Once they plunged into the ocean, Xing Li, Lin Qiye, and their companions were instantly enveloped by an overwhelmingly immense pressure. It felt as heavy as Mount Tai pressing down upon them, leaving them barely able to breathe. As they continued to descend, the relatively bright light around them gradually faded like the setting sun, until finally, only endless darkness surrounded them.
They had to rely on their own spiritual energy to force out faint rays of light to illuminate the unknown and mysterious path ahead. In this deep sea, colorful schools of fish darted past them like brilliant flashes of lightning. The bodies of those fish were covered in various exotic patterns, as if crafted by the ingenious hand of nature. At first, they swam leisurely around this group of sudden, uninvited guests with a hint of curiosity, but soon seeming to sense some danger, they vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye.
The deeper they ventured toward the ocean floor, the lower the water temperature dropped. A piercing coldness, like a freezing viper, began to silently invade everyone's bodies. To ward off this shivering chill, they all circulated the spiritual energy within them, condensing a thin layer of warm Spiritual Energy Shield around their bodies. Although this shield could not completely block the intrusion of the cold, it at least made them feel a little more comfortable.
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