Chapter 977: Underwater thrills (1/2)

Just as the mirror shards flew at them, a bright light exploded into being, forcing everyone to shut their eyes. By the time they opened them, they realized they were out of the water and enclosed without a large light sphere. Outside was liquid, but inside was completely dry. Even their clothes had lost all moisture. They didn’t even have to hold their breath, but could breathe naturally.

Han Yunxi, Long Feiye, and Xu Donglin were all familiar with this sensation. This was the Mermaid Clan’s Lightstream Ball, capable of separating humans from the water. The mermaid soldiers had used the same thing to funnel Han Yunxi and Long Feiye away from the maze at Lost Void Lake. Every member of the clan was capable of producing such a sphere, but the size and duration of each sphere varied. Baili Mingxiang was a direct bloodline descendant of the Mermaid Clan, so she was much stronger than a typical mermaid soldier. Moreover, the state of the Lightstream Ball could reflect the condition of its host. Judging from its luminosity and stability, Long Feiye could tell that Baili Mingxiang was injured.

Gu Beiyue and Gu Qishao had never seen this before. At first, they thought it was another illusion, but when they saw Baili Mingxiang swimming outside, they realized what was going on.

Thank goodness!

The girl had made it back at the last possible second. Gu Qishao touched the walls of the Lightstream Ball and felt like he’d touched nothing but a stream of air. It didn’t seem real at all. He looked around in amazement and muttered, “So powerful, why didn’t you use this earlier?”

That’s right!

With Baili Mingxiang’s skills, saving them in the water was as easy as turning over her palm. Just what had she been doing all this time? Long Feiye and Han Yunxi looked at Baili Mingxiang wordlessly. Meanwhile, she circled around the sphere once and waved to them before speeding off to one side. The Lightstream Ball was seeminglysummoned to follow in her wake.

At first, the waters were calm, but soon Long Feiye sensed something wrong. “Something’s going on underwater!”

It took less than the time to brew half a cup of tea before they saw more and more air bubbles rising from the depths.What was this?

“What’s going on?” Han Yunxi asked.

Long Feiye shook his head. He rarely went underwater and had never seen such a phenomenon.

“Ask Baili Mingxiang. Why isn’t she saying anything?” Gu Qishao asked.

“She’s outside, so we can’t hear her voice. She can’t hear us either,” Long Feiye explained.

If he didn’t guess wrong, then the water currents outside must be massive. They couldn’t sense it here beyond the presence of the air bubbles. Baili Mingxiang seemed to be helping them escape, but just how serious were her injuries? Her normal speed underwater wasn’t anything like this!

In the middle of their conversation, a huge wave rose from the depths and raised the Lightstream Ball up high. Long Feiye quickly held on tight to Han Yunxi while spreading his legs to stand still so the two wouldn’t go flying. Gu Qishao and the rest weren’t so lucky and ended up crashing around the Lightstream Ball without cease. Very soon, Long Feiye stretched out a hand, undid his whip, and lashed it towards Gu Beiyue.

“Grab on!”

As soon as Gu Beiyue caught the whip, Long Feiye reeled him in so he could hold onto him like a pillar. Then he lashed his whip between Gu Qishao and Xu Donglin. Unfortunately, the Lightstream Ball was abruptly smashed by another wave that sent the entire sphere shuddering. Gu Qishao and Xu Donglin were thrown to the side as a result.

For the third time, Long Feiye used his whip. This time it landed on Xu Donglin’s body, allowing him to grab on and get pulled in.

“Look after Gu Beiyue!” Long Feiye shouted at him.

Xu Donglin was angry at himself. He was in charge of protecting Gu Beiyue, but he’d utterly failed! The doctor’s body was so sickly that a few extra tremors would leave him half-dead. Below their feet, wave after wave crashed against their sphere, each stronger than the last. If they hadn’t found a foothold to begin with, it would be nearly impossible to find one now. Gu Qishao was already squatting on the ground, but he’d hardly had time to circulate his qi when the Lightstream Ball was buffeted by a fresh wave, knocking him off his feet. Long Feiye didn’t plan on helping him out, but Gu Qishao wasn’t expecting him to anyways. Meanwhile, Han Yunxi was preoccupied with the water outside them. She could see Baili Mingxiang’s body sinking and floating amidst the waves, her form flickering in and out.

“Just what is Mingxiang doing?” she couldn’t help asking.

She’d hardly spoken when a massive sea serpent flew past the Lightstream Sphere, giving her a fright. If Long Feiye hadn’t been holding her, she would have jumped into the air.

Too horrific!

The sea serpent was humongous, at least twice as big as the Ten-Thousand Year Python they’d met once upon a time. Three people were needed to hug its girth! Its body was black and devoid of scales. If it hadn’t caused such a commotion swimming up, Han Yunxi and the rest might never have noticed its existence. Its body blended in perfectly with their shadowy surroundings.