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Time finally arrived at September 1.

Just as the research fleets on both sides had monitored, at around 2:40 in the afternoon, the Three Isles Treasure Ship had nearly come to a halt.

The ship was about to stop!

The members of the Zhenghai Team and the Qing'an Team had already boarded two landing craft, starting to charge towards the direction of the Three Isles Treasure Ship.

On the other side, the Superhero Alliance dispatched more than 20 assault boats, carrying a greater number of superheroes and sorcerers, powerfully sailing toward the Three Isles Treasure Ship.

As they drew closer to the fleet, the Three Isles Treasure Ship in everyone's sight became ever more towering, like a majestic and formidable mountain.

Yan Yu stood alone at the bow, not in the least concerned that the opposing Miti fleet would launch an attack, simply watching the lofty ship's hull ahead with his eyes slightly narrowed.

Zhao Yuanzhen walked up to his side and suddenly asked out of curiosity,

"Why didn't we bring a medical team this time?"

"What, are you scared?" Yan Yu turned his head to ask her.

"Me, scared?" The Demonic Sect Enchantress immediately crossed her arms and said disdainfully, "The ones that should be scared are those people over there!"

"Look at Sister Zhao's pretentiousness. Doesn't she remind you of the captain by seventy or eighty percent?" Lin Ning and the other girls sent a telepathic message to gossip quietly among themselves.

"We didn't bring a medical team because this time we will be engaging in combat with top foreign cultivators," Chen Lingyun said with a smile. "The military cultivators are not strong enough; going in would be a suicide mission."

"In a situation where both sides are dealing deadly blows, a professional medical team won't have much of an effect," Yan Yu also said seriously, "For non-fatal injuries, leaving them to Yun Jin is enough."

"Right, I will do my best," Su Yunjin stated earnestly.

Indeed, considering that the medical teams originally also had the responsibility of recording and supervising, this time, because of the substantial threat from external forces, the imperial court was forced to relax its secretive surveillance and potential wariness of official cultivators and had to grant them greater freedom of action.

The Tang Dynasty military governors offered their praises.

Yan Yu turned around to gauge the expressions and demeanors of the girls: Zhao Yuanzhen was as combative as ever, Lin Ning was serious and solemn, Su Yunjin was calm and composed, and there was no need to look at Chen Lingyun, who was always sweetly feigning a smile.

Hmm, everyone seemed to be in good shape.

He looked again at the landing craft on the opposite side. Li Zhaojiang and Jiang Hong had expressionless faces, Tao Xingyuan and Wang Haoran seemed somewhat nervous, only Li Minghu was quietly standing in the middle of the team, with drooping eyelids, deep in thought.

Then, as if sensing something, she turned her gaze to meet his.

Noticing Yan Yu was watching her, Li Minghu smiled softly.

Yan Yu looked away, thinking to himself that he didn't know how powerful the Valkyrie who had obtained the Sky Flash Sword was nowadays, and how she had managed to conquer the Three Isles Treasure Ship Secret Realm in her past life.

But, it didn't matter anymore.

This life's protagonist is me!

Just as Yan Yu finished his contemplation, he saw the Three Isles Treasure Ship, which had finally come to a complete stop, surrounded by countless hollow spaces on the sea's surface.

It was as if there was an invisible wall, not seen by the naked eye, collapsing rapidly.

At the front of the landing craft were a steering wheel and a control box. Yan Yu grabbed the wheel and turned it, directing the landing craft towards the largest hole ahead.

The moment they rushed into the hole, endless torrents of water came at Yan Yu from all sides, pressing against him ferociously!
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What's happening?

Yan Yu quickly held his breath and steadied his mind, only to realize he had somehow fallen into the water, completely submerged beneath the sea.

No, I don't remember falling into the water; this must be the work of the Mysterious Realm's restrictions.

Yan Yu calmly turned his head, determining his bearings according to the light and gravity, and began swimming toward the surface.

Eventually, he surfaced.

To be precise, he emerged on the water's surface.

The location where Yan Yu found himself was a square prison cell. The walls, made of dark bluish-gray bricks, were rough and uneven, with damp moss growing on them.

The front of the prison was composed of iron bars, through which one could see the outside corridor. There was a large hole dug in the floor, filled with enough seawater to leave no place for prisoners to set foot, forcing them to hold onto the bars to keep their heads above water to breathe.

It was a water cell, specifically designed to torment people.

Yan Yu grasped the bars and activated the Wood Bending Charm, straining to bend them apart.

He could not budge them.

Clearly, these bars were no ordinary iron since they resisted the power of the charm.

Yan Yu calmly activated the Wall-Penetration Technique, placing his hand against the wall.

He couldn't get through.

It must be a magic formation designed to prevent escape, specifically countering all kinds of escape techniques. The low-level Wall-Penetration Technique stood no chance of breaking through.

Yan Yu formed a sword technique with his hands once more, and the Huang Tingjian sword flew out from behind him, smashing towards the bars in front.

The sword and bars sparked off a series of sparks, emitting a dull yet loud sound.

The sound of metal striking metal echoed down the corridor from Yan Yu's water cell, but the surroundings remained quiet, indicating that the girls weren't being held here.

Strange.

However, Yan Yu was experienced, having encountered all manner of mysterious realms in his past life, so he wasn't particularly startled.

From the density of the bars, not even shrinking bone techniques would allow one to slip through. The only effective method would probably be the Sky Flash Sword technique, as long as one transformed into a tiny flying bug, they could easily pass through the gaps.

But the technique for such a transformation was incredibly difficult to acquire and master, so there must be another way to escape, otherwise, how did Li Minghu and the others survive in the past life?

Yan Yu submerged himself again, examining every inch of the place carefully.

He found no holes or mechanisms.

The underwater structure was also built of blue bricks, impervious to the Wood Bending Charm, the Huang Tingjian sword made no dent, and the Wall-Penetration Technique was completely ineffective.

Near the bottom, however, Yan Yu did find a skeleton.

The clothing on the skeleton had decayed, and there were no signs of restraints around it, nor were there any other belongings.

Yan Yu swept the area patiently with his divine sense and discovered near the skeleton's right hand, countless inscriptions, big and small, neat and sloppy, all reading the same line:

"I am not a dragon."

The closer the inscriptions were to the corpse, the more haphazard the handwriting became, suggesting that the deceased's mental state had almost completely deteriorated towards the end.

As Yan Yu pondered, he suddenly heard the sound of metal being struck from above, accompanied by a rough, loud shout:

"Hey, what are you hiding underwater for? Get out here for me!"

Emerging slowly from the water, Yan Yu saw a monster standing outside the prison, impatiently striking the bars with an iron crowbar.

The creature was fully limbed and muscular. The skin that was exposed revealed scales, and above its thick neck, a large dragon's head perched, with a long snout and two horns. Its eyes were cloudy, its mouth dripped with saliva, and it spoke with ill intent:

"Staying under the water that long, boy... you must be a Flood Dragon, right?"

Yan Yu fell silent for a while, then countered:

"What does it matter if I am a dragon or not?"

"Heh heh," the dragon-headed creature laughed, "If you're a dragon, I'll take you out right now, lock you to the Dragon Trapping Pillar, and you can take a swing from the executioner's blade. In your next life, remember to be reborn as something like a worm or insect; but if you're not a dragon... why should I believe you're not?

Just stay in this water cell for now, and we'll verify your true identity later."

On hearing this, Yan Yu laughed out loud immediately:

"There's no need to check! I am indeed a descendant of the dragon, so take me out to face the blade!"