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After opening her mouth, Bibi Dong was immediately choked by another mouthful of seawater.
Though Bibi Dong was in a panic, she didn't need to look back to know that a nearly ten-meter shark had appeared behind her—a soul beast that had reached at least the ten-thousand-year level.
"Magic Shark marine soul beast swarm! Damn it." In an instant, as the waves rolled, more than ten Magic Sharks appeared around them.
People nearby were immediately bitten in half. The crimson blood made the Magic Shark soul beasts even more frenzied, their eyes turning bloodshot.
"Lightning Blade, Block!" Lin Yongming saw a Magic Shark lunging toward him with its jaws open. His Lightning Blade soul weapon was just long enough to block between the shark's upper and lower jaws.
However, the force behind the attack of a ten-meter Magic Shark was immense, as one might imagine.
Although Lin Yongming blocked it without injury, he was sent flying backward by the enormous force. Bibi Dong was about fifty centimeters behind him and was hit directly.
Both of them were pushed backward together.
Seeing this, the Magic Shark naturally continued its pursuit, opening its bloody mouth to reveal rows of incredibly sharp teeth, each at least twenty centimeters long.
"Second Soul Skill, Wave Explosion!" Countless lightning bolts appeared around Lin Yongming's body. Having a chance to react this time, he immediately released his soul skill, once again repelling the Magic Shark's attack.
But Lin Yongming also realized that underwater, he could barely exert his full strength. Moreover, the ocean was the home territory of marine soul beasts.
Though it was only a ten-thousand-year marine beast, it now felt like facing a fifty-thousand-year level soul beast, making the battle increasingly difficult.
"First Soul Skill, Lightning Slash!" After repelling the Magic Shark, Lin Yongming released Lightning Slash, but again found that its power was greatly diminished.
The one-meter lightning blade attack on the body of the nearly ten-meter Magic Shark seemed like nothing more than a tickle.
Before Lin Yongming could continue his attack, another Magic Shark, also about ten meters long, swam toward them from the side.
"Damn it! Bibi Dong."
Lin Yongming dodged to the side, only to find that Bibi Dong's breathing was erratic, fluctuating between strong and weak. She could hardly use her soul power, and her eyes were becoming unfocused—clearly, she was suffocating.
"What should I do? The marine soul beasts keep pursuing us relentlessly. If this continues, even if Bibi Dong isn't attacked by the Magic Sharks, she'll die from suffocation."
"We must escape from the seafloor first!"
Lin Yongming had no time to deal with the two Magic Sharks. He quickly grabbed Bibi Dong by the waist, kissed her lips again, and transferred his own breath to her.
"Right, the ocean, the Sea God, the Sea God's Heart! Damn, in the heat of the moment, I forgot about this divine artifact." While kissing Bibi Dong, Lin Yongming took out the long-unused Sea God's Heart from his spatial soul tool.
The completely translucent blue, three-dimensional triangular Sea God's Heart appeared in Lin Yongming's right palm, emitting a faint blue light underwater.
Then, a blue light enveloped both of them, completely separating them from the seawater.
Lin Yongming felt this change and let go of Bibi Dong, amazed to discover that they could breathe freely inside the barrier.
"Oh! This is underwater. Is this boy planning to go to Sea God Island?"
"No, this isn't within the Sea God Island area, but in the East Sea region. Did he take the wrong path?"
"Wait, did I ever give him directions to Sea God Island?"
"I don't think so, or maybe I did. I can't remember." The Sea God's remnant consciousness, upon connecting with the familiar ocean, instantly awakened from its meditation, thinking Lin Yongming was in the West Sea where Sea God Island was located, but that wasn't the case.
"Never mind whether he's near Sea God Island or not, I'll first imprint the route in his mind." The Sea God's remnant consciousness decided and sent a route map into Lin Yongming's mind.
Lin Yongming was surprised to find a route map in his consciousness.
"What's going on? How did this sea route map appear? Didn't I fail to become its master?" Lin Yongming realized this route led from the sea to an island, which could only be Sea God Island.
However, before Lin Yongming could study it further, Bibi Dong in his arms gradually regained consciousness as she could now breathe normally.
Bibi Dong found herself soaking wet, pressed against Lin Yongming's chest. Though she didn't know why the seawater was gone, she blushed deeply.
"Xiao Ming, are we still underwater?" Bibi Dong asked in a shy voice near Lin Yongming's ear.
This brought Lin Yongming back to his senses, realizing he had been distracted by the route map.
"Yes, I just remembered I have an auxiliary soul tool with water-repelling abilities that can even keep sea water away," Lin Yongming quickly explained.
