The Death Calamity Sea was merely the name given to the place by the first batch of people who had arrived here.
The Sun Emperor's bladder was, in essence, a place of "storage and discharge." After the Abyss devoured countless worlds, a portion of its power affected the Death Calamity Sea, resulting in this golden ocean.
It was simply a manifestation of that function.
Much like how a mouth should naturally have saliva, eyes should have tears, and a heart should have blood, a bladder naturally should hold urine. And so, untold years after the Sun Emperor had died, his bladder held urine once again.
Yet this was not truly urine. It was closer to liquefied energy—and the most fundamental power of the Abyss at that, an amalgamation of chaos, malice, and negative emotions. Because of this, anyone who fell into the sea faced certain death, which was where the name Death Calamity Sea had come from.
Under normal circumstances, it was utterly impossible for any living organism to exist within the Death Calamity Sea, let alone for life to be conceived here.
Yet now, the Death Calamity Sea had truly and undeniably birthed life.
Even Zhang Buyao was dumbfounded.
By now, more people finally noticed the change in the ocean. Someone cried out in alarm, "Look at the sea, everyone!"
Countless heads snapped toward the water, followed by gasps, shocked shouts, and vulgar exclamations of "Holy shit!"
"Run!"
Taking advantage of the moment most people turned to look at the ocean, Pengzu shot straight into the sky, fleeing at top speed.
"Don't even think about running! Catch him, everyone!" the wolf-headed Transcendent roared, instantly giving chase.
Compared to the Sun Emperor pissing blood, he cared far more about Pengzu. After all, he had been the one to spot him first. No matter whose hands Pengzu died by, a share of the credit would belong to him, giving him bragging rights wherever he went.
"After him! Don't let him get away!"
A cluster of Transcendents answered the wolf-headed Transcendent's call, taking off after them.
Yu Xian and his companions paid little attention to a small fry like Pengzu. The moment they saw the sea teeming with red-skinned human heads, they had already sensed something deeply abnormal.
"It seems someone is eager to throw the Death Calamity Sea into utter chaos," Niu Kaitian said gravely, staring at the heads submerged below.
You Xinghun nodded. "Now we have trouble. I wonder if we can wipe them out in one fell swoop before they fully grow?"
"We'll know once we try," Xiao Jianxian said coolly, casting a sidelong glance at Yu Xian.
The next moment, the sword on his back manifested countless phantom blades. He barked a low cry: "Pure Yang Limitless Sword, go!"
He did not release his true lifebound flying sword, instead directing an army of phantoms to attack. Though merely illusory projections, they carried his sword qi, packing enough destructive power to pierce clean through a planet.
Rumble!
Countless phantom swords plunged into the ocean, detonating the entire surface on impact.
Yet none of the onlookers showed the slightest hint of joy. Instead, their brows furrowed as they stared intently at the blasted spray.
Within the churning water, the crimson heads were completely unscathed. Perhaps awakened by Xiao Jianxian's strike, they opened their eyes one after another and began locking onto the people on the island. Once a head fixed its gaze on someone, it stared unblinkingly, raising chills and inspiring the horrifying sensation of having Death itself glare right at them.
As the heads fell back into the sea, they adjusted their orientation beneath the waves. Those that had been facing the seabed flipped over, their eyes zeroing in on targets across the island.
Yu Xian was targeted by one of the heads as well. Feeling its gaze, he looked back naturally, their eyes locking across the distance.
"Yaoyao, what do you think?" Yu Xian asked Zhang Buyao beside him.
Zhang Buyao shook her head. "No idea. I've never heard of anything like this. But one thing's certain: once these heads emerge, nothing good will come of it."
"Then kill them all," Nora said, materializing World in her hand and calmly loading it to full capacity.
Niman nodded in agreement. "Sometimes there's no need to investigate everything down to the finest detail. Knowing they're enemies is enough."
"The lady speaks sense," Niu Kaitian chuckled. "Slaughter might not solve every problem, but it can solve most of them."
You Xinghun nodded vigorously as well. "Everyone, now is the time to unleash our techniques! No holding back, show your true abilities—all for the peace of the Death Calamity Sea!"
"I suggest the Star Ranks focus their fire first, followed by the Li Ranks, and finally the System Ranks," Dinggong Bang spoke up. "Unless these monsters are immortal like Abyss Praisers or the like, we can eventually wear them down!"
Countless nanobugs swarmed out of his body, swiftly forming circular arrays. He continued, "Each person choose a designated strike zone. Please do not share an area with someone whose attack type clashes with your own. Begin!"
For instance, ice-attributed attacks could never be unleashed alongside fire-attributed attacks; otherwise, they would cancel each other out, cutting their power by at least half before even striking the foe.
Conversely, if wind and fire were combined, both elements would surge exponentially in power.
The powerhouses present naturally understood this principle. In the blink of an eye, they soared into the air one after another, finding their positions and coordinating with one another.
Hundreds of Star-rank powerhouses attacking in unison was a spectacle whose total might was in fact no weaker than a strike from a Li-rank powerhouse.
What was more, their coordinated elemental combinations generated even greater destructive force—something no lone Li-rank powerhouse could achieve.
"Attack!"
Seeing the Star-rank powerhouses in the sky prepared, Dinggong Bang issued the command through his nanobugs.
Nearly everyone present knew Dinggong Bang, aware that he was a heavyweight of the Machine Race and a born tactician. Following his arrangements was undoubtedly the best choice.
In the next second, boundless radiance erupted simultaneously: crimson, scarlet, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple—colors that could be named in words, and hues that defied all description—cascaded down toward the sea.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
The sea erupted completely. Terrifying energy whipped the ocean into a colossal vortex, churning slowly like a black millstone.
Across a span of an entire light-year, the sea shook violently. As the heads were jolted into the air, they were battered by the millstone; amid flashing lightning and booming thunder, heads were hammered back into the brine, only to be shaken out once more in a ceaseless cycle.
Watching the massive millstone churning across the sea below, the Star-rank powerhouses in the sky felt a lingering dread. Even though this attack had been forged by their combined strength, had any one of them fallen into that grinder, not even bones would have remained.
This was unequivocally the most powerful attack they had ever unleashed to date—and likely one they would not be able to replicate for a very, very long time.
"Why does that look a bit like a vinyl record?"
Yu Xian peered down at the millstone below. To an individual, this grinding vortex was vast and imposing, but relative to the Death Calamity Sea itself, it was truly not unlike a vinyl record—neither particularly large, nor especially thick.
After a moment's thought, he pulled out Sun Shenhou's Sea-Calming Divine Needle. Letting it expand slightly before rapidly lengthening, he shoved the far end of the staff right into the millstone...
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