With that thought in mind, Longguo immediately took a few forced breaths of oxygen, adjusted her body posture, and then slowly descended.
Zhou Xuan saw that everyone else had looked down and found nothing or any danger, so they started diving again. An Guoqing didn't say anything or express his opinion, but you could tell from his expression that he still wanted to test the maximum pressure resistance of the diving suit.
Longguo gestured to Zhou Xuan, muttering, "Coward, wimp, watch this."
He posed quite casually in front of Wei Xiaoyu and Fu Ying as he dove down.
Seeing that most people wouldn't listen to him, especially Long Guo who was being very provocative, Zhou Xuan smiled coldly and said nothing more. If they wanted to go, they could go; if they wanted to die, no one would stop them.
Zhou Xuan's supernatural abilities detected a large cave, about the size of a bucket, on a rock wall about 300 meters below the surface. The cave extended into the rock wall, and beyond a 4-5 meter layer of rock, there was an enormous space. Even with his supernatural abilities focused into a beam, he couldn't detect how wide it was. In this underground space, whose size was unknown, there was a snake-like creature at least ten meters long. This creature was as thick as a large bucket and had several tentacles, each of which was more than seven or eight meters long.
Zhou Xuan could sense that this thing emanated an extremely fierce and terrifying aura. Perhaps only his ability could sense the welcome and joy expressed by people and animals.
Because this thing was too long and too big, its body could not pass through the thick stone wall cave, but it had already quietly stretched out its tentacles, which were as thick as a child's arm, from the stone cave. However, in the water, it looked like a black aquatic plant.
On the rock wall outside the cave, a black, ribbon-like object about two meters long was visible, floating in the water. It was obviously harmless, but that was just their opinion. As long as it wasn't a large, living animal, they didn't care.
Only Zhou Xuan understood how terrifying this thing, this tentacle-like thing extending from the cave, was; his supernatural ability gave him an instinctive sense of danger.
Fortunately, the creature was too large to pass through the cave; it could only extend its tentacles.
Everyone's gaze was fixed on the seemingly bottomless ravine below, completely oblivious to the small opening in the rock wall. The tendrils that dangled from the opening were as inconspicuous as seaweed.
Zhou Xuan was only about ten meters away from the small hole, while Long Guo in front of him was even closer, only seven or eight meters away. In the parallel row, Long Zhengjiang was closer to Long Guo, after all, they were uncle and nephew, and they would still care about each other when they got underwater. Further away were the Wolf and Daniel brothers, while Zhang Ya Ge and An Guoqing were on the far left front, a little further away from the hole.
Zhou Xuan quickened his pace, swimming ahead of Fu Ying and Wei Xiaoyu, blocking their path. Long Guo, however, kept turning back to provoke Zhou Xuan as he submerged, because he saw Zhou Xuan had stopped descending and assumed he couldn't withstand the underwater pressure. Although he himself was nearing his limit, being even a meter ahead of Zhou Xuan was a victory in itself.
However, An Guoqing and the others were quite surprised because Zhou Xuan and the two girls had never mentioned their diving abilities. He had assumed that Zhou Xuan and the others were the worst divers among them. If it were an ordinary person, even wearing his high-tech diving suit, it would be impossible to dive to such a depth. Diving to 150 meters would be considered very impressive, but this was about 250 meters deep. Unless one was a specially trained professional, no one could reach this depth. Yet, the three of them showed no signs of being unable to handle the conditions, appearing to be doing it with ease, even more so than the Wolf brothers and Long Guo, who were already unable to dive.
Wolf and the Daniel brothers were no longer able to dive, but Longguo insisted on going down, displaying the vigor of youth. This action did not escape An Guoqing's notice, who sighed inwardly, "Even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman, let alone this Longguo, who is far from being a hero."
He had truly misjudged them; Zhou Xuan and his two companions were all top-notch divers. It seemed he couldn't underestimate Zhou Xuan. This man had the face of a young man, but possessed a mindset and composure far beyond that of any other young person.
An Guoqing had heard Zhou Xuan's warning and initially looked around, but seeing nothing unusual, he didn't take it seriously. However, now that he remembered Zhou Xuan's special abilities, he wondered if an ordinary person could reach this depth. With that thought, An Guoqing immediately stopped diving and looked at Zhou Xuan.
Because the diving light is on the forehead, the strong light will shine wherever the eyes look. In such deep water, the light on the surface has long since faded and disappeared, and there is no light at all. The strong light shines down underwater, forming beams of light, which are indistinct and the visibility is only 60% to 70%.
When An Guoqing saw Zhou Xuan and the other two people standing about six or seven meters away, he stopped. He was curious and wondered what Zhou Xuan meant. While looking at them, he slowly moved closer to them.
Longguo slid down the rock face for another meter or two, staring at Zhou Xuan with a smug expression.
But just then, when the dragon fruit was only half a meter away from the cave entrance in the rocky wall, the floating tentacle suddenly coiled around it with great agility, wrapping the dragon fruit up in half.
This sudden accident was only understood by Zhou Xuan, and only he knew about it. Of course, he didn't give any further warnings. Since Long Guo was showing off to him, he decided to let him suffer the consequences.