"Thank you, Xiao Ming, for saving me. But can you let me go now?" Bibi Dong said bashfully, also remembering the scene of being kissed by Lin Yongming.
"I'm sorry for offending you without your permission just now," Lin Yongming said awkwardly as he released Bibi Dong's delicate body.
"It's okay, you were just trying to save me in the emergency," Bibi Dong replied with crimson cheeks, slightly lowering her head.
While they were talking, the Magic Sharks turned and swam back. Bibi Dong warned, "Watch out behind!"
However, the two Magic Sharks swam past them as if they couldn't see them.
"What's happening?" Bibi Dong asked in surprise.
"I think it might be because of this barrier. Anyway, let's get out of here. We can't defeat these marine soul beasts in the water," Lin Yongming suggested immediately.
Actually, what Lin Yongming didn't know was that this barrier had a skill called the Sea God's Protective Shield, which not only protected them but also had the effect of hiding them.
Originally, Lin Yongming hadn't successfully become the master of the Sea God's Heart and couldn't release its skills, but that was because the Thunder God's Heart had disrupted the process.
But in reality, the Sea God's remnant consciousness had already acknowledged Lin Yongming, so this was the Sea God's Protective Shield skill activated by the remnant consciousness to protect him!
"But my external soul bone was affected by the previous wave and I can't release it now," Bibi Dong said with an embarrassed smile.
Lin Yongming's external soul bone had also retracted involuntarily when hit by the wave, but now that the Sea God's Heart barrier was isolating them from the seawater, he could release it again.
Lin Yongming released his Purple Lightning Wings again and suggested, "Then I'll carry you up."
"Thank you!" Bibi Dong blushed again, realizing that her practically naked body would once more be pressed against Lin Yongming.
"No problem!" Lin Yongming again wrapped his arm around Bibi Dong's waist, his arms embracing her smooth back.
"Mmm!" Bibi Dong rested her chin on Lin Yongming's shoulder, her arms also embracing his back. The two appeared extremely intimate at this moment.
Seeing this, Lin Yongming immediately flapped his wings and shot straight up toward the sea surface.
With a splash, Lin Yongming broke through the water's surface with Bibi Dong.
"Xiao Ming!" Blue Silver Emperor, who was waiting on shore, called out in delight when she saw them.
Actually, when Lin Yongming and Bibi Dong fell into the ocean, the lightning attacks they unleashed were visible from the sea surface, letting Blue Silver Emperor know they were facing greater danger underwater.
Shortly after, Blue Silver Emperor also saw the Magic Sharks slaughtering other people who couldn't make it to shore in time.
The waves, over ten meters high, completely submerged the beach, forcing those on shore to retreat nearly five hundred meters.
The waves only began to recede when they nearly reached Linhai City, and as they retreated, the marine soul beasts, unable to come ashore, returned to the deep sea.
There was a lot of blood on the sea surface, but no bodies were visible—clearly, they had all been eaten by the Magic Sharks.
Lin Yongming carried Bibi Dong and quickly flew to Blue Silver Emperor before stopping.
"Xiao Ming, Bibi Dong, are you alright? I was so worried when I saw you get swept into the sea by the waves. You don't know how powerful those waves were—they submerged the entire beach," Blue Silver Emperor anxiously stepped forward, wanting to hug Lin Yongming, but then noticed Bibi Dong still in his arms.
"You two!" Blue Silver Emperor was startled.
"Aijin, it's not what you think. Nothing happened between us. I just couldn't release my external soul bone since it hasn't fully fused yet, so I had to let Xiao Ming carry me out," Bibi Dong hastily explained as she left Lin Yongming's embrace.
But her deeply blushing face betrayed her.
"I was just asking. Why are you so nervous?" Blue Silver Emperor looked at Bibi Dong suspiciously.
"Ah, you two didn't... in the sea, did you?!"
"No, no! Xiao Ming just kissed me once when he saw I was having trouble breathing, just to give me some air," Bibi Dong immediately confessed without being prompted.
"That's right, that's right," Lin Yongming could only nod in agreement.
"Oh, so that's what happened. What's the big deal? It was to save your life, so why hide it? Haha," Blue Silver Emperor laughed.
"That's right, that's right," Lin Yongming continued to repeat.
"Aijin, you're horrible! I'll pinch you to death! But really, thank you Xiao Ming for saving me, or I would have suffocated underwater," Bibi Dong immediately grabbed at Blue Silver Emperor before thanking Lin Yongming.
"That's right, that's right!" Lin Yongming continued to play dumb.
