Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1547 - 743: Spiritual Power Surpassing 80 Points, Merfolk’s Allegiance (Part 2)

Fang Cheng’s face was calm, his eyelids slightly closed.

The vast spiritual power within his sea of consciousness suddenly unfolded.

Buzz——

In an instant, the invisible mental waves swept through the surrounding dark sea like a powerful radar.

The rock walls, reefs, soft-bodied creatures hidden in the Dark Abyss, and those lurking Merfolk were vividly imprinted in his mind.

His consciousness, like tangible tendrils, extended even further and deeper in all directions.

The spiritual energy that overflowed was no longer illusory but condensed into telekinesis as if it were substantial.

They penetrated the seawater and manipulated matter.

Even the True Qi light emanating from his body surface seemed to have gained life, able to contract and expand freely according to his will.

Fang Cheng’s thoughts shifted, and the light domain he projected instantly contracted to the extreme.

Finally, it formed a solid golden halo behind his head.

As the light retracted, the surrounding heavy seawater was not only prevented from flooding back but was firmly blocked half a meter away by an invisible force field.

This was not a physical barrier constructed by True Qi, but a consciousness field instinctively emanated after his spiritual breakthrough.

Fang Cheng did not know how the ability he mastered differed specifically from those mutants awakened with telekinesis outside.

But at least, this force field formed by the union of his Martial Arts Will and immense spirit had reached a terrifying level in both strength and precise control.

Fang Cheng opened his eyes, gazing around.

Those pairs of green glimmering eyes in the darkness were watching him tremulously.

Those large Merfolk with claws and gills were obviously attracted by the consciousness waves triggered during his breakthrough.

Fang Cheng suddenly stood up, straightening his waist and back.

His bare body, enveloped in True Qi, ascended with a trail of fine bubbles rising upwards.

In an instant, those fragile bubbles were forcibly crushed into nothingness by the super high pressure of the Abyss.

He slightly opened his mouth, using spiritual power to oscillate the water waves, sending a brief sound in the Merfolk language around him, signaling them to disperse.

However, the Merfolk only shrank slightly in the seawater, letting out a whimpering Ming sound.

Stubbornly, they circled around him, refusing to leave.

Fang Cheng frowned slightly.

He raised his right hand, spreading his wide fingers in the water, then suddenly clenched them inward.

Boom!

The muscles of his strong forearm bulged instantly, and the seawater in his palm was squeezed with terrifying grip strength, emitting a muffled boom.

This power seemed to explode a deepwater bomb at the sea bottom.

The formidable shockwave, accompanied by the guidance of the consciousness field, swept outward like an invisible wall.

The immense thrust stirred the underwater currents, forcibly pushing those large Merfolk kneeling around several tens of meters away.

Fang Cheng stood firmly in the dark deep sea thousands of meters below, his feet rooted like into the rock layer.

The golden flames, like flowing lava, circulated on his majestic naked body, illuminating the surrounding seawater brightly.

No matter how the seawater, expelled, surged back, and the waves and undercurrents raged, his steel-cast body stood unshakable.

After a while, the golden flames on his body surface extinguished completely.

Fang Cheng restrained all his projected aura and force field, returning to the guise of an ordinary person.

He looked at the Merfolk, who were overturned by the water currents but had steadied themselves again, still looking longingly at him, and shook his head helplessly.

These creatures, entrenched in the deep sea for years, clearly harbored an almost fanatical worship towards him.

As long as they did not show any aggression, he couldn’t possibly be bothered and simply slaughter them into oblivion, right?

Let them be.

Fang Cheng no longer paid attention to these deep-sea creatures, sinking his form, and descended straight down.

Passing through the giant shield emitting mysterious blue light, his feet landed steadily on the stone surface of the Undersea Ancient City.

Fang Cheng walked towards the nearby broken stone pillar where his clothes were piled.

He then picked up a sweat shirt and put it on over his broad shoulders, followed by wearing shorts, covering his muscular physique.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Suddenly, a series of heavy thumps resounded around him, as if dozens of sandbags were thrown directly onto the ground.

Fang Cheng paused his actions, turning his head to look around.

