Chapter 356 Inside the Whale's Belly
Just as Lin Wan was immersed in the slaughter of these ancient giant beasts, that wisp of Water Essence Soul suddenly trembled violently. It was like an anxious firefly, circling rapidly around Lin Wan. Its dark blue light flickered, sometimes pointing toward the Giant Whale, sometimes circling back to her fingertips, as if desperately conveying some kind of message.
"You are actually more anxious than I am," Lin Wan could not help but laugh and scold. "It was clearly formed from a wisp of my Immortal Power, yet it acts as if it has gained a spirit." Even without the Water Essence Soul's reminder, she was already prepared to strike—of course, not to help that ferocious Giant Octopus.
Those tentacles covered in suckers, the squirming fleshy buds, and the continuously dripping mucus were uncomfortable to look at no matter how one looked at them. What decent person would like a monster covered in tentacles? In comparison, the Giant Whale's pair of eyes, clear as the bright moon, actually suited her taste better.
"Enough, since I encountered it, it is fate." Lin Wan formed seals with her fingertips, and azure Immortal Light suddenly lit up around her. In this dark deep sea, she was like a bright moon suddenly rising, illuminating the sea area within a thousand feet.
She put her fingers together like a sword and pointed from the air at one of the Giant Octopus's tentacles. In an instant, the seawater froze! That tentacle, which was just about to wrap around the Giant Whale, suddenly solidified, and a layer of crystal ice crystals covered its surface.
The ice spread at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, the entire tentacle was frozen into an ice pillar. The Giant Octopus felt pain, and its remaining tentacles danced wildly, churning the seawater into a boil. However, it could not stop the erosion of the cold air.
The Giant Whale keenly captured the fighter opportunity, and the golden light in its eyes surged violently. Its massive body suddenly rotated, and its tail fin swept across like a heavenly knife, heavily striking that frozen tentacle. "Crack!"
The ice crystals shattered, breaking into two pieces along with the tentacle! Dark blue blood spurted out, and the Giant Octopus let out a soundless wail. Its remaining tentacles twitched frantically, and it seemed to have realized Lin Wan's threat, actually separating three tentacles to attack her.
The barbs on the suckers flickered with a pale green poisonous light. Lin Wan did not dodge or evade; she simply raised her palm upward and gently lifted. The seawater within a hundred feet suddenly stopped moving!
Those three attacking tentacles were as if they had crashed into an invisible wall, forcibly stagnating in mid-air. Lin Wan closed her five fingers, and the stationary seawater instantly compressed into an extremely sharp water blade, silently slicing past. "Hiss!"
Three tentacles were severed at the root! The Giant Octopus was completely furious. Its massive body contracted violently and spurted out a thick stream of ink.
The ink, black as night, rapidly spread, dyeing the entire sea area so that one could not see their five fingers. Even the Giant Whale's star patterns were obscured and blurred in this darkness. "Petty tricks."
Lin Wan snorted coldly, and a point of silver light lit up on her fingertip. That point of silver light suddenly erupted, like a rising morning sun! Dazzling light penetrated the ink, tearing the darkness to shreds.
The Giant Octopus's figure had nowhere to hide under the strong light. On its ugly head, a ferocious vertical eye actually cracked open, staring at Lin Wan with resentment. The Giant Whale seized this fleeting opportunity and suddenly rushed toward the Giant Octopus.
The star patterns all over its body lit up simultaneously, outlining a vast star map in the deep sea. The star map rotated and turned into a brilliant pillar of light, bombarding the Giant Octopus's vertical eye in a straight line! "Pu!"
The pillar of light pierced through the skull, and dark blue blood mixed with brain matter sprayed out. The Giant Octopus's body twitched violently, and its remaining tentacles frantically slapped the seabed, churning up monstrous mud and sand. But it was already a spent arrow, and its life force was rapidly fading away.
Lin Wan did not give it any chance to catch its breath. She clasped her hands together, and the Immortal Power around her boiled. Countless tiny ice crystals suddenly appeared in the deep sea, each containing terrifying cold air.
These ice crystals shot toward the Giant Octopus like a rainstorm, completely freezing its massive body. The Giant Whale let out a long cry, its tail fin raised high, carrying the force of ten thousand jun as it hacked down heavily. "Boom!"
The ice-sealed Giant Octopus was smashed to pieces by this strike, turning into countless ice fragments that drifted down in all directions. The deep sea finally returned to tranquility. The Giant Whale slowly swam to Lin Wan, and those eyes like the bright moon quietly watched her.
