Chapter 438: The Sea King’s Dome (1/2)

He requested a star chart of the Starfall Sea from the pretty maid to study.

“Brother Lu, come and take a look. It’s amazing!” Coco called out to him from the deck.

Lu Yin walked out of the hold and looked into the distance. Before them was a region where the sky was no longer dark. Instead, there was a blue radiance encompassing the entire area, and beneath the blue sky was a towering, majestic mountain. There were multiple layers of white clouds circling around the mountain like streamers, while a faint trace of a seven-colored radiance could be seen in between the cloud layers.

The mountain was conical, narrowing as one approached the peak. A warm patch of sunlight from some unknown origin illuminated the mountain, and it was adorned with large green patches filled with vivacity.

As the ship quickly neared the mountain, the crowd was gradually able to make the mountain out more clearly.

The fog lifted, and it felt like they had arrived at paradise. A white ribbon spilled down from above, which was actually a stream of water. Every so often on its way down the mountain, the cascading river would split apart and start flowing across the mountain, separating into various mountain streams.

Behind the mountain, the void rippled, spreading out in layers, almost as if someone was beating the void like a drum.

The mountain was extremely massive and wide. After getting their first glimpse of the mountain, it took them half an hour to actually reach the area illuminated by sunlight, and even then, it still felt like they were a fair ways away from the mountain.

“Ladies and gentlemen, congratulations on arriving at—the Sea King's Dome,” the beautiful maid loftily announced, her face veritably shining with pride. It wasn’t just her; all the soldiers on the ship from the Sea King's Dome had proud expressions, as this was their home base. The master of the Starfall Sea resided here, and even though there was only a single mountain, it still was able to suppress the entirety of the Starfall Sea.

Everyone stood on the deck of the ship and stared at the mountain excitedly. A glance was all it took to know that this was no ordinary mountain, but a sacred one.

Lu Yin gradually filled his eyes with star energy, trying to look at the Sea King's Dome, but it took less than a moment for his eyes to start aching, dissuading him from trying any further. The influence that the Sea King's Dome had on the universe was too strong, and it had even reached a similar level as the mountain where Lu Yin had met Mister Mu; Lu Yin was similarly unable to observe the Sea King’s Dome.

In fact, the Sea King was basically a deity to the people on the ship as even Enlighters would view the Sea King as a deity.

Quite a few spacecraft followed behind the ship, as many of them were similarly from the Sea King's Dome.

The Sea King's Dome did not prohibit outsiders from entering, but of course, they could only ascend a limited height on the mountain.

Feng Mo sat in his spacecraft and stared at the Sea King's Dome in shock. He had come here before in his youth, and he had never forgotten the feeling since. He had assumed that, with his current power level of 150,000, he would feel something different upon returning. However, he quickly realized that he had been gravely mistaken. The sensation that he currently felt from this mountain was no different than in his youth. It wouldn’t matter if he were young or old; even hundreds or thousands of years in the future, he would always face the Sea King's Dome with the same feeling of reverence and terror.

The Sea King’s power was enough to shock the universe. He was an absolute powerhouse, and people such as Feng Mo would never be able to comprehend such strength.

The seawater around the Sea King's Dome was different from the rest of the Starfall Sea. Here, there was a touch of golden sunlight.

Only those who arrived at the foot of the mountain could vividly experience the enormity of the mountain. As they looked up, they couldn’t even see the peak. From their perspective, it didn’t look like a mountain, but more like a vertical continent.

On the mountain, the waterfall crashed down with a thundering roar.

The pretty maid stood in a high area, overlooking the crowd. “These are the Sea King’s orders: three days from now, the selection will officially begin. During these three days, you can go sightseeing around the Sea King’s Dome. With the tokens that you’ve been given, all of your expenses will be reimbursed by the Sea King's Dome.”

Lu Yin suddenly looked up, his eyes burning with a fervent radiance. Reimbursed? He had clearly heard that word.

The others did not really care about being reimbursed since they had come here to actually attempt becoming the Sea King’s son-in-law; none of them had the nerve to ask the Sea King to foot their bills. Also, they were planning on mostly resting so as to preserve their energy in order to deliver their best possible performance. They wanted to at least appear to be generous and high class.

However, Lu Yin was different, and the way he looked at the Sea King's Dome had changed. Him coming here had turned out to be a great fortune, as he would have missed out on a golden opportunity otherwise.

Lu Yin’s reaction gave the pretty maid quite a fright, and she shot him a fierce look. She then escorted all of the people who had received tokens due to their looks off of the ship and told them that they could head straight for the upper levels of the Sea King's Dome.

Such discrimination felt unjustified to Lu Yin. There were definitely better things in the higher levels, but he could do nothing about that since he could not change anything.

There were many ports at the base of the mountain that made up the Sea King's Dome, and they provided docking for both spacecraft and ships that had sailed across the Starfall Sea. As soon as everyone set foot in the port where they had docked, they were astounded by the bustling scene that greeted them.

There were not many planets within the Starfall Sea, which would lead one to assume that the trade here would not be very prosperous. However, what appeared before their eyes was an incomparably booming port, and there was one building in particular was extremely eye-grabbing: Shamrock Enterprises’ local branch. A bit further from them were branches of other well-known organizations from various parts of the universe.

“Most of those who come to the Starfall Sea are adventurers. There are too many legends about the Starfall Sea, and many people come here to try their luck at chasing those legends. Actually, there aren’t that many people here at the Sea King's Dome. Grayweed Continent is actually much more crowded. Countless powerhouses from all over the universe gather there, and mercenaries…” someone nearby introduced the place to the newcomers.

Lu Yin walked into the port alone and gazed up. He was planning on entering the port when Lulu caught up to him.

Lu Yin was taken aback by her arrival. “You didn’t follow the maid?”

“Do you think that she would dare to take me along?” Lulu retorted.

Lu Yin agreed, as their objective was to safely arrive at the Sea King's Dome, not to actually become someone’s son-in-law. No matter how bold Lulu might be, she wouldn’t dare to challenge the Sea King’s dignity, and the maid was even more fearful of doing so.

“There’s a prohibition in the Sea King's Dome prohibiting fighting here, so we’re very safe,” Lulu said.