The Blade-Wielding Legend

Chapter 1631 - 828: Deep Sea Secret Realm

The farther they went, the stronger the storm became.

The gale tore at the sails of the "Sea Suppression," and the thunderous roar rolled in from the horizon where the sea and sky met.

But what shocked everyone even more was the terrifying whirlpool ahead.

The Guard Captain of the Crown Prince Mansion pointed toward the whirlpool, shouting amid the storm, "Young Hero Li, that is the ’Dragon Sucking Vortex!’ Last time, when I followed the Navy and accidentally entered, it was only by being swept by the undercurrent that we narrowly avoided the vortex."

"We seek treasure, and this is our greatest obstacle!"

Li Yan gazed ahead with focus, seeing the sea surface several miles away stirred as if by an invisible giant hand.

In the terrifying vortex with a diameter of over a thousand feet, inky blue seawater whirled wildly, and the center sank deeply like a bottomless abyss with dozens of feet high arc-shaped water walls rising at the edges.

Should the Sea Suppression draw close, it would likely be pulverized instantly.

He couldn’t help but secretly mock, was the Royal Fleet out of its mind to steer into it?

"Has the cause of the vortex been determined?"

Li Yan held down his robe flapping loudly in the wind, and shouted.

The Guard Captain shook his head with a bitter smile, "Storms, the Sea Eye... opinions vary. All that is known is that no ship that got pulled into the center ever had survivors!"

"We stumbled in, and stumbled out, only surviving by sheer luck."

"Later two ships sent, not a single one returned."

Everyone heard it and immediately looked at each other in bewilderment.

Sha Lifei swallowed hard and muttered, "Enough, enough, can’t do it, no spells are useful here."

"Maybe we don’t need to resist it head-on." A hoarse voice suddenly chimed in.

Situ Hua stepped forward, even on the swaying deck, his posture remained unmoving like a nail.

He looked ahead, his expression solemn as he spoke, "I witnessed fishermen in Malacca use a ’Water Dragon Tornado’ to fling their boats—as long as the undercurrent’s flow is precisely calculated, the boat can be shot out like an arrow, using the force of the vortex to escape!"

Saying this, he picked up a broken rope from the deck and flung it in a spiral trajectory, "Much like this, using the spin to break the spin!"

Everyone reacted in astonished uproar.

Lei Wanjun’s thick brows furrowed, "Playing with death! A slight mistake and it’s pulverization!"

"If it were easy, why would the Crown Prince ask for us?!"

Situ Hua looked toward the enemy ship sails faintly visible in the mist behind, his gaze sharp as a knife, "We don’t have much time, those pirates are all desperate men, and if we leave, the treasure inevitably falls into their hands."

The Guard Captain clenched his teeth, "Mr. Situ, can you handle it?"

Situ Hua nodded, "I can. But the changing undercurrents beneath the water are troublesome."

Li Yan’s gaze swept across the group, feeling somewhat hesitant himself.

While Wang Daoxuan had already taken out that treasured compass from his chest and held it steady, looking around.

The Guard Captain’s eyes immediately lit up upon seeing it, "Daoist Wang, can you lock onto the undercurrent paths?"

"Almost there."

Wang Daoxuan studied the compass in his hand, pointing forward, "There’s a Yin Sha surge at three miles northeast in the Kan Position, and two counter-currents colliding at the west Dui Position... is that the place you are looking for, Daoist Situ?"

As they spoke, the ship began to emit creaking sounds.

It turned out the Sea Suppression was already within the whirlpool’s impact zone, being drawn like a leaf towards the vortex of death.

The inclination angle of the ship’s side was increasing, and the wooden keel emitted a groan under unbearable strain.

"Thank the Daoist!"

Situ Hua’s face lit up with joy, he nodded immediately, then ran barefoot across the slippery deck, shouting:

"Full left rudder! Sha, press down on the starboard side—tie yourself to the gun post with the cable!"

"Gunners, unload half the shells to reduce weight!"

"Fellow Daoists, protect the aft rudder wheel, don’t let the Evil Qi corrode the mechanisms!"

With the situation at this stage, there was no time for hesitation.

Under Situ Hua’s command, everyone performed their duties.

Roar! Roar!

The storm howled, thunder roared.

The closer they got to the so-called "launching point," the faster the Sea Suppression sailed, and the more inclined the vessel became.

Suddenly, a massive undercurrent appeared.

Situ Hua immediately turned the steering wheel rapidly.

Using this undercurrent, the ship with full left rudder seemed to drift, turning in place, and then accelerated sharply.

With a hair-raising maneuver, they narrowly avoided the first large whirlpool.

"Good!"

The group immediately grew excited, and they cheered.

However, the joy was short-lived as they were pulled towards the right side by the second whirlpool.

"Over there!"

Wang Daoxuan suddenly opened his eyes and pointed ahead, "Thirty fathoms at the Xun Position, the current will form a ’Water Bridge’!"

Situ Hua heard, then leapt like a peregrine falcon to the ship’s bow, muscles knotting throughout his body:

"Lower the mainsail! Raise the triangle jib sails!"

This time, even more dangerous.

The Sea Suppression plunged into a suddenly rising sea ridge.

As the ship was cast onto the wave peak, the group saw the whirlpool beside them like a giant mouth of an abyss.

Situ Hua’s voice erupted like a tearing fabric amid the tempest, "Right rudder fifteen! Head for that water wall—"

Roaring waves like collapsing mountains pounded down!

Just as the bow was about to be smashed into the depths, a fierce undercurrent from the sea floor suddenly lifted it explosively!

"Crash!"

The whole ship was struck like by an ancient hammer, with unfixed barrels on the deck shattering instantly.

Situ Hua was flung into midair, and in a critical moment, Lei Wanjun flung his fine steel Nine-section Whip and wrapped it around his ankle, pulling him back.

In the tumult, the Sea Suppression shot out like an arrow, racing along the whirlpool’s edge with the arc-shaped water wall.

"About to break free!"

Situ Hua wiped blood froth from his lips, shouting fiercely, "Hold tight—"

The hull emitted a final anguished metallic twist, suddenly catapulting out from the edge of the water wall!

Everyone felt like an unseen heavy blow was struck upon them on the deck, several sailors bleeding from their ears and noses.

The storm howled, rain and waves crashed down, and all that was heard was the roar of wind and thunder.

After half a stick of incense, the tilting ship finally gradually restored, and the roar of the whirlpool behind faded into the distance.