Zhou Xuan simply couldn't understand what kind of monster this was. To be honest, based on his supernatural abilities, its shape somewhat resembled a legendary dragon, but with some differences. For instance, it seemed to be the same thickness from head to tail, lacked a mouth and eyes, but each end had five or six tentacles, each seven or eight meters long, growing from its top. Each tentacle was as thick as an adult's arm, and the tips were sharp triangular, resembling the tip of a red-tasseled spear. The entire tentacle was covered with numerous round, disc-shaped objects.
Zhou Xuan had never seen such a strange thing before, neither in his memory nor in any books. Could this be the black dragon that the locals had been talking about?
The dragon is a legendary animal, and its reality is extremely unlikely. In the Jurassic period millions of years ago, there were dinosaurs, and regardless of the species, they were far different from the dragons in the legends, and even more different from what Zhou Xuan has detected now.
The dragon fruit was caught in the tentacle around the waist and immediately cried out, frantically trying to pry it off. Unexpectedly, the tip of the tentacle freed itself and pierced through the dragon fruit's struggling right arm.
This sudden change caught everyone off guard.
The special diving suits that An Guoqing bought are not only resistant to hot and cold temperatures, but also extremely resistant to sharp objects. Even if a person tries to pierce them with a weapon like a dagger, they won't be able to break through them. But this thing easily pierced through the special diving suit in one go.
Longguo immediately screamed in agony, because the tentacles were still wrapped around his waist, and the strength of the tentacles seemed to be immense, so he couldn't move at all.
The first to rush to the rescue was Long Guo's uncle, Long Zhengjiang, who was also his nephew. How could he not care? He quickly swam to Long Guo's side. Since the two of them were not far apart, only two or three meters apart, it only took Long Zhengjiang a very short time to reach Long Guo after the accident. He pulled out a dagger from a leather sheath at his feet.
However, the tentacle wrapped around the dragon fruit was swaying, and Long Zhengjiang dared not stab the tentacle wrapped around his waist with his dagger, for fear of hurting the dragon fruit. Instead, he slashed hard at the place where the dragon fruit's arm was pierced, trying to cut it off in one go.
The dagger struck the tentacle, but despite the force, it only managed to cut a small part of the surface, and blood seemed to seep out. The tentacle then retracted.
Seeing that it was somewhat effective, Long Zhengjiang quickly picked up the dagger again and cut hard. This time he aimed at the old wound on the tentacle. If he made another cut, he estimated that it would cut deeply.
Because of the knife I just cut, I know clearly that the tentacle is very hard and cannot be easily cut.
But at that very moment, another tentacle suddenly shot out from the cave. This tentacle clearly and directly wrapped around Long Zhengjiang's right arm, which was holding the dagger. Long Zhengjiang could almost clearly see that as the tentacle wrapped around his arm, the discs on the tentacle suddenly opened outward, revealing a ring of white, sharp teeth. Countless discs opened, making it seem like there were white, sharp teeth everywhere.
Before Long Zhengjiang could react, his right arm, which was holding the dagger, was suddenly severed. Blood gushed out like arrows, and the severed arm, along with the dagger, was wrapped up by the tentacles and quickly bitten and devoured.
This sudden change stunned everyone.
The terrifying nature of these tentacles goes without saying. Furthermore, since no one had any weapons to counter them, Long Zhengjiang only had his own dagger. An Guoqing hadn't even considered bringing underwater shooting weapons. He was only concerned with the underwater pressure and cold resistance he could withstand when diving, not with what strange creatures might be lurking in the underground river.
These tentacles are impossible to fight off, and they are too dangerous. We don't know how long they can extend, what they are, or how many there are. The dark little hole exudes an aura of death.
Wolf and the Daniel brothers clearly wanted to swim back immediately. They had already reached the limit of their diving depth, and it would be difficult to go down another meter. Moreover, at this depth, they were simply unable to take action. Between saving lives and escaping, they chose to escape.
Zhang Ya Ge was a better diver, but at this point he also chose to escape back.
Zhou Xuan shouted to Wei Xiaoyu and Fu Ying, "Run!"
When Wei Xiaoyu and Fu Ying saw Zhou Xuan make a gesture and movement to escape, they quickly swam upwards with all their might. Presumably, Zhou Xuan was close behind them and also turned on his booster. With the strong push of the booster, they swam back much faster.
Both Long Zhengjiang and Long Guo were severely injured, with Long Zhengjiang's injuries being particularly severe because his arm was completely bitten off, and the immense pressure from the water surged up like a tide.
At this moment, Zhou Xuan secretly used his supernatural power to protect Long Zhengjiang and his nephew, reducing the pressure on them to a level similar to that in shallow water a few meters deep. At the same time, he used his supernatural power to stop the bleeding from both of them, thus saving their lives.
An Guoqing watched from five or six meters away, filled with suspicion and uncertainty, but dared not approach. He kept a close watch on his surroundings, lest more tentacles emerge. This thing was beyond his control; even if he went forward, he couldn't save Long Zhengjiang and his nephew.
Instead of swimming back, Zhou Xuan swam towards Long Zhengjiang and his nephew. An Guoqing was even more surprised. Could it be that Zhou Xuan hadn't seen how powerful the tentacles were?
Considering it was best to avoid further injury, An Guoqing quickly shouted, "Xiao Zhou, that thing is very powerful, don't go near it, don't go near it!"
Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, said nothing, but continued swimming towards Long Zhengjiang and his nephew.