Clad in pure white robes and holding the Sky-Reaching Divine Spear in his right hand, Yun Ming descended from the heavens. He unleashed his most powerful strike, passing through like a brilliant golden sun and directly piercing Skadi's water barrier. As a peerless genius, his combat talent was absolutely top-tier.
"To think he actually knew to use his strongest technique for a vertical strike."
The strike tore directly through half of Skadi's body. The blue-and-white spear, accompanied by an unstoppable momentum, shattered her left arm along with her lower body. Blue-green flesh and blood floated around Skadi, presenting an extremely eerie sight reflected in the pitch-black ocean.
It should have ended right there with the opponent heavily injured. However, within Yun Ming's spiritual perception, the broken fragments of the deep-blue lifeform still possessed a robust vitality that adhered to the flesh and blood, moving in tandem with the divine power.
'What's going on? An energy-based creature like those from the Abyssal Plane? No! This life energy is not a single entity--it's entirely composed of individual cells?'
Before Yun Ming could figure out what was happening, the Vast Sea Douluo, Chen Xinjie, thrust downward with his Trident, carrying an endless, overbearing momentum.
From the very beginning, this Sea God Priest had been competing with the Sea God for control over the ocean. With the assistance of Sea God Tang San's divine sense within the Sea God Helmet, combined with his own Divine Origin Realm spiritual power, he stood on equal footing with this newborn Sea God.
Both were fighting to seize control of the ocean. After all, to defeat the Sea God in an oceanic home court, one had to ensure that the home court advantage remained in their own hands.
Right after Yun Ming's attack succeeded, although Chen Xinjie was somewhat puzzled by the nature of that seven-colored aura...
He immediately felt the authority over the ocean, which had been suppressed all this time, return to his side. Thus, Chen Xinjie made an instant judgment--the Sea God had been heavily wounded!
Feeling the endless power transmitted from the ocean beneath his feet, Chen Xinjie's faith in the Sea God surged once more. A ready-made Sea God Divine Seat!
If the Sea God was absent today, who would it be given to? It would surely be granted to the Sea God Clan, serving as a family heirloom just like the Sea God Helmet. When the time came, he would bring the Divine Seat to Shrek Academy and marry Yue'er...
Ah! A beautiful future was right before his eyes!
However, just as Chen Xinjie's attack was about to land, he looked ahead and saw the Sea God's expressionless, even somewhat cutely dazed face.
Chen Xinjie inadvertently recalled the words his master had spoken to him when he was still a child:
'Xinjie! Remember that a calm ocean is like a piece of tamed brocade, but undercurrents swirl beneath it, hiding the darkness of deep trenches. Uninvited dangers always lurk beneath a calm sea. Never lack reverence for nature.'
Those who reached the Limit Douluo level possessed an intuition that could practically predict the future, and this was even truer for him, whose spiritual power had attained the Divine Origin Realm.
Chen Xinjie's distant intuition seemed to pierce through the Sea God! He envisioned a deep blue tree, and he envisioned a massive sea monster--a giant sea dragon staring at him with a placid gaze. Subsequently, an endless swarm of predatory fish surged toward him.
Then there were blooming white flowers, creatures resembling sea lilies. Chen Xinjie had never seen a creature so sinister yet so divine.
By the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late. The flesh and blood drifting around Skadi surged like a rolling tide, blanketing Chen Xinjie's attack.
Yun Ming was also a top-tier expert. The moment he sensed something amiss, he immediately abandoned his assault on the mangled Sea God, even though the deity was pinned in place by that mysterious seven-colored light.
Detecting the abnormality, he flashed to Chen Xinjie's side in an instant and pulled him backward. Unfortunately, the deep-blue flesh and blood had already coated Chen Xinjie's right arm. The Battle Armor on his right arm seemed to come alive; originally made of spiritualized Heavenly Forged metal, it fused with the flesh and blood the moment they made contact, instantly turning into an independent living organism.
As he watched the Battle Armor on his right arm split open into a bloody maw, and beheld the eerie sight of the Sea God's severed half-body flying toward them, Chen Xinjie quickly lowered his stance. He struck his right arm heavily with his left hand, directly shattering the Four-Word Battle Armor on it.
Behind him, Yun Ming, who was pulling him away, brandished his divine weapon and pierced Skadi's body once more. However, compared to the clean penetration of his previous spear intent, the physical sensation this time was far more bizarre!
'The sensation is completely wrong! Did I miss? He's been hacked to pieces like this, yet he acts like nothing happened!'
Skadi ignored all attacks and reached her hand toward the Sea God Helmet on Chen Xinjie's head. A crimson and azure light eroded the Sea God's divine power on the helmet. Just as she was about to succeed, Yun Ming, who was right beside her, swung his long spear and activated his exclusive domain--Sky Restriction!
The Four-Word Battle Armor stained with Seaborn blood on the sea surface, along with the airborne Skadi, were all brought under control and plummeted into the sea.
