Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 554 The Divine Treasure of the Sea, I'll Be a Monkey for a Day

The doors of the Crystal Palace slowly closed behind us with a dull thud.

Fang Yu narrowed his eyes; the golden kaleidoscope of eternity stood out conspicuously in the dimly lit Dragon Palace.

He was so excited.

The scene of the monkey entering the Dragon Palace and taking away the Ruyi Jingu Bang (magic staff) that I've seen countless times on TV, is now happening to me?

Ao Qin, the Dragon King of the South Sea, walked ahead, the hem of his dragon robe trailing across the pearl-paved ground. "Young friend, please look." Ao Qin suddenly stopped in front of a coral-carved screen, tapping it three times with his dragon claw. "This is the Dragon Palace Treasury."

The screen slid open silently, revealing a dark passageway behind it.

A salty sea breeze swept over me, carrying with it the smell of rusting metal.

Fang Yu didn't move, but twirled the iron chopsticks between his fingers: "You go first."

Ao Qinlong's beard twitched, and he chuckled dryly twice: "Of course, of course."

Suddenly, a ghostly blue light shone on both sides of the passageway, illuminating the dense dragon reliefs on the walls.

The dragon's eyes were inlaid with rubies, and in the firelight, they stared at the newcomer as if they were alive.

"Let's skip these little tricks." Fang Yu suddenly spoke, unleashing his Conqueror's Haki! Rubies on the wall shattered one after another, their fragments clattering onto the pearl floor.

Ao Qin's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat. He had originally intended to use the dragon clan's restrictions to give this kid a hard time, but he hadn't expected the other party to be so perceptive.

After three turns, the view suddenly opened up before us.

Fang Yu gritted his teeth slightly. This was no treasure trove; it was clearly an underwater volcano!
Boiling magma churned beneath the transparent crystal floor, while dozens of rare treasures floated three feet above it, supported by some invisible force field.

"Young friend, please look," Ao Qin pointed to the nearest bronze sword, "This is from the time when Yu the Great tamed the floods."

"Let the monkey play with this thing. I don't use sticks. Besides, the monkey already took the Golden Cudgel. Forget about this one." Fang Yu didn't even look at it. "I want a magic weapon, not scrap metal."

Ao Qinlong twitched his claws, barely suppressing his anger as he turned to the other side: "Then what about this Kunlun Mirror?"

"This doesn't seem like it'll work... wait, what's that?" Fang Yu's gaze was suddenly drawn to a purple light deep within the magma. "What's that?"

At the bottom of the magma, a pool shrouded in purple light can be vaguely seen, with churning liquid lightning and the shadowy figure of a dragon moving within.

Ao Qin's expression changed drastically: "That's... the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool. Don't even bother looking at that."

"The Nine Heavens Thunder Pool?" Fang Yu raised an eyebrow, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes. "Tell me about it."

Ao Qin forced a smile, boasting like the Dragon King of the East Sea: "Young friend, you have a good eye. This is the treasure of my South Sea Dragon Palace, taken from the essence of ancient lightning tribulation. It can summon the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, and its power is boundless."

"Oh?" Fang Yu's lips curled up slightly. "Then why don't I see you using it?"

Ao Qinlong's beard twitched, and he chuckled dryly, "This item requires the bloodline of the dragon race to activate, and..."

"And what?" Fang Yu had already reached the edge of the pit. "Speak."

"Young friend, wait!" Ao Qin cried out in a panic, waving his dragon claws wildly. "This item was bestowed upon the dragon race by the Heavenly Court's Thunder Department for the purpose of guarding the four seas. Outsiders who forcibly take it will be punished by Heaven!"

It wasn't that it was afraid Fang Yu would kill it.

It feared that once the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool was activated, it would directly destroy its treasure vault with electricity.

"Oh? Outsiders who forcibly take things will be punished by heaven? Then let me ask you, why don't you use this thing?"

The Dragon King of the South Sea pursed his lips. "That's because... I can't use it."

Fang Yu tilted his head, "Didn't you say you were using the dragon bloodline? Why can't you use it?"

"Dragons are also classified, so the old dragon is really not useful."

"Oh? In that case, if I can use it, may I take it?"

The Dragon King of the South Sea suppressed a laugh. "You'll take it? Young friend, it's not that I, the old Dragon King, am reluctant to part with it. Since I promised to let you settle this matter, I'll naturally accept your offer of a magic weapon. Alright, I promise you. If you can truly obtain the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool, then take it!"

At this moment, the South China Sea Dragon King was just like the East China Sea Dragon King five hundred years ago. They both believed that the guy in front of them could not possibly take away the treasures of their Dragon Palace, so they just said it casually.

Little did it know that the scene from five hundred years ago would be reenacted today.
Fang Yu ignored him, his arm already piercing through the lava, and scooped up Lei Chi!
The Dragon King of the South Sea hid far away, fearing that he too would be struck dead.

