Yama Rising

The surrounding seawater was surging past at rapid speeds, and the size of the giant turtle was unlike anything marine biologists had ever seen.

As it flipped over, it swept up the entire sea into a giant whirlpool.

As it swam through the water, it was like a living force of nature.

There was no need for it to attack, all it had to do was move, and countless rapid currents would be swept up around it. Its body was a boundless and indestructible fortress that would stand up to even the most devastating of attacks.

Qin Ye gripped tightly onto Fate as he tilted his head to the side to avoid an oncoming current. He gritted his teeth as he thought to himself, It's a good thing that I made a breakthrough to become a Yama-King. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have been able to keep up with it. This power of this thing's physical body has most likely already reached the nascent Yama-King level, which is even higher than the advanced Abyssal Prefect level I initially predicted...

As the giant beast was flipping itself over, he had to hold onto Fate for dear life while being thrown around like a ragdoll. Now that the giant turtle had completed its maneuver, he was in a far more stable position, and he flipped himself over before crouching on the giant turtle's back like a panther ready to pounce while continuing to hold onto Fate with a white-knuckled grip.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked up, and the light overhead was becoming brighter and brighter, indicating that they were not far away from the surface of the sea, perhaps still around 1,000 meters to go. Once they reached the surface, that would be his time to strike.

He wasn't going to engage the giant beast in combat in the terrain that was most suited to it. If he were to strike now, the power of his arts would most likely be significantly reduced by the violent currents.

Thus, he had to wait.

As the giant turtle rose rapidly upward, the indistinct light filtering through the seawater slowly turned into rays of golden sunlight, illuminating the entire sea a golden color. On top of that, there were clearly more fish in the surrounding area as well.

Countless bubbles were rising up as if the entire sea had been brought to a boil, and Qin Ye slowly got up into a half squat position as he stared intently upward. 500 meters... 300 meters... 200 meters... 100 meters!

Splash!! 

With an enormous splash and a deafening roar, the giant turtle rushed out of the surface of the sea before springing upward like a dragon taking flight to soar up into the heavens.

Right as the giant turtle reached the apex of its ascent, it was as if time had completely fallen still.

Everything seemed to have gone into slow motion as he swept his gaze across the horizon. It was currently nighttime, and it was a beautiful night. The pristine white moonlight was shining down onto the surface of the sea like a layer of frost, creating what appeared to be a glittering galaxy of stars on the sea's surface. Despite the situation that he was in, Qin Ye couldn't help but appreciate the beauty of nature around him.

However, this wasn't the time to be getting caught up in his own thoughts. In the instant that the giant turtle erupted out of the sea, scintillating light immediately began to radiate from Fate, as if a bright star had appeared on the massive turtle's back.

Golden light erupted into the heavens as Fate expanded further and further in his grasp, transforming into a golden spear with two prayer flags, one black and one white, encircled around it. The entire spear was burning with golden netherflames, and shot up into the sky like a shooting star right behind its wielder.

Qin Ye and the golden spear rose up higher and higher, piercing through the night as fierce winds swept his hair and clothes. In the blink of an eye, they had reached an altitude in excess of 1,000 meters, and clouds were beginning to appear beneath their feet. However, even from dizzying heights, the sight of the massive creature down below was still an awe-inspiring one.

Furthermore, there was also a luxury cruise ship down below, and it was packed to the rafters with Asian and caucasian passengers, all of whom were very well-dressed. Qin Ye could hear the melodious music coming from the deck of the ship.

In the instant that the giant turtle broke through the surface of the sea, massive waves were swept up in all directions, and the ship instantly fell completely silent as all of the passengers looked on with their eyes wide open and their jaws resting on the ground. They looked on in shock and horror as the gargantuan turtle flew over their heads, concealing the stars and the moon with its enormous body and stirring up the entire sea.

In that instant, countless wine glasses fell onto the ground before shattering into pieces, 

Everyone shook their heads and threw their hands over their mouths as they looked on with incredulity in their eyes. This scene was so astonishing that they had even forgotten to pull out their phones to capture it.

Qin Ye was also rather amused.

He waved at everyone on the ship and called out, "Hello, everyone!"

Of course, no one could hear him.

In the next instant, Yama-King level Yin energy erupted in full force, and the air temperature in a radius of several kilometers began to plummet rapidly. As Qin Ye descended from the sky, chunks of ice began to take shape on the surface of the sea, and he was traveling so quickly that a stream of crimson flames appeared behind him.

He was truly like a shooting star crashing toward land.

In that instant, he could clearly sense that two Yama-Kings and an Abyssal Prefect from the underworlds of Russia, Nippon, and Hindustan had focused their attention on him simultaneously.

The death gods of all three nations had sensed the eruption of Yama-King level Yin energy!

He had to end this quickly!

Fierce winds were sweeping through the air, creating such immense pressure that a vortex had appeared on the surface of the sea. This was the first time that Qin Ye had released his Yin energy in full force after his breakthrough to the Yama-King level. The sound of countless howls, cries, and wails suddenly rang out across the area, and black mist converged from all directions. As his spear descended from above, the black mist formed a Yin energy vortex with a radius in excess of 10 kilometers, contained within which were countless specks of netherfire.

"My god..." Everyone on the luxury cruise ship was completely flabbergasted. A young woman had a hand over her own mouth as she stood on the deck and murmured to herself in a trembling voice, "What am I witnessing right now..."

First, there was the giant turtle that had flown up into the heavens. Then came the freezing of a large section of the sea, followed by the descent of a shooting star and a galaxy of evil ghosts... 

