Chapter 839: Today Is the Day of Awakening

"It… What is it doing?" The Rugged Man watched the scene of it frantically absorbing seawater, his face full of confusion.

The Cold Youth frowned and analyzed perplexedly, "A devouring skill? But there is nothing around here except seawater. The marine exotic beasts in the ruins were long since killed by us. Even if it wants to use a devouring skill to regenerate health, absorbing those shattered corpses wouldn't have any actual healing determination effect, right?"

The Seductive Woman forced herself to stand up, her face pale as she chimed in, "Could it be that it is simply venting?"

"That's not right!"

Elder Mo had initially frowned and remained silent, but his gaze was locked onto that deformed space above the giant beast's huge mouth.

"Look at the spatial barrier over there!" Elder Mo suddenly pointed his hand toward midair, his voice tinged with shock.

Everyone looked up.

Under the giant beast's bottomless black hole-like violent suction, that originally indestructible ruins entrance passage between the Kaslandis Ruins and the outside Atlantic Ocean actually began to violently tremble and deform!

"Crack… Crack!"

Accompanied by the harsh sound of spatial shattering, the Seal at the ruins entrance produced a strong reaction under the surging suction. Huge spatial rifts spread like a spiderweb, forcibly connecting the space inside and outside the ruins!

"Moo——!"

"Hiss hiss——!"

The next moment, terrified beast roars came from the other end of that broken spatial passage.

Under this suction strong enough to change dimensional coordinates, in the Atlantic Ocean waters outside the ruins, those top-tier marine exotic beasts that originally inhabited the present world's deep sea and had a Rank as high as seventy or eighty were actually forcefully dragged in from the real world by this power!

Mutated giant-toothed sharks hundreds of meters long, Advanced deep-sea squids with highly venomous tentacles, Hell-grade Sea Dragon kings that usually dominated a region…

Hundreds of massive present-world marine exotic beasts poured down endlessly from the spatial rifts. They struggled frantically in midair, releasing various Advanced water-type and ice-type skills in an attempt to escape this fatal gravitational pull.

However, all struggles were fruitless.

Facing the Sea God's High-Dimensional Law of devouring, these top-tier present-world exotic beasts were like being sucked down a toilet bowl, unable to even pause for a second before being completely inhaled into the Sea God's huge mouth!

"Puchi! Puchi!"

Teeth-aching sounds of flesh chewing and bone cracking came from deep within the giant beast's throat, accompanied by a large amount of purple-black bloody water overflowing from its mouth.

As these hundreds of Advanced marine exotic beasts were forcibly devoured, the giant beast's aura, which had been somewhat sluggish due to being heavily injured by Zhou Huai, rapidly climbed! The shattered black scales on its body also began to regrow and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye under the nourishment of the rich blood qi.

Seeing this scene, Elder Mo trembled all over, his eyes widening.

"I see! I understand!"

Elder Mo gritted his teeth, his withered hands squeezing the console until it creaked.

"This fellow wants to forcibly absorb creatures outside the ruins to recover itself!"

Hearing Elder Mo's analysis, everyone's complexions turned pale.

"It… Is it devouring present-world exotic beasts to recover its Origin?" The Seductive Woman hugged her shoulders with both hands, her voice trembling, "Then wouldn't our previous plan all go down the drain?"

Hundreds and thousands of Advanced marine exotic beasts were being swallowed without any power to resist by that abyss-like giant mouth, turning into a rain of blood filling the sky.

"Where is that young man from just now? Where on earth did he go?" The Rugged Man's eyes were red as he searched everywhere for Zhou Huai.

However, on the dim sea surface, aside from the violent water spouts and Death Qi filling the sky…

There was not a shred of dark golden light. That youth had been completely swallowed by that monster.

After waiting for a long time, Zhou Huai's figure still did not appear.

"Stop looking." Elder Mo closed his eyes, letting out a long sigh, his voice aged, "That young man is probably truly dead."

"There is no hope." The Cold Youth collapsed dejectedly onto the deck.

Listening to the howling wind around him and the Sea God's deafening roar, Elder Mo abruptly opened his eyes, a trace of ruthless determination flashing through his gaze.

"Since he failed, we can only use the final method." Elder Mo gritted his teeth, his withered hand clenching into a fist.

"Destroy the ruins entrance!"

"Destroy the entrance?" The Rugged Man was stunned.

"Right! Completely detonate the spatial coordinates here, and trap this beast inside these Kaslandis Ruins forever!"

The Rugged Man straightened his body without hesitation, snatching up the fine steel harpoon on the ground, "Elder Mo, just give the order. As long as it makes that old dog Duan unhappy, we will all listen to you!"

"Let's go! We'll head to the ruins entrance first!"

Elder Mo manipulated the small boat, braving the howling wind and terrifying waves, and rapidly rushed toward the broken spatial rifts on the horizon.

…

Meanwhile.

Darkness.

Boundless darkness.

There was no oppressive feeling of deep-sea water pressure, no strangulation from the High-Dimensional Law, and no pain whatsoever.

There was only a light, weightless feeling of the Soul falling into an abyss.

"Hoo——!"

Zhou Huai opened his eyes, springing up from the bed, his chest heaving violently as he gasped for breath in large gulps.

His entire body was already soaked in cold sweat.

He blankly turned his head and looked at his surrounding environment.

A spacious European-style large bed, an exquisite crystal chandelier, and precious oil paintings hanging on the wall.

This is… the Zhou Family mansion? His bedroom?

"How is this possible?"

Zhou Huai muttered to himself, subconsciously looking down.

There was no dark golden abyssal blood battle armor, nor that half-step transcendence mana value that filled his entire body and was enough to destroy heaven and earth. He was only wearing a thin, pure cotton pajama.

"Creak——"

The bedroom door was gently pushed open from the outside.

An old man with a hunched back and a kindly face walked in carrying a basin of hot water.

Seeing Zhou Huai sitting on the bed, the old man was stunned for a moment before bursting into a smile.

"Young master, you're awake?"

Uncle Fu walked quickly to the bedside, put down the basin, and began wringing out a hot towel while concernedly sizing up Zhou Huai.

"Oh my, young master, what's wrong with you? Why are you covered in cold sweat? Did you fail to cover yourself with the blanket last night and catch a cold?" Uncle Fu held the warm towel, wanting to wipe the cold sweat from Zhou Huai's forehead.

Zhou Huai subconsciously turned his head, dodging Uncle Fu's hand.

He stared at the old man's face in front of him, which was so real that even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes could be seen.

Zhou Huai opened his mouth: "Uncle Fu?"

"It's me, young master, did you sleep yourself silly?" Uncle Fu withdrew his hand worriedly, "Should I go find a light-element healer to take a look?"

"No need." Zhou Huai shook his head, forcibly suppressing the lingering panic in his heart, "I'm fine, I just… had a dream."

"A dream?"

"Mn." Zhou Huai stared at his own hands, "I can't remember the exact details of what I dreamed. But it was very long. In the dream, I possessed very strong power, killed many terrifying monsters, and met many people…"

After hearing this, Uncle Fu couldn't help laughing, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes smoothing out.

"Young master, this isn't a dream; this is what you think about by day, you dream about by night."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Huai frowned.

Uncle Fu put the towel back into the basin, turned around to push over the metal wheelchair, and stopped by the bedside.

"Have you forgotten? Today is the day you awaken as Professionals!" Uncle Fu reminded him with a smile, "The master and madam, as well as Young Master Lu Qi, are all waiting for you in the dining room downstairs."

"Awaken as Professionals?"