Free Web NovelChapter 381: Chapter 381: The Battle in the Depths
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King, with its massive body over two hundred meters long, moved with surprising agility in the water. With a flick of its tail, it plunged into the sea, descending deeper and deeper into the abyss.
Judging by its movements, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King intended to confront Dugu Feng at the ocean floor.
Dugu Feng’s Devouring Golden Threads had already burrowed into the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s body, and he clung tightly to its back as they descended. Seawater rushed past his face, and Dugu Feng narrowed his eyes. The Overlord Venom had seeped into the whale king’s flesh, allowing him to sense the immense energy within its colossal form. Even the subtle movements of its tail were clear to him.
"Deep Sea Demon Whale King, you shouldn’t have been careless. The moment I tore open the wound on your back, this hunt was already over!" Dugu Feng sneered inwardly.
He intensified the conversion of the eight Devouring Golden Threads—four injecting venom and four extracting energy. Compared to the whale king’s enormous body, Dugu Feng’s devouring seemed insignificant, almost unnoticeable. This suited Dugu Feng perfectly, as this battle required a gradual accumulation of change to achieve a qualitative shift. The outcome was already sealed.
At that moment, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King shuddered, illuminating the entire seabed in an instant. A deafening roar of thunder erupted as the whale king transformed into the Thunder Whale King. This was its plan all along—the ocean depths were its Domain, where it could unleash the full power of its thunder attribute.
This human Soul Master had torn open its back and was performing some vile act, but did the Deep Sea Demon Whale King care?
"You dare to cling to my body? You must be eager to die. Now, face the punishment of thunder!" A mocking mental probe emanated from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King as intense blue-purple light gathered and flashed across its back.
The power of this strike was so overwhelming that the whale king didn’t even bother worrying about Dugu Feng’s actions. Under normal circumstances, thunder was the most destructive attribute, let alone a thunder attack unleashed by a Million-Year Soul Beast. No one below the level of a god could withstand it.
Unfortunately, it had encountered Dugu Feng.
With a mighty shout, Dugu Feng activated his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into a Jade Phosphorous Serpent dozens of meters long. Strangely, the serpent’s surface wasn’t covered in scales but in purplish-red armor. This armor connected seamlessly with his Spider Emperor Wings, encasing Dugu Feng in a protective shell.
This was the upper-body armor that had evolved from his Eight Spider Lances long ago. After the Eight Spider Lances advanced to Divine Tool status, the armor, drawing its energy from them, evolved alongside them, becoming Divine Artifact Armor.
Protruding from the chest of the armor was a single, menacing horn, poised and ready. This was Dugu Feng’s confidence. In his Martial Soul Avatar form, the evolved armor of the Spider Emperor Wings provided him with defense comparable to that of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Dugu Feng’s imposing stance caused the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s expression to shift, stirring a faint sense of foreboding. The aura of this human powerhouse was simply too overwhelming. Yet, the whale king remained confident in the power of its Thunder Spirit Skill. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
The flashes of lightning and thunder enveloped Dugu Feng. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
Countless electric arcs continuously flickered across his blood-red armor.
But in reality, within Dugu Feng’s meridians, a full eight Core Pearls were constantly moving, opening their gaping maws to devour the lightning that entered his body.
The Core Pearls had evolved into thirty-two. Apart from those that had been separated, some of the excess had already been retrieved. Even the Core Pearls within Yan and Xie Yue of the Spirit Hall had been brought back by the Emerald Dragon Snake.
Only Hu Liena, who had been staying near the Pope Palace under Bibi Dong’s tight protection, remained out of reach, leaving the Emerald Dragon Snake with no opportunity.
Yan and Xie Yue, however, often left Spirit City to carry out missions, and the Core Pearls that had split within them had long been retrieved.
In addition to the Core Pearls that had split within Shi Nian, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and others in Heaven Dou City, Dugu Feng now controlled eight Core Pearls.
This was the first time he had ever been so well-supplied.
The surging Lightning Power was indeed strong, but after being filtered by the Divine Artifact Armor and then devoured by the Lightning Power, the remaining lightning, even when it struck Dugu Feng’s flesh, was directly resisted by his formidable physical strength.
"Deep Sea Demon Whale King, are you scratching an itch for me? Even a Million-Year Soul Beast is nothing more than this!
Haha, today you are destined to become my Spirit Ring!"
Dugu Feng’s icy voice responded to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s earlier mockery.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s single eye widened in stunned disbelief. What kind of monster was this? He wasn’t even afraid of lightning.
It refused to believe it.
Fierce thunder-attribute energy surged violently from within its body.
Not only did it manifest at the bottom of the sea, but even the dark clouds on the sea’s surface were pulled into the water by the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s Domain.
At this point, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King could already mobilize a certain degree of the power of heaven and earth.
Its own thunder-attribute energy, combined with the thunder-attribute energy of the world.
The power nearly doubled.
The terrifying energy attack sent Dugu Feng’s entire body flying backward.
By now, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had realized that Dugu Feng was a top-tier powerhouse among humans.
He truly had the qualifications to fight it.
Thus, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King very much did not want Dugu Feng to remain on its back any longer.
Even if this lightning attack couldn’t kill Dugu Feng in one strike, it would at least blast him away.
But reality was, after being forced back hundreds of meters in the water at the bottom of the sea, Dugu Feng returned to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s back with lightning speed.
It turned out he had been pulled back by the Devouring Golden Threads.
The Devouring Golden Threads were the ropes tethering him to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Moreover, these Devouring Golden Threads withstood the lightning attack, remaining unbroken even amidst the powerful energy fluctuations of the thunder.
Thus, a strange spectacle unfolded at the bottom of the sea: Dugu Feng was like a kite, constantly being blasted away by the thunder energy.
But he could quickly rely on the kite string to land back on the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Enduring the excruciating pain of the lightning strikes, Dugu Feng continuously devoured the Deep Sea Demon Whale King’s energy.
The eight Core Pearls within his body connected with the remaining twenty-plus, forming a terrifying suction force. No matter what kind of energy attack entered Dugu Feng’s body, it would be absorbed by the Core Pearls.
Such smooth and unimpeded devouring had never been experienced before.
Whether it was when devouring External Soul Bones or hunting for Spirit Rings in the past, the targets Dugu Feng devoured were somewhat fragile, ending with just a slight devour.
Nothing like this Deep Sea Demon Whale King, with its endless energy, allowing him to devour freely without worry.
Through the filtration of the Devouring Golden Threads and the Core Pearl, the refined energy transformed into Soul Power, settling into Dugu Feng’s Lower Dantian. The liquid Soul Power continuously condensed, visibly enlarging the Soul Core floating within the Lower Dantian.
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