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The words had barely left her lips when a massive waterspout surged upward against the current, slamming into the Evil Spirit Orca King's underbelly with the force of a rolling thunderclap.
As the saying goes, dripping water can wear away stone—how much more devastating was it when the concentrated currents of an entire ocean were relentlessy battering the Orca King's body?
Under the dual suppression of Davis's Fusion Domain and Anna's Sea God aura, the Orca King's defenses had become incredibly brittle. Beneath the infinite impact of the waterspout, he was left mangled and severely wounded.
"I'm not finished yet!" Anna shouted. She released her Ink Jade Divine Grass spirit, and her second spirit ring flared to life.
"Second Spirit Ability: Parasitic Seeds!"
In an instant, the Ink Jade Divine Grass grew at an explosive rate, coiling around the Orca King's massive frame and scattering countless parasitic seeds.
Under the crushing weight of the Gravity Quagmire, the Orca King was already pinned down and unable to move. As the seeds landed on his skin, they burrowed deep into his flesh, greedily gorging themselves on his spirit power. They sprouted into a frenzy of growth, until eventually, countless vines burst forth from within his body, intertwining with the main stalk of the Ink Jade Divine Grass in Anna's hand.
The vines siphoned the Orca King's energy, simultaneously replenishing and augmenting Anna's own spirit power. Anna then cycled that very energy back into her skills to further assault the beast. It was a perfect execution of "using the enemy's own strength against them."
"You… you bastard! You're actually absorbing my spirit power…"
"That's right, I'm absorbing it. What are you going to do about it?" Anna laughed audibly, her arrogance peaking as her eyes transformed into a deep emerald green. Ripples of green light spread rapidly in every direction!
"Divine Grass Domain!"
With the activation of her domain, the rate at which the parasitic vines drained the Orca King's spirit power intensified.
The energy didn't just replenish her reserves; it pushed her toward a breakthrough. At that moment, Anna was stuck at the Rank 80 bottleneck. Had it not been for the requirement of a new ring, her rank likely would have surged to 81 instantly. Even so, she continued to ruthlessly drain the beast.
Finally, Anna squeezed the last drop of spirit power from the Evil Spirit Orca King. She manipulated the waterspout to pierce straight through its vitals, ending its life once and for all.
Upon its death, a thick, crimson spirit power emanated from its corpse, condensing into a deep-red hundred-thousand-year spirit ring. Simultaneously, utilizing her Evil Spirit Eyes, Anna clearly spotted a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone resting within the carcass!
"Great! We did it!"
Seeing the king fall, everyone's faces lit up with excitement. Xiao Bai, in particular, felt the immense weight of a long-standing blood feud finally lifted.
With their leader dead, the remaining Evil Spirit Orcas fell into a state of total chaos. They scattered in every direction, desperate to flee this site of slaughter!
But how could Xiao Bai let them escape so easily? To leave the roots is to invite the weeds back when the spring breeze blows. If this pod wasn't completely eradicated, it was only a matter of time before a second or third Orca King emerged.
With that thought, Xiao Bai waved her hand and commanded, "Charge! The time for revenge has come!"
Roar! Roar! Roar!
In response, three hundred Demon Spirit Great White Sharks converged from all sides, surrounding the Evil Spirit Orcas in a tight net, determined to wipe them out.
Zhu Zhu-yun, Zhu Zhu-qing, and Tang Yue-hua also joined the fray. Their fourth trial required them to slay a specific number of Evil Spirit Orcas, and now was the perfect time to fulfill their quotas.
Meanwhile, Davis moved to the corpse of the Orca King. He acted as a guardian for Anna while circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill to rapidly recover his spirit power.
Since they were at sea, he couldn't draw upon the power of the earth to replenish himself; he had to rely on the technique he had "borrowed" from Tang San. However, now that his cultivation had surpassed Rank 90 and he had become a Title Douluo, his Mysterious Heaven Skill had reached the peak Ninth Stage—the realm of "Three Flowers Gathering at the Peak" and the "Five Qi Toward the Origin."
Through this skill, Davis's spirit power recovered with astonishing speed.
As he was restoring his strength, Anna sat cross-legged and began to absorb the Orca King's spirit ring. Little did they know, a gargantuan threat was silently approaching…
Above the surface, the sea was a chaotic battlefield. The Great White Sharks and the Evil Spirit Orcas tore into each other in a brutal struggle. Although their king was dead, there were still three orcas with cultivations exceeding eighty thousand years. Their strength was not to be underestimated!
A single Evil Spirit Orca could typically kill two Great White Sharks with ease; the combined strength of these three elders was likely on par with Xiao Bai herself.
As the battle raged on, the pungent scent of blood blanketed the entire region. The sea turned into a literal ocean of gore. For a thousand miles in every direction, everything the eye could see was stained red! As the sun began to set, the bloody water seemed to reflect onto the horizon, as if the blood was dyeing the very heavens crimson.
Two hours passed. The battle between the two tribes was drawing to a close, and it was clear the Demon Spirit Great White Sharks had emerged victorious.
However, just as Xiao Bai was preparing to deliver the final blow to the remaining orcas, the ocean suddenly vibrated violently. A terrifying pressure erupted, shooting straight into the sky.
This aura caused even Xiao Bai to tremble in shock!
"This… this aura is…" Something clicked in Xiao Bai's mind. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stared toward the source of the pressure.
It wasn't just her. Everyone—except for Anna, who was deep in her meditative state—was jolted awake by this horrific spirit pressure. Davis was no exception.
"Ice and Fire Evil Eyes!"
Opening his eyes, Davis immediately scanned the southwest. He saw a gargantuan shadow swimming toward them at an incredible speed. A chilling killing intent washed over them like a physical wave; the newcomer clearly did not come in peace!
It was a giant whale, its body exceeding two hundred meters in length. It looked like the legendary Leviathan of myth. Its pitch-black hide radiated an aura so terrifying that both the Great White Sharks and the surviving orcas shivered in primal fear.
"This… Senior Xiao Bai, what on earth is that monster? How can it be so powerful? The aura it's emitting is ten times stronger than the Evil Spirit Orca King…"
Staring at the colossal whale, Tang Yue-hua's eyes filled with profound dread. She couldn't help but collapse onto the Orca King's corpse, her legs giving way.
Seeing the true form of the giant whale, Xiao Bai's heart sank. She murmured, "Do you remember what Lady Bo Saixi once told you? That there exists a truly terrifying million-year spirit beast in this ocean?"
"I remember!" Zhu Zhu-yun nodded. "Lady Bo Saixi said it was a powerful sea spirit beast called the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. Could it be…?"
The realization hit Zhu Zhu-yun, and Xiao Bai's next words made everyone's hearts plummet.
"Yes. That monster is indeed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!"
"What? A million-year spirit beast?!" The three women turned pale with horror. They instinctively looked toward Davis. "Davis, it's coming for us with ill intent. We have to retreat immediately!"
Davis glanced at Anna, who was at a critical juncture of absorbing her ring, and shook his head helplessly. "We can't. Anna is at a crucial moment. Forcing her awake now would be disastrous. We have no choice—we have to stand our ground and fight the Deep Sea Demon Whale King…"
(End of Chapter)