Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation-Chapter 109 - 102: Submarine Volcano Eruption (Part 2)

Chapter 109: Chapter 102: Submarine Volcano Eruption (Part 2)

Without another word, the three of them took out their Storage Magical Artifacts and began to plunder.

CRACK!

A piece of Spirit Stone Raw Ore, five feet square, slowly rose into the air. Ling Changqing seized it from a distance and stored it in his Storage Pouch.

Ling Changqing was now a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. His Magical Power was deep and pure, and using Divine Techniques to retrieve the Spirit Stone Raw Ore was effortless.

As time went on, a huge cavern appeared where they stood, gradually extending deeper into the mountain.

Above the Celestial Vault.

A Flying Ship, over a hundred feet long and fiery red all over, flew rapidly from the edge of the horizon.

"...This should be the place, right?"

Inside the Flying Ship, a deep, resonant voice spoke.

"Yes. The general location where Ninth Brother was last seen is correct."

Another voice, cold and sharp, replied.

"But the islands in this area are all uninhabited. There aren’t even any Cultivation powers here. How could Ninth Brother have met with an accident here?"

A third voice asked, filled with doubt.

"Perhaps a power from a neighboring sea region was responsible. If we investigate slowly, we’re bound to find some clues."

"Ninth Brother had an authentic Early Stage True Core Cultivation. Logically, he shouldn’t have had any rivals in a desolate and backward place like the Feiyu Sea Region. How could something have happened to him?"

"Maybe he was accidentally injured while exploring the seafloor and then got ambushed by some scoundrels."

"We can’t rule that out. We must get to the bottom of this. Whoever dared to harm a Direct Lineage disciple of our Feng Family will pay a heavy price!"

Inside the Flying Ship, seven or eight Cultivators were scattered about, some sitting and some standing. They were both men and women, all clad in identical black Magical Robes with gold patterns, exuding a terrifying aura.

The rugged man sitting in the center, who had a short beard, short hair, and harsh features, had a Cultivation at the Early Stage of Golden Core Realm.

Among the other Cultivators, there were two Pseudo Core masters, and the rest had Foundation Establishment Cultivation.

The Feng Family was one of the Nine Great Cultivation Families of Yuzhou. With a legacy spanning ten thousand years, its power and foundation were unfathomably deep.

A few years ago, an important Direct Lineage disciple of the Feng Family went out to travel and unexpectedly disappeared. Not even a remnant of his soul managed to escape.

The matter drew the attention of the family’s upper echelons, who ordered an investigation. After several years of overt and covert inquiries, they had finally tracked the trail to the Feiyu Sea Region.

The one in charge of this matter was Feng Zhengqing, the short-bearded man in the lead. He currently held the position of Hall Master in the Feng Family’s Shadow Department.

At that moment, Feng Zhengqing looked down at the Jade Scroll in his hand and spoke unhurriedly:

"The last time Old Ninth contacted the family, he stated that he was in the Feiyu Sea Region. He had discovered a cluster of dormant volcanoes on the seabed, as well as some underwater mineral veins...

For the next several months, there was no word from him. And then... his Lifebound Soul Lamp was extinguished!"

A short distance away, a man with a cold gaze said icily, "Which Cultivation power is closest to this sea region? Seize their leader and interrogate them thoroughly!"

A young woman said softly, "According to the intelligence from the Xingyun sun Commerce Association, this sea region seems to be adjacent to the Wilderness Islands’ sphere of influence."

Feng Zhengqing nodded. "The master of the Wilderness Islands is the Mu Family. It seems they’re just a small Foundation Establishment power? We’ll go and question them first.

Of course, if they are the perpetrators, then there will be no need for the Mu Family to continue to exist."

As the group was talking, before they could decide on their next move, a strange phenomenon on the distant sea surface caught their attention.

Hundreds of miles away, the once-calm sea began to roil like a pot of boiling water, with large plumes of black smoke rising into the air.

The clear Celestial Vault had somehow grown dark, and a faint, continuous rumbling, like muffled thunder, echoed through the air.

"What is that?"

A young woman asked in a low voice, which trembled slightly.

Feng Zhengqing’s expression grew grave as he said slowly,

"Old Ninth mentioned there was a group of dormant volcanoes on the seabed in this area. Could they be about to erupt?"

