Chapter 144: The Guardian of the Sea God

Beneath these vast oceans lies such a world. Looking at this enormous city, Chen Xiao even thought they might no longer be on Earth.
Chen Xiao’s entire body was hidden in the seawater, with the power of the Supreme God fully activated, turning him almost entirely into seawater. Now, even if Chen Xiao stood in front of a mermaid, she wouldn’t be able to sense his presence.
It was Chen Xiao, possessing the form of the Sea God Supreme God, who was the true king of the sea.
He swiftly entered this underwater city, hid in a corner, and observed the mermaids living there. As he got closer, he noticed their differences from humans—on each side of their faces were two tiny gills that opened and closed to help them breathe the oxygen in the sea.
Their language also differed from that of humans on land. Unlike the old man and Haibei, who spoke the language of Huaxia when on land, these mermaids, despite being native sea creatures, couldn’t produce actual sounds. Instead, they vibrated the seawater through their mouths to emit a language similar to infrasound. Without Chen Xiao’s ability to control the seawater around him, it would have been impossible to detect these sound waves.
The Supreme God form in Chen Xiao’s mental sea emitted a faint glow, releasing waves of its power to refine his mental strength. After five minutes, he finally managed to analyze and master this infrasound language through his mental power.
“Most of these merfolk, like humans on land, are ordinary beings without any superpowers or special abilities.”
Through observation, Chen Xiao found that most of these mermaids had no spiritual energy fluctuations—essentially, they were just ordinary humans living underwater. Only a very small number had slight spiritual energy fluctuations.
“The Atlantis Empire?”
When Chen Xiao heard the name of this underwater world, he was stunned. The name Atlantis was not unfamiliar to humans—after all, this nation or race had left behind various myths on Earth. But he never expected that they hadn’t gone extinct but instead moved to the sea.
“If this city is just a peripheral city of this empire, what would the central city look like? And who is the king mentioned by that old man?”
Chen Xiao grew curious about the Atlantis Empire.
Due to the differences in their physical forms, Chen Xiao couldn’t reveal himself, otherwise, he would immediately become a rare creature and spread news throughout Atlantis. If he wanted to investigate and obtain useful information, he could only stay hidden.
However, Chen Xiao noticed that the entire Atlantis Empire already shared a unified belief—worshipping a deity called the Sea God.
“The Sea God? Is such a deity truly real, or is it merely a method used by the elite of the Atlantis Empire to control people’s minds?”
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Xiao headed deeper into this space. The center of Atlantis was the City of the King of Atlantis, where the temple to the Sea God stood.

However, although the god of the sea is worshipped here, the one who truly holds power is a ruler named the Sea King. Now, as Chen Xiao’s strength grew, his speed in the sea also increased dramatically—he could cover four or five miles with just one breath, which was already an incredible speed. As he passed through dozens of underwater cities, large and small, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but marvel at them. Miracles give rise to life, and life in turn creates more miracles. Suddenly, a vast expanse of blue flashed before Chen Xiao’s eyes—it was a blue city, with every building emitting a soft blue glow. The entire city was enormous, covering nearly a hundred square miles. At its center stood a majestic temple, far more grand than the Glorious Temple. In the square in front of the temple, there stood a statue over a hundred meters tall, with a human upper body and a fish tail, holding a scepter. The face of this statue was identical to that of the god of the sea worshipped by the people of Atlantis. “The royal city of Atlantis?” Reaching the edge of the city, Chen Xiao stopped and used another secret technique to hide himself even better. He had already sensed that there were many powerful beings in this royal city, even stronger than the old man he had encountered by the North Daihe River. Chen Xiao leaped away, disappearing once again, leaving not even the slightest change in the seawater around him. … “Haibei, you have done an excellent job this time by successfully infiltrating the human world and placing the spatial orientation stones, allowing the empire’s energy to penetrate the human world perfectly. Your contributions are invaluable.” In front of the Sea Temple stood a palace that was only slightly shorter than it. It seemed something significant had happened inside the palace, as numerous powerful merfolk gathered in its main hall. On a golden throne in the hall sat a stern-looking middle-aged man. He was tall, over five meters long, with a human upper body and a golden fish tail. He wore golden armor, a golden crown, and held a golden scepter, shining brightly. This merman was the king of all Atlantis—the Sea King. The silver-robed old man from the North Daihe River also took on his merman form and stood respectfully below the Sea King’s right hand. “But due to your carelessness, you exposed our clan’s whereabouts, almost causing a disaster. Given the balance of merits and demerits, let it be at that for now.” The Sea King’s eyes flashed with a terrifying light as he looked at Haibei, who was lying in the center of the hall. Haibei had now returned to her human-form with a fish tail, making her even more alluring. Lying in the center of the hall, she didn’t dare say a word, drawing the attention of many young merfolk standing on either side. “My king.” At that moment, the silver-robed old man who had appeared with Haibei by the North Daihe River came forward and bowed before the Sea King. “Duke of Sea Demons, what brings you here?” the Sea King asked with a slight smile upon seeing the old man.

