Free Web NovelChapter 396: Chapter 291: Incarnating as a Torrent, First Battle with a Tier 5
That conch shell was an incredible item—unbelievably hard and impenetrable, with a flawless defense that could even block psychic attacks.
The Dongli Saint Envoy’s killing intent gradually faded. He decided that simply stalling these two Tier Five beasts and preventing them from slaughtering the Dongli soldiers would be a victory in itself.
But just then, Su Ze arrived, transformed into a raging torrent. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
He sent a telepathic message to the Dongli Saint Envoy. "Grandpa Saint Envoy, you take on that giant conch! Leave the Coral Monster to me!"
The Coral Monster seemed like the more difficult opponent. The Seven-Colored Conch, on the other hand, was clearly a psychic-type beast, and Su Ze was the bane of all things psychic. It would have made more sense for him to fight the conch.
’But the Coral Monster is made of so many parts!’
’One Coral Monster is made of countless Coral Insects. If I manage to kill it, the rewards will be far greater than killing the Seven-Colored Conch.’
’Can he really handle it?’ the Dongli Saint Envoy wondered, but he didn’t voice his doubts. If Su Ze truly couldn’t hold his ground, he could always step in to help.
"Alright." The Dongli Saint Envoy agreed without hesitation and turned to charge the Seven-Colored Conch. He was already fuming from the creature’s constant sneak attacks.
The Coral Monster tried to go to the Seven-Colored Conch’s aid, but its path was blocked by the flood that was Su Ze.
Streams of water coiled upward, engulfing the enormous Coral Monster. Su Ze then unleashed Furious Waves, and a terrifying blast of energy erupted out of thin air, hammering and reverberating through the monster’s body.
From his experience fighting the coral giant, Su Ze knew the best way to defeat this type of Coral Beast was to break it down layer by layer. He had to first kill the lower-tiered Coral Insects to weaken it, then slowly wear down the remaining high-tier ones.
He had used Furious Waves right away not primarily to kill, but to control. He wanted to inflict Dizziness on all the Coral Insects that formed the Coral Monster, hoping to loosen the connections between them.
Seizing the opportunity, Su Ze launched electric attacks to kill the low-level Coral Insects while simultaneously forcing streams of water into the Coral Monster’s body.
Water is insidious. It seeped into every corner of the Coral Monster, filling every crevice and enveloping the entire creature in the current.
The Coral Monster fought back frantically. Its sharp tentacles pierced through the water, injecting deadly toxins, while its coral body turned to molten lava, constantly vaporizing the water on its surface.
Su Ze decisively abandoned the part of his watery body that enveloped the Coral Monster. He pulled back, letting the creature struggle as it pleased.
That large mass of water was essentially a part of Su Ze’s body—a clone he had separated from himself.
And inside that clone, he had left something behind—a Self-Destructive Seed!
Su Ze originally had three Self-Destructive Seeds. He’d used two when fighting King Mu, leaving him with one.
He’d always felt it was a waste to use this Tier Four Self-Destructive Seed. But if he didn’t expend it, his now Tier Five Desperate Flower wouldn’t grow a new one anytime soon.
And the seed grown by a Tier Five Desperate Flower would also be Tier Five—far more powerful than this old Tier Four one.
So, he decided to just use the Tier Four Self-Destructive Seed here and now.
"Detonate!"
Without a moment’s hesitation, Su Ze detonated the Self-Destructive Seed, blowing his massive clone to smithereens.
’It’s not like I could have taken that part of my body back anyway,’ he thought. ’It was already full of the Coral Monster’s poison.’
The violent explosion was earth-shattering, its sound reverberating across the entire battlefield. It was so powerful that even the neighboring Luofan Country felt the tremors.
The power of the explosion wasn’t just dependent on the tier of the Self-Destructive Seed; the strength of the body being detonated also played a huge role.
The body of water Su Ze had left on the Coral Monster was not only massive, but also of high quality. It was a part of his body that had been enhanced to its absolute limit by his Bloodthirsty ability.
As a result, the power of this self-destruction was unprecedented.
Of course, to prevent anyone from connecting this explosion to King Mu’s death due to its similar nature, Su Ze hadn’t reverted to his flesh-and-blood form. Instead, he had detonated while still in his liquid state to produce a different kind of blast.
His liquid form had been molded tightly against the Coral Monster, forcing it to absorb the full, concentrated force of the blast.
This time, there was no towering mushroom cloud. Most of the explosive energy was spent inside the Coral Monster’s body.
The blast caused the monster’s incredibly hard coral body to crack and shatter...
Any surviving Tier Three and Tier Four Coral Insects within were annihilated by the explosion.
A violent shockwave radiated in all directions. In an instant, it kicked up a thousand-foot wave on the sea’s surface. The sand on the beach melted and roiled, mimicking the furious waves of the ocean.
The Dongli Saint Envoy, who was closest to the blast, was caught completely off guard and nearly thrown to the ground by the shockwave.
Before he could even regain his footing, he saw a flash of green light streak past like a phantom.
The Tier Five Coral Insect!
It was the sole survivor of that massive explosion.
"Quick! Help me stop it!" Su Ze yelled urgently.
The Dongli Saint Envoy snapped to his senses. He was just about to act when his vision suddenly blurred and his head spun with a wave of Dizziness.
’Dammit!’ he cursed inwardly. He knew the Seven-Colored Conch had interfered again.
That brief moment of hesitation was all it took. He had missed the perfect opportunity to intercept the Tier Five Coral Insect, allowing it to dive into the sea.
’The old man’s not very reliable, is he...’ Su Ze grumbled to himself as he shot forward like an arrow, diving into the sea after it.
There was no way he was letting his prize get away!
The portion of his body and soul he had just lost in the explosion was instantly replenished by the feedback of flesh and blood energy, restoring him to peak condition.
But the most pleasant surprise was that the digestion of his Golden Bloodline Crystal was now more than a third of the way complete.
He had a feeling that if he could just kill that Tier Five Coral Insect, he would be able to fully digest the Golden Bloodline Crystal, or at least get very close.
Besides, he had been planning to investigate the seabed anyway. Now he could hunt down the Tier Five Coral Insect and explore the depths at the same time.