"That’s most likely it. And from the looks of it, the scale isn’t small. Should we temporarily withdraw from this area?"

A Pseudo Core master spoke. In the face of such a widespread display of nature’s might, the power of a so-called Golden Core Cultivator was insignificant.

Feng Zhengqing agreed and ordered the Flying Ship to turn around and speed away.

...

「On the dark, cold seabed.」

"...Huh? What’s wrong with them?"

Ling Qiyue, who had been gathering Spirit Stone Raw Ore, suddenly stopped and looked around warily.

The grotesque and ferocious beasts of all shapes and sizes suddenly grew restless, as if they had received some mysterious command.

It was unclear which one started it, but the creatures all got up and fled, scrambling desperately into the distance. The scene instantly descended into chaos.

"Could it be that some peerless Demon King has appeared? Or perhaps..."

Tang Qiu Yao’s confused voice trailed off.

A series of incredibly muffled booms sounded from the distance, making the trio’s hearts pound with fear.

Immediately after, the once-clear seawater began to turn murky, and the water temperature started to slowly rise.

"It must be a group of dormant submarine volcanoes erupting in the distance, and on a large scale!"

Ling Qiyue said with a frown. She had never imagined that this sea region would have submarine volcanoes.

’The seafloor map the Mu Family gave us back then clearly omitted some details.’

"There’s no time to lose. Shouldn’t we leave first?"

Ling Changqing said, his tone tinged with regret.

This massive submarine volcanic eruption would undoubtedly reshape the topography of the surrounding seabed.

’I wonder if this Spirit Stone Vein will be buried by collapsing rock layers after the eruption ends?’

"Forget it, let’s go! Our Storage Magical Artifacts are almost full anyway!"

Ling Qiyue also understood the gravity of the situation. She immediately wrapped an arm around Ling Changqing’s waist, took Tang Qiu Yao by the hand, and the three of them ascended rapidly toward the surface.

When they were about a hundred feet from the surface, Tang Qiu Yao summoned her Flying Ship. The three entered it and sped away.

In just half an hour, the tremors from the ocean depths grew more and more violent, causing monstrous waves to surge across the sea surface with overwhelming force.

Blazing orange-red flashes lit up the sky one after another. Hundreds of enormous, pitch-black pillars of fire erupted from the sea, vaporizing vast amounts of seawater and sending thick smoke billowing up to obscure the sun.

Amidst the rumbling explosions, the sea region, stretching for hundreds of miles, had at that moment turned into a Human World Purgatory.

In sea regions even farther away, vast numbers of dead sea fish and Sea Beast corpses could be seen amidst the churning, boiling water, including many infamous Deep Sea monstrosities.

But now, they had all been forcibly turned into ingredients for a seafood soup in the boiling seawater, emitting a tempting aroma.

RUMBLE...

In the core area of the volcanic eruption, a dark red shadow slowly emerged on the sea’s surface, like a rising crimson sun.

It was molten subterranean magma.

「On the uninhabited island.」

Mu Kuan and the others also noticed that something was wrong in this sea region. Surprised, they immediately sent a message to their family headquarters to report the situation.

Upon receiving the urgent report, Patriarch Mu Yesheng said little, immediately ordering everyone to withdraw.

At the same time, the Mu Family activated their headquarters’ Protective Array and urgently recalled all family disciples who were traveling abroad, just in case.

After traveling for hundreds of miles from the Desolate Spirit Island sea region, Ling Qiyue no longer hesitated. She had the Flying Ship break through the surface and accelerate through the air back toward Longhuan Island.

"Senior Sister, our family’s territory won’t be affected by this submarine volcanic eruption, will it?"

Tang Qiu Yao asked with a frown.

Although the territories of several small powers lay between the Ling Family and the Mu Family, and the straight-line distance was tens of thousands of miles, they shouldn’t be affected, but one could never be sure.

"That... depends on the scale of the submarine volcanic eruption, and how long it lasts!

In any case, our family should prepare for war. I’m afraid the Feiyu Sea Region won’t be peaceful for a while!"

Ling Qiyue mused. In the annals of history, submarine volcanic eruptions were not exactly rare.

The eruptions of some supervolcanoes lasted long enough that, once they ended, they would often form a number of islands on the sea’s surface, or even small landmasses.

And the surrounding Cultivation powers would often clash, or even come to blows, over the ownership of these new territories.