Yes, I did all of this!

According to Cangyi's description, this means that the sealed passage has been opened.

Looking at the Key to the Underworld in his hand, he saw that it was now radiating a slight warmth.

He placed it in his arms and Neville reached out to touch the vortex.

As he got closer, he saw his arm being abstractly twisted by the vortex and sucked into its depths, but he felt no pain whatsoever.

With a little force, he could pull his hand back, and his arm would return to its original position.

Neville touched his hand, nodded, and walked towards the vortex, letting it completely engulf him and suck him into its depths.

*Sizzle*

After Neville completely disappeared, the vortex also vanished, and the negative emotions that had been gathered were spread out again.

. . . . . .

call--

—At first, my brain felt a little confused, like motion sickness, but this discomfort quickly passed, followed by a strong, overwhelming smell that made me feel suffocated.

That aura didn't come from a specific entity, but from a group of things, as if it were a manifestation of ugliness that surpassed the limits of human imagination.

Anger, envy, greed... the seven original sins were constantly twisted into the ugliest things, almost forming a tangible liquid from breath.

"It felt like something from a toilet sewer or a garbage dump had been sealed in a huge jar, fermented, and then smashed with a hammer to release the smell."

Duanmu Mo silently complained to himself, then opened his eyes and looked around.

... It was pitch black, and even I couldn't see anything.

Loneliness and emptiness, as if all those distorted and chaotic atmospheres had been isolated far, far away.

For a moment, even Duanmu Mo was caught off guard.

"...In the ocean?"

Duanmu Mo raised his hand. With his abilities, although he could sense the surrounding situation, his eyesight was limited to a short distance.

In this situation, although he can still breathe, his surroundings clearly tell him that he is now in the ocean.

But how can there be an ocean inside a seal?

Duanmu Mo knew that within the seal, senses were more important than reality. Since his senses told him that this was the sea, what appeared next must be related to the sea.

In this vast ocean, Duanmu Mo did not sink; he simply floated there silently, as if gravity no longer existed.

Looking down, you can't feel the depth; looking up, you can't see where the sea surface is.

Neville's modified brain told him that within this seal, at least in this ocean, the so-called "gravity" had been lost.

Up, down, left, and right are no longer important. Perhaps right now, the direction my feet are pointing is the sea surface... if this ocean really has a surface or a seabed.

"What exactly is going on here...?"

--call......

Before Duanmu Mo could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a powerful aura sweep over him, and in an instant, he felt his hair stand on end.

"Ugh—"

A sound rang out, and then Duanmu Mo saw a pair of huge, faint lights emanating from them... They weren't lanterns or anything like that, but eyes.

The eyes, as large as Duanmu Mo himself, stared at him, their expressionless gaze seemingly scrutinizing him while carrying a hint of murderous intent.

Just as it approached him, a belt appeared around Duanmu Mo's waist.

"Neville Driver!"

A deep sound came from his belt, and he immediately picked up the card. This card, formed by the old man crow gathering negative energy, had not been consumed after Duanmu Mo used it once. Its internal energy could even continuously replenish itself, allowing it to be used repeatedly.

But Duanmu Mo had no time to be proud now. He immediately inserted the card into his belt and instantly transformed.

Just as that being was about to collide with him, Neville's body was swallowed by the black vortex and disappeared from the spot.

When it reappeared, it was already floating hundreds of meters above the previous location, gazing at the enormous creature.

The monitor in the helmet began scanning, but found that he could not make out the other person's figure in this space.

All I could clearly sense was... that the opponent was very strong!

—After its attack missed, the large creature stared at Neville, its killing intent intensifying.

However, it swam away into the distance and soon left Duanmu Mo's range of perception.

"What the hell...?"

As Neville was wondering, he suddenly felt a powerful aura rushing towards him.

It was that same big guy from before! But now, it appeared behind Duanmu Mo.

In addition to its enormous size, it also possessed astonishing speed, and in the blink of an eye, it overtook Duanmu Mo.

"Huh!"

Turning around abruptly, Neville then saw the entirety of this enormous creature.

A giant whale, entirely black and white... a killer whale charging madly toward him!

boom!

There was no time to teleport away; the black substance appeared in front of Duanmu Mo in an instant, desperately trying to block it.

However, its terrifying speed caused it to collide with Duanmu Mo's entire body before the defense could be fully formed, and the immense force sent him flying backward!

Although he managed to raise his hands in time to block the attack, and his armor showed no signs of breaking, the force still made Duanmu Mo feel as if his internal organs had been displaced.

