Chapter 474: The Deep Sea Devourer

Chapter 474: The Deep Sea Devourer

Ripples of void appeared above the ocean, and Ji Xinghuo leaped out, immediately activating the stealth function of his Mask of Deception and hovering in mid-air.

"That was close!"

Only now did a trace of fear appear on Ji Xinghuo's face.

The duration of the Void Prison was six seconds, and the Starry Teleportation was completed just one second before its end. Otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous.

However, he was not entirely out of danger yet.

A distance of 5,000 kilometers was not considered far for the Emperor Thunder Serpent. With its Electric Lightning Flash, it would only take less than a minute to catch up, but only if it could lock onto his position.

"I can't use electromagnetic sensing anymore." Ji Xinghuo retracted his aura, and the edges of his right eye pupil flickered.

He had been maintaining the Myriad Manifestations!

The next ten seconds would be safe.

The danger warning from the Myriad Star Pupils had also decreased to a lower level, indicating that the Emperor Thunder Serpent could not track his teleportation and had lost its positioning on him.

"One last teleportation." Ji Xinghuo silently activated the Starry Teleportation.

Within this 73-star hour cycle, there was still about 1,500 kilometers left in the total teleportation distance. He might as well use it all up.

The shorter the teleportation distance, the faster it would be completed.

After a few seconds.

Ji Xinghuo entered the teleportation channel again, and the scenery before his eyes changed as he appeared more than 1,500 kilometers away.

That sense of impending danger diminished further.

"This should be beyond the Emperor Thunder Serpent's abyssal domain." Ji Xinghuo checked the map but did not fully trust the information. The so-called "forbidden zone" was artificially demarcated, and to the Emperor Thunder Serpent, this boundary did not exist.

Moreover, since he had angered it, it might pursue him relentlessly.

Just thinking about the possibility of being caught up by the Emperor Thunder Serpent made Ji Xinghuo's scalp go numb. He immediately flew at full speed toward the northeast.

Boom...

In the blink of an eye, he entered Starry supersonic speed and sped through the high skies, creating violent sonic booms that reverberated across the ocean surface.

He kept the Myriad Manifestations active.

Ji Xinghuo's vision was filled with flowing lights, constantly displaying the possible events that could occur within the evolving future ten seconds.

Predicting ten seconds ahead was his greatest assurance.

If the Emperor Thunder Serpent caught up, he would immediately release the "Dark Domain" to interfere with its electromagnetic sensing, and then he would enter the Dark Incarnation, hiding within the darkness while avoiding a direct confrontation.

Nine Yous emerged from the Ultimate Dark Force Ball and merged into his body, causing flickering shadows to dance across Ji Xinghuo's eyes and skin.

Immediately afterward, he created a shadow clone.

This shadow clone invested around 30,000 star power, possessing seventy percent of the strength of the main body. After its formation, it flew to the left and disappeared from sight in an instant.

Ji Xinghuo continued flying on his own.

After a few minutes, when the King of Darkness had absorbed enough dark energy to recover his star power, he created a second shadow clone, which flew to the right.

About every three minutes, a shadow clone appeared.

In less than half an hour, the number of shadow clones reached the upper limit of eight. They scattered in different directions, some returning to the teleportation drop point, hiding in the air as sentry points to monitor the appearance of the Emperor Thunder Serpent; some lurking at the bottom of the sea, some hiding in the high skies, or flying at full speed as bait, together forming a defensive line.

If the Emperor Thunder Serpent caught up, they would surely know.

However, Ji Xinghuo had escaped more than ten thousand kilometers, far from the forbidden zone of that sea area, and the Emperor Thunder Serpent had not shown itself.

Each of the shadow clones remained safe.

"It didn't catch up?"

Ji Xinghuo was a little puzzled but felt that it was normal.

Although the Emperor Thunder Serpent's Electric Lightning Flash was very fast, it was useless if it couldn't find him. This should be its weakness—a lack of spatial perception and tracking abilities. However, knowing this was of no use; it was a world-ending level monster, and he dared not provoke it.

On the third day.

Counting from the first Starry Teleportation, it had been more than 73 star hours. Ji Xinghuo immediately teleported twice more, spanning a distance of ten thousand kilometers.

"I should be safe now."

Ji Xinghuo took out the map and checked. He was now over forty thousand kilometers away from the Emperor Thunder Serpent's sea domain.

There were no danger warnings from the Myriad Star Pupils either.

"Fortunately, it was just a false alarm." Ji Xinghuo finally breathed a sigh of relief and dispersed the eight shadow clones that had been scattered in the distance.

A dark golden light flew out, revealing Doomsday's figure.