Any single one of these would already be extremely astonishing, but when all three appeared at once, this scene could only be referred to as a divine miracle.

"Incredible..." Everyone else on the ship was also looking on with utter awe and astonishment at this scene that they would never forget. Some were shaking their heads with their mouths slightly agape, while others had already whipped out their phones, but most of the passengers on the cruise ship were silently praying to their gods.

What exactly were they praying for?

They didn't even know that answer themselves, it was just a reflexive response.

Of course, Qin Ye was completely oblivious to what the passengers on the cruise whip were doing. This spear strike was already imbued with all of his Yin energy.

Boom!! In the blink of an eye, his spear had already come crashing down onto the turtle's shell like a bolt of lightning.

An earth-shattering roar instantly rang out in response.

Cracks quickly began to spread like a cobweb over the turtle's shell right before Qin Ye's eyes, and immediately thereafter, the shell was shattered amid a resounding boom.

The cracks spread rapidly, extending to over 100 meters in length in the blink of an eye. However, Qin Ye refused to take his foot off the pedal as he gritted his teeth and continued to plunge forward. This thing was far too massive, and these cracks still weren't enough to truly harm it.

He didn't know how long it would take for him to pierce through this shell, but there was only one way to completely penetrate this city.

The giant turtle was far too massive for him to attack and break through from multiple spots, so he had chosen to concentrate all of his power into this one point instead.

A flurry of golden flames erupted from the spear, extending to over 10 meters in length. Scraps of turtle shell erupted in all directions as shrapnel, pulverizing anything that drew close to the turtle. Thanks to Qin Ye's encyclopedic wealth of general knowledge, he knew that a so-called turtle shell was actually the chest and stomach of a turtle. The curved spine was the back of the shell, and the front part of the shell was the turtle's ribs. Upon piercing through the shell, he would be able to reach the turtle's internal organs.

He was confident that there was no way this turtle would be able to withstand a Yama-King level attack once its shell was bypassed!

Crack... Boom!! 

The giant turtle's roar was audible for miles in all directions, and it was filled with unspeakable agony. Immediately thereafter, a resounding boom rang out, and a massive hole that was over 100 meters in size was punched into the shell on its back! Golden netherfire erupted into the heavens from the hole, and its gigantic body was thrashing violently from the excruciating pain.

Right at this moment, the giant turtle finally landed in the sea, where it began to thrash and struggle with all its might, sending violent currents surging through the sea in all directions, yet this wasn't enough to stop Qin Ye in the slightest.

At this point, he had already made over 10 meters deep into the turtle's shell, but the deeper he went, the more perplexed he became.

There was something clearly amiss with the internal construct of this turtle's shell!

A turtle's shell was solid, so for this gigantic turtle that was over 200 kilometers in size, its shell had to be at least several hundred meters thick, and the deeper he went, the more difficult his task should've become. However, what was currently the case was that the deeper he went, the easier his burrowing became!

What did this mean? 

It meant that this turtle's shell was very likely to be hollow!

Qin Ye was very confused by this, but this wasn't the time to be delving into befuddlement. At this point, there was nothing he could do aside from continue onward. Thus, he set aside his confusion and gritted his teeth tightly as he continued to plunge forward with his spear, piercing it into the giant turtle's shell like a drill.

Crack crack crack crack! Shards of the turtle's shell flew in all directions, and the giant turtle's roars had already scattered all of the living beings in this area. One minute passed by, then two, and Qin Ye persevered with dogged determination. Right around the 10-minute mark, the pressure on his spear was suddenly completely eased, and as a result, he was sent hurtling forward by his own momentum.

By plowing through the turtle's shell, his goal had been to reach the giant turtle's internal organs, but...

"What the hell is going on in here?" After descending for several seconds, he steadied himself before sweeping an incredulous gaze over his surroundings.

The body of this giant turtle was hollow! There was no flesh and blood at all!

Above his head was the interior of the turtle's shell, which was like a dome-shaped sky.

As for below him, there was a sea!

The sea contained the giant turtle, and the giant turtle housed another sea!

Furthermore, there was a small island floating in the center of the sea.

The island was roughly 100 kilometers in size with white clouds drifting over it, and countless mountains all over its surface. The island was riddled with wild flowers and tall trees with white cranes flying between them, presenting a scene akin to an immortal paradise.

Qin Ye looked up at the turtle's shell that he had just plowed through, then down at the small island within the turtle's body, and even he couldn't help but heave an awestruck sigh.

The world was truly an incredible place.

The seawater outside was unable to flow in through the opening in the turtle's shell, and in here, Qin Ye couldn't detect any killing intent at all. What was even more peculiar was that regardless of how the giant turtle thrashed and struggled, this place remained completely calm and placid.

Qin Ye tightened his grip around his spear.

He could sense a more sinister force hiding beneath this calm facade.

There was something in there that was observing him intently.

He remained still on the spot. This was very likely to be the key to destroying this giant immortal beast, and he had to proceed with the utmost caution. He slowly swept his gaze over the small island, and soon, he discovered that there was a plaque on the beach of the island.

The plaque seemed to have been standing since the beginning of time, and the word "Yingzhou" was inscribed upon it in elegant and free-flowing text.

"Yingzhou?" Qin Ye's brows furrowed tightly as he inspected the plaque, but in the next instant, his eyes abruptly widened, and he felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning as he stared at this small island in an astonished manner.

"Yingzhou is one of the three fabled islands in the Eastern Sea, said to be home to immortals and the elixir of immortality! This place actually exists?"

He then suddenly looked up at the sky and mused, "I finally know what you are now. You are the divine beast, Gui Xu, said to be the vessel of Yingzhou!"