King of Creation Chapter 1736 - 1721: Disappear Together?
Previously on King of Creation...
In a flash of blue, the Green Winged Wind Kite’s enormous wings snapped shut like colossal blue blades, diving headfirst into the North Sea.
Vibrations coursed through the azure expanse of its giant wings.
Though these immense wings resembled twin swords standing at attention, a closer inspection revealed a rapid, minute-range oscillation.
Each oscillation generated powerful gusts of wind around the wings, so rapid that it formed a resplendent halo of blue light, appearing breathtakingly beautiful.
However, those who dared to approach this blue aura would discover it wasn't a halo at all, but a raging Green Blade Storm, a tempest of countless gales and wind blades!
In mere moments, the Green Winged Wind Kite plunged into the sea, its Green Blade Storm battering the seabed.
Boom!
The seabed erupted where the Green Blade Storm struck, and the twin blue wings heaved two colossal walls of water, reaching thousands of meters high, from the ocean.
Swiftly, a dry channel was gouged into the seabed.
With a piercing shriek, the Green Winged Wind Kite plunged into this seabed chasm. Its blue wings roared like thunder, unleashing continuous Green Blade Storms that churned and expelled seawater, forging an open passage.
A magnificent spectacle began to unfold in the North Sea, capturing the attention of passing Martial Artists and Demon Beasts.
The astute ones cast a brief glance before fleeing at maximum speed, while the fearless pressed onward, compelled to witness the unfolding events.
The waters receded, and the Green Winged Wind Kite, through sheer power, carved a pursuit path across the ocean floor.
It advanced relentlessly, its massive wings cracking like thunder, perpetually clearing the way, while the displaced seawater rushed back, filling the surface.
Yet, the Green Winged Wind Kite maintained a seabed corridor, ten thousand meters long, hurtling forward beneath the waves.
Meanwhile, Ye Zhen, who had previously seemed like a dragon returning to the sea, was now angling sharply downwards into the ocean's depths.
Empowered by the innate water affinity of his Black Dragon Water Spirit Power and bolstered by several Water Demon Essence Soul Beads from the Mirage Dragon Pearl, Ye Zhen's underwater speed was extraordinary, rivaling that of any Realm King realm beast.
Ye Zhen felt a growing certainty: the deeper he descended, the safer he would be. In just these fleeting moments, he had already plunged over five miles beneath the sea's surface.
Suddenly, Ye Zhen detected a surge in the water pressure directly behind him, causing his streamlined form to swerve sharply under the unexpected force. Before he could fully process it, a fierce wind assaulted his back.
This sensation sent a chilling premonition through Ye Zhen.
At the seabed!
He was situated more than two thousand meters below the surface, in an aquatic world. How could wind manifest here?
Instinctively turning, Ye Zhen beheld a pair of colossal, imposing blue wings bearing down on him. The predatory glint in those enormous eyes, and especially the chillingly shining talons, were starkly apparent.
A distance of kilometers was negligible for an ancient avian creature with such a lineage as the Green Winged Wind Kite, a being of the mid-stage Dao Realm. It would take not just a moment, but less than half a moment.
Ye Zhen’s heart pounded with a premonition. He understood that this was his critical juncture, a moment between life and death.
For an ordinary martial artist, encountering such a ferocious beast as the Green Winged Wind Kite, an anomaly at the ocean's floor, would evoke shock and bewilderment, even if only momentarily.
They would ponder how such a feat was accomplished by the Green Winged Wind Kite.
However, for a seasoned martial artist like Ye Zhen, his immediate reaction upon seeing the Green Winged Wind Kite was not one of shock or awe at its terrifying power.
Instead, he was guided by a warrior's instinct, honed through countless battles for survival.
This instinct, while profoundly mysterious, was remarkably straightforward.
In that instant, Ye Zhen had no time for intricate strategies; the combined Cues from a hundred or a thousand life-and-death encounters propelled Ye Zhen into an instinctive reaction.
Ye Zhen's body and spirit executed this primal command without hesitation.
A form of combat instinct!
The feeling was incredibly difficult to articulate, yet it manifested in the very instant Ye Zhen turned.
With eyes wide, Ye Zhen's form vanished instantly from the seawater.
