Chapter 553 - 316: Original Sea, Pure White

Chapter 553: Chapter 316: Original Sea, Pure White

’Why did it appear so suddenly?’

Lu Cang felt his entire body trembling. This wasn’t a fear he could suppress; it was a tremor originating from his very soul.

He tried to calm his conscious mind, tried to banish the fear, even used all his Spirituality to fight back.

But his every instinct screamed at him.

The being before him was something he could never hope to defeat.

BANG!

His Perception snapped back.

He saw Rhine behind them explode into a shower of liquid!

Looking over, he saw Kumironi’s body was also rapidly disintegrating.

Yet, at the same time, it was rapidly regenerating within a jade-green light!

Snapping back to reality, Lu Cang realized his own body was burning and melting away at an incredible speed, like a Vampire exposed to sunlight!

If his regeneration hadn’t been so terrifyingly fast...

...he would have been disintegrated in an instant.

"An Su!"

"What is that thing!"

Lu Cang roared the question in his mind.

An Su’s Perception was synced with his, and Lu Cang could feel its shock!

’Why does it still exist?’

’Could it be that the one who broke the Seal wasn’t the Lord of the Sea, but... it?’

’Kid, this might be even worse than we imagined!’

’If the Lord of the Sea had Awakened, the Secret Sea would be just one part of its body, and the other seas might have had a chance. But if *it’s* the one Awakening... this world will know no peace from this day forward!’

’We have to stop its descent!’

’Kid, activate the Pure White Descent Ritual! Now!’

A chill ran through Lu Cang’s heart.

From An Su’s thoughts, Lu Cang learned that this thing was called the Original Sea... the source of all oceans and water.

An existence more primordial than the Lord of the Sea.

The Lord of the Sea was the master of all Sea Demons, defined more as a ruler of monsters, a Master of the Nest.

But the Original Sea...

The ocean was once a single, unified entity. The Original Sea then split into the world’s countless seas, forming the great and small oceans of today: the Secret Sea, Muddy Sea, Moon Sea, Illusion Sea, Void Sea...

If the Original Sea fully revived, all the world’s continents would vanish, leaving only an endless ocean.

This was what An Su was thinking.

The crisis An Su had foreseen.

’It wants me to start the Pure White Descent Ritual?’

’This thing is so powerful that An Su feels it couldn’t handle it, even if it got my soul.’

’It’s even willing to give up the chance to take my soul.’

’It wants me to use the Pure White Descent Ritual to destroy it...’

’Just how dangerous is this thing?’

But at the very least, Lu Cang could sense from An Su’s thoughts that this thing was incredibly dangerous.

Lu Cang turned his head to look at Kumironi.

He was extremely worried about her.

’Forget about that woman!’

’This thing hasn’t noticed us yet! We have to move now!’

’Hasn’t noticed us?’

Lu Cang felt his body disintegrating. Even when he fought the Golden Dragon, he had never suffered such grievous injuries.

An ordinary person would have been turned to ash in less than a second.

WHOOSH—

A faint, fluorescent green light enveloped Lu Cang’s body.

Kumironi was struggling to heal him.

Healing both her injuries and Lu Cang’s.

And though An Su had urged him to abandon the woman, seeing Kumironi’s performance now, it couldn’t help but transmit a flicker of shock.

’This woman, Kumironi...’

’She’s actually...’

’...still not dead?’

Lu Cang glanced to the side. There was a planet nearby, one where he had already laid the groundwork for the Pure White Descent Ritual.

The giant pupil had appeared now.

Although his body was constantly being destroyed, everything else in the Abyss of the Sea was deathly still, as if it felt nothing at all.

’Living things...’

Lu Cang felt himself drifting backward as copious amounts of liquid seeped from his body. But it wasn’t turning into seawater as he’d expected.

Instead, it transformed into some other, extremely peculiar fluid.

This disintegration only targeted living beings.

’I can’t delay any longer!’

SWOOSH!

Lu Cang shot toward the planet like a streak of light.

"Lu Cang!"

SPLAT!

Kumironi watched in horror as a gruesome mist of blood erupted along the path Lu Cang traveled.

As he moved, his body constantly dissolved into scattering droplets. The path he took was practically paved with his own flesh.

A thick trail of blood scarred the void...

"What is this?"

Lu Cang responded telepathically, "It’s... a being that could destroy the world."

"Kumironi."

"I have to activate the Pure White Descent Ritual now."

A thought flickered in Lu Cang’s mind. ’Could An Su be tricking me?’

But...

He knew An Su’s thoughts at every moment.

And besides, the threat posed by this entity was giving Lu Cang a truly bone-chilling premonition. He knew that no matter how long he stacked the power of his Heaven-Ascending Realm of Perfection, he would be no match for it.

’Can activating the Pure White Descent Ritual even deal with this thing?’

Lu Cang had no idea.

’What can I even do?’

"An Su."

"If I use the Pure White Descent Ritual, can I really fight this thing?"

’Among the beings you can summon, it’s your only choice.’

"You can’t handle it?"

’Heh, of course I can... but it’s my natural counter.’

That was what An Su said, but its thoughts were completely different.

’Even at my Peak, I would have to avoid a direct confrontation. You want me to fight it? That would risk damaging my very Source.’

’As for whether it can be dealt with... heh, that won’t be a problem.’

’Don’t worry. Your Sophia Divine Authority is more than enough to handle the side effects of the Pure White Descent Ritual.’

’Even if you have to Sacrifice this life, you can still return to the Moon Sea.’

’What are you still hesitating for? Make a decision, or you’ll lose your chance.’

VMMMM—

Time paused. ℯ

Lu Cang’s mind raced...

’Earth...’

’I still haven’t had a chance to see Earth.’

’I haven’t had time to talk with Kumironi about how to turn humans back into Demons.’

’There’s still so much to do in the Secret Sea.’

’The two Slimes his parents had become were still in the Storage Bracelet for living creatures, kept inside the Ten Thousand Skin Bag.’

The Ten Thousand Skin Bag was itself a Storage Bag with nested pocket dimensions.

Being of the highest Quality, it was the bag Lu Cang used to store all his most valuable possessions.

’Should I listen to An Su?’

’It seems I have no other reasonable choice.’

He couldn’t just let this thing exist. Its mere presence was a mortal threat.

"An Su..."

"If you’re lying to me, I’ll drag you down with me to the grave."

Time resumed its flow. Lu Cang’s tone was ice-cold.

An Su could sense that Lu Cang meant it.

WHOOSH!

A torrent of souls erupted!

One hundred billion souls flew out from Lu Cang’s body!

They poured into the barren planet below, which was covered in Ritual Array Maps!

’Then... let’s begin.’

’The Pure White Descent Ritual!’