Chapter 651: Too Clever for His Own Good
The feeling of being suppressed was very uncomfortable.
Lin Moyu had realized something was wrong, but couldn’t find the source or solve it.
He could only wait until he was strong enough to maybe discover the clues.
Several hours later, Lin Moyu fully replenished his undead army.
The Holy Sound Wind Chime still had no reaction, so Lin Moyu could only continue searching.
As Lin Moyu went deeper into the Azure Dragon Sea floor, the monster levels got higher and higher.
It was now very difficult to encounter monsters below level 80.
The commotion caused by the undead army grew larger, finally alerting the bosses on the sea floor.
Soon, several world bosses came looking for trouble.
The strongest was already level 87, with the others at levels 84 and 85.
In the past, Lin Moyu would have definitely turned and left without a word.
Fighting water-based bosses on the sea floor was not a pleasant thing.
Even if he fought, it would be very difficult.
But with the appearance of the god-level Skeleton King, everything became extremely simple.
The sword light looked so dazzling in the pitch-black sea floor.
With absolute dominance, the Skeleton King killed the bosses in just a few sword strikes.
This brought Lin Moyu a large amount of experience, as well as several good quasi-legendary equipment pieces.
Lin Moyu felt the bosses were good people, coming from afar to deliver equipment and experience.
Five days later, the light of leveling up rose around Lin Moyu again.
After level 75, the experience requirements increased again, and leveling speed slowed down accordingly.
Especially after several world bosses were killed, the monsters on the Azure Dragon Sea floor seemed to receive some signal and no longer came to bother Lin Moyu.
Later on, they would even flee upon smelling the aura of the undead army.
They moved extremely fast in the water. Except for the Headless Knight using its charge skill to chase a bit, the others simply couldn’t catch up at other times.
This greatly slowed down Lin Moyu’s leveling speed.
It took a full five days to level up once.
Lin Moyu stood in the water. Leveling up didn’t bring much joy.
Not only did the suppressed feeling appear again, but he also hadn’t found the Sound God’s divine core.
"The worst case scenario has occurred. It seems the divine core is no longer on the Azure Dragon Sea floor."
"Then the most likely possibility is that it flowed into the vortex."
Lin Moyu’s expression was a bit solemn. He really didn’t want to conflict with the deity in the vortex now.
It wasn’t that he was afraid, but rather he didn’t want to act rashly without knowing the other party’s background.
After all, the other possessed soul attack abilities, which was the most troublesome thing.
Lin Moyu pondered for a long time and decided to search once more.
In case he had missed something.
He flew out of the Azure Dragon Sea to the sky above the Wild Continent, repositioned in the air, then dove back into the Azure Dragon Sea to search again.
After using up another five days, he still found nothing.
"Do I really have to go to the vortex?"
Lin Moyu pondered for a long time, then took out Antares’ dragon scale.
He activated the dragon scale with a slight movement of soul power. "Antares!"
There was no response. Lin Moyu knew this guy must be asleep again, so he called again.
After calling over ten times, there was finally movement from Antares.
"I was in the middle of a dream, spit it out if you have something to say! If it’s nothing, I’ll swallow you!" Antares’ voice carried the irritation of being woken up, very unhappy.
Lin Moyu didn’t care about its temper and got straight to the point. "You know about the great vortex in the lower space, right?"
"Of course I know!" Antares snorted. "There’s nothing in this world that this dragon doesn’t know."
Lin Moyu said, "Can you not boast?"
Antares snorted again. "Except for your affairs."
Lin Moyu said, "I want to go to the great vortex."
The dragon scale shook non-stop. A dragon’s roar came, accompanied by Antares’ angry voice, "What are you going there for, to seek death?"
Lin Moyu said, "Why?"
"That’s where the Soul Great God is sleeping. Do you know what a Great God is? Brat, even if you want to seek death, that’s not how you do it!" Antares was a bit anxious, afraid Lin Moyu had already gone.
Lin Moyu said, "Don’t worry, I’m just thinking about it. I haven’t gone yet."
Hearing Lin Moyu say this, Antares felt a bit relieved. "Don’t go. That guy hasn’t woken up yet. Anyone who approaches will be considered an enemy."
"I see."
Regarding this point, Lin Moyu had already guessed. What Antares said wasn’t too different from his guess.
Antares suddenly asked, "Why do you want to go there? There’s nothing there."
Lin Moyu told him about Kunlun Great God getting rid of him.
Antares said, "Then you don’t need to go. The Sound God’s divine core is in the Azure Dragon Sea, not in the great vortex."
