goodnovel Chapter 1635 - 830: Ancient Times Murals
Chapter 1635 - 830: Ancient Times Murals
Swish~
Accompanied by the sound of fat being squeezed and deformed, and a large influx of murky seawater, tentacles continuously probed outward.
This squid monster actually forced its huge body through the narrow entrance of the water pool.
Its skin violently rubbed against the hard inner wall of the turtle shell, making a piercing screech.
Its resilient tentacles inevitably lost large patches of skin and meat, mixing its foul-smelling body fluid with the murky seawater, instantly enveloping the entire entrance area.
Like a soft-bodied creature forcefully stuffed into a can, it noticeably relaxed once entering the spacious area.
The price of entering this place was heavy for it.
The remnants of the pirate ship, stubbornly held in its mouth, had long since become distorted and unrecognizable under the intense squeezing through the narrow passage.
The keel broke, and the deck collapsed, like a toy crushed by great force.
"Splash... cough cough..."
A few embarrassing splashes and violent coughing came from the squid’s mouth.
Chao Shengwan, Samurai Long Cang, Red-haired Andre, and two other core Sea Demon Group members rolled out from the gaps of the shattered ship’s body like vomit, landing in the shallow puddle at the bottom of the turtle shell.
All of them were wounded, their clothes were tattered, faces pale, clearly not feeling well.
Chao Shengwan was the first to struggle to stand, wiping the slime and blood from his face, cautiously surveying his surroundings.
When his gaze fell upon the vast, empty interior space, his pupils contracted suddenly, with shock replacing his initial embarrassment.
The dome towered above, covered with mysterious bone markings and luminescent moss, illuminating the wide ground below composed of layer upon layer of bone fossils. In the distance, faint traces of human excavation and architectural ruins could be seen.
"This... is this... inside the turtle’s belly?!"
Samurai Long Cang’s voice trembled with disbelief.
He surveyed this football field-sized space, tucked away like its own world, swallowing hard.
Divine Gunman Andre greedily took a deep breath, "A miracle! This is a miracle!"
After the initial shock, wild joy ignited in the hearts of the Sea Demon Group like wildfire.
Chao Shengwan’s eyes sparkled with shrewdness and heated desire, "No wonder the Royal Fleet sank here, ’Sea Stabilizing Night Light’! It must be treasures that brought them here, there might be secrets on this Immortal Mountain."
Saying this, he looked around with a fierce glint, "And that kid, we can’t let him live!"
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Meanwhile, at the other end of the Turtle Shell Space.
A faint shadow quickly moved between the shadows formed by huge bone fossils.
North Emperor Mysterious Water Escape, with the rich Water Qi in this place, had an astonishing effect.
Li Yan’s form was almost completely transparent, his presence perfectly blending with the environment, silently.
He cautiously moved, avoiding the search of those people behind him while carefully observing this mysterious space.
Underfoot was not solid ground, but a "stratum" over dozens of meters deep.
Formed layer upon layer by countless huge, strange bone fossils.
Huge fish-dragon ribs, sea beast teeth like spears, giant shell fragments tinged with metallic luster...
They were swallowed, absorbed, and deposited in a peculiar way by the giant turtle in its lifetime, becoming part of the turtle shell, making it incomparably thick and firm, enduring the ages unchanged.
This process itself contained an indescribable power of creation.
However, near the edge of the turtle shell, the scene was completely different.
There were not pure natural fossil layers anymore, but obvious traces of human activity.
Li Yan saw some simple stone steps and platforms carved into the fossil layers, and even some decayed remnants of houses built using giant bone fossils as beams and pillars.
The architectural style was extremely ancient and rugged, devoid of any intricate carvings, yet carrying a charm.
"It’s ancient cultivators..."
Li Yan was struck, vaguely guessing.
In that distant era, this beyond-understanding giant turtle died.
Later, cultivators came to this place, perhaps many legends originated from this.
To reach such deep ocean trench and find this giant turtle’s remains, and even construct inside...
The strength of those ancient cultivators could be imagined!
However, these buildings also couldn’t escape the erosion of time.
The wood had long turned to dust, the stone parts were filled with cracks, frail and fragile.
Li Yan carefully touched a stone wall, his fingertips felt the cold and the weathered impression of ages.
The faint Spiritual Energy within had long dissipated.
Honestly, coming to such a magical place, he wanted to find magic artifacts or texts left by ancient cultivators.
But throughout his exploration, anything seen was either completely decayed or had lost its spirituality, indistinguishable from rock.
Behind him, the Sea Demon Group’s search was efficient.
They divided into two groups, centering from the entrance, expanding fan-shaped searches on both sides.
Chao Shengwan and Long Cang in one group, Andre and the other two in another.
They were equally shocked by the ancient cultivators’ remains, but were more greedy in searching for anything valuable.
"Boss, look at these bones!"
Long Cang pointed at some humanoid remains scattered around the ruins, mixed among the ancient fossil layers.
These remains took varying poses, some curled in corners, others lying on the ground.
More were piled chaotically on paths leading in certain directions.
Compared to the surrounding ancient beast fossils, they seemed small and fragile, their bones carrying no evident wounds.
Their sheer number exuded an eerie atmosphere.
"No signs of battle... so many people, it’s as if they suddenly lost their lives."