The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 968: The Source of Mana



At the edge of the Abyssal Plain, Vaan stared into the dark opening of the Forbidden Abyss with Jamal. Other Demigod-rank Fighting Dolphins have gathered around with mixed

feelings.

For this trip into the unknown territory known as the Forbidden Abyss, Vaan had decided to bring along only Jamal despite the many volunteers. He only needed a lucky charm and not additional burdens.

Since even Demigod-rank Fighting Dolphins have failed to return from the Forbidden Abyss, bringing the additional numbers was meaningless.

"Please be careful, my Lord. You too, Clan Leader."

"We wish you both a safe trip."

The Fighting Dolphins voiced their concern and well wishes one after another.

For a short period, the busy Demigod-rank Fighting Dolphins in the Abyssal Plain stopped lifting Abyssal Stones. They chose to join the crowd in sending Vaan and their clan leader off. "We'll be back," Vaan promised.

Shortly after, Vaan and Jamal dived into the abyssal trench of infinite darkness.

They easily went against the strong current and entered the so-called point of no return, which had stopped past Fighting Dolphins from returning-a different directional current that pulled them deeper into the abyss instead of pushing them out.

Although the descending current wasn't much stronger than the ascending current, its water density was many folds greater.

As such, Jamal was quickly incapacitated despite holding his breath. His internal organs were protected, but he couldn't extricate himself from the high-density water current and could only be dragged by it.

It was like getting stuck in fast-moving rat glue.

But seeing that Jamal wasn't in immediate danger, Vaan didn't see a reason to save him. He allowed the current to pull them deeper into the abyss.

As they sunk deeper and deeper, the faint traces of golden dragon blood in the seawater became clearer. It was clear proof of an existing opening to the Dragon Vein.

Furthermore, the existing golden dragon blood, high water density, and strong current all fit the description of the water surge in the deeper layers of the Dragon Vein, as Dragon-Serpent Leader Sutu had previously explained.

However, the direction of the current contradicted the increasing content of golden dragon blood in the seawater.

After all, if the water surge were expelling the high-density seawater from the deeper layers of the Dragon Vein, that would imply that they had already passed the Dragon Vein opening.

However, Vaan had not discovered it during their descent.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Furthermore, the increasing golden dragon blood content and water density also implied they were getting closer to the Dragon Vein opening.

The two points directly conflicted with each other.

Nevertheless, it didn't take long before Vaan's doubts were answered. The strong current stopped dragging them down and began to push them up again, forming a looped current.

Basically, they had found themselves in a strong current that only flowed in circles. It was no different from a wheel of death.

If they were powerless to extricate themselves from this looped current, they could only follow the current in circles endlessly until death took them. The previous Fighting Dolphins who entered the Forbidden Abyss must have met this fate.

Such would have also been the fate awaiting Jamal if Vaan wasn't around.

After Vaan grabbed Jamal, he kicked against the water current and descended beyond the looped current, entering another descending high-density water current. His powerful water kick almost shattered the endless cycle of the looped current.

A virtual map of the Forbidden Abyss was formed in Vaan's mind after he entered the third current.

The middle looped current was formed by the ascending current and descending current it was situated in between. The third current was also the water surge of the Dragon Vein's deeper layers.

If Vaan followed against its current, he would definitely locate the entrance to the Dragon Vein.

However, Vaan wasn't as interested in the Dragon Vein entrance as he was in the source of the first ascending current. As such, he continued to follow the descending current with Jamal in tow.

At some point, they finally reached the bottom of the Forbidden Abyss, where the descending current began to follow outward in the Outer Sea's direction.

Vaan quickly realized a huge underwater passage connecting to the Outer Sea existed at the bottom of the Forbidden Abyss. Not only did the water from the Dragon Vein flow out of this place, but the toxic seawater of the Outer Sea also flowed in it.

The two forces would collide, creating the death wheel looped current along with many smaller looped currents in the gaps between the two great currents.

These countless small looped currents also acted like grinders, mixing and canceling out the golden dragon blood and toxic seawater. As such, minimum amounts flowed into the Southwestern Sea.

'It seems like the source of mana is from up ahead...'

Vaan followed the underwater passageway leading to the Outer Sea. The seawater became increasingly murky and black with toxins, but neither he nor Jamal were affected by them. The toxic water couldn't enter the pores of Vaan's highly dense flesh, and it was only nourishment to Jamal, who possessed the [Poison Eater] ancestral talent.

By the time they exited the end of the underwater passage, they were already in the vast territorial waters of the black Outer Sea.

Jamal instantly felt a cold chill.

Countless pairs of terrifying gazes locked onto his being from the dark depths of the Outer Sea. Just their faint presence made Jamal feel infinitely small and insignificant. The sea monsters of the Outer Sea weren't just powerful but also unreasonably huge.

Jamal felt like he had stumbled into the den of primitive sea gods.

'Stop!'

As the terrifying shadows and auras drew closer, Vaan's single will cause them to freeze in their tracks. Shortly after, they retreated to respectable distances, and the oppressive pressure on Jamal was also withdrawn.

Vaan focused his gaze past the group of colossal sea monsters and finally pinpointed the

source of mana he was looking for - an underwater dimensional crack connecting to another

boundless sea of Chaos.

Although he had suspected the Outer Sea might have been connected to the Darksea Abyss Territory, he was still surprised by the discovery.

Meanwhile, Jamal was even more shocked by the sea monsters' sudden retreat.