am-books Chapter 385 Just an 8-ring Soul Douluo, why should I avoid his sharp edge?
Chapter 385 Just an 8-ring Soul Douluo, why should I avoid his sharp edge?
After several days of sailing, the sea seemed calm, but the atmosphere on the Sea Demon was becoming increasingly subtle.
Haider appeared very submissive, but Tang Chuan noticed the subtle adjustments he made to the course, as well as the mixture of fear and madness in his occasional glances at the deep sea.
Tang Chuan, as always, continued his cultivation and observation, seemingly unaware of the potential dangers, but his restrained vigilance remained constant.
Night fell again, and the moon over the sea was exceptionally bright and clear, like a huge silver plate hanging high in the black velvet night sky, casting its clear light over a vast expanse and making the sea surface sparkle.
At this moment, Tang Chuan, Xiao Ruier, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong and others were standing on the deck, bathed in moonlight, seemingly admiring the sea view.
Haider was also nearby, pretending to inspect the area, but his fingers unconsciously tapped the gunwale, his eyes occasionally glancing towards a certain deep sea, his breathing somewhat heavy.
Suddenly, the Sea Demon, which had been sailing smoothly, came to a sudden stop, as if it had crashed into an invisible wall! Immediately afterward, an extremely muffled roar came from below the hull!
"BOOM—!!!"
The calm sea suddenly erupted in fury!
The next second, a huge whirlpool with a diameter of over 100 meters formed on the side of the ship without warning, and the seawater surged back wildly, making a deafening roar!
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying suction force came, and the sturdy ironwood ship, the Sea Demon, was pulled and tilted violently like a child's toy, its keel groaning under the strain! Giant waves tens of meters high suddenly rose up, like dark blue mountains, and slammed down on the deck!
"Oh no, everyone hold on tight!"
Tang Chuan let out a low shout, and his soul power instantly spread outward, forming a light blue protective shield that enveloped the five of them. At the same time, his feet took root, and he stood firmly on the violently shaking deck.
The four women reacted quickly, each using their own methods to stabilize themselves.
Ordinary sailors, however, fared much worse, being tossed about with screams and shouts, nearly falling into the sea if they hadn't grabbed onto ropes or other fixed objects.
Amidst this terrifying spectacle of the world changing color, Haider, contrary to his usual behavior, showed no fear. Instead, he burst into a hysterical laugh, saying:
"Hahahaha!! It's here! It's here! You damned bastards! You killed my son! I'll make you all pay with your lives!!!"
He clung tightly to a mast, his face contorted like a demon in the moonlight and the spray of the waves, pointing at the terrifying, bottomless vortex that spun wildly.
"Look carefully! This is the Demon Whale Sea! The territory of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King! Just now... just now I secretly threw all the gunpowder bombs we use to blast fish off the ship!"
"It's awake! It's enraged! You'll all be torn to shreds by this deep-sea tyrant, swallowed whole, ship and all! Hahahaha!!!"
His maniacal laughter sounded particularly jarring and insane amidst the low rumble of the wind, waves, and sea monsters.
In his quest for revenge, Haider went so far as to awaken a terrifying being, almost invincible in the legends of this sea, dragging everyone down to hell with him!
However, faced with Haider's crazy declaration, Tang Chuan not only did not show the slightest fear, but instead... let out a loud laugh!
The laughter was clear and magnetic, and in this chaotic and violent environment, it even carried a strange penetrating power and... excitement?
"The Deep Sea Demon Whale King?"
"That's exactly what I wanted, Captain Hyder."
"What?!" Upon hearing this, Haider's maniacal laughter abruptly stopped. Like a rooster being choked, the ferocious expression on his face instantly froze, transforming into extreme astonishment and disbelief. He stared wide-eyed at Tang Chuan, as if he had heard the most absurd thing in the world.
"What...what did you say? What do you mean by that?!"
Tang Chuan stepped forward, ignoring the violently rocking deck and the icy seawater crashing against him. His blue robe fluttered in the wind as he calmly said:
"What I mean is, I knew what you were up to all along; I was just playing along. Did you think I didn't know you were secretly changing course, trying to lure us into a dead end?"
"The Deep Sea Demon Whale King, a million-year-old soul beast, is one of the true overlords of the ocean... I'm worried about not being able to find its exact lair and a way to lure it out."