Yun Ming grabbed Chen Xinjie and rapidly pulled away, leaping several miles out before they finally evaded the threat.
Upon the pitch-black ocean, the Sea God merely stood quietly on the water's surface as the shattered flesh and blood slowly dissolved back into his body.
On the tranquil and peaceful sea, the Seaborn song from the start of the battle began to echo once more. A massive sea dragon emerged from the horizon; its deep black body, paired with dazzling golden twin eyes and a wantonly blooming azure radiance, fully displayed its divine nature.
"Just Sky Restriction? Witness mine..."
The ethereal voice reached their ears like the sound of the Grim Reaper sharpening his blade.
Following this, the Sea God waved the staff in his hand. With a gentle swipe, an indescribable aura swept toward the two of them.
'It feels like falling into a bottomless abyss.'
This was Yun Ming's initial thought, after which he realized what it was! Just as he had gained the authority of Sky Restriction after creating his Divine Seat, and just as the Sky-Reaching Divine Spear accompanied him to fight across all directions, there was no reason the Sea God wouldn't have one...
"This is a domain! A God's Domain! Retreat quickly! Exit the range of the domain!"
However, every step they took felt like traversing through the deep sea, with endless resistance penetrating their entire bodies. Although it did not heavily affect the two true gods, it genuinely hindered them.
Within the domain's range, endless Seaborn emerged on the sea surface. Sea lilies blanketed the ocean like flowers; had it not been for their purple cores, one would truly mistake them for actual blossoms. Countless predatory fish surged out of the water, and in an instant, the sea surface teemed with boundless vitality.
Yun Ming made a prompt decision and summoned his Martial Soul Avatar--the Sky-Reaching Divine Spear.
Using an alternative Martial Soul Avatar method derived from tens of thousands of years of research at Shrek Academy, a pillar reaching tens of thousands of meters high descended from above. The Sky-Reaching Divine Spear displayed its might once more, crushing the emerging Seaborn into pieces as the endless Sky-Reaching Spear intent purged the surging tide of creatures.
The two flew atop the Sky-Reaching Divine Spear to avoid the incoming jellyfish-like Seaborn while exchanging the information they had gathered.
"We were wrong! This is no longer the Sea God we know from common sense! The ocean doesn't just consist of seawater; it is also the source of life. He is the Sea God of Life, not just of the ocean..."
"Yun Ming! His flesh and blood possess spirituality and can grant life to matter. These are not Sea Soul Beasts; they are all extensions of His will!" Chen Xinjie examined the wound on his right arm, staring at his right arm's Battle Armor, which had already transformed into an independent coral reef.
"There is also a third party in this battlefield who stands on our side, but it doesn't seem like the Ancient Golden Tree. I sensed the power of the plane within that energy..." Yun Ming shared the information expressionlessly. When he thought of the eeriness of the Ancient Golden Tree and the seven-colored light restraining the Sea God, a profound gleam flashed in his eyes.
Over the past ten thousand years, various minor planes would occasionally appear across the continent. Small and medium-sized planes were designated for human research, making the power of planes familiar to the public. Thus, people speculated whether their own plane possessed a Spirit of the Plane. Unfortunately, even when the Abyssal Plane fought right to their doorstep, the power of the plane had never manifested, so people eventually let the matter drop.
Yet now, the theoretical power of the plane had actually appeared here, and it was even suppressing the newborn Sea God. This was a thought-provoking matter.
Therefore, Yun Ming had not exerted his full strength--at least, that strongest strike from earlier was not his absolute limit. The current Sea God had not yet reached the Limit Douluo level and was still only a Titled Douluo...
Yun Ming was acting under the instructions of the Ancient Golden Tree to resolve issues dangerous to the plane, just like with the Demonic Plane in the past. Yet, looking at the newborn Sea God...
"Let's not talk about that for now. That Sea God's domain is truly terrifying; even my Sky Restriction isn't this powerful. Reasonably speaking, a domain is constructed from one's own understanding of laws to form their own world. The Sea God Domain probably hasn't even shown its full might yet."
Yun Ming had not made any progress in recent decades and had already started settling into retirement. Witnessing a God's Domain once more caused the inspiration of this peerless genius to surge rapidly.
"Thanks for the rescue, Yun Ming! But after this, just watch closely. This is a dispute between a new god and an old god; you still have a long way to go. I probably won't live much longer."
Chen Xinjie stared at the dark clouds in the sky as if sensing something, delivering his final words just like a two-hundred-year-old elder.
"You're right! A God's Domain! A god inside their own home-court domain is naturally even more of a god..." Chen Xinjie remarked weakly, the long-ignited flame of his life bursting forth with its final radiance.
Suddenly, a massive object resembling a mountain peak descended from the heavens!
A sixty-thousand-year-old savage beast, the king of turtle-type Sea Soul Beasts--Baxia--slipped down from the sky. Carrying the rules of Yun Ming's Sky Restriction domain alongside its own combat techniques, it swept forward with a majestic and grand momentum.