Chapter 434 - The Confusion in Mind

Chapter 434: The Confusion in Mind
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Zhou Bao had heard that the Sea Area was extremely vast when he was on land, but he had never seen it for himself. This time, by sailing across the sea, he finally had the chance to experience it and it was certainly very impressive!
In this damned Sea Area, any influence could easily control an area ranging from tens of thousands of miles. However, that was no big deal because the Four Eastern Regions were quite wide with many influences controlling such areas as well. Take the Jin dynasty as an example; its territory encompassed tens of millions of miles, but that was its area rather than its diameter. The distance between the Four Eastern Regions and Three Western Regions was measured by their straight-line distance which was about 700,000 or 800,000 miles. Even the undeviating distance of the Sea Area between the Four Eastern Regions and Three Western Regions ranged about tens of thousands of miles. Moreover, the Seven-deity Regions were bordered by the boundless Sea Area, however, in reality, they were just the seven largest islands.
Due to the fact that the Sea Area was so wide, there were also many powerful Demonic Immortals. What surprised Zhou Bao the most was the fact that even with such a huge area filled with myriads of powerful Demonic Immortals, they still came under the control of a Sea Emperor. How powerful would this Celestial Emperor be?
He could not quite imagine that.
Compared to the sea in his former life, this Sea Area was several times wider and deeper. A depth of hundreds of thousands of feet was the norm. The undersea world did not pale in comparison with the land and its resources were several times more bountiful than those of the latter.
The massive mountain ranges to the north above the seabed stretched on for tens of thousands of miles, and they were no lesser than Misty Mountain which was in Zhou Bao’s hometown. They were just ordinary small mountains in the Sea Area and there were also plants, animals, evil beasts, and monsters here. The variety and quantity of creatures here far surpassed those of creatures in the mountains on land. The terrain here was much more complicated than that of the land too. Aside from the mountains, the most problematic feature was the oceanic trench. It was a very common feature and it reached a depth of 100,000 feet. No one knew what strange things existed in these trenches. The deeper one dived, the greater the pressure he would feel in the water. With Zhou Bao’s current strength, he would feel the pressure once he was thousands of feet under the water. Therefore, this was a universal way of gauging the strength of the creatures in the Sea Area; the deeper the evil beast lived, the stronger and more unfathomable its power would be.
Zhou Bao was able to execute his Snake-like Breath Holding Skill up to a depth of 10,000 feet under the water, without any problems. Of course, most demons were living at this depth. The deeper zone was the territory of some powerful beasts, whom even Rolling Dragon King who controlled this Sea Area dared not offend.
For the entire Sea Area, the zone between the depth of 10,000 feet under the sea and the sea surface was equivalent to the land above and it was where most of the ordinary creatures lived.
Zhou Bao held his breath and curled up in a rocky crack under the sea. The crack was located at the foot of a huge underwater mountain range and was covered by a huge rock. It was extremely hard for the light to penetrate this 40,000- or 50,000-foot deep sea. Due to it being covered by the shadow of that huge rock, the crack was in complete darkness.
The undersea world was quite dark. Its main source of light came not from the sunlight above the sea but from the tiny creatures such as fishes and shrimps that gave forth strange lights, as well as from the shiny seaweeds that grew on the rocks. These lights together with the faint sunlight shed from above the sea were the main sources of light in the entire undersea world.
For the people on land, the undersea world appeared darker than the night. However, for creatures in the sea, especially for demons, living in such a world for them was the same as living under bright sunshine. Of course, by relying on the mystical power of his Fiery Eyes, Zhou Bao was quite familiar with his surroundings. No one could hide from his vision within a radius of 1,000 feet, not even the tiny planktons.
Five demons were coming near and Zhou Bao could easily distinguish who they were. Although they had human forms, they still possessed distinct characteristics of demons. For example, one of them had the head of a fish and webbed hands with four fingers only. Others also had various characteristics which distinguished what they were. One had the head of a shrimp and the other, the head of an octopus. The leader had a head of a turtle and a turtle shell on his back. He looked similar to Prime Minister Turtle that Zhou Bao had seen in the TV serials from his previous life.
They were talking about something while walking and did not seem to be afraid of being overheard by anyone. In fact, there was nothing to hide. After all, the last thing they expected was anyone eavesdropping on them in this place.

Military Counsellor Turtle, what do you think about this matter? It’s said that someone escaped from Dragon Abyss Prison and killed a dozen guards. Is that true?
The man with the fish head asked curiously.