Doomsday's eyes still held a trace of fear. Although it was an Extinction Dragon, its current strength was far inferior to that of the Emperor Thunder Serpent. This encounter had scared it badly. Ji Xinghuo comforted it with a few words and then said:

"Let's continue."

He climbed onto Doomsday's back and pointed forward.

In the Myriad Star Pupils interface, the arrow had enlarged several times, and the calculated distance was about eighty thousand kilometers away, not far now.

With no imminent threats, Ji Xinghuo was in no rush to travel and scanned the surroundings with his electromagnetic sensing, searching for monsters. Soon, he discovered a group of Dark Tide Frenzy Sharks and detoured to kill them, harvesting over ten thousand points of spiritual source energy.

He advanced while hunting.

A violent storm raged on the ocean ahead, but Ji Xinghuo did not hesitate and directed Doomsday to fly straight into it.

The weather in the abyssal sea was changeable, and storms came and went quickly, usually posing little danger.

However, this time was a little different.

"A sea monster?"

He detected a huge monster through his electromagnetic sensing.

Ji Xinghuo approached to within a few dozen kilometers. In the center of the storm, numerous long and thick tentacles were waving, coiling around a turtle-like beast. The fierce battle stirred up huge waves, and roars pierced through the storm, causing the air to vibrate.

"It's a Rock Turtle and a Deep Sea Devourer." Ji Xinghuo recognized the two monsters; he had encountered them before.

Rock Turtles were common monsters in the abyssal sea, with extremely long lifespans and the ability to grow to enormous sizes.

He had previously killed three Rock Turtles, all of which were Flood Dragon level.

However, none of them compared to the one before him now. It had evolved to the Brilliant level, with a shell diameter of over a hundred meters. It was as black and hard as steel, and its four limbs and sharp claws could stir up tremendous waves with each movement, capable of tearing through metal and stone.

"No wonder it's so massive..." Ji Xinghuo exclaimed in awe.

Deep Sea Devourers were the true rulers of the abyss, though far less numerous than Rock Turtles. He had only encountered them once before, and it had been a mere Elite-level, not worth his effort to hunt. But this Deep Sea Devourer was Fallen-level, each of its tentacles stretching over two hundred meters long.

Only a small portion of it was visible above the water, its vast body hidden beneath the waves, occupying an area of five to six hundred meters.

Compared to the Deep Sea Devourer, the Rock Turtle seemed like a mere plaything.

There was a vast difference in their strengths.

Any Fallen-level monster was not to be trifled with, and the highest-level sea beasts and monsters Ji Xinghuo had hunted before were only Shock-level, far inferior to this Deep Sea Devourer.

He did not act rashly but hid within the storm to observe the battle.

The Rock Turtle was wrapped in dozens of massive tentacles, struggling desperately to break free, but its strength was clearly no match for the Deep Sea Devourer. Even when it managed to bite or tear off a tentacle, a brand new one would regrow within seconds.

The Deep Sea Devourer resembled an octopus that had been magnified a million times, and after entangling the Rock Turtle with its tentacles, it squeezed inward with immense force.

The hard turtle shell creaked and cracked under the pressure.

At the same time, several tentacles rose up, their ends glowing with "Burst Mines" that shot towards the Rock Turtle's head and limbs, undermining its resistance. A few other tentacles seized the opportunity to pierce the turtle's neck and attach themselves, sucking out its crimson blood, visible as it flowed within its wounds, turning the massive tentacles red.

The Rock Turtle let out a pained roar, its resistance weakening significantly as its struggles lessened.

"Painful Touch," Ji Xinghuo muttered, understanding what was happening.

Deep Sea Devourers possessed "Carnivore" and "Painful Touch" abilities, and their preferred hunting method was to entangle their prey and suck out all their blood before slowly savoring their flesh.

While the Rock Turtle had strong defensive capabilities, its offensive moves were limited, relying mainly on biting and ramming, and its hydrokinesis was also insufficiently powerful.

Whether it was strength, defense, or hydrokinesis, the Rock Turtle was far inferior to the Deep Sea Devourer.

The Rock Turtle grew weaker by the second.

The Deep Sea Devourer's tentacles were now completely drenched in the turtle's blood, the grayish octopus-like body glowing with a reddish light. After a few minutes of struggle, the Rock Turtle's blood was completely drained, its life force dissipating as it died.

A massive tentacle rose into the air and then slammed down with tremendous force.

Boom!

The end of the tentacle flickered with faint light as it struck the turtle's shell, causing even the surrounding void to cave in and crack like a spider web. The steel-hard shell instantly shattered, exposing the turtle's flesh.