The wounds on its body were still oozing blood, and its star patterns had dimmed considerably, but the golden light in its eyes was warmer than before. The Water Essence Soul swam happily to the Giant Whale's side, circling its massive body, as if celebrating the victory. Lin Wan watched this scene, and the corner of her mouth could not help but raise a smile.
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After a long time passed, the Giant Whale seemed to have recovered from the intense battle. It turned its head and actually slowly opened its giant mouth toward Lin Wan. That giant mouth was about a thousand feet wide, like opening a giant door leading to another world.
Lin Wan looked at that deep throat and was momentarily stunned. The Water Essence Soul, however, circled happily around her, then unhesitatingly rushed into the Giant Whale's mouth. The blue light was quickly swallowed by the darkness.
She raised her head and looked into those giant eyes like the bright moon. "Your meaning is..." Lin Wan said, "For me to enter as well?" The Giant Whale let out a long cry, and the sound waves stirred up gentle ripples in the water.
Wondrously, at this moment, Lin Wan actually understood the meaning within it. "Very well." She tapped the tips of her toes lightly and flew into the whale's mouth following the last wisp of blue light. The Giant Whale's mouth slowly closed behind her.
In an instant, the roaring of the outside seawater completely disappeared. Lin Wan only felt her body become light, and the water flow around her was completely emptied by some kind of power. She landed gently on the Giant Whale's tongue surface, and a soft yet firm touch came from under her feet.
This square inch of land was actually as wide as a plaza. The pink tongue coating was like rising and falling hills, and the surface even shone with a pearl-like luster. A strange fragrance drifted in the air, like a mixture of deep-sea algae and some kind of ancient sandalwood.
Lin Wan looked around and discovered that the interior of the whale cavity was not the body of flesh and blood she had imagined, but a structure like a Crystal Palace. Star-like patterns flowed on the pale blue cavity walls, and every pattern contained majestic spiritual power. That wisp of Water Essence Soul was jumping ahead, as if guiding the way for her.
Lin Wan stepped forward, her boot soles treading on the moist tongue surface, making a slight "squeak" sound. She reached out to touch the cavity wall, and a slight pulsation came from her fingertips—that was the life rhythm of the Giant Whale, slow and powerful, like an ancient war drum.
Lin Wan continued forward following that wisp of Water Essence Soul, and she could not help but feel a hint of absurdity in her heart—did this count as her throwing herself into a trap, being "swallowed" into the belly of a Giant Whale. However, the further she walked inside, the more the scene before her became astonishing.
Deep in the Giant Whale's throat, it actually formed a world of its own. The originally narrow esophagus gradually widened, finally transforming into a strange space that stretched to the horizon. The dome hung high, constructed of semi-transparent cavity walls.
One could faintly see the flowing seawater from the outside casting rippling light, like a suspended galaxy. Countless glowing plankton drifted in the air, like small lanterns, emitting a faint light of dark blue, bright green, and pale purple. They drifted slowly with the invisible airflow, tracing dreamlike light trails in the darkness.
The ground was covered with plants shaped like seaweed, with leaves as wide as boats and edges glowing with a pearl-like fluorescence. The Water Essence Soul shuttled happily in front, occasionally circling back to her side, as if urging.
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Lin Wan felt as if she were placed in a vast plain. The plain was vast and boundless, the ground covered with fine, soft silver gravel. Every step taken would stir up a faint fluorescence.
In the distance, several crystal clusters shaped like coral were scattered sporadically. Luminous vines were intertwined between the branches, swaying gently in the breeze. Suddenly, her eyes flashed.
Because, right in the center of this dreamlike scene, a stone house actually stood abruptly. The stone house was simple and crude, piled up from gray-white reef rocks. The roof was covered with dark green seaweed, and a string of dried shells hung on the door frame.
They collided gently with the invisible airflow, making an ethereal sound. That wisp of Water Essence Soul flew to the front of the stone house, its dark blue light flickering, as if it had finally completed some kind of mission. This made Lin Wan feel a sense of absurdity once again.
She saw it circle in mid-air for a moment, then turn into dots of fluorescence and slowly dissipate into the air. Lin Wan stared at the stone house, and after a long while, she still walked over.
"Since it is like this—then let's see exactly which Great Power this is, who can unknowingly take over my Immortal Power and guide me here." She took a deep breath, then pushed the door open and entered—
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