The Demon Empress, as a Deep Sea Demon Whale, was born to control the ocean. Now, combining sea and thunder, she unleashed unimaginable might.
Though the warship fleet reacted quickly, many ships were sunk by the explosions and water blades.
Chen Huijie's face showed shock and anger—he hadn't expected the Demon Empress's power to so thoroughly counter soul tools.
Unable to contain his fury, Chen Huijie decided to fight personally.
Though not truly a demigod, and without a divine sense, on the vast sea, empowered by the Sea God Helmet, his strength reached the demigod level. The battle had become a clash of demigods.
Blue divine light spread like a tide, covering the ocean.
This divine power claimed sovereignty over the sea, instantly stripping the Demon Empress of control. The waves calmed under its influence.
"That damned divine power again!"
The Demon Empress's white eyes shot beams of electricity, piercing two unfortunate warships, which exploded instantly.
"Ocean True Form!" Chen Huijie roared, unleashing his martial soul avatar.
Countless currents surged towards him.
In moments, he transformed into a thousand-meter-tall sea giant, like the incarnation of a sea god.
The Sea God Helmet atop his head expanded accordingly, adding to his majesty.
"Boundless Sea Torrent Fist!"
As his hundred-thousand-year soul ring shone, endless water gathered and compressed in his right hand.
The flowing water looked soft, but contained immense destructive force.
He punched—the air shrieked, torn apart, as a terrifying shockwave surged at the Demon Empress.
The Demon Empress wasn't about to sit still. The twelve superconducting rings on her back unleashed torrents of thunder, compressed at her fingertips.
A beam of lightning shot out, tearing through space.
The lightning's penetration was immense—Chen Huijie's fist was pierced, his whole arm bursting with light like a miniature sun.
But, as part of the ocean in his true form, Chen Huijie possessed endless vitality.
He dissolved his right arm into water, letting the lightning fade into nothing.
The water then reformed his arm as good as new.
On the vast sea, with a sea martial soul, he was virtually invincible.
Seeing their chief at a disadvantage, the other Sea God Clan members acted, firing soul tools in support.
From one warship, a Level 9 fixed-installed soul tool shell was launched.
Sensing it, even the Demon Empress frowned.
Such a shell could rival a Ultimate Douluo's full-power strike—even she dared not take it head-on.
The Sea God Clan hadn't made this themselves—they'd paid dearly to smuggle it from the Sun Moon Empire.
Originally meant for research, to decipher the secrets of Sun Moon technology, it was now their last resort.
The Demon Empress wouldn't let this shell explode near her—she unleashed lightning, intercepting and destroying it midair.
A huge mushroom cloud rose from the sea—a scene like the world's end.
The shockwave swept dozens of kilometers, the sea surging with waves tens of meters high, as if to swallow everything.
The Level 9 shell's destructive range surpassed most demigods, awe-inspiring and terrifying.
In single combat, such a weapon could be evaded, but in war or sieges, its power was overwhelming—like a Damocles sword hanging over the enemy.
"Annoying!" The Demon Empress showed impatience. Wounded and fully engaged with Chen Huijie, these warships were like pesky flies disrupting her rhythm.
She stepped forward; with each step, the void erupted in arcs of electricity.
Lightning spread from her, weaving a net of destruction across the sky.
"Hear it! The applause of a million souls in this thunderstorm!"
Her cold, almost merciless voice echoed over the sea, as a strange infrasound, mixed with thunder and whale song, resounded, shaking the heart.
It was as if the sound came from the abyss, chilling and terrifying.
"Not good!" Chen Huijie's face changed dramatically. Even with the Sea God Helmet's protection, he was momentarily dazed.
He felt his mind blur, almost falling into a haunting illusion.
The others fared far worse.
They saw a giant Deep Sea Demon Whale appear before them, maw agape to swallow them whole.
At the same time, their bodies began to spontaneously combust to the rhythm of the deadly sound waves, their screams echoing.
This was the Demon Empress's unique move—Plasma Whale Song—combining her species' traits with electromagnetic control.
This technique was a massacre for the weak, perfect for clearing small fry.
The infrasound dragged people into hallucinations, while electromagnetic force manipulated the body's magnetic field, causing spontaneous human combustion.
If you couldn't break free from the hallucination instantly, you could only watch yourself be destroyed, powerless to resist.
Given the Demon Empress's powerful spiritual strength, few in the world could resist this move.
"Undercurrent Magnetic Storm!" The Demon Empress was ruthless as ever—kicking the enemy while they were down was her style.
Her hands danced, conducting a symphony of destruction. The calm sea quaked, boiling violently.
The blue surface turned red, as if stained with blood.
Manipulating the electromagnetic field, she triggered a chain of undersea volcanic eruptions.
Lava collided with water, causing violent chemical reactions, forming chlorine ion thunderclouds.
Corrosive acid lightning poured from the sky like rain, threatening to dissolve all things.
With her former illiteracy, the Demon Empress could never have used electromagnetism so skillfully.
At best, she could only release raw lightning—her limit.
But Mobius foresaw this, and deliberately taught her all about electromagnetism.
The Demon Empress showed amazing learning ability.
She'd never known such knowledge—partly because it hadn't helped her before, and partly because she'd never had access.
But once Mobius opened the door, she entered like a treasure-hunting explorer.
For a Herrscher, the more knowledge, the more power their authority manifests.
Without knowledge, authority can only be used in crude, basic ways.
A Herrscher of Thunder ignorant of electromagnetism is just a lightning girl.
A Herrscher of Wind with no understanding of fluid mechanics can only make a breeze.
Herrscher authority is tied to physical laws. To wield its full might, you must understand physics—truly, knowledge is power.