"And you just happened to do me this big favor. Wake it up with a gunpowder bomb?"
"Great, that saved me a lot of effort."
At this point, Tang Chuan looked at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, whose body had completely surfaced and whose back alone resembled a moving island, and his fighting spirit continued to rise.
"My Blue Silver Emperor is just missing a ninth spirit ring. I think this million-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale King is a good choice. A million-year-old spirit beast naturally has very strong vitality."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Chuan's aura exploded!
Eight spirit rings rose from beneath his feet: red, red, red, red, red, red, platinum, red! The dazzling light instantly illuminated the dark deck, and the terrifying pressure brought by the spirit ring configuration, which defied common sense, even temporarily overwhelmed the fear brought by the Demon Whale King!
"What? What kind of spirit ring configuration is this?"
"Seven 100,000-year spirit rings? How is that possible?"
Seeing this scene before him, Haider was struck dumb, frozen in place, his mouth agape, but unable to utter a sound.
He had always thought of himself as a hunter who had set a trap, and was overjoyed as he watched his prey walk into a dead end.
Little did he know that he was the one being used by the real hunter, luring the most terrifying prey into his own hands... a pathetic bait!
Tang Chuan didn't care about Haider's life or death at all. From the very beginning, his target was the deep-sea overlord that even titled Douluo dared not easily mention!
"No...it's impossible...you're crazy, you must be crazy..."
"How dare you, a mere Contra Douluo, set your sights on the Demon Whale King?"
"Even a Title Douluo wouldn't be a match for it!"
Haider muttered to himself in a daze. He looked at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, whose body was as huge as a mountain and flashed with a violent red light. Boundless fear finally overwhelmed him completely, crushing even his obsession with revenge.
At this moment, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King seemed to be enraged by the soul power fluctuations and strange soul rings emanating from Tang Chuan, and let out a terrifying whale song that shattered the clouds!
The next second, its huge tail fin slowly rose, blotting out the sky and carrying the power to destroy everything, and slammed down fiercely towards the Sea Demon and the tiny but dazzling figure on the deck!
"boom--!!!!!!!"
A deafening roar, beyond words, resounded!
It wasn't the sound of an impact, but the sound of annihilation!
The once-sturdy Sea Demon, before this absolute power, was as fragile as a sandcastle built by a child. The ironwood hull shattered, crumbled, and flew apart the instant of contact! The thick masts snapped like withered grass, and the decks, cabins, keel…every structure was reduced to countless fragments under the overwhelming force!
Following closely behind were towering waves hundreds of meters high, created by the slapping of the tail fin against the sea surface!
The waves, like walls of water connecting heaven and earth, contained the Demon Whale King's violent soul power and pure physical impact, sweeping wildly in all directions!
"ah--!!!"
Captain Haider only had time to let out a short, desperate scream before he was pierced by countless flying, sharp pieces of the ship's hull, and then struck head-on by the terrifying giant wave!
Under the impact of the seawater powerful enough to shake mountains, his body was instantly torn apart like a rag doll, then turned into a rapidly spreading cloud of blood-red foam, disappearing into the boiling seawater along with the wreckage of the Sea Demon.
At the same time, Tang Chuan and the others, who were already prepared, were also thrown into the air by the violent energy the moment the giant ship shattered and the waves crashed in.
"Vast Ocean Universe Cover!"
With a low shout, the blue triangular pattern between Tang Chuan's eyebrows suddenly shone brightly!
Immediately afterwards, a deep blue light surged forth, forming a semi-transparent triangular light shield that precisely enveloped the four women beside him.
The moment the light shield was formed, it not only kept out the incoming seawater, debris, and impact, but its surface also turned into a stream of light, and the entire light shield, along with the figures of the four women inside, instantly became transparent, as if melting into the air, and even their auras were completely concealed!
Only Tang Chuan could clearly sense their location through his connection with the Vast Ocean Universe Cover.
"Stay inside, no matter what happens, don't come out!"
Tang Chuan's mental transmission resounded in the minds of the four women.
Although the four women were still shaken, they were protected and concealed by the Vast Ocean Universe Cover. Seeing the devastating scene outside, they knew that going out would only be a burden. They nodded and huddled together, anxiously looking outside.
Tang Chuan himself was suspended in mid-air, his blue robe surging violently in the turbulent energy flow.
