying,
"Read this book carefully."
"Try to memorize it all. This is a blessing from the gods; memorizing it will only benefit you, not harm you."
"From today onwards, you will stay by my side and become my deputy."
"I will slowly train you to become a qualified family helmsman."
"Now I give you a task: use the Sea-Patterned Conch to tell everyone that the Glory Plan will be launched at 3:00 AM, and everything will proceed according to the initial plan."
"Before 5:00 AM, the advance Soul Master troops must all land."
"We will fight a decisive battle to inflict pain on the Star Luo Empire as a declaration of our arrival."
"Afterwards, you will be stationed in Tianxing City, and the family's strongmen will march all the way to Star Luo City."
Chen Lingling immediately replied respectfully,
"Yes, Clan Leader!"
After leaving the palace, Chen Lingling smiled, her fingers lightly stroking the cover of the book, saying,
"The cover of this book looks like sharkskin. Could it be a Demon Soul Great White Shark?"
"This is getting more and more interesting."
"Isn't the White Tiger Duke currently in charge of the Star Luo Empire's coastal defense?"
"I wonder if they can hold out. Let's hope it doesn't end up like the Mingdou Mountains, where they couldn't even manage to suppress the bandits."
...
In a cave near Tianxing Port.
Amon's true form lit a fire in the cave, warming his hands before it.
Beside him lay a bottomless black abyss, in which a gigantic blue figure unconsciously writhed.
"If you're awake, don't keep sleeping. Your acting is terrible; your active mental energy betrayed your state."
Amon casually took a skewer of grilled fish from the fire and tossed it into the abyss, hitting the giant whale squarely on the forehead.
"Eat, my friend."
"This is grilled fish I learned from my father. You're one of my customers, have a taste."
"Poor Amon hasn't been home in so long, I've almost forgotten the taste of my father's cooking.
I really hope that when I go home one day, my heartless brother hasn't thrown away all my belongings." "
Dr. Roman said I'm a deeply ingrained demon, but actually, Amon sometimes wants to be a spirit pearl too."
In the abyss, Lan Fuzi opened her enormous eyes, shook her head, letting the grilled fish fall into the water, then swallowed it whole.
"What's this guy muttering to himself?"
"I can't understand a word! Are all humans like this?"
Lan Fuzi didn't understand human thoughts, but she didn't say it aloud, because she knew the man with the monocle above was her savior.
Although, like Bai Xiuxiu, she didn't have much experience, the whale lady still held the concept of gratitude.
"Human, thank you for saving me."
"However, I cannot repay you for now; I have important matters to attend to."
"If we meet again, and I am still alive, I can take you to find some lost treasures at the bottom of the sea."
With that, Lan Fuzi twisted its massive body, the sound of water crashing against the rock walls echoing throughout the enormous cave, causing it to tremble noticeably.
Amon shook his head helplessly and said,
"Want to go find your mother?"
"I suggest you save your breath."
"The outside world is teeming with sea spirit beasts. You, a deep-sea demon whale, will be captured as soon as you venture out."
"You should know how hated your race is in the ocean, right?"
"Even the lowest-level yellow sponges and harp octopuses would love to devour your flesh and drink your blood."
"You can't leave this west coast at all."
Hearing Amon's words, Lan Fuzi deflated.
A huge column of water shot out from its breathing hole, causing rain to fall into the cave.
Amon watched helplessly as the fire in front of him went out, his clothes soaked through.
"Heh, interesting."
"Miss Whale, may I ask why you want to find your mother?"
Lan Fuzi's enormous head was submerged in the cold, dark seawater, her voice deep and suppressed.
"I don't want my mother to continue falling into depravity."
"After my father died, my mother has been insane, hatred slowly dragging her into the abyss.
Sooner or later, something bad will happen to her."
"I... I no longer have a father, I don't want to lose my mother too."
Amon said with a smile:
"A touching display of familial love."
"Let's make a deal, Miss Whale. I can give you the power to quickly reach the 100,000-year level, and with the special bloodline of the Deep Sea Demon Whale, you can complete your transformation."
"A human body is much easier to move around in the current ocean than your beast body."
"I don't care what you want to do after that, but you must live."
"I only ask that you do one thing for me someday in the future, how about it?"
"I've already been very sincere."
Lan Fuzi was silent for a long time, then her huge voice echoed in the cave, short but firm.
"Alright!" After
Amon and Lan Fuzi finished their deal, it was already three in the morning, which was also the time for the Sea God family's so-called Glory Plan to take action.
At the military outpost on the shore of Tianxing Port, several high-powered soul-guided detection radars manufactured by Xilu City constantly monitored the movements on the sea.
In the pitch-black night and thick clouds, two high-altitude detection soul-guided devices, in conjunction with the radar, locked onto every suspicious target.
The self-locking enemy soul-guided artillery emplacements built by Xilu City, with ample supplies of Dream Coins, were ready to fire at any time, showcasing their firepower artistry to the sea.
Xu Jiawei had really gone all out this time, deploying a large number of soul-guided devices to Tianxing Port, all for the sake of a real battle with the Sea God Family.
Under no circumstances could the Sea God Family be allowed to land so easily; it concerned the face of the empire.
If the Sea God Family were to breach the western coast's defenses so easily, would the Star Luo Empire still have the face to continue being the eldest brother of the Douluo Three Kingdoms?
Xu Jiawei gave Duke Baihu a death order: if Tianxing Port fell before sunset the next day, Dai Hao should commit suicide.
At this moment, the Mingdou Mountain Range defense line between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire was at its weakest.
The Sun Moon Empire discovered this situation through high-altitude detection soul tools, but under Otto's orders, they did not take the opportunity to attack.
Otto also wanted to see how far the Star Luo Empire and the Sea God Family could fight.
"What is that?!"
The soul tool master on duty in front of the radar widened his eyes when he saw the dense red dots suddenly appear on the radar and shouted:
"Enemy attack!!!"
"Quickly notify Marshal White Tiger Duke!"
"Activate all detection soul tools! Preheat the automatic soul tool turrets!!"
"Activate the high-power soul tool barrier!"
Under the guidance of the radar and high-altitude detection soul tools, a large number of self-locking enemy soul tool turrets quickly aimed at the dark sea surface, and the barrels began to charge, waiting for the final command.
Dai Hao, who was awakened by the noise, was shocked and angry when he heard that the Sea God Family had attacked.
He rushed to the command post and saw the huge number of enemies displayed on the soul tool screen.
He cursed loudly!
"Damn it!"
(End of this chapter)
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