Chapter 272 – Breaking Out Of The Barrier (2/2)

Arriving at the base of the mountain, Lei Yu jumped into the river without hesitation. He then released his internal energy to form the protective membrane before swimming to that particular reef area.

“Where’s your king and the others?” Lei Yu quickly asked as he saw the two guards in front of the cave.

“We haven’t seen them.”

Lei Yu was surprised by the response, “They haven’t returned yet?”

Lei Yu should have thought of this sooner. Not to mention Long Er and Eight Whiskers, but it would already be impossible for Big White and Romon to leave the area while he was still in danger. Yet they were definitely not in the area of the Void Sect because Lei Yu had spread out his spiritual perception before dropping down. Even if he couldn’t detect Big White, Long Er, or Eight Whisker’s aura, he still should have been able to lock onto Romon. Since he didn’t find anyone, it looks like they had left the area and hadn’t come back to the Scaling Dragon Cave.

“Where would they have gone to?”

Lei Yu couldn’t stay in this place for a long time since it was no longer safe here. Since he couldn’t find his companions, he didn’t know where else to go. Lei Yu helplessly swam along with the current of the river.

Lei Yu swam for about an hour and only after determining no one was chasing from behind did he relax a bit. He was about to swim upwards and only could do so for about ten meters when he was sudden blocked by an extremely strong pressure. It made him unable to move a single inch forward.

“What’s going on?” Lei Yu could clearly feel a formless energy forcing him down.

At this time, a series of bubbles floated up from the bottom of the river. Upon looking closer, a turtle was slowing swimming upwards nearby. When we say slow, it was just the action of it swimming that looked slow but its speed was something Lei Yu couldn’t match. One must know that within the water, the speed of this usually slow animal is immeasurable. Not to mention this turtle was definitely not an ordinary one!

Lei Yu’s mind was recalling the ancient scrolls he had read, the Black Tortoise of the Four Divine Beasts. Isn’t that exactly the turtle he’s looking at right now? Not only that, the turtle in front of him was almost exactly the same as the pictures he had seen.

The turtle had light blue eyes, and its neck was obviously much longer than the average turtles because it was stretching out almost two meters. On the turtle’s head was a single brown spike, which was the same color as the huge shell on its back. The patterns on the shell were clearly visible, and within each scute were sharp spikes.

This giant turtle had an overall length and width of five meters. For such a large turtle to have such strange looks, there was no doubt that it had cultivated to the point of achieving its essence and gaining intelligence!

“Who are you?” Asked the giant turtle.

Lei Yu clearly knew that he didn’t have the ability to break through the obstructing pressure so he could only keep his body in place. He momentarily didn’t know how he should answer because he wasn’t unable to sense the giant turtle’s energy fluctuation. This proved the giant turtle was much stronger than him.

“Didn’t you hear what I asked? This is my territory. Why have you trespassed into it?” Asked the giant turtle.

Lei Yu’s face twitched, “I’ve lost my way in the water and had no intentions of trespassing here. Please pardon my intrusion!”

“You got lost? No intentions? That’s quite laughable! You think I don’t know that you came from that little insect’s territory?” The giant turtle shook its neck, creating a mass of bubbles that floated upwards.

“Little insect? Are you talking about Scaling Dragon Cave’s Long Er?” Lei Yu’s eyebrow was slightly raised. Although he doesn’t know if this giant turtle had any ill intent behind those words, Lei Yu wasn’t afraid of him just because he was much stronger. He just didn’t want to be reckless for the time being.

“You actually dare to call him by his name, so you shouldn’t be one of his subordinates. But since you’re just in the Gold Core stage, could you be the friend of that little insect?”

Encountering such a question, Lei Yu had to carefully analyze the situation. One wrong response could provoke the other side. Lei Yu figured he could fudge some matters to remain discreet as to not cause any unnecessary trouble.