“Great King, actually, it’s not Haibei’s fault this time.” The silver-robed old sea demon straightened up and said solemnly, “That young human is extremely strange. He can even hide his life energy fluctuations; not even I could detect his presence.”
“Oh?” The Sea King raised his golden eyebrows slightly. “He can hide his life energy fluctuations?”
“That’s right,” the sea demon nodded. “Not only that, he can completely ignore my attacks. Even with all my strength, I couldn’t harm a single hair on him.”
“That’s impossible!”
At that moment, someone in the hall couldn’t help but exclaim, “Lord Sea Demon is a powerhouse at the peak of the eighth rank. Even those at the ninth rank shouldn’t underestimate him with all their strength. Could that human be someone beyond the ninth rank?”
“No!” The sea demon shook his head. “The strength he displayed is at most the early sixth rank. He’s by no means someone beyond the ninth rank. What I suspect is that he’s completely immune to water-based attacks!”
“Immune to water-based attacks?” The Sea King’s eyes lit up. All the supernatural beings of the Atlantis race were born as water-based powerhouses. Chen Xiao’s immunity to water-based attacks made him an enemy of this race.
Yet, the Sea King wasn’t panicked. Instead, he felt a strong interest.
“In that case, there’s only one possibility!” the sea demon continued. “The treasure lost by the Atlantis Empire a thousand years ago, the Guardian of the Sea God, is in that human’s hands.”
The Guardian of the Sea God could immune anyone below the ninth rank, including those at the ninth rank, from all water-based attacks.
“The Guardian of the Sea God! Yes, only it has such power to make its holder immune to water-based attacks!”
“Haibei, you’ve done a great service for our race this time. By special permission of this king, you may enter the Temple of the Sea God to receive its blessings!”
The Sea King suddenly stood up from his throne and swam back and forth in the hall, his face showing excitement.
Upon hearing the Sea King’s words, a glimmer of excitement flashed in Haibei’s eyes, but soon she bowed again, uttering a flood of praise.
“Get the Guardian of the Sea God back at any cost!” After a while, the Sea King finally roared loudly.
“King,” the sea demon swam forward a few times before frowning and saying, “That human at the sixth rank has a ninth-rank powerhouse by his side, guarding him constantly. It won’t be easy to take the Guardian of the Sea God from him.”
“Ninth rank?” The Sea King sneered coldly. “The Heavenly Dragon’s Treasures are about to be unearthed. The treasures within are extremely rich. If our race obtains them, our strength will soar instantly, allowing us to open up more supernatural worlds and acquire more resources. Even those ancient ancestors who rarely appear are very interested this time. We’ll surely have to ask them to make a trip. In their eyes, a ninth-rank supernatural being is nothing but a joke.”
The Sea King’s tone was extremely confident, coming from the fact that he himself was a powerhouse beyond the ninth rank.
“The strength of these Atlanteans is truly formidable.”

Chen Xiao’s body was hidden in a corner of the grand hall, as he watched coldly everything that was happening inside. He was shocked to discover that in this hall alone, there were no less than fifty eighth-tier fishmen—powerful beings like that old sea demon. At the front of the hall, twenty elders sitting on a raised platform, just like the Sea King, were ninth-tier beings. As for the lofty Sea King, he gave Chen Xiao the impression of being similar to Damangxius—no, even stronger than Damangxius, clearly a being at the Origin Realm level.