The main body of the Deep Sea Devourer floated to the surface, its dozens of tentacles spreading out like seaweed. In their midst appeared a terrifying maw filled with layer upon layer of gigantic fangs, which grew larger as it opened wide, biting down on the Rock Turtle's corpse.

The tentacles wrapped around the turtle, pushing it into the gaping maw, and the entire body was devoured.

The Deep Sea Devourer sank back into the sea.

From a distance, Ji Xinghuo watched this display and made his decision. "If I can't deal with the Emperor Thunder Serpent, how can I let you get away?"

Fallen-level monsters were rare, and defeating one should yield two Fallen-type Xeno species.

At least one of them should be "Hydrokinesis."

And then there was the move it used to shatter the Rock Turtle's shell.

Ji Xinghuo guessed that it was most likely "Shatter-Void Strike," also a Fallen-type xenogeny, which would be perfect for Qinghong and something he could make use of as well.

He summoned Qinghong and Jiuyou.

"I've been raising the three of you for so long; it's time to show me what you've got. Let me experience the combat style of a Beast Tamer."

All three battle pets were eager to prove themselves.

While observing the battle, Ji Xinghuo had already devised a strategy. He flew away from Doomsday, hiding himself in the high skies with his invisibility.

"Go!"

Qinghong, Doomsday, and Jiuyou acted in unison. Doomsday's dragon mouth glowed with a dark golden light, preparing to unleash an Annihilation Beam; Jiuyou shrank into a small ball of pitch-black light before turning transparent and vanishing;

Meanwhile, Qinghong activated her Starry Teleportation.

A flash of white light.

In the blink of an eye, all three battle pets disappeared from their previous positions, only to reappear a second later above the Deep Sea Devourer, less than a kilometer away.

Gravity Field!

The instant Qinghong teleported out, she released an invisible force field, causing gravity to surge a hundredfold. The immense weight of its own body and the seawater pressed down on the Deep Sea Devourer, slowing its movements. Instead of sinking, it began to float upward.

The Deep Sea Devourer roared in anger.

Sensing the grave danger, it immediately released the Rock Turtle and transformed its entire body into water, merging with the seawater.

In the next moment, a beam of light tore through the sky and sea.

A hair-thin dark golden light instantly struck the Deep Sea Devourer, hitting its bloated head directly.

Boom...

The waves surged, and a tsunami filled the sky.

The might of a fourth-level Annihilation Beam was such that even a Fallen-level Titanoboa couldn't withstand it, let alone the Deep Sea Devourer. Its fluid body exploded into countless splashes, its tentacles torn to pieces, leaving almost nothing behind.

However, the Deep Sea Devourer was not dead yet.

Its remaining body parts emerged from the churning seawater, and it began to regenerate at a visible rate, regrowing its head, main body, and numerous tentacles. The watery flesh flowed and solidified, still in its transparent liquid form.

This was the Deep Sea Devourer's most formidable ability, the reason why they were the undisputed rulers of the abyss.

Rapid self-healing and limb regeneration.

While these two ultra-limit xenogenies were impressive, they weren't particularly outrageous among ultra-limit mutants and monsters. However, the Deep Sea Devourer also possessed "Tidal Revival."

Tidal Revival was also an ultra-limit Xeno species.

It was an advanced form of "Life Spring," capable of rapidly converting liquid water into life force.

They also possessed the ability to "enlarge".

However, after being hit by the Annihilation Beam, the Deep Sea Devourer was severely injured, its body shattered, and it exited the enlarged form.

Its regenerating body had shrunk to less than 200 meters, and its tentacles had shortened.

A flash of light.

Doomsday's dragon wings erupted with "Flash", moving instantaneously towards the sea, and spewing a breath of cyan breath into the water.

Ion Flame!

The super-high-temperature flame ignited the seawater, and the Deep Sea Devourer thrashed in pain, its tentacles flailing wildly, with exploding sea mines condensing at the ends of its tentacles, but before they could be fired, Qinghong had already teleported above its head.

The Rending Claw slashed and chopped at the flailing tentacles, severing them.

The tentacles were constantly being cut off and reborn.

They lashed at Qinghong from all sides, some wildly entangling her, and some glowing with a faint light.

Boom!

Smash Strike hit Qinghong.

In an instant, Qinghong entered phase shift, and the void was struck by the tentacles, cracking like a spider's web, actually breaking through the phase, and hitting Qinghong hard, but failing to crush the defense of her Holy Scale Armor and Titanium Cobalt Magnet body.

Before it could be entangled by more tentacles, Qinghong teleported away.

The gravity field was still in effect.