Surprisingly, the Thunder Pool felt incredibly light in Fang Yu's hand, the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder as docile as a pet.

"This—" Ao Qinlong's eyes widened. "How is this possible?!"

Fang Yu grinned, lightning crackling in his palm: "Hehe, not bad, not bad." The lightning around him resonated with the lightning pool.

The so-called Nine Heavens Thunder Pool is just a bit more powerful and violent lightning!
Would someone with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability be afraid of electricity?

"boom--!"

The Purple Heaven Divine Lightning in the Thunder Pool was instantly absorbed by Fang Yu, transforming into a part of the lightning within his body!

Even more astonishingly, the restriction that originally required the dragon bloodline to activate it was completely useless in the face of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit! Ao Qin panicked completely: "The Nine Heavens Thunder Pool was formed from ancient thunder tribulation, how could it recognize you as its master?!"

"Because," Fang Yu spread his five fingers, lightning condensing into a ball in his palm, "I am the lightning tribulation itself!"

The entire Dragon Palace suddenly trembled violently!

The suspended treasures rained down into the lava, the crystal dome cracked, and Ao Qin's face turned ashen, his dragon claws digging tightly into the ground: "It's over."

Fang Yu stood still, but his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan suddenly began to spin wildly!

He sensed that Lei Chi was actively establishing a connection with him, and countless thunder laws flooded into his mind like a tide.

"Cool!"

Fang Yu called out unconsciously.

"Wow, being a monkey is so much fun! Just grab it!"

The Dragon King of the South China Sea was so angry that his face turned red.

So this guy is trying to emulate the legendary horse-keeper who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago?

You've really set a good example!

Fang Yu held the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool in his palm, and the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder leaped merrily in the pool, as if it had found its true master.

Ao Qin, the Dragon King of the South Sea, trembled violently, his dragon claws gripping a coral pillar tightly to keep from falling. "You! You can't take it!"

Fang Yu grinned, "Old mudfish, you just promised yourself that if I can take it, it's mine."

Ao Qinlong's eyes were bloodshot, and he suddenly roared, "Stop him!"

Dozens of shrimp soldiers and crab generals surged in from all directions, but Fang Yu didn't even lift his eyelids, only gently shaking the Thunder Pool in his hand.

"Boom!"

A bolt of purple lightning struck out from the pool, instantly roasting the shrimp soldiers at the forefront until they were bright red and filled the air with a fragrant aroma.

The crabs behind were so frightened that they dropped their claws and retreated tremblingly.

"Can't take a joke, huh?" Fang Yu sneered. "The mighty Dragon King of the South Sea, treating your words like farts?"

Ao Qin's face was ashen, and his body trembled slightly beneath his dragon robe.

He had never suffered such humiliation before. But the strength of the young man before him was unfathomable, and the imposing presence of the thousand-armed giant Buddha was still vivid in his mind.

"You brat!" Ao Qin gritted his teeth, "This item is related to the stability of the four seas. If you take it away, the Heavenly Court will not let you off easily!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu's eyes flashed with golden flames: "Don't try to intimidate me with the Heavenly Court! When your carp spirit cousin was devouring young boys and girls every month, why didn't the Heavenly Court do anything about it?"

These words struck a nerve with Ao Qin, causing his face to flush red and then turn pale.

He suddenly flicked his dragon sleeve, and three dragon pearls flew out from his sleeve, forming a triangular formation in the air.

"You won't be leaving the South China Sea today!"

Fang Yu sighed, knowing that this old mudfish was going to fight to the death.

He's not afraid of fighting.

But if we really kill the Dragon King, it will probably attract the Heavenly Army to besiege us.

He knew that dealing with one old dragon king was fine, but going against the entire Heavenly Court would be like Moegi facing Kaguya Otsutsuki—the outcome would be disastrous.

What? Who is Moegi?

The little girl who always has a runny nose next to Konohamaru.

"Old mudfish, I'll spare your life today because you gave me this treasure."

Before he finished speaking, Fang Yu put the treasure into his robes. Ao Qin saw this and hurriedly activated the dragon pearl to throw it, but he only missed.

Fang Yu's figure had already transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared!
Ao Qin's dragon ball blasted a large crater in the ground, but it didn't even touch the hem of Fang Yu's clothes.

"Aaaaah! I'm so angry!" Ao Qin roared to the sky, pounding his chest with his dragon claws and stomping his feet, cracking several of the dragon scales on his chest.

The shrimp soldiers and crab generals huddled in the corner, not daring to breathe.

After a long while, Ao Qin finally calmed down, a sinister glint flashing in his dragon eyes.

"Guards! Prepare the carriage! I am heading to the East Sea!"

(End of this chapter)