Chapter 2041: Chapter 2009: The Whale-Riding Youth

"Splash!!!"

Accompanied by an incredibly terrifying loud noise, Li Chen’s body crashed into the water like a meteorite, causing towering waves.

But soon, Li Chen floated back up to the surface, looking around with a somewhat peculiar expression in his eyes.

In his eyes, there was surprise, there was confusion, but more than that, there was an indescribable emotion.

"This place is..."

At this moment, Li Chen attempted to extend his divine sense, but the moment he tried to spread it out, a tearing pain suddenly shot through his brain.

Even Li Chen couldn’t help but have a black out before plunging back into the water.

After a long while, Li Chen once again floated to the surface.

However, this time Li Chen’s face was somewhat pale, and beneath him, there was now a giant... whale!

This was the whale Li Chen had subdued while sinking to the bottom of the water, temporarily using it as a means of transport.

Because he discovered that his cultivation was sealed.

Not just sealed—more precisely, an incredibly powerful Lock of the Great Dao had locked away Li Chen’s cultivation, Dao Foundation, and divine sense.

And the Lock of the Great Dao that imprisoned Li Chen, after his research, he confirmed, was a... divine skill!

"Is this the divine skill of the Innate Gods and Demons? Truly terrifying." Even Li Chen couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile; he realized he had underestimated the power of the Innate Gods and Demons and overestimated his own strength.

With this divine skill locking him, Li Chen realized he couldn’t use any external force except for his pure brute force. Laws, divine skills, he couldn’t even summon his Supreme Treasure or Red Moon.

However, after a while of research, Li Chen also discovered that although this Lock of the Great Dao was quite terrifying, once he unravelled it, he would likely have fully comprehended this powerful divine skill.

"Locking Heaven and Earth!" Li Chen murmured the name of this divine skill, unable to resist shaking his head and letting out a bitter smile: "It truly locks Heaven and Earth, sealing everything of a cultivator, turning a powerful cultivator into an ordinary person, essentially cutting off everything for a cultivator, transforming a once-earth-shaking existence into an ant!"

Li Chen knew that the divine skill he was under was different from the one released against an enemy.

The Locking Heaven and Earth released against an enemy sealed everything of a cultivator, even their body, but this Lock of the Great Dao left him with one last path.

Rather than calling this an ambush, it was more of a sudden test.

However, when jumping into the Spirit Releasing Abyss, Li Chen had already prepared mentally, no matter what he faced, he was ready psychologically.

It’s just that the place he fell was beyond his expectations.

"Oooo~~"

At this moment, a distant ship’s horn suddenly sounded, very faint, but with Li Chen’s keen six senses, he heard it clearly.

Li Chen turned his head towards it, seeing a massive object slowly passing by. Of course, it was with his capability; others couldn’t see so far.

"Let’s go over there and take a look." Li Chen patted the giant whale beneath him. Although the whale hadn’t developed spiritual intelligence and couldn’t understand Li Chen’s words, it understood from Li Chen’s gaze.

At Li Chen’s level, even with his cultivation sealed, he was still an incredibly powerful existence in many people’s eyes, and many things didn’t require cultivation to accomplish.

"Ooo~~"

The whale let out a low call, then quickly carried Li Chen through the waves.

In terms of power, this whale had some cultivation as well. Although it hadn’t developed spiritual intelligence and was like a wild beast, it instinctively absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, relying on its race’s talent. Even Earth-Level Warriors wouldn’t easily provoke such a whale, yet Li Chen had subdued it in a short time.

Li Chen rode the whale, charging swiftly in the direction of the sound.

After a while, a man-made vessel gradually appeared before Li Chen’s eyes.

Upon seeing it, Li Chen’s gaze became somewhat complicated.

There was joy, somberness, and nostalgia.

Because it was a massive cruise ship.

If it were just an ordinary cruise ship, Li Chen wouldn’t have paid it much attention. After all, many worlds under the Four Great Realms had developed technological civilizations, including the Lower Realms.

However, on this cruise ship, a few words were written.

"Huaxia Nether King Group B-311 Cruise Ship."

"Huaxia Nether King Group!"

Seeing these words, many thoughts surfaced in Li Chen’s mind, but they turned into a gentle sigh at his lips.

He was back in the Huaxia Main World once more.

"Quick, over there, there’s something!"

At this moment, someone on the cruise ship seemed to have noticed Li Chen’s existence. After all, Li Chen was getting closer, and a special presence like this suddenly appearing amidst the calm surrounding waters was hard to ignore.

"That’s a giant whale! And it probably has strong cultivation! Everyone, stay alert!" The cruise ship’s captain immediately sounded the alarm, and many armed personnel rushed out.

Not only were they holding various firearms, but more impressively, there were a few men holding cold weapons behind the armed personnel wielding firearms.

And when the tourists on the cruise saw those men with cold weapons, their initial panic gradually calmed down.

"Relax, relax, this is a cruise from the Nether King Group, and we have powerful warriors protecting us. What are we worried about, even if it’s a real ferocious beast, the master warriors of the Nether King Group would slay it. Maybe we’ll even get a taste of ferocious beast meat, I heard it’s quite a tonic!" someone said lightly.

"No, that’s not right!"

At this time, the cruise ship’s captain suddenly squinted his eyes, because besides being a captain, he was also a rather formidable warrior, and it wasn’t long before he noticed someone sitting on the giant whale!

"The giant whale is controlled, there’s someone on it, a youth!" Someone among the tourists, apparently also a warrior, exclaimed in the first instance.

"Youth?"

Li Chen naturally heard the people talking on the cruise ship, and his expression turned somewhat peculiar.

Though his appearance always remained youthful, when standing before others, his aura definitely suggested he was not young—without examining his root bone, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to mistake him for an ancient being that had lived for hundreds or thousands of years, and now they’re calling him a youth?

Li Chen couldn’t help but look at his own hands.

They were the same as before; however, no matter how he looked, he felt that his clothes seemed a bit too big?

"No, it’s not that the clothes have become bigger."

Li Chen then tilted his head towards the seawater beside him.

A young face was immediately reflected in the water.