Black Myth: The Legend of Tianpeng Seeking Demons

"Oh my god! Help!" Zhu Feifei screamed in terror, her voice echoing in the dark abyss, sounding particularly shrill.

He looked down and saw a tentacle as thick as a bucket tightly wrapped around his ankle. The tentacle was covered with suckers and was constantly wriggling, making his scalp tingle.

"What... what the hell is this?!" Zhu Feifei turned pale with fright and hurriedly waved her nine-toothed rake, trying to cut off the tentacles.

However, the tentacle was exceptionally tough, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not cut it off.

"You idiot! Use your divine fire!" The voice of the Ringwraith White echoed in his mind.

"Oh, right!" Zhu Feifei slapped her forehead and quickly switched the nine-bead bracelet to "divine fire" mode.

A ball of golden flame erupted from his hand, instantly igniting the tentacles.

"Hiss..." The tentacles were scorched by the flames, emitting a piercing hiss, and quickly released Zhu Feifei's ankle.

Zhu Feifei quickly took a few steps back, warily looking at the surrounding darkness.

"This godforsaken place, there are so many weird and strange things here!" he complained.

"Be careful, there are more than just these small fry in this abyss!" Little Ringwraith warned.

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge black shadow slowly emerged from the darkness.

It was a huge, ferocious sea monster with an octopus-like head, shark-like teeth, and dozens of thick tentacles, each covered with sharp barbs.

"Holy crap! Is this... a combination of Squidward and Sharkhead?!" Zhu Feifei stared at the terrifying creature in front of her, so frightened that she stammered.

“This is… ‘Deep Sea Beast’…” Coral’s voice trembled slightly, “It… it is… the ‘Deep Sea Demon King’s’… pet…”

"A pet?!" Zhu Feifei nearly fainted. "Such a big pet?! Then... how big must that 'Deep Sea Demon King' be?"

"Roar!" The deep-sea behemoth let out a deafening roar and charged towards Zhu Feifei and the others.

"Get out of the way!" Ye Yuan shouted, raising his trident and thrusting it towards the deep-sea behemoth.

The trident struck the deep-sea monster, but only produced a string of sparks; it couldn't penetrate its skin at all.

"This... this guy's skin is too thick!" Ye Yuan exclaimed.

Enraged by Ye Yuan's attack, the deep-sea behemoth swung its enormous tentacles and lashed out at the three of them.

Zhu Feifei, Shanhu, and Ye Yuan tried to dodge, but the tentacles were too fast and covered too wide, and they were still hit.

"Ouch!" Zhu Feifei was struck by a tentacle, feeling as if she had been hit by a speeding truck, her internal organs displaced.

"Pfft!" Coral and Ye Yuan also spat out a mouthful of blood, their faces pale.

"No! If this continues... we... will all die..." Coral said, panting heavily.

"Coral, do you have any ideas?" Zhu Feifei asked, already at his last gasp, barely holding on by sheer willpower.

“I…I don’t know either…” Coral shook her head. “I’ve never…encountered…such a powerful…enemy…”

"It seems... I have no choice but to... risk it all!" Ye Yuan gritted his teeth, a resolute glint in his eyes.

He raised the trident high in his hand, chanting incantations, and a powerful energy surge erupted from his body.

"What...what is he going to do?" Zhu Feifei asked in confusion.

“He… he’s… burning his… soul…” Coral’s voice trembled. “He wants… to perish together with… the ‘Deep Sea Beast’…”

"What?!" Zhu Feifei and the Ringwraith Xiaobai exclaimed at the same time.

"Stop! Ye Yuan! You can't do this!" Coral shouted.

However, Ye Yuan seemed not to hear him. The light emanating from his body grew brighter and brighter. Finally, he hurled the trident in his hand, which transformed into a golden streak of light and pierced towards the heart of the "deep-sea behemoth".

"Roar!" The "deep-sea behemoth" let out a shrill scream, its massive body crashing to the ground, stirring up a huge wave.

Ye Yuan also exhausted his last bit of strength and slowly collapsed to the ground.