Instinctively, Ye Zhen executed the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape, merging with the ambient Water Spirits found on the ocean floor.
Mere moments after Ye Zhen disappeared, the Green Winged Wind Kite materialized precisely where he had been.
Frustrated by the miss, the Green Winged Wind Kite unleashed an enraged screech!
From its cry, a furious storm of blue ripples erupted from the space Ye Zhen had vacated.
In an instant, all the seawater within a ten-mile radius of Ye Zhen's vanishing point was violently expelled into the sky.
"Your escape skills are futile against me!"
The Green Winged Wind Kite issued a ferocious, human-like roar. It had been forewarned of the young one's peculiar escape abilities but had not foreseen their true, mind-boggling nature.
He could vanish right before its eyes, evading even its formidable Divine Sense.
Its Divine Sense, it should be noted, originated from a Dao Realm Expert, fortified by a Primordial Spirit cultivated over centuries, making it overwhelmingly potent.
Even cultivators of comparable standing found it exceedingly difficult to vanish undetected right under its piercing gaze.
In its mounting fury, the Green Winged Wind Kite's immense avian eyes unleashed another piercing blue Spirit Light, illuminating the seawater that had been blasted skyward from Ye Zhen's last known location.
This displaced water encompassed the entire sea within a ten-mile radius where Ye Zhen had disappeared.
When Ye Zhen had vanished, there was no discernible spatial distortion.
Therefore, the Green Winged Wind Kite surmised it must be a form of Water Escape Technique utilized beneath the waves. If it was indeed a Water Escape Technique, he could not have journeyed far in such a minuscule timeframe.
Consequently, it violently expelled all the seawater within a ten-mile radius of Ye Zhen's vanishing point into the sky, intending to employ a Secret Technique or innate prowess to compel Ye Zhen out into the open.
The Green Winged Wind Kite's strategy, it must be conceded, was exceptionally shrewd!
Ye Zhen, who had narrowly avoided disaster by instinctively plunging into the Water Spirit, now found himself propelled into the sky along with the torrent of water, thanks to the Green Winged Wind Kite's actions.
Before Ye Zhen could even formulate a plan, the very same blue light wave that had previously expelled him from the void hurtled towards him once more.
This forced Ye Zhen to utter a silent curse!
Ye Zhen understood with grim certainty that if he had been unable to withstand the blue light shot from the Green Winged Wind Kite's eyes before, his chances now were even more dire.
Ye Zhen also knew with absolute clarity that this time, when the Green Winged Wind Kite forcibly extracted him from the void, it would signify the moment of his demise!
"It appears there is no alternative!"
With a subtle manipulation of his Divine Sense, Ye Zhen was thrust out of the void by the azure Spirit Light. The instant he reappeared, a streak of blood-red light surged from his chest, expanding rapidly in the wind.
In the subsequent moment, the War Soul Blood Flag, deployed by Ye Zhen, blazed with crimson light, resembling a miniature ruby sun, causing the very fabric of the void to quiver violently.
As Ye Zhen emerged from the void, a look of triumph flickered in the Green Winged Wind Kite's eyes. It transformed into a bolt of blue light, streaking directly towards Ye Zhen.
The blood light emanating from the War Soul Blood Flag reached its peak intensity instantaneously. Amidst mysterious undulations, the flag enveloped Ye Zhen, causing him to vanish once more from the void.
At this juncture, the Green Winged Wind Kite's eyes widened in profound astonishment. "A Treasure of Space?"
It had never imagined that at such a critical juncture, Ye Zhen would possess a lifesaving Treasure of Space.
However, what surprised the Green Winged Wind Kite even more was the incredibly close proximity to Ye Zhen and the sheer rapidity of his reaction.
The instant Ye Zhen materialized, the Green Winged Wind Kite surged forward with immense speed.
As fate would have it, at the very moment the War Soul Blood Flag's blood light reached its zenith, the Green Winged Wind Kite was unable to halt its momentum, plunging headlong into the crimson radiance of the War Soul Blood Flag.
In the ensuing moment, the blood light of the War Soul Blood Flag rapidly contracted, vanishing along with Ye Zhen.
Vanishing alongside the receding blood light of the War Soul Blood Flag and Ye Zhen was... the Green Winged Wind Kite!!!