It was at this moment that the terrifying being that caused all of this slowly emerged from the shattered waves and the pervasive mist, revealing its true form.
The first thing that catches the eye is that body is so huge and despair-inducing, like a moving mountain!
The portion that is above water alone is over two hundred meters long!
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King is covered with thick, dark blue, almost black scales. Each scale is the size of a millstone, with edges that shimmer with a cold, metallic luster. Ancient and mysterious natural patterns are all over the surface, as if recording the vicissitudes of the ocean over millions of years.
Its massive body swayed slightly, causing the surrounding seawater to surge and form a huge whirlpool and undercurrent.
What is most chilling is its head, a ferocious skull comparable to a small hill, more like that of an ancient whale, but even more robust and ferocious, with its huge mouth slightly open, revealing rows of sharp teeth as big as door panels, gleaming with a cold white light.
And its eyes... its left eye was a deep, dark, enormous void that seemed to devour all light; it was clearly already blind.
In contrast, its right eye, which was intact, was as large as a lake, with a murky dark yellow color and a vertical pupil, which was now fixed on Tang Chuan in mid-air.
Tang Chuan hovered in mid-air, facing the colossal beast from afar. The contrast between his insignificance and his immense size was extreme. Then, he slowly raised his right hand and gently clenched it.
"Buzz—!"
A dazzling golden light, like the sun, burst forth in Tang Chuan's palm. Immediately afterwards, a dragon's roar resounded through the heavens, and the Golden Dragon Spear appeared in his hand.
At this moment, an extremely rare, even absurd, emotion, like a cold, venomous snake, suddenly darted into the vast and ancient depths of the million-year-old overlord's mind.
Heart palpitations!
Yes, heart palpitations!
A warning sign from the soul's instinct, a warning of a higher-level threat!
This insignificant human soul master exuded a certain aura.
It actually reminded the Deep Sea Demon Whale King of countless years ago of that terrifying being who wielded a golden trident, rode on towering waves, and used his supreme divine power to severely injure it and steal its left eye!
Poseidon, the sea god!
It discovered that although the young man's aura was far less vast and boundless than that of the Sea God back then, the destructive dragon's might flowing on that golden spear had a vague overlap with the golden figure deep in its memory that was like a nightmare!
escape?!
The thought came to mind almost uncontrollably.
Having lived for millions of years, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King is no longer a ferocious beast that only knows how to kill. It knows how to assess the situation and avoid deadly threats.
Faced with this premonition of danger that stung its very soul.
Getting away immediately is a survival instinct.
The next second, its body shrank slightly backward, the direction of its tail swing subtly changed, and enormous energy condensed within its body, as if it were about to dive into the deep sea and escape thousands of miles away.
However, just as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was about to take action, its gaze once again swept towards the eight dazzling soul rings at Tang Chuan's feet.
Red, red, red, red, red, red, platinum, red!
The configuration of those spirit rings was truly astonishing and subverted common sense, leaving even it somewhat shocked.
But... the Eighth Ring is just Contra!
This clear realization was like a bucket of ice water, instantly extinguishing the fear and trembling that had just risen in the heart of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, caused by distant memories.
"What am I afraid of?"
"So what if he's just a Soul Douluo? Even if he has a 100,000-year-old soul ring?"
"So what if that gun is a bit strange? Poseidon was a god, a true god! And this human... no matter how strong he is, he's still within the realm of humanity!"
"I, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, with a million years of cultivation, the overlord of the ocean! To be scared away by a mere Soul Douluo? This is an utter disgrace!"
"That palpitation I felt just now... must have been my imagination!"
"It's just a hallucination from being jolted awake by that damned gunpowder bomb!"
The fury from the invasion of its territory and the rage at being provoked by such insignificant humans quickly overwhelmed the ominous premonition in the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's heart. More importantly, its dignity and pride as a million-year-old soul beast would not allow it to flee without a fight before a Soul Douluo!
"Kill him! Devour him! That strange gun, and the rich life force and soul power emanating from him... perhaps they can heal my old wounds, or even... allow me to advance further!"
Greed replaced the brief moment of surprise.
"roar--!!!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's retreating movement halted, replaced by an even more ferocious rage. Then, its massive body, no longer retreating, charged forward with a sudden burst of power. (End of Chapter)