Chapter 425 - 220: Demon of Enlightenment (Part 2)
It was the Lost One of the "Pearl of Enlightenment."
A key is a lost item from a door... That actually made some sense.
And the location of this gate...
It wasn’t deeper in, but to the north.
SWOOSH—
With a plan in mind, Lu Cang pulled Lu Luwei along, changing direction and dashing north!
SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH—
The two left a trail of ripples in the sea.
Lu Luwei was being pulled by Lu Cang.
’If you look closely... this deep sea isn’t as scary or as disgusting as I imagined.’
Suddenly, a powerful current erupted from all directions!
BOOM!
But she saw Lu Cang, beside her, flicker in an instant!
All the surrounding seawater instantly froze solid!
In a flash, a suit of chilling Battle Armor appeared on Lu Cang.
"Extreme Cold Frost Ice Armor"
"Bone-Piercing Ice-Drilling Whip"
"Ice Extreme Trace Boots"
...
A complete Ice Armor Set covered him from head to toe. Just standing near him, one could feel the biting cold.
However, he must have been able to control this chill. Even though Lu Luwei was very close to him, she only felt slightly cold and was completely unharmed.
In contrast, the surrounding swarm of Demons...
...were instantly frozen into ice sculptures the moment they came into contact with the cold.
They weren’t just ice sculptures; even their bones, blood, and flesh were frozen solid. They were completely and utterly dead Demons.
Seeing this set of equipment, Lu Luwei couldn’t help but sneer.
’An entire Ice Armor Set...’
’Where did this set come from? It’s *so* hard to guess.’
"Strange."
"These Demons were fine before. Why did they suddenly attack us?"
Lu Cang dismissed the Ice Armor Set.
He stored it back in his Ten Thousand Skin Bag.
Then, Lu Cang casually took out a brightly colored Hooked Dagger Blade.
He touched a Pictogram Demon.
SHLICK.
The next moment, Lu Cang had completely peeled off the Demon’s entire hide.
"Not from the same faction?"
Lu Cang touched the Demons’ bodies, sensing a great deal of information.
’Come to think of it.’
’I haven’t really touched many Demons in the sea, so I have very little information.’
He thought for a moment.
BOOM—
Lu Cang’s body vanished. Immediately after, rumbles of Thunder, flashes of Light, and a freezing Ice aura emanated from all around...
He touched more than ten Demons along the way.
"They’re really divided into factions?"
Lu Cang saw the number of indicated directions multiplying, with various intricate lines pointing to all corners of the Secret Sea.
’What a chaotic mix.’
But at least one thing was certain: a civilization existed within the Secret Sea.
"Let’s go."
Lu Cang took Lu Luwei’s hand again.
In the sea, Lu Luwei’s Perception still had a greater range than his.
With her help, Lu Cang could more accurately pinpoint danger.
A Perception range of six hundred kilometers was, frankly, a bit insufficient for Lu Cang now.
His burst speed was three thousand kilometers per second.
A Perception of six hundred kilometers covered less than 0.2 seconds of travel at his maximum burst speed. This meant that even if he had a way to approach an enemy...
...he wouldn’t be able to perceive their existence in time.
If the distance between them widened during a fight, it would be difficult to pursue...
At this level of combat, his Speed, Power, and Range were basically up to par.
Only his Perception Range was lagging far behind his current combat capabilities.
SWOOSH—
Lu Cang continued moving toward the Gate of Enlightenment.
After traveling for about half an hour, Lu Cang sensed they were very close to their destination.
Lu Luwei’s Perception saw a location thirty thousand kilometers away.
After entering the deep sea, Lu Luwei’s Perception was no longer hindered as it had been on the surface.
In fact, its range had expanded considerably.
Unfortunately, it still couldn’t extend to the fifty-thousand-kilometer range it had on land.
"Is that the place you’re looking for?" Lu Luwei’s Perception focused on a pitch-black entrance.
Lu Cang was sharing her Perception, so he knew what she was referring to.
"Yes."
The direction pointed here.
It was less of a gate and more of a cave.
And outside the cave’s entrance, two Tier Seven Demons were swimming.
These two Tier Seven Demons weren’t huge; they were surprisingly about the size of a normal human.
Lu Cang looked at their Date of Death.
[Date of Death: 20 days]
[Date of Death: 20 days]
Both Demons had only 20 days left.
It was about the same as the other Demons they had seen along the way.
After all, the Secret Sea was about to be destroyed.
It seemed the destruction would claim not only the people from the continent, but also the Demons at the bottom of the sea.
Lu Cang stood at a distance, not moving.
He just watched the two Demons in silence.
"Are you... planning to kill them?" Lu Luwei asked.
Lu Cang replied with his thoughts, ’Yes. I plan to stare them to death.’
Lu Luwei scoffed. "Stare them to death? What nonsense are you spouting..."
But as soon as the words left her mouth...
...she saw the two Demons start fighting without any warning!
The two Demons, which had fists like a lobster’s claws, threw a punch at each other at almost the same time!
BANG!
The heads of the two Demons exploded simultaneously.
Mutual destruction!
Lu Cang: "Heh..."
’What’s going on? Did the Demons... commit suicide?’
Lu Luwei couldn’t believe her eyes.
’What kind of strategy is this?’
She had expected Lu Cang to rely on his own formidable strength and engage in a battle against higher-tiered opponents.
But she never expected...
...that these two Demons would kill each other with a single blow.
"Let’s go."
SWOOSH—
Lu Cang appeared beside the two Demons.
He casually extracted their souls.
He extracted their souls to prevent them from reanimating.
’As for the bodies...’
’It’s too much trouble to collect them. This is just a rehearsal anyway, and I can’t take the materials with me, so I’ll just leave them here.’