On the ground of the Undersea Ancient City, he saw dozens of Merfolk lying about haphazardly.

These guys actually followed him and jumped down from the top of the light barrier.

However, they clearly didn’t have Fang Cheng’s physical strength to ignore gravity and the backlash.

The landing was rather clumsy, with many Merfolk tumbling and yelling chaotically.

Some even hit the rocks, resulting in bruised noses and several scales falling off.

Fang Cheng was quite speechless.

Even if they wanted to follow him closely, there was no need to awkwardly imitate him by jumping directly from over two hundred meters high, was there?

Isn’t that foolish?

They could have easily swum along the seawater to the edge of the barrier at the bottom and then walked in steadily.

Fortunately, these Merfolk have been enduring deep-sea high pressure for years, their physical fitness is extremely robust, and their hind limbs have large fins, providing some cushioning upon landing, so they didn’t break their legs.

The Merfolk rolled and climbed up, ignoring the pain on their bodies, once again looking at Fang Cheng with eyes full of awe.

One of the Merfolk, the largest and with darker-colored scales, seemed to be the leader.

It hunched over and limped forward to Fang Cheng, making a string of urgent noises with its mouth.

Fang Cheng, possessing the All-Knowing Language Talent, easily deciphered this ancient language.

The general meaning was that they were willing to pledge allegiance to him, serve him, and offer absolute loyalty from their entire tribe.

The words continually repeated an honorific—"Great King."

The Merfolk leader saw Fang Cheng standing in place without expressing anything and anxiously waved its scaled arms, pointing to the distant volcanic crater while continuing to screech with that harsh voice:

"Great King, the breath emanating from that gate... guided us to find you. You are the ruler of the Abyss, the king of the ocean. We wish to follow your brilliance for generations."

Fang Cheng had intended to directly open a Space Gate to return to the East Capital.

Upon hearing this, his gaze casually swept over the blue pillar of light erupting from the volcanic crater, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

He withdrew his gaze and looked at the Merfolk surrounding him with their respectful demeanor, and began to speak:

"From now on, treat this city as a nest, keep the gate of the volcanic crater for me, and without my orders, no outsiders are allowed to approach."

Upon hearing this command, the Merfolk leader suddenly dropped to the ground as if receiving a treasure, displaying an extremely excited expression on its ugly face.

The other Merfolk saw this and followed the leader, kneeling down in a large area.

Their throats emitted a unified roar, declaring their intention to follow and submit.

Fang Cheng slightly nodded, calmly accepting the allegiance of these deep-sea creatures.

Although these Merfolk’s intelligence is much lower than that of ordinary humans, and their actions are driven by animal instincts,

they can still communicate logically, unlike those monsters driven completely mad and bloodthirsty by higher-dimensional pollution.

Perhaps they could be trained to become an underwater special forces unit under his command.

In the future, in situations requiring underwater operations or Abyss exploration, they would certainly be greatly useful.

Fang Cheng secretly calculated in his heart, simultaneously sweeping his gaze over the surrounding ruins.

If he plans to develop this undersea ancient city as a secret base, he must tidy up the surroundings.

At least clear away the fallen boulders and seaweed and create some proper pathways, instead of letting it remain a dilapidated ruin.

These robust and immensely strong Merfolk are ready-made free laborers, aren’t they?

Moving several tons of stone should be a breeze for them, right?

Just as Fang Cheng was pondering how to assign the brick-moving tasks to this newly acquired group of followers.

"Chairman!"

An elderly voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

Fang Cheng’s eyes slightly moved, glancing around.

Besides the kneeling Merfolk, there were no other human traces within the light barrier.

"Chairman, I am Zheng Hongxin."

The voice rang out again, clearly excited:

"Subordinate sensed your location through the Truth Stele and wishes to invite you to the True Thought Society headquarters for a discussion. The association has important matters to report to you."

Fang Cheng’s eyes narrowed, immediately understanding the source of the voice.

It must be the Truth Stele resonating with the Silver Key he holds, thus achieving cross-dimensional telepathic communication.

It seems that everything he did in the Abyss was fully observed by those old folks.

Fang Cheng gathered his thoughts, calmly responding in his mind:

"Alright."