In just a moment, the Deep Sea Devourer's body had almost recovered to its original state, but its movements were extremely slow, so it immediately changed its strategy and dove into the water, stirring up a tsunami that slapped at its enemies in the sky.

The sea level dropped, and a massive amount of seawater swept through the sky.

Hundreds of water vortices, like earth spikes, connected the sky and the sea, and the storm howled as if the world had turned upside down.

Swoosh!

The dark golden light appeared again.

Doomsday fired a second Annihilation Beam, instantly destroying the body of the Deep Sea Devourer, and the towering tsunami immediately fell back into the sea, and the water vortices collapsed.

After a few seconds, the outline of the Deep Sea Devourer appeared in the seawater, and it quickly regenerated, restored, and grew.

But this time, the regeneration took an unexpected turn.

A black vortex appeared above the Deep Sea Devourer, with a diameter of only 20 meters, and the huge suction force pulled the regenerating sea monster out of the water, and its newly grown tentacles struggled desperately, but were still sucked towards the center of the vortex.

This was Jiuyou, seizing the opportunity to release the Dark Energy Vortex Field.

Qinghong and Doomsday pounced on the vortex.

A flash of white light.

Starry Teleportation, which had been ready, was activated, and Qinghong, along with Doomsday and Jiuyou, as well as the Deep Sea Devourer, entered the teleportation.

The destination was a desolate island more than 2,000 kilometers away.

Today, Ji Xinghuo had just passed by, and the desolate island was quite large, with an area of more than 100 square kilometers, but there was hardly any vegetation on the island, and only occasionally would there be sea beasts or monsters that came ashore to rest or take a break.

The Deep Sea Devourer fell out of the void and found itself in the sky, still enveloped in the gravity field.

The weight of its massive body increased a hundredfold.

It fell towards the ground, its speed increasing, its tentacles flailing wildly as it tried to grab something, but only grasping air.

Qinghong flew vertically downward, close to the Deep Sea Devourer, making sure it was within her gravity field; Doomsday's mouth continued to spew Ion Flame, setting the sea monster's body on fire; Jiuyou's eyes shot out beams of high-energy rays, piercing the prey's body.

After falling for more than ten seconds.

Boom...

A loud bang signaled the Deep Sea Devourer's heavy impact with the ground, shattering it to pieces, and its ink-like black blood splattered as far as a kilometer away.

It still wasn't dead, its body still regenerating.

However, out of the water, the Reviving Tide was ineffective, and the Deep Sea Devourer's self-healing abilities were greatly diminished. It was also clumsy in the gravity field, and Qinghong fell from the sky, slashing at its body with the Rending Claw and cutting off chunks of its flesh.

Jiuyou also landed, transforming into a replica of Qinghong, mimicking her strength and defense.

The two Qinghongs went wild, mauling the Deep Sea Devourer.

The sea monster, out of the water and severely injured, had less than one-tenth of its strength in the sea and was unable to fight back.

In a flurry of blood and flesh, the Deep Sea Devourer had all its tentacles cut off, and its head was chopped into several pieces. Although it continued to regenerate and recover, without the nourishment of seawater, it eventually exhausted all its life force.

Finally, the sea monster lay still.

Qinghong proudly roared, looking up.

Jiuyou also roared, imitating Qinghong.

Doomsday, circling in the sky, was about to let out a dragon's roar to proclaim victory, when suddenly the two Qinghongs on the ground butted their heads together and started to fight and bite each other, leaving it stunned and unsure of what to do.

"Stop it!"

Ji Xinghuo's figure appeared on the island, shouting helplessly, "You two idiots, get back here right now!"

Qinghong shrank and flew into her pocket, looking ashamed.

Jiuyou also turned into a ray of dark light and entered his left eye.

"Doomsday, you're the only sensible one," Ji Xinghuo said, landing on Doomsday's back and patting it comfortingly.

The Annihilation Dragon roared happily and landed on the ground. Ji Xinghuo looked at the enormous creature before him; even in death, the Deep Sea Devourer's body was imposing, like a mountain of flesh lying in front of him.

He reached out and lightly pressed his hand, and the creature's information appeared before him.

[Monster: Deep Sea Devourer]



[Level: Doomsday-Meteor]



[Xenogeny: Hydrokinesis, Enlarge, Smash Strike, Carnivore, Bloodlust, Burst Mines, Water Vortex, Flood Form, Underwater Breathing, Slippery Skin, Cold-Blooded, Painful Touch, Rapid Self-Healing, Limb Regeneration, Reviving Tide]



Ji Xinghuo's eyes lit up as he saw that there were indeed two Meteor-level xenogenies!

(End of Chapter)

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