Chapter 2311 - 2314: Deadly Accident—The Unopenable Crystal Coffin

In that instant, Shen Qiang's abnormal behavior had already drawn the attention of the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang, who was fighting the Atlantic City Sea Demons.

"What's wrong?"

Hearing his question, glancing at the tide-like surge of ferocious Great Sea Demons, and at his own people already bathed in blood, Shen Qiang did not answer.

Instead, like a madman, he went berserk, pouring every ounce of strength into trying to open the Crystal Coffin.

Because this was an accident Shen Qiang simply could not accept!

Previously, Shen Qiang's Divine Sense hadn't been here because he had needed it to lure the Sea Emperor away.

At the same time, the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang, Uncle Gui, and even the other Sea Demons hadn't taken that outermost patrol squad of Atlantic Sea Demons seriously, so they'd run into them by accident.

That had already been a bit suffocating.

But it was still acceptable.

Because that was an accident that could be remedied.

But the accident now was enough to be fatal!

Not just to Shen Qiang himself.

An unopened Crystal Coffin was enough to get everyone killed here.

The Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang.

Uncle Gui.

The thirty Death Soldiers, the elite among elites.

And the peerlessly beautiful Mermaid Princess Qian Ning!

If they couldn't open this Crystal Coffin in time, all the effort they'd poured in up to now wouldn't just be for nothing.

This operation would also dig everyone's grave in advance!

"Open, open! Open for me!"

Shen Qiang, straining his body to the limit, had already ground the giant stone under his feet so hard that the floor was cracking.

The violent eruption of True Yuan had already destroyed every decoration inside the Temple,

yet that Crystal Coffin hadn't just failed to open—it hadn't even budged an inch.

"There are still fifty seconds left. The Sea Emperor is rushing back. Brute force doesn't work, it won't open, but we can't give up yet. If we lose here, everything up to now will vanish like smoke."

His brows lifted in an instant, battle intent flaring in his eyes as information from the Observation Skill surged up in Shen Qiang's mind.

Crystal Coffin.

Origin unknown.

Secret technique, a Sealing from an Exotic Realm.

Existence duration, over six thousand years.

Method of opening, unknown.

Note: There is no box that is truly impossible to open. As long as one has enough patience, enough time, and finds the key, everything will fall into place.

Such information was like a heavy blow to Shen Qiang's chest.

Enough patience, enough time.

Those two things were what Shen Qiang wished for as well!

But even if he had patience, the time now simply wouldn't allow it.

In a little over forty seconds, the Sea Emperor would arrive!

"Leave."

A rational voice echoed through Shen Qiang's mind.

Forty-some seconds was enough time for Shen Qiang, the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang, Uncle Gui, Mermaid Princess Qian Ning, and the many Sea Demons to get away from here.

But outside that rational voice.

Shen Qiang's heart was roaring in unwilling fury.

"What are you leaving with? What right do you have to leave! Song Weiyin is burning herself out, Bianyi is holding his ground before the Death God, the cultivators of Heshenghe can die, the Great Demons can die—what makes you, Shen Qiang, the one who gets to take no risks?"

"There's a chance. This is just an accident! As long as you're careful enough, it can be opened, it definitely can be opened!"

Boom!

One of the accompanying Great Sea Demons had his chest pierced through by an Atlantic City Sea Demon's spear.

Brilliant blood blossomed in the water like a blooming flower of the Nether Shore.

Outside the massive doors of the Temple, a gigantic sea monster like a blimp fell in battle under the Sea Demons' siege.

The explosion of yellow sand and dust instantly turned everything murky.

"Move aside!" As the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang roared.

Shen Qiang instinctively stepped back.

Hiss!

The long spear in the Great Sea Demon King's hand, reeking of blood, cleaved out in a flash like lightning streaking across the night sky.

Bang!

With a thunderous noise.

A white spot appeared on the crystal-clear Crystal Coffin, one that could be wiped away with a hand.

And then…

The Great Sea Demon King's spear rebounded.

"Don't just stand there! What do we do?"

The Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang bellowed.

In the midst of his roar, his figure flickered, snatching back under himself the elite Sea Demon whose chest had already been pierced through.

"Forty-three seconds left."

Shen Qiang suddenly raised his brows and shouted sharply, "Pass down my order: everyone come inside, come to my side!"

Hearing this, both the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang and Uncle Gui were stunned.

"Are you insane?" The Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang suddenly flew into a rage and yelled, "This is cutting off our own escape! There's still time to flee now—if everyone comes inside and we get surrounded, nobody's getting out!"

Hearing the Great Sea Demon King's roar.

A terrifying aura erupted from Shen Qiang's body in an instant.

"I called you here to help me work, not to question me!"

Shen Qiang's words were cold yet decisive, allowing no doubt, a wild, domineering aura flaring without restraint. Not only did it leave all the Sea Demons present stunned, it also made Uncle Gui's eyes suddenly shine.

"A true Emperor always follows his own Dao and will absolutely never change because someone else doubts him!"

Bang!

After skewering an opponent with one spear, the Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang suddenly laughed. Not only did the vicious gleam in his eyes inexplicably gain a hint of mirth, he even roared with laughter, "Fine, we'll settle this debt later."

As his words fell.

At his signal, a Sea Demon took out a strangely shaped conch and blew into it.

The moment that Xiao Sha-like sound rang out.

The deafening sounds of slaughter outside rapidly drew near.

Boom!

A vast, majestic aura wrapped in terrifying anger descended.

Even Shen Qiang felt his own shoulders sink in that instant with crystal clarity.

It was the Sea Emperor.

He was already very close.

Feeling that overwhelming aura, the Atlantic Sea Demons present instantly became frenzied. Not only did each of them grow more fearless, their offensive also grew even more ferocious. For a moment, that tide-like surge of Atlantic City Sea Demons actually gave Shen Qiang the illusion that they were unstoppable.

Not only that, as the sounds of battle drew closer, Shen Qiang could clearly see that those elite among elites Sea Demons were basically all injured. Not only that, three of them were already on the verge of death.

"Come to my side."

Shen Qiang's calm tone somehow steadied those who were fighting so desperately.

"Your Majesty the Dragon Emperor!"

Looking at the Sea Demons charging in, and at the utterly exhausted Qian Ning.

Shen Qiang said, extremely calmly, "Yu Jiang, Uncle Gui, I need you to hold them off first. The others must not let the Atlantic City Sea Demons break through. The wounded, come within ten meters in front of me—I guarantee you will not die."

"Understood!" The elite Sea Demons bellowed.

At the same time.

Shen Qiang's True Yuan roared into motion. Not only did his Dao Fruit open, his Dragon Breath soared to the heavens, not just flaunting a rampant arrogance without restraint, but seemingly also demonstrating to the Sea Emperor.

In an instant, it not only lightened the pressure on the Sea Demons, it also ignited boundless battle intent in their hearts.

"Victory is certain! The Dragon Emperor is mighty, bearing the power of the Four Seas and Nine Provinces!"

With thunderous shouts, the many Sea Demons, already like trapped beasts, clashed head-on with the surging tide of Atlantic City Sea Demons.

At this moment, however, Shen Qiang turned around, staring unblinkingly at the peerless Divine Corpse inside the coffin, a cold yet wild smile spreading on his lips.

"I won't abandon you."