This dilapidated underwater city was considerably larger than Shanghai, and Ye Ling couldn't see its end.
Within this city, giants hundreds of meters tall moved slowly, while shrimp soldiers and crab generals patrolled everywhere, numbering in the tens of thousands!
"So many shrimp soldiers and crab generals, could this be the East Sea Dragon Palace?"
Ye Ling muttered to himself, though he didn't truly believe it was any dragon palace.
For one, he felt no dragon aura from the city, and the architectural style had no connection to Yan Xia.
When Ye Ling studied various languages and ancient scripts on his computer, he naturally delved into the history of different countries.
Although he wasn't a master historian, he had a decent understanding of ancient architectural styles from various nations.
This ruined underwater city, rather than resembling ancient architecture, seemed more like something from beyond the stars.
Flying into the city, Ye Ling landed on the head of a giant. His spirit infiltrated it, revealing that these giants had a hybrid structure of flesh and machinery.
Their skeletons, synthesized from special materials, were covered with muscle and fat.
Ye Ling recognized the materials used to construct these giants; they were identical to the building materials of the first generation of the Tongtian Tower in the Hua Guo research division of Hongchen Pavilion!
"The skeletal materials of these giants are the same as the Tongtian Tower… life derived from mechanical structures, that's rather peculiar."
"Could it be… this is the legendary ancient ruin?"
Ye Ling's heart stirred slightly, and he cast a curious glance at the surrounding ruined city.
In Ye You's notes, the ancient ruins she recorded were all on an island.
However, that island only contained the Tongtian Tower, with no other information.
Who built those Tongtian Towers, what secrets they held, and why the civilization that created those ruins perished, all remained a mystery.
At that time, Ye You had not explored these ocean depths.
But beneath this abyss of ten thousand meters, the environment was extremely harsh, with immense water pressure. Perhaps only cultivators above the ninth rank of Hongchen Immortal could move freely here.
With humanity's current technological level, even the best submarines would be crushed into powder!
Yet, those giants, shrimp soldiers, crab generals, sea beasts… and those strange buildings could survive here unharmed…
It was truly strange.
"Roar!!!"
At this moment, the giant Ye Ling stood on took a few steps forward, causing vast amounts of seawater to churn, forming huge whirlpools!
Simultaneously, the other giants also roared, their deafening cries echoing through the abyss!
"Is this another ritual?" Ye Ling watched as the giants calmed down after their roars, a flicker of curiosity in his eyes.
However, Du Yameng and Feng Ke were still in danger, and Ye Ling didn't have time to investigate the significance of these giants. After quickly examining the internal structure of a giant, Ye Ling leaped from its head and ventured deeper into the city.
In the center of this ruined city was a massive bubble, its exterior shimmering with iridescent light, appearing to be some kind of barrier.
Within the barrier, the demonic aura Ye Ling had sensed from the spatial passage was active.
A large number of demons were moving within that barrier.
Upon entering the barrier, Ye Ling saw Feng Ke and Du Yameng being held aloft by a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, being transported to an altar.
Besides Feng Ke and Du Yameng, Ye Ling also saw many other young women, bound and being sent to the altar.
Seeing this, Ye Ling instantly appeared before the group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals. With a casual wave, he sliced all over a thousand of them in half, and took Feng Ke, Du Yameng, and the other captured young women into his personal world.
"Who dares to be so presumptuous here?"
After Ye Ling rescued the sacrificial offerings and slew numerous demons, the entire city was alerted!
A fierce roar came from the direction of the altar. All the demons active around the altar fixed their gaze on Ye Ling, surrounding him.
Ye Ling paid no mind to the demons surrounding him. He stood in the center of the city, confirming with his spirit that Du Yameng and Feng Ke were still alive, before turning his indifferent gaze to the vast number of approaching demons.
In such a short time, Ye Ling was surrounded by tens of thousands of demons, a spectacular sight.
However, the strength of these demons was not high, generally between the second and third ranks, with very few reaching the fourth, and almost none above the fifth.
Ye Ling scanned his surroundings with a detached air and said, "Call out your leader!"
His voice was not loud, but it echoed through the city.
"How dare you, a two-legged creature! Not only did you trespass into our Lost City, but you are also so arrogant!"
A fourth-rank crab general stepped forward and roared at Ye Ling in some strange language.
Ye Ling could not understand what the crab general was saying, but he could sense from its mental fluctuations that it was not speaking kindly.
Since the other party was being impolite, he had no reason to be courteous.
Without hesitation, Ye Ling summoned the crab general with one hand, pulling it from the midst of the army. Demonic energy violently invaded its head, seizing its memories!
The crab general's shrill screams echoed through the Lost City, and the surrounding demons all looked terrified, trembling!
Their city had been submerged for a million years, with little contact with external civilizations. Now, a person had suddenly intruded, not only stealing their Saintess but also directly capturing their general from the midst of the army…
Such power struck fear into the hearts of all the demons!
Soon, Ye Ling finished searching the crab general's soul and learned the history of this city.
As he had suspected, this Lost City was built by the civilization that constructed the Tongtian Towers in ancient times.
However, this civilization was an extraterrestrial visitor that invaded Earth a million years ago.
At that time, Earth was in the primordial era, with Saint-level great demons everywhere. Everyone was fiercely competing for the Great Dao Immortal Fruit, and no one paid attention to this alien civilization.
In the initial stages of their arrival on Earth, this civilization did not provoke the Saint-level great demons. They merely occupied a corner and developed their own strength.
It was only when they developed their technology to its peak, capable of creating life with machinery, thus touching the forbidden aspects of the Great Dao, that the Saint-level great demons of the primordial era noticed this alien technological civilization.
Regardless of the direction of a civilization's development, the ability to create life from nothingness was considered the act of a creator!
In the primordial era, only beings like Pangu and Nuwa possessed such power.
At that time, Pangu had transformed into mountains and rivers, and Nuwa had also gone into seclusion. The power wielded by the alien technological civilization reached the pinnacle of the world!
Suppressing all gods and demons!
It was then that this alien civilization revealed its ambition, beginning to construct the Tongtian Towers on a large scale, destroying the Tongtian Road, slaughtering gods, and exterminating Buddhas, attempting to completely conquer the primordial world! Da Feng Novel Network.
Numerous Saints and Immortals perished under the attacks of the giants created by the alien civilization, and the primordial world was plunged into widespread suffering.
The twilight of the gods began to appear.
However, just as the alien civilization was about to replace the Heavenly Dao and completely occupy Earth, it suddenly suffered a massive blow. A large number of giants self-destructed, severely weakening their forces.
The Saints of the primordial world seized this opportunity, unleashing a torrential flood that completely submerged the alien civilization's city, sinking it to the seabed.
Until this day.
That vast war had long since vanished into history with the demise of the Saints.
Even in the current Immortal Realm, few Immortals and Gods knew of this event.
After learning the history of the Lost City from the crab general's mind, Ye Ling turned his gaze to the other demons.
In this Lost City, he might discover the true meaning behind the existence of the Tongtian Towers!