"Ye Yuan!" Coral rushed over and helped Ye Yuan up.

"I...I...I'm fine..." Ye Yuan smiled weakly, "Finally...we...dealt with that...monster..."

"Why...why did you do this..." Coral choked out, "You...you could have...run away..."

"I...I...can't...let you...die here..." Ye Yuan said haltingly, "I...I...am...a guardian...this...is...my...responsibility..."

His voice grew fainter and fainter until it disappeared completely, and his body turned into starlight and dissipated into the air.

"Ye Yuan!" Shanhu cried out in grief, tears streaming down her face.

Witnessing this tragic scene, Zhu Feifei was filled with sorrow and admiration. He walked to Shanhu's side, gently patted her shoulder, and said, "Don't be sad. Ye Yuan... he is... a true hero..."

Coral wiped away her tears and nodded: "Yes... We... can't... let him down..."

She picked up the trident Ye Yuan had left behind from the ground, her eyes resolute, and said, "We... must keep going... We must... rescue... my people..."

Looking into Shanhu's determined eyes, Zhu Feifei felt a surge of strength within her.

“Alright! Let’s keep going!” he shouted. “I… will definitely… help you!”

The two continued their journey into the abyss, and finally, at the bottom, they found a massive underwater palace. The entrance to the palace was blocked by a heavy stone door.

“My people must be imprisoned in… here,” Coral said, pointing to the stone door.

She stepped forward and tried to push open the stone door, but it wouldn't budge.

“This door is sealed, I can’t open it…” she said.

"Let me try!" Zhu Feifei said, swinging his nine-toothed rake and smashing it hard against the stone gate.

With a loud bang, a large hole was smashed in the stone door.

"Haha! I'm... awesome, right!" Zhu Feifei laughed smugly.

Coral ignored his smugness and stepped through the stone gate first.

Zhu Feifei quickly followed.

Behind the stone gate was a huge water dungeon, where hundreds or even thousands of sea people were imprisoned, all of them weak and on the verge of death.

"My people!" Coral cried out excitedly, "I've come to save you!"

When the sea creatures heard the coral's voice, they all looked up, their eyes filled with hope and excitement.

"Coral! It's coral!"

"We're saved! We're saved!"

Coral rushed forward, trying to open the water prison door, but found that the door was covered with complex incantations and could not be opened at all.

“This…this is…the 'Deep Sea Demon King's'…spell…” she said, her face pale. “I…I…can’t undo it…”

“Let me try!” Zhu Feifei said, switching the nine-bead bracelet to “exorcising” mode and pressing it against the cell door.

The nine-bead bracelet emitted a dazzling golden light, and the incantations on the prison door gradually disappeared under the golden light.

With a crisp "click," the cell door opened.

"Great! We're saved!" the sea creatures cheered.

Coral quickly rescued her people from the water prison and used "divine power talismans" to heal their wounds.

With the help of the sea people, they quickly found a way out to the outside world.

As they parted, Coral looked at Zhu Feifei with reluctance.

“Young Master Zhu, thank you… for saving my people…” she said gratefully. “Will you… will you… come back… to see me…?”

Looking at Shanhu's expectant eyes, Zhu Feifei felt a pang of reluctance.

“Miss Coral, I…” He opened his mouth, but didn’t know how to answer.

Just then, the voice of the Ringwraith White rang in his mind: "Idiot! What are you standing there for? Hurry up and say yes! Don't you want to... hehe..."

Zhu Feifei glared at the Ringwraith Little White, then said to Coral, "Miss Coral, I... I will definitely come back to see you!"

"Really?!" A hint of surprise flashed in Coral's eyes. "Then... then it's a deal!"

“It’s a deal!” Zhu Feifei nodded.

Coral took out the "Fragment of Destiny" she had obtained in the temple from her bosom and handed it to Zhu Feifei: "Here, this is what you... deserve..."

Zhu Feifei received the "Fragment of Destiny" with excitement in her heart.

With the corals and the sea creatures watching, Zhu Feifei left the "Deep Sea Secret Realm" and returned to the square in the center of the ancient city.