"Was it really necessary to use such outrageous power, like an orca? I can't handle it if this happens a few more times..."

Before he could finish speaking, Duanmu Mo felt suffocated.

Fortunately, Duanmu Mo had already made preparations during the backward flight, and his body was swallowed by the black vortex.

As his body disappeared from the spot, Duanmu Mo couldn't help but mutter a complaint:

"As a strange being sealed inside, your posture is rather... adorable. Anyway, I won't play along, Ciao~"

Chapter 268: The Whale Pack

—Duanmu Mo entered this seal with no real purpose; he just wanted to test the waters and see how he differed from the strange people inside.

He doesn't intend to disrupt negative emotions, so he has nothing to do and his actions will be very relaxed.

Moreover, with the Key to the Underworld protecting him, Duanmu Mo was confident he could leave.

However, Duanmu Mo found that apart from the whale, he had not seen a single strange person.

It wasn't that he hadn't searched carefully; every time he followed that distorted aura, Duanmu Mo would find himself lost after a short while.

The darkness did make it difficult to determine direction, but Duanmu Mo was, after all, a cyborg. If even he got lost, then there must be something wrong with him.

"Does this seawater have this effect...?"

call--

Suddenly, an aura surged up from behind, and Neville's expression of helplessness appeared beneath his helmet as his body was once again swallowed by the black vortex.

"Is this never going to end? Are they really going to drag this out on with me...?"

His body disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he saw that a giant whale had passed by the place where he had just been.

Countless times, Duanmu Mo has wandered in this unknown sea, only to be hunted by this orca in the sealed land.

With such astonishing strength and speed, Duanmu Mo felt as if he were constantly being tracked by his opponent.

"It feels like we can't get past this enemy without defeating him."

He sensed the giant whale charging towards him again. This time, Duanmu Mo didn't dodge or move away. Instead, he created a black vortex under his feet and stomped on it forcefully.

The black vortex seemed fixed in the void. Duanmu Mo quickly jumped away from his original spot and watched as the giant whale destroyed the vortex.

As it retreated, Duanmu Mo also swung his arm at it, and claws formed from black matter appeared out of thin air and grabbed the giant whale's body.

But the orca was completely unaffected. Duanmu Mo only felt his claws gripping slippery and incredibly tough skin, directly withstanding the blow without even sustaining any injuries.

I glanced at Duanmu Mo and got a sense of what he was getting.

"It has both speed and power, and it's also incredibly tough. What kind of stat monster is this?"

Here it comes again. This time, the orca charged upwards at him, and Duanmu Mo once again conjured a black vortex beneath his feet as a springboard to leave.

"Let me think... I'll try this trick."

Duanmu Mo was dragged along quickly.

She sensed that Duanmu Mo had shaken her off.

"Hmm..."

This feeling was not pleasant. Duanmu Mo was being tossed around, and although his movements were somewhat awkward, being stuck there for a long time was not a problem.

However, after several unsuccessful attempts to flick its tail, the orca turned and glanced at him before violently flicking its tail again.

This time, Duanmu Mo was also thrown away by the remaining force.

During this journey, he saw a phantom appear on the path he had flown out of. It was the orca. It disappeared and reappeared out of thin air, opening its huge mouth towards Duanmu Mo.

Looking back at the orca that had wrapped around his tail, Duanmu Mo realized that it hadn't completely disappeared. It had just become semi-transparent and then reformed, with both giant whales charging at him at the same time.

"There are two now?"

Duanmu Mo was flung into the mouth of the orca and flew into the whirlpool inside.

The giant jaws snapped shut, crushing the black vortex, but Duanmu Mo had already appeared in the distance, wiping away non-existent sweat from his helmet.

"Phew, that was close... But it seems that this orca may not be a single individual, but rather the embodiment of some kind of power."

Duanmu Mo noticed a clue from the formation of those two orcas, but if that's the case, even if he could defeat these numerical monsters, he probably wouldn't be able to find a deeper method.

"Although I haven't tried it before, just dealing with one is already troublesome; taking it down would be even more difficult..."

"—Huh!"

Under Duanmu Mo's frozen gaze, a large number of orcas appeared from all around, staring at him with murderous intent.

"...Farewell!"

Without any hesitation, Duanmu Mo sensed the power of these orcas. Despite their increased numbers, their strength did not diminish; each one possessed the same astonishing power, capable of tearing any enemy to shreds.