The murky, cold seawater was stirred by intense currents, making it impossible to see. Mei Simiao, squeezed and dragged towards the seabed by the surrounding water, attempted to utilize his abilities to escape but was knocked side to side by the turbulent flow. Suddenly, two giant lantern-like red eyes lit up in the darkness. Before he could react, an ugly and enormous serpent head, with a gaping maw, swam into view and, in an instant, darted towards him, swallowing him whole.

Watching as Mei Simiao was buried within the belly of the sea serpent, over twenty meters long that she had summoned, Sarah's lips curled with a contemptuous smile. She gently flicked her fingers, propelling herself towards the surface with the surrounding air. However, at that moment, a mountainous force swept in, accompanying the current, crashing into her and sending her far away.

Sarah steadied herself and looked intently; the sea serpent seemed greatly agitated, its massive body twisting and rolling like a braid in the water, its long tail whipping the sea, creating waves.

This situation didn't last long as a massive amount of light blue blood oozed from the serpent's mouth and nose, its demeanor becoming feeble until finally, unable to endure, it opened its maw wide, amidst a blaze of golden light, and spat Mei Simiao out.

Seeing this, Sarah felt both unwilling and surprised by the opponent's endless tricks. The enemy, turned into a child, now held a long scarlet silk in one hand and a shining golden circle in the other, waving them back and forth in the water. With each wave, the surrounding seawater shook violently and couldn't calm down for long.

After spitting out the culprit that had tormented it, the sea serpent was roused to ferocity but no longer dared to swallow Mei Simiao, instead coiling around, swimming back and forth, creating waves while occasionally seizing the opportunity to strike swiftly with its head and tail.

But each attack was met head-on by Mei Simiao's Heaven and Earth Circle, and after several attempts, the sea serpent felt as if the strange golden circle carried the weight of ten thousand pounds, breaking its bones and tendons, suffering both internally and externally. Unable to endure such pain, it changed tactics, inhaling and exhaling large amounts of seawater into its mouth and rolling twice in place before opening its maw and sending waves of dark green venom rushing towards Mei Simiao.

Mei Simiao sneered inwardly, calmly maneuvering the internal source, wielding the Chaotic Heaven Silk to intercept all the venom. However, the venom was indeed powerful; after neutralizing this wave of attack, even the divine light of his Chaotic Heaven Silk dimmed by three fractions.

As the surrounding water began to stir again, the sea serpent attempted to repeat its tactic, but how could Mei Simiao allow it? With a flick of the Chaotic Heaven Silk, the seven-foot-long scarlet silk rapidly lengthened, first winding around the serpent's head, binding it firmly, then spreading over its body, covering it entirely in a short time.

The already enormous sea serpent now appeared strikingly distinct in the water, draped in red. As the Chaotic Heaven Silk tightened, the serpent was unwilling to succumb, writhing and inflating its body to escape. But then came fierce blows to its head, causing unbearable pain and disorientation. Mei Simiao, grasping the Chaotic Heaven Silk in one hand and wielding the Heaven and Earth Circle in the other, was furiously striking the serpent's head.

Swept aside by the waves, Sarah wished to intervene, but her water-element magic spells were instantly obliterated upon entering the combat zone, shredded by the powerful internal source emanating from Mei Simiao's magical artifacts. Watching Mei Simiao's formidable weapons, Sarah felt anguish: "Is it an advanced water-element magical tool?"

At this moment, she truly hoped that his magical tools were physically real rather than condensed from internal abilities; she'd risk her life to seize them.

In the brief moment of distraction, the battle shifted again—the sea serpent could no longer withstand Mei Simiao's attack, convulsing uncontrollably. In desperation, it rolled vigorously, thrusting its body forward, carrying Mei Simiao along, and burst out of the Magic Transmission Array, leaping onto the water's surface.

Simultaneously, on the surface, Fu Rui was cowering in a corner, trembling before the Doomsday Mirror Image. Within the realm of divine intent, she displayed a somewhat arrogant disposition in her current persona, but this pride was ruthlessly crushed by the abilities showcased today—this was truly a battle of gods.

On the Investigation Hall's side, Cao Jiu Zhou and the elder swordsman Shen Yuanzhou, after the initial probing, held nothing back. Cao Jiu Zhou recited words while drawing symbols out of thin air with one hand, his other sleeve fluttering as over ten Talismans were thrown out. Multi-tasking, stone mountains materialized and crashed down on the Divine Intent camp.

Unlike Liu Yu of the divine lower ranks, who struggled to pile together a small hill, each stone mountain Cao Jiu Zhou hurled was thirty meters tall, akin to a building plummeting down and crashing; every impact caused intense vibrations, repeatedly blowing Fu Rui out from where she hid in the shadows.

This was merely one battlefront; as the battle escalated, Fu Rui felt that the space seemed to have expanded significantly since she first entered. The original pure white space above was now shrouded in dark clouds; half of a giant doll-like face had emerged, its soulless, evil eyes making Fu Rui's hair stand on end. The entire space felt extremely oppressive, with red hues swirling amidst the dark clouds, and flashes of lightning streaking across the sky. The deafening thunder in the relentless series of explosions and ghostly winds wasn't especially prominent on this battlefield.

Above layers of crashing mountains, two giant dragons roared and brawled, one breathing fire across the battlefield while the other responded with a jet of dark green acid, which fumed upon contact, rapidly corroding anything it touched.

Above the battleground where the two giant dragons clashed, a Golden-winged Roc was fiercely pecking and battling a monster with a deer head and a bird's body.

At this moment, the Magic Array in the distance, quiet for a while, suddenly surged with towering waves. As the water reached its peak, a red sea serpent burst out to the ground, heavily slamming between the two battling dragons.

Standing atop the sea serpent's head, Mei Simiao surveyed his surroundings, barely having taken a few breaths before a massive shadow loomed above him. A scaly dragon claw descended from the sky.

Sensing danger, Mei Simiao immediately withdrew his abilities, leaped aside, as the fierce dragon claw stomped down on the sea serpent, forcing this half-dead creature to regain its breath.