"What do you mean 'that's right'? Playing dumb, are you? Did you enjoy holding Bibi Dong? Maybe you two should sleep together tonight," Blue Silver Emperor quickly grabbed Lin Yongming's ear.
"Aijin, don't joke like that!" Bibi Dong said helplessly.
"When we were at the bottom of the sea, we encountered two ten-thousand-year marine soul beasts. There was no time to enjoy anything," Lin Yongming said painfully.
"Oh, so you wanted to enjoy it, did you?" Blue Silver Emperor increased her grip.
"Aijin, don't blame Xiao Ming. It's my fault—I was almost knocked unconscious by the wave," Bibi Dong explained helplessly.
"Alright, I'm glad you're both safe. Let's go back to the hotel. Another wave is coming, and you need to take a bath and change your clothes before you catch a cold," Blue Silver Emperor said helplessly, looking at the soaking wet Bibi Dong.
Then the three, still somewhat shaken, returned to the hotel. Their first priority was naturally to take a bath and wash off the smell of seawater.
As Bibi Dong bathed, looking at the water, she momentarily felt as if she was back underwater, intimately embracing Lin Yongming.
"Ah, ah, what's wrong with me? Bibi Dong, stop thinking nonsense," Bibi Dong shook her head, trying not to let her imagination run wild.
Meanwhile, next door, as Lin Yongming came out after his bath, Blue Silver Emperor was sitting on the sofa with a serious expression.
"Tell me honestly, did you touch Bibi Dong inappropriately underwater? What happened?" Blue Silver Emperor questioned Lin Yongming.
"Aijin, don't be jealous. It was all an accident. Bibi Dong and I were both swept underwater by the wave," Lin Yongming honestly recounted what had happened.
"Finally, I relied on the Vast Sea Barrier soul tool I exchanged at the Tianhai Royal Palace to isolate us from the seawater before we could fly out."
"That's what happened. The situation was urgent, so I had no choice but to act that way," Lin Yongming explained everything without concealing anything.
"So, you kissed Bibi Dong twice, and the kisses lasted quite a while," Blue Silver Emperor said with a straight face.
"Otherwise, Bibi Dong was a bit panicked, and I only remembered the Vast Sea Barrier later," Lin Yongming said helplessly.
"Fine, since you're being so honest, I'll forgive you."
"Sigh, I feel like something will eventually happen between you and Bibi Dong."
"Xiao Ming, I actually don't mind if Bibi Dong is by your side. After all, I'm just a soul beast, not a real human. Shapeshifting is still shapeshifting, and I don't know if I can bear you children," Blue Silver Emperor suddenly became melancholic.
"Aijin, don't think too much. No matter what relationship develops between Bibi Dong and me in the future—though currently I have some indescribable feelings for her—at least right now, my feelings for you are much stronger. And I believe we will have our own children."
"So please don't deny yourself, okay?" Lin Yongming hadn't expected Blue Silver Emperor to still be concerned about her identity, and gently embraced her for comfort.
"Xiao Ming, why don't we have a child now?" Blue Silver Emperor lay in Lin Yongming's arms and whispered.
"Aijin, don't be impulsive. Not now. You forget that your pregnancy would reveal your aura. Let's wait until we're completely settled and married before having children, okay?" Lin Yongming gently comforted her.
"Yes, I was being a bit irrational," Blue Silver Emperor nodded tenderly.
Blue Silver Emperor was always so kind and considerate of others. Though she was deeply worried about whether she could have children with Lin Yongming, she had never mentioned this concern to him.
But seeing the relationship between Lin Yongming and Bibi Dong gradually warming, she finally expressed her thoughts to avoid burdening Lin Yongming's heart.
So the two sat quietly on the sofa, leaning against each other in a warm embrace for a while.
"Aijin, let me change clothes first, then we'll call Bibi Dong for dinner," Lin Yongming said as his arm started to ache.
"Okay," Blue Silver Emperor nodded.
Shortly after five o'clock, the two left their room and knocked on Bibi Dong's door.
"Bibi Dong, it's time for dinner. Are you ready?" Blue Silver Emperor knocked.
"Coming, coming!" Bibi Dong opened the door, having changed into a clean, light purple dress.
Seeing Lin Yongming, Bibi Dong seemed a bit shy and couldn't quite look at him.
"Your face is quite flushed. Still embarrassed, are you? Can't even look at Xiao Ming," Blue Silver Emperor teased.
"Not at all! Weren't we going to have dinner? Let's hurry," Bibi Dong explained hastily, her cheeks turning even redder under Blue Silver Emperor's teasing.
"Okay, Aijin, stop teasing Bibi Dong," Lin Yongming said helplessly.
"Alright, alright, let's go."
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