Of course it’s true. Rolling Dragon King was totally furious about this matter!
Military Counsellor Turtle said contemptuously and continued,
Master Jin Hua thought he made a great accomplishment by capturing the people from the land this time. However, why didn’t he check out their strength before doing so? Since they dared to sail across the Sea Area, they must be quite powerful. Not to mention the one who escaped in the beginning nearly destroyed his Water Mansion, the man who escaped this time was not to be trifled with. I heard that he owns a fairy weapon, and because of it, Rolling Dragon King issued the sea-closing order. Finally, Rolling Dragon King arrested all of them and acquired many celestial devices, including several Pure Yang Celestial Devices and Highest Heaven Celestial Devices. However, he failed to get that particular fairy weapon. Therefore, he imprisoned all those people in Dragon Abyss Prison and thought he could slowly come up with a plan. Never did he expect that he would receive such a result. He really went for wool but came home shorn.


Yeah, you’re right. Master Jin Hua is really in trouble this time. I heard that one of the casualties is Rolling Dragon King’s Fourth Prince, who lusted after a beauty there and wanted to take this opportunity to take advantage of her. He did not expect that he would be beaten to death by the man with a fairy weapon just because he thought he was a guard!
The Shrimp-headed Demon gloated over Fourth Prince’s misfortune and continued,
He is the biological son of the Dragon Queen, who has been in good hands all this while, but he hasn’t achieved the Individual Immortal Karma Rank yet. Unfortunately, his soul was shattered, and thus, he has no opportunity to be reborn!


We can talk about all these matters here, but don’t say it out loud!
Upon hearing the Shrimp-headed Demon’s words, Military Counsellor Turtle’s face darkened and he asked grimly,
Are you really tired of living?

The Shrimp-headed Demon quivered with terror and repeatedly said that he dared not do so.

Hurry up, our master is summoning us. Since Fourth Prince was killed by the man with a fairy weapon, His Majesty will never be willing to let him go. Whoever finds and captures the killer will definitely receive a big reward and maybe even that fairy weapon. Haha, Master Jin Hua captured a scourge this time and because of him, Fourth Prince was killed. Even though His Majesty has not said it, he will not receive any more benefits in the future. Therefore, he is no longer a threat to our master!
Military Counsellor Turtle said grimly and added,
Hurry up, don’t keep our master waiting for too long!
While speaking, they sped up suddenly and dashed towards the deep end of the sea.

Did Yu Nantian kill Rolling Dragon King’s son?
 
After they left, Zhou Bao scrunched up his eyebrows. He sensed both opportunity and danger in this news.
Everything was getting more and more complicated.

That’ll be fine. Since he had killed the Fourth Prince, everyone in this Sea Area will be focusing on him. If I proceed with care, there might be an opportunity for me to save other people. In that case, I can fulfill my promise when I return to the Four Eastern Regions.
 
thought Zhou Bao.
This being the case, Zhou Bao did not think that the mission to capture Ye Qingtian would be successful. At the same time, new doubts arose from his heart. 
They were not aware of the dangers in the Sea Area, but the old guys in the big sects surely did. Even if there were Highest Heaven Celestial Devices, it would be quite difficult for them to sail across the Sea Area that was tens of thousands of miles. Why were those old guys able to come up with the idea of communicating with the people from the big sects in the Three Western Regions, but failed to communicate with the people in the Sea Area?

Didn’t they know that the Sea Area posed a greater danger than the Three Western Regions? What the hell were these old guys thinking of? Did they intentionally send us to this boundless Sea Area to meet our death?



If it was true, what was their purpose? What drove them to do so? Could it be that they wanted to wage a war against the Sea Area and were using us as an excuse?



That was not true either!


Since the Sea Area was so powerful, the action to wage a war against it was equivalent to an egg striking a rock.
The more Zhou Bao thought, the more confused he became.

Forget it. I’d better not think too much for now. I should see what I can do to save those unlucky guys. Yu Nantian has already escaped with his fairy weapon, so I’d better forget about him for now. I can do nothing even if I want to interfere in his affair. I should try my best to get some information about Dragon Abyss Prison!

thought Zhou Bao. His body shrunk, and a faint flame appeared above his body. Within a short while, it had completely turned into Demonic Qi.
Yes, it was Demonic Qi!
Although he was not a demon, the Real Essence inside his body contained the Demonic Fire of the Primitive Dragon Chimera. Meanwhile, he had absorbed the power of the Primordial Demonic Ape Zhuyan’s egg. Therefore, it was an easy task for him to turn his Real Essence into Demonic Qi. However, he had no time to become familiar with Zhuyan. The power of the Demonic Fire of the Dragon Chimera was considerably weaker under the sea, so the only thing he could do was to turn his Real Essence into a kind of Qi similar to the Demonic Qi of the Dragon Chimera. The Dragon Chimera was an aquatic creature which had lived in the sea since primitive times. Hence, after Zhou Bao turned his Real Essence into the Demonic Qi, he felt extremely comfortable. A layer of black fog encircled him and soon it transformed into a black gauze-like robe on him. However, his appearance did not change too much. But affected by the black Demonic Qi, his crystal-like skin darkened. He slipped into the stone crack and moved towards the deeper sea.