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Chapter 1640: Chapter 1641: Vortex Stone Tower Chapter 1640: Chapter 1641: Vortex Stone Tower The Dragon Clan is the royal family among the Sea Clan, who once ruled over the Sea Clan for millions of years. The majesty of the Dragon Clan had long been ingrained deep into the bones of the Sea Clan. Even the new generations of the Sea Clan, who had never seen a member of the Dragon Clan, grew up immersed in stories of their grandeur and held them in the highest esteem.

Seeing Elder Ao Qing leave the great hall and fly towards Turtleback Mountain, several Sea Clan children exchanged glances, all brimming with eagerness to try their luck.

“Bing Rui, shall we also go and take a look? Maybe we’ll get to see that Dragon Clan lord battling the giant sea turtle!” one of the Sea Clan children said excitedly.

“But that’s a forbidden area…” Bing Rui hesitated. Trespassing in a forbidden area was a serious offense, punishable by at least half a year in confinement.

“What’s there to fear? We’re just following Elder Ao Qing,” Ao Qian suddenly spoke up, her eyes filled with cunning. “Elder Ao Qing doesn’t recognize the Dragon Clan lord; we’re there to help him identify him!”

“Yeah, Qian is right. We’re just following Elder Ao Qing. We’re there to help Elder Ao Qing recognize the Dragon Clan lord,” a group of Sea Clan youngsters’ eyes lit up, and they immediately cheered.

Before long, several Sea Clan youngsters headed towards Turtleback Mountain. They didn’t dare follow too closely behind Ao Qing, deliberately taking a long detour, planning to meet up with Ao Qing at Turtleback Mountain. If they encountered him too soon, they would be sent back by him.

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On the other side, within the Blazing Fire Furnace, booms resonated one after another. With each boom, Song Jian’s body trembled slightly, as if it was he himself that the horned sea turtle was slamming into.

“Aside from defense, as a Demi-God Level being governed by the Law of Devouring, you’re nothing special…” A smile crossed Song Jian’s lips. Assimilating the horned sea turtle was just a matter of time. Once the assimilation was nearly complete, he planned to release it and kill it. There was still a chance it would drop its core.

Just then, a rumbling came from the light column in the distance, as if something had shattered. Moments later, the sea surface, which had been calm at the location of the light column, suddenly stirred into action. In a short span of time, a giant vortex appeared on the ocean’s surface!

“This vortex…” Song Jian was dumbstruck. The immense vortex that had appeared before him was over ten kilometers in diameter, more than ten times the size of the vortex portal of a level five instance. The terrifying suction power emanating from the vortex made Song Jian feel a sense of dread.

Roar~
A tiger shark demon beast over a hundred meters in length roared as it struggled in vain within the vortex, a Mid-Level Legendary Realm BOSS. In the face of the colossal suction power of the vortex, it was as fragile as a paper boat, torn to shreds before even reaching the bottom of the vortex.

“Was that horned sea turtle’s goal this giant vortex?” Song Jian glanced at the Blazing Fire Furnace in the void, where the horned sea turtle was still roaring incessantly and slamming into the furnace. However, with its level of attack power, it was incapable of breaking through the spatial barrier. It was slowly being melted by the Blazing Fire, and this terrifying sensation of being eroded away bit by bit filled the heart of the horned sea turtle with deep despair.

“With the horned sea turtle’s formidable defense, I wonder if it could withstand the terrifying tearing force of this vortex,” Song Jian wondered. The defense of the horned sea turtle was the most formidable he had encountered since entering the game. Although Song Jian himself dared not venture deep into such a terrifying vortex, the horned sea turtle had been longing for it.

Just then, Song Jian suddenly noticed a bizarre flash of light emerging from the center of the giant vortex, resembling a constantly flashing searchlight.

In a short while, the tip of a quadrangular tower came into Song Jian’s view. This tip was slowly rising from the center of the vortex, not particularly fast but unwavering.

Song Jian could only watch and wait, as everything unfolding before him exceeded his imagination. The vortex’s horrific suction power posed a threat even to god-level experts. The mysterious tower, emerging from the maelstrom with remnants of ancient seals still visible on its surface, bore traces like chains imprinted on it. From these imprints, Song Jian could sense the passage of vast eons.

“Years…”

Song Jian felt a sudden epiphany in his heart. With an outstretched right hand, he caressed the air as if wiping away dust. In an instant, the chain imprints on the surface of the stone tower burst into light, and dark gold chains slowly began to reform as if appearing out of nowhere.

Roar~
From within the stone tower, bursts of angry roars could be heard. The tower, which had started to climb upward, halted its ascent and trembled for a few seconds before slowly beginning to fall back down into the depths of the vortex.

At this moment, Song Jian, due to the chain imprints on the surface of the tower, triggered his understanding of the Time Law. Song Jian, suspended in the void, had a bewildered expression in his eyes. Extending his right hand forward, he pointed towards the tower, standing still like a statue.

Not until the stone tower sank back into the depths of the vortex, leaving less than a meter of its tip exposed, did Song Jian suddenly snap out of his state of realization. His face paled, and he couldn’t help but spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his Vitality Points plummeting to 30% in an instant. Eventually, Song Jian couldn’t even maintain his form, and he began to fall toward the sea surface.

“Kamata!”

Song Jian let out a light cry, and the figure of the Golden Giant Dragon appeared beneath him, catching the falling Song Jian. A high-pitched roar sounded, and the Golden Giant Dragon, Kamata, looked up at the Blazing Fire Furnace in the sky with a trace of fear in its eyes.

Crack~
With Song Jian no longer controlling the Power of Law, the stone tower in the vortex began to shake violently. The dark gold chains that had just emerged on the surface started to shatter, turning into powder.

The unbound stone tower emitted deep, booming sounds, rising once again from the vortex, this time without anything to hold it back.

Song Jian, riding on the back of the Golden Giant Dragon, watched, wide-eyed as the stone tower rose slowly from the vortex. A thick, evil presence unfurled from the tower like a dense ink spreading in all directions.

Roar~
From inside the tower, a beast-like roar exploded, accompanied by thunderous crashing sounds that were relentless to the ears, as if a beast trapped inside the tower was desperately trying to escape.

At the same time, the Dragon Horned Giant Turtle within the Blazing Fire Furnace seemed to sense something and began to violently crash into the furnace’s barriers. Even as it battered itself bloody, it didn’t lessen the force of its impacts.

Boom!

A massive boom erupted from the top of the stone tower within the vortex, and rubble flew. A terrifying black dragon head emerged from a gap at the tower’s apex, and a pair of blood-red eyes filled with intense malice stared at Song Jian.

“What, what in the world is that thing?” Song Jian was startled and couldn’t help but stand up, gazing towards the giant dragon head at the top of the tower.

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