"But I’ve searched the entire Azure Dragon Sea and didn’t find it." Lin Moyu frowned. Antares wouldn’t talk nonsense. Could he really have missed something?
Antares chuckled. "Anyway, I’ve told you. As for whether you can find it, that’s up to you."
"I’m going back to sleep. Don’t disturb me unless it’s important!"
"Disturb me again and I really will eat you. Don’t think I won’t dare!"
With that, Antares cut off the connection.
Lin Moyu laughed. It wasn’t that Antares didn’t dare, but that he wouldn’t.
This guy, just all talk.
But it was fortunate he asked Antares. Otherwise, if he had rashly gone over, there really would have been big trouble.
"Since Antares said the divine core is still in the Azure Dragon Sea, it must be there."
"I’ve clearly searched twice. Could there really be something I missed?"
Lin Moyu recalled his search process, certain he hadn’t missed anything.
"There must be somewhere I overlooked."
"Think again!"
Lin Moyu chose to believe Antares’ words, feeling there must be something he hadn’t noticed.
Lin Moyu pondered the problem in the sea, recalling all the details.
Soul power flowed slowly, transmitting all the surrounding information without missing a drop.
Suddenly, Lin Moyu discovered a problem he had previously noticed but then ignored.
Ocean currents!
Though the Azure Dragon Sea floor was calm, there were still ocean currents.
Near the vortex, the currents flowed towards it. At the time, Lin Moyu had worried whether the currents would carry the divine core over.
Later, as he moved away from the vortex, the currents disappeared. Lin Moyu concluded the divine core hadn’t entered the vortex.
After that, he never paid attention to the currents again.
Now he discovered the currents still existed, just much weaker.
The subtle current force was very small, but it existed year-round.
The divine core had fallen into the Azure Dragon Sea who knows how many years ago. It was possible it had been slowly carried along by the currents.
Finally grasping the key point, his eyes flashing with light, Lin Moyu sank to the sea floor.
Standing on the sea floor, Lin Moyu carefully sensed the changes in the currents with his soul power.
He discovered all the currents were actually flowing in one direction.
Needless to say, the divine core must have been carried in that direction.
Unless the currents had changed over the years.
Lin Moyu followed the currents and finally arrived at where they converged.
Here he sensed a crevice.
"Undersea canyon, deep sea trench..."
Lin Moyu laughed wryly. There was actually an undersea canyon.
He had been too clever for his own good.
He originally thought staying 50,000 meters from the sea floor would cover everything up and down.
Even if the divine core was accidentally obtained by some monster and taken to the ice layer under the Wild Continent, he would still be able to sense it.
He just forgot there could be canyons and trenches on the sea floor. How deep the trench was, who could say.
It could be over 100,000 meters deep, naturally beyond his sensing range.
Now that he discovered it, Lin Moyu didn’t hesitate and directly entered.
The sea trench was not small in scale, and there were also many monsters here.
Lin Moyu arrived with his undead army, and these monsters fled in panic.
Over the past few days, Lin Moyu had swept through the Azure Dragon Sea floor several times. The monsters were all afraid of him now.
The depth of the sea trench exceeded Lin Moyu’s imagination, at least over 80,000 meters.
The pressure had reached an astonishing level. Even Lin Moyu’s endurance had reached its limit.
The undead army stopped at 50,000 meters. The Lich General continuously healed the undead army.
Here, they were constantly taking damage at all times.
If the undead army had come down together, even the Lich General might not be able to heal in time. They wouldn’t last long.
There was no battle now, so they didn’t need to participate. Staying here on standby, they could join the battle at full health when needed.
Lin Moyu went alone to the bottom of the sea trench, following the currents forward.
"Ding... dong..."
His soul heard a melodious sound. The Holy Sound Wind Chime glowed faintly, illuminating this pitch-black world.
"It really is here."
Lin Moyu followed the currents. There was resistance in the ocean, so his speed wasn’t as fast as in other places.
Even 100 kilometers took quite some time.
The sensing grew stronger and stronger. A faint light appeared before him.
Lin Moyu saw the divine core lying on the sea floor, shimmering together with the Holy Sound Wind Chime.
The moment Lin Moyu saw the divine core, a huge force surged over, hitting Lin Moyu like a heavy punch.
Lin Moyu didn’t feel anything. He knew this was a warning, not a real attack.
A pair of glowing red eyes appeared above the divine core, staring intently at Lin Moyu.
Then countless monsters appeared in his soul sense.
All those monsters that had previously avoided him at all costs now rushed back.