Chapter 466 - 305: Soul-Burning Thread! The ’Sea God’s’ Furious Roar, Shocking Change at Broken Star Reef

Han Feng’s will stirred.

The flowing light on the surface of his Escapee Type 2·Shadow Spirit Armor instantly retracted, sealing all energy fluctuations tightly within.

Even the faint blue glow of his faceplate dimmed, allowing him to merge completely with the surrounding darkness.

His form blurred, and without a single splash, he slid silently into the water, like a drop of ink dissolving into the ocean.

The seawater was bone-chilling.

But for Han Feng, protected by his Innate Sword Body and Spirit Armor, the cold was easily ignored.

He activated his Spiritual Vision, and his sight became as clear as day, even in the dim seawater.

The gray Spiritual Threads were unaffected by the water’s buoyancy, hanging straight down into the abyss.

They were like countless fishing lines, waiting for a big fish to take the bait.

Following the threads, Han Feng dove down at extreme speed.

Ten meters.

Fifty meters.

One hundred meters.

As he dove deeper, the light vanished completely, leaving only a deathly silence.

However, as Han Feng reached a depth of over a hundred meters, just as he was about to approach a huge, glowing blue undersea cave, he came to a sudden halt in the water, his gaze sharpening.

Even he, normally so calm, was shaken by the sight before him.

’Is this... a seafood convention?’

The water below was densely packed with all sorts of Sea Beasts.

There were Sawtooth Sharks over ten meters long, Poisonous Rockfish covered in sharp spines, enormous Deep Sea Giant Crabs, and countless other mutated fish he couldn’t name.

These creatures—predators and prey that normally lived by the rule of "big fish eats little fish"—were now frozen in place, as if some force had hit a pause button.

They were crammed together, so tightly packed that every inch of space leading to the cave was filled.

The congestion was so dense that even the water currents seemed to have stagnated.

The eyes of every Sea Beast had rolled back to a strange grayish-white, and a gray Spiritual Thread was connected to the spot between their brows.

Thousands upon thousands of these threads converged to form a thick, gray pillar of light leading straight into the bottomless cave.

Han Feng hovered above the horde of beasts, his brow furrowed.

’The path is blocked.’

’If I want to go any deeper, I’ll have to clear a path.’

’But there are just too many Sea Beasts. If I were to kill even a single one...’

’...no matter how stealthily I did it, the sudden disappearance of the spiritual connection would immediately alert the thing below.’

’Fighting an unknown Spiritual Element monster underwater is not a wise move.’

’Especially with Zhao Tianlan still incapacitated up on the surface.’

’If a fight breaks out and that thing gets desperate, it might just drain Zhao Tianlan’s Spiritual Power for nourishment. Or it could control those Titan Battle Armors to blast Zhao Tianlan’s craft to pieces. That would be a real disaster.’

’It’s not easy for the Ghost Squad to train a Pilot. I can’t let one die here.’

Han Feng was a pragmatic man.

He could investigate anytime, but he had to save his ally first.

His mind made up, Han Feng didn’t hesitate. With a gentle push from his feet, he shot toward the surface like an arrow loosed from a bow.

「A few moments later.」

With a soft SPLASH, Han Feng broke through the surface and landed back on Broken Star Reef.

He glanced at Zhao Tianlan, still wearing that eerie smile in the cockpit, then scanned the surrounding Titan Battle Armors, which were also in standby mode.

’If I’m going to sever the connection, I might as well be thorough about it.’

A cold glint flashed in Han Feng’s eyes.

’If I only sever Zhao Tianlan’s connection, the enemy will immediately notice something is wrong and focus all its power on this location.’

’The best solution is to muddy the waters.’

Han Feng slowly closed his eyes. Within his Sea of Consciousness, his 4,500-hertz Spiritual Power began to surge wildly.

The Three-Inch Heart Sword unsheathed.

At the same time, the crimson-gold Soul-Burning Sword Aura within his body stirred, surging through his meridians and into his Sea of Consciousness, where it merged perfectly with the formless Heart Sword.

The once formless and intangible Heart Sword was now veiled in a faint golden radiance, exuding a tyrannical aura capable of incinerating all creation.

’Go!’

Han Feng roared in his mind.

The Heart Sword, fused with the Soul-Burning Sword Aura, instantly split into dozens of tiny golden streaks of light. Guided by his Divine Sense, they shot out in all directions.

At that moment, his target wasn’t just Zhao Tianlan.

It was also the circle of Titan Battle Armors from Jiangbei City and the Sea Beasts on the outer edge of the horde he had just seen underwater.

PFFT! PFFT! PFFT—!

No sound was heard. The clash was on a spiritual level.

With Han Feng’s precise control, dozens of the gray Spiritual Threads connected to the living creatures were all severed in the same instant.

The sinister, cold Will being transmitted through the threads was also instantly incinerated into nothingness by the tyrannical power of the Soul-Burning Sword Aura.

"AAAAARGH—!"

The instant the threads snapped, a bloodcurdling shriek exploded in Han Feng’s mind without warning.

It wasn’t a physical sound.

It was a furious counterattack originating from the very depths of a soul.

The intensity of this Spiritual Shock was immense. Its peak power definitely reached the Tier Four Early Stage, and it carried a foul, chaotic, and tyrannical Will as it slammed viciously against the barrier of Han Feng’s Sea of Consciousness.

Under this assault, the passive aura from Han Feng’s Heart Clarity and Nature Seeing (Middle Level) Talent was instantly shattered.

"Hnngh."

Han Feng let out a muffled grunt. His face paled slightly, but his gaze only grew sharper.

’A loud scream, but still not enough.’

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the scattered fragments of the Three-Inch Heart Sword instantly reformed, creating an indestructible golden barrier that firmly blocked the frenzied, invading Will.